Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I grew up in Louisiana during the 1960’s and 1970’s, both as a patriot and also with some racism and prejudice added. We had a close family and dad made sure we went on vacations every year. I joined the military in 1984 and was thus propelled around the world two or three times during the course of my career. Panama in 1989, Germany in 1990, Bosnia in 1997, Korea in 1999, Egypt in 2002, and Iraq in 2004. Working as a cook, I worked with people from many ethnicities and I learned that judging others based on external attributes is not a healthy mentality. I also acquired a keen sense of our Constitution and Bill of Rights while deployed, where sacrificing my life for freedom and liberty became a real thing. I have written two books so far, “On the Trail of a Human Being, A Call for Racial Healing,” is named after a part of the book and movie, “Dances With Wolves.” In one part, Kicking Bird speaks to Dances With Wolves and pays him a very meaningful compliment. He told him I have observed you and I believe you are on a trail which many are not able to follow, “The Trail of a True Human Being.” I believe we are all human and we all possess innate dignity and potential. My second book is “The Day Patriotism Was HiJacked, ReThinking 9/11.” I will describe it below.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
“The Day Patriotism Was HiJacked, ReThinking 9/11” was inspired by my sense of patriotism and duty to our country and Constitution, after having believed the official narrative of events that day for 14 years, one day in late 2015, I happened upon a YouTube Documentary entitled “Anatomy of a Great Deception.” Something or SomeOne spoke to me and said I needed to watch it, so I clicked on it. Within 10 minutes of watching, I knew we had been lied to regarding the events of that day. Subsequently, having become a “9/11 Truther,” feeling the need to spread the word about that day, among other things I have engaged in, this book is another expression of my love for this country, my fellow man, and for the truth.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Not that I know of.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Investigative Journalist and Author Christopher Bollyn has written two or three books regarding 9/11. “Solving 9/11, The Deception That Changed the World” is a great synopsis about how fraudulent this “war on terror” really is and the way that fateful day has affected our country and our world…and not for the better…he says, “The Truth About 9/11 Stops the War on Terror. “Inhuman Bondage, The Rise and Fall of Slavery in the New World” by David Bryon Davis gives an in-depth picture of what slavery was really like. Another one is “The Slave Ship, A Human History” by Marcus Rediker is a heart-wrenching, very well sourced book about the Middle Passage and the horrors that Africans went through just being transported to their new “hell on earth” here in the west.
What are you working on now?
So far I have not received any inspiration for another work, but I am thinking along those lines.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Do you have any advice for new authors?
If you feel an urge to write about any topic, chances are, the book is already within you and it just needs to be expressed. Don’t worry about whether or not you can do it, there are many resources available nowadays such as Kindle Direct Publishing through Amazon. Bibliographies and sources are also simplified with sites like “EasyBib.” The best advice I can give you is dive into it and get started!
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
“It’s better to have it and not need it, than to need it and not have it.” Also, my dad used to say, “All sickness is not death,” and “We may complain if we don’t have shoes, until we see the person without any feet.”
What are you reading now?
“Affiliate Marketing” by Noah Gray and Michael Fox.
What’s next for you as a writer?
Promoting my two books as often as I can afford and hoping they take off!
If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
The ones listed above….
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