Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’m the author of eight books. Most were about the outdoors. I’ve always enjoyed the outdoors as a way to uplift my spirits. To me there is no better way to relieve stress and anxiety in the forest or canoeing a lake.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest, “Being the Strong Man A Woman Wants: Timeless wisdom on being a man” is a relationship advice book that is striking a chord around the world. It has been translated into 24 languages by publishers in Europe, Asia, Latin America and Africa.
This book shares wisdom on being a man in a relationship that many men today were not taught but can make a big difference in saving relationships and avoiding divorce. It shares the wisdom that I was looking after my own divorce. My goal is to reduce divorce and the number of children from broken homes.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I often get up at 2 or 3 in the morning and write. I like to write in coffee shows and on picnic tables in parks and on the subway. I always carry a notebook with me to write down ideas.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
I like to read books about leadership because they often have stories where someone was facing an impossible challenge — to which he responded, “Yes it’s impossible. Now let’s figure out how we are going to do it.” Many men often feel they’re in impossible situations in their marriages and blame their wives. I tell them, “Yes it may feel impossible, but now we have to figure out what we need to do to solve the problem and stop blaming your wife. Once I tell them this, they usually figure out what they need to do.
What are you working on now?
I am speaking to groups and coaching men to share the wisdom in the book and change the men of the world — one man at a time. This wisdom can help men avoid divorce and reduce the number of children from broken homes.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I found the best way to get the message out is to talk to men in groups and individually. A lot of men will tell me that they have never heard the wisdom about being a man that I teach them. They ask, “Why didn’t anyone tell me this before?”
Do you have any advice for new authors?
The most important thing is to write the best possible book you can. This mean rewriting your book many times. Keep rewriting until you’re satisfied with every sentence.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Humans are similar all over the world. If you book satisfies a human need in North America, it will probably be marketable in Europe and Asia.
What are you reading now?
How to Argue and Win Every Time by Gerry Spence. It’s about how to be persuasive.
What’s next for you as a writer?
Use more social media — particularly YouTube to share the wisdom on how to be a man in a relationship with as many people as possible.
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?
How to Win Friends and Influence and How to Stop Worrying and Start Living both by Dale Carnegie. I would also take my book, Being the Strong Man A Woman Wants — so I cold give it as a gift to the person who rescued me.
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