Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Well I can start by saying I was born in Baltimore Md. I went to public schools. I love to research and find out new information that debunks traditional understanding. I like playing racquetball and I like reading. I am the author of False Roads To Manhood, What Women Need To Know; What Men Need To Understand. My newest release is KLEPTOMANIAC: Who’s Really Robbing God Anyway? I consider myself a miracle because at birth I weighed only two pounds and lived when the doctor’s didn’t think I’d make it. When traditional publishers rejected my first manuscript I decided to self-publish by starting my own publishing company. I am the president of FC Publishing, LLC. On my regular job I work as a technical writer-editor and writer for the government as a senior aviation writer for the Department of the Army. I spent four years in the United States Army. I have a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Communications and a minor in Sociology from Washington State University in 1989. With continuing education I matriculated through theology school and graduated with a BA in Biblical Studies and a Master of Arts in Theology from North Carolina College of Theology (NCCT) the then earned a Doctorate in Theology from NCCT in 2009. I’ve authored and published numerous religious articles for newspapers, online magazines and print media. I have appeared on television and radio programs for both of my books. I live in Alabama with my wife Teresa and am the father of six children.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book is titled, Kleptomaniac: Who’s Really Robbing God Anyway? What inspired me to write this book? Well, that’s a good question. Explaining the long version would take up so much space, I probably wouldn’t finish it. So let me say, seeking for spiritual and religious truth was the catalyst that birthed the book. The book came about as a result of reading and reaching the subject that God requires every person who attends church to pay ten percent of their income until death or be cursed by God. After graduating from theology school, suppressed suspecsions I had about the tithing from years earlier resurfaced and I began to question the practice again. After reading books, and doing research, I began to see some of the error of scriptural interpretation. In my desire to seek truth, I began an intense three year biblical study on tithing and complied the data into a 117-page power point study. When that was completed, I thought my journey was over. But to my surprise, people began to ask me if I would publish my findings in a book. I resisted for two years and after some deep thought and the encouragement of others, I decided to write the book knowing it would rile some feathers in the institutional church leadership. So in the end, the inspiration to write and publish Kleptomaniac: Who’s Really Robbing God Anyway came from the encouragment of others who really wanted to know the facts and my desire to know and seek truth.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I don’t have any unusual writing habits. Well, writing without an outline might be unusual, since traditional wisdom says your should always write by an outline. I guess that’s unusual to just start writing and figure it out as you put pencil to paper.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
The authors that have influenced me are Gordon Dalbey, T.D Jakes, J.Keith Miller, Myles Monroe and Phillip Yancy . Some of the books that have influence me would first be the Bible. Other books that have played in role in my life are, Divided by Faith, Healing the Masculine Soul, False Roads To Manhood, What Women Need to Know: What Men, Need to Understand, The Destruction of Black Civilization, Race Religion and Racism, Fight Like a Man, Forty Million Dollar Slaves, The Roots of Nubian Christianity Uncovered and Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome.
What are you working on now?
Right now, since I’ve published book, Kleptomaniac, I’m spending a lot of time trying the promote the book, since i’m self published. I write a blog on tithing and I also record you tube videos on all the finding I have discovered. I would love to get back to work on writing a block buster novel. The working title in my head is Exodus. That’s all I’ll reveal about that.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Right now I use Facebook, twitter and post my book on many free author websites as I can. My blog at http://tithenomore.com is where I do a lot of writing and promoting. I don’t think there is really a best method for promoting books. You just have to go out in the internet field and place your book where every you can.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Yes, I have advice for authors. Everybody who says they can edit cannot edit. Vet editors as if they are applying for secret clearance. My first book was an editorial nightmare. There are many people out the hanging out shingles and representing themselves as proficient editors. My advice is buyer beware. If you decide to go with a self-published book publishing company, you must be just as vigilant about who they recommend as good editor. Usually they are sub-contractors and have no connection to the publishing company. So you are at the mercy of the independent editing service whose shingle is posted on the self-publishing company’s website. I would recommend that you get a local person who you know has an excellent editing background with a resume of editing other published authors.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
The best advice I’ve ever heard is a saying. The power to define is the power to determine destiny. The point is, if you allow people to define you, you eventually give them the power to control your destiny. Be an independent thinker and put everyone under the mircroscope when it comes to your gift and talents.
What are you reading now?
The book I’m currently reading is titled, The Color of Christ.
What’s next for you as a writer?
The next thing on the docket for me is to write my first fiction book. My first two books are non-fiction. Diving into fiction writing will be a challenge because of character development and I know an outline might serve me well, but if I know myself, I might part with tradition and just begin telling the story with a working title, America’s Exodus.
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 Secret Life of the Soul.
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