Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
John Spender is a 23-time International Best Selling co-author, who didn’t learn how to read and write at a basic level until he was ten years old. He has since traveled the world, started many businesses leading him to create the best-selling book series A Journey Of Riches. He is an Award Winning International Speaker and Movie Maker.
John worked as an international NLP trainer and has coached thousands of people from various backgrounds through all sorts of challenges. From the borderline homeless to very wealthy individuals, he has helped many people to get in touch with their truth to create a life on their terms.
John’s search for answers to living a fulfilling life has taken him to work with Native American Indians in the Hills of San Diego, the forests of Madagascar, swimming with humpback whales in Tonga, exploring the Okavango Delta of Botswana and the Great Wall of China. He’s traveled from Chile to Slovakia, Hungary to the Solomon Islands, the mountains of Italy and the streets of Mexico.
Everywhere his journey has taken him, John has discovered a hunger among people to find a new way to live, with a yearning for freedom of expression. His belief that everyone has a book in them was born.
He is now a writing coach having worked with more than 200 authors from 40 different countries for the A Journey of Riches series http://ajourneyofriches.com/ and his publishing house, Motion Media International has published 20 non-fiction titles to date.
John also co-wrote and produced the movie documentary Adversity starring Jack Canfield, Rev. Micheal Bernard Beckwith, Dr. John Demartini and many more, coming soon in 2020. Moreover, you can bet there will be a best-selling book to follow!
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
A Journey of Riches : Attitude of Gratitude.
Inspired by my fellow co-author Joanne Singleton who reached out and suggested the theme of gratitude in the midst of a pandemic. I refined to the current title so more authors could relate to the theme.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Strange writing habit; Waking at 4am to write.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Influence by Jack Canfield, the Moth series and podcast, Dr. Wayne Dyer, Robert A Collier to name a few.
What are you working on now?
Currently working on an anthology about the new paradigm of leadership, another anthology about abundant living and a memoir.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Start planning your book with a simple mind map.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Best advice I have received is ‘Know your ending before you begin writing’ by Malcolm Gladwell
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Best advice I have received is ‘Know your ending before you begin writing’ by Malcolm Gladwell
What are you reading now?
Awaken the Giant Within by Anthony Robbins
What’s next for you as a writer?
Whats next: I want to write a film manuscript!
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?
What books would I bring to a deserted island
1. Sophia Code by Kaia Ra
2. Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
3. Fishing for Stars by Bryce Courtenay
4. Awaken the Giant Within by Anthony Robbins
Author Websites and Profiles
John Spender Website
John Spender Amazon Profile