Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
This is my first book and I am trying to generate some interest. Currently it has gone unloved and unread and I would like to change that. I am a Chicago Public School teacher and transitioning into my next stage of life retirement. I am trying to promote this book while working on a second one about teaching in Chicago.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Growing Up In America: A Million Years Ago.
Though the book is fiction many of the characters are based on people I knew while I was growing during the 1950-1960′ in the Midwest.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I usual just write it once. Reread it then publish this.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
All
What are you working on now?
memories from working in the Chicago Public School System.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I don’t have any. I am very new at this.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Just write
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Relax don’t get excited.
What are you reading now?
Nothing currently
What’s next for you as a writer?
Promoting this book and finishing a second one
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?
Faulkner, short stories by Hemingway and Mystery novel
Author Websites and Profiles
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