Interviews
Hi Lorraine Gale Amede, thank you for agreeing to this interview.
Oltobooks : Tell us a little about yourself and your background?
Lorraine Gale Amede : I am 84 years old and have been writing since I was 16 years old. I have 8 children and plenty of grandchildren and Great Grandchildren. I am a published author and have 9 other books available on Amazon.com.au
Oltobooks : What are your ambitions for your writing career?
Lorraine Gale Amede : I have written screen plays and TV manuscripts. With the assistance of my eldest daughter Lorraine we are currently producing two movie trailers for the big screen.
Oltobooks : When did you decide to become a writer?
Lorraine Gale Amede : At 16 years of age there was not a lot of things to do back then and for a girl like me I loved to imagine and live in a world of fantasy with many of my stories forming in my mind and then transposing them to paper, I could see the story unfold before my eyes. so my career began without my knowing that 60+ years later I would still be writing.
Hi Michael J Bowler, thank you for agreeing to this interview.
Oltobooks : Tell us a little about yourself and your background?
Michael J Bowler : I have lived my entire life in California, both northern and southern. I was born with hearing loss and grew up having to compensate as best I could among my peers, and I've always loved reading and writing. I also love volunteer work. I've been a volunteer Big Brother to 8 boys (and counting) through the Catholic Big Brothers Big Sisters program and spent most of my adult life volunteering with incarcerated youth. I've also been a high school teacher for many years and have just fulfilled a lifelong goal by adopting a child.
Oltobooks : What are your ambitions for your writing career?
Michael J Bowler : I just want readers to enjoy my books and hopefully internalize the positive messages they contain. I don't expect to get rich from writing or even to acquire an agent and/or major publishing deals. I write stories that are outside the box that aim to elevate us as human beings, rather than teach us to wallow in the worst qualities of human nature. I especially hope teens read my books because most media today is nihilistic and presents a sense of hopelessness that severely damages youth. I want them to believe they can truly be a positive force in the world and, by their individual choices, change the world for the better.
Oltobooks : When did you decide to become a writer?
Michael J Bowler : In graduate school, I learned filmmaking, but I focused on writing because that was always my first love. After writing and/or directing some low budget horror films, I decided to try writing a novel. As a full time high school teacher, I didn't have much time, but eventually completed my first novel, A BOY AND HIS DRAGON, in 2011, and have continued ever since. Dragon is currently a free read on Wattpad.
Hi Jamie Dickey, thank you for agreeing to this interview.
Oltobooks : Tell us a little about yourself and your background?
Jamie Dickey : I am Canadian. A lot of school. Always loved stories from an early age. I thought my imagination was normal, but now I know it wasn't.
Oltobooks : What are your ambitions for your writing career?
Jamie Dickey : New York Times best sellers list, global reach and fan base, multiple languages translated. No longer going for the win. I want victory. I'd love to be on Team Minotaur!
Oltobooks : When did you decide to become a writer?
Jamie Dickey : Before I actually started writing.
Hi Cecelia Hopkins Drewer, thank you for agreeing to this interview.
Oltobooks : Tell us a little about yourself and your background?
Cecelia Hopkins Drewer : I am from Adelaide in South Australia. My background is rural, perhaps a bit conservative, but my education has been very broadening, as has been my involvement with horror associations and speculative fiction writing.
Oltobooks : What are your ambitions for your writing career?
Cecelia Hopkins Drewer : Well I used to hope to be on book shelves, but the brick and mortar stores are going away and I have accepted that this is a very digital world. So my aim as a writer is for my work to be as accessible to the reading public as possible.
Oltobooks : When did you decide to become a writer?
Cecelia Hopkins Drewer : When I was a child - but I was not sure it would happen!
Hi Arleen Alleman, thank you for agreeing to this interview.
Oltobooks : Tell us a little about yourself and your background?
Arleen Alleman : I love science and nature and have a degree in Biology. I also love creativity and spent a number of years designing and manufacturing silver jewelry. I guess you would say I'm a generalist. I've enjoyed a number of endeavors, but my primary position was as an analyst for the US Government Accountability Office.
Oltobooks : What are your ambitions for your writing career?
Arleen Alleman : With six novels and my first children's book published, I'm concentrating on marketing to try to increase reader interest.
Oltobooks : When did you decide to become a writer?
Arleen Alleman : Writing has been a life-long dream, but I did not begin that part of my journey until 2008.
Hi TVykers, thank you for agreeing to this interview.
Oltobooks : Tell us a little about yourself and your background?
TVykers : I am a professional actor, teacher and former stand-up comedian. I live in Seattle with my wife and two cats. My adult son is wrapping up his college career.
Oltobooks : What are your ambitions for your writing career?
TVykers : Mostly, I just want to give life to all the stories kicking around inside my head. But if it makes a few strangers happy, then all the better!
Oltobooks : When did you decide to become a writer?
TVykers : Decide? I was writing elaborate stories in elementary school, but I *decided* to become an actor, so that I could interpret others' stories. But I have a fairly restless imagination, so doing any one thing for too long tends to bore me, so I got more serious about writing.
