Book Journeys - Traveling the Path of Being a Non-Fiction Author

Join Angela Lauria of the Author Incubator as she interviews business coach Aimee Elizabeth about the publishing of her book Poverty Sucks! How to Become a Self-Made Millionaire. Aimee was forced to fend for herself through school as a child, taking on odd jobs which she didn’t really like, and eventually moved on to eventual successes, founding several profitable businesses which gave her the financial gains and independence she needed to ultimately take her out of poverty. Read more and get the transcript here: Aimee Elizabeth on the Author Incubator.  

Join Angela Lauria of the Author Incubator as she interviews career consultant, author and speaker, Abby Kohut about the publishing of her book, Absolutely Abby’s 101 Job Search Secrets. Abby was a touring human resources recruiter, who, for years had lamented how she was unable to tell job seekers what they should really be doing and saying in order to make a good impression and increase their chances of getting hired, and this book was ther result of her desire to tell job seekers what to say and do. Read more and get the transcript here: Abby Kohut on the Author Incubator.

Join Angela Lauria of the Author Incubator as she interviews mime artist and author Janet Carafa about the publishing of her book, Yoga of MIME: Touching the Invisible. Writing the book was a challenge for Janet, as mime is an art that uses silence and motion rather than words, but with the aid of a young writer and a lot of feedback she was able to complete the book within a year's time. Read more and get the transcript here: Janet Carafa on the Author Incubator.

Join Angela Lauria of the Author Incubator as she interviews florist, breast cancer survivor, author, and an inspirational speaker, and co-founder of a non-profit Breast Friends Cancer Support Group Foundation, Inc. Debbie Martin about the publishing of her book, Flowers Whisper, What Words Can't Say.... As a florist, Debbie had seen the joy that flowers give to the people that received them, and when she, herself, was brought down with breast cancer she became even more present to the joy that flowers gave to others, and this inspired her to write the book that she did. Read more and get the transcript here: Debbie Martin on the Author Incubator

Join Angela Lauria of The Author Incubator as she interviews attorney, neurosurgeon, author and underwater photographer, Charles E. Rawlings JD MD about the publishing of his book, It Really Is That Complicated. The book is about male-female relationships from the perspective of a mature male, and examines the fallacies of relationships as well as reveals what's really so, deconstructing such relationships and revealing these in their true light, with even the most controversial topics being covered. Read more and get the transcript here: Charles E. Rawlings JD MD on the Author Incubator

Join Angela Lauria of the Author Incubator as she interviews speaker and success coach Mike Malkush about the publishing of his book, Nothing Good Comes from a BUT. The book is a motivational and self-help book that is easy to read, is a practical guide to happiness and success in one's personal and professional life and is intended to provide information that will appeal to a wide audience, from students to corporate executives Read more and get the transcript here: Mike Malkush on the Author Incubator.

Join Angela Lauria of the Author Incubator as she interviews author Kenyon Aubin Oster about the publishing of his book, Falling Out: A Memoir: Saving a Life Should be More Fun! The book was inspired by an incident, when one of Kenyon's friends fell off a balcony that both of them were on at the time, and he then reached out to save her, which then ended up with both of them falling off together. Kenyon wound up in the hospital in a coma, and the book is a memoir of his struggle to return to normalcy afterwards. Read more and get the transcript here: Kenyon Aubin Oster on the Author Incubator

Join Angela Lauria of the Author Incubator as she interviews Travel writer, author of 16 books and adventurer extraordinaire Pam Grout about the publishing of her book, E-Squared: 9 Do-it-Yourself Energy Experiments that Prove Your Thoughts Create Your Reality. Pam created her book based on such manifestation principles as the law of attraction, and the book contains nine principles that test and prove that such principles do work, enabling those who undertake these principles to design their life at will. Read more and get the transcript here: Pam Grout on the Author Incubator

Join Angela Lauria of The Author Incubator as she interviews Writer and Retired Businessman Geoffrey Hepburn about the publishing of his book, Fate Choice and Chance: An Immigrant's Quest. The idea of writing the book came about as a personal memoir for Geoffrey's daughter, as she thought that she didn’t know much about Hepburn’s life.  That, in turn, inspired him to write the novel, which traced his life in broad strokes, starting from his formative years in Western Canada to the time he settled in the United States and acquired citizenship. Read more and get the transcript here: Geoffrey Hepburn on the Author Incubator

Join Angela Lauria of the Author Incubator as she interviews Dr. Michael Broder, author of Stage Climbing: The Shortest Path to Your Highest Potential. The book was inspired by Dr. Broder's experiences in teaching other psychologists in the field of cognitive behavioral techniques.  The principles behind the book came from a diagnostic system that Dr. Broder had developed himself and used successfully in his private practice, and recognize that changing one's life is not a "one size fits all" process. Read more and get the transcript here: Dr. Michael Broder on the Author Incubator.

Join Angela Lauria of the Author Incubator as she interviews Holly Bridges, author of The UnHysterectomy: Solving Your Painful Heavy Bleeding Without Major Surgery. Holly was diagnosed with a benign, noncancerous tumor the size of a three-month old fetus in her uterus called a fibroid, which caused her to have very heavy bleeding episodes during her periods. Although she had originally intended to undergo a hysterectomy, she sought a second opinion and discovered that a hysterectomy was unnecessary. Read more and get the transcript here: Holly Bridges on the Author Incubator.

Join Angela Lauria of The Author Incubator as she interviews sole proprietor of Max Guitar Care, authorJ. Michael Curtis about the publishing of his book, Try it This Way – An Ordinary Guy’s Guide to Extraordinary Happiness. As an admitted non-academic, J. Michael Curtis approached the writing of his book from the everyman standpoint: that is, simply writing what he knows, what he has learned, and what he thinks about something, and keep it as simple and as practical as possible. Read more and get the transcript here: J. Michael Curtis on the Author Incubator.

Join Angela Lauria of the Author Incubator as she interviews Samantha Hoffman, author of The Contented Mind. Samantha was going through depression when she started writing out the book, and writing the book made her realize that she was denying herself, wasn’t following her dreams, was married to a man she didn’t trust and was setting a bad example for her children where living a “great union” was concerned, and realizing these enabled her to improve her life. Read more and get the transcript here: Samantha Hoffman on the Author Incubator.

Join Angela Lauria of the Author Incubator as she interviews Michelle Colston, author of The Undiscovered Goddess. Michelle had originally started to write a funny book on vampires, but she couldn’t make it work. She was doing a self-exercise one day when she came across the word “Goddess,” and this became her inspiration for writing out The Undiscovered Goddess, which was as much an exercise in creative self-expression as it was to make a difference in the world. Read more and get the transcript here: Michelle Colston on the Author Incubator.

Join Angela Lauria of the Author Incubator as she interviews Helen Noble, author of 25,000 Seeds: Where Love Grows. The book is actually Helen Noble’s second book and first novel, with the first one being a non-fiction title called Being Simply Beautiful, and it was inspired by a cycling trip she took through Ohio. It was there that she learned that it took around 25,000 seeds to plant an acre of any crop, be it corn, wheat or sunflowers, and it was from this, and the realization that, in life, as in Nature, some things grow and some don’t, that gave her the idea and title for the book. Read more and get the transcript here: Helen Noble on the Author Incubator.

Join Angela Lauria of the Author Incubator as she interviews Conflict Coach and AuthorLisa Gibson about the publishing of her book, Life In Death: A Journey to Terrorism to Triumph. Lisa Gibson’s brother, Ken, was a US army specialist stationed in Germany who was on his way home for a Christmas reunion with his family when, as a passenger on PanAm 103, he was killed when that flight was destroyed by a bomb over Lockerbie in December, 1988. The book chronicles her personal journey after that event, and how she eventually chose to overcome evil with good, becoming a conflict coach, or someone who works to resolve conflicts. Read more and get the transcript here: Lisa Gibson on the Author Incubator.

Join Angela Lauria of the Author Incubator as she interviews investment officer and writer Bruce Farrell Rosen about the publishing of his book If You Ever Need Me, I Won't Be Far Away. The book is essentially a memoir of Bruce's life from early 2007 to late 2008, when he experienced the effects of the financial crisis of that period as well as the divorce from his wife of twenty-five years Read more and get the transcript here: Bruce Farrell Rosen on the Author Incubator.

Join Angela Lauria of the Author Incubator as she interviews former NYC police officer, co-founder and  vice-chair of Oasis of Peace, a Ministry for Domestic Violence Victims, licensed clinical Christian counselor, author, writer, and editor Sherrie Clark about the publishing of her book, Small Voices Silenced: The Secret Society of Sacrificed Children. The book came out of Sherrie's and her husband’s experiences with the United States foster care system, experiencing first-hand the greed, corruption and apathy within. Read more and get the transcript here: Sherrie Clark on the Author Incubator.

Join Angela Lauria of The Author Incubator as she interviews wellness coach, rapid fat-loss specialist and co-author of TurboCharged series of books Tom Griesel about the publishing of his book, TurboCharged: Accelerate Your Fat Burning Metabolism, Get Lean Fast and Leave Diet and Exercise Rules in the Dust.  Despite being very active in such competitions as biking and triathlons, Tom had always wondered how he could be in even better shape than he already was in, and after get a first-hand look at how researchers and scientists looked at the human body he created the book Read more and get the transcript here:Tom Griesel on the Author Incubator.

Join Angela Lauria of the Author Incubator as she interviews award winning inventor, author, athlete and corporate president Edwin J. Sprague about the publishing of his book, The Point Guard. Edwin is a very goal-oriented person, and he mentioned, during the interview, that becoming an author was one of these goals. The inspiration for the book was the OJ Simpson trial, and despite his having attention deficit disorder (ADD), he wrote out two hundred pages in a burst of creativity, which started his book. Read more and get the transcript here: Edwin J. Sprague on the Author Incubator.