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This month we have Dr. Herb Marlow as our featured author, he currently has three books available up at WEE, with a fourth book being released in October.<\/p>\n
Author Interview<\/strong><\/p>\n Can you please tell us a bit about yourself that is not covered in your bio?<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n I have had a myriad of jobs\/professions in my lifetime: Driving a truck and a forklift, selling real estate and insurance, being a cattle rancher in Oregon and Texas, writing stories and articles for national magazines, being a professional medical writer for an online magazine, having a twice weekly spot on a local TV station, visiting schools all over the US with a story-telling program, Sociology professor at a local college, presenting writer’s workshops for various writer’s clubs, traveling as an evangelist, pastoring churches, and more.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I hold a BS in Sociology and a Ph.D. in Pastoral Counseling. I am an ordained United Methodist minister (retired)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n You mainly write Westerns – can you tell us what about that genre appeals to you, and how you first became a fan?<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Actually, I write in many genres. I do like to write to write Westerns, but I also enjoy writing contemporary novels, children’s books and juvenile novels. Plus, I am a Civil War buff, and have a four volume historical fiction Civil War series to my credit, titled, “The Guns of the Civil War”. I have written several non-fiction books, including books on Attention Deficit Disorders, and Behavior Disorders.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Were there any books\/tv shows etc that you found inspirational in your writing?<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n I learned to read very young, and have always loved reading. I usually read four or five books at a time, plus periodicals and other works. When I was ten I read the entire collection of Zane Grey Westerns, and I’ve been reading Westerns from that time forward.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Who are your favourite authors to read?<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Louis L’Amour, Elmer Kelton, John Grisham, James Michener, Nevil Shute, Bruce Catton, John Brick<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Is there anything you would like to tell readers about yourself, your work, books or writing in general?<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n I suppose I have to say that writing is such an integral part of me, that I can’t “not write”. Bad grammar, but oh, so true. I write every day, usually from very early in the morning until about ten a.m. After that, my muse takes a long nap. I write several books at a time, along with a couple of short stories. I learned to do this to overcome writer’s block, and it works very well.<\/p>\n Check out Herb’s Author page for purchasing information for all his books (both direct from the WEE site or from Amazon):<\/p>\n
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