Interview with Atmosphere Press

Please find below a recent interview I did with Atmosphere Press about Tennis Players as Works of Art.

How did it feel when you first saw your book cover? Or when you first held your book in your hands?

The book cover was beautiful. It consisted of eleven different artworks from eleven of the forty-five artists that were featured in the book. The designer of the cover really helped guide me through this process to make such a beautiful cover a reality.

Who/what made you want to write? Was there a particular person, or particular writers/works/art forms that influenced you?

Reading literature was my substitution for losing my musical career. Writing became a substitution, as well, for no longer being able to play music. I do not have a particular writer that has influenced me. They all have. I tend to love writing that is musical, lyrical. I am most influenced by poetry, music, and the visual arts in all my writing.

What other professions have you worked in? What’s something about you that your readers wouldn’t know?

My first career was as a classical guitarist, but I injured my hand at twenty-one years old. I spent three years trying to rehabilitate the hand I had injured, but I finally had to leave music. It was a very difficult period of my life.

What new writing projects are you currently working on? Or, other projects that are not writing?

Working on a book on the great composers and their music. I am also working with artists to have a piece of art with each short piece I write. Attempting to make each short writing informational, creative, musical, clear, and different from any past writing in at least one or two ways.

How was working with Atmosphere Press? What would you tell other writers who want to publish?

I liked how thorough the writing/editing/revising process was with Atmosphere Press. They guided me carefully through the many steps of putting together the best possible manuscript prior to publication. Felt like I had expert, supportive help through every step in the process.

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Check out my latest book, Tennis Players as Works of Art, now available on Amazon. Called “madly ambitious” and named one its 5 featured books of 2024 in the category of Art/Imagination/Creativity by Publisher’s Weekly Booklife, Tennis Players as Works of Art has also been named “One of the Best Books we Read in 2024” (Independent Book Review) and “Book of the Year” (Inside Tennis Magazine.)