PnPAuthors Author Spotlight & Interview Of Arnold

PnPAuthors Spotlight & Interview

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PnPAuthors Book Club – spotlight and Interviewing
Author Arnold Greenbery

It’s time to meet the one and only Author  Arnold Greenberg and his book Revolution and the Journal of Joshua Johnson—A Ghost Story.  Arnold also writes under the name J.E. Wiseman; romance novels. All of Arnold Greenbery books are available on Amazon.

 Arnold’s Interview with PnPAuthors Book Club~

 

 

Arnold can you tell us a little bit about yourself?

 

 I was an educator for over 40 years and have started three schools, one of which is in its forty-fifth year. I also became a baker and had a cafe for thirteen years called The Left Bank Cafe which was also a concert venue. I have been writing since I was nine, and though I was an educator and a baker, my primary passion has been writing poetry, stories and novels. For the past seven years, I have been writing full-time beginning  at 4 A.M and have written four books of poetry, five novels under Arnold Greenberg and ten romance books under the name J.E. Wiseman. Rising before dawn, I wrote a collection of poems called Morning Songs and completed a book of poems Sisyphus based on the Greek myth. After living in an off the grid cabin for twelve years in Maine, I am now living in a small pentagon shaped cabin overlooking a trout pond. I've been writing a series of poems inspired by the pond, which will become a book titled, Ponderings.

 

What was the most difficult part of writing your book?

 

Aside from actually developing the story, the most difficult part is the refining and editing.  My novel, Spam, for instance, was 1400 pages and I edited down to 750 pages.  My novel, Revolution and the Journal of Joshua Johnson—A Ghost Story  went through four drafts. My trilogy based on the Atlantis legend was written about 5 years ago, but I have learned so much from an editor I started working with; I've decided to rewrite it.  I love writing short stories and have a collection, Rainbow's End  with ten stories.

 

What are you working on now?

I just finished a novella written under the name J.E. Wiseman titled The Drifter and I am revising the Atlantis Trilogy titled Children of the Dream. I also have a novel Chaordia—a Novel of Transformation. I have completed the first draft and am eager to get back to work on that book. The word Chaordia is a combination of the words chaos and order and for me expresses the phoenix rising from the ashes concept.

 

 

 

 

 

What blogs do you belong to, and are they blogs that support you book. What is the address to your book?

 

I had my own publishing company called Clayfield Books but have taken it down while I revise the novels. I do not currently have a blog, but am planning on creating one.

 

When did you join PnPAuthor? (Tell us a little bit about them)

 

I joined PnAuthor last year, but have not been as active as I should be. I am planning on becoming more active.  I have a lot of respect for this site and think it has a great deal of potential for helping struggling writers.

 

When did you write your first book? What lead you to do so.

 

My first book of poetry A Patch of Grass  was published in 1964 when I was still in college. I then published  Journey Homeward in 1974 and these were poems based on my travels on a Norwegian Freighter.  My first novel, Twins of Atlantis—The Awakening was written for my nine year old twin sons when I had a farm in Pennsylvania and became fascinated with Atlantis. I wrote a chapter every morning before barnyard chores and read it to them at bedtime. I then wrote the second book Daughters of Atlas—The Quest  for my daughter.  I didn't write the third book Children of the Dream—The Coming  until 2007.  

  

                                                                                                                                                                                         

 

 How long did it take you to write the book?

 The first draft of most of my novels takes three or four months, but then they go through many drafts which can take another 6 months to a year.  Now I am actually revising them again. One of the things I like about electronic publishing is that books can be revised and are not set in stone like traditional books; however, I admit, there is nothing like the feel of a book.