I've been remiss in
not posting this, my first ever interview for Selected Salvos 2, back in February 18. The questions were posed
and answers posted at Indie
Author Tactics by Vincent Lowry.
I originally
challenged Vincent with this post:
Anyone who thinks it isn't possible for discussions of
libertarian political, social and cultural issues to be both informative and
fun, both serious and satirical, both meaningful and mirthful hasn't read
Volley 2 in my "Fun&Freedom" libertarian book series.
The Q&A – 5 Qs and 5 As
1) What is your name
and bio? – I'm Garry Reed, born in Nebraska but have traveled coast to
coast and border to border as a freelance contract technical writer. I'm now
settled in Dallas/Ft. Worth with my lovely wife where I've been writing paper
and online libertarian news and commentary since 2001.
2) What is your book
title, synopsis, and where can readers find it? – After publishing
"Selected Salvos from the Loose Cannon Libertarian" in 2014 I've just
released "Selected Salvos 2" which is more of the same – a collection
of 20 short articles from my website archives that deal with a wide range of
political, social and cultural issues from a libertarian viewpoint. What makes
my books different from virtually every other libertarian book on the market is
that I write in my own unique "Fun&Freedom" style where freedom
is always the message but fun is always the method. Reviewers have called my
style "stimulating, amusing and engaging" and "bordering H.L.
Mencken and Groucho Marx." Not your typical libertarian pontificating!
Readers can download a PDF from my link below if they promise to read and
review it.
3) Where do you come
up with your ideas? – Everywhere. I'm constantly reading a widely eclectic
array of websites, news sources, personal blog commentaries and social media
online and virtually everything suggests a response from my libertarian
worldview. I'm currently posting my articles on my national site
"Libertarian News Examiner" and my local "Dallas LibertarianExaminer."
4) What books/authors
do you like to read? – Again, nearly everything. I grew up on Mad magazine
and Science Fiction (Robert A. Heinlein and his contemporaries), read
everything Ayn Rand ever wrote before branching out into the wider libertarian
world but also read history, biography, mystery, adventure, travel, modern and
classical novels, nonfiction, more satire (Douglas Adams) and will read
whatever grabs my interest next.
5) What's your next
writing project? – As an online journalist I closely followed and reported
on a group of courageous, determined libertarian rights activists called
"Tyranny Fighters" who attempted to educate people about their jury
rights in the face of hostile establishment opposition who harassed, arrested,
jailed and prosecuted them for simply speaking the truth in America. I
chronicled their efforts as they happened in some 70 news articles and
commentaries and am organizing them into a book.
If you care it's
located on GoodReads here:
Buy the book here, read, and leave a review:
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