Self-publishing, marketing and promotions, social networking

Interview with Jim Arnold

Topics of conversation:

• Crafting a novel in comparison to writing for screen.
• Arnold talks about creating a witty and sarcastic dark comedy around the sensitive issue of prostate cancer....still making for a highly enjoyable and funny read!
• Los Angeles - Arnold, a 30 year resident talks about his love for the city, its people and rich history.
• Self-publishing, marketing and promotions, social networking - the business side of being a published author.
• Upcoming projects, books, screenplays, Troll Palace, Facebook sites...and more!

As a writer, Jim Arnold is the author of feature film screenplays and teleplays. Benediction is his first novel. As head of Eureka Street Pictures, Jim directed the critically-acclaimed documentary short Our Brothers, Our Sons, about generational differences around HIV/AIDS in gay men, (nominated for Best Documentary at the 2002 Turin International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival). Jim has worked as a free-lance journalist and has published in Frontiers, Variety, Prime Health & Fitness and other periodicals and fiction anthologies. He began his career in musical theatre and holds a BA in journalism and film from Marquette University, and has studied film production/writing in the MFA program for Cinema/TV at the University of Southern California, the Writers Program at UCLA, and at Film Arts Foundation in San Francisco. He lives in Los Angeles.

Benediction

Jim Arnold
BookSurge Publishing (2009)
ISBN 9781439248577
Reviewed by Carol Hoyer, PhD, for Reader Views (1/10)

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