Book Goodies

Connecting Readers and Authors

  • Home
  • Authors: Tell Readers About Your Book
  • Advertising
    • Buy Home Page Features
    • Advertise Your Bargain Book
    • List Your Free eBook
    • Feature Your PermaFree Book
    • BookGoodies Multi-site Landing Pages And Book Buyer’s Guides
    • Author Advertising PrePay and Save!
  • Deals Newsletter
  • Featured Books
    • Buyer’s Guides
  • Book and Kindle Sleeves
  • Use Coupon Code BookGoodies10 for 10% off your purchase from the BookGoodies Store!
  • Free Printable Bookmarks
  • Free Books
  • PermaFree Books
  • Featured Free and Bargain Books
  • Bargain Books Under $3
  • Buyer’s Guides
  • Interviews With Authors
    • Podcasts with Authors
  • Authors Start Here
    • Authors: Tell Readers About Your Book
    • BookGoodies MEGA Submit Book Buyers Guide
    • Submit Your Interview
    • Feature Your Free Books
    • Feature Your Bargain Books
  • Giveaways from BookGoodies
You are here: Home / *Reading Room / Interviews With Authors / Interview with Author – Ryan Chamberlin

Interview with Author – Ryan Chamberlin

By Book Goodies Leave a Comment

250p-Professional-Photo
About Ryan Chamberlin:
Dr. Chamberlin is a Professor of Medicine living in Portland Oregon. He teaches a number of subjects including Neuroscience, Genetics, Anatomy and Minor Surgery. He blogs and writes on subjects central to preparedness and disaster management.

What inspires you to write?
Focusing on Survival and Field Medicine, my writing career began with a question: How do you teach preppers to become medics? How do you guide them to where they feel comfortable dealing with medical emergencies? These questions are important, because in an apocalypse – you are the doctor! You’ll be alone or in a small group and have no one to turn for help. The healthcare professionals will have either been killed or drafted by the military, and you’ll be on your own! So what do you do?

After two decades of considering the problem, it seemed to solve itself. The internet made resources available not previously imagined. Training videos and discussion groups sprung up everywhere. But still missing were well-written guides stuffed with usable information. Books that could be digested in one or two sittings and stuck to the formula called “this is what you do.” Preppers don’t want to sit through a physiology class. They want high-yield practical information easy to get through. They’re busy. They have other preps to get to!

One day Dr. Chamberlin wrote that “this is what you do” book. It’s called The Prepper Pages, and it’s guaranteed not to disappoint you!

Tell us about your writing process.
Let the idea for your book find you. Don’t go out looking for it, just start with the intention of writing something great, something that will make people say “wow.”

Then wait.

That book, that great idea, will come to you!

For Fiction Writers: Do you listen (or talk to) to your characters?

What advice would you give other writers?
Find a need or problem of humanity that hasn’t been adequately addressed – then solve it. Solve it by identifying the problem and proposing a fix. But when you do, it has to be in a way never before considered. If it’s already been said, don’t waste your time by saying it again. Shoot for the unusual and anomalous. Shoot for fresh thinking!

How did you decide how to publish your books?
The most important principle is to avoid the Amazon trap. Amazon has great services, don’t get me wrong. But when you try to leave and diversify into other platforms and vendors, they punish you! And don’t even think about Google AdWords.

What do you think about the future of book publishing?
In the next year or two, perhaps three, the self-publishing bubble will crash. There are so many new books, the market is becoming prohibitively competitive. Make your book available everywhere and have a killer cover, otherwise you’re going to be stuck in the information glut.

What do you use?: Professional Cover Designer, Beta Readers

What genres do you write?: Preparedness, Survival Medicine, Spirituality

What formats are your books in?: Both eBook and Print

Website(s)
Ryan Chamberlin Home Page Link
Link To Ryan Chamberlin Page On Amazon
Link to Author Page on Smashwords

Your Social Media Links
Goodreads
Facebook
Twitter
Pinterest

Sign up to hear about great new books and authors!

We don’t spam! Read more in our privacy policy

Check your inbox or spam folder to confirm your subscription.

Filed Under: Interviews With Authors Tagged With: Ebola, preparedness, Prepping



Are you looking for ebook deals? We have them! We also have free ebooks - check them out!



 

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

5 × 2 =

Subscribe to Our Newsletter

Join us!

Sign up to free and bargain books in your inbox, every day.

We don’t spam! Read our privacy policy for more info.

Check your inbox or spam folder to confirm your subscription.

Fiction

  • Fiction
  • Action & Adventure
  • Drama
  • Fantasy
  • Historical
  • Horror
  • Mystery/Suspense
  • Paranormal
  • Romance
  • Romance – Erotica
  • Science Fiction
  • Women’s Fiction
  • Fiction Audio Books

Try Kindle Unlimited Today

Listen to Your Favorite Books

Nonfiction

  • Art/Photography/Coffee Table
  • Biographies & Memoirs
  • Body/Mind/Spirit
  • Business Books
  • Cooking and Food Books
  • Crafts and Hobbies
  • Educational/How-to
  • Essays
  • Faith and Religion
  • Gardening Books
  • Health & Fitness
  • Humor
  • Inspiration and Photography Books
  • Pet and Animal Books
  • Science and Math
  • Travel
  • Nonfiction Audio Books

More Good Stuff

  • Featured Books
  • Children and Young Adult Books
  • *Reading Room
    • Interviews With Authors
    • Audio Books
      • Nonfiction Audio Books
      • Fiction Audio Books
  • Spanish
  • Giveaways from BookGoodies
  • Readers: What Podcasts Do You Listen To?
  • Readers: What Devices do You Use to Read eBooks?
  • Readers: What Do You Like on an Author’s Website?

For Authors

  • Authors: Tell Readers About Your Book
  • Author Interview – Tell Us About Yourself
  • BookGoodies MEGA Submit Book Buyers Guide
  • Advertise Your Bargain Books
  • Advertise Your Free eBook
  • Advertise Your PermaFree Book
  • Universal Link Tool for Amazon Books
  • Subscribe to Our Newsletters
  • BookGoodies News

Copyright © 2021 BookGoodies Network