Hi, Warren. Thank
you for taking the time
to talk with me today.
Can you tell us a little bit
about yourself?
I served 21-years in the United States Army
retiring in 1996, am a Veteran of the Cold War and was a Green Beret. I was born in Baltimore, my parents divorced when
I was young and I had a four year stay (1962-66) in Ireland and then returned
to and grew up in New York City, where I attended St. Stephens of Hungary
Elementary School and Power Memorial Academy High School.
I joined the Army in 1975 and met my wife
Debbie, we had three children and traveled extensively as a military
family. While in the Army I served in the Infantry, Military Police and
the majority of my career in Special Forces.
After retiring from the Army I transitioned into business and spent the
next 10 plus years working for Domino’s Pizza as a Regional Manager in Seattle,
Philadelphia, and later became a Domino’s Pizza Franchisee.
I recently earned an MBA from the University
of Michigan and am currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Business and Organizational
Leadership from Northcentral University. I live in St. Louis Missouri with my wife
Debbie of 35 years and pursuing writing, research, teaching, and participation
and support of fraternal, charitable, professional and other organizations.
When and why did you begin writing?
I always had the writing bug
and remember growing up in NYC, watching TV and writing scripts, none of which
went anywhere other than my imagination, but still at a young age I had
imagination. It was about five years ago when a spark was rekindled by my son
who asked me to read some of his stories.
A combination of my son’s writing and my wife’s encouragement were the
major inspirations that kick started me into writing and to put ideas,
experiences and thoughts to paper.
What inspires you to write and why?
My first book is considered a historical fiction, a Cold War POW story,
which was inspired by a combination of historical events, personal encounters
and travels, and a personal desire or maybe impulse to draw attention to a
specific cause. While my first book is
fiction and entertainment for the reader, my underlying hidden message is to
draw attention to the issue of what I consider Forgotten Soldiers, the POW/MIA’s
who never came home. The first book and future books I plan on writng are all
inspired by some kind of social issue which either needs to be never forgotten
or needs to be addressed.
Why did you choose to write this particular book?
We’ve all seen the books and movies about the Cold War, Vietnam, and
prisoners of war, like the Rambo movies or Chuck Norris Missing in Action
movies. They are all entertainment, but
no matter how they have been received, they do accomplish one thing and that is
creating attention to what by many is not a believable sceniero, but to many
others it is indeed very believable. I
felt that I could present a entertaining story, written in a manner that the
reader would ask “Did This Really Happen?” which many readers have already
done. The subject of POW/MIA’s is an issue I believed had been forgotten,
especially since the end of the Cold War, and is a subject that needs to be
remembered, and resolved.
How did you come up with the
title?
The title was rather to come up with considering the subject of the
book, which itself is about a forgotten era and forgotten people in our
history. Forgotten Soldiers just seemed to fit, and the fictional character
name of Jacob Walden was also a good fit, and was representative of those who
served during Vietnam and the Cold War
Have you started another book yet?
I have started another book
project and also have several concepts for other books. My current project is tentatively titled
“Operation Green Light” which is a Cold War action story which takes place in
1989 about a Green Beret A-Team that finds themselves behind the Iron Curtain
and must figure out a way to get back home, while avoiding starting World War
III.
What do you do when you are not
writing?
Most of the time I find myself
always writing, although not book writing, but with my current PhD. studies
keeping me deep in research and writing.
Where do you see yourself in five years?
In five years I envision having transitioned into teaching and
lecturing Business Management and Leadership while also devoting time to my
book writing activities and continued participation in charitable, professional
and fraternal type organizations. Even
in the event that my books are widely and famously accepted, I would likely not
deviate too much from what I have envisioned.
How and where can we purchase your book?
Autographed Paperback can be purchased from my website and also through
links on my blog
Paperback and Kindle e-books can be purchased through the Amazon site http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007WMQWGK
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