Paul Collins

On a Friday afternoon, I met bill bissett at an area Second Cup cafe at Church and Wellesley in downtown Toronto.…

It was Earl's 30th birthday and he planned to get drunk. Yes, he did and at the end of the night, he drove himself…

Rosanne Barr's career ended with one tweet

I'm an independent songwriter, musician, and artist from Stockholm, Sweden. I've been playing music since I was a…

They say you should never judge a book by its cover. Well, that is the same approach you should take when you meet…

As an author, I thrive to captivate my audience where they are completely swept away from their daily worries.…

I’m a singer-songwriter and fingerstyle guitar player and I’ve been on the road playing festivals, concert halls,…

How-to books sell, Self-help books sell, and nonfiction sells

Paul Collins–Tell us about your background. Who are you? Where are you from? I am a pop/dance/r&b recording…

Alek Minassian allegedly drove a rented van at high speed on a sidewalk in a peaceful North Toronto area

Who would not want to come to film in Canada? If they hire producers from Northern Ontario, production houses get a…

Everyone is disenfranchised in this day and age

Something got my attention this week. Filmmaker Martin Scorsese was quoted in the media, causing international…

L.A. Murphy likes fast-paced novels with turns at every corner that will make you doubt everything you think you…

Ashley Suzann is a Wattpad author who can be found at ashleysuzann98. Check out her Wattpad books. She loves all…

First, it was the Arab Spring, Occupy Wall Street and now there are the Trump protests

Gry Finsnes, writes historical fiction from World War II. Has lived in Norway, Sweden, India, England, Germany and…

David Lawrence has been a writer for about seven years. He started in Flagstaff AZ and continued until it occurred…

I’m wickedly sweete and have a sweet disposition as my daddy called that makes me, unlike most women

Melissa is not just an author, she is also a single mom, actor/model, and a graduate with a Criminology/Business…

Tech Startups are a lot like old Hollywood--they both have their own language and they are at the cutting edge of…

Joe Lewis grew up in the Midwest, Wisconsin, but began teaching and coaching high school in Wyoming, then coached…

S. E. Tomas is a forty-year-old panhandler in downtown Toronto. His current book 'Crackilton' was based on his…

Stephanie Osborn, the Interstellar Woman of Mystery is a writer, editor, and former rocket scientist

I pass out my books to all the major newsrooms

The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is set to rewrite the law for big pharmaceutical firms in how they sell…

Pat McDermott writes romantic adventures set in an Ireland that might have been

When people read my stories, they are allowing me to intimately share with them my inner thoughts

"Expect nothing from Hogtown," said the wise, almost a lifetime ago, “because it is a place where they used to…

The pale, scaly vampires had already drained Kyan at his wrists enough to subdue him

Those attending the event assembled a planned healing circle

I teach 3rd grade, and live a busy life of waking up at 5:00, getting the kids ready for school

Lisa Maliga is an American novelist and nonfiction author of soap crafting books

The real story is this: if I can do it, you can do it too.

I sat up, took some deep breaths, and evaluated. I had the Baby Bjorn with me

Peggy Chambers is an award winning, published author, always working on another book

I find drug users and alcoholics have a romantic view of themselves

I am self-indulgent in the belief that anything is possible in the writing world

Lee Gimenez is the author of ten novels. Several of his books became bestsellers

Darlene Quinn is an international award-winning author and speaker from Long Beach, California

There was once a great sovereign of the ancient kingdom of Florence

"What good has Political Correctness done to society?"

Sean Costello spent the sixties in buffalo-hide sandals and bell-bottom jeans, playing drums and

Jules Burnett loves old B-movie monster films, the culture and art of Asia and childish humor

Virginia Pothier, co-author of The Happiness Journey, and co-founder of Hapacus

I was born in the County Offaly, along the River Shannon, in the year 1663

Shane North believes every day is amazing. The world is truly full of miracles and the things that go bump

James Scott endured the toughest streets, prison, and near death

Paul Tobey, founder and CEO of Training Business Pros, author, keynote speaker & award winning jazz pianist

Jamieson Wolf is an award-winning, Number One Best Selling Author of over sixty books

Rosie Tirant-Longhurst grew up in the tiny Seaside village of Beau-Vallon on the northern coast of the island

Jo Linsdell is an award winning, international best-selling author and illustrator, as well as a recognized…

Everyone says they want to be happy. You’re likely reading this because you want to be happier.

PolitiChicks Murrell, Brittany and Loudon, call conservative women across America to action

Anabelle Bryant began reading at age three and never stopped. Her passion for reading soon turned into

Misha Lee is a profound and introverted philosopher who grew up in the Runnymede area of Toronto. She attended Film…

Douglas and Querilla wake up on a rocky pathway of the Dwarven kingdom, Ak Tiem

Paul Collins interviews author and 'artist extraordinaire' Brien O'Raighne

Imagine the banks offered Government issued Infrastructure Bonds, much like the regular Government bonds

An acclaimed author, educator and filmmaker, Michael Lanfield is a certified World Peace Diet facilitator

Trisha Smith's inquisitiveness took her into research, interviews, and writing at Ecology Canada Magazine, and then…

Proud son of Puerto Rican parents, multi-published author R.M. Garcia was born in New Jersey. A Paul Collins…

J.C. Conway writes science-fiction, romance and fantasy stories for adults, young adults and middle-grade readers.

Despite the warm evening wind, Tala drew her knees close and shivered. Under the starlight, below the community’s…

Andrew Hook is a UK author with over one hundred published short stories, several collections, and a couple of…

Chantelle and I hugged for so long that had there been any diffidence felt from our being apart for so long

Alan J. Cooper of Toronto embarked on a writing career after being struck by an impaired driver and incurring a…

Julie Young is an award winning writer/author from the Indianapolis area, and a multi-award nominated author of six…

The Russian Oligarchs still face a future of being War Criminals. Ukraine is Putin's last stand and Russia's false…

Author Tim Flanagan works as a Podiatrist in private practice. A Paul Collins Interview.

Captains of the Clouds is a favorite for aviation buffs. In fact, it was the first full-length Hollywood movie…

Award Winning Author in the Mystery & Suspense genre, Dianne Harman, is also a frequent contributor to the…

Lisa Folden is a beginning writer, with many ideas waiting to be put to paper for her soon to be readers. She also…

Andrea McKenzie Raine earned a B.A. in English Literature at the University of Victoria. She has attended the…

Born and raised in Malta, Rosanne Dingli received her education and her most significant youthful experiences in…

"Are you kidding us, cannibalism is the latest craze!" they would continue with no shame.

An English teacher at Strathroy District Collegiate Institute, Willy Nywening always told her students to write…

The entire monster book chains are aimed at what the US talk show circuit features. Already today's Hemingways will…

Ellen Whyte is a Scottish-Dutch columnist, author and feature writer living in Malaysia. A Paul Collins interview.

I’m awakened by the familiar screeching sound of rubber on tarmac. Instead of arriving home from a tropical holiday…

I am from Lakewood, Ohio and have married the man of my dreams. I currently have 10 published books both…

Fantasy, Horror, and Mystery writer Martin Adil-Smith (Author of A Gathering of Twine). A Paul Collins interview.

They were looking for volunteer camp counselors. It was called Camp Cucumber. I called the number and joined in on…

Terry Maggert is a writer of urban and dark fantasy. Author of The Fearless series: The Forest Bull, and Mask of…

"There's not much to say about acting but this," James Cagney once said, “Never settle back on your heels. Never…

Christopher Westlake, a proud Welshman setting his stories in Wales. A Paul Collins interview.

The world is a wonderful, wonderful place. It is three o’clock on a standard, no thrills Thursday afternoon, and we…

Vegas based author Vicki-Ann Bush changed writing focus from YA fiction to adult fiction. A Paul Collins interview.

This book is for girls. This book is for women. This is a book to empower females from teenagers through adults.…

I remember having a friend from high school. Let's call him L. He was always the life of the party. After high…

The Bulwark was Theodore Dreiser's last book. It was eclipsed by Dreiser's previous novels, American Tragedy and…

Only seven percent of the population qualifies for unemployment insurance.

I was born in Toronto, Ontario, and my Canadian heritage has greatly influenced my writing. Ontario is the setting…

Our last stop before Israel was the Dead Sea. We arrived on its bleak, treeless shores late on the warm afternoon…

Interview with Douglas Williams about his book 'Promised Lands: Growing Up Absurd in the 1950s and '60s.'

I was a vendor in the Skydome, now Rogers Center, where I sold Coke and popcorn. I worked the five hundred level,…

Interview with author Julian Gallo who explores the relationship between political and emotional fascism through…

So the Cold War ended without a shot being fired. Unknown to most, the world was threatened three times with a…

Tips for Parenting Every New Dad and Dad-to-Be number of mistakes as every other parent and don't have any fancy…

The St. Bernard‘s dissonance of howling causes the director’s face to tighten and the actors to share a much needed…

Chris Hatfield singing 'Space Oddity' on the International Space Station.

My Beloved Tourniquet is about love, betrayal, deception, suffering, power and lust. It’s my wish that my readers,…

First and foremost, I am an Biker-Nerd. They seem like those two things would be in conflict, since wearing either…

Before the stock market crashes and the sky falls...I must confess... Psychology was never a science.

A fine artist that was born and raised in Toronto. Gorlicky started painting at age thirteen, and the city is her…

In short, we need a Fat Tax, or a Miss a Meal Campaign for the overweight. "You can Miss a Meal, sir," I would tell…

INT.OFFICE BUILDING. SECOND FLOOR. OFFICE AREA. NIGHT BENJAMIN THOMPSON, 55ish, gray, balding hair, tired,…

"The Cagliostro Chronicles" is about man stepping beyond his boundaries and for the first time into a much bigger,…

"Freaking coppers?' protested a recent arrival, "we're turning into a police state!"

Author Rhonda Lee Carver writes spicy love stories. Her specialty is men who love to get their hands dirty.

Becky Corwin-Adams is a columnist for a farm newspaper, and wrote six books this year.Becky Corwin-Adams-  I…

The Torch Freedom reigns Terror dies Master is buried This is where he liesHey! You! Take up his…

After R graduated from York University, he could not find work. He searched for employment for a year and a half.…

Author Okechukwu Iroegbu writes Oiroegbu Halls which explores the wonders of Mother Nature. Africa is a scenic…

Mad Cow disease! SARS in Canada! I saw something boarding on the bizarre in 2003. It was so absurd, I actually sent…

So many battles I can fight I can live but once Never be an old man playing the games of the youth So many…

Author Paige Strickland wants adoptees to know that they are not alone or wrong in their feelings. Paul…

I was born and raised in the heart of the beautiful Ottawa Valley, in the small city of Pembroke, Ontario.

I remember a place. A place in my childhood. A place in my home.  I`ll remember this place on my deathbed. It`s…

A. J. Wilson's Russian Redemption explores possible desensitization of constant exposure to violence, and depths of…

Author Paul DeThroe changes the end-times story of angels and demons fighting for human souls into invading aliens

I grew up in the East London suburb of Barking. Over the years I’ve lived in many places including Israel, New York…

Wow, TV Producers are human beings like the rest of us!

Author Hank Quense talking Marketing Plans for Self-published Books and How to Manage Your Self-publishing Project.

Only the wretched know the horrors of guerilla filmmaking!

Enjoying San Francisco as a backdrop, the ghosts in Diane’s 150-year old Victorian home augment the chorus in her…

Author Tendai Mwanaka writes book Keys in the River exploring issues of modern struggle of Zimbabwe Immigrant in…

The Indigo's, the Crystal Adults, or Light Workers I have conversed with see this human life as nothing more than a…

Music Loving Oklahoma blogger Joey Zook writes to be best Christian fantasy author.Tell us about your…

Imagine someone put a full page sized advertisement in the New York Times Career Section, asking for an eccentric

Alistair MacLean spent six years in the British navy in WWII serving as Ordinary Seaman, Able Seaman, and Leading…

After I graduated from grade 12 at Neil McNeil High School, an all boys catholic school, I went mad! No woman for…

Tobias Smollett was born in 1721 to a Scottish Presbyterian family, and went to university, where he planned to…

When I searched for writing jobs on Craig's List, or Kijiji, I always come across motivational speakers, or real…

Paul Collins--Tell us about your background. Who you are? Where you are from? I am an author who first emerged on…

Look at it this way... if you want to get ahead, be a cut throat, ruthless and do it by ruining the careers of…

Interviewing Mike Barnett, a New York Times Best Seller Author.Paul Collins--Tell us about your background. Who…

Tanya, as I am calling her, had a best friend of 30 years who fell, accidentally hitting her head. Soon the friend…

Regulations are a coming. We are ten years away from a one world currency and one world legal system. You can fight…

When I went to part time film school at Ryerson University, I was told to buy Joseph Campbell’s Hero with a…

I wish I was a millionaire fly away from here I wish I was a shooting star go where it is unexplored see…

Kingsblood Royal is the last good book from Sinclair Lewis, the first American to win the Nobel Prize for…

David Grey Eagle is the leader of the Mohawk Bear Clan in the Rouge Valley. He is planning to release a book called…

"I came closed to starring in TV's Bomb Girls," she sighed with a smile, "oh, well, maybe next time. Someone else…

The 50 year old Steven Soderbergh wrote 1989's Sex, Lies, and Videotape and 2002's remake of Solaris. His latest…

The golden age for American literature was in the 1920's when the then rat pack for American Literature were living…

Imagine a government free from corruption, cronyism, and nepotism. Visualize a three term limit for every…

Mercury retrograde, horoscopes, Demon Nights movie, and ZooKeeper went Viral!So the Mercury is ending its…

Imagine a mobster flying to North America, arriving at a major airport, he picks up his dozen bags which contain…

Japanization was a real estate crash that happened in the 90's in Japan, which led to home values in Japan to…

It was January 15th, 2009. Imagine you are at a newspaper stand in a busy transit station and you meet a washed up…

Paul Collins interviewing Greg Henry Waters, New York Jazz Musician.Today we have Greg Henry Waters. He is kind…

How can Opinion Pollsters’ Inferno be different then Mack Dunstan’s Inferno? Or even Dan Brown’s Inferno? So…

Yogi Narayana was born Alfred Schmielewski in Austria in 1928. When he was a child, he dreamed of a great light…

I wrote this article a long time ago. I sent it to Prime Minister Harper's email and I had four phone calls about…

Idle No More has gone viral. This is the window of opportunity for the government to show leadership. How? In…

Sharon Howarth was a real estate agent by trade for six years. She then took a ten-year break from the paid work…

Due to the failing health of Pope Benedict XVI, the Holy Sea is actively recruiting a Ghost Tweeter for the papal…

As of 2013, in Ontario, Canada there will be no emergency medical procedures after 75 unless permission is given by…

The Elgin Theater opened on December 15, 1913. Months later, on February 16, 1914 the upstairs, Winter Garden…

MM is a mature, single Iranian man who is in fear of deportation for long time. He has been living in Canada for…

On a recommendation from a stranger, I read Jerzy Kosinski ‘s The Painted Bird. The book is basically about a five…

A beggar strolled the subway car, asking for change. “That never happened in Toronto before,” I said to an older…

The Elgin Theatre opened on December 15, 1913. Months later, on February 16, 1914 the upstairs, Winter Garden…

James Holmes, age twenty four, is accused of opening fire in a suburban Denver movie theatre, killing twelve people…

Journalist Paula Todd took a huge chance when she published "Finding Karla: How I tracked Down a Serial Child…

When I freelance on film sets as a technician, I rub shoulders with a lot of celebrities. I worked second unit for…

The Canadian Federal Government is re-jigging employment insurance in an omnibus budget bill C-38. In this…

Telstarr is a paranormalist and an escape artist. He has five world records. He still does these shows. He’s…

The Baltic Sea Mystery similar to "Mystery of Everyman’s Way:" There was a strange object discovered in the summer…

They had an election in Ontario recently. True to form, the phone calls came.  All the major political parties…

A person in the arts doesn’t really need a degree for it. Unless, you are a doctor, or an engineer, a degree would…

Little do people know that Paramahansa Yogananda, author of Autobiography of a Yogi, brought yoga from India to the…

If you want to do it the conventional route, you go to the bank, get a loan, and rent a location with all the bells…

Everyone knows a friend, or relative, who has three to five degrees or is overburdened with student loan debts.…

She’s an award winning novelist and screenwriter with a new novel, and a very modern business plan. Jen Frankel’s…

Whenever I look in the mainstream, Canadian media, they are always showing the negative side of RIM. For the…

For years Juliet Francis was so focused on getting a fabulous education, all to satisfy the parents who wanted her…

Concerned volunteers are now sending letters to key politicians to help save Ontario Place.  Several months ago,…

There are always the memories of doing stupid things when one is young. We all have such memories. For example, I…

I didn’t have to go far to find a story to tell. At the corner where the Empress Hotel once burned to the ground, I…

Back in 1997, I met then North York Mayor Mel Lastman by chance in Scarborough, Ontario. Apparently, I had walked…

Jackie Lewis was born in London, England. She inherited her ability from a family of healers and inventors. “My…

The old arts funding model in Canada must change because it only benefits those who are connected.The…

VATICAN CITY – The Vatican Business Conglomerate is now on the defensive in regards to the document leaks,…

iUniverse Publishing , the leading provider of high-quality, professional supported self-publishing services is…

“Violence! Violence! Sometimes it truly makes sense!” From the song Violence by Mott the Hoople.We are facing…

I would like to ask Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich a question. Up until now, the Republican Party has talked about…

A dozen Iranian Canadians meet in North Toronto.  Amongst them is Kavoos Soofi, who was freed last Friday, February…

CAYMAN ISLANDS - The IOR is built on secrecy. It keeps secret accounts, does no audits and claims to destroy…

Twitter and Facebook are gazillion dollar companies, who each possess a group of shareholders, a board of…

VATICAN CITY – Outrage grows over document leeks, concerning the Vatican Bank’s offshore Cayman Islands banking…

Exclusive Interview by Joey Pinkney: 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Paul Collins, author of Mack Dunstan’s Inferno …

Sometimes you may notice a face in the crowd. Only for a split second, yet your mind will be filled with memories.…

Kavoos Soofi immigrated to Canada from Iran in 2004 through a student visa. It expires every 2 years. In 2006, he…

It was announced in a CBC press release to be a partnership with Bollywood, who is co-financing the production. …

Since the 1980’s, Luciano Diana was running night clubs, having the time of his life. He was drinking, partying,…

Finding a corpse is a disturbing thing to happen. Finding one's own corpse is just plain insane, but that's exactly…

Some people can’t manage their thoughts, their thoughts manage them, leading to more alcoholics, drug addicts,…

Lisa Binion, BellaOnline’s Fiction Writing Editor–My Interview with Paul Collins, author of Mack Dunstan’s Inferno.…

We are ten years away from a single world currency and one world laws-its globalism and we can’t stop it.  There…

I was shocked and dismayed by the accusations leveled against my friend from the past. Reading the online news…

Tami Brady "TCM Reviewer" (Calgary, Canada) reviews Mack Dunstan's Inferno--Paul CollinsYou can't take it with you.…

A Red Hot Author with a Burning Message-- Grady Harp reviews Mack Dunstan's Inferno--Paul Collins.Paul Collins is a…

Ana: Today we have Paul Collins introducing his novel, Mack Dunstan’s Inferno. I haven't read this book myself,…

Chapter One The clouds opened up over London hours ago. The cafés consisted of pensioners, students, and artist…

Chapter One “I think I’ll just take a nap,” he exclaimed to the doctor and nurse, as they took his temperature.…

Elizabeth Uptown was short, thin, had long blond hair with a thin face and sharp eyes.  She wore black denims, a…

Betsy Sue was a six foot graying blond. Her hair was like straw and her face was thinned out with pain and worry.…

An orange glow hung over the city. In the morning, the traffic proved intense—nobody would budge. Malibu Airport…