Fact Denounced as a Four-Letter Word received a 4+ star review, making it an IndieReader Approved title.
Following find an interview with author Piotr Bardzik.
What is the name of the book and when was it published?
Fact Denounced as a Four-Letter Word. The subtitle reads: and other accidental thoughts in a world dominated by common nonsense.
What’s the book’s first line?
It happens to be the book’s title.
What’s the book about? Give us the “pitch”
It’s a little book of aphorisms.
What inspired you to write the book? A particular person? An event?
My journaling as a theraputic activity has been at the origin. The very first folder housed my pet peeves. With time passing other categories started to emerge. Current events provided often a fertile ground for my accidenatl thoughts.
What’s the main reason someone should really read this book?
SL&R or Solace Laugh and Reflection, I’d propose.
Is this the first book you’ve written?
Yes, it is.
What do you do for work when you’re not writing?
Counting beans.
How much time do you generally spend on your writing?
Minutes some days, none others. Over eight years that added up though.
What’s the best and the hardest part of being an indie?
As a first time indie I have had a lot to learn. Sometimes that was satisfying, sometimes frustrating. The best part of being an indie is, hands down, the avoidance of rejections be it from editors or be it from literary agents.
Would you go traditional if a publisher came calling? If so, why?
I’ll cross that bridge….. I’d say that could provide a valid answer only when an opportunity of a sort does materialize. Before it I am probably speaking from the sour grapes country, I guess.
Is there something in particular that motivates you (fame? fortune?)
Being acknowleged, being noticed, getting some books sold would feed intravenously my vanity, pure and simple.
Which writer, living or dead, do you most admire?
Stanislaw Jerzy Lec and Nassim Nicholas Taleb.