Inside Scoop Live

Topics of conversation: Chaos Theory vs. Control Social Application of Chaos Control and Our Human Nature Political, Economic and other Social Organizations and why they fail Message Samuels embedded with his book

Topics of conversation: Small town America's legacy Importance of memories Importance of music as a school program Influencing factors of today's generation vs. past generations Sense of community meaning to Niece

Topics of conversation: Becoming a Writer from an eclectic background Using his background to create a flying serial killer thriller. From Homeless to the Top of the world. Learned Life lessons 3 things you need to write

Topics of conversation: What is A Side-Yard Hero? Bernie Jones influence on Rick's life Small Town America and the fuzzy feeling we get from them Being a "Memory Keeper" Literary Automythography, what is is?

Real Life versus fiction, Myths and Truths about "The Italian Stallion", Dealing with Cultural Shock, What Americans should know before meeting the Italian family of you Significant other, Why "Imperfect Pairings" is no Eat, Pray, Love...,

Raising Three Boys, Inspiration for Writing, Stumbling Blocks for Reluctant Readers, Motivating Kids To Read, Literature in the Era of the Internet

* The comfort a good book can give, * Collecting the Human Experience, * Life, Simplicity and Poetry, * The Ever-enduring quality of the written word.

* Being the voice of soldiers as an Army Reporter, * Stories from Iraq, * The real value of People Struggles, * Theological battles Christians face, * Writing Amidst Traffic.

* Why and how did her writing begin, * Lack of knowledge of writers about publishing and marketing their work, * Writing at home with children. Making the time. * Critique Groups and Writers' Conferences. A Must! * Importance of Contests as tools to promote writers

* Experience as an American woman traveling to Iran * Iranian women's reaction to her as an American woman * Lessons brought back home about living in a foreign country * Writing A Broad Abroad in Iran * What Americans should know about how they are viewed by locals in foreign countries

* Growing Up in West Los Angeles, * Experience In High School (Private and Public), * How Frank Lloyd Wright's work influenced his writing, * Out of Rehab - Failure and Success.

*Introduction by Susan Violante. * Favorite Interview Moments Medley (taken from Inside Scoop Live, Author's Access, and Conversations Live) Featuring with Irene: Victor Volkman, Juanita Watson, Arthur Mills, Michael Kearns, Susan Violante, Leslie Ferdinand, and Cyrus Webb. * Reading of an excerpt from The Sitting Swing.

* What is it about horses that makes us connect with them? * Morgan Horses relevance in America, * Horse Stories and anecdotes, * Black Jack - A 19 year old Morgan Horse Star, * Lessons learned from Horses.

* American society today - arrogance/narcissism, * Polarization of the "self", * Importance of forgiveness, * Bullying on Social Media, * Seizing opportunities when they become available.

* What is the Crawl Space about? * Bullying at school and the Military, * Anti-Bullying Message through the Bully's point of view, * Interactive Books, * Struggles as an active soldier and writer.

* Sarvaskar and India History, * Manipulation of History by Governments, * Researching for Truth, * Domestic Violence and abuse, * Comparing India and America.

* Definition of "Gothic and how is it different from Horror, * Man's pursuit of forbidden truth, * Relevance of Gothic figures today, * Gothic literature past, present and future, * British Gothic vs. American.

* The Hamptons during the 80's, * Youth of today and how it compares with youth in the 80's, * How Technology affects today's youth maturing process, * Teaching writing in Grad School, * How teaching International students has affected his writing.

* Life perspective after 20 years working on a hospital night shift. * Why do people like horror stories. * Paranormal experiences and nightmares, writing as a way to deal with them. * What scares a horror story writer? * Writing and Publishing Anthologies.

* How Dentists are viewed by the public and why? * Forensic Dentistry, * Cosmetic Dentistry unusual requests, * Writing mysteries as a way to escape your daily routine, * Family.