Top o' Mornin' To Ya: Author Interview with Marc Schiller (Pain & Gain)

Tell us a bit about your family. Most of my family has passed on. I have a brother. My son and daughter live with their mother of whom I’m divorced.

What is your favorite quality about yourself? My mental tenacity and ability to handle whatever life throws at me. Learn its lessons and catapult myself into being a better person and new directions.

What is your least favorite quality about yourself? That I can’t let things go, I’m relentless and never give up. It can be good but it can it also be detrimental.

What is your favorite quote, by whom, and why? Nietzsche-“What doesn't kill you makes you stronger”

Because I find out too well to be true.

What are you most proud of accomplishing so far in your life? That I have been able to pick-up the pieces of my shattered life after what occurred to me, and move on. Lead a normal life without thinking or allowing those events to haunt me.

What is your favorite color? Blue is my favorite color

What is your favorite food? I love all type of pasta and anything Italian. I enjoy cooking as well.

What’s your favorite place in the entire world? Machu Pichu – because I think it’s a magical place.

How has your upbringing influenced your writing? Since very young I enjoyed books and reading. I find them to be magical and a place to immerse myself in. The natural progression was to create my own.

Do you recall how your interest in writing originated? I started writing articles about financial matters that interest me.

When and why did you begin writing? I started writing seventeen years ago to tell my story and as a cleansing process. I put the manuscript down and never finished it, although I made several attempts. Finally when I found out the Michael Bay movie was coming out, I decided that it was important for me to finish and publish it.