None of the fictional characters in my books are based on one specific person. My main characters are derived from a montage of people who I’ve encountered or known throughout the course of my life. Some of the personas that I’ve created have the tra...

Mitch Black is the main character of the Nefarious trilogy, and his love interest is the beautiful and talented Brea Jones, who’s a singer and artist. Mitch is a financial analyst by day and the co-owner of a nightclub with his cousin, Wesley Hunter....

For the people who don’t know me, my name is Mark Stephen O’Neal, and I’m a self-published urban and crime fiction author in my spare time. I’m also a creature of habit, as I have the tendency to do the same thing day in, day out inside of any given ...

Self-published authors are in charge of paying their own taxes on all sales from various platforms including their own websites and keeping track of operating expenses. Self-published authors are, in essence, entrepreneurs, and they’re also responsib...

I began my writing career in 2007, and my first book was about the decline and ultimate disappearance of Little League baseball in so-called Black communities throughout the United States. The book got some good reviews, but with no real marketing pl...

Writing is directly tied to my purpose. Almost twenty years ago, I was at a crossroads in life and drastically needed a change. Additionally, I had a dead-end job that was barely paying the bills coupled with the fact that I didn’t have a clue about ...