Author Archives: Jenny

Interview with Artist Douglas Pexa

By Jenny | Published: November 23, 2011

Douglas Pexa is a US based artist. He works with many different artistic mediums and much of his art centres around the human form. Did you always want to be an artist? I never made a conscious decision that I was “going to be an artist” it is something that was a part of me from early on.  I remember as a kid being complimented often when it came to colouring, drawing and other creative outlets.  I remember being encouraged and having people saying what a good little artist I was.  This is probably in part to genetics – my [...]

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Interview With Psychologist Felix Economakis

By Jenny | Published: October 28, 2011

Felix Economakis is a chartered psychologist, clinical hypnotherapist and NLP Master Practitioner. He has made numerous appearances on both TV and radio, including putting his techniques to the test on BBC 3’s ‘The Panic Room’ and the most recent series of ‘Freaky Eaters’. He specialises in combining therapies to produce rapid and powerful change for a range of conditions including self-confidence, depression, anxiety, traumas, relationship issues, and is considered to be one of the country’s leading phobia practitioners. What interested you in psychology? My mum had several popular psychology books lying around the house, and since we didn’t have internet [...]

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Interview with Mike French

By Jenny | Published: October 11, 2011

Mike French is the owner and senior editor of The View from Here literary magazine and an author.  He talks about his recently released debut novel The Ascent of Isaac Steward and what makes him tick as a writer. You originally trained and worked as an engineer. How and when did your interest in writing begin? About five years after giving all that up to become a home dad –  I’m more conceptual in my thinking so engineering was a way of making my interest in Physics pay the bills!  During those initial five years I’d loved looking after the [...]

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An Interview with Ysanne Spevack

By Jenny | Published: September 26, 2011

Ysanne Spevack is a British violinist, composer, and string arranger who is best known for her work with, among others, The Smashing Pumpkins, Elton John, Michael Stipe, and for her Film and TV scores. Born in London, she now lives in Los Angeles. She was gracious enough to answer some questions for us here at The Influential. Did you always want to be a musician?  Yes. I have two older sisters, Lindsay and Melanie, and they both took piano lessons. The piano lived in my bedroom, and I would spend hours making noises with it, John Cage style. I would [...]

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Bronwen Winter Phoenix Interview

By Jenny | Published: September 25, 2011

Bronwen Winter Phoenix is an author, freelance writer, and describes herself as a dreamer. Her work includes Escaping Dreams, Nightswallow, and more recently Grassmarket Blood, which has been nominated for a Galaxy National Book Award in the crime and thriller category. She currently lives in Dunfermline, Fife. When did you know you wanted to be a writer and why? I knew from a young age. I always enjoyed writing, and English was my favourite subject at school. I used to read a lot of books, such as Stephen King, Dean Koontz, and Christopher Pike, from when I was about eight [...]

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