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Can you share the most interesting story that happened to you since you began leading your company or organization?

Authors will relate to this… My first novel in 2023 was a book set in 2032, and I accidentally predicted the future, throughout the book. The Last Invention sells every week, and I’ve heard from some VIP tech founders that they love some of my inventions. For my new book, I let my imagination run wild, and I had Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison rise from the dead as Zombies. But over the year it took to write it, I had to edit it because the most unthinkable things happened in the US. My fiction became reality, again.

Can you describe how your book is making a significant social impact?

Words are powerful. Some people protest and write signs, others create slogans, while others write protest songs. This is my protest book that goes above and beyond a simple fight; I see a way to heal our nation, and I share it with founder Zombies and Americans from all walks of life — and politics.

In Founding UNDEAD, I bring 3 of America’s founders back to life. I started out writing as a sad, angry, and hopeless American, but I used many authentic words from Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison.

After about three chapters, everything — my writing, my plot, and my perspective — was upside down. It was as if these rebels who created the first Republic took over. It was my imagination inspired by their words and leadership.

My novel isn’t just about zombies. I have a straightforward message for ALL Americans, shared via the fictional story placed in the violent, real-life threats to our Constitutional rights.

It’s time to look at political “enemies” in a new way. The famous doomsday clock has us at less than a second to survive, and this warning applies to the United States of America. Our nation may not survive IF we do not reach out to one another, as human beings, and start talking about everything.

My story asks the hard questions, and I try to offer some real solutions. We don’t need my founder zombies to bring us together and save our nation. We need a reset, on every street, in every family, and with every neighbor.

Founding DEAD is fiction in a The Wizard of Oz way, meaning there is a real-time message of good and evil, and survival for a country founded in human rights, in plain sight.

Can you tell us a story about a particular individual who was impacted or helped by your cause?

The founders of America, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, are my mentors for this novel. When I started reading their own words, quotes, the Bill of Rights, and the rest of the United States Constitution, I knew I had to write this book.

Jefferson has a very famous saying, “I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.”

We must stand up to inequality and tyranny, in a country founded upon freed and justice for all.

Are there three things the community/society/politicians can do to help you address the root of the problem you are trying to solve?

Three things every community/society/politicians must do now:

1. Community and society: Meet your neighbors, and visit neighborhoods where others do not agree with your politics. Have honest conversations and never mention the president’s name. Talk about America on a local level, on a personal level. What do you love about our country?
2. Politicians: Ditch the hatred, the puppet-voting in the House, the name calling distractions used on social media and in the press and GET TO WORK. Every senator and every representative in Congress must sit down in small groups with elected officials across the aisle.
3. Take back Congress’ power. Compromise. Be leaders, not puppets. Remove violence and military force used against our citizens. Use lawful, safe methods to deal with every human being, no matter their origin, for any reason.

How do you define “Leadership”? Can you explain what you mean or give an example?

Leadership is stepping up to guide a nation, with frank, real talk and no conspiracy theories or hateful speech that leads to violence and division. There is no perfect world; we all know that. Under a leader with a strong belief of our Constitution, we can set our country straight.

Example: A leader must step up to any lies told to deceive the public. The measles is real, and can be fatal to many children and adults. Vaccines are not pollical; they are science. Everyone I know for over 60 years had the measles vaccine, and none of us got sick from it, in any way, or died from it. Leaders must trust science, not conspiracy theories.

Fact: Over 2,100 confirmed cases were reported by early 2026, representing the highest number since 1991. Three people died, including children. They were all unvaccinated.

What are your “5 things I wish someone told me when I first started” and why. Please share a story or example for each.

1. Writing is not just a gift; it’s a responsibility.

Books influence readers, and be very powerful.

2. The publishing industry is fighting to survive; it’s not dying.

New publishing models are born daily, and writers have choices. They must, however, do their due diligence.

3. Artificial Intelligence is a threat to creatives; for now, AI can’t write a great book.

It’s limited by the lack of empathy and experience in the human world.

4. Artificial Intelligence will scam writers.

If you’ve seen ads or social media posts promising major sales of your book, it’s a lie. You need to work for it, every day.

5. Corrupt publishing firms will promise to help authors, and just publish their books with no assistance, professionalism, and care.

It’s awful how many of these firms trick authors to pay them large amounts of money, and all they do is publish books without anyone every reading them, word for word (like I do), and then do nothing to get them into distribution.

Can you please give us your favorite “Life Lesson Quote”? Can you share how that was relevant to you in your life?

That’s easy. From the Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776.

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.”

"I rediscovered a manuscript I wrote while in my teens called “Summertime” and fell in love with it all over again, 50 years later. The backstory is almost as interesting as the story itself! 

From my first conversation with Diane Lilli of Rebel Books Press I was motivated to finally get the book, now titled “I Remember Summertime,” professionally published and launched in time for summer beach reading season! I’d previously sent it to a few publishers and tried the self-publish route and was stuck in a frustrating holding pattern. 

Diane’s decades of experience, and contacts in the publishing industry, along with her thorough knowledge of every creative and technical detail of the journey, from formatting to cover design to the overwhelming (to me, anyway) copyright process, to publicity and promotion….were beyond invaluable. Diane was also super encouraging, positive and uplifting, boundlessly energetic – and responsive and available, accommodating to my fulltime work schedule. 

Mutual connections have sung her praises, and rightfully so. If you’re a new author whose goal is to get your book out there and professionally published to bookstores, I highly recommend the dynamic Diane Lilli and Rebel Books Press!"

Maryanne Micchelli Conte , Author

I Remember Summertime

"Aspiring and established authors can find real professional guidance with

RebelBooksPress.com. They  will provide personalized service with her team of experts

ensuring a quality book that meets all your expectations and at a reasonable price point.

RebelBooksPress does it all, from editing, to layout, formatting, covers, bar codes, copyright

filings, marketing, and more. A step way above self-publishing which requires a lot of work with

all the details you have to figure out to actually get published. 

Their  expertise and contacts in

the literary world leaves your mind free for creativity and writing, the real fun part of having

your own book out in public, online, in stores, and on bookshelves everywhere. The final product is high quality, shipped quickly, and something you will be proud to have created and have your

name on. Definitely consider them, with their  talented and experienced publisher, for your literary needs and you will be satisfied with RebelBooksPress". 

--David Wilson, Author

The Gopher Tale

Fires in Your LIfe 

"This is a no brainer folks. Rebel Books Press editor is by far the most honest, hard working, loyal professional I have ever known. It is a privilege to work with her on anything. 

You can rest easy knowing they will do their very best to provide you with any possible need from copyright to awards to, well, anything related to your books success.  All that without breaking the bank either!  The enthusiasm is boundless. they are like the Ever-ready bunny. I swear they never sleep.     

When Rebel Books Press takes you on, you become the founder's  best friend and her capacity to give of herself never diminishes.  I love her heart for this very special business that dwells in all our minds. "

- Mary Brodky, author of

Fairies of Harnony Grove Series

10 illustrated books for early readers

"I wrote my first novel - Frame 39 - in Abu Dhabi in 2013-2014. It gathered virtual dust on the virtual shelves of Amazon for some years before a remarkable thing happened: I reconnected with a poet from the past  and discovered that she had ventured into publishing. I had always known the publisher  to be an incredibly dynamic and discerning writer (and more), and with her enthusiasm as the catalyst, we have now re-launched the novel, and I have never felt so hopeful about it. I am extremely happy to be part of the Rebel Books Press clan, and look forward on a daily basis to my collaboration with them  on this project."

- Rick Shands, Frame 39

"I have been very impressed with the insight and enthusiasm from  RebelBooksPress. As a new author, navigating through the process of publishing a book is daunting, Their knowledge of the industry and guidance has been instrumental in the success of my book. They make the publishing process easy to understand and is quick to guide you through the course of taking a book from a manuscript to market. Rebel Books Press  is unique to the plethora of publishers out there who say they’ll do something but fail to follow-up; they do what they say."

Author J Robert Gould, The Last of the Greatest Generation

"I  had the pleasure of working with them for several months for the promotion of my novel The Golden Prison. The founder is a tornado!!! She is bursting with energy and ideas. She is quick and turns around projects with precision. She was wonderful to work with and we had a lot of fun as well. I look forward to working with her again in the near future. Clearly, I give her my highest recommendation."

-- Paul AlexanderSangillo

The Golden Prison