Art appraiser Scott Zema and author of the book, THREE STEPS TO INVESTMENT SUCCESS: BUYING THE RIGHT ART, ANTIQUES, AND COLLECTIBLES is here with us today at AUTHOR TALKS!Scott Zema is a professional appraiser certified by the International Society of Appraisers and has been in practice for twenty years. Based in the Pacific Northwest, he has a national clientele. He has actively promoted the appraisal profession and includes among his clients the University of Washington, museums, local municipalities, corporations, and numerous other institutional clients, as well as numerous private clients of high net worth.
You can visit his website here and his blog here!
Welcome to Author Talks, Scott! Can you tell us a little bit about yourself and how long you’ve been writing?
Hello hello! I own a very successful corporation and appraise art and antiques for a living, do a little writing, and have degrees in art history and architecture. In general terms I am a Renaissance type intellectual with many interests; I like to write poetry and have great and original ideas for stories and books--which brought me to my present dilemma.
How long have you been writing?
Off and on seriously for about ten years.
Has it been a bumpy ride to becoming a published author or has it been pretty well smooth sailing? Would you like to tell us how you became published for the first time?
I am actually trying to publish for the first time.
Do you have an agent and, if so, would you mind sharing who he/is is? If not, have you ever had an agent or do you even feel it’s necessary to have one?
With the internet, I think it may be possibly to garner all the cash and all the glory without involving other picky people with their hands out...perhaps this is naivete incarnate!
Can you please tell us about your book and why you wrote it?
Welcome to Author Talks, Scott! Can you tell us a little bit about yourself and how long you’ve been writing?
Hello hello! I own a very successful corporation and appraise art and antiques for a living, do a little writing, and have degrees in art history and architecture. In general terms I am a Renaissance type intellectual with many interests; I like to write poetry and have great and original ideas for stories and books--which brought me to my present dilemma.
How long have you been writing?
Off and on seriously for about ten years.
Has it been a bumpy ride to becoming a published author or has it been pretty well smooth sailing? Would you like to tell us how you became published for the first time?
I am actually trying to publish for the first time.
Do you have an agent and, if so, would you mind sharing who he/is is? If not, have you ever had an agent or do you even feel it’s necessary to have one?
With the internet, I think it may be possibly to garner all the cash and all the glory without involving other picky people with their hands out...perhaps this is naivete incarnate!
Can you please tell us about your book and why you wrote it?
I actually sat down and wrote a book which is truly the only one of its kind and which is based on an idea which runs counter to everything everyone in my profession says about its subject matter--except me.
I am the one of a few people in my profession who actually and fervently believes that a body can successfully invest in art and antiques and treat these commodities like other investments. I wrote a book detailing how this was possible--written I believe in a simultaneously informative and entertaining, anecdotal manner--because I had no emotional choice in the matter. I had to have my say (and perhaps make some money in the process)! I think its a great, ground-breaking piece of work.
So now its me against the establishment, conventional wisdom, and all that stuff--with a series of highly original ideas that I can't discard or back down on...are great rewards forthcoming, or do I end my days mumbling in a bar? :)
Do you plan subsequent books?
HAH! Don't know.
Are you a morning writer or a night writer?
I am the one of a few people in my profession who actually and fervently believes that a body can successfully invest in art and antiques and treat these commodities like other investments. I wrote a book detailing how this was possible--written I believe in a simultaneously informative and entertaining, anecdotal manner--because I had no emotional choice in the matter. I had to have my say (and perhaps make some money in the process)! I think its a great, ground-breaking piece of work.
So now its me against the establishment, conventional wisdom, and all that stuff--with a series of highly original ideas that I can't discard or back down on...are great rewards forthcoming, or do I end my days mumbling in a bar? :)
Do you plan subsequent books?
HAH! Don't know.
Are you a morning writer or a night writer?
Anytime I get the urge writer.
Any final words of wisdom for those of us who would like to be published?
Watch out!
Thank you for coming, SCOTT! Would you like to tell my readers where they can find you on the web?
Thank you too! I can be found at www.arklimitedpublishing.com and http://www.arklimited.com/.
Any final words of wisdom for those of us who would like to be published?
Watch out!
Thank you for coming, SCOTT! Would you like to tell my readers where they can find you on the web?
Thank you too! I can be found at www.arklimitedpublishing.com and http://www.arklimited.com/.
Scott, in conjunction with Pump Up Your Book Promotion, is hosting a free book giveaway! If you'd like to be eligible to win a copy of Scott's book, leave a comment below. Winners will be posted at http://www.virtualbooktoursforauthors.blogspot.com/ on September 30!
