Inside Scoop Live

* Experience as an American woman traveling to Iran

* Iranian women's reaction to her as an American woman

* Lessons brought back home about living in a foreign country

* Writing A Broad Abroad in Iran

* What Americans should know about how they are viewed by locals in foreign countries

* Growing Up in West Los Angeles,

* Experience In High School (Private and Public),

* How Frank Lloyd Wright's work influenced his writing,

* Out of Rehab - Failure and Success.

*Introduction by Susan Violante. * Favorite Interview Moments Medley (taken from Inside Scoop Live, Author's Access, and Conversations Live) Featuring with Irene: Victor Volkman, Juanita Watson, Arthur Mills, Michael Kearns, Susan Violante, Leslie Ferdinand, and Cyrus Webb. * Reading of an excerpt from The Sitting Swing.

* What is it about horses that makes us connect with them?

* Morgan Horses relevance in America,

* Horse Stories and anecdotes,

* Black Jack - A 19 year old Morgan Horse Star,

* Lessons learned from Horses.

* American society today - arrogance/narcissism,

* Polarization of the "self",

* Importance of forgiveness,

* Bullying on Social Media,

* Seizing opportunities when they become available.

* What is the Crawl Space about?

* Bullying at school and the Military,

* Anti-Bullying Message through the Bully's point of view,

* Interactive Books,

* Struggles as an active soldier and writer.

* Sarvaskar and India History,

* Manipulation of History by Governments,

* Researching for Truth,

* Domestic Violence and abuse,

* Comparing India and America.

* Definition of "Gothic and how is it different from Horror,

* Man's pursuit of forbidden truth,

* Relevance of Gothic figures today,

* Gothic literature past, present and future,

* British Gothic vs. American.

* The Hamptons during the 80's,

* Youth of today and how it compares with youth in the 80's,

* How Technology affects today's youth maturing process,

* Teaching writing in Grad School,

* How teaching International students has affected his writing.

* Life perspective after 20 years working on a hospital night shift.

* Why do people like horror stories.

* Paranormal experiences and nightmares, writing as a way to deal with them.

* What scares a horror story writer?

* Writing and Publishing Anthologies.