Interview with Dr. John E. Bell, Author of “Invasion of the Baby Daddy”

About Dr. John E. Bell

Dr. Bell is a Surgical Podiatrist and a College Professor at Strayer University at the Shelby Oaks campus in Memphis, Tennessee. Dr. Bell has a Master’s degree in Health Services Administration from Strayer University in Memphis, Tennessee and a Doctorate Of Podiatric Medicine degree from the Ohio College of Podiatric Medicine in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Bell is a graduate from Morris college in Sumter, South Carolina. Dr. Bell is a Gulf War veteran with 10 years in the US Navy with an honorable discharge. Dr. Bell is a member of Phi-Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc.

Dr. Bell has his own radio show called the Dr. John Bell Show that can be heard on Saturday from 4-5pm central time and 5-6pm Eastern time on KWAM990.com. Dr. Bell is married and has one daughter and a step son and has experienced the subject of the baby daddy syndrome and the drama that can be experienced from relationships that include a blended family structure. Dr. Bell has chosen to write about some of the challenges from a man’s perspective involved in a blended family where the man does not have any children and the woman has a child from a previous relationship.

This story has been a compilation of many American family’s dilemma with people who want to move on from their past mistakes in life of children and relationships and how much it can cost the people we love most when our life choices become complicated with an invasive baby daddy as in the book or even an invasive baby momma into a family situation. This book demonstrates how the American family structure is changing and how the law is often used to separate families and ultimately even end a marriage. In this American story of many with this subject, one family had to find a way to make the ultimate sacrifice to avoid destruction from the invasion of a baby daddy.

You can visit his website at www.drjohnbell.com.

Could you please tell us a little about your book?

Invasion of the Baby Daddy is a fictional novel about a family that is trying to keep a marriage together in a blended family situation when a Baby Daddy is invading this blended family legally and causing the mother to do the unthinkable, choose between her marriage or her child. Every single Mom’s nightmare comes to life in the novel and this story reasonates in the American blended family structure when the circumstances of the law and practical life consequences collide

Who or what isthe inspiration behind this book?

My inspiration for this book came out of my own personal experiences with my wife who has a child from a previous relationship prior to our marriage. My wife also had a court order that she did not understand that made her and her baby Daddy equal joint custodians to the child. This also makes their child a ward of the state. Which basically meant that my wife could not leave her state with me unless she gave her child to the Baby Daddy. You can see how this tragedy could strain any marriage. This is what inspired me to write this book.

Who is your biggest critic?

I would have to say that I am probably my own greatest critic, I always seem to try for the perfection of a project.   It is usually where I will not accept the least of things knowing that I am looking for the best of things in life.   It’s that constant strive for improvement and the dedication that I want to give the public something great to experience and wonderful to explore from me as an author.

What are you currently working on?

I am so honored that you guys would ask me this question because I am now working on the release of my next novel that deals with why ordinary people become promiscuous in society.   The book is obviously on an adult level but it really digs into the psychological factors that try to answer the question of why as humans do we do what we do sexually?   I am so excited about finishing this book, it is really a challenge for me as a person who has been a little bit protected growing up and finally as a grown adult spuggered my male sexual oats if you will.   I am sure many guys and females will see themselves in my next release  so I feel confident that all will enjoy it.

An author that inspired me?

I would have to say that Maya Angelo with her great book, “I know why the caged bird sings” is an amazing book and uplifting and inspiring all atthe same time.   I was swept away to see how the book reasonated with me and it demonstrated to me the release of emotions in literature and how one can communicate with great words.   My next inspiration was with W.E.B. Dubois, with his great book, “The souls of Black Folk”  I really was taken by hs visionary writings and his appeal of his stature at the time being one of the founders of the NAACP and the civil rights movement that shaped the ideology of great thinkers and communicators of today.   My other inspiring author would have to be Dr. Cornel West, with all of his great books, Especially “Race Matters”.  This book gave a definitive outlook that captured my attention like no other at the time.  I heard him speak some years ago and he was amazing to hear.   Since then I have been quite fond of Dr. West and all of his accomplishments that have inspired me to write and teach at a college myself.

You are stuck on an island and if I had  to bring a book to read which one would it be?

Well, of all the books that I would want to read that have always brought me comfort and great peace of mind and optimism in the face of dispair would be the Holy Bible.   I would want to have it by my side for the days that the island loneliness would be overwhelming at least I would be able to remind myself that I was no alone.   When I would find myself unsure of rescue it would be devasting not to have some form of faith to keep my mind from maintaing some sense of hope.   The Bible has great books and scriptures that allows the soul to be uplifted to new heights of powerful thinking and trusting in something even greater than yourself.    Yes, in that situation the Holy Bible would be my greatest assest and would certainly bring me personally my greatest comfort.

I hope I have answered all the question that you may have had.   I enjoyed answering these questions as well.

Please check out my book on Amazon.com  “Invasion of the Baby Daddy”
My personal website is www.drjohnbell.com there you can see videos, pod cast and enjoy reading more about my Medical career and accomplishments, thank you.

About Invasion of the Baby Daddy

EVERY UNWED MOTHER’S NIGHTMARE COMES TO LIFE IN THE PAGES OF INVASION OF THE BABY DADDY, a compelling and moving debut novel that echoes the emotional and cerebral frustrations of unwed mothers throughout the ages. Its unforgettable characters and authentic story line are interwoven with current and real facts about the volume of unwed mothers in our society today. In the story, Dr. Sands believes he has found his perfect mate only to discover that she is pregnant from a previous relationship. Not fully aware of the ramifications of this colossal news, Dr. Sands and Rachel date via long distance during her pregnancy and ultimately decide to get married. In order to make a life together, Rachel must move to Tennessee to start a new life with her husband. But the Baby Daddy has other plans for them. Determined to make this marriage work, Dr. Sands goes to extraordinary lengths to try and negotiate with the Baby Daddy. Brimming with honesty from the author s own experiences, Invasion of the Baby Daddy comes alive with unique freshness, candor and rich detail.

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Read what critics have to say about Invasion of the Baby Daddy!

Everybody wants to write a novel, including Dr. John Bell, a surgical podiatrist and a professor at Strayer University in Memphis. The story focuses on what happens when a young, unwed girl has a child with a man, particularly one she does not want to marry. That man, however, the subject of Invasion of the Baby Daddy ($18.00, Jamar House Publishers, softcover) has rights and responsibilities to the child. In the process, this can wreak havoc for the families involved. Dr. Bell is particularly concerned about the more than 70% of African-American families that face these challenges and his story examines what happens when a doctor building a medical practice meets a woman at a church he visits in Charlotte, NC, is deeply attracted to her, only to discover she is pregnant. He proposes but there is the issue and the problem of the “baby daddy.”

–Bookviews – February 2010