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Hello and welcome to episode 1 of Tim’s Travails, a new podcast/video show on InkandescentRadio.com and Inkandescent.tv featuring intellectual property attorney and author Timothy Trainer.

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May 2025: Hello friends! I’m Hope Katz Gibbs, founder of Inkandescent, and I’m so happy today to introduce you to our new client and podcaster — IP attorney and author Tim Trainer. We met at Elaine’s Literary Salon just after his 3^rd novel, The China Factor, was published this year. In the months since, our Inkandescent team has had the privilege of launching his new website, TimothyTrainer.com and posting entries to his blog that talks from experience about international trade, especially with China, as well as the current state of global economics and politics.

Writing books is his passion. In his downtime, Tim found time to pen a few non-fiction tomes, including his first book, Customs Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights; the 15th edition was published in 2020. Thomson Reuters’ Aspatore Books published Tim’s next title in 2015, Potato Chips to Computer Chips: The War on Fake Stuff. Fiction was a genre he always wanted to try. In 2017, Pendulum Over the Pacific, was released by Joshua Tree Publishing. “This political intrigue story is set in Tokyo and Washington, D.C., and centers on trade tensions between the U.S. and Japan in the late 1980s,” Tim explains. In 2023, his first series hit bookstores: The China Connection. In December 2024, he followed it with The China Factor.

On this podcast/video show, Tim’s Travails, will be talking about topics and interviewing other experts who will help us better understand our world in 2025.

Today, in Episode 1, we focus on Tim who shares:

You grew up with a father who had an impressive career in the Army. Tell us about your experience as an “Army brat,” and what led you ultimately to pen, “The Fortunate Son.”
Tell us about what led you to become an intellectual property attorney and what your 30-year career was like, traveling the world and specializing in international trade.
In your blog, you write about topics that provide a glimpse into how the Trump administration is handling international trade, especially with China. Headlines include “Hairline Fracture or Clean Break,” in reference to an April 16 article in Raw Story: Trump business allies reeling as they realize ‘he is crazier than they thought’: analysis – Raw Story. In a post called “Shutdown Threats and the Numbers Game,” came just before the government threatened to shut down. Tell us about what inspires your posts, and what you hope readers learn.
In this podcast/video show, you’ll be tackling other important topics. Who will be some of your guests?
We’ll also be doing something fun: Having conversations with the characters in your books. I think it’s fascinating to hear from the author about the backstory of their characters and what helped to birth them on the pages of the books. Today, can you pick one character and tell us about him/her?
What’s next for Tim Trainer? More books?

Stay tuned for more episodes on InkandescentRadio.com and Inkandescent.tv, and of course log in regularly for new blog entries and other information on Tim’s website, www.TimothyTrainer.com.

Welcome to the podcast of IP attorney and author Tim Trainer. For more than three decades, Tim focused on intellectual property issues for government agencies and in the private sector; his assignments have taken him to 60 countries around the world.

On this podcast/video show: Tim interviews fellow attorneys and other experts who help us better understand our world in 2025 and beyond. From the implications of counterfeiting to the impact of the Trump administration on global trade, you won’t want to miss an episode!

About Tim: Writing books has always been his passion. Over the years, Tim penned non-fiction tomes, including his first book, Customs Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights; the 15th edition was published in 2020. Thomson Reuters’ Aspatore Books published Tim’s next title in 2015, Potato Chips to Computer Chips: The War on Fake Stuff. In April 2017 he published The Fortunate Son, which recounts the parallel lives of his experience as “an army brat” and a group of Vietnam veterans who intersect decades after the war. Tim says, “If you’ve ever been in the military or part of a military family, you’ll know that we all are bound together. For those who find the military to be foreign and unknown, our story may help you to understand why it binds so many together.”

Fiction was a genre he wanted to try. In 2017, Pendulum Over the Pacific, was released by Joshua Tree Publishing. “This political intrigue story is set in Tokyo and Washington, D.C., and centers on trade tensions between the U.S. and Japan in the late 1980s,” Tim explains. In 2023, his first series hit bookstores: The China Connection, followed in December 2024 with The China Factor.

Stay tuned for more episodes on InkandescentRadio.com and Inkandescent.tv, and of course, log in regularly for new blog entries and other information on Tim’s website, TimothyTrainer.com.

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Ep16 Tim’s Travails: This month we interview journalist and children’s book author Karen Leggett Abouraya

August 2026 — This month on IP attorney and author Timothy Trainer's podcast/video show we talk about the art of writing books for kids and adults with journalist and children's book author Karen Leggett Abouraya

Today's Topic: What it means to write well!

Tim asks:

How did you go from being a broadcast journalist to writing children's books? Your book talks about the similarities among all people — whether they live in New York or Egypt. What inspired you to tackle this topic? What do you want kids around the world to know based on this story? The book is for your grandson. How does he feel about being featured? What are you working on now? About our guest: Karen Leggett Abouraya was surrounded by writing and books in her youth. Her father was a journalist and her mother a school librarian. Karen is an award-winning broadcast journalist, as she worked in the field for more than two decades. She began reviewing and discussing children’s books on ABC WMAL Radio in Washington, D.C. She has also reviewed children’s books and interviewed authors for the Washington Post, New York Times, the Baltimore Sun, Children’s Literature, Washington Parent and others. She is a widely published freelance author and actively involved in disability advocacy in her home state of Maryland. Karen graduated from Brown University (international relations). Karen has received a long list of awards for her books (e.g., Children's Africana Book Awards for Best Books for Young Children, California Reading Association Eureka Silver Honor Award, Middle East Studies Association Best Picture Book) and journalism (e.g., Chesapeake Associated Press Broadcasters Association, Education Writers Association). Learn more: karenleggettabouraya.com read more...