May 1 2025
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 3rd 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.
