Let's Write a Cozy Mystery with Nancy J. Cohen
The Florida Writer Podcast
Florida Writer host sits down with , author of 30 published works, including the cozy mystery series Bad Hair Day Mysteries. Nancy loves feedback from readers and her favorite question is when will the next book be published. Fortunately for her fans, has just been released. Nancy advises anyone interested in jumping into the cozy mystery market should have an amateur sleuth who lives in a distinctive location and a cast of recurring characters. Nancy J. Cohen writes the Bad Hair Day Mysteries featuring South Florida hairstylist Marla Vail. Titles in this series have been named Best Cozy...
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How ChatGPT is Changing Reading & Writing with Ginnye Cubel
The Florida Writer Podcast
What is ChatGPT? How is Artificial Intelligence changing the way authors approach writing? Are you curious about how AI works or how it might affect the writing world? In this Florida Writer Podcast, host chats with Florida Writers Association Marketing chair and Board Member about how technology impacts writing and the business of writing. Ginnye Lynn Cubel is a writer, marketer and coffee enthusiast located in Orlando, Florida. She has a BA in Creative Writing from Butler University and over eight years of corporate and small business marketing experience with a focus on content,...
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Add a Layer to Your Novel Writing by Practicing Flash Fiction with Tara Lynn Masih
The Florida Writer Podcast
Master flash fiction to add another layer to your novel writing. Florida Writer Podcast guest Tara Masih and host talk about how flash fiction requires authors to choose their words wisely, ultimately helping you get the scenes right. is a National Jewish Book Award Finalist and winner of the Julia Ward Howe Award for Young Readers for her debut historical novel My Real Name Is Hanna. She received a finalist fiction grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, an Inspirational Woman in Literature Award, and several national book awards including an IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award. How We...
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Using Your Muse with Psychic John Russell
The Florida Writer Podcast
Paranormal researcher and investigator talks with host about his foray into nonfiction writing and how we can all use our muse to keep our (nonfiction) writing entertaining. John Russell is a Psychic/Psychic Reader, a Medium, a Certified T.A.R.O.T. Master, a Paranormal Investigator, and now a published Author. Internationally known, he has provided psychic readings for clients in over 40 countries. For over 15 years, he has been a popular featured guest, heard worldwide, on many radio shows and podcasts, including Coast to Coast AM with George Noory; The Unexplained with Howard...
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Writing the Florida Western with Lee Gramling
The Florida Writer Podcast
Host had the opportunity to ask, what's a Florida Western to 6x author Lee Gramling. When she thinks of Westerns, she thinks cowboys in hats, barfights, and cacti come to mind. The Florida Western has all that, but it's set in sunny Florida! is a sixth-generation Floridian who grew up hearing tales of the Florida frontier from his parents and grandparents. While living in Oklahoma, he was introduced to the novels of Louis L'Amour and realized that old Florida had all the same elements featured in "Western" action-adventure stories: cattle drives, Indian wars, outlaws, boom...
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From Disordered Outline to Ordered Manuscript with Mark Shaiken
The Florida Writer Podcast
Keeping track of plotlines, timelines, characters, and the thousand other things authors balance while writing a manuscript does need to be chaiotic. It needs a system. In this Florida Writer Podcast, host chats with about how he syncs his ideas morning, noon, and night (including 2:00AM!). Mark Shaiken retired from his law practice in 2019 and authored: “And . . .Just Like That: Essays on a life before during and after the law” - a poignant and funny memoir of a not-famous lawyer tracing his unlikely path into and out of the profession to begin his “afterlife.” He then created...
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Writing a Mystery without Plot Holes with DL Havlin
The Florida Writer Podcast
Florida Writer Podcast host chats with historical mystery author DL Havlin about how he leads his audience on a journey with breadcrumbs to create his plot--beginning with the ending and working backward. is an unretired businessman who has traveled a large portion of the world, having visited over 100 countries. In his travels, he has discovered that humans have very similar appearances, but their cultures make them as distinct as visitors from another planet. He’s been writing for 30+ years. DL writes historical, literary, women’s mainstream, and suspense/mystery novels. He has...
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Fine-Tune Your Marketing Plan with Curiosity, Not Stress with Julie Ryan McGue
The Florida Writer Podcast
Former marketer turned memoirist Julie Ryan McGue suggests fine-tuning your marketing plan with curiosity, book club connections, and immersing yourself with your niche audience on this Florida Writer Podcast with host . is an American writer. Her award-winning memoir, Twice a Daughter: A Search for Identity, Family, and Belonging released in May 2021. It is about the five-year search that she and her twin sister undertook to find their birth relatives. On her weekly blog, “That Girl This Life,” Julie writes about finding out who you are, where you come...
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Use Your Professional Background to Your Advantage with Phyllis Kuehnl-Walters Ph. D.
The Florida Writer Podcast
In this Florida Writer Podcast, host chats with forensic psychologist , PhD who uses her vast knowledge of the courtroom to explore difficult characters in her true crime series about People Who Kill. Phyllis. Once a Christian devotional author, Phyllis switched genres as the result of a case she was on as an expert witness; a story she has since wanted to tell. The names, places, and events are disguised. The Christmas Slayings, published December 7, 2019, is the story of a small gang and their victims. The gang terrorized a mid-size, Ohio town the week before Christmas 1992. She has...
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Twitch: A New Way to Find Your Audience with Armand Rosamilia
The Florida Writer Podcast
In this Florida Writer Podcast, host chats with about shifting his dead-end job to a dream job out of necessity. The pulp fiction author broke free from genre labels and followed his heart as a full-time author. He’s now free to focus on writing good stories with good characters immersed in interesting plotlines that engage the audience. Many of his stories begin on the gaming platform . Don't know about Twitch? Listen to learn more. Armand Rosamilia is a New Jersey boy currently living in sunny Florida, where he writes when he’s not sleeping. He’s happily married to a woman who helps...
info_outlineThe challenge: Time. The solution: send your family away for a week each summer. Author Ann Brooks manages to take a writing vacation each summer by sending her kids and husband out of town. With just a simple plot outline, Ann finishes her rough draft in a few days. Her first published novel, A Lost Woman, is a story of loss, family secrets, and hopeful redemption. This domestic suspense, with an unexpected twist, will have the reader rethinking their notions of love, family, and motherhood.
By day Ann works with children in an elementary school nurturing her love for writing by night, she labors to create a balanced life of work, family, and reaching for her dream of being a writer.