Write and Enhance What You Know
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R.L. Carpentier is a 18 year law enforcement professional who uses his experience in the writing of his small town mystery and crime procedural fiction. His debut novel, Our Lady of the Overlook, the first of a trilogy is out now. R.L. has a fascination for the mountains and finds a solace in the rural mountain communities in the Catskill Mountains of New York. He and his wife have traversed a number of the mountains including completing the Catkskill 3500s and completing the 24-mile escarpment trail in one long day. This beautiful world is the setting for his...
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When Your Genealogy Inspires a Novel
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D. H. Morris, a native of San Diego, California, has lived on four continents and traveled through countless countries. Now residing in Kansas City, Missouri, she’s the proud mother of four children and grandmother to eleven. With a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre and Choral Music Education from Utah State University, she later pursued graduate studies in English at USU and law at the University of Utah. A published playwright, she has recently turned her passion for history into a novel, The Girl of Many Crowns. Set in the Kingdom of Francia in 856 AD, the book tells the gripping true story of...
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Astrology, Enneagram, Psychology, and Human Dynamics
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For 50 years Indra Rinzler has been involved in Spirituality and Vedic Astrology. He has been studying and sharing Enneagram of Personality since 1999. He uses these modalities in Life Readings designed to help clients wake up to who they really are. Indra is an enthusiastic genuinely interestingly man who has been a world traveler for over 20 years offering sessions and classes in USA and Asia. His stories and experiences will delight all audiences. , , Book: Vedic Astrology Wheel of Totality Enneagram of Personality Location or AstroCartography Astrology
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"Early This Morning": A Mystery Novel of Gays in the Military
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This is actually episode 142. Darrell Berry is retired from the Army, having served in both the enlisted and officer ranks. He has a bachelor’s degree in psychology, a master’s in Human resources, and a post graduate diploma in strategic intelligence from the Defense Intelligence College. He served during the “Don’t Ask, Don’t tell” policy era regarding gay service members. The author lives north of San Antonio, Texas, with his two rescue dogs. Early This Morning is his first novel. He is currently working on a second. The mystery novel by Darrell Berry deals with a small group of...
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The Marriage of Story and Music
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I started writing fantasy stories with colorful illustrations when I was nine. Later, I discovered music and lived the life of composer for many years. I earned a Doctorate in Music Composition. I am the type of person that needs an active imaginative scenario to get to sleep. I emerged from my schooling phase with my music degrees and the full event structure for my fantasy series Tales Of The Ocean City - through book eight, which I am completing now. , , , , Logic Music App The Phantastic Theater Musical Plays on his YouTube Channel Edgar Rice Burroughs, Author Anne McCaffrey,...
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When Your Book Brings the FBI to Your Door
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Guy Morris has led an extraordinary life. After escaping an abusive childhood at age 13 to become a homeless runaway, Guy worked alongside migrant workers before he earned three degrees by age 25, including acceptance to Harvard MBA and a scholarship from University of Arizona. Recognized for his innovations in building a macro-economic that out-performed the Federal Reserve and change how economic are still built. After working with IBM and Burroughs in main frame computer manufacturing, his career led him to international Occidental Petroleum where he pioneered adoption of early-stage...
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Finding Unlikely Heroes for Your Story in Unexpected places
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When reality isn't enough, you build your universe. That's precisely what J.F. Monroe did with the Legacy of the Four trilogy, creating a world where ancient powers walk among us and destiny can be rewritten by the courage of the human heart. A lifelong devotee of fantasy fiction, Monroe crafts stories that blend epic adventure with deeply personal journeys. Her writing draws inspiration from the character-driven narratives of "The Lord of the Rings" and "Harry Potter," the high stakes of "The Hunger Games," and the intricate plotting of Christopher Nolan's films. These influences combine in...
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20 Miracles and 4 Escapes from Tyranny
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I am the author of a biography about my father's amazing story of living as a Jewish man in Hungary when the Nazis, and later the communists, seized power. Growing up in affluence, young Ervin Wolf was forced into a labor camp, unaware that his parents were deported to Auschwitz. In Not a Real Enemy: The True Story of a Hungarian Jewish Man's Fight for Freedom, Ervin relies on his wits and good fortune to escape the Nazis not once, but twice. Once freed, however, he finds life under communism so unbearable he must make the most daring of all escapes in the dead of a winter's night. Not a Real...
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Balancing Healthy Skepticism With Musical Dreams
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Hi! I’m Gillian. I’ve been an artist my whole life, creating book covers on Wattpad and drawing my own comic books. I got into writing songs and stories in high school and haven’t stopped since. I graduated from the University of Washington and Columbia Publishing Course. I love to think of out-of-the-box ways to promote your brand or product, because I think everyone has a story worth telling. Gillian McMahon is a multimodal creator. From writing songs and playing in her band, "The Sleepy Haunts," to working as a graphic designer and publishing professional, to writing original...
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More Books with Disabled Protagonists, Please
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T.L. McCoy is the founder of Blue Round Book Group, LLC, and the author of DELILAH VERSUS THE GHASTLY GRIM, a magical middle-grade fantasy novel inspired by her real-life granddaughter, who lives with a rare and life-threatening seizure disorder known as Dravet Syndrome. The story follows a young girl who, after a life-threatening seizure, is transported through an indigo door in her mind into a strange and perilous world. There, she must unlock her hidden powers to survive — and save others. T.L. didn’t set out to write a book — she set out to give children like her granddaughter a hero...
info_outlineConstance “Ahuva Batya” Scharff, PhD is an internationally recognized speaker and author on the topics of addiction and trauma recovery, the psychological impacts of climate change, and women’s mental health. She is the founder of and principal investigator for the Institute for Complementary and Indigenous Mental Health Research. Dr. Scharff is a passionate advocate for decolonizing mental healthcare and incorporating indigenous practices and ontologies into healthcare services, as well as radical social transformation to lessen the impacts of climate change. Dr. Scharff is a recent recipient of St. Lawrence University's Sol Feinstone Humanitarian Award, honoring her service to and advocacy for those suffering from mental illness, trauma, and addiction. She’s also a member of The Explorers Club, an homage to her efforts to improve mental health and wellbeing in communities worldwide. Her most recent research project, a year-long, seven nation exploration of “everyday bravery” is titled, "A Year of Living Bravely," and will be available as a book in 2026.
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Rock to Recovery: Music as a Catalyst for Human Transformation, Dr. Constance Scharff
The Path to God’s Promise, Ahuva Batya Scharff
Ending Addiction for Good, Dr. Constance Scharff
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma, Bessel van der Kolk M.D.
The Little Prince, Antoine De Saint-Exupéry, Richard Howard (Translator)
The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho
Dante’s Inferno, Dante Alighieri, Gustave Doré (Illustrator), Henry Francis Cary (Translator)
Medea, Euripides, Rex Warner (Translator)
Hamlet, William Shakespeare
Luke Skywalker, Star Wars
Now, Voyager, (1942) Bette Davis, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Gladys Cooper
Meeting God at Midnight, Ahuva Batya Scharff
The Red Tent, TV Mini-series (2014)
The Matrix, (1999), Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving
Margaret Atwood, Author, Maddaddam Trilogy
In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts, Gabor Maté, MD
Story-Power guest, Dave Dahl Ep. 1, (7/22/2020 Ep. 27 (7/21/2021)
Heath Ledger, Actor