“l’ll be sleeping and all of a sudden, my eyes pop open and I begin to see the book. It happens not only at night as well at any time of the day. Whether you believe in a deity, higher power, or cosmic forces, that’s how it works for me. The characters, their unique features,…
Podcast – The Blue Hour with Julie Tetel Andresen
[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/22522496/height/100/width//thumbnail/no/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/3353738/custom-color/87A93A” height=”100″ width=”100%” scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] Cancer researcher Alexandra Kaminski is on the verge of a scientific breakthrough when she crosses paths with a pharmaceutical representative, Val Dorsainville, and the two are drawn into the mystery, passion, and tragedy of their past lives in 1880s Paris. Can they solve the…
Podcast – Author Emeka Iwenofu
[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/22516085/height/100/width//thumbnail/no/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/3353738/custom-color/87A93A” height=”100″ width=”100%” scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] ntroducing the first part of The Miracle Trilogy® series which tells the enchanting love story of a young Irish girl named Francine Sullivan. She immigrates with her family to the United States from Ireland in the 1920s in search of the American Dream. Francine…
Scuffy the Tugboat by Philip Butera
The Golden Book’s Scuffy the Tugboat and its influence on a little boy. Like most five-year-olds, the little boy didn’t like going to bed, but he knew it was little use to make a fuss. He put on his red flannel pajamas with the cowboy hats and lasso. He didn’t like buttoning the top button,…
Writing With Dyslexia by Brian K. Larson
Dyslexia is more common than you might think. This debilitating learning disability affects twenty percent of the population. You might recognize famous names that have it. Local Seattle radio host and former Partridge Family star Danny Bonaduce, Jennifer Aniston, Steven Spielberg, Whoopi Goldberg, and Jay Leno have it just to name a few. Even Albert…
The Writing of the Crime Novel “Caught Between”
(First published in Per Niente Magazine) Many years ago, a friend introduced me to her boss at a company function. We found ourselves at the bar. I told him I was a fledgling writer with a poem published in an obscure Japanese journal. One drink led to another, and he started telling me a fascinating…
Podcast-Avoiding Roadblocks to Creativity by Lauren Sapata
(Originally produced 8/9/2013) Lauren Sapala talks about how writers can learn to dissolve fear, which is a roadblock to creativity. She believes each writer is totally unique, and each has something to contribute artistically to the world. Showing up consistently for yourself and your writing (by scheduling time to write, joining a writing group,…