Calvin James was promoted to DAD in 2017. After the birth of his son he tried to thing of ways to educate him about life and the ever-changing world. Out of this desire his company, CALVIN JAMES CREATES was born. The mission statement of CALVIN JAMES CREATES is to share childrenās stories, novels, and music that promote the values of truth, kindness, friendship, love, and hope. His first book, The Colored Water Fountain was released in December 2021. The second book in his childrenās book series...
Oct 18, 2022ā¢21 minā¢Ep. 136
Vik Azeem grew up in the Northern Virginia area and currently resides in Fredericksburg, Virginia. He's been writing stories since the age of twelve and has a deep love for stories and movies in general. Ice Dance is his 4th novel. He's previously published the books Soul Half Empty , Algebra and Demons , and Quixotic . When he's not writing, he's working on his movie review podcast, The Movie Fellas, which is also available on all podcast platforms. For more information about Vik and his work v...
Oct 11, 2022ā¢31 minā¢Ep. 135
Shelah Johnson is the recipient of 9 awards from The Society for Technical Communication and is also a published photographer and has produced and directed more than 40 lifestyle broadcast segments focused on eco and small space living. She directed, produced, and is the co-creator of the documentary series, Where Small Business Grows (Amazon Prime). Shelah lives a life of voluntary simplicity, where she makes a mid-century modern Airstream her home on an island in the Pacific Northwest and enjo...
Oct 07, 2022ā¢40 minā¢Ep. 134
Jacqueline Greer Graham is a Canadian citizen who was born in Montserrat, British West Indies. She has a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from York University, and a Medical Office and Laboratory Assisting Diploma from Career Canada College. Jacqueline is a former manager at the Canadian Institute for Health Information. She is now a business owner, pursuing her passion for telling stories. Almost Full Circle is her debut book. Jacqueline also enjoys singing and dancing, and is a health and...
Sep 30, 2022ā¢39 minā¢Ep. 133
Daniel Santos is a twenty-one-year young adult author, born in Manila, Philippines, and immigrated to the U.S. at a very young age. Heās spent most of his life living in the West while occasionally flying home to visit his family. When heās not listening to music, playing video games or just doing things people of his age engage in, heās writing. Danielās writing usually consists of fantasy fiction that delves into the paranormal. He likes to focus on characterization and letting the reader get ...
Sep 06, 2022ā¢23 minā¢Ep. 132
Nancy Stohlman's book Going Short: An Invitation to Flash Fiction, won a 2021 Reader Views Gold Award and was re-released as an audiobook in 2022. Her other books include After the Rapture, (forthcoming 2023), Madam Velvet's Cabaret of Oddities, and The Vixen Scream and Other Bible Stories, among others. Her work has appeared in the Norton anthology New Micro: Exceptionally Short Fiction and The Best Small Fictions 2019 , as well as adapted for both the stage and screen. She teaches at the Unive...
Aug 23, 2022ā¢27 minā¢Ep. 131
Paul Sturm actually started writing poems as a teenager, attempting to impress young ladies, though to no avail except for a smile or two. Many years later, the author worked in a high pressure career prompting him to escape by reading and writing for the fun of it. The author's amusing sense of humor provided the perfect backdrop for his hilarious books. Another important aspect of his writing could be gleaned from an episode of 'The Twilight Zone' titled "Walking the Distance." In that episode...
Aug 10, 2022ā¢35 minā¢Ep. 130
Mark Shaiken lives with his wife Loren and their dog Emily in Denver, CO. He schooled at Haverford College and Washburn University, and practiced commercial bankruptcy law for several decades before moving on in 2019 to write, volunteer and play music. In addition to his latest legal thriller, "Automatic Stay," he is the author of "And . . Just Like That - essays on a life before, during, and after the law" and "Fresh Start," a legal mystery. Mark is currently working on his book, "Unfair Discri...
Jun 30, 2022ā¢34 minā¢Ep. 129
Books have been a part of Marilynn Woodās world for as long as she can remember. She was influenced by her maternal grandmother, a teacher, who exposed her to reading and writing at an early age. She wrote her first story in first grade and caught the literary bug, though it would be many years later for her dream to become an author was realized. What started as a book about the socio-economic problems on our planet took a turn to SciFi when a UFO experience caused her to wonder about beings fr...
Jun 12, 2022ā¢32 minā¢Ep. 128
In his role as President of Propheta Lucro Management Consultants, Paul Sacco develops and delivers leadership development programs that enable people to create, verify and decide ideas for strategy, innovation, and complex problem-solving. He is also the author of Strategy Quest ā The Executive Guide for Finding Business Opportunities. Paul is a graduate of the University of Toronto, where he earned both a B.A.Sc. and an MBA. He is also a certified MBTI Practitioner. Paul's volunteer experience...
May 19, 2022ā¢24 minā¢Ep. 127
Julie Broad, founder of the self-publishing services firm Book Launchers and Amazon Overall #1 Best-Selling Author, knows what it takes to successfully self-publish a book. Her popular YouTube channel, BookLaunchers.TV, embodies the hashtag of #noboringbooks helping nonfiction authors write and market books people want to read. Julieās titles include More than Cashflow, which topped Amazon, The New Brand You, and her latest book, Self-Publish & Succeed. A recognized real estate investor, suc...
May 16, 2022ā¢26 minā¢Ep. 126
Jessica Wohlgemuth is a country prairie girl who grew up on a little hobby farm passionate about animals. Her two favorite bunnies were named Flip and Flop. Oh, how she loved her soft fluffy pets! Now with nieces and nephew spending hours chasing their own bunnies, she couldnāt help but imagine what life would be like if bunnies lived in a sort of people world, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. To learn more about Jessica Wohlgemuth and her work visit her Etsy shop: The Hidden Pine Tree T...
May 09, 2022ā¢23 minā¢Ep. 125
Daniel Lassell is the author of Spit (Wheelbarrow Books / Michigan State University Press, 2021), winner of the 2020 Wheelbarrow Books Emerging Poetry Prize selected by Gabrielle Calvocoressi, and winner of the 2021-22 Reader Views Gold Award for Poetry and the Inside Scoop Live Award for the Most Innovative Poetry Book. He is also the author of a chapbook, Ad Spot (Ethel Zine and Micro Press, 2021), and his poems have appeared in the Colorado Review, Cherry Tree, and Prairie Schooner , among ot...
May 04, 2022ā¢32 minā¢Ep. 124
Julian Tryst is a fiction author from Canada who likes to observe the messed-up aspects of human nature and make stories out of them. For more information about Julian and his work, visit his website at https://juliantryst.com/ TOPICS OF CONVERSATION: About Garvey Feinstein: Hollywood Predator Inspiration behind the story Satire, erotica and writing about human nature A reading from the book Reader reaction to the story Cover creation What's next for Julian Tryst? GARVEY FEINSTEIN: HOLLYWOOD PRE...
May 03, 2022ā¢23 minā¢Ep. 123
As an attorney and civil justice advocate, author Mark M. Bello draws upon over 40 years of courtroom experience in his Zachary Blake Legal Thriller Series. A Michigan native, Mark received his B.A. in English Literature from Oakland University and his law degree from Thomas M. Cooley Law School. After working extremely high-profile legal cases, Mark wanted to give the public a front-row glimpse of what victims face when standing up for justice. Combining his legal experience and passion for jus...
May 02, 2022ā¢28 minā¢Ep. 122
Kristin Bloch first began rhyming words together at a very young age. Soon these words expanded into poems and stories that enchanted family and friends. A compilation of those writings was recently released in her first book, Walk Through a Field of Flowers . Kristin works full time and has earned an MBA degree from the University of Phoenix. Kristin is also a certified personal trainer and certified Pilates instructor, teaching several classes each week. Scatter Seeds of Kindness is her second...
Apr 24, 2022ā¢31 minā¢Ep. 121
As an attorney and civil justice advocate, author Mark M. Bello draws upon over 40 years of courtroom experience in his Zachary Blake Legal Thriller Series. A Michigan native, Mark received his B.A. in English Literature from Oakland University and his law degree from Thomas M. Cooley Law School. After working extremely high-profile legal cases, Mark wanted to give the public a front-row glimpse of what victims face when standing up for justice. Combining his legal experience and passion for jus...
Apr 19, 2022ā¢31 minā¢Ep. 120
Recently awarded a Gold Medal by Reader Views 2021-22 Literary Awards in the Mystery/Thriller category, writing started for Gary D. McGugan after a 40-year career in the world of business. Heās worked in supermarkets, sold appliances, distributed motorcycles, launched an automobile dealer network, and provided financing to help businesses grow. Every industry was very different from the other. Each company had a distinctive culture and character, but all were units of large corporations with ope...
Apr 14, 2022ā¢27 minā¢Ep. 119
I grew up in Barnegat NJ, and had a Huck Finn childhood, surrounded by woods, streams, and meadows. In the 1950s, 1200 people lived there. I have two younger sisters, Laura and Liza, both now professionally accomplished, with kids and husbands. Our Dad, a merchant seaman for most of his life, had a small business raising lab mice for companies like Squibbs and Merck. He was an amazing story teller, a great little league coach, and a town character. Mom was from the mountain region of North Carol...
Apr 08, 2022ā¢27 minā¢Ep. 118
Jan Phillips' quest has taken her into and out of a religious convent, across the country on a Honda motorcycle, and around the world on a one-woman peace pilgrimage. She is the founder and Executive Director of the Livingkindness Foundation, which created a Learning Center in Nigeria and supports anti-racist creative projects by black women in the U.S. Jan is the author of eleven award-winning books and a thought leader who bridges spiritual intelligence, evolutionary creativity, and social tra...
Mar 24, 2022ā¢41 minā¢Ep. 117
The founder of Values of the Wise, Jason Merchey is also a philosophical thinker, masterās level psychologist, proponent of the research ideal, social critic, author / essayist / blogger, and a student of the tradition of arts and letters. Growing up Jewish in a suburb of Los Angeles, he grappled with sociocultural, familial, religious, psychological, and self motivation issues that led to much of the insight he has today. After junior college, he earned a bachelorās degree summa cum laude in ps...
Mar 21, 2022ā¢38 minā¢Ep. 116
B.A. Bellecās debut novel, Someoneās Story, won the Reader Views Readerās Choice Literary Award for Young Adult Book of the Year. Someoneās Story is a young adult coming-of-age book and has seen good support over Instagram, YouTube, and Goodreads. One of the aspects that makes Bellecās projects unique is he includes musicians in his novels and then he actually produces the songs as his book goes through the editing stages. Bellec was born in Richmond, BC, and raised in Langley, BC, before settli...
Mar 18, 2022ā¢34 minā¢Ep. 115
Before devoting himself to writing, award-winning author Bruno Pirecki spent over two decades as a Nashville entertainment industry executive, specializing in strategic alliances and artist relations. A native of Capitol Hill in Seattle, Washington, he spent his formative years enjoying the beauty of the San Juan Islands and the mountains of the Pacific Northwest. He is a thirty-year resident of Franklin, Tennessee, and lives downtown with his wife, Jennifer; their three rescue cats; and one spo...
Mar 12, 2022ā¢30 minā¢Ep. 114
Perry Martinās career was in performing root cause failure analysis for the USAF performing āaircraft mishap investigationsā and then for the private sector involving failures in high reliability equipment. His first book was Electronic Failure Analysis Handbook, published by McGraw Hill in 1999 and was a comprehensive overview of the use of root cause failure analysis in developing more reliable electronic equipment. āCalifornia Chrome Our Storyā documents the development of a champion racehors...
Mar 04, 2022ā¢29 minā¢Ep. 113
Gloria A. Swift immigrated to the United States in 1973 and served in the United States Army where she received many "firsts" in awards and recognition. Ms. Swift also served as the first female police officer on the Foster City Police Department. Those were the days when it was difficult for black women to integrate into a white, male-dominated profession. Ms. Swift is a retired educator who holds multiple degrees and credentials in Education. 'Thank You, Ms. Swift - It's Not about As and Bs' w...
Mar 02, 2022ā¢34 minā¢Ep. 112
Bruce Thomas was raised in Farmington, Missouri, by two loving parents. Playing four sports in high school while playing in the band, singing and acting in a local play, he obtained a fantastic education and well-rounded childhood. After high school, Bruce was appointed to the US Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado. After four years of strenuous physical and mental activities, he graduated in 1980 as a second lieutenant with a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering. After graduati...
Feb 25, 2022ā¢30 minā¢Ep. 111
David L. Savage grew up as an Air Force brat in West Texas with a deep and rich scouting background beginning in Cub Scouts, achieving the rank of Eagle Scout, and earning the bronze, silver and gold palms, then establishing and leading a high adventure Explorer Post before heading to Texas A&M University to study engineering. The summer after graduating from Texas A&M, he worked as a backpacking guide, or Ranger, at Philmont Scout Ranch and Explorer Base in Cimarron, New Mexico. David h...
Feb 22, 2022ā¢37 minā¢Ep. 110
A writer with a BA in English, a minor in Japanese, an art degree in animation, and an MBA in International Management, certificate in Social Engineering and multiple awards for articles on Net Neutrality, Privacy, LGBT Youth Homelessness, Cybersecurity and Cyberbullying, Natsuya Uesugi is writing his dream of showcasing fictional minority characters in positions of power. Of Mixed Multi-cultural heritage (Indigenous, Asian, French, Scottish, Dutch, African-American), he sees life through the le...
Feb 18, 2022ā¢35 minā¢Ep. 109
B.A. Bellecās debut novel, Someoneās Story, won the Reader Views Readerās Choice Literary Award for Young Adult Book of the Year. Someoneās Story is a young adult coming-of-age book and has seen good support over Instagram, YouTube, and Goodreads. One of the aspects that makes Bellecās projects unique is he includes musicians in his novels and then he actually produces the songs as his book goes through the editing stages. Bellec was born in Richmond, BC, and raised in Langley, BC, before settli...
Jan 24, 2022ā¢28 minā¢Ep. 108
Jolly Walker Bittick grew up in Sequim, Washington and served in the U.S. Navy from 2005 to 2009. He is a freelance writer, avid historian, and passionate outdoorsman who has traveled extensively over the course of his life. He draws inspiration and literary prowess from his experiences in numerous career fields and a multitude of social environments. From his time in retail, military, sales, and civil service, as well as his time living in rural, suburban, and urban environments, Jolly has deve...
Dec 18, 2021ā¢22 minā¢Ep. 107
