What is a "Life List"? Many of us create bucket lists of things we want to do before we die, but what about LIVING? Join your host, Jaime Jo Wright, best-selling author of "The Vanishing at Castle Moreau", as she chats with Author Shelley Shepard Gray about her new release and the STORY BEHIND THE STORY.
Jun 22, 2023•28 min•Season 4Ep. 45
Join your host, Jaime Jo Wright on another MadLit Musings podcast today with Author Mary Connealy as they chat about Mary's new release and the FASCINATING Western history of minority rights and how that plays into this new book!
Jun 20, 2023•23 min•Season 4Ep. 44
Not as much is known about the early Rocky Mountain history when white settlers and trappers were just beginning to explore Western territories. Misty M. Beller, author for Bethany House Publishing, sits down with your host Jaime Jo Wright to chat about interesting historical facts, early relations between the white man and the Indigenous People of the area, and how that can all be woven into fiction.
Jun 13, 2023•24 min•Season 4Ep. 43
How do you find joy? In a Snow White retelling, Karen Witemeyer chats with MadLit Musings Podcast Host, Jaime Jo Wright about being chased by tough times and finding joy within them. What is joy versus happiness, and can God really bring good out of evil?
Jun 08, 2023•27 min•Season 4Ep. 42
If nothing can bring joy to your life, how about the unorthodox and totally weird combo of funerals, rum, Johnny Depp, and grief? Join Jaime Jo Wright and Janine Rosche for a fun-filled chat about the SERIOUS things in life. Grief, unexpected loss, broken relationships, and the journey we take to find healing. This is NOT your normal story behind the story, folks, and if you're wanting a nicey-nice author interview...well, there are other podcasts available. :)
Jun 06, 2023•27 min•Season 4Ep. 41
Join Jaime Jo Wright, your host, on today's MadLit Musings as she chats with Cindy Sproles about Cindy's latest Appalachian fiction from Revell publishing and all the secrets and traditions held dear to Appalachian life!
Jun 01, 2023•24 min•Season 4Ep. 40
Join Jaime Jo Wright as she sits down with Author R.A. Douthitt and chats about her latest release "The Doors of Rome"! It's a chat you won't want to miss if you want to hear about Italy, Rome marathons, fiction featuring middle-age romance, and more!
May 30, 2023•20 min•Season 4Ep. 39
Have you ever wanted to know the secret to happiness? Is there a science behind happiness? What IF there was more to happiness than just ice cream, summer days, and love? Join best-selling and award-winning author and your podcast host, Jaime Jo Wright as she sits down with author Suzanne Woods Fisher who has sold over 1,000,000 copies of her books and counting! It's a chat you WON'T want to miss!
May 30, 2023•31 min•Season 4Ep. 36
Join your Madlit Musings host, Jaime Jo Wright in this bonus episode, as she chats with Crystal Caudill of Kregel Publishing about her trilogy of historical suspense as well as the story behind the story that includes hopeful endings, jerkface heroes, and can our past define us forever?
May 27, 2023•18 min•Season 4Ep. 38
An epic MadLit Musings today, folks! With Rachel Joy Baribeau, Author of Finding Freedom, Passion, and Happiness (Even When You Have to Fight for It) chats with Christy Award Winning author and host, Jaime Jo Wright about joy and perspective. Rachel developed #ImChangingtheNarrative with student-athletes in mind and a belief that one crooked course made straight is everything. One misstep not taken means one less victim in the world. And one less life thrown away because of a split-second bad de...
May 25, 2023•33 min•Season 4Ep. 37
Join Jaime Jo Wright and her guest, Ann Gabhart as they chat about the history of the Ohio river, it's showboats, and the lure of the olden days!
May 23, 2023•23 min•Season 4Ep. 33
Join your host, Jaime Jo Wright as she chats with Sunrise Publishing author, Megan Besing about her latest release "Expired Hope"! They go behind the story and discuss some of the deeper issues such as what is the difference between having a hero complex and having a heart to serve. Don't miss out on this fun chat!
May 20, 2023•18 min•Season 4Ep. 35
Madlit Musings host, Jaime Jo Wright, sat down with best-selling authors Tracie Peterson and Kimberley Woodhouse to discuss not only their latest release, but the purpose behind Christian fiction. Is there a place for it in today's world of such a vast array of beliefs? Can lives be impacted by the story -- or the story behind the story?
May 18, 2023•37 min•Season 4Ep. 34
Is there actually a Rapunzel in the Bible? How about a really hot Hebrew hero? We're going places this BONUS EPISODE with Mesu Andrews, biblical fiction author. It's the story behind the story, like you've probably never heard it before!
May 13, 2023•23 min•Season 4Ep. 32
Is God good regardless of our circumstances? And how do we choose where there's really no clear right or wrong answer? Join MadLit Musings podcast host Jaime Jo Wright as she and her guest author Gabrielle Meyer chat about Time Travel, God's goodness, American history, and more!
May 12, 2023•24 min•Season 4Ep. 31
What do we do when God's plan isn't what we thought? Is He wrong? Are we? How do we find our way with joy? Join your host Jaime Jo Wright and guest author Stephenia McGee as we chat about her latest release, "The Swindler's Daughter", and get to the story behind the story!
May 09, 2023•29 min•Season 4Ep. 30
Jump into the world of chess and see how author Patricia Bradley not only has created a killer with a unique calling card, in her latest book, but also has her own tales of the dark web!
May 04, 2023•22 min•Season 4Ep. 29
What is the Bataan Death March? Has the Pacific front of World War II been forgotten? How can we keep the stories of the heroes of the greatest generation alive? Join Madlit Musings podcast host, Jaime Jo Wright as she sits down to talk with New York Times best-selling authors Marcus Brotherton and Tosca Lee about their novel "The Long March Home"--a World War II novel of the Pacific. Hear the horrors of the Bataan Death March and the stories that we should never forget.
May 02, 2023•25 min•Season 4Ep. 28
Jaime Jo Wright sits down with Author Emilie Haney as they chat about the persistent need to achieve in order to receive acceptance and love. Is it possible to have a love that doesn't come with a measuring stick? Join these two authors as they discuss this and Emilie's new release "Expired Promise", here on MadLit Musings podcast.
Apr 28, 2023•22 min•Season 4Ep. 27
Join Jaime Jo Wright on MadLit Musings as she sits down with YA Author Nova McBee to chat about her super popular book series "Calculated" and the Hollywood movie franchise that's in the works to rival Divergent!
Apr 25, 2023•33 min•Season 4Ep. 26
With the hurting and those in need around us, how can be there for them and serve--especially if they don't ask for help or are resistant to it? Join Jaime Jo Wright on the podcast as she chats with Author Kim Vogel Sawyer about her latest novel, "Tapestry of Grace", and the story behind it that inspires us to give of ourselves.
Apr 20, 2023•24 min•Season 4Ep. 25
What is the journey like to go from Reader to Author? Can it be done? In this bonus episode, Jaime Jo Wright chats with reader and up and coming author, Kendall Hoxey on the journey to be published!
Apr 19, 2023•21 min
Jaime Jo Wright hosts this week's MadLit Musings podcast and chats with Christy Award-Winning Author, Nicole Deese as they share a mutual conversation about love, loss, and how to walk through grief without losing how you were meant to live life now.
Apr 11, 2023•22 min•Season 4Ep. 24
Join Host and Christy Award-Winning Author, Jaime Jo Wright on this podcast episode of MadLit Musings as she chats with Author Christen Krumm about her latest release. As a woman who never thought she'd write Amish fiction, kick back and chat with how this author managed the simple and complex and created a story you won't want to miss!
Apr 10, 2023•21 min•Season 4Ep. 23
Today on MadLit Musings Podcast with your host, Award-Winning Author, Jaime Jo Wright, she sits down with fiction author of Revell Publishing, Natalie Walters to chat about Natalie's latest release and the themes of questioning if unconditional love can truly exist in relationships. Can relationships overcome the shortfalls and pieces of each other they don't care for and still remain faithful?
Apr 06, 2023•20 min•Season 4Ep. 22
Join your host, Jaime Jo Wright for this kicked back casual chat with Executive Producer and Author of "Hunt for Eden's Star" as they chat about culture, media, and fiction. Can it be redemptive? What is faith's place in entertainment today? And what IS all the excitement around The Beacon Hill Series?
Apr 04, 2023•29 min•Season 4Ep. 21
Is Christian fiction an effective place to tackle tough topics like abuse? Join MadLit Musings podcast host, Jaime Jo Wright as she chats with Author Amanda Cabot about her latest release and the darker topics she tackles through the lens of faith and fiction.
Mar 28, 2023•25 min•Season 4Ep. 20
On MadLit Musings podcast, your host Jaime Jo Wright chats with Author Ruth Douthitt about fantasy and faith. Can the two co-exist? Do dragons and Jesus go together?
Mar 21, 2023•20 min•Season 4Ep. 19
Today, on MadLit Musings podcast, our host Jaime Jo Wright sits down with Ozark Author Candace West. Candace is a historical author who sets her stories in her homeplace of the Ozarks where legacy, ancestry, and tradition is cherished. They chat about the importance of family legacy, how generations affect future generations, and how history has a special importance in each of our lives.
Mar 16, 2023•17 min•Season 4Ep. 18
It's not uncommon that within faith circles, women struggle with their role. But how powerful are women really, in the influencing for positive and negative relationships? Join Christy Award-Winning and your host, Jaime Jo Wright as she chats with Author Jessica R. Patch about this topic and Jessica's latest thriller suspense, "A Cry in the Dark".
Mar 15, 2023•19 min•Season 4Ep. 17