Episode 337 - JR Byers - Contemporary, Paranormal, and Historical Romance Novels About the author J.R. Byers lives in Jacksonville, Fl with her husband, daughter, and Five dogs. A new author, she writes contemporary, paranormal, and historical romance novels, and credits her love of writing to the very first romance novel she read at the age of Twelve. Book: Finding Emmaline (A Blackwood Series) - Aberdeen, Scotland. 1744 William Blackwood had it all. The oldest son of a wealthy whisky merchant,...
Mar 11, 2024•48 min•Ep 337•Transcript available on Metacast Episode 336 - Mike Van Pelt - True Man True Ways - A Roadmap of Discovery to the Masculine Heart Mike Van Pelt Men's Mentor & Life Coach I help men unpack the goodness that’s already in their heart and discover the True Man inside of them. "In Him lie hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge." Collossians 2:3 Christ is in us, all the treasures and wisdom are inside of you, my role is to listen, pray, ask powerful questions, and keep you accountable to do the things you...
Mar 08, 2024•46 min•Ep 336•Transcript available on Metacast Episode 335 - Manohar Grandhi - My Sleepless Nights - A Story of Victory Over Insomnia Do you wonder why should we sleep? We spend almost 1/3rd of our life sleeping and yet we hardly study about this time of life. Do you want to improve your sleep or do you want to know how sleeping well can improve other areas of life? ✓ Are you struggling with insomnia? ✓ Are you living in anxiety related to sleep? ✓ Are you developing a limiting belief in sleep? ✓ Are you fighting with your brain and feeling ...
Mar 06, 2024•30 min•Ep 335•Transcript available on Metacast Episode 334 - Adam Gaffen - a Romantasy that will make you question what's really going on in the celestial realms About the author Adam Gaffen is a multi-faceted, Amazon bestsellingauthor of the award-winning CASSIDY CHRONICLES series of near future science fiction novels. His stories have appeared in the bestselling anthologies A SEASON FOR ROMANCE: SPRING BLOSSOMS (Cassia Hall, publisher), RISING WONDER (Robert Zangari, publisher), and WICKED WISHES (Fiction-Atlas Press, publisher). A 20...
Mar 04, 2024•52 min•Ep 334•Transcript available on Metacast Episode 333 - Michelle Vandepas - GracePoint Publishing, A Masterclass for Authors Michelle co-founded GracePoint Publishing, a multimedia company that covers all aspects of publishing, from traditional to digital media and audio production. I’m always on the lookout for the fastest and most effective ways to deliver inspiration, ensuring that my clients’ voices and messages stay relevant and accessible in our ever-evolving cultural landscape. My expertise has gained recognition through features...
Mar 01, 2024•51 min•Ep 333•Transcript available on Metacast Episode 329 - JB Harris - THE IMMIGRANT'S WIFE - The forbidden love of What She Left Behind JB Harris lives in Massachusetts with her husband, three kids and two dogs. Her short fiction has appeared in publications such as Boston Literary Journal, The Beacon Street Review, and Puckerbrush Review. She was recently named a finalist in both the 2022 Hal Prize in Fiction and the WOW Spring 22 Flash Fiction Contest. Her debut novel The Immigrant’s Wife was released May 2023 "The Immigrant&a...
Feb 29, 2024•44 min•Ep 329•Transcript available on Metacast Episode 332 - Tansy Boggon - Bring Yourself Into Your Work, Body Image, Joyful Eating and Childlessness Tansy Boggon is a nutritionist and author of non-fiction, fiction and children’s books. Based in Christchurch, New Zealand, Tansy writes to help people break free of diet rules and diet mentality to embrace the joy of food without guilt and shame. She has written a novel, The Tears of a Woman, which weaves her own childlessness journey into a fictional story. Author | Mindfulness Blogger | Nut...
Feb 28, 2024•42 min•Ep 332•Transcript available on Metacast Episode 331 - A G Flitcher - A Four Character Rotation Horror that Sticks With You About the author I have always wanted to be a storyteller. For the last seven or eight years, I went through trial and error to find out what kind of writer I wanted to be. I started out as a screenwriter, in which I made a couple short films, and nearly had another one completed. When I first started writing it, I signed up for an academic program called Library and Information Technology. Unfortunately, I feel r...
Feb 26, 2024•47 min•Ep 331•Transcript available on Metacast Episode 330 - Jan Burl - Hemorrhagic Stroke Survivor - Beating the Odds and Telling Her Story Jan Burl is a hemorrhagic stroke survivor. At the age of 50 she collapsed, and her life as a busy farmer and author came to a halt. In today's episode, Jan shares her inspirational story of learning how to depend on others, self-love, and the importance of slowing down and enjoying life. My books are meant to entertain, teach, and take you away to different places, letting you escape the world arou...
Feb 23, 2024•41 min•Ep 330•Transcript available on Metacast Episode 328 - Dorian Johnson - The View From Above, One Father's Memoir of Grief Guided to Grace Exactly one year later, Dorian hikes up the same trail as a memorial to his son and recalls the three-day search process with raw emotion. Bailand’s final text, “This is a beast of a hike, but talk about a view!” takes on a deeper meaning as Dorian relates his hike to the journey of life. This is not only a story of a man facing insurmountable loss and grief, but of his restorative process throu...
Feb 19, 2024•56 min•Ep 328•Transcript available on Metacast Episode 327 - Maria C Palmer - On The Rocks, The Story of the Primadonna Restaurant Maria Costanzo Palmer is a writer and Page Turner Award Finalist for her co-authored book On the Rocks (Koehler Books 8/8/23). She is also a regular co-moderator for the Food Is Religion Club on Clubhouse . She was a former host on L.A. Talk Radio . Maria was recently featured on Food and Beverage Magazine Live , a nationally syndicated podcast. Her writing has been published in OC87 Recovery Diaries , and she ha...
Feb 16, 2024•51 min•Ep 327•Transcript available on Metacast Episode 326 - Marcel Kuhn - Writing in Flow State, Asking Questions, Pedestals and Platforms About the author Marcel Kuhn is a Swiss visionary speaker, author, coach, father, dreamer, and soul surfer who passionately explores the edges of his comfort zone and what it means to create an unthinkable reality through FLOW: Finding Love and Oneness Within. Marcel has spent over a decade immersed in personal development, traveling globally to work with top experts from coaches, speakers, and trainers,...
Feb 14, 2024•41 min•Ep 326•Transcript available on Metacast Episode 325 - Jackie Scully - The Guided Teacher, Promoting dignity in education for all Jackie Scully Educator - Author - Podcaster - Speaker Jackie Scully, M.Ed is an accomplished History and Psychology Teacher, recognized for her dedication to education With almost 20 years of diverse teaching experience across various educational landscapes, Jackie brings a unique perspective to the heart of education. Her unwavering commitment centers on principles of dignity, freedom, joy, and community. W...
Feb 12, 2024•52 min•Ep 325•Transcript available on Metacast Episode 324 - Jerry Roisentul - From Suicide Attempt to Self-Empowerment - A Story of Overcoming Doubt and Fear As a Maxwell Leadership Certified Coach, Teacher, Trainer and Speaker, I can offer you workshops, seminars, keynote speaking, and coaching, aiding your personal and professional growth through study and practical application of John’s proven leadership methods. Working together, I will move you and/or your team or organization in the desired direction to reach your goals. Lead and Lift...
Feb 09, 2024•45 min•Ep 324•Transcript available on Metacast Episode 323 - Catherine Kennedy - Working with a freelance publicist to build your successful brand Catherine Kennedy is a public relations professional with more than 16 years of experience planning, managing, and executing successful national and local media campaigns. She started her full-time public relations career at Wiley publishing house, moved onto a position at a boutique PR agency, and then became a freelance publicist helping authors and experts build a successful brand for themselve...
Feb 07, 2024•28 min•Ep 323•Transcript available on Metacast Episode 322 - Debbie Weiss - Available As Is - widowhood, dating at midlife I turned to writing after George, my partner of 32 years, died of cancer in April 2013, and I found myself living alone for the first time at age 50. I needed to know I still existed after a year of being his caregiver, watching him disintegrate, feeling deep in my bones that somehow I was failing him. He was in denial so he thought he was going to recover even as his body abandoned him. I couldn’t fix his illness, not c...
Feb 05, 2024•35 min•Ep 322•Transcript available on Metacast EPISODE 321 - Justin Glaser - We turn up the heat with Justin's new book - Sweat, Uncovering Your Body's Hidden Superpower Discover how a health crisis led Justin to the incredible benefits of sauna therapy, sparking his research into this field. The Book: Sweat: Uncovering Your Body's Hidden Superpower A revolutionary exploration of sweat's role in health and longevity that challenges current medical thinking about the modern health crisis and offers actionable steps for lea...
Feb 02, 2024•36 min•Ep 321•Transcript available on Metacast Episode 320 - Kim McCollum - What Happens in Montana - A Murder Mystery Kim McCollum lives in Bozeman, Montana with her blended menagerie of five kids, two dogs, and seven spoiled chickens. An excerpt from her upcoming novel What Happens in Montana (release date January 25, 2024) appeared in The Copperfield Review Quarterly and her short stories have appeared in The Dillydoun Review, Beyond Solace, and Fiction on the Web. She was a finalist in Now Novel's character writing contest and is th...
Jan 31, 2024•36 min•Ep 320•Transcript available on Metacast Episode 319 - Beyond The Pen Podcast - From Book to Clients Learn How to Market Your Book Authentically with Judy M. Baker Hi everyone! I wanted to introduce you to another great author podcast called "Beyond the Pen" This is a feed drop - a full episode from Beyond the Pen for you to check out right here on Living The Next Chapter. Macabee Griffin is your host and his guest is Judy M Baker - here is the show notes from this episode on Beyond the Pen Original Episode Date - April 11, 2...
Jan 29, 2024•57 min•Ep 319•Transcript available on Metacast EPISODE 318 - Paula Delgado-Kling - Leonor The Story of a Lost Childhood in Colombia Our Guest: Paula Delgado-Kling holds degrees in comparative literature, French civilizations, international affairs, and creative writing from Brown, Columbia and the New School, respectively. This is her first book. It has been excerpted in Narrative Magazine (Winter 2008 issue), The Literary Review (Winter 2009 issue and reprinted in the 60th anniversary issue, fall 2017), Pacifica Literary Review (Winter 2017...
Jan 26, 2024•59 min•Ep 318•Transcript available on Metacast Episode 317 - Katherine Snow Smith - Watch Your Step, Life Has Many Chapters Katherine Snow Smith has lived throughout the south as a newspaper reporter, magazine editor, adjunct instructor, daughter, sister, mother, wife, divorcee and friend. She graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and started her journalism career covering three minuscule towns in South Carolina. After a stint covering business in Charlotte she got married, moved to St. Petersburg, Florida, and start...
Jan 24, 2024•38 min•Ep 317•Transcript available on Metacast Episode 316 - Steve O'Connell - Welcome to Earth - Your Manual On How To Break Those Chains About the Author Steve O’Connell, a proponent of the human race, is best known for his simple, clear, impartial observations of humanity and life’s nuances. Always seeking betterment and growth through knowledge and understanding, he loves writing with the purpose of bringing people together, encouraging his human family to embrace real freedom—the freedom they innately desire. The book: Welcome to E...
Jan 22, 2024•36 min•Ep 316•Transcript available on Metacast Episode 315 - Bob Mackay - Canadian Author Shares His Historical Fiction Writings and Stories of Military History Robert W. Mackay is an award-winning author, former naval officer, submariner, teacher, and lawyer. He writes historical fiction with the backdrop of Canada’s armed forces and a newsletter, Forces With History, which comes out every two weeks. Robert was born in Vancouver and lives in BC. He takes great pride in contributing to Canadians’ knowledge of their military heritage, and is ...
Jan 19, 2024•51 min•Ep 315•Transcript available on Metacast Episode 314 - Morgan Christie - Boolean Logic - Powerful and Lyrical Essays from a New and Noteworthy Poet and Fiction Writer Powerful and Lyrical Essays from a New and Noteworthy Poet and Fiction Writer Morgan Christie's book is in conversation with various themes including race, gender inequity, socioeconomic disparities, and others as questions regarding how experiences define us are viewed through a BOOLEAN LOGIC lens, where sums do not always equal their parts. These essays intertwine ...
Jan 17, 2024•42 min•Ep 314•Transcript available on Metacast Episode 313 - Rebecca Bratspies - Naming Gotham, The Villains, Rogues & Heroes Behind New York's Place Names Naming Gotham: The Villains, Rogues & Heroes Behind New York's Place Names The Van Wyck, the Major Deegan, the Jackie Robinson, the Hutch, the Merritt, FDR Drive, or the Henry Hudson...you might drive them regularly, without really noticing that those road names are, well, names. But, who were these people? New York City's many roads, bridges, neighborhoods and inst...
Jan 16, 2024•40 min•Ep 313•Transcript available on Metacast EPISODE 312 - Leah Brown - The Fantastical World Building of The Chronicles of the Hidden Realms Leah Ann Brown grew up in beautiful Southern Oregon, where her love for nature and fantasy was first ignited. As a young girl she spent hours outside playing make believe. This is where she first learned to love fantasy, along with the books and stories shared by her mother and grandmother throughout her life. With such creative encouragement from family, she drew her first picture book in first grad...
Jan 12, 2024•41 min•Ep 312•Transcript available on Metacast EPISODE 311 - Boo Trundle - The Daughter Ship - A Prcess Novel with Deep Meaning BOO TRUNDLE is a writer, artist, and performer whose work has appeared across various platforms and publications, including The Brooklyn Rail, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, and NPR’s The Moth. She has released three albums of original music with Big Deal Records. She lives in New Jersey. The Daughter Ship is her first novel. The Book: About The Daughter Ship This irreverent debut delivers a headlong human comedy of...
Jan 10, 2024•42 min•Ep 311•Transcript available on Metacast EPISODE 310 - Sarah Polyakov - Living In Fearless Faith - Mission Hope, Inspirational Stories of Faith and Triumph Mission Hope Inspirational Stories of Faith and Triumph Life’s many upheavals, sharp curves, twists and turns, the challenging circumstances coming right at you are non-stop. The inner wars within are outside your control and feel overwhelming; you feel alone, and the seemingly endless battles rage on. You feel like you have lost all hope and faith, questioning, Why me? Why now? How...
Jan 08, 2024•25 min•Ep 310•Transcript available on Metacast EPISODE 309 - Jacqueline Suskin - Poet and Educator - Poem Busking, A Year In Practice JACQUELINE SUSKIN IS A POET AND EDUCATOR WHO HAS BEEN TEACHING WORKSHOPS, WRITING BOOKS, HOSTING RETREATS AND CREATING SPONTANEOUS POETRY AROUND THE WORLD SINCE 2009. Suskin is the author of eight books: The Collected (Publication Studio, 2010), Go Ahead & Like It (Ten Speed Press, 2014), The Edge of The Continent Volume One (Rare Bird, 2018), The Edge of The Continent Volume Two (Rare Bird, 2019), Help in...
Jan 05, 2024•40 min•Ep 309•Transcript available on Metacast EPISODE 308 - Sara Johnson - Crime Series, New Zealand and How Your Teeth Can Lead You Home Sara E. Johnson is a mystery writer who spent nine months exploring wondrous New Zealand. Everywhere she snooped, there was a mystery that needed writing. The Bone Riddle , Sara’s fourth novel in the Alexa Glock Forensic Mysteries, was published in June, 2023. The first three mysteries in the series are, in order of publication, Molten Mud Murder , The Bones Remember , and The Bone Track. Sara’s publisher...
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