Book Reviews Episodes

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CAROLINE WOODS is the author of The Lunar Housewife, forthcoming from Doubleday on June 7, 2022. She holds an M.F.A. in fiction from Boston University. Her debut novel, Fräulein M., was hailed as “masterful” by Booklist. She has taught creative writing at BU, Loyola Chicago, and the Boston Conservatory. Raised in Delaware, she now lives near Chicago with her husband and two daughters. 00:00:00 An intro to Caroline Woods 00:01:17 Path of how to become an author 00:04:36 How it landed with D...

Teri Rizvi is the author of One Heart with Courage: Essays and Stories and the founder and director of the nationally renowned Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop at the University of Dayton. 00:00:00 An intro to Teri Rizvi 00:02:01 What made Teri want to write a book 00:06:47 One Heart with Courage: Essays and Stories 00:12:18 Personal essay 00:17:26 Planning to write a new book 00:18:25 Teri's "Day job" 00:28:11 Introduce a new generation 00:30:46 How to get into the workshop 00:33:27 Wrapping Up T...

André Lewis Carter is a Navy veteran who writes fiction, poetry, essays, and plays in the urban sprawl of Portland, Oregon. His work has appeared in Soft Cartel, Page and Spine, and Down in the dirt Magazines. This is his debut novel. André’s one-act play, "Reaction," was staged at the Last Theater Conference in Valdez, AK. Chapters: 00:00:00 An intro to André Lewis Crater 00:01:21 The Writer's Journey 00:04:21 Navy Experience 00:08:48 Historical Event in 1972 00:15:45 The Protagonist in the Boo...

Magazine Professional turned Writing Coach, Taiia Smart Young | Writer’s Worshop | Episode 33 Taiia Smart Young is a writer, editor, and speaker from New York City. Also, she teaches aspiring authors how to use their experiences and expertise to write and self-publish books that create influence, impact, and income. She's worked for Essence, XXL, Juicy magazines, and Girls Inc. She blogs about girl-focused and youth empowerment at TaiiaSmartYoung.com. 00:00:00 An intro to Taiia Smart Young 00:02...

Kimberly Marsh is a writing coach, editor, ghostwriter, and communications fiend, who helps authors, aspiring writers, and "but-I'm-not-really-a-writer" writers to find, hone and use their voice. She also loves to write with (and for) executive coaches, inspirational speakers, organizational leaders, and solopreneurs, helping to get their messages out into the world through books, articles, blogs, speeches, social media copy, and more. 00:00:00 An intro to Kimberly Marsh 00:03:04 Kimberly's ...

Janette Wu is a first-generation Chinese American, born and raised in New York City. She holds two separate bachelor's degrees in human biology and Chinese, from Macaulay Honors College. After her capstone year abroad in China was abruptly cut short by the COVID-19 pandemic, Wu used her talent for storytelling to uplift ABC's (American Born Chinese) voices and write her first book Letters to Home: A Memoir (& Other Stories by an ABC). Chapters: 00:00:00 An intro to Janette Wu 00:01:32 What "ABC"...

Vikrant Shaurya is the CEO and Founder of BestsellingBook.com. He's also the author of two #1 bestsellers: P.O.W.E.R: The Success Mantra, and How to Write a Bestseller: Become a Bestselling Author, Attract High-Value Clients, and Skyrocket Your Authority. 0:00 An intro to Vikrant Shaurya 00:02:14 Vikrant Shaurya's background 00:09:42 How Bestsellingbook.com started 00:14:20 Website get incorporated 00:17:10 Become the best selling author 00:23:10 Low content books 00:25:40 Perfect promotions 00:...

David Cole has been interested in math since he was a very young boy. He pursued degrees in math and computer science and has shared this love of math at many levels, including teaching at the college level, coaching elementary math teams, and running a summer math camp. He also has a love of writing and has written a number of plays that have been performed. Chapters: 00:00:00 An intro to Dave Cole 00:01:20 The Math Kids 00:02:40 Dave Cole's background 00:06:46 Practical Math in life 00...

Flobo Boyce is the author of Graduation Day, Life Lessons from the Real World. He shares his great roller coaster experience that will give Inspiration to all upcoming 2022 graduates. 00:00:00 An intro to Flobo Boyce 00:01:00 Flobo Boyce's opinion after school experience 00:02:25 Inspiration to write a book 00:11:45 The Great Roller Coaster 00:15:00 Advice for College Graduate with roller coaster experience 00:16:35 Rise and fall and rise Chapter 00:20:40 Golden Job an...

Kathy Nichols is a co-founder of a writer's critique group and author of two books. Find out more about her writer's journey. 00:00:00 An introduction to Kathy Nichols 00:01:45 The Sometime Sister 00:04:49 Debut writer complex choices 00:07:22 Who is Kathy Nichols before 00:09:58 The Unreliables 00:13:39 Newest book 00:16:26 Path of creativity 00:18:18 How Kathy explain the desire of the characters 00:20:15 Writer's Critique group 00:27:54 Wrapping up Kathy Nichols’ Links Website: https://kathy-...

Lauca is our second international author guest who wrote “Returning East” a historical fiction, her debut novel. Lauca started to write letters and evolved in writing poems and later in stories about life in the countries she lived in. Chapters: 00:00:00 An intro to Lauca 00:01:52 Lauca's professions before she inspired to get in to writers journey and write her first book 00:05:12 Pursuing writing 00:06:40 Returning East a historical novel 00:07:18 Why did Lauca choose histo...

Kathy is the published author of multiple historical romance novels and short stories. Her Civil War romance novel, A Place in Your Heart, was a 2016 RWA Northwest Houston Chapter, Lone Star Winner, and her western novel Lost Hearts, was a 2008 Utah/Salt Lake RWA Hearts of the West finalist. Kathy is a certified book coach through Author Accelerator and has recently begun helping clients meet their writing goals. She also teaches classes on writing online and at conferences. www.facebook.com/ka...

Rick Bleiweiss is The award-winning author of the historical fiction mystery novel Pignon Scorbion & the Barbershop Detectives and other books and stories, and the host of Chapter & Verse a YouTube video show with bestselling authors talking about their books and writing. #historicalfiction #writer #music Chapters: 00:00:00 An intro to Rick Bleiweiss 00:02:38 How Rick Bleiweiss went from a rocker to music executive 00:10:43 How did Rick get into book publishing? 00:15:25 Road to ...

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Sarah Humphereys is a 16-year-old die-hard anime nerd with a book for a soul. She memorized the How to Train Your Dragon fandom page, so she's an expert at spouting out useless information about dragon classes and shot counts. She wrote her first book after attending a writer's workshop and getting a publishing deal! Guest Links: Web: https://www.sarahhumpherys.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sarah.humpherys Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarah_fantasy_author/ 00:00:00 An intro t...

Jude Calvert-Toulmin graduated from Manchester Polytechnic Film School with a BA (Hons) in Film & TV Production. She has worked as a photo-journalist for the music and climbing press, exhibited her portrait photographs at London's Mall Galleries and started writing novels in 2005. She won prime-time Channel 4 cooking show Come Dine With Me and was runner-up in Come Dine Champion of Champions. A mother of three and a grandmother, she lives with her husband and menagerie of pets in Sheffield, on t...

Reyna Marder Gentin grew up in Great Neck, New York. She attended college and law school at Yale. For many years, she practiced as an appellate attorney with a public defender's office before turning to writing full time. Reyna has studied at the Writing Institute at Sarah Lawrence College, and her work has been published widely online and in print. Her debut novel, a romantic legal thriller entitled UNREASONABLE DOUBTS, was named a finalist for the Women's Fiction Writers Association Star Award...

Bookaholics Podcast presents and celebrates Black History Month with Poet Laureate, Jaki Shelton Green. Let's remind ourselves about how important our ancestors' contributions are and discuss how we see the ordinariness of poetry. 00:00:45 Introducing Jaki Shelton Green. 00:06:23 Poetry 00:08:49 Things that turn my light on. 00:13:50 Who is Jaki Shelton Green? 00:17:53 How Jaki Shelton became a Poet 00:22:23 Poet Laureate 00:28:20 Described Po...