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This post contains affiliate links. I am a first generation daughter of Polish/Russian parents.  I have recently published my first book which is a Historical Fiction novel.   I originally graduated from Fisher College in Boston with a degree in Laboratory Science.  After marrying and having three children,  I went back to school and have Continue reading "The Story of … Immigr...

This post contains affiliate links. I’m an Author/Publisher at Jeweled Dagger Publishing. I love helping other authors and connecting with authors of all Genres. Maybe you do too. My main genre of writing is Romance but tell me about what you are writing and how we can help each other connect and reach out. I Continue reading "Romance With a Twist"

This post contains affiliate links. I never really enjoyed writing as a kid. In school, it always felt like work. But after several post-college jobs required me to write, I (ironically) slowly grew to enjoy it. My first unpublished draft came about after doing a team-building exercise for my co-workers that involved writing a story Continue reading "Stories are Better With a Bit of Mystery"

This post contains affiliate links. After being medically retired from the Army in 2015, Maccabee’s life has been a rollercoaster of a journey down a road most refuse to travel. Before deciding to become a voice actor, Maccabee was just like everyone else; working to survive and take care of his family. And when God Continue reading "Characters are the Most Important Part of a Story"

This post contains affiliate links. Adopted at birth, Edward Di Gangi was born and raised in New York City. Although he knew for most of his life that he was adopted, it wasn’t until he approached his seventieth birthday that he began to search for the identity of his birth mother. His journey and the many Continue reading "Nature vs Nurture, Birth Family vs Adoption"

This post contains affiliate links. “Humans are not ideally set up to understand logic; they are ideally set up to understand stories.” ~ Roger C. Schank, Cognitive Scientist Lisa Jensen is a ghostwriter and novelist living in the Northwest with her husband and a furry family that includes a pack of Chihuahuas and a pair Continue reading "Improving Writing by Trying New Forms"

This post contains affiliate links. I wrote this book, A Little Less Fear, and created my podcast, A Little Less FEAR PODCAST, with one thing in mind: helping people. I know that everything I have gone through in my very first 40 years of life are for a purpose. I believe we all are born Continue reading "A Little Less Fear"

This post contains affiliate links. Fran Hawthorne, a New Yorker, is a retired journalist with 8 non-fiction books and articles to her credit. She’s won awards for her nonfiction writing, however, what she wanted ever since she was four years old, was to be a novelist. She has fulfilled that dream with two novels published Continue reading "The Novel in the Journalists Drawer"

This post contains affiliate links. I grew up in 3 countries, am artistic, do energy work and am into spirituality, A Course In Miracles, and have studied social and cultural anthropology. I’m the host of the The Holy Spirit’s Curriculum Of Joy Podcast. In addition to that, I work in education and am open minded. Continue reading "The Human Story: Walking Each Other Home"

This post contains affiliate links. Christine Herbert is a part-time writer, part-time bodyworker, and full-time space cadet currently living in the Pacific Northwest. A dyed-in-the-wool introvert, she occasionally surprises everyone—especially herself—by chucking it all and living an adventurous life of service overseas, once as a U.S. Peace Corps volunteer in Zambia and later as a Continue readi...

This post contains affiliate links. “Humans are not ideally set up to understand logic; they are ideally set up to understand stories. ~ Roger C. Shank, Cognitive Scientist Bio: Cheryl King is a dyslexia therapist and author of teen historical fiction Sitting on Top of the World, a 2022 Eric Hoffer YA winner, First Horizon Continue reading "Historical Books that Evoke Familiar Feelings"

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This post contains affiliate links. Note to my followers: I have moved Story-Power to a new podcast host. If you have followed it on Apple, Google, or Spotify, you will most likely need to click the follow button again. I was unable to do a seamless redirect with the plan I have on WordPress. I Continue reading "Power Your Outreach"

This post contains affiliate links. “Humans are not set up to understand logic; they are set up to understand stories.” ~ Roger C. Shank, Cognitive Scientist Grant Barrett is a dictionary editor and linguist specializing in slang and new words, and co-host of A Way with Words, a national radio program about language. From his Continue reading "Language is Important"

This post contains affiliate links. Dave Combs is a songwriter, photographer, entrepreneur and author with four decades of experience writing over 120 songs and creating fourteen albums of soothing, relaxing instrumental piano music. His songwriting began with the now popular standard, Rachel’s Song. His soothing, relaxing music has been played millions of times worldwide on Continue reading "Dave...

This post contains affiliate links. Pete is the host of Middle Class Film Class, movie reviewer and quick-witted fun and funny guest. He watches about 500 movies per year. He’s well-spoken, quick-witted which makes him a great guest, with a broad variety of topics he can chat about. But he’s most passionate about movies (and Continue reading "Movies, Movies, and More Movies"

This post contains affiliate links. “Humans are not ideally set up to understand logic; they are ideally set up to understand stories.” Roger C. Schank, Cognitive Scientist Shaun loves storytelling and has a passion for empowering Christians to share their untold children’s stories with the world. He believes that we all have been created with Continue reading "Communication is Vital: Storie...

This post contains affiliate links “Humans are not ideally set up to understand logic; they are ideally set up to understand stories.” Roger C. Schank, Cognitive Scientist I am an Austrian-Californian multimedia Artist, educator, author of 5 art-related books, podcaster, coach, creative advisor and former Newport Beach CA arts commissioner. Fluent in German and English. Continue reading "Creativit...

This post contains affiliate links. Maxwell Ivey grew up in a family of carnival owners. He started losing his vision to retinitis pigmentosa at an early age becoming legally blind by junior high school and totally blind by the time he graduated from college. He did graduate from traditional schools, achieved the rank of Eagle Continue reading "If a Blind Man Can Do it, What’s Your Excu...

This post contains affiliate links. My name is Alanna, I’m from the UK, and have just released my first novel, Abolish the Rose, published with Atmosphere Press. As a lifelong reader, long-time writer, and first-time, indie-published author, it’s been a long journey and a rollercoaster of mistakes and lessons learnt!  I also love salsa dancing, Continue reading "Write the Book You...

This post contains affiliate links. “Humans are not ideally set up to understand logic; they are ideally set up to understand stories.” ~ Roger C. Schank, Cognitive Scientist Statement:   Since very young, I knew I wanted to be involved in the arts in some capacity.  From coloring books, (frustrated I could never stay inside Continue reading "Do Your Most Important Projects First" S...

This post includes affiliate links “Humans are not ideally set up to understand logic; they are ideally set up to understand stories.” ~ Roger C. Schank, Cognitive Scientist Vinnie Potestivo is an Emmy® Award-winning Media Advisor who grows personal brands & founder-led companies by scaling content distribution, brand visibility, & media reach. Vinnie is the Continue reading "Marketing You...

This post contains affiliate links “Humans are not ideally set up to understand logic, they are ideally set up to understand stories.” ~ Roger C. Schank, Cognitive Scientist “Susan has spent over 35 years encouraging people to connect, develop and trust their intuition to enable them to make confident decisions in line with their true Continue reading "Creativity: Your Intuition at Work" Stor...

This post contains affiliate links. Born in Athens, Greece as an Air Force brat, Teri M Brown graduated from UNC Greensboro with a multitude of degrees – majors in Elementary Education and Psychology and minors in Math and Sociology – she just couldn’t settle on one thing! While homeschooling her four children, she began her Continue reading "Bonus Episode: Teri M Brown" Story-Power is made w...

Born in Athens, Greece as an Air Force brat, Teri M Brown graduated from UNC Greensboro with a multitude of degrees – majors in Elementary Education and Psychology and minors in Math and Sociology – she just couldn’t settle on one thing! While homeschooling her four children, she began her writing career by focusing on Continue reading "Real Life Inspired Stories" Story-Power is made with Jet...