Story-Power

This post contains affiliate links. Ray Hartjen is a writer and musician who lives in Pleasanton, California, where he and his wife, Lori, raised their adult children, Olivia and Raymond. In a professional career that has spanned parts of five decades, Ray has pivoted on many occasions, from investment banking to pharmaceuticals, from consumer electronics Continue reading "When Life Takes an Abrup...

This post contains affiliate links. Judith Starkston has spent too much time reading about and exploring the remains of the ancient world. Early on she went so far as to get degrees in Classics from the University of California, Santa Cruz and Cornell. She writes historical fantasy set in the Bronze Age of the Greeks Continue reading "What to do With a Classical Education"

This post contains affliliate links. Tyler Schwanke is a writer and a filmmaker. He holds an MFA from Hamline University, and his short stories have been widely published. He is also a graduate of the New York Film Academy and Minnesota State University Moorhead, where he was awarded a Minnesota Film and TV Grant. Several Continue reading "I Could Write Something Like That!"

This post contains affiliate links Alpha Bette is Jennifer’s first novel. She put much of her personal and professional life experience into writing it, having been a family therapist, divorce mediator, Broadway and Off-Broadway producer, musical book writer, screenwriter & producer and screenwriting teacher. She co-wrote and produced the films Family Blues and Boundary Waters Continue reading...

This post contains affiliate links. Karen Moran is an artist and healer who uses art for healing.  Born into a family of artists, she became a painter and poet and also developed a career as a psychologist. For 30 years, Karen helped people find images and words to express unconscious feelings and memories, and then Continue reading "Journey to Forever Tourmaline"

This post contains affiliate links. Jay Watson and Kyle Wiltshire met in college and soon watched every single Highlander movie together on VHS. They have been the closest of friends for over twenty-five years and still talk nearly every day. They have committed their adult lives to cultivating stories and caring for people. Jay Watson Continue reading "The Team Writing Challenge"

This post contains affiliate links. I entered the Army in 1994 and spent 20 years in the military.  During the 20 years I spent 68 months in deployment/combat tours. 9 months was in Bosnia and the rest was in Iraq and Afghanistan.  After the Military I opened up my own company in the trucking industry.  Continue reading "Spirits and Stories of Veterans"

This post contains affiliate links. Hello, I’m Karen. When I was old enough to climb the stairs into the attic of the colonial house I grew up in, I’d sit in front of the fanlight window and compose poems about the mysteries of the night—the moon, stars, and unseen planets. I still love all things Continue reading "Becoming Who You Are"

This post contains affiliate links. Morgan McCarver was born and raised in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Her work is inspired by her female mentors of past and present, as well as her connection to Victorian corsetry through her scoliosis journey. She received an art degree with a ceramics concentration and a double minor in art history Continue reading "Revealing God’s Creative Side Through&...

This post contains affliate links. Self-publishing means the AUTHOR is the publisher, but you’d never know that from browsing the internet. Most authors believe a publisher is necessary, that they must sign away their rights, creative control, and revenues to offer their books to the public. This is not the case! 1106 Design’s mission is Continue reading "Publish Like the Pros"

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 "Writing Historical Fiction That Is NOT Set in WW II"

This post contains affiliate links. Eve is a coach, catalyst & connector, she offers group support for anyone who believes it’s #Never2Late for a mid or late-life do-over! She facilitates her courses online from her home in Ireland, or the U.S. when she goes home for a visit. See the websites below. Or connect with Continue reading "Empowering Change Using Story Telling"

This post contains affiliate links. Freeman Linde specializes in working with clients to retire successfully and stay successfully retired. He is the author of 3D Retirement Income: Creating a Retirement Income that Outpaces Inflation, Outlives You, and Outperforms Others, and hosts the RetireMentorship Podcast. His wife Kayla was an Art Teacher and is currently a Continue reading "Working for the...

This post contains affiliate Links. Fran Hawthorne, a New Yorker, is a former journalist with 8 non-fiction books and hundreds, if not thousands of 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 Continue reading "Fiction is What I Always Wanted to Write"

This post contains affiliate links. Rich LaMonica Is a 22-year veteran of the United States Army who was deployed on multiple occasions in support of the Global War on Terrorism.  He retired in 2015 and went through an entire year of self-reflection as he transitioned to civilian life again.  Those 365 days from retiring to Continue reading "Serving Others With Purpose"

Lucinda has been a story lover since she and her family watched TV and movies together. Her father taught her how to find the deeper layers of a story. This love prompted her to pursue a double major BA in Religious Studies and Theatre and Speech, a MA in Theatre Arts, and finally a MAEd Continue reading "Lucinda Special: Favorite Sites and Stories"

This post contains affiliate links. As a lifetime reader and evolving writer, I have always enjoyed fiction that left me wishing there was more to read, made me long for a sequel, or kept me thinking about its intricacies long after I turned the last page. My purpose in writing is to provide for an Continue reading "Passonate About Stories"

This post contains affiliate links. My mission is to help people get out of domestic violence situations and get on with their lives. If you have an audience I could help, can I share my story with them? In my book, “Beyond Surviving: Take Back Your Life Using the Power of Choice” I include life Continue reading "Surviving Domestic Violence"

This Post Contains affiliate links. Lorraine Haataia, PhD, is the Founder of Prolific Writers Life, an online writing community offering live work sessions, events, and workshops. With a diverse academic background spanning interior design, construction project management, business management, English, French, Teaching English as a Second Language, and curriculum development, Lorraine brings a wea...

This post contains affiliate links. Podcast Host- Alex Murdock: Poet, Author and Performer. My podcast is a poetry podcast. I always engage with my audience with new material quotes from poetry I create. I would then open discussion about questions pertaining the topic and information expressed in the piece read. I would eventually share my Continue reading "Poetry Expresses Hidden Emotions and&#1...

This post contains affiliate links. Six time BRAG Medallion Honoree, #1 Best-selling Historical Fantasy author Maria Grace has her PhD in Educational Psychology and is a 16-year veteran of the university classroom where she taught courses in human growth and development, learning, test development and counseling. None of which have anything to do with her Continue reading "When Your Life Crashes,...

This post contains affiliate links. There was no magic bullet for coast-to-coast business and sales strategist, Tiffany Largie. She went from being a single mom to building three six figure businesses, and on to a MULTIPLE seven-figure business by the age of 30. Tiffany began with no capital, but sheer hard work and determination. Today Continue reading "Our Story is the Only Thing We Own"

  This post contains affiliate links Tina is passionate about being a “Ghost Helper.” Her mission is to teach the living how to help the dead. She wants to empower everyone to help any ghost they may find. Tina says that this is the compassion we will all want for ourselves. She urges everyone to Continue reading "The Living Helping the Dead"

This post contains affiliate links. Owner of Firefly Scout, the guidebook for helping moms grow their glow and find magic in the everyday. I provide practical tips and insights for women to apply to their everyday life, to give them the unconscious permission they think they need to fill themselves up and live a life Continue reading "Finding Your Glow!"

This post contains affiliate links. Painful Joy, published in April 2022 and available on Amazon, represents five years of intensive research in the U.S., Poland, Sweden, Israel and Germany, by author Max Friedman, as he seeks to unearth and understand the real life stories of his parents, Sam and Frieda, two poor Polish Jews. In Continue reading "Sometimes Life Give Us Painful Joy"