Bringing Life To Characters

My next guest is author Tee O'Fallon. Tee is the author of the K-9 Special Ops, Federal K-9, and NYPD Blue & Gold Series. Tee spent twenty-three years as a federal agent conducting complex, long- and short-term criminal investigations, especially undercover operations, across many agencies at the federal level, and multi-state investigations as a police investigator. It felt only natural t...

My next guest is author Rhonda Blackhurst. Rhonda is an avid reader, writer, coffee and dark chocolate connoisseur, and certified life coach. She has 10 independently published novels: The Inheritance, a contemporary fiction novel; seven books in the Melanie Hogan Mysteries; and Finding Abby and Abby's Redemption in the Whispering Pines Romantic Suspense duology. She was awarded the 2022 Maste...

My next guest is Clay Stafford. Clay has had an eclectic career as an author, filmmaker, actor, composer, educator, public speaker, and founder of the Killer Nashville International Writers' Conference, voted the #1 writers' conference in the U.S. by The Writer magazine. He has sold nearly four million copies of his works in over sixteen languages.

My next guest is Traci Hunter Abramson, Traci was born in Arizona, where she lived until moving to Venezuela for a study abroad program. After graduating from Brigham Young University, she worked for the Central Intelligence Agency, eventually resigning in order to raise her family. She credits the CIA with giving her a wealth of ideas as well as the skills needed to survive her children’s teenage...

My next guest is Marc Cameron. Author of the New York Times bestselling Jericho Quinn Thriller series, Marc Cameron's short stories have appeared in The Saturday Evening Post and BOYS LIFE magazine. In late 2016, he was chosen to continue the Tom Clancy Jack Ryan/Campus Thriller series. TOM CLANCY COMMAND AND CONTROL released in November 2023. Cameron is a retired Chief Deputy U.S. Marshal who...

My next guest is Darin Werkmeister. Darin is a retired FBI Agent with 21 years of street experience. During his time in the Bureau, he investigated white collar crime, Italian organized crime, Eastern European organized crime and international money laundering. He was also an eight year member of the Philadelphia FBI SWAT team. Prior to joining the FBI, he was a Marine Corps Officer and a contract...

My next guest is Christine Mager Wevik. Christine is the author of It’s Only Hair, a humorous, self-help book about living and coping with hair loss, and award-winning paranormal mysteries, Vacant Eyes and Borrowed Memories. Her latest nonfiction, Someone Knows, highlights 52 of South Dakota’s many cold cases. She is also published in C. Hope Clark’s FundsforWriters, a nationally recognized newsle...

My next guest is Kemper Donovan. Kemper is a full-time writer who is currently publishing an ongoing mystery series via Kensington Books (The Busy Body is the first in this series). Previously he published the standalone novel The Decent Proposal (HarperCollins). He is the host of the podcast All About Agatha, dedicated to all things Agatha Christie, in which guise he has appeared on BBC TV and Ra...

My next guest is Caitlin Rother. Caitlin has written or co-authored 16 books, ranging from true crime to thrillers and memoir. A New York Times-bestselling author and investigative journalist, Rother worked nearly 20 years for daily newspapers. Writing books full-time since 2006, she draws from decades of watchdog reporting on topics from addiction to suicide, mental illness, murder, government, p...

My next guest is author James Bow. James writes science fiction and fantasy for both kids and adults. He's been a fan of science fiction since his family introduced him to Doctor Who on TV Ontario in 1978, and his mother read him classic sci-fi and fantasy from such authors as Clifford Simak and J.R.R. Tolkien. James won the 2017 Prix Aurora Award for best YA Novel in Canada for Icarus Down.

My next guest is author Sebastien de Castell. Sebastien had just finished a degree in Archaeology when he started work on his first dig. Four hours later he realised how much he actually hated archaeology and left to pursue a very focused career as a musician, ombudsman, interaction designer, fight choreographer, teacher, project manager, actor and product strategist. His only defence against the...

My next guest is author Gregory N. Whitis. Gregory was born in Gainesville, Florida, raised in Dubuque, Iowa, graduated from Iowa State University, and earned a Master's in Aquaculture at Auburn University. After marrying Karen Schimek, they resided briefly in central Iowa. Raising fish north of the Mason-Dixon line soon lost its glamor. He landed a job as a farm manager on Alabama's large...

My next guest is author Dale T. Phillips. Dale has published novels, over 80 short stories, collections, articles, jokes, and poetry, Stephen King was Dale’s college writing teacher, and since then, Dale has found time to appear on stage, television, radio, in an independent feature film, and compete on Jeopardy (losing in a spectacular fashion). He’s a member of the Mystery Writers of America and...

My next guest is author Margaret Mizushima. Margaret writes the internationally published Timber Creek K-9 Mysteries. She served as a past president of the Rocky Mountain Chapter of Mystery Writers of America and was elected Writer of the Year by Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers. She is the recipient of a Colorado Authors League Award, a Benjamin Franklin Book Award, a CIBA CLUE Award, and two Willa...

My next guest is author J.M. Shaw. J.M. lives in Airdrie, Alberta, with her husband and two young children. She and her family embarked upon a journey of understanding, acceptance, and life-long learning when they discovered their shared diagnosis of autism and ADHD. Writing is her passion and, with experience and interests in healthcare, psychology, martial arts, and personal training, she pours...

My next guest is author Bjorn Leesson. Bjorn has always been fascinated with many topics to include history, the supernatural, and writing. These interests combined led to the Outside the Thalsparr series, with the first book in the series, "Runes of the Dokkrsdottir." Bjorn was not formally trained as a writer and has worked in the industrial manufacturing field his entire life. Writing his stori...

My next guest is author Lynda Williams. Lynda's stories have appeared in Grain, the Humber Literary Review, and The New Quarterly, among others. She holds a graduate certificate in Creative Writing from the Humber School for Writers and is a recipient of the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Emerging Artist Award.

My next guest is K.T. Anglehart. K.T. is an award-winning Canadian author with a love for folklore, history, and the quiet magic of the natural world. A lifelong wordsmith, she holds degrees in Journalism, Scriptwriting, and Creative Writing, and speaks English, French, Italian, and “Spanglish”. Her travels through Ireland and Scotland inspired her witchy YA urban fantasy trilogy, The Scottish Scr...

My next guest is author Kay Sparling. Kay is an international opera and sacred singer. Now retired, she lives in the Upper Midwest with her feline writing buddy, the invincible Paducah. When not teaching voice lessons or writing, Kay enjoys gardening, hiking, adventure travelling, and cooking for family and friends.

My next guest is author Zachary Hagen. Zachary is a Florida based fantasy author and teacher. He lives there with his wife, Claudia, their son, and their dogs, Flynn and Bellaluna. When he isn't busy writing his next book or teaching, you can often find him at a great restaurant or reading a good book.

My next guest is author D. G. McCool Jr. D.G. has been crafting stories for over four decades, but it wasn’t until 2021 that he began sharing them with the world. Since then, he has published 14 books and counting, captivating readers with his signature blend of myth, magic, and science fiction. McCool’s work is known for weaving rich world-building with fast-paced plots and deeply layered charact...

My next guest is author Jeffery H. Haskell. Jeffery thinks he should always be himself… unless he can be Spider-Man. Then, he should be Spidey. He’s a lifelong lover of comic books and science fiction, and he owns his geek status by quoting Aliens and Star Trek at every given opportunity. When he realized he could make a living writing about his obsessions, he jumped at the chance. With the incred...

My next guest is author Tricia Copeland. Tricia believes in finding magic. She thinks magic infuses every aspect of our lives, whether it is the magic of falling in love, discovering a new passion, viewing a beautiful sunset, or reading a book that transports us to another world. An avid runner and Georgia native, Tricia now lives with her family and four-legged friends in Colorado. Find all her t...