In Other Words

S.Z. Estavillo is a biracial feminist thriller author known for her compelling stories that delve into ethnic and social commentary with strong female leads. Her professional background in literary agencies and TV studios has sharpened her editorial acumen and market trend insights, contributing to her success in securing book deals and greenlighting screenplays that became Lifetime movies. She ha...

Val Gale was born and raised in Des Moines, Iowa. He served in The US Army from 1991 to 1996, stationed in New York and Seoul, Korea. He completed a B.A. in 1999 from Grandview University in Des Moines after his honorable discharge. He identifies as a trans. man. Val focuses full time on his writing since an industrial accident amputated his hand and ended his work in a tire facility, creating an...

Katelyn A. Brown is a genre-hopping fiction author with an overactive imagination and far too many ideas. She writes Christian holiday romance with a sprinkling of fantasy in her Christmastime Trilogy series. Her alter ego, Kate Annie Brown, writes culinary cozy mysteries in the Emerald Bay Mysteries series. The first book is Harvest Fest Homicide, while a second book is in the works. When Kate is...

Marsh writes under two pen names—Reck Well for Fantasy and LitRPG, and MJ Douglas for Sci-Fi and Dystopian fiction. They’ve been writing their whole life, but after finishing their first full-length novel in 2017, they’ve published three books in the last two years: Augmented and Echo as MJ Douglas, and Potions and Perils as Reck Well. Marsh excels at crafting characters who feel real in lived-in,...

Pamela Ernest has been an artist in one form or another her whole life, learning early on from both of her parents. In 2003 she began sculpting figures in polymer clay and two-part epoxy and spent many years working in those mediums. In addition to art, Pam is a paranormal researcher and investigator and cohosts on 3 paranormal podcasts. She joined the In Other Words Podcast, initially as producer...

Jan C. Thorpe, PhD, a storyteller from childhood, has been a psychotherapist in private practice for 30 years in the San Francisco Bay Area. Originally from Pennsylvania she grew up in Southern California where she swam in the ocean, rode horses and shocked her friends, brother and parents with scary stories as much as she could. Her first book, Ancestors, has received four- and five-star reviews....

Carol Burbank is an award-winning writer, coach, and transformative educator. After 20 years of teaching, journalism, and scholarly research in leadership, business communication, cultural studies and education, she founded Storyweaving, LLC to nurture creative and sustainable change through consulting and coaching. In 2019, she launched the Storyweaving Retreat Center, a space for her clients and...

Meet artist Jessica Holeman, and her Curious Relics Studio. Jess is an assemblage artist and painter who works in a wide variety of mediums. Learn her story and her creative process that she goes through in order to bring to life her work. In addition to art, Jess is also cofounder and cohost of Bordertown Strange Podcast and cohost of On the Fringe Podcast. Her work can be found on her Facebook p...

Cork Marcheschi is an American sculptor and musician, most notably recognized for his pioneering use of light in sculpture. And his large body of public work and founding influence avant garde psychedelic rock band, Fifty Foot Hose.   To learn more about his art, visit his website www.corkmarcheschi.com A Production of Crimson Crow Press

Join us and guest, Mary Schuytema of Chicken Scratch Pottery. We will be discussing her process and her art. What an amazing first guest to have! A Production of Crimson Crow Press

In the inaugural episode of “In Other Words” Podcast, meet hosts Jan, Karen, Val and Pam and learn about their individual paths to creativity. Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/i-feel... License code: IAX4KLZAT8ODQVR2 A Production of Crimson Crow Press