Indie Reads Aloud: A Storytelling Podcast

Inside a regular, ordinary library on a seemingly ordinary day, people  read, research, and enjoy the peace the library offers.  While visiting,  some take breaks and visit the adjoined cafe.  But when an ancient  manuscript, hidden in a rarely-used back corner of the library,  disappears, the patrons are alarmed.  In place of the book... sits a  small origa...

Inside a regular, ordinary library on a seemingly ordinary day, people  read, research, and enjoy the peace the library offers.  While visiting,  some take breaks and visit the adjoined cafe.  But when an ancient  manuscript, hidden in a rarely-used back corner of the library,  disappears, the patrons are alarmed.  In place of the book... sits a  small origa...

Inside a regular, ordinary library on a seemingly ordinary day, people  read, research, and enjoy the peace the library offers.  While visiting,  some take breaks and visit the adjoined cafe.  But when an ancient  manuscript, hidden in a rarely-used back corner of the library,  disappears, the patrons are alarmed.  In place of the book... sits a  small origa...

Inside a regular, ordinary library on a seemingly ordinary day, people read, research, and enjoy the peace the library offers.  While visiting, some take breaks and visit the adjoined cafe.  But when an ancient manuscript, hidden in a rarely-used back corner of the library, disappears, the patrons are alarmed.  In place of the book... sits a small origami horse.   The mystery d...

LISTENER ADVISORY:  REFERENCE TO TEEN SUICIDE About The Author: Australian Jennifer Raines writes contemporary romances set mainly, but not exclusively, in Australia – think Malta, Finland, New Zealand.  A dreamer and an optimist, her stories are a delicious cocktail of mutual respect, passion and loyalty because she still believes in happy-ever-afters. Jennifer lives in inner-city Sydne...

LISTENER ADVISORY: MATURE LANGUAGE & SITUATIONS About The Author: Chloe Holiday is a physician who is evolving as a novelist.  She writes the things she loves to read: steamy, fun stories about ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances, smart women and men who aren’t jerks. She likes to read about friendships, either close women or a good bromance. She wants all the feels: the thrill...

About The Author: Mark Love lived for many years in the metropolitan Detroit area, where crime and corruption are always prevalent. As a former freelance reporter, Mark honed his writing skills covering features and hard news.  He is the author of the Jamie Richmond romance mysteries , Devious, Vanishing Act and Fleeing Beauty , and the novella Stealing Haven . The short story, Don’t Mess wit...

LISTENER ADVISORY: MATURE LANGUAGE & SITUATIONS About The Author: Chloe Holiday is a physician who is evolving as a novelist.  She writes the things she loves to read: steamy, fun stories about ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances, smart women and men who aren’t jerks. She likes to read about friendships, either close women or a good bromance. She wants all the feels: the thrill...

About The Author: Libby Kay lives in a city in the heart of Midwest Ohio with her husband. When she’s not writing, Libby is a librarian, and loves reading romance novels of any kind. Contemporary or Regency, sweet or hot, as long as there is a happily ever after -- she’s in love! When not surrounded by books, Libby can be found baking in her kitchen or on the road with her husband, traveling as fa...

About The Author: Mark H. McCraw has spent more than a decade in education, working with children and students of all ages, from infants through college students. His career as a military father was important to him and to his family. He is a father of four adult children and a grandfather of nine grandchildren. He currently lives in Oklahoma. Title: Babbling Betty Genre: Children’s Fiction Book S...

LISTENER ADVISORY: MATURE LANGUAGE & SITUATIONS About The Author: Chloe Holiday is a physician who is evolving as a novelist.  She writes the things she loves to read: steamy, fun stories about ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances, smart women and men who aren’t jerks. She likes to read about friendships, either close women or a good bromance. She wants all the feels: the thrill...

About The Author: Libby Kay lives in a city in the heart of the Midwest with her husband. When she’s not writing, Libby loves reading romance novels of any kind. Contemporary or Regency, sweet or hot, as long as there is a happily ever after -- she’s in love! When not surrounded by books, Libby can be found baking in her kitchen or on the road with her husband, traveling as far as their bank accou...

About The Author: Mandy Jo has been training herself and others to walk distances of 5K to a marathon for over a dozen years.  To make her first book, Adventures In Walking: From the Couch to 5K , different from all the other training manuals Mandy Jo fictionalized her story, thus making it an inspirational story that includes a training schedule, recipes, exercises, and more.  She also...

LISTENER ADVISORY: STRONG LANGUAGE About The Author: Julie Navickas is an award-winning author of contemporary romance. She has a keen ability to weave heart-wrenching, second-chance love stories through relatable characters with humility, humor, and heroism. She has quickly become a much-anticipated new author with Inkspell Publishing. When not writing, she spends her time serving as the executiv...

About The Author: Joseph A. Schiller is a high school social studies teacher in Houston, TX, where he lives with his wife and three sons. Upon the Arrival of Dawn is his debut novel. Title: Upon The Arrival of Dawn Genre: Fantasy Book Synopsis: A darkness grows, threatening the delicate fabric of the Universe. An ominous cloud spreads, bringing an increasing imbalance across the Cosmos. Essences b...

About The Author: Mary Beth is a writer, blogger, speaker, teacher, reader, dreamer, gardener, crafter and like Rudyard Kipling's Elephant's Child, she is filled with "insatiable curiosity." She loves the innocence of children, the affection of animals, and the joy of God's creation. Title: The Promise Wreath ​ Genre: Christian Middle-Grade Book Synopsis: A little girl …a loving grandmother…a croc...

LISTENER ADVISORY: VIOLENCE About The Author: Chris Groote is a copywriter, author, ghostwriter and business coach who left corporate management after nearly two decades of making others rich to pursue his own dream of entrepreneurship (and getting rich, too).  His own adventure into content creation in the private sector began by simply doing the things that clients didn’t know how to do.&nb...

LISTENER ADVISORY: MATURE LANGUAGE About The Author: HJ Corning can be found dancing in the woods and through life eating Montezuma’s 100% chocolate and drinking Zevia. Then the Trees Said Hello is her debut novel. It is the first in a series. It sprouts from a life lived in the woods, hiking, backpacking and just sitting under trees far from civilization.  She lives in the mountains southwes...

LISTENER ADVISORY: MATURE LANGUAGE & SITUATIONS About The Author: Chloe Holiday is a physician who is evolving as a novelist.  She writes the things she loves to read: steamy, fun stories about ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances, smart women and men who aren’t jerks. She likes to read about friendships, either close women or a good bromance. She wants all the feels: the thrill...

Pages Promotions Creative Light Writer’s Guild Community Service Projects We believe a more harmonious and supportive society begins with literacy.  We believe that a successful life begins with, and is enhanced by, the written word.  We believe that not everyone is able or inclined to pick up trash by the side of the road, or give blood, or donate financially in order to contribute to t...

About The Author: Mark Love lived for many years in the metropolitan Detroit area, where crime and corruption are always prevalent. As a former freelance reporter, Mark honed his writing skills covering features and hard news.  He is the author of the Jamie Richmond romance mysteries , Devious, Vanishing Act and Fleeing Beauty , and the novella Stealing Haven . The short story, Don’t Mess wit...

LISTENER'S ADVISORY: DRUGS, VIOLENCE About The Author: LS Kirkpatrick gains inspiration from life itself. We are all connected through personal encounters, some are brief, while others are lifelong relationships. She is a writing coach, a legacy author, and an author of fiction, children's stories, adult reading, and youth coming of age.  She is an International Amazon number one best selling...

About The Author: Vickie Rodgers has a Master’s degree in nursing, is a former Professor of Nursing Education, and is presently the Clinical Educator of a large retirement community. She has a passion for working with the elderly, and creating this book is her bucket-list labor of love. Vickie’s goal is to help children realize that older adults can bring love into their lives, along with valuable...

About The Author: Stephanie Barton spent her childhood years in southern New Jersey enjoying the sights of Philadelphia and the boardwalks and beaches at the Jersey Shore. She went on to college at Arizona State University where she earned a bachelor’s degree in exercise science and met her husband Jason. After a move to Texas early in their marriage, Stephanie found herself caught in a terrifying...

About The Author: Mark H. McCraw has spent more than a decade in education, working with children and students of all ages, from infants through college students. His career as a military father was important to him and to his family. He is a father of four adult children and a grandfather of nine grandchildren. He currently lives in Oklahoma. This is his first book with more to come. Title: Did Y...