Indie Reads Aloud: A Storytelling Podcast

LISTENER ADVISORY: MATURE CONTENT About The Author: Michael Samerdyke was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He is a graduate of the Odyssey Writers Workshop and has won the Lonesome Pine Short Story Contest twice, for "Snowman" and "The Rest of the Way Home," and the Appalachian Heritage Writers Symposium contest for "The Frankenstein Doll." He currently lives and writes in southwestern Virginia. Title: La...

About The Author: Kelle Lima is an author-illustrator that has worked in the educational field from teaching to creating educational video and board games for children internationally. Coming from Brazil, she also makes sure her native language is reflected in her publications such as her bilingual activity book or book translations, like Along Came Oliver’s Portuguese edition. As a driven mom, sh...

About The Author: Marianne Wieland has been writing most of her life, and it allows her to escape into many different situations and places. She can be anything, do anything, and try anything that, in real life, she might never try.  She has found that her experiences in nursing and teaching creep into her writing more often than not! Marianne started writing the novels a few years ago. She h...

A Special Book Launch Episode with Gabriel Mero and Witch’d About The Author: Gabriel Mero has been writing for as long as he can remember, getting his start in fan fiction. He’s always dreamed of writing his own original material, and finally it's happened! He draws inspiration from his life and fictionalizes it to make what he hopes will be an interesting, engaging story with realistic, humanist...

This is a special presentation episode of the Indie Reads Aloud Podcast. We’re talking about NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) that comes around every November.  The concept is easy to understand; Writers are challenged to write the first draft of a novel – 50,000 words – in just 30 days.  Traditional writers begin a new project, a novel, usually.  Rebel writers can work on w...

LISTENER ADVISORY: MATURE CONTENT About The Author: Michael Samerdyke was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He is a graduate of the Odyssey Writers Workshop and has won the Lonesome Pine Short Story Contest twice, for "Snowman" and "The Rest of the Way Home," and the Appalachian Heritage Writers Symposium contest for "The Frankenstein Doll." He currently lives and writes in southwestern Virginia. Title: Th...

About The Author: M. Rose Peluso is a former Catholic Religious Sister (Nun), Educator and Graphic Artist. “Behind the Tapestry” is her debut book. Her poem entitled, “The Meaning of Friendship” was featured in Sparrowgrass Poetry Forum’s Poetic Voices of America Anthology, Summer 1991. M. Rose holds a B.F.A. from William Paterson University in NJ, a Master’s Degree in Pastoral/Spiritual Theology...

About The Author: Etaine Raphael is the author-illustrator of The Rhyme-Time Twins series. She was born and raised in Washington, D.C., and currently lives with her husband and two daughters in Northern Virginia. Before having children, she worked as a physical therapist at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, mostly with men and women with traumatic amputations from the wars in Iraq and...

About The Author: Australian Jennifer Raines writes contemporary romances set mainly, but not exclusively, in Australia – think Malta, Finland, New Zealand or ?. 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 Sydney, Australia, with the requisite number of partners...

About The Author: Ian Tadashi Moore is a father, designer, musician, and artist from southeast Michigan. He grew up talking to the bugs in the back lawn and plinking melodies on piano keys. He likes the sounds words make and will probably never act his age. He has written and illustrated three books, Zōsan, Tama-ishi, and Where All the Little Things Live, and lives in southeast Michigan with his w...

About The Author: Michael Samerdyke was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He is a graduate of the Odyssey Writers Workshop and he has won the Lonesome Pine Short Story Contest twice, for Snowman and The Rest of the Way Home , and the Appalachian Heritage Writers Symposium contest for The Frankenstein Doll . He currently lives and writes in southwestern Virginia. Title: Exit, Laughing Maniacally Genre: Fant...

About The Author: R.L. Fink grew up in Topanga, California as the eldest of three. An avid listener, then reader of detective stories, the only thing better than writing detective novels would have been to become a character in one. But since that never happened, R.L. Fink chose to write a detective series based on a middle school experience that never happened, but would've been fun if it did, wi...

About The Author: Douglas S. Pierce is a husband, and father who lives in the Metro Detroit area with his wife Patricia (of more than 25 years), two Shiba Inus (Akira and Yuna), and a black cat named Harley. He is a proud veteran of the United State military and a practicing pagan. Raised on weekly trips to libraries and bookstores, Doug has had a lifelong love affair with the kind of stories that...

Listener Advisory: Strong Language About The Author: Jennifer Hobbs is an Army Veteran whose compassion and humor reaches far and wide through her drive to connect with and support others. She has dedicated over a decade teaching in the education industry and serving Veteran nonprofit organizations. Jennifer is empowered by the personal growth that comes with struggle, and she inspires others how...

About The Author: Carli Valentine is a Children's Book Author and Illustrator who has always been passionate about writing and storytelling.  From a young age, she learned of the magic that existed in books and has been entranced by it ever since.  As a child, she begged her parents for visits to the library so she could hand-pick from their vast collection of magical works.  Her pa...

About The Author: Mark M. Bello is an attorney and award-winning author of realistic fiction and political-legal thrillers. Retired from handling high profile legal cases, Mark now gives the public a front-row seat watching victims fight for justice in our civil and criminal justice systems. Mark's award-winning Zachary Blake Legal Thrillers mirror our times and the events that shape our country....

About The Author: Michael Samerdyke was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He is a graduate of the Odyssey Writers Workshop and has won the Lonesome Pine Short Story Contest twice, for "Snowman" and "The Rest of the Way Home," and the Appalachian Heritage Writers Symposium contest for "The Frankenstein Doll." He currently lives and writes in southwestern Virginia. Title: Invasion of The President Snatchers...

LISTENER ADVISORY: Strong Language About The Author: Tucked away in a cozy corner of Maine, Connie spends her days writing, talking to her plants, strumming her guitar, balancing her kids' schoolwork, now that they're home all the time, and generally trying to keep up with wherever life takes her. Happily married to the romantic hero of her dreams, Connie is passionate about bringing a great story...

LISTENER ADVISORY: MATURE SITUATIONS 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 Ha...

About The Author:  Wolf O’Rourc vaguely remembers having delusions of protecting extraterrestrial lifeforms for MIB. Then he forgot his shades. And looked into a neuralyzer. Maybe. Centuries of adventures in cybersecurity, politics, and finance haunt his memories. Maybe some agency implanted them. Who cares? They make for thrilling stories pitting quirky characters with high-tech gadgets agai...

About The Author: D.A. Reed (Deborah Reed) writes young adult novels—from page-turning thrillers to stories based on challenges children and adults face every day. Her stories have garnered the attention of readers and fellow authors alike. Since 2016, author Johnathan Rand has invited her to be a writing instructor at his Author Quest writing camp for young writers. She was also asked to present...

About The Author: Etaine Raphael is the author-illustrator of The Rhyme-Time Twins series. She was born and raised in Washington, D.C., and currently lives with her husband and two daughters in Northern Virginia. Before having children, she worked as a physical therapist at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, mostly with men and women with traumatic amputations from the wars in Iraq and...

About The Author: Lindy Lenk is a Detroit-based writer, poet, photographer, filmmaker, educator, and author. She has a Bachelor of Arts from Wayne State and has won multiple awards for her writing, including the John Clare Award for Poetry and the Tompkins Award for Poetry. Some of her poetry and photography have been published by the Wayne State Literary Review. Lindy is currently working on the...

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 servi...

About The Author: Andrew has led an interesting life. He has experienced a myriad of events and dreamed vividly each night about adventure, excitement and more. He quickly found that it was fun to record those experiences, to write and remember in both poetry and story. Using that writing became second nature and he began to tell the stories that had happened or had been dreamed; and enjoy a momen...