Inspirational Journeys: Stories that Matter

In today’s episode, I give you a recap of last weeks episode and give you tips for removing brick walls in your story. Thanks to Teresa Guffanti for telling us about her new podcast called Struggling blessed but not alone. To listen to her podcast and subscribe on your favorite podcast player, visit: https://anchor.fm/teresa-guffanti Be sure to visit her blog at: https://teresa-blessings.blog Than...

In today’s episode, I talk about how you can get unstuck in your writing, by stepping away from your work and taking care of yourself. I even include a couple of creative challenges to get those creative juices flowing. Thanks to Teresa Guffanti for telling us about her new podcast called Struggling blessed but not alone. To listen to her podcast and subscribe on your favorite podcast player, visi...

Luke Seibert is the oldest of seven children and lives in North Alabama with his family. He became blind at the age of nineteen, and while adjusting to his new life, discovered a love for writing. Today, Luke is working on his masters degree at Midwestern Baptist Theological seminary, preaches at his local church, and loves writing stories. He has self-published four novels, and has several more h...

Marian McSpadden, along with her husband, own a multimillion-dollar business. She was born in the secluded culture of a horse-drawn buggy religious organization she escaped in the dark. Immediately she was attracted to education. She took a GED and later graduated with a bachelor’s degree. She sees no skin color and can bridge cultural gaps and speaks to corporate, women’s and other groups. You wa...

Dr. Meadows is an Honors graduate of the University of North Carolina School of Medicine and studied at Duke University. He later held faculty positions at both institutions. He was recognized internationally for his work in cancer research, receiving both grants and awards; he authored numerous scientific articles. He was designated a Clinical Investigator of the National Cancer Institute.  His r...

Debra Taubenslag, The Transformational Mentor, is a published author of two books; NO STONE UNTURNED: How My Special Needs Child and I Transformed Against All Odds, and Not Crazy Just Enlightened published in 2000. (Which resulted in a national nineteen-city book tour where she educated the public by conducting metaphysical stage hypnosis presentations.) She holds a Doctorate in Clinical Hypnosis,...

Tom Libelt is the guy you call when your online course is not selling. He spends most of his time in Chiang Mai, Thailand. He is a host of The Smart Brand Marketing Show. In the past Tom has published around 5000 Kindle books, built a successful SEO business, owned a coffee shop, a retail store, a record label, created a documentary, and released two albums with five hits on top ten Polish radio....

In today’s episode I walk you through the final two steps of the Snowflake Method and share some tips on how you can tailor the method so that it works for you. As I’ve done in previous episodes featuring individual steps of the Snowflake method,, I give you a recap of the preplanning and the steps before the ones I’m featuring. If you’d like to download Chapters 19-20 of How to Write a Novel Usin...

In today’s episode I walk you through step eight of the Snowflake Method, with a recap of the preplanning and first seven steps beforehand. If you’d like to download Chapters 19-20 of How to Write a Novel Using the Snowflake Method as a PDF file, Please visit the following website. https://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/free Please note that this is the last episode of 2020. To subscribe to my new...

In today’s episode I walk you through step seven of the Snowflake Method, with a recap of the preplanning and first six steps beforehand. If you’d like to download Chapters 19-20 of How to Write a Novel Using the Snowflake Method as a PDF file, Please visit the following website. https://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/free To subscribe to my newsletter and receive a free short story, and for a cha...

In today’s episode I walk you through step six of the Snowflake Method, with a recap of the preplanning and first six steps beforehand. If you’d like to download Chapters 19-20 of How to Write a Novel Using the Snowflake Method as a PDF file, Please visit the following website. https://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/free To subscribe to my newsletter and receive a free short story, and for a chanc...

In today’s episode I walk you through step five of the Snowflake Method, with a recap of the preplanning and first four steps beforehand. If you’d like to download Chapters 19-20 of How to Write a Novel Using the Snowflake Method as a PDF file, Please visit the following website. https://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/free To subscribe to my newsletter and receive a free short story, and for a cha...

In today’s episode I walk you through step four of the Snowflake Method, with a recap of the preplanning and first three steps beforehand. If you’d like to download Chapters 19-20 of How to Write a Novel Using the Snowflake Method as a PDF file, Please visit the following website. https://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/free To subscribe to my newsletter and receive a free short story, and for a ch...

In today’s episode I walk you through step three of the Snowflake Method, with a recap of the preplanning and first two steps beforehand. If you’d like to download Chapters 19-20 of How to Write a Novel Using the Snowflake Method as a PDF file, Please visit the following website. https://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/free To subscribe to my newsletter and receive a free short story, please fill o...

Please sit back, relax and enjoy my engaging conversation with my audiobook narrator Lillian Yves and her collaborative partner Vincent Lee Grayson. Half of the podcast is my interview with my guests, and the second half is the audiobook launch party itself. The narrator bios are as follows: LEEANNE ROWE/ LILLIAN YVES  Originally from Oklahoma, and a graduate of AMDA in NYC, LeeAnne eventually mad...

In today’s episode, I recap the preplanning and step 1 of the snowflake method, before walking you through step 2. To download Chapters 19-20 of How to Write a Novel Using the Snowflake Method by Randy Ingermanson as a PDF file, please visit: https://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/free To subscribe to my newsletter and receive a free short story, please fill out my google form at: https://forms.gl...

In today’s episode, I talk about my first week of NaNoWriMo and I walk you through the preplanning and the first step of the Snowflake Method. Id you’d like to download chapters 19 and 20 of the book entitled How To Write a Novel Using the Snowflake Method by Randy Ingermanson as a free PDF document, please visit: https://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/free/ To subscribe to my newsletter and recei...

In this episode, I talk about my NaNoWriMo progress and give you an update of things to come over the next few weeks. To subscribe to my newsletter and receive a free short story, please fill out my google form at: https://forms.gle/x8gtvDgqH56Zc3bt9 My poetry book entitled The Spirit of Creativity: Inspirational Poems for the Creative at heart can be purchased in a variety of eBook formats wherev...

Today marks the final week of NaNoWriMo’s Preptober. I give you a pep talk, consisting of a bit of NaNoWriMo encouragement and tips to get you started and help you work through the writing frenzy that takes place throughout the month of November. If you wish to sign p for NaNoWriMo, visit the following link: https://nanowrimo.org If you’re already signed up for NaNoWriMo, and you would like to sen...

In today’s episode, I give you some tips and strategies for becoming unstuck, when you hit a brick wall in your story. The tips include: Pray for wisdom where your story is concerned, read in your genre, research character attributes so you can turn them into strengths if necessary, keep an electronic or physical journal handy to jot down any plot points, questions to ask yourself as you’re writin...

Today’s interview was recorded in honor of Domestic Violence Awareness month. Read on to learn more about my special guest. LTC (Ret.) Sue Parisher served twenty-one honorable years on active duty, living a double life of capability and accomplishment in the service while enduring brutality and abusiveness in her twenty-year oppressive marriage. The constant need to relocate due to Army orders eve...

Today’s episode is a reflection on my calling as a writer, given to me by the Holy Spirit after listening to two of the podcasts I subscribe to. The links to the episodes that resonated with me are as follows: Pastor Writer Episode 126 with Mark Batterson: https://pastorwriter.com/episode/mark-batterson/ The Stories Between Us Season 3 Episode 2: http://shawnsmucker.com/2020/10/new-episode-s3e2-th...

In today’s episode, I’m sharing my reflections on how writing is similar to crocheting, and providing a few writing updates along the way. To subscribe to my newsletter and receive a free short story, please fill out my google form at: https://forms.gle/x8gtvDgqH56Zc3bt9 My poetry book entitled The Spirit of Creativity: Inspirational Poems for the Creative at heart can be purchased in a variety of...

Ellwyn Autumn is an American author/blogger and a certified teacher with a Master's Degree in Education. She writes children's picture books, middle-grade novels, and Young Adult fiction. Ellwyn's first self-published novel, Chris Kringle's Cops The First Mission, was a Finalist in the 2016 Reader's Favorite International Book Contest. Her Kamyla Chung picture book series addresses difficult issue...

In today’s episode, I give you an update on my writing week, which includes a bit of behind the scenes information about another project I’m brainstorming for NaNoWriMo To subscribe to my newsletter and receive a free short story, please fill out my google form at: https://forms.gle/x8gtvDgqH56Zc3bt9 My poetry book entitled The Spirit of Creativity: Inspirational Poems for the Creative at heart ca...