Mysterious Goings On with Alex Greenwood

Jen Mann had what appeared to be the perfect life: a successful career as a New York Times bestselling author and award-winning blogger, a devoted husband, teenage kids who weren’t total jerks, and a badass minivan. So, imagine her surprise when, at forty-seven years old, a midlife crisis kicked her straight in the ladybits. Listen in as we explore the epiphanies that led to her writing the hilari...

Many Americans may be asking themselves the following questions today, given our political climate: · How do we survive amongst a fractured, divided nation? · What happens if an extreme, rigid, corrupt government comes into being? · How do we combat the dangers of centralized power and power-hungry individuals? · What happens when oil runs out and our energy grid is controlled by just one entity?...

Alex shares news of a great review of PILATE's FAITH, the latest John Pilate Mystery, and what you can expect here on the show in the final month of the year. Kirkus Review of PILATE'S FAITH: https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/j-alexander-greenwood/pilates-faith/ Order PILATE'S FAITH: https://amzn.to/3DWhyos Order LIFE IS TO BE CELEBRATED: https://amzn.to/3xA9J5G Listen to Robert Lee Hill'...

What do detective stories and social analysis have in common? Find out when we speak with Maria Marotti, Ph. D. Marotti is a full-time fiction writer, retired academic, and alternative health practitioner, author of a mystery series and humorous animal memoirs. She has many insights to share about the detective story as a tool for social analysis. Listen in! Connect: m ariamarotti-author.com Faceb...

HENYA DRESCHER is a novelist from New York. Her stories have appeared in several magazines, and she is an active contributor to Medium.com. She is currently working on a third novel. She writes suspense thrillers in which her heroines respond fearlessly to testing circumstances, satisfying a universal appeal by allowing readers a peek into their challenged lives. Today she speaks to us about psych...

P.C. Smith was a well-known stained glass in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, for 15 years, creating custom pieces for celebrities and clients all around the world. Upon retirement, she took up her second love, writing, and has published poetry and short stories before writing her debut novel, The Shingle Weaver’s Picnic, at age 84.  This startling and acclaimed debu t transports us t...

Do you question how it's possible for life to be affirming, religion to be relevant, and our daily human journey to be full of hope in times riddled with division, cynicism, and negativity? If so, Robert Lee Hill has fifty-two messages for you. In   Life is to Be Celebrated: Selected Sermons – Messages for the 21st Century (Caroline Street Press, 272 pages, October 2021) , the author, poet, a...

When Carl Buccellato was clearing old files out from his garage, he came across boxes of journals and scribbles that served as a means of capturing memories. At the urging of his wife, Buccellato compiled his various papers and drafted a single book of them. To Every Page A Turning: One Life’s Journey , is a fictitious story that leans heavily on Buccellato’s personal experiences. Born and raised...

James A. Ross has at various times been a Peace Corps Volunteer in the Congo, a Congressional Staffer, and a Wall Street Lawyer.  His debut novel, HUNTING TEDDY ROOSEVELT , won the Independent Press Distinguished Favorite award for historical fiction, is a finalist for the National Indie Excellence Award for historical fiction, and was shortlisted for a Goethe Historical Fiction Award. His de...

In the end…it all comes down to PILATE’S FAITH... Book Eight in the Beloved John Pilate Mysteries! Pilate's Faith. ..pre-order now for Black Friday delivery. Surviving a recent attempt on his life , a weary John Pilate returns to Cross Township, where a bizarre string of shootings has paralyzed the tiny college town. Pilate joins forces with the law to find out why people are being terrorized in h...

Today on the show we discuss humanity, humility, and adventure with author Charlie Sheldon, who has a new book out this week! Sheldon went to Yale University and UMass, where he received a Masters Degree in Wildlife Biology/Resource Management. He worked in the fishing industry for 15 years as a deckhand, mate, skipper, and consultant, then relocated to the Pacific Northwest in 1990 to be near Oly...

It's time, kids! Join us for the Mysterious Goings On Halloween Special!  This episode features dramatic readings, weird happenings, spooky stories...and more. Check it out, featuring spine-tingling contributions from: Jason McIntyre ... Mike... The Tipsy Ghost Podcast ...Dave... Eden Baylee ... Bonnie ... Amanda Steel ... Michelle Ross ...Brian...and more! Show Notes: https://mgopod.com/f/ch...

One area of mystery we haven’t discussed on Mysterious Goings On is urban fantasy, which is, according to author Caitlin Berve essentially detective fiction plus magic. Berve is the author of When Magic Calls: A Collection of Modern Fairy Tales , and in our discussion, where we also discuss the dark history of fairy tales, why those stories are still so prevalent in society, and how fairy tales st...

Apropos of the haunting month of October, we are joined by James Morgan-Jones. He is the author of The Glasswater Quinte t, a series of psychological thrillers with a supernatural slant. The novels are linked by character and location but set in different decades from the last century up to the present day. In this "spirited" discussion, James and Alex discuss writing about the supernatural and th...

Would you take a road trip with death? Our guest Dario Cannizaro has a surprising answer. Dario is an Italian-born writer, director and all-round storyteller. The author of DEAD MEN NAKED emigrated to Cork, Ireland where he is currently working on different creative projects, including books and films. Listen in this Halloween season to this fascinating artist. Learn more: https://dariowrites.com/...

In this episode, we welcome back author Frank Zafiro, for Part Two of our conversation on police procedural writing and more.  Catch Part One here: https://anchor.fm/j-alexander-greenwood/episodes/Writing-Both-Sides-of-the-Badge-with-Frank-Zafiro-e14gum2 or wherever you get your podcasts. Frank has many tales to tell about his journey to becoming the author of more than thirty novels of gritt...

Ever wonder if TV and movies get police work right? Or what police procedural tropes drive a former police officer crazy? Well, you're in luck as we welcome one of our favorite guests, author Frank Zafiro, who has many tales to tell about his journey to becoming the author of more than thirty novels of gritty crime fiction told from both sides of the badge.  He also hosts the acclaimed podcas...

Alex gives an update on the next John Pilate Mystery series book. Check it out, and don't forget to enter the contest on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/John. Pilate. Mysteries . Order Big Cabin and Dispatches from the West: https://amzn.to/3m9xXyq Please support this show with a small donation, here: https://anchor.fm/j-alexander-greenwood/support Follow Mysterious Goings On wherever you get y...

Sandra Shaw Homer is an environmental activist, author, adventurer, and survivor. She tells her inspiring life story in an engaging memoir, Evelio’s Garden , which is partly a defense of nature and partly a powerful human-interest story. Listen to the fascinating story of this international traveler, who once saw the world for 49 days from the vantage point of a cargo freighter, was born and raise...

Luke Hohmann is a serial tech entrepreneur who bootstrapped and sold his last company, Conteneo, an enterprise SaaS company. Today he shares his work to encourage civics education and FirstRoot, which empowers young people to take control of their financial lives. FirstRoot is a SaaS company selling schools a software platform and integrated curriculum that teaches financial literacy and civics. T...

Today we meet an author who survived a suicide attack in Afghanistan--and found that his traumatic experience helped him to see the person he had been running from all his life. All the drama Harold Phifer faced in his past was never put to bed until he poured out his life story to a stranger named Dylan on a Southeast Asian Tropical beach. Listen in for a conversation about the all-too-current to...

Alex talks about his new serialized story, " The Sign ," available exclusively on Kindle Vella. Don't know what Kindle Vella is? Fear not, as Alex will explain and offer updates about his other projects. Listen in, and we hope that all "signs" point to you reading this new story! About "The Sign" As the world burns after a deadly plague, a man survives alone with his guilt, dreams, and the mindles...

Making the setting of a book a character can be one of the best storytelling assets for writers. Just ask Matty Dalrymple.  She is the author of the Ann Kinnear Suspense Novels and Suspense Shorts and the Lizzy Ballard Thrillers. She lives in Chester County, Pennsylvania, and enjoys vacationing on Mount Desert Island, Maine, and Sedona, Arizona, and these locations provide the settings for he...

Minimalism : with the success of Marie Kondo, a new Netflix documentary, and hundreds of blogs and YouTube videos, it’s clear that it is more than just a trend. In a time of climate change and a pandemic, people are looking for new ways to live well and more meaningful lives, and minimalism is meeting that need. Consuming less may already be an environmental and personal priority, but Becca Ehrlic...

Today is Sunday on the show, as we meet author Sunday Taylor, who tells us about her wonderful debut novel, The Anglophile's Notebook . Listen in to discover why she is in love with England, intrigued by the Brontë sisters, and why the literary mystery may just be one of the most fun to research. More about Sunday: https://sundaytaylor.com/ Buy the book: https://amzn.to/3z0W1YR Mentioned in the sh...