Read And Write With Natasha

📹 Watch the interview here . Shabbat Goy is a novel by Palestinian author Aref Husseini. It tells the story of Nabih, a young man growing up in the Old City of Jerusalem. Narrated from Nabih’s perspective, the story depicts his lack of choice in maneuvering bizarre situations. Nabih is alienated by the political slogans and an autocratic system that insists on restricting him as a passive server...

📹 Watch the interview here . Violet Lemay is a veteran when it comes to creating and illustrating children's books. She has illustrated forty-four books, six of which she also wrote.  Her clients include HarperCollins, Penguin Random House, Scholastic, duopress, 'Magination Press, and Highlights. Her latest book, Let's Be Friends (HarperFestival/2021), won Book-Fest's first-pl...

Ethan T. Burroughs's Messianic Reveal narrates the story of a young man who seeks to serve his country, and in so doing, he follows his instincts into a labyrinth of conspiracies.  The novel launches from and connects to real events and real people: the 1979 siege of Mecca, Osama Bin Laden’s brother, Ayatollah Khomeini’s temporary residences in France and Iraq, and so on. Listen to this fasci...

In this fascinating discussion, author Dr. Shahd Alshammari discusses her memoir Head Above Water , which takes us into intimate conversations on illness and society's stigmatization of disabled bodies. We discussed women's identities and bodies and the importance of discussing the human experience of illness. Diagnosed with multiple sclerosis at the age of 18, Alshammari never learned t...

Listen to my interview with author Cassie Sanchez who got the inspiration for her first novel from watching her kids play video games. After more than a year of characters arguing in her head, Sanchez finished her award-winning debut novel, Chasing the Darkness . The second book in The Darkness Trilogy, Embracing the Darkness ,  was released in the fall of 2022. Find out more about Cassie Sanchez...

Author and book marketer Karina Kantas talks about some of the mistakes authors make when they promote their books. These include: - Posting multiple times on Facebook, ending up in Facebook jail. - Constant "Buy my book" posts that everyone glosses over. Kantas suggests different techniques, such as recording a video of the author reading an excerpt from their book so that potential rea...

Emily Johnson was born in Aspen, Colorado.  In 1996,  Emily's mom, Marilyn, was diagnosed with breast and advanced ovarian cancer.   She began writing The Bird of Paradise as a life gift for her daughter.  She passed away in 2012 leaving the novel unfinished – for Emily to complete. Hear how Emily discovered her mother's manuscript and finished it. Send us Fan Mail Support the show 🥒 NE...

Listen to the shocking, heart-wrenching story of Antonio Salazar-Hobson, who was the eleventh of fourteen migrant farmworker children born in Phoenix, Arizona.   At age four, he was kidnapped by a childless, middle-aged white couple and was trafficked until the age of ten.  As a teenager, Antonio met Cesar Chavez and was taken under his wing, a miracle which helped define his life.  Antonio worked...

Hear the story of Sarah Humphreys, who achieved what many writers struggle to do: Find an agent and get a publishing deal when she was only 15 years old. You can get her book Cold Stone   here . ******************************************** Connect with me: 🐦 Twitter  https://twitter.com/NatashaTynes Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/natashatynes ... 📸 Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/natas...

Author Gabi justice delves into teen anxiety and bullying in 'Dog Girl'. 📚 You can get Dog Girl  here . ********************************************************************************* Connect with me: 🐦 Twitter  https://twitter.com/NatashaTynes Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/natashatynes ... 📸 Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/natasha.tynes/ 💌  My newsletter: https://thesto...

  📹 ** Watch the interview on YouTube** Canadian author Sam Thiara who wrote the memoir Lost and Found , in which he traces his family's roots in India, believes everyone should write their autobiography. Do you agree? Have you started working on your autobiography yet? 📚 You can get Sam Thiara's book here . ******************************************************************************...

A lively discussion with author Carol  Saller in which we discuss how many rejections are enough before authors decide to put our manuscripts aside, and the top mistakes authors make when they submit to agents. You can get Carol Saller's book here: https://amzn.to/3w1efuP Send us Fan Mail Support the show 🥒 NEW! The Lonely Cucumber — Natasha's latest children's book A multicultural...

Talking with Jessica Speer, author of BFF or NRF we discussed the following: - How the pandemic has affected the relationship dynamic among children. - Are relationships among pre-teen girls more complicated than pre-teen boys and why? - What’s the friendship pyramid, and how there are friendships change through time - Publishing a book in the midst of the pandemic - Is there a stigma on being a f...

Dr. Hani Q. Khoury was born in Nablus, Palestine, in 1965 with a rare and progressive physical disorder known as Spinal Muscular Atrophy, a neuromuscular disease that sentenced him to an electric wheelchair at the age of 18. Despite his disability, he decided to come to America to complete his higher education.  He is now a Professor of Mathematics at Mercer University in Georgia. He is the author...

Terri Brown talks about her book Sunflowers Beneath The Snow, which is told from the perspective of three Ukrainian women. 📚  You can get  Teri Brown's book  Sunflowers Beneath The Snow  here. **************************************************************** Connect with me 🐦 Twitter  https://twitter.com/NatashaTynes Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/natashatynes ... 📸 Instagram:  https://...

In this interview with life coach Joelle Jackson, we talk about how you can be the master of your own destiny, and how this realization has led many to quit their nine to five jobs during the pandemic in pursuit of their "Why". 📚  You can get Jackson's  Book "Unlock Your Conscious Leadership" here:  https://amzn.to/3KKLkzB *************************************************...

Interview with author of Voices of Jordan, Rana Sweis. You can find out more about Rana's  work by visiting her website: http://ranasweis.com/ Send us Fan Mail Support the show 🥒 NEW! The Lonely Cucumber — Natasha's latest children's book A multicultural illustrated story that teaches kids about healthy eating in a fun, heartwarming way. Perfect for elementary school children, gift...

In this interview with Jordanian author Sara Badawieh, we discuss the following topics: Should fiction authors air dirty laundry? Sara's writing process. The research Sara did while writing the novel Dalia . You can visit Sara Website here : **************************************************** Connect with Natasha Tynes. You can connect with me via the following channels: Twitter Facebook Ins...

I had a great discussion with Rayyan Al Shawaf, author of the novel "When all Else Fails". We discussed the following: ➡️ The Arab-Christian identity and how the majority of Christians in MENA consider themselves Arabs while a number of Iraqi Christian groups like the Assyrians and Chaldeans don’t see themselves as Arabs. ➡️ How virtue by association can sometimes be the only way to get...

In this season premiere, I talk with author Joti Gata-Aura about her book S trong In the Skin I'm In: My Vitiligo Skin Journey. In her book, she talks about living with vitiligo and how she made it her life mission to champion people with visual differences. You can get Joti's book here. Send us Fan Mail Support the show 🥒 NEW! The Lonely Cucumber — Natasha's latest children's...