EatSleepWrite: Recent Episodes
Adam Scull
EatSleepWrite is a podcast for writers and authors. I’m a soul searcher, digging deeply into writers’ souls to unveil their true message and meaning. I create a comfortable community for writers to openly discuss their passions, unveil their motivating forces, share their inspiration with the world and even expose their fears. My ultimate goal with EatSleepWrite is to create a podcast that will make a real and positive difference in the writer’s life by introducing the listener to the author with an intimate conversation about their journey from writer to published author. EatSleepWrite is the conduit for making the listener dream about the stories that are written.
Mary Kendall lived in old (and haunted) houses growing up which sparked a life-long interest in history and story-telling. She earned degrees in history-related fields and worked as a historian for many years. Her fiction writing is heavily influenced by the past which she believes is never really dead and buried. Fueled by black coffee and a possible sprinkling of Celtic fairy dust, she tends to find inspiration in odd places and sometimes while kneading bread dough. The author resides in Maryland with her family.
Writing Young Adult paranormal, she finds inspiration from events that have been in her life for as long as she can remember. Inheriting the sensitivity to the supernatural from her family, they continue to be an endless source of vision.
Jon Bassoff is the author of nine novels. His mountain gothic novel, Corrosion, has been translated in French and German and was nominated for the Grand Prix de Litterature Policiere, France’s biggest crime fiction award. The Disassembled Man has been adapted for the big screen.
Hannah R. Lyon is a professional editor who has assisted dozens of authors in both fiction and nonfiction, polishing their manuscripts to perfection for successful publication. Over the last six years, her quality editing has led to books being featured on #1 bestseller lists both nationally and internationally.
Half the time when my wife Katie asks me what I'm doing, I tell her I'm creating characters, building worlds, or dreaming up new and interesting settings. My love for world-building a story has uniquely equipped me to give writers & authors the support needed for crafting all of their world-building essentials.
At almost seventy years old, Edward Di Gangi had never given much thought to the fact he was adopted. However, a cemetery visit and a book about a favorite author’s search for lost family suddenly compel him to embark on a genealogical quest to discover his origins. As he digs deeper, he begins to piece together the life story of an extraordinary woman—his birth mother.
Sheri Saginor is a Boston-based audiobook narrator and producer who helps bring authors' written words to life. With over twenty years of experience as a speaker, writer, and performer, Sheri brings to her work a true passion for the spoken word. She has worked in a wide variety of industries, including high-tech, education, and music, but the throughline has been using her voice to communicate effectively. She loves narrating fiction, especially mysteries. But she specializes in nonfiction genres, including Business, Self-Development, and Memoirs. One of her greatest strengths is creating a sense of intimacy and energy that draws audiences in and keeps them listening.
For many years, Reyna Marder Gentin practiced as an appellate attorney with a public defender's office before turning to write full time. Reyna has studied at the Writing Institute at Sarah Lawrence College, and her work has been published widely online and in print. Her debut novel, UNREASONABLE DOUBTS, was named a finalist for the Women's Fiction Writers Association Star Award in 2019.
Author Amy Bernstein loves talking about not only her own books, but publishing in general, sharing tips and lessons learned from her own extensive writing experience, dealing with failure and rejection, and more. She talks about representation in fiction—when writers create characters outside their own lived experiences. Amy is also a certified nonfiction book coach able to help writers on their nonfiction journey.
S.G. was born in a faraway land of castles, monarchies, and fallen dictatorships aka Hungary. Hollywood movies were largely forbidden under Soviet oppression during her childhood, but her dad smuggled them anyway, risking his life so that his children could experience the magic and hope inherent in those stories. These stories were the reason she fell in love with the Sci-Fi and Fantasy genres. She watched rebellions unfold in real-time. Journeyed across the Atlantic Ocean for love. She ended up in sunny California, where she is living her dream—writing stories and annoying family members..
Teri Rizvi is the author of One Heart with Courage: Essays and Stories (Braughler Books, 2021). She is the founder and director of the nationally renowned Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop at the University of Dayton.
She co-edited Laugh Out Loud: 40 Women Humorists Celebrate Then and Now… Before We Forget and Sisters! Bonded by Love and Laughter, a humor book celebrating the bond of sisters. Both were published in conjunction with the Erma Bombeck writers workshop. Her essays and feature stories have appeared in USA Today, The Christian Science Monitor, The Guardian and the University of Dayton Magazine, Her essay “As Screens Come Up, Walls Come Down” appears in Chicken Soup for the Soul’s Tough Times Won’t Last But Tough People Will (2021), and her essay “Living in the Moment“ is part of the anthology Fast Fierce Women (Woodhall Press, 2022).
Barbara Boyd coaches writers in non-fiction and memoir. As an Author Accelerator Certified Book Coach, she helps writers clarify and express their ideas, ensuring rich and cohesive content that engages the reader. Drawing on years of professional experience as a book coach, she facilitates conversations and identifies the bigger picture and the potential steps to create it. She intuitively encourages clients to improve both the structure of their work and their writing style, gently and firmly keeping writers on track until their goal is reached. She has collaborated on more than two hundred books in various roles of book coach, developmental editor, and ghostwriter on topics that include leadership, marketing, finance, health, and agriculture. Under her own name, Barbara has authored a dozen books for the For Dummies, Complete Idiot’s Guide, and Teach Yourself Visually series.
Born a runt, Rascal is destined to be an underdog. Despite what looked like an unbreakable bond with the daughter of the family who bred her, Rascal's devotion is discarded when she finds herself left roadside, with nothing but a few pieces of kibble to help her survive.
Abandoned and alone, Rascal must learn to fend for herself and embark on a harsh and dangerous journey through the mountain wilderness of Southern California. Along the way, she encounters strangers who teach her about the good and bad of humans. But will she ever find a home that lasts?
A Dog of Many Names is a courageous story of survival, seen through the eyes of an unforgettable dog, struggling between her greatest needs - to find her own strength and love and be loved.
Tom Fowler is a USA Today bestselling mystery and thriller writer. He was born and raised in Baltimore and now lives in the DC suburbs of Maryland with his family. He writes the C.T. Ferguson mysteries and the John Tyler thrillers, both set in his home city.
Even from a young age, Tom wanted to write. He was about seven or eight, so his short stories were brief and awful. Among them was a “murder mystery” in which no one died. In the intervening years, Tom has gotten over this problem with killing characters in his stories.
Tom’s stories feature flawed heroes, action, and plenty of snark
A Talladega, Alabama native, Pamela Lawson received her Bachelor’s Degree in Anthropology from the University of California at Berkeley. After threatening to write a book for twenty plus years, Pamela finally did so, with Rise of the Ravenisha being her maiden novel. The second book, Rogue Ravenisha is well underway, and there are plans for a third installment, tentatively titled Revenge of the Ravenisha. Pamela has been a fan of horror since childhood: staying up many a weekend watching creature features and reading books written by authors, such as Edgar Allen Poe and Mary Shelley.
In returning to the rails - the river of steel - fifteen years after a childhood trauma that haunts him, young Lynden Hoover gets help from The Duke, an old hobo who calls America’s landscape his home and adheres to a time- honored code. Bonds are formed, and secrets exposed as The Duke flees Short Arm, his relentless and brutal nemesis. The Duke mentors Lynden on life on the tracks, using the vibrant language of the boxcar life gleaned from years riding across great swaths of country. With the help of the trusted “knights of the road”, Lynden and The Duke head to a harrowing climax with Short Arm where generations collide, and lives hang in the balance.
Cajoled into helping an old friend find the cause of her puzzling symptoms, operating room nurse Annie Collins is drawn into a life that has derailed. Libby Mathiesen's doctors and her husband think her symptoms are the result of a miscarriage. Libby is sure they aren't and wants Annie's help to discover what's wrong. Outside her comfort zone and finding Libby difficult to deal with, Annie wonders whether Libby is really ill or if there is more to her story than what she's saying. Annie's need to solve the puzzle drives her to uncover the truth about Libby's illness, but her search for answers doesn't come without a price and threatens her life.
Linda Strader is one of the first women hired on a fire crew with the U.S. Forest Service. A naïve twenty-year-old in the mid-1970s, she discovers fighting wildfires is challenging—but in a man’s world, they became only one of the challenges she would face. Battling fire is exhilarating, yet exhausting; the discrimination is real and sometimes in her face. Summers of Fire is an Arizona to Alaska adventure story that honestly recounts the seven years she ventures into the heart of fires that scorch the land, vibrant friendships that fire the soul, and deep love that ends in devastating heartbreak.
Modern-day Britain, with the terrorism threat level set at severe and rising to critical, needs extraordinary measures to overcome the next threat, including the use of students with psychic abilities. Alone, and frightened of her own power, Alpha is forced to use it to protect the care home she's lived in since the loss of her parents. But such abilities do not go unnoticed, bringing her to the attention of others, some with good intentions and others with racist affiliations. She runs, but just when she thinks she's found a sanctuary it turns out to have been infiltrated by those with the most violent form of terrorism on their agenda.
Emily Enger began her marketing career when she was only 16 years old. Too goal-oriented to get a typical teen job like waitress or barista, she instead became a communications coordinator for a small summer camp. Since then, she has held a variety of marketing jobs, working as assistant editor for a national trade magazine and communications director for an arts nonprofit. Today, she works as a freelance book marketing coach, helping authors cut through the marketing noise to stay true to their first calling of writing great books. She holds a B.A. in English, a Minor in Music, and a Certificate in Publishing from Minnesota State University-Moorhead. You can find her at emilyenger.com and on Instagram at @emilyengerwrites.
Wealthy Beverly Hills socialites, Brian and Sylvia Sinclair are celebrating their 25th Anniversary on a cruise from London to New York on the luxurious QEII. Joining the couple’s joyous excursion is their rebellious daughter and her controlling husband, their scheming son and his wily girlfriend, six of their longtime friends, and a surprise person from their past. Also on board is private eye Richard Manning, who volunteers to investigate when a member of the party dies an unnatural death. Manning’s search reveals dark secrets and everyone becomes a suspect. Ferreting out the truth is a daunting challenge, and time is short – once the ship reaches New York, the parties will scatter, making it almost impossible for authorities to solve the case. Will Manning figure it out in time? Follow him on his quest to unmask the killer in this captivating mystery.
“Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" The Vietnam War is raging, the US Navy has only recently begun the process of integration, and the country is reeling from racial turmoil and unrest. So why does César, a street-tough kid of Afro-Cuban descent, enlist in the navy? He is on the run from a life of crime and from Mr. Mike, a charismatic, sociopathic gangster who was once a mentor but has now turned on him. Escaping into the navy, wrestling with its history of racism and sexism, César soon sees the absurdity of certain prejudices that seem as old as the US Armed Forces. Through it all, César’s ever-growing sense of honor and self-worth force him to make moral decisions he never knew he was capable of.
In Friend of the Court, the third book in the Joth Proctor Fixer series, business is slow for self-employed trial lawyer Joth Proctor. Burdened with guilt, and still in love with chief prosecutor Heather Burke, Joth is dragged into a shady divorce case with criminal undertones when he is hired to help a prominent member of the community avoid a blackmail sting. As the case progresses, Heather finds herself fighting to stave off personal and professional disaster. Joth teams up with recently reinstated private detective DP Tran to help her, but finds that only gambler and career criminal Jimmie Flambeau has the tools required to solve the problem. Once again, the price of justice is high.
“Pignon Scorbion ( pronounced Pin yon Score b on) and the Barbershop Detectives” – by Rick Bleiweiss For fans of Sherlock Holmes and Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot, Bleiweiss’ new novel, “Pignon Scorbion and The Barbershop Detectives” introduces his quirky Police Chief Inspector Pignon Scorbion character and six unlikely amateur sleuths who help him solve crimes in a 1910 Downton Abbey-era town in England, from a barbershop. To provide pure entertainment and a few hours of escapism from many stresses in the world today, fans will be delighted by the author’s lighter approach to whodunit storytelling.
Marie is the author of the award-winning Scottish romantic suspense/thriller ‘ThoseWeTrust’, published with GenZ Publishing. Marie’s passion for writing and creating stories began from a young age, when she loved nothing more than writing stories in her special A4-lined book. She went on to study creative writing and published her first novel, ‘Into The Shadows’, which was well received. Her favorite place to write is in her lounge when the house is quiet.
Recovering My True Self tells the story of the transformational journey the author, Melissa Mayer, experienced donating her kidney to her husband. It also tells of her struggles with adolescence, with food and alcohol issues, finding her way as a parent, and creative recovery. Her recovery from surgery led to a more powerful and deeper spiritual connection that allowed for a better, more fulfilled life, all of which have led her ultimately to a truer self. Told in a relatable and honest way, Melissa’s authenticity and devotion to self-discovery will inspire those looking to find meaning in their lives and empower them to transform everyday obstacles into miraculous opportunities.
Bob May has been a teacher, a lawyer, a Texas District Judge, and an author. He’s a Texan who now resides with his wife near Nashville, Tennessee. He writes his stories from his life experiences and the experiences of others. His children’s books are written to entertain children and the adults who read to them.
In the summer of 1877, the bedraggled remains of the Nez Perce tribe took on the U.S. Army and, despite being badly outnumbered and outgunned, emerged victorious. Inspired by true events, ‘Bone Necklace’ captures the intensity, violence, and unexpected conclusion of America’s final “Indian War,” told from the perspectives of a Nez Perce warrior, an Idaho militiaman, and an English painter who gets caught up in the violence. Combining heart-thumping action with an unforgettable cast, the novel centers on the relationship between two fighters, who are both enemies and allies in this war.
Sarah Humphreys lives in Lehi, Utah, and is a die-hard fantasy nerd that can’t stop talking about dragons and anime. At 18 years old, she is trying to get through high school by creating her own worlds and characters and has written six novel-length books. Sarah does make friends, but only with people who can stand her habit of constantly talking during movies to critique the plot, her memorization of the How to Train your Dragon Wikipedia page, and a monologue explaining why Doctor Strange is obviously the best avenger.
Alex Cides straps on his tool belt one morning, only to find his wife is gone, his daughters fear him, he's lost his job and a mysterious curse has thrown him out of balance with the universe. Ten impossible tasks in LA's mythical underbelly stand between setting things right or losing everything.
The story takes Alex from his workday life as a working-class hero and turns him into a working-class superhero. The harder he fights to get his old life back – the closer he gets to achieving his goal – the more he’s changed forever by what he’s seen and done. Rising from the ashes, victorious, Alex embraces his family – only to learn this was just the beginning. He just signed a contract with the universe, and keeping it in balance will be a full-time job.
Five friends discover they are feeling uneasy emotions about a former classmate, Drew, who suddenly passed away from a dreadful disease. Each of them had mistreated him in their own way and style. Guilt soon overtakes the students, and they are guided by their teacher to visit Drew’s parents and confess their wrongdoings. During their visit, they are entrusted with Drew’s secret locked box which he left behind. What’s inside sets the students on a life-changing journey. Drew has left these students with some unexpected notes that unite them in a way they never imagined. They are led to grow in maturity and emotionally, beyond who they once were. The insights gained inspire not only these students to accept others and their differences but leads the whole school to follow. The mysteries continue till the very end with a final message from Drew that leaves everyone wondering can you really send Cheers from Heaven?
A young boy’s prophetic visions. Blind at birth, Daemus Alaric is blessed with the gift of prophetic Sight. Now, as a Keeper of the Forbidden, he must use his powers of the Sight to foil the plans of a fallen Keeper, Graytorris the Mad.
An elven Princess with a horrifying secret. Princess Addilyn Elspeth travels from Eldwal, the magically hidden home of the Vermilion elves, to begin her life as a diplomat to the human capital of Castleshire. During her journey, she stumbles upon a mystical creature foretelling ill tidings.
A terrifying force of evil. Daemus’ recurring nightmare vision threatens to catapult him into a terrifying struggle that will leave the fate of the Keepers—and the realm—hanging in the balance. Daemus and Princess Addilyn must set out to face the menace that threatens their very existence.
Will the entire realm fall to its knees? The Last Keeper is the first book in The Warminster Series. With gripping, epic action, and heart-pounding adventure, you’ll love this new adventure series.
Mark Bradford is an author, speaker, and podcast host. His podcast interviews as well as his experiences have taught him about life, time management, multitasking, and how order and chaos benefit our lives. Mark has been a business owner, a full-stack web developer, and a UAV pilot. He has created a web-based writing school and written 7 books.
Barbara Ann Mojica (‘Little Miss History’ books) is a historian and retired educator. Her educational career spans over 40 years, serving as a teacher, school principal and district administrator. She writes monthly historical articles for the Columbia Insider under the banner ‘Passages’, using the whimsical ‘Little Miss History’ character for narration. Barbara hopes to educate and inspire children, fostering a love of history with her books. Her books have garnered several awards.
Alanna Irving was born and raised in Nottingham England. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Classics and a Masters degree in International Relations. She currently lives in Barcelona, where she works and dances salsa.
Camille Addison resents the hand life has dealt her. Enrolling in an evening class to distract herself from memories of frustration, she finds herself instead turning to face the tumult of relationships, loss and love that has led her to where she is.
Abolish the Rose, by Alanna Irving, takes us on a journey through the past in search of meaning in the present. Through a vivid catalog of heart-warming and harrowing life experiences, we are drawn to question, along with Camille - how much control do we have over the path our lives take? Would we change the past if we had the chance? What is a life well lived?
“BFF or NRF (Not Really Friends): A Girl’s Guide to Happy Friendships takes a thoughtful and joyful approach that appeals to young teens and tweens but also to parents, grandparents, educators, and others interested in the well-being of young people. The advice in this delightful book is practical but also fun, written in a conversational style, and is a great resource to have around the house. It contains real-life situations, vignettes, scenarios, advice from other kids, practicing techniques, and fun quizzes to help readers remember the most important lessons. In other words, this isn’t another preachy tell-you-what-to-do book. It’s a friendly, interactive guidebook that shares how young people can learn about friendship and connection.”
Azrael, the Angel of Death, knows pain. The deaths of his mother and sister, as well as his harsh experiences in the Watch Guard at age twelve, have brutally shaped him into the most feared assassin in all of Pandaren.
Azrael's role as a Hunter requires him to search for those with magic, called Spectrals, which he is happy to do. Hunting allows him to pursue his true goal--exacting revenge on the Fire Spectral who altered the course of his life.
Azrael's obsession with revenge and power leads him to undergo an experimental procedure that gives him magic, but when this procedure has unexpected and dangerous side effects, he becomes a liability to the Hunters and the Watch Guard.
Rescued by the people he has sworn to eliminate, Azrael finds himself questioning everything he once believed as years of secrets and lies are exposed. His very nature is challenged as he battles unfamiliar emotions and navigates relationships that contradict the heart of a killer.
James Bastian is a graduate of Michigan State University where he majored in education, history, and psychology. Upon graduation, he taught high school, subsequently earned an MBA and went on to have a 30 year business career. Writing became increasingly more appealing and upon retirement, transitioned to writing. His book ‘Wisconsin Logging Camp 1921’ was published in 2016, followed by ‘Willa’s Pursuit’, which will be available in September 2022.
Of Song and Water’ is a journey along the currents of music, nature and healing. This is a story for anyone who wants to discover a path to healing from within. Rhonda’s work is passionate as well as personal. Her spiritual growth and musical journey are so tightly woven together that the two aspects become inseparable. She has travelled a difficult path, as she and family face the challenges of addiction, loss and illness. After the death of her son Eliot, followed by her husband’s diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease, Rhonda makes an inner journey to find ultimate healing for herself and family.
Mark Bello is an award-winning American novelist, attorney, and civil justice advocate, based in Michigan. Mark is passionate about social justice and has brought this message of truth to power, standing up for the rights of citizens. He is best known for writing the Zachery Blake Betrayal book series. In his books, he tackles racial and ethnic prejudices, religious freedom, law enforcement, human rights, and government influence. Mark Bello draws upon his 40-plus years of courtroom experience, whereby he was involved in several high-profile cases, which led to his successful Zachery Blake novels. These novels provide a glimpse of what a victim goes through when standing up for justice. Bello’s stories are inspired by real case events and his legal experiences in conjunction with his concern for the sociopolitical situations in the world.
Lauren Sapala is the author of The INFJ Writer, Firefly Magic: Heart Powered Marketing for Highly Sensitive Writers, and The INFJ Revolution, as well as The West Coast Trilogy, an autobiographical fiction series. She is also a writing coach for writers of the INFJ and INFP personality type and blogs about writing, creativity, and personality theory at laurensapala.com. When she’s not writing about INFJs and INFPs, she spends her time writing transgressive fiction.
Teri Brown was born in Athens Greece, an air force brat, who came into the world with a keen sense of wonder, imagination, and a wealth of stories. She now calls the North Carolina coast home, whereby the peaceful nature of the sea has been a constant source of inspiration. To date, Teri has published 5 nonfiction self-help books pertaining to real estate and finance. ‘Sunflowers Beneath the Snow’ is her first book of fiction. Historical fiction.
Mark Hershberg is the author of ‘The Career Toolkit, (Essential Skills for Success that No One Taught You). Although written primarily for businesses and entrepreneurs, we are going to find out how to apply his expertise to writers and authors seeking to get published.
Beyond the Song is an autobiographical novel based on the author's coming of age in the 'sixties and early 'seventies. A singer-songwriter like her alter-ego Carol Marks, Carol Selick begins each chapter with lyrics she wrote and still performs today. Taken together, the songs introduce the themes of her story and trace the development of her character as she rebels against her strict suburban upbringing to join the counter-culture in hopes of fulfilling her dream of making it in the music business.
They were an attractive, enviable New York couple – Robert climbing the ranks in Investment Banking and Desiree excelling in the MD/Ph.D. program at Mount Sinai New York. Yet, shortly after Robert was recruited by one of the world’s largest sovereign wealth funds, their world was shaken to its very core. Desiree, having just turned 31, was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer.
This is a story of the evolution of one person and the awakening of another. Chasing Life is a story of love, joy, resilience, and extraordinary achievements against all odds. It’s about a couple uniting to rise above complacency and adversity to live a joyful life congruent with beliefs, passions, and values. It highlights the need to live life in the present moment. It's about learning to savor life while we are alive.
Brian is an author, blogger and software developer from Boston. He graduated from Boston College with a degree in management and computer science. After college, Brian put his computer science background to use as a consultant and a writer. His first book ‘Get Out of Your Head, A Tool Kit For Living with and Overcoming Anxiety’, gives readers practical strategies for overcoming anxiety.
Tom Patrick McAuliffe is an Author living on Florida’s Emerald Coast with his wife Sharon and cat Gigi. He is a former photojournalist with the US Navy’s Combat Camera Group and a graduate of the DOD’s Mass Communications Program at Syracuse University. A magazine editor and writer with more than 25 years of by-lines, he has written two new books; ‘Mr. Mulligan-The Life of Champion Armless Golfer Tommy McAuliffe’ and he edited ’No Handicaps’ first written in 1939 by his Grandfather. He has 2 more books planned for this year, one on Army General Anthony C. McAuliffe (He is celebrated for his one-word reply (“Nuts!”) to a German surrender ultimatum during the Battle of the Bulge On December 22, 1944, during WWII and another book on MLB Baseball Player Detroit Tiger Dick McAuliffe.
Multi award-winning film and TV writer, cartoonist, voice actor, musician, and author. His credits include Everybody Loves Raymond, National Lampoon (where he was the senior writer and head of cartoon projects), Nickelodeon, Disney, Warner Bros, and SyFy Channel. He is the creator of the award-winning TV shows Professor Creepy's Scream Party© and Against Type© which aired in multiple NBC markets and both shows were picked up by Amazon Prime TV. His best-selling books include Brain Explosion, the collection of his work from legendary National Lampoon, The Lemming Shepherds, Bag Boy and Sweet Slob (his new children's book which has won the 2021 International Book Awards and the San Francisco Book Festival).
Stephen M. Silverman, according to the Wall Street Journal, "is a veteran journalist and historian of popular culture who writes with verve and mischief.” He has written 13 books and is currently working on his 14th. These include his 900-year history of the amusement park, a vibrant chronicle of the Catskill Mountains, and the internationally acclaimed biographies of legendary film directors David Lean (who made 1962's “Lawrence of Arabia”, and 1965's" Dr. Zhivago") and Stanley Donen (who made 1952's “Singin' in the Rain” and 1957's "Funny Face"). He was the founding editor of People Magazine's website and previously was Chief Entertainment Writer of the New York Post. In addition to teaching at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, he has written for Vogue, Esquire, Smithsonian, Harper's Bazaar, Newsweek, The New York Times, The Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune, and The Times of London.
I’ll be sleeping and all of a sudden, my eyes pop open and I begin to see the book. It happens not only at night as well at any time of the day. Whether you believe in a deity, higher power, or cosmic forces, that’s how it works for me. The characters, their unique features, and how they interact with each other. The entire plot is laid out. I know how it starts, everything in-between, and how it ends. It's like a movie playing inside my head. It's like I'm tapping into a higher power or the akashic record, which is defined as a compendium of pictorial records, or “memories,” of all events, actions, thoughts, and feelings that have occurred since the beginning of time (Britannica. com). It’s like I’ve already written them. Whatever your belief system may or may not be, it’s my gift.
Cancer researcher Alexandra Kaminski is on the verge of a scientific breakthrough when she crosses paths with a pharmaceutical representative, Val Dorsainville, and the two are drawn into the mystery, passion, and tragedy of their past lives in 1880s Paris. Can they solve the mystery and avert tragedy this time around?
ntroducing the first part of The Miracle Trilogy® series which tells the enchanting love story of a young Irish girl named Francine Sullivan. She immigrates with her family to the United States from Ireland in the 1920s in search of the American Dream. Francine encounters many challenges throughout her early youth. Growing up during the age of Prohibition, with an alcoholic father supporting the family through a life of organized crime, Francine endures a difficult childhood. She deals with verbal abuse from her bitter mother, who loves her, but can’t come to terms with the life that she herself was served. Poverty, endless domestic chores, and then tragedy lead Francine to cry out for help to get away from her current circumstances. It isn’t until a sudden twist of fate that young Francine finds advice from a special woman who exposes to her a closely guarded secret that helps to make all of Francine’s dreams come true. Experience an exciting story that details all of the elements needed for any reader to attain success in their lives, despite their current status, situation or environment. In the words of Henry Ford: “Whether you think you can or you think you can’t, either way, you’re right. It’s the thinking that makes it so.” It truly is a must read.
Lauren Sapala talks about how writers can learn to dissolve fear, which is a roadblock to creativity. She believes each writer is totally unique, and each has something to contribute artistically to the world. Showing up consistently for yourself and your writing (by scheduling time to write, joining a writing group, participating in positive online discussion) is the key to reaching your potential as a writer.