EPISODE SUMMARY My guest today became a passionate story writer when her third-grade teacher, Mrs. Hayes, encouraged her to read aloud her imaginings. Her classmates were polite and surprisingly attentive. No hecklers doused the fires of invention that smoldered inside her. Mrs. Hayes didn’t realize that she started Susan on a path that forged her … Read More
EPISODE SUMMARY My guest today grew up in St. Louis, Missouri, and moved to Largo, Florida seven years ago where she currently lives. She took art classes in high school but couldn’t follow her passion for art until she retired. She jokes that she is going to be the next Grandma Moses. There is a … Read More
EPISODE SUMMARY My guest today is an award-winning author who has penned a new mystery series—the Mona Moon Mysteries—a rags-to-riches 1930s series which includes real people and events into the storyline. She also writes the Josiah Reynolds Mystery Series about a Southern beekeeper turned amateur female sleuth. Besides loving history, Kentucky bourbon and chocolate, she … Read More
My guest today was awarded an Honor Certificate from The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, the Best Short Screenplay Award at the 36th Starz Denver Film Festival, and the 2021 International Eyelands Award for Best Historical Novel. He is the author of the novels After Pearl, Yesteryear, Rook, and the short story collection … Read More
My guest today earned her Bachelor of Music degree in vocal performance from San Jose State University and has performed leading roles in musicals and operas from Carmen to My Fair Lady, as well as the part of the Mother Abbess (three times!) in The Sound of Music. She loves gardening, hiking, and baking sourdough … Read More
My guest today is an author with projects across multiple genres bringing colorful characters to life in his comedic and witty style. His debut fiction writing muse is depicted in his book “Branded-The Most Notorious Cattle Rustler of Our Time.” Before becoming an author, he plied his talents in IT and construction project management with … Read More
My guest today is a first-generation college graduate from UNC-Greensboro who previously served on the advisory board for the Bryan School of Business. A licensed CPA, Dave started his business career in an entry-level accounting position before advancing to first CFO, then CEO, of Performance Bike, for a time the largest cycling retailer in the … Read More
EPISODE SUMMARY My guest today attended Southern Methodist University and Boston University, and his law degree is from SMU School of Law. He has written three novels, and also writes book reviews and essays that appear in online publications. Before retiring, he practiced law for thirty-five years at three multi-national law firms. He grew up … Read More
EPISODE SUMMARY My guest today loves stories – reading and writing them, hearing and telling them. He has written four books, all very different from each other. His first, is about hiking trips with his best friend. His memoir is about his adoption as an infant and the discovery of his birth mother’s identity when … Read More
EPISODE SUMMARY My guest today drew upon her thirty years as a social science researcher and ten years as a relationship workshop assistant to create the dating project in Fifty First Dates after Fifty: A Memoir. A native Californian from Los Angeles with a New England education, she found her true home in the San … Read More
