http://jessiescoffeeshop.com/enBooksCopyright KLRNRadiohttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/b65c44953ba7a62e3ec7f85ba4f0bfdd.jpghttp://jessiescoffeeshop.com/Fri, 21 Jun 2024 18:43:31 +0000KLRNRadioKLRNRadioinfo@klrnradio.comCoffee and books: two of my greatest loves. But there is so much more to a book than just writing. Come on in and take a load off while we enjoy some caffeine with our words. Welcome to Jessie's Coffee Shop.cleanepisodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/jcs-maldene-mark-anthony-tierno--15467013https://api.spreaker.com/episode/15467013Sat, 11 Aug 2018 01:00:06 +0000KLRNRadio4055cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/jcs-the-promise-michelle-vernal--15345165https://api.spreaker.com/episode/15345165Sat, 28 Jul 2018 01:00:06 +0000KLRNRadio3576cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/jcs-the-mystery-bus-david-brown--15162583https://api.spreaker.com/episode/15162583Sat, 30 Jun 2018 01:00:06 +0000KLRNRadio4090cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/jcs-the-real-book-spy-ryan-steck-best-of--15112135https://api.spreaker.com/episode/15112135Sat, 23 Jun 2018 01:00:05 +0000KLRNRadioJess is chasing down a story so she'll be back next week on The Coffee Shop4542cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/jcs-lexi-miles-run--15059546https://api.spreaker.com/episode/15059546Sat, 16 Jun 2018 01:00:06 +0000KLRNRadio3575authors,coffee,jcs,jessie,shop,writingcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/jcs-marvin-tyson-december-soldier--14997431https://api.spreaker.com/episode/14997431Sat, 09 Jun 2018 01:00:06 +0000KLRNRadio3740amreading,authors,books,jcs,writerslifecleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/jcs-the-real-book-spy--14952276https://api.spreaker.com/episode/14952276Sat, 02 Jun 2018 02:17:53 +0000KLRNRadioRyan aka The Rappologist or the Real Book Spy and Jessie talk Thrillers and more4272amreading,bookrecomendations,bookreviews,books,bradthor,jessiescoffeeshop,klrnradio,kylemills,therealbookspy,vinceflynncleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/jcs-a-sharp-solitude-christine-carbo--14890112https://api.spreaker.com/episode/14890112Sat, 26 May 2018 01:20:05 +0000KLRNRadio3782cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/jcs-matthew-betley-field-of-valor--14831075https://api.spreaker.com/episode/14831075Sat, 19 May 2018 01:00:05 +0000KLRNRadio3020amreading,authorinterview,books,jessiescoffeeshop,klrnradio,thrillercleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/jcs-george-weinstein-hardscrabble-road--14773911https://api.spreaker.com/episode/14773911Sat, 12 May 2018 01:00:05 +0000KLRNRadio3703cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/jcs-steve-bassett-father-divines-bikes--14711233

A gangster war, three murders, a gun-toting paperboy, and the numbers racket lay bare a dark, compelling story in a world of poverty and hopelessness from which there is little hope of escape. In the autumn of 1945, a battle rages when the city’s competing mobs end their truce. When it gets bloody, other criminal forces are ready to move in. Citywide corruption is endemic. Bookies using Father Divine’s controversial International Peace Mission Movement as a front, recruit two Catholic altar boys, Joey Bancik and Richie Maxwell, to run numbers under the guise of newspaper routes. The boys quickly realize they are players in a dangerous game, but the easy money is too good to pass up. They are now petty criminals and being hauled into juvie court is a risk they’re willing to take. Two homicide detectives track Joey to a luxury apartment, but arrive too late to prevent the inevitable. Joey’s body lay in a pool of blood on the basement floor.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/14711233Sat, 05 May 2018 02:34:20 +0000KLRNRadioOffering an extensive look inside the history and urban problems — and how they began — in post-World War II Newark, New Jersey like never before, author Steve Bassett releases the first in the trilogy, Father Divine’s Bikes [BookBaby, April 2, 2018]....

A gangster war, three murders, a gun-toting paperboy, and the numbers racket lay bare a dark, compelling story in a world of poverty and hopelessness from which there is little hope of escape. In the autumn of 1945, a battle rages when the city’s competing mobs end their truce. When it gets bloody, other criminal forces are ready to move in. Citywide corruption is endemic. Bookies using Father Divine’s controversial International Peace Mission Movement as a front, recruit two Catholic altar boys, Joey Bancik and Richie Maxwell, to run numbers under the guise of newspaper routes. The boys quickly realize they are players in a dangerous game, but the easy money is too good to pass up. They are now petty criminals and being hauled into juvie court is a risk they’re willing to take. Two homicide detectives track Joey to a luxury apartment, but arrive too late to prevent the inevitable. Joey’s body lay in a pool of blood on the basement floor.]]>4154amreading,books,jessiescoffeeshop,klrnradio,podcast,writerslifecleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/jcs-dawn-davis-falling-book-2-the-tower-room-series--14652466
The startling transposition of time and place changes Leo in ways he will only realize when he returns home – most importantly his relationship with the two young children who become his teachers in methods of survival during a time of war. Not knowing where he is or even who he is, Leo learns quickly what living on the edge is all about. The surprise that awaits him when he returns to his own time is one he could never have imagined.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/14652466Sat, 28 Apr 2018 01:00:05 +0000KLRNRadioSuddenly transported to Queenston, Ontario in the year 1813 when the Americans are in control of Fort George during the War of 1812, Leo meets historical figures of the time, principally Laura Secord and her family – Loyalists who have moved to Upper...
The startling transposition of time and place changes Leo in ways he will only realize when he returns home – most importantly his relationship with the two young children who become his teachers in methods of survival during a time of war. Not knowing where he is or even who he is, Leo learns quickly what living on the edge is all about. The surprise that awaits him when he returns to his own time is one he could never have imagined.]]>3409cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/jcs-jack-carr-the-terminal-list--14590763
Website:
https://officialjackcarr.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JackCarrUSA]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/14590763Sat, 21 Apr 2018 01:00:05 +0000KLRNRadioIn TERMINAL LIST, Lieutenant Commander James Reece is compiling the most dangerous list in America; on it are the names of individuals at the highest levels of government and the military, each of whom has played a part in a treacherous, vicious plot...
Website:
https://officialjackcarr.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JackCarrUSA]]>3600amreading,books,jessiescoffeeshop,klrnradio,thrillercleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mark-wallace-maguire-alexandria-rising--14535529https://api.spreaker.com/episode/14535529Sat, 14 Apr 2018 01:00:05 +0000KLRNRadio3549cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/jcs-maaja-wentz-feeding-frenzy--14475685
The three-hundred-year-old town of Loon Lake looks calm as a pond, but below the surface, clans of witches and wizards clash like hungry sharks.

First-year student Tonya isn't privy to her family's darkest secrets, but when campus is overrun by a deadly eating epidemic, only she can resist the hidden, mind-controlling entity behind it.

Meanwhile, Tonya’s new friends, artist Priya, and Digital Ninjas Drake and Zain, want to create the creepiest art installation Loon Lake Cemetery will ever know. Too bad what’s lurking in the graveyard is deadly.

Untrained and overmatched by occult conspirators, Tonya will need to develop magical abilities she never knew she had. Can she uncover the mystery behind the epidemic and save her town?]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/14475685Sat, 07 Apr 2018 01:00:05 +0000KLRNRadioWitches — necromancers — inappropriate table manners! The three-hundred-year-old town of Loon Lake looks calm as a pond, but below the surface, clans of witches and wizards clash like hungry sharks. First-year student Tonya isn't privy to her...
The three-hundred-year-old town of Loon Lake looks calm as a pond, but below the surface, clans of witches and wizards clash like hungry sharks.

First-year student Tonya isn't privy to her family's darkest secrets, but when campus is overrun by a deadly eating epidemic, only she can resist the hidden, mind-controlling entity behind it.

Meanwhile, Tonya’s new friends, artist Priya, and Digital Ninjas Drake and Zain, want to create the creepiest art installation Loon Lake Cemetery will ever know. Too bad what’s lurking in the graveyard is deadly.

Untrained and overmatched by occult conspirators, Tonya will need to develop magical abilities she never knew she had. Can she uncover the mystery behind the epidemic and save her town?]]>3574amwriting,jcs,klrnradiocleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/jcs-rebecca-kightlinger-megge-of-bury-down--14448939
On the night of her vow-taking, wanting only to become a woman of Bury Down like her mother and aunts, and drawn by an inexplicable yearning to possess her mother’s book, Megge reaches for it. But when she touches its cover, it burns her fingers and she hears it whisper, “Murderer.” Fearing that the book will make her harm those she loves, she rejects it and renounces her birthright.

To what lengths will Megge’s mother go to help the child find the courage to take that vow? And how far will Megge go to elude a terrifying destiny?

This newly released title, Megge of Bury Down, addresses family issues prevalent in today’s world in a tender yet cryptic setting, creating a storyworld readers of all ages will want to visit again and again.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/14448939Tue, 03 Apr 2018 23:00:05 +0000KLRNRadioSet in thirteenth-century Cornwall, on a sheep farm in the shadow of Bury Down – known for a thousand years as the land of the second sight – a healer has vowed to face flames rather than fail in her one task in this life: to bring her young daughter...
On the night of her vow-taking, wanting only to become a woman of Bury Down like her mother and aunts, and drawn by an inexplicable yearning to possess her mother’s book, Megge reaches for it. But when she touches its cover, it burns her fingers and she hears it whisper, “Murderer.” Fearing that the book will make her harm those she loves, she rejects it and renounces her birthright.

To what lengths will Megge’s mother go to help the child find the courage to take that vow? And how far will Megge go to elude a terrifying destiny?

This newly released title, Megge of Bury Down, addresses family issues prevalent in today’s world in a tender yet cryptic setting, creating a storyworld readers of all ages will want to visit again and again.]]>3587amreading,authorinterview,authors,books,jessiescoffeeshop,klrnradiocleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/jcs-jm-west-dying-for-vengeance--14371516
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CarlisleCrimeCases/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/14371516Sat, 24 Mar 2018 01:00:05 +0000KLRNRadioIn the first Carlisle Crimes Case, Carlisle Detective Erin McCoy battles the jitters as the first woman in Homicide partnered with Senior Detective Christopher Snow. They’re tracking a serial killer who’s stalking family members embroiled in an...
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CarlisleCrimeCases/]]>4036amreading,authorinterview,books,jessiescoffeeshop,klrnradiocleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/jcs-cynthia-robinson-birds-of-wonder--14310717
Birds of Wonder is available via Amazon and other fine booksellers. To learn more visit cynthiarobinsonbooks.com and connect with Robinson on Goodreads and Instagram.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/14310717Sat, 17 Mar 2018 01:05:04 +0000KLRNRadioSet among the hills and lakes of upstate New York and told in six vibrantly distinct voices, this complex and original narrative chronicles the rippling effects of a young girl’s death through a densely intertwined community. By turns funny, fierce,...
Birds of Wonder is available via Amazon and other fine booksellers. To learn more visit cynthiarobinsonbooks.com and connect with Robinson on Goodreads and Instagram.]]>3613amreading,authorinterviews,books,jessiescoffeeshop,klrnradiocleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/jcs-the-boys-you-dont-take-home-alexander-atlas--14248238
In his new, brazenly honest dating guide, The Boys You Don't Take Home: Game Secrets, Atlas takes women inside the male mind and shares his past, one-sided relationship perspective. Using colorful, lesson-packed anecdotes, he introduces readers to the "mama's boy,” the "bad boy,” the "player” and the "scrub” and shares his tips for spotting their deceitful tricks and traps.

Atlas covers a wide range of topics that include:
• How to identify "Mr. Wrong”
• How to move on from heartache and heartbreak
• The telltale signs of cheating
• Dealing with rejection
• How to use your relationship as inspiration for personal success
• Understanding the signs of emotional abuse
• How to stop wasting your time on unworthy men

Readers may recognize some of their own dating mistakes and disasters between the covers of The Boys You Don't Take Home, and that's the point! Atlas wants to help women everywhere make better relationship choices.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/14248238Sat, 10 Mar 2018 02:00:05 +0000KLRNRadioAlexander Atlas — a man who was used to winning — knows how the dating game works. He played it himself for years before settling down, and watched woman after woman fall for the same tricks. In his new, brazenly honest dating guide, The Boys You...
In his new, brazenly honest dating guide, The Boys You Don't Take Home: Game Secrets, Atlas takes women inside the male mind and shares his past, one-sided relationship perspective. Using colorful, lesson-packed anecdotes, he introduces readers to the "mama's boy,” the "bad boy,” the "player” and the "scrub” and shares his tips for spotting their deceitful tricks and traps.

Atlas covers a wide range of topics that include:
• How to identify "Mr. Wrong”
• How to move on from heartache and heartbreak
• The telltale signs of cheating
• Dealing with rejection
• How to use your relationship as inspiration for personal success
• Understanding the signs of emotional abuse
• How to stop wasting your time on unworthy men

Readers may recognize some of their own dating mistakes and disasters between the covers of The Boys You Don't Take Home, and that's the point! Atlas wants to help women everywhere make better relationship choices.]]>3615cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/laura-heffernan-discusses-reality-wedding--14179350
Now Jen has two weeks to plan an all-expenses-paid “dream wedding”—and dodge the tricks and traps of a showrunner happy to mess up her future in the name of ratings. Luckily for Jen, she’s got plenty of experience with cake and popcorn. But when real-life drama and reality TV twists collide, the cliffhangers may just follow her right down the aisle . . .

Laura Heffernan is proof that watching too much TV actually can pay off. When not watching total strangers get married, drag racing queens, or cooking competitions, Laura enjoys board games, travel, board games, baking, and board games. She lives in the northeast with her husband and two furry little beasts.

Laura loves connecting with readers. Find her on her website, www.lauraheffernan.com, Facebook, www.facebook.com/lauraheffernanbooks, or on Twitter at www.twitter.com/LH_writes, where she spends far too much time tweeting about reality TV and Canadian chocolate.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/14179350Sat, 03 Mar 2018 02:00:05 +0000KLRNRadioWhen Jen Reid escaped a reality TV cruise with her relationship intact—if not her hair—she swore she was done with the cameras for good. Sure, she and Justin met, had their first kiss, and got engaged with tape rolling, but manufactured drama and...
Now Jen has two weeks to plan an all-expenses-paid “dream wedding”—and dodge the tricks and traps of a showrunner happy to mess up her future in the name of ratings. Luckily for Jen, she’s got plenty of experience with cake and popcorn. But when real-life drama and reality TV twists collide, the cliffhangers may just follow her right down the aisle . . .

Laura Heffernan is proof that watching too much TV actually can pay off. When not watching total strangers get married, drag racing queens, or cooking competitions, Laura enjoys board games, travel, board games, baking, and board games. She lives in the northeast with her husband and two furry little beasts.

Laura loves connecting with readers. Find her on her website, www.lauraheffernan.com, Facebook, www.facebook.com/lauraheffernanbooks, or on Twitter at www.twitter.com/LH_writes, where she spends far too much time tweeting about reality TV and Canadian chocolate.]]>3562amreading,amwriting,authorinterview,bookscleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/tom-murray-discusses-fathers-sons-and-the-holy-ghosts-of-baseball--14130607https://www.facebook.com/baseballisareligion/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/14130607Sat, 24 Feb 2018 03:30:06 +0000KLRNRadioTime often slows and frequently even stops in the small town of Cottage Park, Iowa. In fact, time is best measured not by the hands of a clock but by the innings of a baseball game. Praying and playing baseball are two of the town's primary...https://www.facebook.com/baseballisareligion/]]>3668amreading,authorinterview,books,jessiescoffeeshop,klrnradiocleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/stephen-murray-discusses-the-chapel-of-eternal-love--14072988https://api.spreaker.com/episode/14072988Sat, 17 Feb 2018 02:05:04 +0000KLRNRadioKnown for its lavish hotels and casinos, beautiful showgirls and sumptuous buffets, Las Vegas is home to an abundance of wedding chapels. Follow Rosemary, the wedding organizer, and Buster, her dachshund with a nose for matrimony, as they guide you...3446amreading,authorinterview,books,jessiescoffeeshop,klrnradiocleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/gillian-st-kevern-discusses-thorns-and-fangs--14015050
Escort Nate prides himself on two things: his ability to please his clients and his normality – living in the monster capital of the world, ordinary is rare. Hunter, a darkly charming vampire with more charisma than is good for him, decides Nate is just what he needs. Nate’s sympathetic nature and skill in the bedroom are put to the ultimate test. But Hunter wants Nate for someone else – his brother, Ben. Nate is immediately attracted by the control with which Ben holds his sensitive nature in force. Too afraid of becoming a monster to allow himself to feel, Ben struggles to resist Nate’s generosity of emotion. As a vindictive necromancer makes Ben his target of revenge, Nate discovers that making people feel good doesn’t compare to making Ben feel. As Nate’s normal world crumbles around him, and he desperately searches for a way to save Ben, Nate is unable to escape becoming the necromancer’s latest victim.

But Nate’s death is only the beginning. Coming back to life in the bathroom of Gunn, a Department Seven officer who hates the vampire family that Ben and Hunter belong to, Nate doesn’t know who to trust or even what he is. As the necromancer’s trap pulls tighter around himself and Ben, Nate is forced to let go of normal and embrace powers he doesn’t fully understand. In defiance of Ben’s vampire sire and hunted by Department Seven, Nate and Ben finally learn to trust and rely on each other. But when the necromancer succeeds in capturing Ben, Nate alone can come to his rescue.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/14015050Sat, 10 Feb 2018 02:00:05 +0000KLRNRadioNate is caught between two dangerously hot vampires who can compel people to do whatever they want and a ruthless necromancer who wants Nate for all the wrong reasons—and that’s only the start of his problems. Escort Nate prides himself on two...
Escort Nate prides himself on two things: his ability to please his clients and his normality – living in the monster capital of the world, ordinary is rare. Hunter, a darkly charming vampire with more charisma than is good for him, decides Nate is just what he needs. Nate’s sympathetic nature and skill in the bedroom are put to the ultimate test. But Hunter wants Nate for someone else – his brother, Ben. Nate is immediately attracted by the control with which Ben holds his sensitive nature in force. Too afraid of becoming a monster to allow himself to feel, Ben struggles to resist Nate’s generosity of emotion. As a vindictive necromancer makes Ben his target of revenge, Nate discovers that making people feel good doesn’t compare to making Ben feel. As Nate’s normal world crumbles around him, and he desperately searches for a way to save Ben, Nate is unable to escape becoming the necromancer’s latest victim.

But Nate’s death is only the beginning. Coming back to life in the bathroom of Gunn, a Department Seven officer who hates the vampire family that Ben and Hunter belong to, Nate doesn’t know who to trust or even what he is. As the necromancer’s trap pulls tighter around himself and Ben, Nate is forced to let go of normal and embrace powers he doesn’t fully understand. In defiance of Ben’s vampire sire and hunted by Department Seven, Nate and Ben finally learn to trust and rely on each other. But when the necromancer succeeds in capturing Ben, Nate alone can come to his rescue.]]>3591cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/joe-mahoney-visits-the-coffee-shop-to-discuss-a-time-and-a-place--13959577Calling upon Doctor Humphrey for assistance has not been particularly helpful, because the good doctor’s diagnosis of demonic possession is clearly preposterous. Even the demon currently ensconced on the front room couch agrees it’s preposterous. But then, how else to explain the portal to another world through which his nephew and Humphrey have just now disappeared? Barnabus knows their only chance of rescue is for Barnabus J. Wildebear himself to step up and go through that portal. Thus begins an existential romp across space and time, trampling on Barnabus’ assumptions about causality, freewill, identity, good and evil. Can Barnabus save his nephew—and incidentally, all of humanity?


Joe Mahoney works full-time for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, where he’s helped make many radio shows over the years, including Writers and Company, Quirks and Quarks, and Q. He’s produced documentaries on science fiction for The Arts Tonight and The Current. He produced Six Impossible Things, a compilation of short fantastical fiction, curated by Nalo Hopkinson, for Between the Covers, and wrote and produced Faster Than Light, hosted by Robert J. Sawyer, for Sunday Showcase. He spent a decade making radio plays, working on productions such as The Merchant of Venice, The Handmaid’s Tale, and Afghanada, with some of the finest actors, directors and writers in Canada. He Five Rivers Publishing ISBN 9781988274256 Trade Paperback, 6 x 9 412 pages $34.99 eISBN 9781988274263 $5.99 engineered and story-edited Steve the First, a post-apocalyptic science fiction radio play mini-series, and its sequel, Steve the Second, which won a silver Mark Time Award. He produced and directed the pilot of Canadia: 2056, and story-edited all subsequent episodes. He is responsible for all the funniest bits. In 2007, Joe left production to join the CBC management team. These days he’s Director of Production Support. Joe’s short fiction has been published in Canada, Australia and Greece. He’s been nominated twice for an Aurora Award, one of Canada’s top awards for science fiction and fantasy, for his work on CBC Radio. Joe lives in Whitby with his wife and two daughters, and their golden retriever and Siberian forest cat.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/13959577Sat, 03 Feb 2018 02:00:05 +0000KLRNRadioBarnabus’s nephew is behaving oddly. Calling upon Doctor Humphrey for assistance has not been particularly helpful, because the good doctor’s diagnosis of demonic possession is clearly preposterous. Even the demon currently ensconced on the front...Calling upon Doctor Humphrey for assistance has not been particularly helpful, because the good doctor’s diagnosis of demonic possession is clearly preposterous. Even the demon currently ensconced on the front room couch agrees it’s preposterous. But then, how else to explain the portal to another world through which his nephew and Humphrey have just now disappeared? Barnabus knows their only chance of rescue is for Barnabus J. Wildebear himself to step up and go through that portal. Thus begins an existential romp across space and time, trampling on Barnabus’ assumptions about causality, freewill, identity, good and evil. Can Barnabus save his nephew—and incidentally, all of humanity?


Joe Mahoney works full-time for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, where he’s helped make many radio shows over the years, including Writers and Company, Quirks and Quarks, and Q. He’s produced documentaries on science fiction for The Arts Tonight and The Current. He produced Six Impossible Things, a compilation of short fantastical fiction, curated by Nalo Hopkinson, for Between the Covers, and wrote and produced Faster Than Light, hosted by Robert J. Sawyer, for Sunday Showcase. He spent a decade making radio plays, working on productions such as The Merchant of Venice, The Handmaid’s Tale, and Afghanada, with some of the finest actors, directors and writers in Canada. He Five Rivers Publishing ISBN 9781988274256 Trade Paperback, 6 x 9 412 pages $34.99 eISBN 9781988274263 $5.99 engineered and story-edited Steve the First, a post-apocalyptic science fiction radio play mini-series, and its sequel, Steve the Second, which won a silver Mark Time Award. He produced and directed the pilot of Canadia: 2056, and story-edited all subsequent episodes. He is responsible for all the funniest bits. In 2007, Joe left production to join the CBC management team. These days he’s Director of Production Support. Joe’s short fiction has been published in Canada, Australia and Greece. He’s been nominated twice for an Aurora Award, one of Canada’s top awards for science fiction and fantasy, for his work on CBC Radio. Joe lives in Whitby with his wife and two daughters, and their golden retriever and Siberian forest cat.]]>3534amreading,author,authorinterview,books,fiction,jessiescoffeeshop,klrnradio,writingcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-atlanta-writer-s-club-visit-the-coffee-shop--13898595
Joining us are:

- Emily Carpenter (http://emilycarpenterauthor.com/), Amazon best-selling author of three
suspense novels: BURYING THE HONEYSUCKLE GIRLS, THE WEIGHT OF LIES
and the upcoming EVERY SINGLE SECRET, which is coming out May 1, 2018.

- Ellie Jordan (http://elliedecker.com/), writer and actress, who has developed screenplaysand appears in numerous films and TV shows, including THE WALKING DEAD.

- JD Jordan (http://www.o-jd.com/), the author of the sci-fi Western CALAMITY, which
he is now developing for television in collaboration with a production company.

- Chris Negron (https://chrisnegron.com/), whose short fiction has appeared in a dozen
online and print literary publications; his first middle grade novel is currently on
submission with publishers.

- George Weinstein (http://www.georgeweinstein.com/), who is making his second
appearance in the Coffee Shop. He’s the author of five novels that span a variety of
genres, the latest being the mystery novel AFTERMATH, which we discussed in 2017.
He also is the former president of the Atlanta Writers Club (http://atlantawritersclub.org/)
and runs the twice-yearly Atlanta Writers Conference
(https://atlantawritersconference.com/about/).]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/13898595Sat, 27 Jan 2018 02:00:05 +0000KLRNRadioWelcome to The Coffee Shop, on the menu today, we have an extended conversation about writing. A panel of five writers gathered around our favorite table addressed “Whats Really Wise in Conventional Writing Wisdom,” with advice gleaned from years of...
Joining us are:

- Emily Carpenter (http://emilycarpenterauthor.com/), Amazon best-selling author of three
suspense novels: BURYING THE HONEYSUCKLE GIRLS, THE WEIGHT OF LIES
and the upcoming EVERY SINGLE SECRET, which is coming out May 1, 2018.

- Ellie Jordan (http://elliedecker.com/), writer and actress, who has developed screenplaysand appears in numerous films and TV shows, including THE WALKING DEAD.

- JD Jordan (http://www.o-jd.com/), the author of the sci-fi Western CALAMITY, which
he is now developing for television in collaboration with a production company.

- Chris Negron (https://chrisnegron.com/), whose short fiction has appeared in a dozen
online and print literary publications; his first middle grade novel is currently on
submission with publishers.

- George Weinstein (http://www.georgeweinstein.com/), who is making his second
appearance in the Coffee Shop. He’s the author of five novels that span a variety of
genres, the latest being the mystery novel AFTERMATH, which we discussed in 2017.
He also is the former president of the Atlanta Writers Club (http://atlantawritersclub.org/)
and runs the twice-yearly Atlanta Writers Conference
(https://atlantawritersconference.com/about/).]]>7324cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/john-t-prather-tells-jess-about-the-nephilim-virus--13843678
With the help of a beautiful hematologist named Faith and a man they call the Commander, Nick must survive long enough to discover the origin of the virus and learn how his blood could hold the key to a cure. But he has to do it while being hunted by the infected. And failure means the extinction of the human race.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/13843678Sat, 20 Jan 2018 02:00:05 +0000KLRNRadioNick Reese wakes from a 3-year coma to find the world he once knew is gone. An ancient virus has infected two-thirds of the world's population, turning humans into either incredibly intelligent super-humans or large and indestructible animalistic...
With the help of a beautiful hematologist named Faith and a man they call the Commander, Nick must survive long enough to discover the origin of the virus and learn how his blood could hold the key to a cure. But he has to do it while being hunted by the infected. And failure means the extinction of the human race.]]>3600amreading,amwriting,authorinterview,books,klrnradiocleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/marla-martenson-the-buddha-made-me-do-it--13791560.
Marla lives the good life in Los Angeles—house, pool, her own business helping Cupid find love for LA’s most discriminating singles. Her handsome and ardent hubby Adolfo performs at an exclusive steak house in Beverly Hills. He tends to scoff at Marla’s green juice, vegan diet, yoga, and daily affirmations and can be a teensy bit of a control freak.

A discarded Buddha statuette that Adolfo suddenly can’t live without sends Marla searching through New Age boutiques along with her skeptical friend Julie. They are soon schooled by a charismatic “Goddess,” delving ever deeper into self-realization, conversations with angels, pendulums, candle “Magick,” Reiki, crystal healing, and more. Attend a Hindu Bajan? Sure. Orgasmic Meditation? (Wait, what…?) Maybe not that one.
Growing in her spirituality, yet exceedingly frustrated with some of her persnickety clientele—aging men who see themselves as Dorian Grays, worthy of exquisite young women—Marla’s world is shifting. She achieves certifications as an energy healer and encourages Julie to sample the concoction Julie calls “green gunk” and other healthy practices to help her conquer an addiction to unavailable men. Marla deepens her communication with the Beyond while Adolfo, always so practical, asks, “Have you lost your mind? Are you hearing voices? Angels aren’t real, come on!” Matters grow worse when certain psychics warn of “dangerous low-vibrational entities” and rabidly disagree with each other.
Her alternating universes give Marla spiritual whiplash, yet she discovers the LITE way to balance the human carnival with a transformational spiritual journey.
For more information about Marla you can visit her website: https://marlamartenson.com/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/13791560Sat, 13 Jan 2018 02:00:05 +0000KLRNRadioWhat starts as a search for a decorative Buddha statuette leads one woman on a spiritual journey that will change everything . Marla lives the good life in Los Angeles—house, pool, her own business helping Cupid find love for LA’s most....
Marla lives the good life in Los Angeles—house, pool, her own business helping Cupid find love for LA’s most discriminating singles. Her handsome and ardent hubby Adolfo performs at an exclusive steak house in Beverly Hills. He tends to scoff at Marla’s green juice, vegan diet, yoga, and daily affirmations and can be a teensy bit of a control freak.

A discarded Buddha statuette that Adolfo suddenly can’t live without sends Marla searching through New Age boutiques along with her skeptical friend Julie. They are soon schooled by a charismatic “Goddess,” delving ever deeper into self-realization, conversations with angels, pendulums, candle “Magick,” Reiki, crystal healing, and more. Attend a Hindu Bajan? Sure. Orgasmic Meditation? (Wait, what…?) Maybe not that one.
Growing in her spirituality, yet exceedingly frustrated with some of her persnickety clientele—aging men who see themselves as Dorian Grays, worthy of exquisite young women—Marla’s world is shifting. She achieves certifications as an energy healer and encourages Julie to sample the concoction Julie calls “green gunk” and other healthy practices to help her conquer an addiction to unavailable men. Marla deepens her communication with the Beyond while Adolfo, always so practical, asks, “Have you lost your mind? Are you hearing voices? Angels aren’t real, come on!” Matters grow worse when certain psychics warn of “dangerous low-vibrational entities” and rabidly disagree with each other.
Her alternating universes give Marla spiritual whiplash, yet she discovers the LITE way to balance the human carnival with a transformational spiritual journey.
For more information about Marla you can visit her website: https://marlamartenson.com/]]>3600amreading,authors,books,klrnradiocleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/jess-talks-writing-with-julia-blake--13601188https://api.spreaker.com/episode/13601188Sat, 16 Dec 2017 02:00:05 +0000KLRNRadio3296cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/jess-with-author-david-mccaleb--13554001
A sinister enemy is stalking elite military operator Red Harmon and his loved ones. Turning the hunter into his prey, Red uncovers a plot that spans nations and draws him into the remote snow-covered ravines of North Korea. His objective: penetrate the darkest prisons of this mysterious nation to restore national security-and save all he holds dear.

Caught in the danger . . .

Red's not the only one who's been living with secrets. His wife Lori is a lot more than the typical suburban soccer mom she appears to be, and she's stumbled onto something massive. The future of world peace depends on them-and on an enemy soldier with a powerful personal agenda. If Red's mission fails, the balance of superpowers may never recover . . .]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/13554001Tue, 12 Dec 2017 01:00:04 +0000KLRNRadioTo save his family-and the free world-Red Harmon is back in the line of fire . . . A sinister enemy is stalking elite military operator Red Harmon and his loved ones. Turning the hunter into his prey, Red uncovers a plot that spans nations and...
A sinister enemy is stalking elite military operator Red Harmon and his loved ones. Turning the hunter into his prey, Red uncovers a plot that spans nations and draws him into the remote snow-covered ravines of North Korea. His objective: penetrate the darkest prisons of this mysterious nation to restore national security-and save all he holds dear.

Caught in the danger . . .

Red's not the only one who's been living with secrets. His wife Lori is a lot more than the typical suburban soccer mom she appears to be, and she's stumbled onto something massive. The future of world peace depends on them-and on an enemy soldier with a powerful personal agenda. If Red's mission fails, the balance of superpowers may never recover . . .]]>3331cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/lee-st-john-discusses-she-s-a-keeper--13537493
A mayhem confessor, St. John’s SHE’S A KEEPER! series is a tell-all about mothers, husbands, boyfriends, children, friends, jobs, families, students, acquaintances, and HERSELF! No one is off-limits.

Lee finds her mementos of high-jinx in her closet, attic, basement, and her former classroom. These keepsakes explode into stories she shouldn’t tell, but does. A rogue Southern Belle, she was brought up to behave better but she just can’t help herself. Bless her heart.

Females in her generation will understand when she shares and reminisces about these reminders found in
SHE’S A KEEPER! ~ Confessions from a Southern Girl’s Closet
SHE’S A KEEPER! ~ Anecdotes from a Southern Girl’s Attic
SHE’S A KEEPER! ~Bombshells from a Southern Girl’s Basement
SHE’S A KEEPER! ~ Compositions from a Southern Girl’s Classroom
- This book is written by teachers, for teachers, about teachers from elementary to college about the true but naughty stories from the classroom.


How many people do you know who have been kissed by a President of the United States? And what about playing golf with a Master’s Champion golfer where she, oh my stars, told him what’s what to his face. Why wasn’t she fired from teaching when she disclosed that she cussed, showed nudity, and demonstrated a lewd gesture to her students?

St. John’s humorous storytelling is entertaining as all get-out. It’s wicked, deliciously scandalous, and sometimes shocking. But Lee also shares stories that will melt your heart. And like a cold drink of lemonade that is tart and sweet, Lee was raised with class but will show you her Southern sass. Why not join her for a glass?]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/13537493Sat, 09 Dec 2017 02:00:04 +0000KLRNRadioLee St. John confesses, “In my defense, I was left unsupervised.” She may not show restraint but you have to give her credit, at least she knows herself. A mayhem confessor, St. John’s SHE’S A KEEPER! series is a tell-all about mothers, husbands,...
A mayhem confessor, St. John’s SHE’S A KEEPER! series is a tell-all about mothers, husbands, boyfriends, children, friends, jobs, families, students, acquaintances, and HERSELF! No one is off-limits.

Lee finds her mementos of high-jinx in her closet, attic, basement, and her former classroom. These keepsakes explode into stories she shouldn’t tell, but does. A rogue Southern Belle, she was brought up to behave better but she just can’t help herself. Bless her heart.

Females in her generation will understand when she shares and reminisces about these reminders found in
SHE’S A KEEPER! ~ Confessions from a Southern Girl’s Closet
SHE’S A KEEPER! ~ Anecdotes from a Southern Girl’s Attic
SHE’S A KEEPER! ~Bombshells from a Southern Girl’s Basement
SHE’S A KEEPER! ~ Compositions from a Southern Girl’s Classroom
- This book is written by teachers, for teachers, about teachers from elementary to college about the true but naughty stories from the classroom.


How many people do you know who have been kissed by a President of the United States? And what about playing golf with a Master’s Champion golfer where she, oh my stars, told him what’s what to his face. Why wasn’t she fired from teaching when she disclosed that she cussed, showed nudity, and demonstrated a lewd gesture to her students?

St. John’s humorous storytelling is entertaining as all get-out. It’s wicked, deliciously scandalous, and sometimes shocking. But Lee also shares stories that will melt your heart. And like a cold drink of lemonade that is tart and sweet, Lee was raised with class but will show you her Southern sass. Why not join her for a glass?]]>3636amreading,author,books,jessiescoffeeshop,klrnradiocleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/amanda-clay-rebel-rising--13499916Princess Elyra Ballantyne has lost everything important to her—her father, her position, her freedom, and the one she loves. As rebellion festers beneath the city walls, and corruption spreads throughout the palace, she’s left with two choices: accept Minister General Pantone’s rule or rise up, learn to fight, and take back her country

Amanda J. Clay is a writing YA and Adult fiction from Dallas, TX. A Northern California native, she had a fantastic time studying English and Journalism in the foothills of the beautiful Sierra Nevadas and then a very serious time slaving away for a Master’s degree in sunny Southern California. When she’s not staring at a computer screen, she spends most of her spare time on some new fitness addiction and plotting world adventures.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/13499916Tue, 05 Dec 2017 01:00:04 +0000KLRNRadioA princess with nothing left to lose is a dangerous thing. Princess Elyra Ballantyne has lost everything important to her—her father, her position, her freedom, and the one she loves. As rebellion festers beneath the city walls, and corruption...Princess Elyra Ballantyne has lost everything important to her—her father, her position, her freedom, and the one she loves. As rebellion festers beneath the city walls, and corruption spreads throughout the palace, she’s left with two choices: accept Minister General Pantone’s rule or rise up, learn to fight, and take back her country

Amanda J. Clay is a writing YA and Adult fiction from Dallas, TX. A Northern California native, she had a fantastic time studying English and Journalism in the foothills of the beautiful Sierra Nevadas and then a very serious time slaving away for a Master’s degree in sunny Southern California. When she’s not staring at a computer screen, she spends most of her spare time on some new fitness addiction and plotting world adventures.]]>3240cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/nicole-luttrell-discusses-starting-chains--13379861But peace among their own people is harder to achieve. The city is tormented by a terrorist who calls himself The Tinker. He and his group of anarchists plant bombs through the city and call for the death of the new kings from every street corner.
Meanwhile in Calistar, Sultiana and Devon are marching to war with Kussier. The ancient hatred between the two countries is sprung anew when Sultiana is declared heir to the Calistar throne.
Waiting at the border, though, is a much darker enemy. A force from legend threatens to consume both countries, and possibly the world.


I'm a speculative fiction writer. That means I write about dragons, ghosts, and space. Sometimes about ghosts of dragons in space. I write a fantasy series called Woven and a Science Fantasy series called Station 86. You can follow along with the insanity at https://paperbeatsworld.com/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/13379861Tue, 21 Nov 2017 02:00:05 +0000KLRNRadioAfter years of war between Montelair and Septa, the two thrones are united by family. Victor's nephew, Morgan, is sharing the throne with the last heir of the royal line, Jacob. He and Lenore decide to travel o Montelair with their newborn daughters...But peace among their own people is harder to achieve. The city is tormented by a terrorist who calls himself The Tinker. He and his group of anarchists plant bombs through the city and call for the death of the new kings from every street corner.
Meanwhile in Calistar, Sultiana and Devon are marching to war with Kussier. The ancient hatred between the two countries is sprung anew when Sultiana is declared heir to the Calistar throne.
Waiting at the border, though, is a much darker enemy. A force from legend threatens to consume both countries, and possibly the world.


I'm a speculative fiction writer. That means I write about dragons, ghosts, and space. Sometimes about ghosts of dragons in space. I write a fantasy series called Woven and a Science Fantasy series called Station 86. You can follow along with the insanity at https://paperbeatsworld.com/]]>2965amreading,authorinterview,books,klrnradio #jessiescoffeeshopcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mel-gough-discusses-a-world-apart--13350261
Ben Griers is the darling of Corinth Georgia’s Police Department—intelligent, handsome, and hardworking. Thanks to his beautiful wife and clever daughter, Ben’s family is the envy of the town. Yet desperate unhappiness is hiding just below the surface.

When Donnie Saunders, a deadbeat redneck with a temper, is brought to the Corinth PD as a suspect in a hit-and-run, Ben finds himself surprisingly intrigued by the man. He quickly establishes Donnie’s innocence but can’t shake the feeling that Donnie is hiding something. When they unexpectedly encounter each other again at an AA meeting in Atlanta, sparks begin to fly.

With his marriage on the verge of collapse, Ben is grateful for the other man’s affection. But he is soon struggling to help an increasingly vulnerable Donnie, while at the same time having to deal with the upheaval in his own life. Ben eventually realizes that they cannot achieve happiness together unless they confront their darkest secrets.


Mel Gough bio

Mel was born in Germany, where she spent the first twenty-six years of her life (with a one-year stint in Los Angeles). She has always been fascinated by cultures and human interaction, and got a Masters in Social Anthropology. After finishing university she moved to London, where she has now lived for ten years.

If you were to ask her parents what Mel enjoyed the most since the age of six, they would undoubtedly say “Reading!” She would take fifteen books on a three-week beach holiday, and then read all her mom’s books once she’d devoured her own midway through week two.

Back home in her mom’s attic there’s a box full of journals with stories Mel wrote when she was in her early teens. None of the stories are finished, or any good. She has told herself bedtime stories as far back as she can remember.

In her day job, Mel works for an NGO as operations manager. No other city is quite like London, and Mel loves her city. The hustle and bustle still amaze and thrill her even after all these years. When not reading, writing or going to the theater, Mel spends her time with her long-time boyfriend, discussing science or poking fun at each other.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/13350261Sat, 18 Nov 2017 02:00:05 +0000KLRNRadioA World Apart blurb Ben Griers is the darling of Corinth Georgia’s Police Department—intelligent, handsome, and hardworking. Thanks to his beautiful wife and clever daughter, Ben’s family is the envy of the town. Yet desperate unhappiness is hiding...
Ben Griers is the darling of Corinth Georgia’s Police Department—intelligent, handsome, and hardworking. Thanks to his beautiful wife and clever daughter, Ben’s family is the envy of the town. Yet desperate unhappiness is hiding just below the surface.

When Donnie Saunders, a deadbeat redneck with a temper, is brought to the Corinth PD as a suspect in a hit-and-run, Ben finds himself surprisingly intrigued by the man. He quickly establishes Donnie’s innocence but can’t shake the feeling that Donnie is hiding something. When they unexpectedly encounter each other again at an AA meeting in Atlanta, sparks begin to fly.

With his marriage on the verge of collapse, Ben is grateful for the other man’s affection. But he is soon struggling to help an increasingly vulnerable Donnie, while at the same time having to deal with the upheaval in his own life. Ben eventually realizes that they cannot achieve happiness together unless they confront their darkest secrets.


Mel Gough bio

Mel was born in Germany, where she spent the first twenty-six years of her life (with a one-year stint in Los Angeles). She has always been fascinated by cultures and human interaction, and got a Masters in Social Anthropology. After finishing university she moved to London, where she has now lived for ten years.

If you were to ask her parents what Mel enjoyed the most since the age of six, they would undoubtedly say “Reading!” She would take fifteen books on a three-week beach holiday, and then read all her mom’s books once she’d devoured her own midway through week two.

Back home in her mom’s attic there’s a box full of journals with stories Mel wrote when she was in her early teens. None of the stories are finished, or any good. She has told herself bedtime stories as far back as she can remember.

In her day job, Mel works for an NGO as operations manager. No other city is quite like London, and Mel loves her city. The hustle and bustle still amaze and thrill her even after all these years. When not reading, writing or going to the theater, Mel spends her time with her long-time boyfriend, discussing science or poking fun at each other.]]>3351amreading,authorinterviews,books,jessiescoffeeshop,klrnradiocleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/keith-fentonmiller-the-cursed-hat--13327444Catherine Bell, author of Rush of Shadows (winner of the Washington Writers’ Publishing House 2014 Fiction Prize), called the story “[i]ncredible, overwhelming, compelling.” Terence Hawkins, author of American Neolithic (named one of the Best Indie Books of 2014 by Kirkus Reviews), says, “This is an amazing debut novel—wildly imaginative, powerfully written, funny, and deeply humane.”

When not wearing my fiction writer hat, I practice consumer protection law in Washington, D.C. Rest assured your tax dollars are hard at work as I battle marketers of "modern miracles" like weight-loss earrings and penile-enhancing herbs. (Please let me know if you spot an ad for penile enhancement earrings.)

I graduated from the University of Michigan with a degree in philosophy, which, surprisingly, did not qualify me for gainful employment. In short, it was on to graduate school. Well, almost. I spent a year touring with a professional comedy troupe, writing and performing sketch comedy at colleges in the Mid-Atlantic States. After that frolic and detour, it was a blur of law school, falling in love, cats, marriage, a dog, children, a fish, more dogs, another fish, a chinchilla, guinea pigs, and an assortment of uninvited rodents that have since burrowed through the foundation. Storybook.

I live in Kensington, Maryland with my wife, Laura, and two children, Stoney and Bay. Among my current menagerie of furry critters are a silver lab, Gracie, and a Boston Terrier, Beanie.

http://www.keithfentonmiller.com/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/13327444Thu, 16 Nov 2017 00:00:08 +0000KLRNRadioA work of magical realism, the Cursed Hat tells the story of Jewish hatmakers threatened by a veil-wearing Nazi known as the “stealer of faces” who must use the god Hermes’ fabled hat to teleport out of Germany during Kristallnacht. They won’t be...Catherine Bell, author of Rush of Shadows (winner of the Washington Writers’ Publishing House 2014 Fiction Prize), called the story “[i]ncredible, overwhelming, compelling.” Terence Hawkins, author of American Neolithic (named one of the Best Indie Books of 2014 by Kirkus Reviews), says, “This is an amazing debut novel—wildly imaginative, powerfully written, funny, and deeply humane.”

When not wearing my fiction writer hat, I practice consumer protection law in Washington, D.C. Rest assured your tax dollars are hard at work as I battle marketers of "modern miracles" like weight-loss earrings and penile-enhancing herbs. (Please let me know if you spot an ad for penile enhancement earrings.)

I graduated from the University of Michigan with a degree in philosophy, which, surprisingly, did not qualify me for gainful employment. In short, it was on to graduate school. Well, almost. I spent a year touring with a professional comedy troupe, writing and performing sketch comedy at colleges in the Mid-Atlantic States. After that frolic and detour, it was a blur of law school, falling in love, cats, marriage, a dog, children, a fish, more dogs, another fish, a chinchilla, guinea pigs, and an assortment of uninvited rodents that have since burrowed through the foundation. Storybook.

I live in Kensington, Maryland with my wife, Laura, and two children, Stoney and Bay. Among my current menagerie of furry critters are a silver lab, Gracie, and a Boston Terrier, Beanie.

http://www.keithfentonmiller.com/]]>3624cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/robin-storey-a-time-for-penance--13309802
When Eva is offered the opportunity to travel back in time, and undo her crime as penance, she accepts – what does she have to lose? Back in her old life with Charlie, her passion for him surpassed only by her torment at his infidelity, she is more determined than ever to prevent him from leaving her.

But her plan plunges her into a world of crime and depravity, and she soon discovers she has even more to lose this time around.

Robin Storey is an indie author from the beautiful Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia. She is the author of 6 books so far, most in the crime/suspense genre, with many more to come. She is a certified book nerd and is useful to have on your team on trivia nights for literary questions, but not much else. When she is not writing or reading, she loves hiking (she did the Camino de Santiago in 2016) and chilling out at the beach.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/13309802Tue, 14 Nov 2017 01:00:04 +0000KLRNRadioFor 20 years, wealthy socialite Eva Dennehy has borne the guilt of murdering her first husband Charlie, who was planning to leave her for his mistress. When Eva is offered the opportunity to travel back in time, and undo her crime as penance, she...
When Eva is offered the opportunity to travel back in time, and undo her crime as penance, she accepts – what does she have to lose? Back in her old life with Charlie, her passion for him surpassed only by her torment at his infidelity, she is more determined than ever to prevent him from leaving her.

But her plan plunges her into a world of crime and depravity, and she soon discovers she has even more to lose this time around.

Robin Storey is an indie author from the beautiful Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia. She is the author of 6 books so far, most in the crime/suspense genre, with many more to come. She is a certified book nerd and is useful to have on your team on trivia nights for literary questions, but not much else. When she is not writing or reading, she loves hiking (she did the Camino de Santiago in 2016) and chilling out at the beach.]]>3177amreading,authorinterview,books,jessiescoffeeshopcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ron-macdonald-arlington-anthology-field-of-honor--13295852
In this often heart-wrenching, often inspirational anthology, see how these noble souls , whether generals or slaves, influenced the world in which they lived . Their stories are still with us, bidding us to think of life, not death... a life to which , in their youth, they lent the passion and joy of spring.

A Native Californian , Ron MacDonald had been an accomplished and published photographer for over 20 years. While traveling and photographing in Europe and here he visited many historical cemeteries, including Omaha Beach Cemetery, where he found his uncle's final resting place. His love of history drove him to tell the untold stories of those who reside at Arlington National Cemetery. This is Ron's first book and tells the often heart-wrenching and inspirational stories of those noble souls, told as if they themselves are telling their own stories.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/13295852Sat, 11 Nov 2017 02:00:05 +0000KLRNRadioAcross the Potomac River from Washington D.C. lies this nation's sacred of grounds, Arlington National Cemetery, where some of our nation's finest form as far back as the Revolutionary War are buried. Over 310,000 men and women call Arlington their...
In this often heart-wrenching, often inspirational anthology, see how these noble souls , whether generals or slaves, influenced the world in which they lived . Their stories are still with us, bidding us to think of life, not death... a life to which , in their youth, they lent the passion and joy of spring.

A Native Californian , Ron MacDonald had been an accomplished and published photographer for over 20 years. While traveling and photographing in Europe and here he visited many historical cemeteries, including Omaha Beach Cemetery, where he found his uncle's final resting place. His love of history drove him to tell the untold stories of those who reside at Arlington National Cemetery. This is Ron's first book and tells the often heart-wrenching and inspirational stories of those noble souls, told as if they themselves are telling their own stories.]]>3612arlington,authorinterview,books,jessiescoffeeshop,klrnradiocleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/kallypso-masters-discusses-kate-s-secret--13261544happy, stable life for her daughter, Chelsea. Until, after thirteen years, the
imminent return of her college sweetheart tilts Kate’s world on its axis. The
thought of seeing Travis Cooper again sets her pulse racing—and not only
because he reignites the flames that once burned too hot for them. What will
happen when he discovers her secret?
A realistic dream involving his recently deceased Army buddy sends Travis
on a journey back to Kentucky looking for answers that have gnawed at him
since his college sweetheart, Katie, sent him packing. The military-precise
confrontation he’d planned evaporates as soon as he lays eyes on her. Will he
find it in his heart to forgive and understand?
Can the spirits of his buddy and her father right some wrongs and help Kate
and Travis overcome the past when the truth that could make everything
right is the same one that could destroy everything they hold dear?]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/13261544Tue, 07 Nov 2017 01:15:05 +0000KLRNRadioSingle mom Kate Michaels wants nothing more than to continue providing a happy, stable life for her daughter, Chelsea. Until, after thirteen years, the imminent return of her college sweetheart tilts Kate’s world on its axis. The thought of seeing...happy, stable life for her daughter, Chelsea. Until, after thirteen years, the
imminent return of her college sweetheart tilts Kate’s world on its axis. The
thought of seeing Travis Cooper again sets her pulse racing—and not only
because he reignites the flames that once burned too hot for them. What will
happen when he discovers her secret?
A realistic dream involving his recently deceased Army buddy sends Travis
on a journey back to Kentucky looking for answers that have gnawed at him
since his college sweetheart, Katie, sent him packing. The military-precise
confrontation he’d planned evaporates as soon as he lays eyes on her. Will he
find it in his heart to forgive and understand?
Can the spirits of his buddy and her father right some wrongs and help Kate
and Travis overcome the past when the truth that could make everything
right is the same one that could destroy everything they hold dear?]]>3816amreading,amwriting,authorinterview,books,klrnradiocleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/judi-sheeks-how-the-bleep-did-you-find-me--13222723
Judi Sheeks is one of the most sought after and prolific private investigators in the country. She's been honing her craft for over two decades. Her success rate in "finding the unfindable" is unmatched. In this book, she chronicles some of her toughest, most interesting and sometimes amusing, cases. It’s also a modern cautionary tale on the risks and dangers of the Internet and how it’s a menace to your personal privacy.

Judi is on Twitter (@Judianna), and blogs at JudiannaBlog.com and my pieces have appeared in The Federalist, New Americana and The Loftus Party.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/13222723Thu, 02 Nov 2017 01:15:03 +0000KLRNRadio"You have unknowingly been helping private investigators and others track your every move. This is your "How NOT To" manual helping you take back your privacy. Judi Sheeks, a private investigator for over two decades, shares some of her real life...
Judi Sheeks is one of the most sought after and prolific private investigators in the country. She's been honing her craft for over two decades. Her success rate in "finding the unfindable" is unmatched. In this book, she chronicles some of her toughest, most interesting and sometimes amusing, cases. It’s also a modern cautionary tale on the risks and dangers of the Internet and how it’s a menace to your personal privacy.

Judi is on Twitter (@Judianna), and blogs at JudiannaBlog.com and my pieces have appeared in The Federalist, New Americana and The Loftus Party.]]>3533authorinterview,books,jessiescoffeeshop,klrnradio,privateinvestigatorcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/karen-wirtz-discusses-aster-finlay-and-the-great-elan--13146781
After living the nomadic lifestyle of a military child, Aster Finlay’s father retires and her family settles down into a more “normal” life; however, when Aster discovers she can communicate with animals, she realizes her life is going to be anything but normal.

Karen Ann Wirtz -For as long as she can remember Karen Ann Wirtz has loved to tell stories. Her third-grade teacher, Mary Matuzak, inspired her and believed in her talent for writing a good story. Karen has always loved to write poetry and short stories for the fun and entertainment of those close to her. Now she is excited to share her stories with more readers. When she’s not wrapped up in her imagination; she enjoys spending time with her husband, three wonderful children, and two rescue dogs in Medina, Ohio.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/13146781Sat, 28 Oct 2017 01:10:04 +0000KLRNRadioASTER FINLAY AND THE GREAT ELAN by Karen Ann Wirtz After living the nomadic lifestyle of a military child, Aster Finlay’s father retires and her family settles down into a more “normal” life; however, when Aster discovers she can communicate with...
After living the nomadic lifestyle of a military child, Aster Finlay’s father retires and her family settles down into a more “normal” life; however, when Aster discovers she can communicate with animals, she realizes her life is going to be anything but normal.

Karen Ann Wirtz -For as long as she can remember Karen Ann Wirtz has loved to tell stories. Her third-grade teacher, Mary Matuzak, inspired her and believed in her talent for writing a good story. Karen has always loved to write poetry and short stories for the fun and entertainment of those close to her. Now she is excited to share her stories with more readers. When she’s not wrapped up in her imagination; she enjoys spending time with her husband, three wonderful children, and two rescue dogs in Medina, Ohio.]]>3132amreadingb,authorinterview,books,jessiescoffeeshop,klrnradiocleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/george-weinstein-discusses-aftermath--13109318

George Weinstein is the author of the historical novel and book club favorite Hardscrabble Road; the novel of forgotten U.S. history The Five Destinies of Carlos Moreno; the contemporary romance The Caretaker; and the mystery Aftermath, as well as the children's adventure novel Jake and the Tiger Flight. His work also has been published in the Atlanta press and in regional and national anthologies, including A Cup of Comfort for Writers. George is the former President of the Atlanta Writers Club and has helped over two thousand writers on their quest for publication through the twice yearly Atlanta Writers Conference, which he directs. On GeorgeWeinstein.com, you can read the first chapter George's books for free.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/13109318Tue, 24 Oct 2017 00:05:03 +0000KLRNRadioJanet Wright left tiny Graylee, Georgia at five, when her mother fled a destructive marriage. Now forty and reinventing herself after a failed engagement, Janet returns as the sole inheritor of her recently murdered father’s valuable estate. Life...

George Weinstein is the author of the historical novel and book club favorite Hardscrabble Road; the novel of forgotten U.S. history The Five Destinies of Carlos Moreno; the contemporary romance The Caretaker; and the mystery Aftermath, as well as the children's adventure novel Jake and the Tiger Flight. His work also has been published in the Atlanta press and in regional and national anthologies, including A Cup of Comfort for Writers. George is the former President of the Atlanta Writers Club and has helped over two thousand writers on their quest for publication through the twice yearly Atlanta Writers Conference, which he directs. On GeorgeWeinstein.com, you can read the first chapter George's books for free.]]>3598amreading,authors,books,jessiescoffeeshop,klrnradiocleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/vg-kilgore-discusses-obedience--13052389https://api.spreaker.com/episode/13052389Tue, 17 Oct 2017 01:15:03 +0000KLRNRadioHam is a man of passion and questions. He's adored his wife, Lita, since he first saw her draped in her father's fishing nets and threatened to leave with her if his father, Noah, didn't allow the marriage. She becomes his greatest comfort when Ham is...2884amreading,authorinterview,books,jessiescoffeeshop,klrnradiocleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/chris-jones-reversione-reset-the-future--13008694
I'm a 47 year old software engineer, turned author living in the Dallas, Texas region. Originally a native of North Carolina, I moved to Texas in 1997 to pursue a career in the degree field that I graduated college with. The novel I have written and the stories I am writing all were stories I dreamed up from the time I was about 16. I finally sat down one day and started turning them into novels so that others could enjoy the stories I only imagined in my free time.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/13008694Wed, 11 Oct 2017 18:00:04 +0000KLRNRadioThe story is about a group of time travelers who discover that the end of civilization is near. After some investigation they discover that the end occurs because of global warming the result of many years of pumping greenhouse gases into the...
I'm a 47 year old software engineer, turned author living in the Dallas, Texas region. Originally a native of North Carolina, I moved to Texas in 1997 to pursue a career in the degree field that I graduated college with. The novel I have written and the stories I am writing all were stories I dreamed up from the time I was about 16. I finally sat down one day and started turning them into novels so that others could enjoy the stories I only imagined in my free time.]]>3601cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/rachel-hardcastle-visits-the-coffee-shop-with-finding-pandora--13006897
Arriette Monroe never expected to be thrust into the heart of supernatural chaos, nor did she deem herself worthy of four very special gifts. But now she's got friends to rescue, Vampyrs to fight and impossible expectations to meet.

Although Arriette thinks she's walking pandemonium, The Recruit think she's their saviour. And they're willing to prove it...

I'm a high fantasy and post-apocalyptic author from Bradford, West Yorkshire in the UK.

I've been learning my craft since early 2010 and first published at the age of 14 having written an inspirational poem in school. My debut novel, The Soul Sanctuary, was published at just 18 years old while still studying my A-Levels at Titus Salt School!]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/13006897Wed, 11 Oct 2017 01:00:05 +0000KLRNRadioWelcome to Haeylo, where Supes rule the city, humans are an endangered species and Pandora is as curious as ever. Arriette Monroe never expected to be thrust into the heart of supernatural chaos, nor did she deem herself worthy of four very special...
Arriette Monroe never expected to be thrust into the heart of supernatural chaos, nor did she deem herself worthy of four very special gifts. But now she's got friends to rescue, Vampyrs to fight and impossible expectations to meet.

Although Arriette thinks she's walking pandemonium, The Recruit think she's their saviour. And they're willing to prove it...

I'm a high fantasy and post-apocalyptic author from Bradford, West Yorkshire in the UK.

I've been learning my craft since early 2010 and first published at the age of 14 having written an inspirational poem in school. My debut novel, The Soul Sanctuary, was published at just 18 years old while still studying my A-Levels at Titus Salt School!]]>3601amreading,authorinterview,books,jessiescoffeeshop,klrnradiocleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sarah-buhrman-visits-the-coffee-shop-too-wyrd--12978683
Pressured by family loyalties, Nicola goes back to Indianapolis, dodging old enemies and calling on old friends to help her. What she finds instead are an ex with super-powers, monsters and demigods on the streets, and a detective ready to bring her in for a murder investigation or three.

Can Nicola become the hero she needs to be, or will she lose everyone she cares for?

Sarah has been writing for more than 20 years. With a tongue-in-cheek way of looking at the world, her form of story and verse is blunt and witty. She lives in the middle of nowhere with two monsters (the kids), an ogre (the hubby), and whatever drama-llama is coming to visit this week.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/12978683Sat, 07 Oct 2017 01:00:04 +0000KLRNRadioNicola was never a hero. She was an everyday single mother, Heathen witch, and herbalist. And she was happy with her quiet life until the night Joseph showed up at her door with news that her step-sister joined a cult… and disappeared. Pressured...
Pressured by family loyalties, Nicola goes back to Indianapolis, dodging old enemies and calling on old friends to help her. What she finds instead are an ex with super-powers, monsters and demigods on the streets, and a detective ready to bring her in for a murder investigation or three.

Can Nicola become the hero she needs to be, or will she lose everyone she cares for?

Sarah has been writing for more than 20 years. With a tongue-in-cheek way of looking at the world, her form of story and verse is blunt and witty. She lives in the middle of nowhere with two monsters (the kids), an ogre (the hubby), and whatever drama-llama is coming to visit this week.]]>3601amreading,authorinterviews,books,jessiescoffeeshop,klrnradiocleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/tahani-nelson-the-last-faoii--12941503
Forced to cope without the long-standing traditions of her Order, Kaiya travels the country on a mission to avenge her sisters and preserve what is left of her heritage. The search brings her not only to dark discoveries and ancient family secrets, but to something she never wanted or dreamed of: a brother she never knew she had.

Forced into a war at the heart of a broken empire, the siblings must evaluate the true meanings of enemy, betrayal and freedom―and the gray areas surrounding each. Meanwhile, Kaiya slowly learns the true state of the world outside her monastery’s walls, the dangers of the poisonous army that is slowly covering the land, and of her own innate abilities gifted by the Goddess.
Tahani Nelson grew up in Mesa, Arizona amidst towering saguaros and a blissful ignorance of snow. Now, she teaches high school English in rural Montana and lives with her husband, two cats, and (somehow) an adamant disregard for the existence of snow boots.
Twitter: @TahaniNelson
Website: Inkshares.com/books/the-last-faoii]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/12941503Tue, 03 Oct 2017 00:01:03 +0000KLRNRadioThe Faoii have protected Clearwall for generations. With militaristic order and stalwart discipline, these women have reigned in prosperity. But when her monastery is attacked and her sisters slaughtered, only young Kaiya-faoii is left alive. Forced...
Forced to cope without the long-standing traditions of her Order, Kaiya travels the country on a mission to avenge her sisters and preserve what is left of her heritage. The search brings her not only to dark discoveries and ancient family secrets, but to something she never wanted or dreamed of: a brother she never knew she had.

Forced into a war at the heart of a broken empire, the siblings must evaluate the true meanings of enemy, betrayal and freedom―and the gray areas surrounding each. Meanwhile, Kaiya slowly learns the true state of the world outside her monastery’s walls, the dangers of the poisonous army that is slowly covering the land, and of her own innate abilities gifted by the Goddess.
Tahani Nelson grew up in Mesa, Arizona amidst towering saguaros and a blissful ignorance of snow. Now, she teaches high school English in rural Montana and lives with her husband, two cats, and (somehow) an adamant disregard for the existence of snow boots.
Twitter: @TahaniNelson
Website: Inkshares.com/books/the-last-faoii]]>3601amreading,authorinterview,books,jessiescoffeeshop,klrnradiocleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/guy-donovan-visits-the-coffee-shop--12922091
It’s hard being a young princess without a kingdom or even a mother and a father. It’s even harder for Cerys because in addition to her other troubles, she was born mentally impaired. She lives her life in a perpetual fog of loss and regret, wishing more than anything to be like everyone else…to be normal.

Then Cerys meets a new friend, one whose thoughts are as clear to her as speech, and she finds her own previously muddled thoughts growing clearer. It seems like a miracle to Cerys and the small circle of people who care for her. Now that her thoughts are clearer though, she knows she can’t ever tell anyone how she came by her incredible cure. In fact, she knows that if anyone found out her friend’s identity, it would surely lead to death for both of them. Like Cerys, her new friend is different from everyone else in the world.

About the author:

In the 1990’s and 2000’s, Guy Donovan worked in both television and feature films as an animator and storyboard artist/designer for Marvel Films, Hanna-Barbera, Sony Pictures, DreamWorks SKG, and Warner Bros Feature Animation, among others. Now he works at a government job in North Dakota in return for a steady paycheck and job security, allowing him to continue his wasteful habits of eating and providing for my wife and daughter.

Creatively starved by his job, Guy turned to writing at the advice of his wife, a fellow Hollywood expatriate who writes both screenplays and novels. That led to his current obsession with 5th century Wales, which is the setting of his “Dragon’s Treasure Series." The first three novels, “The Forgotten Princess of Môna,” “A Cold, White Home,” and “Songs of Autumn” are currently available as eBooks for the Kindle. The final installment, “Memories so Distant and Brief,” will follow in winter of 2018.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/12922091Sat, 30 Sep 2017 01:00:04 +0000KLRNRadioEleven-year-old Cerys is no normal little girl. The orphaned daughter of a fifth century Welsh king and queen, her only friends in the island kingdom of Môna are her old Pictish caregiver and a young chambermaid. The new queen wants nothing to do with...
It’s hard being a young princess without a kingdom or even a mother and a father. It’s even harder for Cerys because in addition to her other troubles, she was born mentally impaired. She lives her life in a perpetual fog of loss and regret, wishing more than anything to be like everyone else…to be normal.

Then Cerys meets a new friend, one whose thoughts are as clear to her as speech, and she finds her own previously muddled thoughts growing clearer. It seems like a miracle to Cerys and the small circle of people who care for her. Now that her thoughts are clearer though, she knows she can’t ever tell anyone how she came by her incredible cure. In fact, she knows that if anyone found out her friend’s identity, it would surely lead to death for both of them. Like Cerys, her new friend is different from everyone else in the world.

About the author:

In the 1990’s and 2000’s, Guy Donovan worked in both television and feature films as an animator and storyboard artist/designer for Marvel Films, Hanna-Barbera, Sony Pictures, DreamWorks SKG, and Warner Bros Feature Animation, among others. Now he works at a government job in North Dakota in return for a steady paycheck and job security, allowing him to continue his wasteful habits of eating and providing for my wife and daughter.

Creatively starved by his job, Guy turned to writing at the advice of his wife, a fellow Hollywood expatriate who writes both screenplays and novels. That led to his current obsession with 5th century Wales, which is the setting of his “Dragon’s Treasure Series." The first three novels, “The Forgotten Princess of Môna,” “A Cold, White Home,” and “Songs of Autumn” are currently available as eBooks for the Kindle. The final installment, “Memories so Distant and Brief,” will follow in winter of 2018.]]>3600authors,books,podcastcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/john-brage-the-protocols-of-uma--12886388Just as their society is poised to collapse, the Journeycraft Starshine returns to them from deep space. Prohibited from using advanced technology by an ancient set of laws known as The Protocols, the Starshine’s terminally ill Command Agent must lead a ragtag group of exiles on an overwater quest to investigate a clue to the Umaes’ ultimate salvation. But the Hek stalk them at every turn, and a would be dictator plots his own ascension to power.
Can the Journeyers restore the faith the Umae once had in them? Can the key to the Umaes’ survival be found in time? And what is the Starshine’s Command Agent willing to sacrifice in order to have the only thing he ever truly wanted?
John Brage is a lawyer, reader, explorer and student of just about everything. Born and raised in Northwest Missouri, he practices law by day and by night chases his kids around with his wife and tries to find time to write. He is an avid fan of the Kansas City Chiefs, the St. Louis Cardinals, and the Missouri Tigers. In his limited spare time he runs, works out and reads.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/12886388Tue, 26 Sep 2017 00:45:04 +0000KLRNRadioThe Umae teeter on the brink of extinction. Their blood rivals, the Hek, have mysteriously made huge leaps forward in technology and are now poised to exterminate them. Their godlike protectors, the Journeyers, have not been heard from for centuries....Just as their society is poised to collapse, the Journeycraft Starshine returns to them from deep space. Prohibited from using advanced technology by an ancient set of laws known as The Protocols, the Starshine’s terminally ill Command Agent must lead a ragtag group of exiles on an overwater quest to investigate a clue to the Umaes’ ultimate salvation. But the Hek stalk them at every turn, and a would be dictator plots his own ascension to power.
Can the Journeyers restore the faith the Umae once had in them? Can the key to the Umaes’ survival be found in time? And what is the Starshine’s Command Agent willing to sacrifice in order to have the only thing he ever truly wanted?
John Brage is a lawyer, reader, explorer and student of just about everything. Born and raised in Northwest Missouri, he practices law by day and by night chases his kids around with his wife and tries to find time to write. He is an avid fan of the Kansas City Chiefs, the St. Louis Cardinals, and the Missouri Tigers. In his limited spare time he runs, works out and reads.]]>3601amreading,author,books,klrnradio,writingcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ann-h-janzer-the-writer-s-process--12866428It covers:
How to invite creativity and flow into the writing process
Why separating writing into different steps makes you more productive
How to overcome writer’s block, negative feedback, and distraction
How to make time for writing in a busy, interrupt-driven life

Anne Janzer is an author and writer who has worked with more than one hundred technology companies. She is author of the books The Writer's Process, The Workplace Writer's Process, and Subscription Marketing.

She enjoys working with writers to improve their processes and share their thoughts and ideas with the world.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/12866428Sat, 23 Sep 2017 01:00:04 +0000KLRNRadioWant to be a better writer? Perfect your writing process. Process is a vital, under-appreciated writing skill. The Writer’s Process combines proven practices of successful authors with cognitive science research about how our minds work. It covers:...It covers:
How to invite creativity and flow into the writing process
Why separating writing into different steps makes you more productive
How to overcome writer’s block, negative feedback, and distraction
How to make time for writing in a busy, interrupt-driven life

Anne Janzer is an author and writer who has worked with more than one hundred technology companies. She is author of the books The Writer's Process, The Workplace Writer's Process, and Subscription Marketing.

She enjoys working with writers to improve their processes and share their thoughts and ideas with the world.]]>3600amwriting,books,jessiescoffeeshop,klrnradio,writingcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/rj-batla-fire-eyes-awakened--12833874
With an invasion imminent and a death sentence over his head, Jayton is chosen to fight in a gladiator style tournament to prevent a potent weapon from falling into the hands of an enemy bent on conquest. A team of elite warriors escorts him on the trek fraught with danger.

Can Jayton and his team survive long enough to complete his mission, or will the dark power burning inside consume him?]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/12833874Tue, 19 Sep 2017 01:00:05 +0000KLRNRadioJayton Baird worked for years to save enough for his powers to be Awakened, becoming a Senturian. Protectors of Terranum from the terrors on the West Side. This power comes with a price - Jayton becomes the most powerful Senturian Awakened in a...
With an invasion imminent and a death sentence over his head, Jayton is chosen to fight in a gladiator style tournament to prevent a potent weapon from falling into the hands of an enemy bent on conquest. A team of elite warriors escorts him on the trek fraught with danger.

Can Jayton and his team survive long enough to complete his mission, or will the dark power burning inside consume him?]]>3600amreading,authorinterviews,books,jessiescoffeeshop,klrnradiocleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/lynne-stringer-once-confronted--12813472Her friend Evan Mansfield sees no need to do anything but hate their assailants. He struggles with bitterness, but Maddy wants to move on. What will she do when one of the men asks for forgiveness?

Lynne Stringer has been passionate about writing all her life, beginning with short stories in her primary school days. She began writing professionally as a journalist and was the editor of a small newspaper (later magazine) for seven years, before turning her hand to screenplay writing and novels.
Lynne is the author of the Verindon trilogy, a young adult science fiction romance series released in 2013. Her latest novel, released in October 2016, is Once Confronted, a contemporary drama. Visit www.lynnestringer.com for more information.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/12813472Sat, 16 Sep 2017 01:00:05 +0000KLRNRadioAfter a normal day turns disastrous, Madison Craig tries to put her life back together. She’s jumping at shadows and finds even familiar places terrifying. Can she forgive the men who hurt her? Her friend Evan Mansfield sees no need to do anything...Her friend Evan Mansfield sees no need to do anything but hate their assailants. He struggles with bitterness, but Maddy wants to move on. What will she do when one of the men asks for forgiveness?

Lynne Stringer has been passionate about writing all her life, beginning with short stories in her primary school days. She began writing professionally as a journalist and was the editor of a small newspaper (later magazine) for seven years, before turning her hand to screenplay writing and novels.
Lynne is the author of the Verindon trilogy, a young adult science fiction romance series released in 2013. Her latest novel, released in October 2016, is Once Confronted, a contemporary drama. Visit www.lynnestringer.com for more information.]]>3600amreading,amwriting,books,jessiescoffeeshop,klrnradiocleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/robinne-weiss-the-dragon-slayer-s-son--12769405At school, Nathan and his new friends soon learn:
Dragons are not what they thought.
Neither is the schoolmaster, Claus Drachenmorder.
And Nathan's dad might not be dead…yet.
Nathan and his friends escape from school and embark on a journey through the mountains to find Nathan's dad. To succeed, they will need to survive the dangers of the mountains, evade Drachenmorder's henchmen, seek the aid of the dragons, and unravel an international ring of wildlife smugglers.

Robinne--an entomologist and educator by training--has never been able to control her writing habit. She has been publishing poetry and short fiction since the 1970s and has been known to answer exam questions in verse. Her books include the middle-grade adventure novels A Glint of Exoskeleton and The Dragon Slayer's Son. Her non-fiction work includes Backyard Bugwatcher, and a teacher's guide, Insects in the Classroom, which draws on her decades of teaching as The Bug Lady.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/12769405Mon, 11 Sep 2017 23:00:03 +0000KLRNRadioNathan is shocked to learn that his father is dead, and even more shocked to learn that he died in the line of duty as a dragon slayer. Everything he thought he knew about his father was a lie. But he has no time to think about what it means before he...At school, Nathan and his new friends soon learn:
Dragons are not what they thought.
Neither is the schoolmaster, Claus Drachenmorder.
And Nathan's dad might not be dead…yet.
Nathan and his friends escape from school and embark on a journey through the mountains to find Nathan's dad. To succeed, they will need to survive the dangers of the mountains, evade Drachenmorder's henchmen, seek the aid of the dragons, and unravel an international ring of wildlife smugglers.

Robinne--an entomologist and educator by training--has never been able to control her writing habit. She has been publishing poetry and short fiction since the 1970s and has been known to answer exam questions in verse. Her books include the middle-grade adventure novels A Glint of Exoskeleton and The Dragon Slayer's Son. Her non-fiction work includes Backyard Bugwatcher, and a teacher's guide, Insects in the Classroom, which draws on her decades of teaching as The Bug Lady.]]>3601amreading,authors,books,jessiescoffeeshop,klrnradiocleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/weston-sullivan-just-off-the-path--12757831Years later, Rapunzel’s guards knock at his door, and they say the words he hoped that he would never hear: Gothel has escaped. As he and Gretel take refuge inside Rapunzel’s castle in the eastern capitol of Hildebrand, Hansel is thrust back into everything he never wanted in the first place: his lies, his legend, and his lust. In the wake of it all, he knows that Gothel has escaped to finish what she started. She is out to make sure that the Sleeping Beauty never wakes, and that Grimm suffocates under her blanket of thorn and vine. In order to find Gothel and save the kingdom, Hansel and Gretel must look for fact in a land of fairy-tale by following a trail of grisly murders, a girl in a red cape, and a powerful little man who can’t stand the sound of his own name.
As they search for answers, Hansel finds that he isn’t the only liar in Grimm, and that there may be a traitor among them of royal proportion.

After graduating with a BA in Creative Writing from the University of South Florida in 2017, Weston Sullivan moved to New York City to live and write in the heart of the industry. In late 2016, he began working as an intern in the submissions department of BookFish Books. His short story, "On the Hillside", won the Anspaugh Award for Fiction in February of 2017, and his novel, JUST OFF THE PATH, is due for release in early September.

He likes to believe that he is in charge of his own destiny, but at the end of the day, he knows that he was born to serve his two beloved cats.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/12757831Sat, 09 Sep 2017 01:00:05 +0000KLRNRadioHansel never asked to be a hero. He never wanted to fall in love with Rapunzel, Queen of the East. He didn’t ask to be raised by Gothel the Wretch, and he certainly never wanted to be credited for her arrest. But more than any of that, Hansel never...Years later, Rapunzel’s guards knock at his door, and they say the words he hoped that he would never hear: Gothel has escaped. As he and Gretel take refuge inside Rapunzel’s castle in the eastern capitol of Hildebrand, Hansel is thrust back into everything he never wanted in the first place: his lies, his legend, and his lust. In the wake of it all, he knows that Gothel has escaped to finish what she started. She is out to make sure that the Sleeping Beauty never wakes, and that Grimm suffocates under her blanket of thorn and vine. In order to find Gothel and save the kingdom, Hansel and Gretel must look for fact in a land of fairy-tale by following a trail of grisly murders, a girl in a red cape, and a powerful little man who can’t stand the sound of his own name.
As they search for answers, Hansel finds that he isn’t the only liar in Grimm, and that there may be a traitor among them of royal proportion.

After graduating with a BA in Creative Writing from the University of South Florida in 2017, Weston Sullivan moved to New York City to live and write in the heart of the industry. In late 2016, he began working as an intern in the submissions department of BookFish Books. His short story, "On the Hillside", won the Anspaugh Award for Fiction in February of 2017, and his novel, JUST OFF THE PATH, is due for release in early September.

He likes to believe that he is in charge of his own destiny, but at the end of the day, he knows that he was born to serve his two beloved cats.]]>3601amreading,amwriting,books,jessiescoffeeshop,klrnradiocleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/gerald-and-the-amulet-of-zonrach-carl-hackman--12725865https://api.spreaker.com/episode/12725865Tue, 05 Sep 2017 00:00:06 +0000KLRNRadio3601amreading,authors,books,jessiescoffeeshop,klrnradiocleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ben-d-alessio-binge-until-tragedy--12707820But through the haze of hallucinogens and prostitutes, new friends and new lovers (Joel quite liked to use the word 'lover,' when in Europe), bloody red wine and absinthe, something gnaws at Joel in the pit. It follows him from Paris, across the pulsating cities of the continent. It takes hold of him and eats away at his thoughts, his mood, his friendships.
Across the warm waters of the Mediterranean, an awakening foments on the coasts of North Africa: Revolution.

Binge Until Tragedy is Ben D'Alessio's debut novel. He lives in New Orleans with a very mischievous cat named Kennedy.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/12707820Sat, 02 Sep 2017 01:00:04 +0000KLRNRadioLaden with the grief of losing his childhood best friend to suicide and the weight of the “Real World” approaching fast, Joel Lupo buys a one-way ticket to Paris after graduating from college. With his faithful friends, Riley and Kev, at his side, a...But through the haze of hallucinogens and prostitutes, new friends and new lovers (Joel quite liked to use the word 'lover,' when in Europe), bloody red wine and absinthe, something gnaws at Joel in the pit. It follows him from Paris, across the pulsating cities of the continent. It takes hold of him and eats away at his thoughts, his mood, his friendships.
Across the warm waters of the Mediterranean, an awakening foments on the coasts of North Africa: Revolution.

Binge Until Tragedy is Ben D'Alessio's debut novel. He lives in New Orleans with a very mischievous cat named Kennedy.]]>3600amreading,books,jessiescoffeeshop,klrnradio,writingcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/tanya-binford-crossing-the-wake--12673796
About the Author
Tanya Binford grew up in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She got married in her second year of college and dropped out when she was pregnant with her daughter at 19. Her son was born two years later. When her children were young she lived in the San Francisco Bay Area in California. After a difficult ten year marriage, she divorced and went to nursing school to earn her associates degree in nursing. After becoming a nurse, she moved to Tucson, Arizona, where she lived for the next 14 yrs. During that time, she obtained her advanced degree and became a psychiatric nurse practitioner, working in public mental health. For ten years, she practiced as a nurse practitioner in Nogales, AZ, the later years through tele-psychiatry, out of her home in North Carolina. At 51, she took a year off work to fulfill her dream of circumnavigating the Great Loop cruise
route.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/12673796Mon, 28 Aug 2017 23:00:05 +0000KLRNRadioCrossing the Wake: One Woman’s Great Loop Adventure is both beacon of hope, and an emotionally transformative tale anyone eager to test their own strength will enjoy. A motivating read guaranteed to energize readers into pursuing their passions, Tanya...
About the Author
Tanya Binford grew up in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She got married in her second year of college and dropped out when she was pregnant with her daughter at 19. Her son was born two years later. When her children were young she lived in the San Francisco Bay Area in California. After a difficult ten year marriage, she divorced and went to nursing school to earn her associates degree in nursing. After becoming a nurse, she moved to Tucson, Arizona, where she lived for the next 14 yrs. During that time, she obtained her advanced degree and became a psychiatric nurse practitioner, working in public mental health. For ten years, she practiced as a nurse practitioner in Nogales, AZ, the later years through tele-psychiatry, out of her home in North Carolina. At 51, she took a year off work to fulfill her dream of circumnavigating the Great Loop cruise
route.]]>3601adventure,amreading,books,jessiescoffeeshop,klrnradiocleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/joann-franklin-the-raindrop-institute--12659662Dart Sommers is 58, divorced, and an assistant professor of psychology at a North Carolina coastal university. She's three months shy of promotion and tenure, down to her last chance to make a career in academe, when her new boss questions her research.
Dart isn't a doomsayer. She has evidence to prove that civilization collapse is imminent, and that she can stop it. Dean J. Asher Wright doesn't believe her. He insists she find something more practical to study that will make a difference, and if she doesn’t, she’s out of a job.
Should Dart stay and fight for the job she's earned or leave?
Before she can act to implement The Raindrop Institute, a think tank that will, she hopes, prevent civilization collapse, her father, a crusty old farmer in Illinois, has an accident and she must go to him. As Will Sommers struggles to defy death, Dart struggles to understand that everything she believed about her relationship with her father might be wrong. Dart confronts her fears, heals old regrets, and finds the courage she needs to risk her tenure bid, her job, and her reputation.
Back home in North Carolina, Dart trains four older single women to use insight as a weapon to bring about societal change. These reluctant superheroes aren't cut out for the job, but they're willing to give it their all.
If you like engaging, well written dialogue framing change and social upheaval at the core-family level on to the greater society, pick up a copy of The Raindrop Institute today.
Experience these odd superheroes and their thought-filled adventures.
The author bio:
JoAnn Franklin lives near the ocean in North Carolina with her handsome husband, a sandcast of a Labrador puppy and fond memories of a black cat named Baxter. She has a Ph.D. in educational administration, and finished her educational career teaching graduate courses to principals and superintendents who wanted to earn a doctorate and to educators who wanted to become principals. She left academe to write stories that can make a difference.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/12659662Sat, 26 Aug 2017 20:20:03 +0000KLRNRadioTHE FATE OF HUMANITY RESTS WITH ONE WOMAN . . . AND HER FOUR RENTERS Dart Sommers is 58, divorced, and an assistant professor of psychology at a North Carolina coastal university. She's three months shy of promotion and tenure, down to her last chance...Dart Sommers is 58, divorced, and an assistant professor of psychology at a North Carolina coastal university. She's three months shy of promotion and tenure, down to her last chance to make a career in academe, when her new boss questions her research.
Dart isn't a doomsayer. She has evidence to prove that civilization collapse is imminent, and that she can stop it. Dean J. Asher Wright doesn't believe her. He insists she find something more practical to study that will make a difference, and if she doesn’t, she’s out of a job.
Should Dart stay and fight for the job she's earned or leave?
Before she can act to implement The Raindrop Institute, a think tank that will, she hopes, prevent civilization collapse, her father, a crusty old farmer in Illinois, has an accident and she must go to him. As Will Sommers struggles to defy death, Dart struggles to understand that everything she believed about her relationship with her father might be wrong. Dart confronts her fears, heals old regrets, and finds the courage she needs to risk her tenure bid, her job, and her reputation.
Back home in North Carolina, Dart trains four older single women to use insight as a weapon to bring about societal change. These reluctant superheroes aren't cut out for the job, but they're willing to give it their all.
If you like engaging, well written dialogue framing change and social upheaval at the core-family level on to the greater society, pick up a copy of The Raindrop Institute today.
Experience these odd superheroes and their thought-filled adventures.
The author bio:
JoAnn Franklin lives near the ocean in North Carolina with her handsome husband, a sandcast of a Labrador puppy and fond memories of a black cat named Baxter. She has a Ph.D. in educational administration, and finished her educational career teaching graduate courses to principals and superintendents who wanted to earn a doctorate and to educators who wanted to become principals. She left academe to write stories that can make a difference.]]>3595amreading,books,jessiescoffeeshop,klrnradiocleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/andy-zach-discusses-my-undead-mother-in-law--12655481
But the world's most powerful criminal plans to control zombies. His only problem with zombies is that they have way too much free will. He has a solution for that. But will it work with Diane Newby?
The world divides into pro-zombie and anti-zombie factions. Battles break out everywhere. Which side will you take? Who will live and who will die?
Andy Zach was born Anastasius Zacharias, in Greece. His parents were both zombies. Growing up, he loved animals of all kinds. After moving to the United States as a child, in high school he won a science fair by bringing toads back from suspended animation. Before turning to fiction, Andy published his PhD thesis "Methods of Revivification for Various Species of the Kingdom Animalia" in the prestigious JAPM, Journal of Paranormal Medicine. Andy, in addition to being the foremost expert on paranormal animals, enjoys breeding phoenixes. He lives in Illinois with his five phoenixes.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/12655481Sat, 26 Aug 2017 01:00:04 +0000KLRNRadioMy mother-in-law, Diane Newby, zombified by accident. She still volunteers at her church bake sales and cooks pot roast for her daughter and son-in-law, Ron Yardley. What ticks her off is when people don't treat her like a normal human being—with...
But the world's most powerful criminal plans to control zombies. His only problem with zombies is that they have way too much free will. He has a solution for that. But will it work with Diane Newby?
The world divides into pro-zombie and anti-zombie factions. Battles break out everywhere. Which side will you take? Who will live and who will die?
Andy Zach was born Anastasius Zacharias, in Greece. His parents were both zombies. Growing up, he loved animals of all kinds. After moving to the United States as a child, in high school he won a science fair by bringing toads back from suspended animation. Before turning to fiction, Andy published his PhD thesis "Methods of Revivification for Various Species of the Kingdom Animalia" in the prestigious JAPM, Journal of Paranormal Medicine. Andy, in addition to being the foremost expert on paranormal animals, enjoys breeding phoenixes. He lives in Illinois with his five phoenixes.]]>3600amreading,amwriting,books,jessiescoffeeshop,klrnradiocleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/author-aria-grace-discusses-choosing-happy--12623027to accept it.

Author Bio:
Born and raised in beautiful California, Aria enjoys the year round sunshine and laid back environment of the west coast. Her career started out in tech writing and web development and has evolved into all things marketing with fingers in everything related to book publishing.
She lives with her husband and two children and more pets than she can keep track of. Despite her crazy schedule, she loves the time she carves out to read and write. Whether it's on the beach or on the couch at 2am, she is a woman obsessed!
She loves to hear from readers so please feel free to drop her a note or visit her website.
If you'd like to know when Aria's next book is coming out or where she'll be signing, join her mailing list at: http://bit.ly/AriaGraceFanList
Where you can find Aria:
Website: http://www.ariagracebooks.com
Email: ariagracebooks@gmail.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AriaGraceBooks
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ariagracebooks
YouTube: http://youtube.com/ariagracebooks
Amazon Author Page: http://www.amazon.com/author/ariagrace]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/12623027Mon, 21 Aug 2017 23:00:04 +0000KLRNRadioSteve is living in Portland with many regrets. He has alienated the people he cares most about by making bad choices that continue to haunt him. When he meets a kid that's in a bad relationship and needs some help, Steve reluctantly offers it, knowing...to accept it.

Author Bio:
Born and raised in beautiful California, Aria enjoys the year round sunshine and laid back environment of the west coast. Her career started out in tech writing and web development and has evolved into all things marketing with fingers in everything related to book publishing.
She lives with her husband and two children and more pets than she can keep track of. Despite her crazy schedule, she loves the time she carves out to read and write. Whether it's on the beach or on the couch at 2am, she is a woman obsessed!
She loves to hear from readers so please feel free to drop her a note or visit her website.
If you'd like to know when Aria's next book is coming out or where she'll be signing, join her mailing list at: http://bit.ly/AriaGraceFanList
Where you can find Aria:
Website: http://www.ariagracebooks.com
Email: ariagracebooks@gmail.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AriaGraceBooks
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ariagracebooks
YouTube: http://youtube.com/ariagracebooks
Amazon Author Page: http://www.amazon.com/author/ariagrace]]>3600amreading,authors,books,jessiescoffeeshop,klrnradiocleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/j-robert-kinney-precipice--12605304
Author Bio:
J. Robert Kinney was born and raised in North Carolina. He has degrees in psychology (Duke University) and forensic science (George Washington University) and is currently working on a PhD from the University of Tennessee in political science, with a specialty in terrorism studies. He’s also lived in Virginia and Washington DC, where he worked in bioethics public policy and lectured on forensic science. Currently residing in Tennessee, he enjoys reading, playing basketball, teaching classes on international relations and terrorism, and traveling. He also loves to study and learn, particularly in the areas of theology, psychology, political science, and forensics.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/12605304Sat, 19 Aug 2017 01:57:50 +0000KLRNRadioA trail of murders, an unexpected enemy, betrayal and desperation plaguing the friendly, suburban town…A young government agent tasked with solving it, battling his own demons along the way…A new partner with a dicey past, icy exterior, and hidden...
Author Bio:
J. Robert Kinney was born and raised in North Carolina. He has degrees in psychology (Duke University) and forensic science (George Washington University) and is currently working on a PhD from the University of Tennessee in political science, with a specialty in terrorism studies. He’s also lived in Virginia and Washington DC, where he worked in bioethics public policy and lectured on forensic science. Currently residing in Tennessee, he enjoys reading, playing basketball, teaching classes on international relations and terrorism, and traveling. He also loves to study and learn, particularly in the areas of theology, psychology, political science, and forensics.]]>2849amreading,books,jessiescoffeeshop,klrnradiocleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/marc-johnson-catalyst--12575359Far from home, Alexandria’s princess is abducted. When a young villager named Hellsfire stumbles upon her and her captors, he rushes in to rescue her, alone and unarmed. His fear and fury unleash an uncontrollable magical force that grants him the power to save the princess—and change the world.
Hellsfire has never craved nor dreamed of power. But such magic as he now possesses has not been seen in Northern Shala for a thousand years, since the devastation of the War of the Wizards and the creation of the Wastelands.
Now Hellsfire must leave all he’s ever known, and make a dangerous journey to learn to master this wild, ferocious power—power he knows he is not ready to wield. More difficult still, he needs to master his emotions. If he can’t, the power will consume him, Alexandria will fall, and darkness will eclipse the land, destroying everyone he loves.
In the dead of cold, the spark shall burn…

Marc Johnson has moved a lot since his parents divorced when he was two. He also can’t answer a straight question and has developed a taste for sarcastic wit over the years. Probably also for the same reason.
He hasn’t won any awards, but he does have a deep knowledge of Transformers, Star Trek, and The Twilight Zone–his top three geeky loves. He writes because he loves stories and hopes to one day have written something successful as a movie, TV show, comic, book, magazine, and play.
Marc Johnson also loves to game, whether it be video, card, or board. He loves to test his mind in the challenges they bring…until the zombie, alien, or robot apocalypse comes.

http://www.marcanthonyjohnson.com]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/12575359Mon, 14 Aug 2017 23:00:04 +0000KLRNRadioFor centuries, the kingdom of Alexandria has protected Northern Shala from the monstrous creatures lurking in the Wastelands. Now, a dark force threatens that fragile peace. Far from home, Alexandria’s princess is abducted. When a young villager named...Far from home, Alexandria’s princess is abducted. When a young villager named Hellsfire stumbles upon her and her captors, he rushes in to rescue her, alone and unarmed. His fear and fury unleash an uncontrollable magical force that grants him the power to save the princess—and change the world.
Hellsfire has never craved nor dreamed of power. But such magic as he now possesses has not been seen in Northern Shala for a thousand years, since the devastation of the War of the Wizards and the creation of the Wastelands.
Now Hellsfire must leave all he’s ever known, and make a dangerous journey to learn to master this wild, ferocious power—power he knows he is not ready to wield. More difficult still, he needs to master his emotions. If he can’t, the power will consume him, Alexandria will fall, and darkness will eclipse the land, destroying everyone he loves.
In the dead of cold, the spark shall burn…

Marc Johnson has moved a lot since his parents divorced when he was two. He also can’t answer a straight question and has developed a taste for sarcastic wit over the years. Probably also for the same reason.
He hasn’t won any awards, but he does have a deep knowledge of Transformers, Star Trek, and The Twilight Zone–his top three geeky loves. He writes because he loves stories and hopes to one day have written something successful as a movie, TV show, comic, book, magazine, and play.
Marc Johnson also loves to game, whether it be video, card, or board. He loves to test his mind in the challenges they bring…until the zombie, alien, or robot apocalypse comes.

http://www.marcanthonyjohnson.com]]>3599amreading,authors,books,jessiescoffeeshopcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/errin-krystal-the-last-dragon-rider--12557515
Errin Krystal is a fantasy romance writer who has been writing since she was a small child. Her head has always been full of stories. She began work on her first novel when she was sixteen. She lives with her family in regional Victoria, Australia, and works as a chef. In her quieter moments, she loves to indulge her passion for storytelling, basking in the joy that comes from creating vibrant characters, fantastical worlds and all manner of magical creatures. Dragons and elves, mages and warriors, troubled princes and beautiful princesses, romance, magic, and adventure can all be found in her writing.

Find out more about Errin:
http://errinkrystal.weebly.com/
https://twitter.com/ErrinKrystal]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/12557515Sat, 12 Aug 2017 01:00:57 +0000KLRNRadioTrained as an elite warrior from childhood, the elven crown prince Flintathriël fights to bring a stop to a war that began before he was born. With the aid of his betrothed Sairalindë, a skilled mage and dragon rider in her own right, they must find...
Errin Krystal is a fantasy romance writer who has been writing since she was a small child. Her head has always been full of stories. She began work on her first novel when she was sixteen. She lives with her family in regional Victoria, Australia, and works as a chef. In her quieter moments, she loves to indulge her passion for storytelling, basking in the joy that comes from creating vibrant characters, fantastical worlds and all manner of magical creatures. Dragons and elves, mages and warriors, troubled princes and beautiful princesses, romance, magic, and adventure can all be found in her writing.

Find out more about Errin:
http://errinkrystal.weebly.com/
https://twitter.com/ErrinKrystal]]>3599authors,books,jessiescoffeeshop,klrnradiocleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/coffee-shop-hidden-traps-by-judy-l-mohr--12507494
Learn about many of the hidden traps of building an online writer’s platform, and how to avoid them. At the end of the day, it’s about protecting yourself and your reputation.

Kiwi Judy L Mohr is a writer of fantasy and science fiction. She is also a freelance editor with Black Wolf Editorial Services (blackwolfeditorial.com), working on projects from writers around the world. When she isn't writing, editing, or doing something for writing within the local community, she is hosting her own radio show about science on KLRNRadio. You can follow her crazy adventures on her blog (judylmohr.com) or on Twitter (@JudyLMohr).]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/12507494Sat, 05 Aug 2017 01:00:10 +0000KLRNRadioThere are so many different elements that go into forming an online platform, but there are many traps that writers are unaware of. Are your social media posts just links with a few disjointed words, making you look like someone who can’t complete a...
Learn about many of the hidden traps of building an online writer’s platform, and how to avoid them. At the end of the day, it’s about protecting yourself and your reputation.

Kiwi Judy L Mohr is a writer of fantasy and science fiction. She is also a freelance editor with Black Wolf Editorial Services (blackwolfeditorial.com), working on projects from writers around the world. When she isn't writing, editing, or doing something for writing within the local community, she is hosting her own radio show about science on KLRNRadio. You can follow her crazy adventures on her blog (judylmohr.com) or on Twitter (@JudyLMohr).]]>3602books,interviews,podcast,socialmediacleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/author-joshua-baldwin-discusses-his-debut-book-becoming-you-and-i--12235637After leaving Oakwood High, Jamie and Clara decide to go against the wishes of their parents to pursue traditional jobs, which results in the breakdown of their relationships. But this - along with the remarks from school thug Nelson and gossip girl Beatrice - is enough to convince them to prove everybody else wrong and to prove themselves right.
Escaping to Clara's estranged grandmother's house on the coast and with Granny Ashwood's help, the duo set up a small stall to kickstart their dream.
Before they know it, they're jetting off to New York City, where they meet self-made musicians Jake and Emily. From their penthouse, the newly-formed team join forces to make their dreams realities.
However, nothing is ever that simple, and Jamie and Clara will have to put their friendship and their drive to the test to overcome the obstacles that lay in the way...
joshbaldwin.org or on Twitter @JoshB_xx]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/12235637Wed, 28 Jun 2017 18:28:52 +0000KLRNRadioThe debut novel from Josh Baldwin, BECOMING YOU AND I, a young adult contemporary, follows Jamie Watkins and Clara Ashwood, who both share one dream: to be successful designers within the fashion industry. After leaving Oakwood High, Jamie and Clara...After leaving Oakwood High, Jamie and Clara decide to go against the wishes of their parents to pursue traditional jobs, which results in the breakdown of their relationships. But this - along with the remarks from school thug Nelson and gossip girl Beatrice - is enough to convince them to prove everybody else wrong and to prove themselves right.
Escaping to Clara's estranged grandmother's house on the coast and with Granny Ashwood's help, the duo set up a small stall to kickstart their dream.
Before they know it, they're jetting off to New York City, where they meet self-made musicians Jake and Emily. From their penthouse, the newly-formed team join forces to make their dreams realities.
However, nothing is ever that simple, and Jamie and Clara will have to put their friendship and their drive to the test to overcome the obstacles that lay in the way...
joshbaldwin.org or on Twitter @JoshB_xx]]>2267jessiescoffeeshop,klrnradiocleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/jessie-talks-nanowrimo--9810751https://api.spreaker.com/episode/9810751Sun, 06 Nov 2016 19:55:12 +0000KLRNRadio4334amwriting,jessiescoffeeshop,klrnradio,nanowrimo,writingcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/interview-with-christopher-keene--9486566After a terrible car crash puts seventeen-year-old Noah Newbolt into a coma, he is hooked up to the innovative Dream Engine—a virtual reality helmet that immerses the player in an online fantasy game. The Dream Engine keeps Noah’s mind alive while the doctors work feverishly to heal his body, but dying in the game could send Noah back into a coma, forever.
While Noah learns how to survive in the competitive Dream Game, his girlfriend is slowly dying of injuries from the same crash. The doctors’ attempts to connect her to the game seem to have failed. Then Noah starts receiving mysterious notes which suggest that the last remnants of her consciousness are being held prisoner in the most dangerous part of the game.
In order to reach her, Noah aligns himself with a group of high-level players. They teach him all the tips and tricks of the game, but the better Noah gets the more the other players are threatened by him. Soon there is a bounty on his head. Can Noah stay alive long enough to save his girlfriend and escape the game?

Meet Christopher KeeneChrisopherKeene
Growing up in the small town of Timaru, New Zealand, Christopher Keene was the first student from Mountainview High School to win the annual creative writing trophy two years in a row with his fantasy short stories. Having a mother who enjoyed painting and an accountant father, as well as a brother who also became an accountant, Christopher broke the trend of the males in his family by following his mother’s more artistic career path.
Moving to Christchurch to study a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature, he won first place in the University of Canterbury Gazette creative writing competition. He stayed on at Canterbury to do Honors because of the creative writing course it provided, while also writing a blog to share his love of the fantasy and science fiction genres in novels, films, comics, games and anime. He recently received two honorable mentions in the Writers of the Future Competition under the pen name Hayley D. Woolf.
Christopher is dedicated to reading and writing fiction in the hope of publishing a popular fantasy or science fiction series that he can be proud to put on a shelf in his favorite book stores.

Christopher's blog site https://fantasyandanime.wordpress.com/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/9486566Sun, 25 Sep 2016 23:55:00 +0000KLRNRadioAbout Stuck in the Game After a terrible car crash puts seventeen-year-old Noah Newbolt into a coma, he is hooked up to the innovative Dream Engine—a virtual reality helmet that immerses the player in an online fantasy game. The Dream Engine keeps...After a terrible car crash puts seventeen-year-old Noah Newbolt into a coma, he is hooked up to the innovative Dream Engine—a virtual reality helmet that immerses the player in an online fantasy game. The Dream Engine keeps Noah’s mind alive while the doctors work feverishly to heal his body, but dying in the game could send Noah back into a coma, forever.
While Noah learns how to survive in the competitive Dream Game, his girlfriend is slowly dying of injuries from the same crash. The doctors’ attempts to connect her to the game seem to have failed. Then Noah starts receiving mysterious notes which suggest that the last remnants of her consciousness are being held prisoner in the most dangerous part of the game.
In order to reach her, Noah aligns himself with a group of high-level players. They teach him all the tips and tricks of the game, but the better Noah gets the more the other players are threatened by him. Soon there is a bounty on his head. Can Noah stay alive long enough to save his girlfriend and escape the game?

Meet Christopher KeeneChrisopherKeene
Growing up in the small town of Timaru, New Zealand, Christopher Keene was the first student from Mountainview High School to win the annual creative writing trophy two years in a row with his fantasy short stories. Having a mother who enjoyed painting and an accountant father, as well as a brother who also became an accountant, Christopher broke the trend of the males in his family by following his mother’s more artistic career path.
Moving to Christchurch to study a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature, he won first place in the University of Canterbury Gazette creative writing competition. He stayed on at Canterbury to do Honors because of the creative writing course it provided, while also writing a blog to share his love of the fantasy and science fiction genres in novels, films, comics, games and anime. He recently received two honorable mentions in the Writers of the Future Competition under the pen name Hayley D. Woolf.
Christopher is dedicated to reading and writing fiction in the hope of publishing a popular fantasy or science fiction series that he can be proud to put on a shelf in his favorite book stores.

Christopher's blog site https://fantasyandanime.wordpress.com/]]>3471amreading,jessiescoffeeshop,klrnradio,readingcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/author-paul-h-b-shin-discusses-his-novel-half-life--9343898Nuclear scientist Han Chol-Soo is on a tenuous diplomatic mission to the United States. There he is forced to embark upon a high-stakes pursuit after his wife disappears with their newborn son. Paralyzed with fear at the repercussions of her decision, Han turns to his colleague Park Jun-Young for help—a man that he suspects is an intelligence operative.
He soon regrets his decision as Park cuts a swath of mayhem in the name of helping Han, and the chase forces Han to confront the harsh realities of his home country.

Connect with Paul:
Website: http://www.paulhbshin.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/PaulHBShin
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PaulHBShinAuthor/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/9343898Tue, 06 Sep 2016 15:55:06 +0000KLRNRadioThe year is 1997. North Korea is suffering from a devastating famine that has shaken the foundation of the ruling class. A series of high-profile defections to the West has led the reclusive country’s leadership into the grasp of paranoia. Nuclear...Nuclear scientist Han Chol-Soo is on a tenuous diplomatic mission to the United States. There he is forced to embark upon a high-stakes pursuit after his wife disappears with their newborn son. Paralyzed with fear at the repercussions of her decision, Han turns to his colleague Park Jun-Young for help—a man that he suspects is an intelligence operative.
He soon regrets his decision as Park cuts a swath of mayhem in the name of helping Han, and the chase forces Han to confront the harsh realities of his home country.

Connect with Paul:
Website: http://www.paulhbshin.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/PaulHBShin
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PaulHBShinAuthor/]]>4185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/jessies-coffee-shop-p-mark-debryan-family-reunion-j--9248074
The South African flu had put the fear of God into the world. But the press and the government assured one and all that a revolutionary nanovaccine developed by Dr. Julian Ruegg had stopped the outbreak in its tracks. The vaccine had stopped the flu, yes. But two weeks later a strange and deadly side effect became apparent, a side effect worse than the flu—far, far worse.

Jay Brant, mother of two and ex-FBI fingerprint analyst, is trying to survive and get back to her kids as society unravels around her.

Nothing matters more than getting her son Mark and his wife to safety in West Virginia, and then rescuing her daughter Auddy, who lives in South Carolina.

Jay had put her husband on a plane bound for his family reunion in Seattle, then set off on a road trip to the eastern panhandle of West Virginia. Her job requires the trip once every two weeks, and the four-hour drive and overnight stay are completely routine.

As the day unfolds, she begins to realize that this trip will be anything but routine.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/9248074Tue, 23 Aug 2016 20:19:40 +0000KLRNRadioFrom the author of the wildly successful debut novel Family Reunion, P. Mark DeBryan, comes a new and terrifying apocalypse family novel. The South African flu had put the fear of God into the world. But the press and the government assured one and...
The South African flu had put the fear of God into the world. But the press and the government assured one and all that a revolutionary nanovaccine developed by Dr. Julian Ruegg had stopped the outbreak in its tracks. The vaccine had stopped the flu, yes. But two weeks later a strange and deadly side effect became apparent, a side effect worse than the flu—far, far worse.

Jay Brant, mother of two and ex-FBI fingerprint analyst, is trying to survive and get back to her kids as society unravels around her.

Nothing matters more than getting her son Mark and his wife to safety in West Virginia, and then rescuing her daughter Auddy, who lives in South Carolina.

Jay had put her husband on a plane bound for his family reunion in Seattle, then set off on a road trip to the eastern panhandle of West Virginia. Her job requires the trip once every two weeks, and the four-hour drive and overnight stay are completely routine.

As the day unfolds, she begins to realize that this trip will be anything but routine.]]>5040amreading,amwriting,indi-publishing,jessiescoffeeshop,klrnradiocleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/jessies-coffee-shop-with-author-shelley-chappell--9122771http://www.shelleychappell.com/ Check out her amazing stories.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/9122771Thu, 04 Aug 2016 14:55:05 +0000KLRNRadioAuthor Shelley Chappell discusses her writing process, her unusual thesis title and of course her novel. For more information Shelley has a website http://www.shelleychappell.com/ Check out her amazing stories.http://www.shelleychappell.com/ Check out her amazing stories.]]>4781amreading,author,beyondthebriar,jessiescoffeeshopcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/judy-l-mohr-discusses-editing--8907458https://api.spreaker.com/episode/8907458Sun, 03 Jul 2016 07:00:44 +0000KLRNRadio3904cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/assaph-mehr--8507245Israeli turned Aussie author Assaph Mehr discusses why he wrote his first book. He also discusses the writers platform and it's importance. Why he self published and much more. You can connect with him https://egretia.com/ https://twitter.com/assaphmehr
https://www.facebook.com/AssaphMehrAuthor/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/8507245Sat, 14 May 2016 18:55:37 +0000KLRNRadio(Originally aired as part of Jessie's POV) Israeli turned Aussie author Assaph Mehr discusses why he wrote his first book. He also discusses the writers platform and it's importance. Why he self published and much more. You can connect with him...Israeli turned Aussie author Assaph Mehr discusses why he wrote his first book. He also discusses the writers platform and it's importance. Why he self published and much more. You can connect with him https://egretia.com/ https://twitter.com/assaphmehr
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