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Episode 229 – Interview with Kristie De Garis

Kristie De Garis is a writer, photographer, and artist. Her premier novel, Drystone: A Life Rebuilt, is a beautiful gut-punch of a memoir that offers an unflinching view of a childhood being different and alien, dysfunctional family ties, and alcohol abuse that acts as undiagnosed neurodivergent coping skills. Everyone has a story to tell, and Kristie is here to talk about how she got it wrong but still persisted, and how her eventual fascination with stones and their visual impact helped her do course corrections to success. Kristie says write your story! Start today! … Continue…Episode 229 – Interview with Kristie De Garis

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Episode 228 – Stories from HR

We always say that all storytelling is important, because every story written has someone else needs to hear it. Jeannie’s old high school friend Dari DeSousa runs an HR consulting business, and she got together with other HR leads to tell stories from their own lived experiences. They turned these anecdotes into a book with warnings and advice for leaders in industry. The book, HR After Dark, looks to be the first of a series of stories and the lessons that can be learned from them. Come listen to Dari recounting how she learned about finding a cover artist, editing, and publishing as a group project! … Continue…Episode 228 – Stories from HR

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Episode 227 – LA Gangsters with Lynn Harrod

From an idea pitched to the film industry for a TV series, Lynn Harrod has created a thrilling novel based on a genius Filipino gangster making his way into the power structures of the greater Los Angeles sprawl. The Duke of Temple Street is a great thriller, outlining a neurodivergent man navigating the web of family and heritage against making money and surviving in a very real scenario of multiple gangs and undercover OCC agents. Enjoy!
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Episode 226 – Interview with Helen Hynson Vettori

Come meet the author of the Black Swan Trilogy as we talk about book 2, Black Swan Shock. Helen was a Senior Medical Intelligence Analyst before the covid pandemic, specializing in planning and preparing for biological incidents. She brings that vivid, very real knowledge of how Black Swan events start and spread and “should” be contained — so the reactions of her fictional personas are true to life. In Black Swan Shock, our heroine represents as an athlete with Down’s Syndrome, who rescues people after a catastrophic earthquake. … Continue…Episode 226 – Interview with Helen Hynson Vettori

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Episode 225 – Interview with Leokadia George

Leokadia joins us to talk about the series of children’s books she wrote featuring Trumpet, the grey wolf. Her writing grew out of volunteering at a Wolf Conservation Center aiming to introduce kids to wolves in a new way. These children’s books explore Trumpet’s life from being the baby miracle pup through to having pups of her own, and the whole journey is beautifully illustrated by Maddy Moore. Come meet Trumpet, Wolf F1505! … Continue…Episode 225 – Interview with Leokadia George