In the fifth season premiere of The Heartland Author Podcast, host Aaron Apollo Camp explains why he still uses a 2002 edition copy of The New York Times Dictionary of Misunderstood, Misused, and Mispronounced Words as an author despite the prevalence of grammar and spelling checking features in modern computer word processing programs.

This episode also includes a correction/update to a statement Aaron made during a episode in the previous season.

For the Season 4 finale of this podcast, host Aaron Apollo Camp interviews Sarah Humpherys. Sarah, a 2022 graduate of Lehi High School in Utah, signed a book publishing deal as a 16-year-old teenager and is the author of the young adult fantasy book Stone Cold.

You can view Sarah's author website here, purchase Stone Cold here, and watch an interview of Sarah by Salt Lake City, Utah NBC affiliate KSL-TV here.

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The interview was recorded on May 25, 2022. During the episode, the host erroneously referred to the current season of the podcast as the fifth season and the upcoming season as the sixth season; in reality, the current season is the fourth season, and the upcoming season is the fifth season.

Season 5 of The Heartland Author Podcast premieres in September 2022!

In this episode, host Aaron Apollo Camp interviews Raegan Pietrucha, a poet, a professional writer, the author of the poetry chapbook An Animal I Can't Name, and the upcoming poetry collection Head of a Gorgon.

The interview was recorded on Mother's Day, and references to Mother's Day during the interview reference the date the interview was recorded.

You can view Raegan's website here, pre-order Head of a Gorgon from Vegetarian Alcoholic Press here, and find An Animal I Can't Name from Two Cups of Press here.

In this episode, host Aaron Apollo Camp interviews Teri M. Brown, the author of Sunflowers Beneath the Snow, a historical fiction novel set in Soviet-era Ukraine.

You can visit Teri's author website here and purchase Sunflowers Beneath the Snow on Amazon here.

In this episode, host Aaron Apollo Camp interviews Kathy Otten, a book coach and an author of multiple short stories and novels.

You can view Kathy's author and book coach website here.

In this episode, host Aaron Apollo Camp interviews Jack Allweil, an author, blogger, and actuary. Jack is the author of Make Better Bets and 15 Weeks to Pass an Actuarial Exam; Make Better Bets is available on Kindle Unlimited. Jack is also the author of the blog Fired to Fire.

You can view Jack's Amazon Author Central page here, and you can view Fired to Fire here.

In this episode, host Aaron Apollo Camp interviews Dave Cole, the author of The Math Kids series of children's books and the young adult book The Window.

You can view the website for The Math Kids series at https://themathkids.com/, and you can view Dave's Amazon Author Central page here.

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Due to a technical issue during the recording of the interview, the parts of the interview where the host was speaking were rerecorded after the interview took place.

In this episode, host Aaron Apollo Camp interviews Cetvies, a human rights advocate who blogs at https://www.inthenameofhumanrights.com/ and is the author of three books available on Smashwords: Nix Deserts, Durga Deserts, and Freya Deserts.

In this episode, host Aaron Apollo Camp interviews editor and author Carol Saller. Carol is a longtime contributing editor of Chicago Manual of Style and the author of three books: the historical fiction book Eddie's War and nonfiction books The Subversive Copy Editor and Moonlight Blogger.

You can view Carol's author website here and her Amazon Author Central page here.

In this episode, host Aaron Apollo Camp interviews Kirsten Weiss, an author who has written dozens of mystery books in multiple series.

You can view Kirsten's author website here and her Amazon Author Central page here.