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Kristin Fields shares the personal story that drove her to write A Frenzy of Sparks, reveals an interesting and unusual phobia, and discusses author pitfalls she may have fallen into.

Join Author Libby Fischer Hellmann in conversation with Les Edgerton

"After 25 years as an author and reader, it’s rare for me to start a novel and finish it in one sitting. But I did with HARD TIMES by Les Edgerton. Set during the recent past in the deep South, the novel tells the dark story of Amelia Critchin, a principled and faith-filled woman who accepts responsibility for marrying the wrong man and is punished severely for doing so..."

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The Most Successful Ghost Writer

In American Literary History.

This past March 1st, marked the 29th year Andrew Neiderman has continued the V.C. Andrews franchise, one of the world’s biggest literary franchises and the longest continually running.

Along with his own publications, 46, the most famous of which is The Devil’s Advocate, Neiderman has already gone over 115 published novels, seven of which had been adapted into films. He has co-authored the screenplay for Duplicates on one and written the screenplay for V.C. Andrews’ RAIN that featured Academy Award winner Faye Dunaway and nominee Robert Loggia.

Since Neiderman began his V.C. Andrews authorship, the franchise has gone from just under 30 million books worldwide to now just over 106 million. V.C.

Andrews has been published independently in 95 countries and translated into 24 languages. The international scope of the franchise continues this day with publications through the 45 UK countries, Holland and Germany, among others.

He continues to write and publish both under his own name and as V.C.

VOX VOMITUS: Sometimes, it's not what goes right in the writing process, it's what goes horribly wrong. Host/Gothic Horror novelist Jennifer Anne Gordon (with help from co-hosts/authors Allison Martine and Trisha Mckee) chat with some of the best authors of the day.

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In the criminal investigation or injuries or deaths from gunshot wounds (GWSs), the anatomy of the entry and exit wounds, particularly the former, can reveal the nature of the weapon, the bullet size and characteristics, and of great importance, the distance between the muzzle and the entry wound. This distance can be a game changer when distinguishing between a self-inflicted wound (suicidal or accidental) and one from the hand of another (accidental or homicidal). It can also support or refute suspect and/or witness statements and help with crime scene reconstruction. A wound from a gun several feet away can mean something much different as opposed to one pressed tightly against the victim’s skin.

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The Crows Nest

Richard Meredith's draft card drew the number 9 in 1969. With the Vietnam war raging, he quickly enlisted in the Navy. It would be a defining moment, opening doors to a future he could only have imagined.

For next four decades, Richard leveraged his naval experience to earn a college degree and build a strong career that spanned commercial fishing and marine science. By his own admission, he did a lot of writing, mostly technical manuals.

But in 2015, his keyboarding turned to fiction with the release of Skydance, followed this fall with his second book, The Crow's Nest.

We trace his adventures in The Craft, deconstruct his writing process and learn about how a kid from Flint, Michigan became an up and coming author.

Learn more about Richard at his website: RichardWMeredith.com

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So you think you know the history of women in the West?

Think again.

Join Pamela Fagan Hutchins and Wendy Voorsanger as they discuss Wendy's Prospects of a Woman, the history of women in the west, and much more, on Wine Women & Writing.

Elisabeth Parker comes to California from Massachusetts in 1849 with her new husband, Nate, to reunite with her father, who’s struck gold on the American River. But she soon realizes her husband is not the man she thought―and neither is her father, who abandons them shortly after they arrive. As Nate struggles with his sexuality, Elisabeth is forced to confront her preconceived notions of family, love, and opportunity. She finds comfort in corresponding with her childhood friend back home, writer Louisa May Alcott, and spending time in the company of a mysterious California. Armed with Ralph Waldo Emerson’s Self-Reliance, she sets out to determine her role in building the West, even as she comes to terms with the sacrifices she must make to achieve independence and happiness. A gripping and illuminating window into life in the Old West, Prospects of a Woman is the story of one woman’s passionate quest to carve out a place for herself in the liberal and bewildering society that emerged during the California gold rush frenzy.

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Author Lynne Truss joins me from England to chat about her third Constable Twitten novel, Murder by Milk Bottle. Find out why she chose a Constable as a protagonist. Learn what "twitten" actually means. Discover the word I stole from Catriona McPherson. Hear how stories written to be read aloud differ from stories written to be read on the page. And find out whether Lynne has any first-hand knowledge of the use of milk bottles as murder weapons.

Lynne's dogs drop in to say woof! (That means, hello, please take me for a walk.)

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On the latest episode of Now, Appalachia, Eliot interviews Kentucky author Ellen Birkett Morris. Her fiction has appeared in Shenandoah, AntiochReview, South Carolina Review, and other journals. She received the BevelSummers Prize for short fiction. Morris is a recipient of the Al Smith Fellowfrom the Kentucky Arts Council. Morris has an MFA from QueensUniversity-Charlotte.

Author Kathleen Burkinshaw's Young Adult Novel “The Last Cherry Blossom” Is On Charlotte Readers Podcast, Based on Her Japanese Mother's First-Hand Experience as a Hiroshima Survivor

In today’s episode, we meet award-winning Charlotte writer Kathleen Burkinshaw, author of “The Last Cherry Blossom,” a particularly relevant book in this 75th year from when the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945.

This is a story that offers young readers insight into the Japanese culture, mindset, and daily life during WWII before the atomic bomb was dropped. It is based on Kathleen’s mother’s firsthand experience as a Hiroshima survivor and hopes to warn readers of the immense damage nuclear war can bring, while reminding us that the “enemy” in war is often not so different from ourselves.

In 2018, Book Riot named the book one of “30 Fascinating Historical Fiction Books for Middle School Readers.”

Kathleen starts the show with a reading from the first chapter of the book, where air raids are becoming a regular occurrence for the young protagonist and her classmates as the allies close in.

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Author David Collins Captures the True Essence of the Painful and Emotional Fight for Marriage Equality in "The Accidental Activists" on Charlotte Readers Podcast

In this Under the Covers episode, we visit with David Collins, author of “Accidental Activists: Mark Phariss, Vic Holmes and Their Fight for Marriage Equality in Texas.”

Dale Carpenter, professor of law at the Dedman School of Law (Southern Methodist University) says that “Accidental Activists” is a “beautifully written book” that tells “the story of two men who did the extraordinary in order to live a life of the ordinary.”

Accidental Activists is, first and foremost, a love story of two men, who sixteen years after they met and fell in love, decided that the time had come to bring the fight for same-sex marriage to their home state of Texas.

The book deals with the crippling anxiety they felt growing up gay, the pain and suffering inflicted on them by straight society and, most of all, the ultimate triumph of two courageous men who rose up against determined political and cultural adversaries, fought the legal battles that made gay marriage the law in Texas, and joyfully claimed their right to love in the country they loved.

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