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Host Kerry Schafer and author Dacia Arnold discuss creative mindset and how to bring it not only to writing but also to marketing.

International Book Award winning author Lilas Taha - Author joins me on Wine Women & Writing Radio for a very interesting and inspiring chat about her suspenseful, romantic multicultural novel LOST IN THYME, her seat-of-your-pants, freestyle method of novel writing, her character's search for cultural identity, the meaning of the title, and how she is inspired to write about victims of domestic abuse.

For more information about Lilas, visit http://lilastaha.com

For more on Pamela, the show, and her books, visit http://pamelafaganhutchins.com

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On this episode of "Now, Appalachia," Eliot interviews North Carolina author Elaine Neil Orr. Elaine Orr is a writer of fiction, memoir, and literary criticism. With stories set in Nigeria and the American South, she delves into themes of home, country, and spiritual longing. Orr was born in Nigeria to medical missionary parents and spent her growing-up years in the savannahs and rain forests of that country. She is an award-winning Professor of English at North Carolina State University and serves on the faculty of the low-residency MFA in Writing Program at Spalding University.

Author Gill Paul joins Your Book Garden Radio

Gill Pauls historical novels have reached the top of the USA Today, Toronto Globe & Mail and kindle charts, and been translated into twenty languages. They include two bestselling Romanov novels -THE SECRET WIFE and THE LOST DAUGHTER - as well as WOMEN AND CHILDREN FIRST, which was shortlisted for the 2013 RNA Epic Novel of the Year award, NO PLACE FOR A LADY, shortlisted for a Love Stories award, and ANOTHER WOMAN'S HUSBAND, about links between Wallis Simpson and Princess Diana.

Tina Susedik is an award-winning, Amazon best-selling, multi-published author with books in both fiction and non-fiction, including history, children’s, military books and romances. Her favorite is writing romance stories where her characters live happily ever after. Tina also writes spicier romance as Anita Kidesu. Her romantic suspense, “Love With a Side of Crazy,” was recently named for Book of the Year in Romance with Authors on the Air Global Radio network.

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What is a MacGuffin? Since Alfred Hitchcock coined the term, his definition—such as it is—might be best:

“The main thing I’ve learned over the years is that the MacGuffin is nothing. I’m convinced of this, but I find it difficult to prove it to others.”

On this episode of "Now, Appalachia," Eliot interviews North Carolina author Elaine Neal Orr. Elaine Neil Orr is a writer of fiction, memoir, and literary criticism. With stories set in Nigeria and the American South, she delves into themes of home, country, and spiritual longing. Orr was born in Nigeria to medical missionary parents and spent her growing-up years in the savannahs and rain forests of that country. She is an award-winning Professor of English at North Carolina State University and serves on the faculty of the low-residency MFA in Writing Program at Spalding University.

Perennial NYT bestseller JA Jance steps into the Interrogation Room to clear up a few things about her writing and craft. JA started writing in the 60's when women were supposed to be teachers and nurses. In 1968, a publisher expressed interest in a children's story she'd written, but the public didn't read her novels until 1985 with the release of her first JP Beaumont story, entitled UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY. Since the beginning of that series, JA's released 70 fictions in 4 series and a book of autobiographical poetry. Her latest Beaumont release is entitled SINS OF THE FATHER and releases on 24-Sept.

For this episode, JA and Writers On The Beat host Gavin Reese discussed her lifelong intent to write; the terrifying inspiration for her novels; how she met "Homicide Hunter" LT Joe Kenda; and keeping her aging characters authentic for the times and their personalities.

JA's works:

https://www.amazon.com/J-A-Jance/e/B000API61K

JA's site:

https://jajance.com

Gavin's works:

https://www.amazon.com/Gavin-Reese/e/B072W5PPGS/

Gavin's site:

https://gavinreese.com

Article on JA's narrow escape from death:

http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/get_out/tucson-suspense-writer-j-a-jance-got-started-in-her/article_0ef700f0-51fa-5ef9-9eda-bdaf5de775ef.html

Attorney and bestselling author Jode Millman steps into the Interrogation Room to answer a few questions about her craft and writing. Jode earned a BA and JD from Syracuse University and an MA in English Literature from Eastern Michigan. She's since been recognized for her expertise and professional contributions to the legal and broadcasting fields, and she's served on the Adjunct Faculty at the University of Detroit Mercy Law School and Marist College. She founded the Hudson Valley Fiction Writers Workshop in 2011 and served as a Thrillerfest 19 panelist in 2017. Jode regularly contributes to Sisters In Crime's quarterly newsletter, called "InSinC."

For this episode, Jode and Writers On The Beat host Gavin Reese discussed her recent debut fiction release, THE MIDNIGHT CALL; writing legal thrillers; the guidance and help of writing mentors; the original insanity defense case that inspired her debut fiction novel; and the influence of Louise Penny and Robert Galbraith.

Jode's new release:

https://www.amazon.com/Midnight-Call-Jodé-Millman-ebook/dp/B07PXGWZ26

Gavin's works:

https://www.amazon.com/Gavin-Reese/e/B072W5PPGS/

Gavin's site:

https://gavinreese.com

Louise Penny's new release:

https://www.amazon.com/Better-Man-Chief-Inspector-Gamache-ebook/dp/B07NTMH6DR/

Dr. Natasha Bajema interviews Jeffrey Smith and Zachary Fryer-Biggs about hypersonic and lethal autonomous weapons. Jeffrey is the managing editor for national security at the Center for Public Integrity, one of the oldest and largest nonprofit news organizations in the country. He’s had a 25-year career covering defense, intelligence and foreign policy matters and held key reporting and editorial roles at The Washington Post. Zachary has been a national security and intelligence reporter for ten years, working for Newsweek, Janes, and Defense News. He joined the Center for Public Integrity in 2018 as a national security reporter. We talk about hypersonic weapons, nuclear deterrence, artificial intelligence, and robots on the battlefield.

Authors on the Air host Pam Stack is delighted to welcome the new authors from the new Polis Book impraint, Agora, including Tori Eldridge, Patricia Smith, John Vercher and editor Chantelle Aimee Osman, and publisher Jason Pinter.

Polis Books is proud to announce the launch of Agora, a new imprint devoted to crime fiction from unique and diverse voices from across all cultural spectrums. Chantelle Aimée Osman joins Polis as Editor for Agora, which will launch in the Fall of 2019 with three exciting debut novels:

THREE-FIFTHS by John Vercher

REMEMBER by Patricia Smith

THE NINJA DAUGHTER by Tori Eldridge

The first three titles to be released from Agora in 2019 will be Three-Fifths by John Vercher, the story of a biracial man who discovers a childhood friend has become a neo-nazi; Remember by Patricia Smith, a novel about woman forced to reconcile with a painful past; and The Ninja Daughter by Tori Eldridge, the tale of a woman who dedicates herself to becoming a modern day ninja after the murder of her sister.

Pinter said the launch of Agora Books—agora means open forum—is an effort to “focus on crime novels that delve into the most important issues of our time.” Agora, he said, will offer a diverse roster of authors, whose books will explore “culture, gender, sexuality, society, economy, and politics.”

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