The podcast has been going strong for 6 months. If you look at the list of authors interviewed and their books, they are quite a diverse group of wonderful people. If you have not, find the type of book you like to read and click that category on the podcast. I encourage you to check out the authors and read their books.

I also wanted to update everyone on my own writing. I have plans for books and stories to come out throughout the next several months. It is a very exciting time and there will be lots of new adventures to read. I also include writing lessons and activities for kids in my books. If you are a teacher or homeschool parent, check those out.

If you are interested in keeping up with The Bookstore Project, check it out here. There is a network of authors that are working together and putting a bunch of our books in local and independent bookstores. They are donations because it's something we can do to help our favorite bookstores during these tough times. If you live in an area with one of these bookstores, please visit them and check out the books.

Transcript

Stephen 0:52Welcome to another episode of discovered word Smith. This is the host Steven, I hope you've come with me and enjoyed the episodes we've had. So far. It's been six months. And that pretty much astounds me that there are that many new authors that will want to and need to get out there get heard, and we'd like to discuss their books. If you have not checked out the author's we have interviewed if you have not checked out the previous episodes, check out the authors check out the books on the website, I've tried to categorize them as to what style genre the writers books are. So look for the books that you like, let these authors know you like their books, give them some reviews, these authors work just as hard as other authors that you may see in the stores, but they aren't as known. That's why I started this podcast. Now, you may notice that my latest episodes are in two parts. The last one I'd had with Penny Appleton or Jackie Penn is in two parts. The first part is the interview, just like I've done, where I talked to the author, find out about them find out about their book. And this is great for readers. So check out part A, Part B is the same author. But this time we sit and discuss a topic that is of interest to other writers, not necessarily readers. So I've broken it in the two parts this way. And I'm addressing the needs of two different groups. Now I know most writers are also readers. So that may be of interest to you, A and B. But if you're just a reader, check out the a an upcoming future episodes with other writers we're doing the same thing. And it's an interesting conversation because new authors sometimes think that their problems are just for them. But lots of new authors have the same problems. That's what we're gonna be talking about discussing trying to help other new authors, other writers out there. So check it out. I've got several episodes in the can, as they say ready to go. And I've got a few more coming up. So it should be nonstop every week and episode. Now, me personally, as I mentioned before, I have booked one of town magician out, it's done. It's out there, people have been reading it, I feel great. I have a lot of short stories to go with that. And Book Two is about to come out. I've been working on a few things and got a little sidetracked. I've got a sequel to book one. That's a novella that I want to get out before book two. So I really think Book Two is coming out before Christmas. Still, I guess that's one of the benefits and problems of being a independent self published author is you can release whenever you want. But that doesn't always mean you know exactly when it's coming out. So I apologize. But look for that the sequel novella,