Florida Writer Podcast

The challenge: Time. The solution: send your family away for a week each summer. Author Ann Brooks manages to take a writing vacation each summer by sending her kids and husband out of town. With just a simple plot outline, Ann finishes her rough draft in a few days. Her first published novel, A Lost Woman, is a story of loss, family secrets, and hopeful redemption. This domestic suspense, with an unexpected twist, will have the reader rethinking their notions of love, family, and motherhood.

By day Ann works with children in an elementary school nurturing her love for writing by night, she labors to create a balanced life of work, family, and reaching for her dream of being a writer.

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The challenge to writing authentic intercultural fiction is not only conducting massive amounts of research but finding individuals who will help you decipher how you address sensitive topics. Author Hannah Edington Tekle talks with Florida Writer Podcast host Alison Nissen about the challenges of finding sensitivity readers who help ensure her work's credibility and sincerity.

Hannah Edington Tekle uses fiction to illuminate life in developing nations and to show the multi-dimensional elements of foreign aid, charity, and economic empowerment in a way that both educates and entertains. In addition to her own work, Hannah has worked as a ghostwriter for over three years and written 70+ novels, as well as quite a few books on business topics for CEOs, thought leaders, and branded finance personalities. She had also written a number of novellas and books on the topic of income generation and how-to guides. Among these, she has had multiple books on the Amazon genre bestseller list as well as many number one new releases.

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Building a house and creating a character--and turning a house into a character with speculative fiction is Ian Kirkpatrick's specialty. Join host Alison Nissen as she uncovers Ian's simple plotting techniques, creative website name, and desire to build a community of writers.

Ian Kirkpatrick is a speculative and satirical author with interesting credentials: an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Tampa and a BA in Theater from the University of Alaska Anchorage. She's lived in a high desert, the frozen tundra, and the subtropics, so, she's got most extreme climates covered. The things she writes can be as dramatically different as the places she's lived, though she tends toward black comedy, satire, and different forms of speculative fiction. She's written novels, short stories, stage plays, and screenplays. She's fairly obsessed with the good and evil in humans, contrast, and the absurdity that is people. SteakhouseBooks.com

Words, sounds, and images are the foundation of emotional storytelling. Experiencing an immersive story is the foundation of Stasha Boyd's writing to create a comprehensive whole, and ultimately, rich connection for audiences and her clients--museums, exhibits, parks, and more.

An audio description consultant and scriptwriter Stasha specializes in audio description program design; access consulting as it relates to space, operations, and visitor experience of the blind and visually impaired community; and staff training regarding working with and serving blind, low-vis, Deaf/deaf, and hard-of-hearing visitors. Discover more @QMediaProductions.com

When the perfect title reveals itself, an author must act. McKenzie Cassidy used his own life as a jumping point to build an unreliable character caught in the web of his father's lies--discovered at his father's funeral in the book Here Lies a Father.

McKenzie is a writer, journalist, marketer, and professor living in Fort Myers, Florida. His work has appeared in the anthology Walk Hand in Hand into Extinction: Stories Inspired by True Detective, Flash Fiction Magazine, Florida Weekly, and in multiple newspapers throughout southwest Florida. He holds an MFA from Wilkes University and is a regular blogger for the Florida Writers Association. Here Lies a Father is his first novel. Learn more at mckenziecassidy.com.

Is a disability something that is subjective or is it objective? Is a diagnosis opinion or fact? The Final Fence: Sophomores in the Saddle authored by Marc O'Brien takes a creative and honest look into a life filled with support due to well meaning individuals that think before they speak.

In this Florida Writer Podcast, host Alison Nissen chats with Marc O'Brien about growing up with a disability that led to a career in writing.

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Jean Morciglio has experience writing and publishing literary essays, short stories, and research papers for industry journals and colleges, most recently publishing creative non-fiction in the Story Circle Network Journal and the Florida Odet Literary Journal. She is co-author and originator of Like Finding Water in the Desert, an anthology of autobiographical stories about women with Latin roots. A certified autobiography instructor, Jean now helps writers craft the stories of their past and present selves, teaching guided life story writing. Bloomingdale Library is part of the Hillsborough County Public Library Cooperative.

Ideas come from everywhere. In this edition of the Florida Writer Podcast, host Alison Nissen sits down with author Tom Lee to chat about how writing a series of tongue-in-cheek emails and the encouragement of friends led to a love of writing.

How can brackets help you write faster and more efficiently? Discover Kristin Durfee's writing and editing process of search and find in this edition of the Florida Writer Podcast with host Alison NIssen. From overcoming a learning deficiency in third grade to becoming a published author, Kristin believes that books help transport and heal us and give us a window to a world other than our own. Kristin's primary hope? That her audience will pull out a cozy blanket, make a warm mug of tea, and enjoy her books! Kristin's book Mass was released March 23, 2021. Visit KristinDurfee.com for more information.

Listen to this edition of the Florida Writer Podcast as host Alison Nissen and guest Mike Lutz discuss the untapped market of writing audio descriptions for museums, sporting events, movies, and more.

Mike Lutz is the author of the Blovel "Skimming Thru Life." A Blogging Novel found on his website skimmingthrulife.com.