Florida Writer Podcast

Florida Writer Podcast

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Florida Writer Podcast episodes

  • Let's Make Better Decisions with Dr. Pamela Grey

    When we have better ideas for better decisions, we achieve what our hearts desire. On this edition of The Florida Writer Podcast, host Alison Nissen chats with Dr. Pamela Grey about her book Power Your Decisions Self-Study Workbook, her inspiration, and who Dr. Grey would like to meet living or dead.

    Dr. Pamela Grey is the author of Power Your Decisions Self-Study Workbook. Also a speaker, educator, and philanthropist, Dr. Grey established the Advancing Mind Foundation in 2015. The foundation promotes universal truths and principles as taught by the greats of the New Thought movement, while supporting education and nonprofit organizations throughout the United States and abroad.

    24 min
  • Lucy Forsting

    Lucy Forsting has been a practicing psychotherapist in Wisconsin and Florida for over thirty years. In addition, she is a Reiki Master and currently host of the Synergy Connection Radio Show.

    The Adventures of Miss Twiggs and Company is her first book and integrates her love of children and animals with her desire to help all people create happy and rewarding lives.

    theadventuresofmisstwiggsandcompany.com

    18 min
  • Sarah Penner

    Sarah Penner is the debut author of THE LOST APOTHECARY, forthcoming in March 2021 from Park Row Books/HarperCollins. The Lost Apothecary will be available in the US, UK, Canada, and translated in eleven territories worldwide. She and her husband live in St. Petersburg, Florida with their miniature dachshund, Zoe. To learn more, visit SarahPenner.com.

    25 min
  • Elizabeth Randall
    Elizabeth Randall writes historical ghost stories. She is an English teacher working in Central Florida. Her first book applied her accumulated knowledge and experience as an educator to enable all teachers to employ successful education strategies that keep students and teachers aligned with common goals and outcomes for learning. She also is a freelance writer, most recently with Education Week, Salon, and Public School Montessorian.
    21 min
  • Kate Zarczynski
    Kate Zarczynski practiced law at Jones Day in Chicago before making the decision to stay home with her three children, relocated to a small beach town, and wrote a novel as a love letter to female friendship. Kate says this is her first novel she feels confident in publishing! She wrote a novel in law school that was garbage and has stewed on being a writer for the twenty years since then but life got in the way.
    20 min
  • Kathryn Gordon

    Kathryn Gordon is the co-author of Relationship GRIT with her husband, bestselling author, Jon Gordon. In Relationship Grit, the Gordons reveal what brought them together, what kept them together through difficult times, and what continues to sustain their love and passion for one another to this day. This interview highlights the struggles of working together and the bond it can create.

    jongordon.com/books/relationship-grit/

    20 min
  • Jessica Baker
    Named for the famous fictional mystery writer Jessica Fletcher, Jessica Baker picked up a pen when she was in elementary school and never set it down. Jessica lives in sunny Central Florida and is a member of the National Sisters in Crime. When she's not writing, she freelances as a camera assistant in film which provides plenty of inspiration for her stories. Website: www.jessicabakerauthor.com
    15 min
  • Tara Lynn Masih
    Tara Lynn Masih is a National Jewish Book Award Finalist and winner of the Julia Ward Howe Award for Young Readers for her debut novel My Real Name Is Hanna. Her anthologies include The Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Writing Flash Fiction and The Chalk Circle: Intercultural Prizewinning Essays. Where the Dog Star Never Glows is her collection of long and very short stories. She founded the Intercultural Essay Prize in 2006 and The Best Small Fictions series in 2015. Tara received a finalist fiction grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, an Inspirational Woman in Literature Award, and several national book awards including an IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award for her role as an editor. She lives in St. Augustine, Florida. TaraMasih.com
    21 min
  • Barbara Meyers

    Barista by day, romance novelist by night: When not writing fiction, Dr. Seuss-like poetry (for adults) or song lyrics, Barbara Meyers disguises herself behind a green apron and works part-time for a world-wide coffee company.

    Her novels are a mix of comedy, suspense, and spice and often feature a displaced child. For more information visit BarbaraMeyers.com

    18 min
  • Chrysa Keenon

    Chrysa Keenon has always loved stories—both reading and writing them. Her degree from Taylor University's acclaimed Professional Writing program helped her learn a thing or two about the craft, and she set her sights on working in the publishing industry. Chrysa kickstarted her career by interning with GenZ Publishing and The Seymour Agency. By day, she works in editorial for a prominent bridal magazine. By night, she is a literary agent at the Cyle Young Literary Elite agency, helping writers achieve their publishing dreams, one book at a time. She has over 500 published bylines in both fiction and nonfiction. Awards for her work include 1st Place in Sci-Fi/Fantasy for the Blue Seal Award. You can learn more about her at chrysakeenon.com.

    22 min

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