#Books #Reading #Writing #COVID-19 #Authors #Reviews

Getting sick with COVID-19, the quarantines, and my scaled down lifestyle that resulted have lent me more time to read and write book reviews. In this episode, I critique:

1. Earthlings: A Novel by Sayaka Murata.

2. Friendshipping: The Art of Finding Friends, Being Friends, and Keeping Friends by Jenn Bane and Trin Garritano.

3. The Listening Path: the Creative Art of Attention by Julia Cameron.

4. The 90-Day Novel: Unlock the Story Within by Alan Watt.

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#COVID-19 #Musicians #Creativity #Disabilities

Did Covid impact your creativity? Noé Socha, a musician, discusses how being blind makes navigating lockdowns especially difficult. Record your questions, thoughts, and/or experiences on my Anchor by Spotify page — or comment at HappinessBetweenTails.com — or email me. Like what you hear? Buy me a coffee. buymeacoffee.com/SupportHBT

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#Novels #Movies #Authors #Screenwriters

Want to know what it’s like to complete a book and then see it made into a Hollywood production-type of film? I’d love to see the novel I’m working on “Flamenco & the Sitting Cat” as a film. Here’s Gabriel Constans, who made his book into a film. Got questions, thoughts, and/or experiences to share about writing and publishing? Record them on my Anchor by Spotify page — or comment at HappinessBetweenTails.com — or email me. Like what you hear? Buy me a coffee. buymeacoffee.com/SupportHBT

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#Authors #NovelWriting #Reading #Animals #Books #Fiction #Romance

Award-winning author Jacqueline Diamond has published over a hundred books: mystery, non-fiction, romance for all ages, historical, and modern. What fiction are you reading at the moment?

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1) HBT introduction

2) da-AL discusses today’s topic and tells a bit about today’s guest 1:07

3) Jacqueline Diamond discusses how animals figure into her novels 2:30

4) This episode’s question with info on how to comment and learn more 4:41

#Authors #Books #Cooking #Veggies #Photography #Gardening #Pets #Dogs #MonarchButterflies #Butterflies #Recipes

Hungry? Backyard fruits and veggies are the best. Lillian Brummet, a blogger from Canada who’s written many books, says hot weather means leek season. Here’s her recipe for “Leek n’ Mushroom Bundles.” What are you hungry for these days?

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About the novels I'm writing.

Video of K-D dog serenading.

About monarch butterflies.

A wild PBS video about monarch butterflies.

Recipes by Khashayar for Happiness Between Tails: a great hot soup, a crunchy salad, a fruity dessert and a carrot cake, an entree, and this appetizer and this one.

Lillian Brummet's site with info about her, including her books.

#ProChoice #Abortion #Women #EqualRights #Laws

When were you challenged to make a pivotal decision only you ought to have decided? In sharing her personal story, author/blogger K E Garland shows how being Pro-Choice isn’t about deciding to bear a child. It’s about whether you’d want others, namely your government, to decide for you. Got questions, thoughts, and/or experiences to share? Record them on my Anchor by Spotify page — or comment at HappinessBetweenTails.com — or email me. Like what you hear? Buy me a coffee. buymeacoffee.com/SupportHBT

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#Transgender #Coyotes #Coyotes #GirlScouts #Gaslighting (Thanks for the photo, Magda Ehlers from Pexels)

Girl Scouts turned away a $100,000 donation because the money came with a stipulation that the organization wouldn’t be allowed to help anyone who is transgender — better still, they collected $250,000 from people who were overjoyed by their integrity! In this interview, a couple of scouts work hard for their community…

Growing up, did you join youth groups? How many homes did you reside in and schools did you attend? Speaking your truth combats gaslighting. 

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1) Happiness Between Tails intro

2) da-AL chats about today’s topic and a little about today’s guests 2:00

3) Girl Scouts guests, Ava and Jamie 5:30

4) This episode’s question with info on how to comment and learn more about Jamie, Ava, and da-AL 12

#Ableism #Disability #Teens #Blogging #Girls #Black #Media #InspirationPorn

Inspiration porn: How much do you know about real, everyday people with disabilities? Do you see them praised for doing basically nothing? What do you think about media depictions of disabled people? Comment at HappinessBetweenTails.com — or email me. buymeacoffee.com/SupportHBT

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The Wheelchair Teen – My life as a black, disabled teenager.

The Wheelchair Teen’s research citation

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#Animals #Writing #Authors

Poet/blogger/speculative and horror fiction author Willow Croft tells how her writing and love of animals merge.

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Visit this show’s original blog post for links and photos of Willow Croft’s book and cat.

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Happiness Between Tails introduction

da-AL discusses today’s guest 2:00

Willow Croft on writing and animals 2:20

A question for you 14:00

HBT speaks to and from the heart. Like its sister blog, HBT also connects book lovers and writers who'll enjoy the novels I’m drafting, which will soon become podcasts I will totally narrate. “Flamenco + the Sitting Cat" and “Tango + the Sitting Cat” are my love letters to all who fear they're too old, too damaged, too whatever to find love and happiness with or without a partner.

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