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- 1st podcast!! + D. Sharpe’s Sci-Fi “Another Day in the Twilight Zone”
#ShortStories #Podcasting #Novels #WritingLife #Authors #Drama
This very first experimental installment premiered during the early days of the first COVID-19 lockdown in Los Angeles. First it discusses podcasting, then Dwayne Sharpe reads his sci-fi short story, “Another Day in the Twilight Zone.” As always, I welcome your insights and questions. Record them at my Anchor site — or comment at HappinessBetweenTails.com — or email me. And buymeacoffee.com/SupportHBT
Links referred to in this episode:
Video version of this episode.
Blog post with this episode in text form.
This episode first resided here at Podbean, a podcast host.
A Happiness Between Tails blog post where I sing public library praises and another one here.
A video with my honey and a super cute baby chick in New Zealand, and this amazing cat video I made in Spain.
Get Dwayne Sharpe’s books, "Thomas' 100 Cat Tales” and “Blaze Mysteries,” here. He also enjoys geocaching, which you can learn about here and here.)
Los Angeles County Library
Virtual writing groups offered through Shut Up & Write.
Photos available at the blog version of this show:
Dwayne Sharpe, the cover of his book, “Thomas’ 100 Cat Tales,” and the cover of another of his books “Blaze Mysteries.”
Time Stamps (where segments begin):
1) Happiness Between Tails intro
2) Background info about today’s show 1:09
3) How I started this show and about today’s guest 1:59
4) Dwayne Sharpe's Sci-Fi, "Another Day in the Twilight Zone” 4:49
5) Happiness Between Tails outro 7:53
9 min - X me + Publishing: Judith Barrow’s Traditional
#Authors #WritingLife #Books #Novels #Labels #LatinX
What method do you use to write? And do you have labels you like to go by? Judith Barrow published many books and blogs from West Wales, England.
Share your thoughts, experiences, and questions by recording 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
Time Stamps (these are approximations due to whether ads play during show):
- HBT introduction
- Today’s topic and about today’s guest 1:05
- Judith Barrow on How She Publishes and Writes 6:05
- My question for you 18:15
- HBT outro 18:40
Links at HappinessBetweenTails.com blog post of this episode:
- The blog post this podcast episode reads from.
- Judith Barrow’s website and Honno Publishing Company that puts out her books.
- About my novels.
- Here’s where I wrote more about podcasting.
- And here's more about my podcasting experience.
Photos at the blog post this podcast episode reads from:
- Judith Barrow
- Some of her book covers
20 min - Adulting + Why Darlene Foster Writes For Children
#Authors #Compassion #Childhood #Families #Publishing
When did you become an adult? And do you read young adult fiction? And why are young adult novels popular with all ages? Here I discuss when I turned 18 and my parents shook my hand and left me. Darlene Foster talks about her books for kids and how she got published. Share your thoughts, experiences, and questions by recording them on my Anchor by Spotify page — or comment at HappinessBetweenTails.com — or email me. Like what you hear? Buy me a coffee at buymeacoffee.com/SupportHBT
Time Stamps (these are approximations due to whether ads play during show):
- HBT introduction
- My adulting and about writer Darlene Foster 1:05
- Why Darlene Foster Writes For Children 4:50
- My question for you 10:00
- HBT outro
Links:
- Darlene Foster’s website where you can learn about her and her books.
- Original blog post for this episode at Happiness Between Tails.
- About the novels I'm working on..
- Some of the movies filmed at Santa Cruz Boardwalk.
- About Santa Barbara.
- About elephant seals, a video I shot of them, and a video of more Pacific Coast Highway scenery.
- What at least one of Pablo Picasso's grandkids think of him.
- About Morro Rock and a video I shot of it.
- Central Avenue Publishing puts out Darlene’s books.
Photos available at the original blog post for this episode at Happiness Between Tails:
- Photos of Darlene Foster and her books.
- Photos and videos of our drive down Pacific Coast Highway, from San Jose to Los Angeles.
- Photo of my dear doggie getting a chest rub.
13 min - Trailer: Happiness Between Tails by da-AL
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. HappinessBetweenTails.com • [email protected] • Like what you hear? Buy me a coffee.
---Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/depe9/message1 min - Author Reality + Charles Sterling on Marketing and Author Platform
#Authors #Books #SelfPublishing #SerializedDrama #StoryTelling
Marketing, building a platform as a writer… There’s more to being a novelist than most people assume. Many successful authors started out serializing chapters in newspapers and blogs. What are your thoughts on selling books? 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.
Time Stamps (where segments begin):
- HBT introduction
- Some of my findings on authors who start by serializing their books and a little about today’s guest 1:05
- Charles Sterling on Marketing and Author Platform 4:45
- My question for you 12:20
- HBT outro
Photos available at the blog version of this show:
Charles’ artful self-portraits
Links referred to in this episode:
Happiness Between original blog post for this episode.
Author Charles Sterling, this episode’s guest.
About the novesl I'm writing.
Wikipedia on madeleines that writer Marcel Proust used as analyze memory.
Wikipedia on Charles Dickens who serialized.
Wikipedia on Helen Fielding' and her orignially serialized, “Bridget Jones’s Diary”.
Wikipedia on Armistead Maupin and his newspaper serialized “Tales of the City”.
E. L. James, began her “Fifty Shades of Grey” as a blog.
Julie Powell blogged “Julie and Julia” into a book, then movie.
---Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/depe9/message14 min - Test with girl voice
THIS IS JUST A TEST TO SEE IF I CAN MIX AUTOMATED VOICES
---Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/depe9/message1 min - Cool Doggie Days + Lillian Brummet’s Leeks Recipe
#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? Share your thoughts and questions by recording them here — or comment at HappinessBetweenTails.com — or email me.
Time Stamps (where segments begin):
- HBT introduction
- Today’s topic and about today’s guest 1:05
- Lillian Brummet’s “Leek n’ Onion Bundles” recipe 3:18
- My question for you 5:28
- HBT outro
Photos available at the blog version of this show:
- Serendipitous photos of shadows and beautiful Los Angeles blue sky.
- Closeup of green onion flower.
- Lillian and Dave Brummet
Links referred to in this episode:
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.
---Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/depe9/message7 min - COVID Hair and Writing Life by da-AL + Pamela S. Wight’s Flash Memoir
#COVID19 #Authors #Memoire #Writing #Books #Gardening #Hair
Writing life, gardening, and COVID-19 hair. Pamela S. Wight discusses her flash memoire and getting published. How long did your hair grow during the quarantine? Share your thoughts and questions by recording them here — or comment at HappinessBetweenTails.com — or email me.
Time Stamps (where segments begin):
- HBT introduction
- Today’s topic and about today’s guest 1:05
- Pamela S. Wight on her flash memoir and publishing 3:35
- My windup with a question for you 9:10
- HBT outro
Photos available at the blog version of this show:
- Photo of K-D doggie, and me with post-quarantine long turquoise-ish hair.
- Me before long hair.
- USMC revolving clicker pen my friend gifted me.
- Fruits from our garden: kumquats, tomatoes, figs.
- Pamela S. Wight, author, with her two beautiful dogs.
- Cover of her book, “Flashes of Life.”
Links referred to in this episode:
About the novels I’m writing
Another blog post about my gardening.
What figeater beetles are.
Books I like at my Goodreads page.
Another guest blog post by Pamela S. Wight.
Pamela's site with all her links and books.
---Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/depe9/message11 min - 1st podcast!! + D. Sharpe’s Sci-Fi “Another Day in the Twilight Zone”
#ShortStories #Podcasting #Novels #WritingLife #Authors #Drama
This very first experimental installment premiered during the early days of the first COVID-19 lockdown in Los Angeles. First it discusses podcasting, then Dwayne Sharpe reads his sci-fi short story, “Another Day in the Twilight Zone.” As always, I welcome your insights and questions. Record them at my Anchor site — or comment at HappinessBetweenTails.com — or email me.
Links referred to in this episode:
Video version of this episode.
Blog post with this episode in text form.
This episode first resided here at Podbean, a podcast host.
A Happiness Between Tails blog post where I sing public library praises and another one here.
A video with my honey and a super cute baby chick in New Zealand, and this amazing cat video I made in Spain.
Get Dwayne Sharpe’s books, "Thomas' 100 Cat Tales” and “Blaze Mysteries,” here. He also enjoys geocaching, which you can learn about here and here.)
Los Angeles County Library
Virtual writing groups offered through Shut Up & Write.
Photos available at the blog version of this show:
Dwayne Sharpe, the cover of his book, “Thomas’ 100 Cat Tales,” and the cover of another of his books “Blaze Mysteries.”
Time Stamps (where segments begin):
1) Happiness Between Tails intro
2) Background info about today’s show 1:09
3) How I started this show and about today’s guest 1:59
4) Dwayne Sharpe's Sci-Fi, "Another Day in the Twilight Zone” 4:49
5) Happiness Between Tails outro 7:53
---Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/depe9/message9 min - Welcome to Happiness Between Tails: TrailerTales + Tails: Books + Culture + CompassionHBT 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. HappinessBetweenTails.com • [email protected]---Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/depe9/message1 min
About Happiness Between Tails
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Speaking to and from the heart, to connect lovers — of writing, books, culture, health, pets, and more. HBT is part of my blog: HappinessBetweenTails.com