Inspirational Journeys: Stories that Matter

This morning after working through my doubts and fears about my writing and my story, The Lord laid it on my heart to share a special message of hope with you today. I briefly share passages from the 23rdpsalm, Matthew 6:33, and I read Isaiah 41:10–15 from the KJV. My prayer is that you find encouragement as I share my message of hope for writers.

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Today, In honor of her debut book launch, Stephanie Cotta and I had a fun conversation about her writing process and her debut novel entitled The Conjurer’s Curse. Grave a cup of your favorite beverage and come join the fun.

Stephanie Cotta hails from beautiful Southern Oregon and resides in a quaint, historic mining town. Growing up, she spent much of her time delving into every new Star Wars book she could get her hands on, which all began at age nine when she bought The Courtship of Princess Leia by Dave Wolverton at a garage sale for a quarter. Her love of Star Wars and Sci-Fi/fantasy has been undying ever since. A fine arts major in college, she first embarked into the literary world as a children’s book illustrator, then leapt over to the realm of storytelling when she could no longer repress the urge to write the fantasy stories running wild in her imagination. When she’s not steeped in writing, she’s launching arrows at hay bales, drawing with pastels, reading fantasy, playing an immersive RPG, or watching the latest BBC historical drama.

Connect with Stephani at the following links:

Website: https://sdaniellacotta.wordpress.com/

Linktree: https://linktr.ee/StephanieCotta?utm_source=linktree_profile_share

In this special bonus episode, Maryann Landers and I talk about her new book entitled Alaskan Christmas. She also shares some fun facts about Alaska and the local sled dog races in her area. We also talk about our writing process and she shares some special tips and inspiration for writers of all stages in the author process.

Alaskan based author Maryann Landers writes women’s faith filled fiction based on true stories of extraordinary women of her magnificent state. She loves to showcase the unique north and give her readers a little taste of rustic Alaska.

While writing in her log home in the woods she is also looking forward to her next adventure with her Alaskan husband, juggling mom tasks such as crafting homemade meals from moose and caribou meat, building DIY projects from scrap wood piles and guiding her teens in their homeschooling.

Connect with Maryann at the following links:

Website: https://www.mary-ann-landers.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MaryannLandersAUTHOR

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/writealaska/

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In This week’s episode, Marjory Turner Hollman and I talk about writing, editing, the story behind her Easy Walks series and how she coaches authors and helps them write their stories. Make sure you have a method for taking notes handy as you join in this conversation, because Marjory has some tips sprinkled into this conversation.

Marjorie Turner Hollman is a writer/editor who loves the outdoors, and is the author of Easy Walks in Massachusetts, 2nd edition, More Easy Walks in Massachusetts, 2nd edition, editor of Easy Walks and Paddles in the Ten Mile River Watershed. Finding Easy Walks Wherever You Are offers guidance and encouragement to those of differing abilities to gain access to the outdoors. Her latest book, a memoir, My Liturgy of Easy Walks, shares her stories of surviving and thriving in the face of chronic illness. She has been a freelance writer for numerous local, regional, and national publications for the past 20+ years. Authors obtaining developmental editing and book coaching from Marjorie have published their own stories as compelling books. She is a co-author of the recent community history, Bellingham Now and Then.

Connect with Marjorie at the following links:

https://marjorieturner.com/

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Easy Walks book page

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Today on Inspirational Journeys: Stories that Matter, Jenifer Sienes and I talk about her story in the second volume of the Keeping Christmas collection, entitled An Irish Christmas Heart. She shares the story of her writing process and how suggestions from the editor were instrumental for enhancing her story. Grab your favorite Christmas beverage and enjoy the conversation

Jennifer Sienes holds a bachelor’s in psychology and a master’s in education but discovered life-experience is the best teacher. She loves Jesus, romance and writing—and puts it altogether in inspirational contemporary fiction. Her daughter’s TBI and brother’s suicide inspired two of her Apple Hill novels. California born and raised, she took a step of faith in 2018 with her real-life hero (and husband) and relocated to Tennessee. Her new Bedford County Series—Southern Fiction—infuses the charm and culture of the South to bring romance, intrigue, and humor to her readers.

An Irish Christmas Heart (by Jennifer Sienes): Will she choose love or an arranged marriage? In the midst of post-famine unrest, Eleanor Blake, daughter of an English nobleman, is thrown into a maelstrom of emotions. How will she escape the duty for which she was born and the confines of the ill-fated Menlo Castle of Galway, Ireland to find her true love?

Purchase link for Keeping Christmas Volume II:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0B7Q9M27C?notRedirectToSDP=1&storeType=ebooks&linkCode=sl1&tag=celelit-20&linkId=213e830d8c8775f745118d27695da70d&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl

Connect with Jennifer at the following links:

Website:

https://www.jennifersienes.com/

Facebook Reader’s Group:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/201300277587024

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/Jennifer-Sienes-Writer-186643172596/

Instagram:

instagram.com/Jennifer_Sienes

Goodreads:

goodreads.com/Jennifer_Sienes

Pinterest:

https://www.pinterest.com/Jennifer_Sienes/illusions/

Twitter:

https://twitter.com/Jennifer_Sienes

Amazon Author:

https://www.amazon.com/Jennifer-Sienes/e/B07NVVF61M

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This week, my special guest and I had a fabulous conversation about what it means to live for a living. I even learned that Yoga actually means unity toward the end of this episode. Pull up a chair, grab some refreshments, and hang out with us as we take a deep dive into this concept.

Jamal Jivanjee is an Amazon best-selling author, podcaster, and full-time life coach. Jamal is an author with over twenty years of experience working with people in various stages of personal struggle and challenges. After traveling to many cultures around the globe, and now as a full-time life coach, Jamal has discovered the common roots of human suffering along with the sustainable solutions required to help people become liberated and empowered. Jamal is passionate about serving individuals, couples, and groups on the path toward enlightenment, wholeness, and liberation.

With his book, “Living for a Living: Moving From a Mindset of Survival to An Economy of Love,” Jamal continues his quest to help people set a clear intention for their lives. By helping to identify and clear systems of belief that create fear, disharmony, and disease, Jamal seeks to restore awareness of the unitive divine flow of abundance.

Connect with Jamal at the following links:

www.jamaljivanjee.com

https://www.facebook.com/jamal.jivanjee

https://twitter.com/JamalJivanjee

https://www.youtube.com/user/Jamaljivanjee1

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This week, John Alexander and I talk about his love of writing, and his inspiration for creating his lyrical rendition of The Velveteen Rabbit. Come along for this incredible journey and make sure to pick up your copy of this new book today.

John Alexander lives in Frisco, Texas with his beautiful wife and his Cavalier King Charles Spaniel.

John spent his childhood in Rusk, Texas. He attended college at the University of Texas earning degrees in Physics and Math, then spent many years developing innovative communications systems. While still working, he began writing fiction in his spare time and published The Enclave, a mystery/suspense novel, in 2010.

Since leaving high tech in 2014, he now spends full time pursuing his writing passion. John writes children’s books to capture their imagination and help them discover the love of reading early in life. He especially loves writing books that help elementary school children discover that reading is a fun adventure. The chapter books in the Amber-Autumn mystery series, including Christmas Garden, Grandfather’s Blessing, Golden Campout, and The Secret Room appeal to elementary school children. His first picture book, Words That Soar, won first place at the 2019 North Texas Book Festival. The Christmas Gift, published by Elk Lake Publishing, Inc, came out in 2019 and also won an award in the 2020 North Texas Book Festival.

John discovered his love for rhyme and released his debut book of poetry, Timeless Tales, in 2018. His next book of poetry, Quiet Time Rhymes: Peace in the Pandemic, released August 2020, contains poems written during the pandemic offering prayers of hope and encouragement, heartfelt cries to God, and words of encouragement. He continued to write poems and Quiet Time Rhymes Volume II: Into the Light released March 2021. The books won first and second place awards in the 2021 North Texas Book Festival. As the poems kept coming, he combined them into a daily book of poems, Daily Reflections: 365 Lyrical Poems.

John continues to write and records his poems on his website: QuietTimeRhymes.com as a ministry to share his poems with others.

Connect with John at the following links:

https://quiettimerhymes.com/

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100086016323985

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This week, Jeff Tomaszewski

shares his views on Leadership, Inspiration, and Motivation and he shares the story of how the sudden loss of his wife changed his life. Here is Jeff’s bio in his own words:

Our training methodology has been featured on CNN, ESPN Radio, NPR, and Vogue, to name a few.

I’m an exercise specialist, or a life changer, to some.  My mission is to help as many people as possible to live a high-quality life into their golden years.I’ve spent the last 17 years asking the question: “What’s the least amount of time I can spend exercising and still achieve amazing results?” As a certified athletic trainer and strength and conditioning specialist, I’ve been testing and refining the most efficient, effective, and safe way to exercise that yields me and my clients the biggest ROI on our time with regard to our health and fitness. I have discovered that it is the quality, more importantly, the intensity of the time spent exercising rather than the quantity of the time that truly produces results – the end result was the creation of a very special program that has helped hundreds of greater Cleveland high achievers transform their lives with.

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https://maxstrengthfitness.com/

https://www.facebook.com/maxstrengthfit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MpFcyB9rK4

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On today’s episode, Kent Sanders and I talk about writing routines, ghost writing, and the story of how he and Billy Stanley collaborated on the book entitled The Faith of Elvis. Be sure to have a method for taking notes while listening to this conversation, because there are some tips and nuggets of inspiration you won’t want to miss. I’ve included the bios of both Billy Stanley and Kent Sanders below.

Billy Stanley is a New York Times bestselling author and the stepbrother of Elvis Presley. As one of the singer’s trusted confidants, Stanley witnessed Elvis’s faith in action firsthand. A successful salesman and former airplane mechanic, Stanley and his wife, Liz, live in Memphis, Tennessee, just a few miles from Graceland.

Kent Sanders is the founder of Inkwell Ghostwriting, which helps leaders grow their business through books and other content. He is also the author and co-author of numerous books, including 18 Words to Live By: A Father’s Wisdom on What Matters Most and co-author of The Faith of Elvis: A Story Only a Brother Can Tell with Billy Stanley, Elvis Presley’s stepbrother.

In addition to writing books for himself and his clients, Kent loves to help other writers. He is the host of the Daily Writer podcast, which helps writers cultivate the habits for creative success, and the founder of the Daily Writer membership community. He lives just outside of St. Louis and enjoys spending time outdoors with his wife and teenage son.

The Faith of Elvis was written by Billy Stanley with Kent Sanders, and can be purchased at the following link:

https://www.amazon.com/Faith-Elvis-Billy-Stanley/dp/1400237009

Connect with Billy Stanley and Kent Sanders at the following links:

https://www.thomasnelson.com/p/the-faith-of-elvis/

https://www.facebook.com/billy.stanley.900

https://kentsanders.net

https://dailywriterlife.com

https://facebook.com/kent.sanders

https://instagram.com/kentsanders

https://instagram.com/dailywriterlife

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This week, I had an amazing interview with a special guest whom I inadvertently met by listening to the Where Did You See God podcast with previous guest Paul Granger. Grab a snack and your favorite beverage and come join us as we talk about how she started writing her blogs and unpack some of these lessons you can learn while taking your own soul selfie.

Heather Carter’s battle with Leukemia in 2015 prompted her to capture what she refers to as “soul-selfies” — candid reflections on life that are raw, poignant, and unfiltered. She began writing a reflective series of blog posts while in the hospital.

Connect with Heather at the following links:

www.heathercarterwrites.com

https://www.facebook.com/heathercarterwrites

https://www.instagram.com/soulselfieblog

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