Lisa 's creative pursuits in the DMV area have led her to both stage and print: With no prior acting experience, she became active in community theater and has now starred in several productions.

Her first artistic passion was writing, however, and her novel, Tribute, is set to publish in the coming months. Tribute is a coming-of-age story set in the early '80s in Lisa's hometown of Clinton, MD and focuses on a friendship between two young girls who have lost their fathers.

Coming up on 25 years since 9/11 shook our country and changed the world as we know it, Caroline Bock's autobiographical novel 'The Other Beautiful People,' centers on a woman working for a classic movie channel in New York City in the traumatic aftermath of the September 11th attacks, navigating a demanding dream job, a rocky marriage, complicated feelings for coworkers, and the recent loss of her father.

Samier discusses his work on a book which looks to spirituality, religious texts, and conceptions of God for answers to 15 crucial questions on love.

I chat with my writing buddy Victoria. We discuss her journey as a child in Soviet Georgia to teenager in West Virginia and adult in DC, and how writing has helped her express herself and find community along the way.

I sit down with local fantasy author and high school English teacher Henry Hines, who recently published his debut fantasy novel, The God of Make Believe, which explores what happens to magical imaginary worlds when their creators pass on.

Henry is also a High School English teacher, dungeons and dragons enthusiast, and lover of all literature but especially fantasy.

Buy Henry's book on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CNQNTPQ5?lv=shuf&channelId=500&plpRedirect=mhFallback

Author Ryan Basen joins us to discuss his memoir, Death of a Childhood, which takes us back to 1989 to chronicle 11-year-old Ryan's turbulent early adolescence in the DC suburbs as his beloved Baltimore Orioles go on one of the unlikeliest runs in baseball history.