Off The Chain

Mike Nemeth is an Army vet and retired Information Technology executive living in the Atlanta suburbs with his wife, Angie, and their rescue dogs, Sophie and Scout. Since 2013, Mike has devoted himself to writing. His legal thriller, Defiled, reached the Amazon bestseller list in March, 2016. The sequel, The Undiscovered Country, is the winner of the 2018 Beverly Hills Book Award for southern fiction. Mike has also published two nonfiction books: 128 Billion to 1, about the NCAA basketball tournament, and Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics, about the college football playoffs. Creative Loafing named Mike Atlanta’s Best Local Author for 2018. Mike can be found online at Facebook/MikeNemethAuthor, on Twitter @nemosnovels (fiction) and @nemosnumbers (sports), and on his Websites/blogs www.mikenemethauthor.com (fiction) and www.nemosnumbers.com (sports).

Nancy Quinn was born in Royal Oak, Michigan, but has lived in many areas of the country. She is an internationally known wildlife artist whose work is noted for its detail and accuracy, and she is the recipient of two World Wildlife Art Championship awards. Nancy has always had a love of animals and nature. After college, she worked as a conservation law enforcement duty officer for the state of Florida. She volunteered her spare time at wildlife rehabilitation centers, bringing their birds and reptiles into the schools to educate children of all ages. Over the years she has handled many domestic and exotic species, including cougars, leopards, and tigers, and always had interesting stories to tell about her encounters with wild animals. Upon leaving a suburban lifestyle in the metro Washington, DC area, to live in rural Montana, she discovered a new world of exciting and unusual adventures. Encouraged by friends and family alike, she wrote her first book, "Go West, Young Woman!" She now happily resides on a mountainside in Montana with her husband, daughters, dogs, and horses, where she continues to paint and write about her experiences living in the still wild west.

When Carrick Felix stands in front of his audience as a motivational speaker, he begins by sharing the personal snapshots of his life. The teachers who said he’d never graduate high school, and the bullies who persisted because how easy it was to pick on the then-pipsqueak. The nights sleeping in his car while a student-athlete at Arizona State University, and the night he almost lost basketball

Rumbling motorcycles. Exotic cars. Martial arts and renaissance faires. Herding cattle, sword fighting, planting an arrow or a knife into a target. Horseback riding in Portugal, and hiking the Carpathian Mountains in Romania. These are just a few of the real-life experiences that author Roh Morgon blends into her stories. A writer of urban fantasy and horror, her published works include Watcher and Runner, Books I and II of The Chosen, and the related novellas The Last Trace and The Games Monsters Play, along with a few short stories. She is currently working on Seeker: Book III of The Chosen. Roh shares her California home in the Sierra Nevada foothills with three mustang horses, two crazy herding dogs, and a very patient husband who often reminds her that she must eat and sleep. You can find her online at www.rohmorgon.com.

Nancy Quinn was born in Royal Oak, Michigan, but has lived in many areas of the country. She is an internationally known wildlife artist whose work is noted for its detail and accuracy, and she is the recipient of two World Wildlife Art Championship awards. Nancy has always had a love of animals and nature. After college, she worked as a conservation law enforcement duty officer for the state of Florida. She volunteered her spare time at wildlife rehabilitation centers, bringing their birds and reptiles into the schools to educate children of all ages. Over the years she has handled many domestic and exotic species, including cougars, leopards, and tigers, and always had interesting stories to tell about her encounters with wild animals. Upon leaving a suburban lifestyle in the metro Washington, DC area, to live in rural Montana, she discovered a new world of exciting and unusual adventures. Encouraged by friends and family alike, she wrote her first book, "Go West, Young Woman!" She now happily resides on a mountainside in Montana with her husband, daughters, dogs, and horses, where she continues to paint and write about her experiences living in the still wild west.

Smoke From All The Friction, based in Raleigh, NC, blends traditional and underground cultures to create a moody, electronic pop vibe with industrial undertones. Their sound grabs listeners with both a sense of familiarity and a striking curiosity. Inspired by the ideas of tension and friction, they explore what happens when we venture outside ourselves, past the abstract social constructs that create barriers between us. Instead of simply creating a musical performance for mere entertainment, they inspire a deeper, thought-provoking appreciation between the audience and the music itself. This cutting-edge act draws influence from top artists like Nine Inch Nails, Linkin Park, Chainsmokers, 30 Seconds to Mars, and Owl City. They offer captivating vocals and a unique variety of musical styles that will leave you always wanting more. For those thirsting for the latest sounds in music, the merging of these artists’ talents in all their glory will not disappoint.

Howard Levine is the author of one previously published novel, Leaving This Life Behind.  He is a retired teacher of special education and English as a second language. Before his first public school teaching position—at a high school in the Bronx, NY—he taught Transcendental Meditation, which he still practices regularly.  Howard now lives in suburban Washington DC, where he hikes, bikes, and writes.  He and his wife volunteer at a soup kitchen and a senior citizens center.

After being a corporate trainer for fifteen years, our next guest went into shock when she got remarried and was trying to blend 2 households, 4 kids, 2 dogs and several guinea pigs. Luckily, she saw the humor in it all and wrote The Amy Binegar-Kimmes-Lyle Book Of Failures. The funny memoir opens with "I've been married for twenty years, not to the same people, but twenty years nonetheless." The book has been a best seller on Amazon for over a year, sitting next to some of her heroes like Trevor Noah, David Sedaris, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler and Jenny Lawson.    Amy enjoys being public speaking on the topic, "Why I Shared My Most Mortifying Moments and Why You Should Too," which has a message of seeing the humor in our failures and being more authentic in a very filtered world.  She's a regular on Atlanta's popular morning show, Atlanta and Company, and is a frequent guest on radio and podcasts. She just starred in her first movie short, The Interviewers. The film was written and directed by Atlanta filmmaker Sam Juergens. Amy's own film, #FakeMom, which is a Bridesmaids meets Bad Moms female-centric comedy is in development with Executive Producer Suzanne Jurva.   Book link https://www.amazon.com/Am y-Binegar-Kimmes-Lyle-Book-Fai lures-inadequacies-ebook/dp/ B072J3327X/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_ 0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=152348416 0&sr=8-2 Contact: www.amylyle.me. FB Page Amylyle.me Twitter amylyle

J. Traveler Pelton was born in West Virginia in the last century. She was the Nation's Mother for her tribe, the Munsee Delaware: she is wife to Dan for 47+ years, mother of six adults, a grandmother of 8, a Clinically Licensed Independent Social worker, a retired professor of social work at her local university and an avid reader. Being a cancer survivor, she knows the feeling of needing to make her life count and is thankful for every day on this earth. She avidly studies science and technology, fascinated by the inventiveness of people. She is quick to draw parallels in different fields and weave stories around them. Traveler is a fabric artist and her most enjoyable time is spent spinning yarn while spinning yarns for the grandkids... Being a fiber artist and shepherd as well, she loves to spin, make quilts and raises alpacas on her mini farm. JTraveler is also a lay leader in her home church. She loves to cook big meals for people and find ways to help folks having life struggles. Her farm, Springhaven Croft is home to alpacas, dogs, Siamese cats, canaries, an eclectic group of chickens and an irascible Amazon Parrot named Gizmo Buddy. Her webpage is travelerpelton.com; she also has a FB page called Traveler Pelton. Come visit real soon!

Lark Griffing likes to bring her sense of adventure to her writing. Her first two novels are young adult; The Last Time I Checked, I Was Still Here, a coming of age story and The Starfish Talisman, an old-fashioned ghost story. Dog on the Doorstep is Lark’s collection of short stories and flash fiction for the holiday season about hope and the love of pets. She is also a contributor to the short story anthology Twelve Tales A-Telling: a Modern Twist on a Holiday Classic. Teardrops and Rest Stops is the second novel is the first novel of her new romantic comedy series, A Gone To the Dogs Camper Romance. Teardrops and Rest Stops is the second in the series. Lark collects hobbies like some people collect friends. When not writing and teaching, she is hiking, kayaking, SCUBA diving, camping, and enjoying life to the fullest with her family. She is married to a wonderful man and has two sons. She also shares her home with a precocious golden doodle, Maggie and a tabby cat, Dickens.