Chris our guest and good friend takes us through the anatomy of storytelling. Chris walks us through the 6 steps it takes to tell a story! This episode is jam packed with information! Chris also has a great podcasting voice!

We are Joined today by Joshua Bentley! We go over a variety of topics. Such as Book to Movie adaptations, are audio books even consider "reading" and much more! Joshua also read's 3 stories, Where he had his two youngest daughters write short stories on Covid-19 when the pandemic was just starting. He then read his final story written by him, that's a humorous dark tale about bats and what they like to eat! We just couldn't stop talking which is why this is our longest episode yet! Enjoy!

In this special 4th of July episode, Izzy pours her heart out in our first original story on the show! She writes about life, death and being okay with it all. In this fictional story you feel her raw skill and passion for writing and storytelling. We also of course go over "What's in our cup?" with Tea time.

We have our first guest! Elyse will be reading a short chapter from Charles Dickens. We ask her all the tough questions, such as "what's in your cup?". Be sure to follow us on Facebook and Follow and Subscribe on Spotify and Apple iTunes!

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Happy Father's day to all the fathers and father figures in out lives!

Erika will be reading a chapter out of her fathers very own published book! Which you can find on Amazon!

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0595186718/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_red7EbQA3D6VW?fbclid=IwAR1_5WISFobYKddAS2wFddPUeKitZcxl8abXlx5HR7vxMVj5MlU9hvnItJU

Introduction to your host Erika and I. We will also be reading "The Buckwheat" by Hans Christian Andersen. Sit back grab a glass of tea and enjoy!