Story-Power

Jay Watson and Kyle Wiltshire met in college and soon watched every single Highlander movie together on VHS. They have been the closest of friends for over twenty-five years and still talk nearly every day. They have committed their adult lives to cultivating stories and caring for people.

Jay Watson bio

Jay is passionate about speaking and writing. He has built a disc golf course, saw Garth Brooks in 1993, and takes pictures with fish. His hair started going gray at twenty, and he still loves Will Smith.

Kyle Wiltshire

Kyle has seen U2 in concert eleven times. He tries to paint like Bob Ross and enjoys talking about Star Wars. He loves pop culture and prides himself on being able to name the year any movie from the 1980s or ’90s was released.

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The National Enquirer

Morgan James Publishing

PodMatch, a dating service for Podcasters

Freeman Linde Story-Power episode 103, 6/19/24, “Working for the Customer”

Will Smith, actor, producer, movie, Bright

Back to the Future

Short Circuit

The Last Star Fighter

Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi

Forest Gump

Highlander

Borat

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

Lincoln

Star Wars prequels

The Clone Wars

Bad Batch

If We Were Villains, M.L. Rio

Game of Thrones

Dune

Harry Potter

I entered the Army in 1994 and spent 20 years in the military.  During the 20 years I spent 68 months in deployment/combat tours. 9 months was in Bosnia and the rest was in Iraq and Afghanistan.  After the Military I opened up my own company in the trucking industry.  I closed it shortly after covid. Since than I have started a podcast called Spirits and Stories with Donald Dunn to highlight the struggles and the success of our veteran community and I am building a nonprofit called Heroes Voices Media Foundation to help Veterans reach their dreams while getting therapy doing it. 

I have just released my first book called Echoes of War.

My podcast:  www.spiritsandstoriespodcast.com

My nonprofit: www.heroesvoicemediafoundation.org

Podcast program for veterans: www.militaryunitedpodcaststreams.org

Radio Station Program for Veterans www.gunroomradio.com

Hello, I'm Karen. When I was old enough to climb the stairs into the attic of the colonial house I grew up in, I’d sit in front of the fanlight window and compose poems about the mysteries of the night—the moon, stars, and unseen planets. I still love all things mystical, magical, and provocative. My most inspired moments are still those spent in pondering and sharing ways to help individuals embrace and live their authentic selves regardless of their age or past history.

My love of language, coupled with my identity as an androgenous gay woman manifested an aspiration to delve into academic studies that married my innate passions. I’m a published author and hold a Ph.D. in comparative literature, within the context of women’s meditations regarding gender identity, sexuality, and the gendered body. (I also write queer erotica under Author Annie Moon and I have 800+ followers.)

When I’m not gazing at the night sky, writing or reading, I can be found meditating, cooking Italian specialties, or walking Rachel and Jasper, my two lab-mixed breed companions.

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Karen’s Books

  Paradise

  The Yellow Braid

Books under Karen’s pen name Annie Moon

  Late in Love

  Daddy in Love

  Saving Luca

  Healing Luca

  Touch

  Halloween Matchmaking for Daddy

  The Proposal coming out, September 20, 2024

  Christmas Wedding, coming out, December 20, 2024

Poet Alex Murdock on Story-Power, Episode 96 aired on 3/13/24

Little Women Louisa May Alcott 

The Old Man and the Sea Ernest Hemingway

Author, Anais Nin

Lilith Nikki Marmery

Hoopla and Libby library e-book apps

Damsel (2024) available on Netflix

Poet Elizabeth Bishop, The Complete Poems 1927 - 1979

Morgan McCarver was born and raised in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Her work is inspired by her female mentors of past and present, as well as her connection to Victorian corsetry through her scoliosis journey. She received an art degree with a ceramics concentration and a double minor in art history and business in 2019 from Anderson University in Anderson, SC. McCarver had the honor of receiving the 2019 Outstanding Art Major Ceramics Award her senior year. As a 2020 701 Center for Contemporary Art prize finalist, she had the honor of being the youngest artist to ever make it that far. She is a multi-award-winning artist who recently received an Artist Support Grant to attend a national ceramics conference. She has had the honor of displaying her work in 2 solo exhibitions, “FemininiTEA” 2020 and “The Strength of a Wildflower” 2022. She recently completed a residency at Edgewood Cottage in Blowing Rock Summer 2023 and participated 2022 as well. McCarver has studios in Asheville, NC and Spartanburg, SC. Her art can be found in various galleries around the Carolinas and Tennessee. Her first book, “God the Artist: Revealing God’s Creative Side Through Pottery,” was released with Morgan James Publishing January 9, 2024.

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Book: God the Artist: Revealing God’s Creative Side Through Pottery

Lilith, Nikki Marmery 

Self-publishing means the AUTHOR is the publisher, but you'd never know that from browsing the internet. Most authors believe a publisher is necessary, that they must sign away their rights, creative control, and revenues to offer their books to the public. This is not the case!

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“Humans are not ideally set up to understand logic; they are ideally set up to understand stories. ~ Roger C. Shank, Cognitive Scientist

Bio: Cheryl King is a dyslexia therapist and author of teen historical fiction Sitting on Top of the World, a 2022 Eric Hoffer YA winner, First Horizon winner, and Grand Prize finalist. Her sequel novel, Under the Paw Paw Trees, has recently been published. She is also enjoying various flash fiction contests. Readers can learn more at https://CherylKingWritesThings.com. Be sure to sign up for Cheryl’s monthly newsletter.

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Cheryl’s books: Sitting on Top of the World, Under the Paw Paw Trees

October in the Earth, Olivia Hawker

Chasing Eleanor, Kerry Chaput

1000 Word Flash Fiction Contests

Bud Not Buddy, Christopher Paul Curtis

Authors in Grocery Stores

The Paris Library, Janet Skeslien Charles

The Silent Patient, Alex Michaelides

The Project, Courtney Summers

Priestess of Ishana, Sorcery in Alpara, Of Kings and Griffins, Flights of Treason, Judith Starkston

The Lost Apothecary, Sarah Penner

The Dictionary of Lost Words, Pip Williams

Eric Hoffer Book Award, First Horizon Award

HFC (Historical Fiction Company) Book Awards

Reese’s Book Club

Cheryl’s TikTok campaign, Dear Reese

Eve is a coach, catalyst & connector, she offers group support for anyone who believes it's #Never2Late for a mid or late-life do-over! She facilitates her courses online from her home in Ireland, or the U.S. when she goes home for a visit. See the websites below. Or connect with her on one of her social media outlets.

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Amy Vasterling, Story-Power Ep. 31 9/15/21

The Artist’s Way, Julia Cameron Also: It’s Never Too Late to Start Again, Walking in This World: The Practical Art of Creativity, The Prosperous Heart: Creating a Life of Enough, Write for Life

C. S. Lewis, The Chronicles of Narnia

Flannery O’Connor quote: “I don’t know what I think until I write it.”

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Erma Bombeck, Humorist writer

Freeman Linde specializes in working with clients to retire successfully and stay successfully retired. He is the author of 3D Retirement Income: Creating a Retirement Income that Outpaces Inflation, Outlives You, and Outperforms Others, and hosts the RetireMentorship Podcast.

His wife Kayla was an Art Teacher and is currently a full-time mom. They enjoy adventures and retreats, grabbing appetizers and drinks together and enjoying the outdoors and a cozy night in. They have two beautiful daughters. They are involved in their church, volunteering, learning, and leading. 

Freeman graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in Business Management, focusing on behavior change leadership. He is a voracious reader and audiobook listener, averaging one a week on topics ranging from finance to psychology, spirituality to health and fitness.

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Podcast: Retire Mentorship on all platforms

feeonlynetwork.com

3D Retirement Income: Creating a Retirement Income That Outpaces Inflation, Outlives you, and Outperforms Others, Freeman Linde, CFP

A CFP is a Certified Financial Planner

Red Sparrow, Palace of Treason, The Kremlin’s Candidate, Jason Matthews

The Last of the Breed, Louis L’Amour

The full show notes are on my website: Sage Woman Chronicles at sagewoman.life

Fran Hawthorne, a New Yorker, is a retired journalist with 8 non-fiction books and articles to her credit. She’s won awards for her nonfiction writing, however, what she wanted ever since she was four years old, was to be a novelist. She has fulfilled that dream with two novels published so far, The Heirs and her latest which was published in November 2022, I Meant to Tell You. You can find out more about Fran and discover all her work on her website, hawthornewriter.com Also, look for her on Instagram @hawthornewriter. Send her a message, she’s always happy to talk to anyone interested in her books.

Nathaniel Hawthorne, Author

Story-Power Ep. 83, The Novel in the Journalist’s Drawer with Fran Hawthorne

Agatha Christie, Author

Red Sparrow, Jason Matthews, Also in the series, Palace of Treason, The Kremlin’s Candidate

The Sixth Sense (1999)

James Joyce, Author, Finnegan’s Wake

William Shakespeare, Playwright

The Heirs, Fran Hawthorne’s first novel

The Lost Shtetl, Max Gross

Gratitude, Delphine de Vigan

Sage Woman Chronicles, Lucinda’s blog @Sagewoman.life. Go here for more extensive show notes.

Rich LaMonica Is a 22-year veteran of the United States Army who was deployed on multiple occasions in support of the Global War on Terrorism.  He retired in 2015 and went through an entire year of self-reflection as he transitioned to civilian life again.  Those 365 days from retiring to finding a job taught him valuable lessons about transition. This has powered his drive to help other veterans as they go through the transition and any other roadblocks they are hitting.

 He is a Motivational Speaker who discusses Mindset, Resilience, Grit, and more skills that will make you find your Purpose no matter the journey you have been on. He is also pursuing a Ph.D from Liberty University in Homeland Security, is the author of the award winning 13 Step Guide to Success which can be found on Amazon. And has just published his second book  Out Of The Darkness which can be found on Amazon, Barnes and Noble and many more.

 He lives by rules and has a motto that resonates with fans of How I met Your Mother "Challenge Accepted” He’s the Executive Producer and host of The MisFitNation Podcast. You can reach out to him: [email protected]

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Hire Heroes USA

American Red Cross: The Mission Continues

Wounded Warriors Project

Travis Manion Foundation

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