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Six time BRAG Medallion Honoree, #1 Best-selling Historical Fantasy author Maria Grace has her PhD in Educational Psychology and is a 16-year veteran of the university classroom where she taught courses in human growth and development, learning, test development and counseling. None of which have anything to do with her undergraduate studies in economics/sociology/managerial studies/behavior sciences. She pretends to be a mild-mannered writer/cat-lady, but most of her vacations require helmets and waivers or historical costumes, usually not at the same time.

She writes gaslamp fantasy, historical romance and non-fiction to help justify her research addiction.

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Maria's Book Series

Jane Austen's Dragons, book 1: Pemberley: Mr. Darcy's Dragon, Book 13: Secrets of the Dragon Archive

Wrighting Old Wrongs, World Wrights Book 1

Regency series, Darcy's Decision Book 1

Gaslamp Fantasy definition: A mashup of historical fiction and fantasy focusing on the Regency, victorian, and Edwardian time eras in England creating an alternate universe with magical or supernatural elements.

C.J. Archer, Author, The Watchmaker's Daughter: Glass and Steele Book 1

Jane Austen: The Secret Radical, Helen Kelly

The Space Between Time, Lucinda Sage-Midgorden

William Shakespeare, playwright

Story-Power Patreon/Apple subscriptions

I'm so passionate about stories that I created the Story-Power podcast, Patreon Community, and Apple subscription so I'd have an excuse to talk story with other story lovers. Patreon is $5 a month for content not found on the Story-Power podcast, or on my Sage Woman Blog. The Apple subscription is $3 a month, again with content not found on the Story-Power podcast. If you're passionate about stories, and want to talk about what you've learned from your favorites, come join me at patreon.com/StoryPower. Or, you can add the subscription on Apple podcast where Story-Power is published.

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There was no magic bullet for coast-to-coast business and sales strategist, Tiffany Largie. She went from being a single mom to building three six figure businesses, and on to a MULTIPLE seven-figure business by the age of 30. Tiffany began with no capital, but sheer hard work and determination. Today she leads a global movement that helps people create the income, influence, and impact they dream of. She's the creator of "DO THE DAMN THING" & DTDT BRANDS, a group of companies that offer business training and support to idea-driven business owners and globally on sales strategy, branding through mastering the STORY, company culture, leadership, marketing, and life mastery.

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tiffanylargie/

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Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@TiffanyLargie-dothedamnthingtv

If you have a business idea or you just want to expand your life, please connect with Tiffany. She'll send a personal message back to begin a conversation.

Story-Power on Patreon and Apple Subscriptions

I'm so passionate about stories that I created the Story-Power podcast, Patreon Community, and Apple subscription so I'd have an excuse to talk story with other story lovers. Patreon is $5 a month for content not found on the Story-Power podcast, or on my Sage Woman Blog. The Apple subscription is $3 a month, again with content not found on the Story-Power podcast. If you're passionate about stories, and want to talk about what you've learned from your favorites, come join me at patreon.com/StoryPower. Or, you can add the subscription on Apple podcast where Story-Power is published.

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Sage Woman Chronicles Website: https://sagewoman.life

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Tina is passionate about being a "Ghost Helper." Her mission is to teach the living how to help the dead. She wants to empower everyone to help any ghost they may find. Tina says that this is the compassion we will all want for ourselves. She urges everyone to use The Crossing Over Prayer™ on GhostHelpers.com and in "The Crossing Over Prayer Book©"

Tina has studied metaphysics all of her life, gaining insight into yhe mystical world of magic and spirituality. She is the author of eight books on metaphysics. Her writing comes from an intense desire to know and understand the hard science behind the unseen world of action and reaction combined with a sincere desire to share this understanding with other knowledge seekers.

Ghosts just seem to find Tina. It's as if she's a "ghost magnet." In every single case, Tina says that these ghosts are looking for help and they tell her why they didn't cross over; they tell her their stories. She assists these souls by crossing them into the Heaven World. When a psychic only connects to a dead person, the ghost does not receive the critical assistance they desperately need.

Her lifelong studies into the deeper meaning of events and actions were further enhanced by the experiences of a dynamic 20-year career in the Navy, working for the U.S. Submarine Force, retiring at the Commander level. Commander Erwin found the Navy to be a tremendous schoolhouse in which to study all the facets of behavior and karma, from the worst to the finest levels of humanity. She has a Master's Degree in Business and Management.

You can find all of her books on AMAZON.COM

You can learn more about Tina at TinaErwin.com and GhostHelpers.com, LinkedIn, YouTube

The Crossing Over Prayer Book

Other Books available on her website.

Soul Evolution: Past Lives and Karmic Ties

Karma and Frequency

Ghost Stories from the Ghosts' Point of View Vol. 1

Ghost Stories from the Ghosts' Point of View Vol. 2

Ghost Stories from the Ghosts' Point of View Vol. 3

Lightworker's Guide to Everyday Karma

Lightworker's Guide to Healing Grief

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Owner of Firefly Scout, the guidebook for helping moms grow their glow and find magic in the everyday.

I provide practical tips and insights for women to apply to their everyday life, to give them the unconscious permission they think they need to fill themselves up and live a life that lights them up. My calm and conversational style helps listeners feel like they are connecting with a trusted friend who is invested in their growth journey.

If you are interested in growing your glow through a guided journey, check out the Firefly Scout Illumination Kit. It comes with a hand-crafted journal, 4 curated guides and a notebook. And as extra accountability, I send out 4 handwritten cards every couple weeks to encourage you through the process and add a level of accountability.

Website: Fire Fly Scout, Illumination Kit, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Pinterest

The Artist's Way Julia Cameron

A Return to Love Marianne Williamson

Eat, Pray, Love Elizabeth Gilbert

Meet Me at the Lake Carley Fortune

The House in the Cerulean Sea TJ Klune

The Orville (2017 - 2022) Seth MacFarlane, Creator

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Patreon and Apple Subscription

I'm so passionate about stories that I created the Story-Power podcast, Patreon Community, and Apple subscription so I'd have an excuse to talk story with other story lovers. Patreon is $5 a month for content not found on the Story-Power podcast, or on my Sage Woman Blog. The Apple subscription is $3 a month, again with content not found on the Story-Power podcast. If you're passionate about stories, and want to talk about what you've learned from your favorites, come join me at patreon.com/StoryPower. Or, you can add the subscription on Apple podcast where Story-Power is published.

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Painful Joy, published in April 2022 and available on Amazon, represents five years of intensive research in the U.S., Poland, Sweden, Israel and Germany, by author Max Friedman, as he seeks to unearth and understand the real life stories of his parents, Sam and Frieda, two poor Polish Jews. In the process he discovers their roots, recreates their lives and times and uncovers both their remarkable journeys and painful secrets. Part memoir, part genealogical mystery and part history, the book is an absorbing, heartwarming and, at times, heartbreaking saga as readers accompany the author on his extraordinary exploration of the complicated relationship between two Holocaust survivors who meet in Sweden after their liberation from Bergen-Belsen, and experience the "painful joy" of a love too often touched by death. It explores questions of survival, the ability to reimagine memories in order to deal with the truth, and what it was like growing up in a world that was never to be "normal."

As one reviewer commented: "As the last Holocaust survivors die off, Friedman's exquisite book helps ensure that one of humankind's most savage chapters will continue to reverberate – not through the brutal images of life in the camps, but by revealing, with great compassion and nuance , how a couple's experiences play out in the lives of their children, and grandchildren...,At a moment when history, once again, seems to be repeating itself, Painful Joy could not be more timely or poignant."

Max's Social Media: Facebook, LinkedIn

Painful Joy Max Friedman

Schindler's List (1993) Director, Steven Spielberg, Book, Thomas Keneally, Screenplay, Steven Zaillian, Starring Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Kingsley, Caroline Goodall

Josef Mengele, German Schutzsataffel (SS) officer and physician during WW II.

Amon Göth, Austrian SS Functionary, Commandant of the Kraków-Plaszów concentration camp in German occupied Poland.

Kraków Ghetto, one of five major metropolitan Nazi ghettos created by Germany in the German occupation of Poland.

Auschwitz Concentration Camp A complex of 40 concentration camps in Nazi German occupied Poland.

Bergen-Belsen, was originally established as a prisoner of war camp in Lower Saxony in Northern Germany near the town of Bergen. Later it became a concentration camp.

Sweden A Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe.

Bruce H. Lipton, Ph.D. Author of, The Biology of Belief: Unleashing the Power of Consciousness, Matter, and Miracles

Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl, Definitive Addition

Swedish Red Cross

Yad Vashem, World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Not Black Enough (2017) Director, Tracey Anarella

Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr. TV series, (2012 - ) on PBS

Amsterdam Press

Story-Power on Patreon and Apple Subscription

I'm so passionate about stories that I created the Story-Power podcast, Patreon Community, and Apple subscription so I'd have an excuse to talk story with other story lovers. Patreon is $5 a month for content not found on the Story-Power podcast, or on my Sage Woman Blog. The Apple subscription is $3 a month, again with content not found on the Story-Power podcast. If you're passionate about stories, and want to talk about what you've learned from your favorites, come join me at patreon.com/StoryPower. Or, you can subscribe to the subscription on Apple podcast where Story-Power is published.

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I am a first generation daughter of Polish/Russian parents. I have recently published my first book which is a Historical Fiction novel.

I originally graduated from Fisher College in Boston with a degree in Laboratory Science. After marrying and having three children, I went back to school and have had a successful interior design business for the past 38 years. Writing this book , and getting it published, has been a dream come true.

Shirley's Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Twitter, Women's Fiction Writer's Association

Shirley's book: The Story Of …, Second book, as yet untitled, A Crime Thriller

Ashley Galagian Blunt Story-Power Ep. 59, Armenian Genocide, Chronic Fatigue, and Creativity

Onlinebook Club.org

Boston Medical School

Gifted (2017) Director, Mark Webb, Screenwriter, Tom Flynn, Starring, Chris Evans, Mckenna Grace, Jenny Slate, Lindsay Duncan, Olivia Spencer

The Water Dancer, Ta-nehisi Coates

Crime shows, Dateline, 48 Hours, 2020, Investigation Discovery

Bones, TV series, (2005 - 2017) Created by Hart Hanson, 24 directors, Starring, Emily Deschnel, David Boreanaz, Michaela Conlin, T.J. Thyne

Authors, Sydney Sheldon, Stephen King

Shirley's brother, Historian, Burton Kaufman,

The Post- Presidency from Washington to Clinton

The Korean Conflict

The Presidency of James Earl Carter, Jr.

The Carter Years, (with Scott Kaufman)

Barack Obama: Conservative, Pragmatist, Progressive

"How to Survive a Hospital Stay", pamphlet by Shirley's son

The Boston Strangler

Red Sparrow: A Novel, Palace of Treason, The Kremlin's Candidate, Jason Matthews

Author John le Carré

Jason Bourne series, Author, Robert Ludlum, movies, The Bourne Identity, (2002), The Bourne Supremacy, (2004), The Bourne Ultimatum, (2007) The Bourne Legacy (2012) Jason Bourne, (2016) Movies starring Matt Damon, Jeremy Renner, Tommy Lee Jones, Frank Potente, Rachel Weisz, Producer, Doug Liman

Story-Power on Patreon and Apple Subscription

I'm so passionate about stories that I created the Story-Power podcast, Patreon Community, and Apple subscription so I'd have an excuse to talk story with other story lovers. Patreon is $5 a month for content not found on the Story-Power podcast, or on my Sage Woman Blog. The Apple subscription is $3 a month, again with content not found on the Story-Power podcast. If you're passionate about stories, and want to talk about what you've learned from your favorites, come join me at patreon.com/StoryPower. Or, you can subscribe to the subscription on Apple podcast where Story-Power is published.

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The Space Between Time

Lucinda is the author of The Space Between Time, an award finalist in the "Fiction: Fantasy" category of the 2017 Best Book Awards.

Have you ever experienced life shattering events? Yeah, after the last few years, most of us have. In The Space Between Time, Jenna Holden gets slammed by her fiancé walking out, her mother's untimely death, and losing her job all in one week. But she receives unexpected help when she finds her three-times great-grandmother's journals and begins the adventure of a lifetime.

The Space Between Time is available in all ebook formats at Smashwords and for Kindle at Amazon, or you can find the ebook at iBooks or Barnes and Noble. If you prefer a physical copy, you can find a print-on-demand version at Amazon. Stay tuned for news when the audiobook version is published.

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I'm an Author/Publisher at Jeweled Dagger Publishing. I love helping other authors and connecting with authors of all Genres. Maybe you do too. My main genre of writing is Romance but tell me about what you are writing and how we can help each other connect and reach out. I have 5 novels published and counting. Get a FREE copy of Angelina's Secret @ https://BookHip.com/FFJRKAT or https://mailchi.mp/dianemerrillwigginton/as-landing-page / Let's help each other out

My first Novel "Angelina's Secret," Lady Angelina Marguerite Amelia Stewart was born in a time when women were valued for their beauty and titles but little else. As a beloved daughter, Angelina was blessed with a quick mind and a sharp wit which she used liberally regardless of the consequences. Determined never to be owned by any man, she

shunned societal rules to live life on her own terms. Surprised by her parents for her nineteenth birthday, Angelina sets out on a sea voyage that will challenge her resolve. She discovers a family secret that changes her life. Captain Jude Deveraux is living a double life. He is the Captain of a band of French privateers sanctioned by the King of France to steal and plunder unsuspecting ships that sail into his territory. Jude was awarded the title of Duke of Bayonne for services rendered to the Crown. He was educated in the finest schools in London alongside other aristocratic noblemen, so he knows how to blend in. Jilted in his youth, Jude is determined to take what he wants and he soon discovers that he wants Lady Angelina Stewart.

Diane's social media: Website, LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, Goodreads, Amazon, Twitter (X), Bookbub, Bookfunnel, BookHip

Diane's books published through her company: Jewel Dagger Publishing

A Compromising Position Awards: The Global Book Award, Bookfest, Firebird Books

Laura's Story

Angelina's Secret

Isabella's Heart

The Secret of One Eyed Cogburn: The Dreaded Pirate Captain

The Duke's Lady is a Spy (work in progress)

Other books and authors mentioned

The War Pianist, Mandy Robotham

Witchnapped in Westerham: A Fun Witch Cozy Mystery, Dionne Lister

Catherine Woodwise

Diana Gabaldon's The Outlander series

Marketing

Booksweeps

Bookbub

Goodreads

Bookfunnel

Book club groups on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn

IngramSpark print on demand

Marie Forleo, business coach and author of the book, Everything is Figuroutable

The Space Between Time, Lucinda Sage-Midgorden

Story-Power on Patreon and Apple

I'm so passionate about stories that I created the Story-Power podcast, Patreon Community, and Apple subscription so I'd have an excuse to talk story with other story lovers. Patreon is $5 a month for content not found on the Story-Power podcast, or on my Sage Woman Blog. The Apple subscription is $3 a month, again with content not found on the Story-Power podcast. If you're passionate about stories, and want to talk about what you've learned from your favorites, come join me at patreon.com/StoryPower. Or, you can subscribe to the subscription on Apple podcast where Story-Power is published.

PodMatch

If you are a podcaster, or have a message or fantastic product you want to share with the world, I encourage you to check out PodMatch. I call them a dating service for podcasters. Use the affiliate link and tell them, Lucinda sent you. Then contact me so we can set up a Story-Power chat.

Lucinda's blog Sage Woman Chronicles

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I never really enjoyed writing as a kid. In school, it always felt like work. But after several post-college jobs required me to write, I (ironically) slowly grew to enjoy it. My first unpublished draft came about after doing a team-building exercise for my co-workers that involved writing a story together.

After that, I realized how much I enjoyed writing fiction, and my first novel ever, Imitation Murder, was born! I really hope you enjoy reading my stories as much as I enjoy writing them, but if you don't, that's okay, too.

When I'm not writing, I enjoy: hanging out in the garden; walking the dogs; taking care of my fish; reading mysteries, sci-fi, & YA dystopian novels; and painting. Anything creative, really!

Website, LinkedIn, Twitter

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Arizona Secrets

Cheyenne Mountain Chaos

Moab Mystery

Barcelona Nightmare

Books for Adults

Imitation Murder

Wandering Stars

What Happened to Jade?

Love Not Found

The Brother Cadfael Series, A Morbid Taste for Bones, first in the series by Ellis Peters

The Space Between Time, Lucinda Sage-Midgorden

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Possible Movies that might be the one Rachael mentioned as her favorite

Mark of the Vampire (1935) Director, Tod Browning, Screenplay, Guy Endore, plus 5 others Actors, Lionel Barrymore, Elizabeth Allan, Bela Lugosi, Lionel Atwill

Crypt of the Vampire (1964) Director, Camilla Mastrocinque, Screenwriter, Tonino Valerii, Actors, Christopher Lee, Adriana Ames, Ursula Davis, José Campos

The Castle of the Living Dead, (1964) Director, Warren Kiefer and Luciano Ricci, Screenwriters, Paul Maslansky and 3 others, Actors, Christopher Lee, Gaia Germani, Philippe Leroy

Theatre of Death, (1967) Director, Samuel Gallu, Screenplay, Ellis Madison, Roger Marshall, Actors, Christopher Lee, Julian Glover, Lelia Goldoni, Jenny Till

Story-Power on Patreon, Apple Subscription

I'm so passionate about stories that I created the Story-Power podcast, Patreon Community, and Apple subscription so I'd have an excuse to talk story with other story lovers. Patreon is $5 a month for content not found on the Story-Power podcast, or on my Sage Woman Blog. The Apple subscription is $3 a month. If you're passionate about stories, and want to talk about what you've learned from your favorites, come join me at patreon.com/StoryPower. Or, you can subscribe to the subscription on Apple where Story-Power is published.

PodMatch for Podcasters

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After being medically retired from the Army in 2015, Maccabee's life has been a rollercoaster of a journey down a road most refuse to travel. Before deciding to become a voice actor, Maccabee was just like everyone else; working to survive and take care of his family. And when God decided to use D&D (Dungeons and Dragons) to inspire him to give acting another chance, he's never looked back. This journey has given him the chance to record character voices for a short animated film that continues to earn international awards, narrate a television series that has been requested more episodes even before it's aired, and helped give a voice to small businesses nationwide. This also led him to create his own podcast, Beyond the Pen, to give unknown and newly published authors an international platform to tell people about themselves, their book, and the story behind the story. But most of all it's allowed him to get back to the basics of storytelling by helping authors and creatives a like develop fully fleshed-out characters, backstories, and world events for their fictional worlds.

Mack's podcast website with all his social media links: beyondthepenpodcast.com

Mark W. Travis, Director of feature films and TV

The Space Between Time, Lucinda Sage-Midgorden

Story-Power on YouTube

Gemma Germán Story-Power episode 26, "Finding You Niche"

Downton Abbey TV series, (2010 - 2015), Julian Fellowes creator, writer

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1982, 2007) Based on the play by Christopher Bond, music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim

Dracula, Bram Stoker (book)

Foundation, TV series (2021 - ) Isaac Asimov novels, Creators, David S. Goyer, Josh Friedman

Fight Club, (1999) Director, David Fincher, Chuck Palahniuk, novel, Jim Uhls, screenplay

Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan TV series (2018 - 2023) Based on character by Tom Clancy, Creator, Carlton Cuse and Graham Roland

Beyond the Pen Digital Marketing episode

Emanuel Rose, Digital Marketing Guru on LinkedIn

The Great Cleric, TV series, (2023 - 2023) Director, Masato Tamagawa, Tsukashita Yoshihiro, Hiiro Akikatze, Keiichirô, Keiichirô Ôchi, writers

The Last of the Breed, Louis L'Amour

Sergeant York, (1941), Director, Howard Hawks, Abem Finkel, original screenplay

Rambo, (2008), Director, Sylvester Stallone, Art Monterastelli, screen writer

Miss Saigon: 25th Anniversary, (2016), Director, Brett Sullivan, Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg, writers

Hacksaw Ridge, (2016), Director, Mel Gibson, Robert Schenkkan, screenplay

Saving Private Ryan, (1998), Director, Steven Spielberg, Robert Rodat, screenplay

Hudson Hawk, (1991), Director, Michael Lehmann, Steven E. deSouza, screenplay

Story-Power on Patreon

I'm so passionate about stories that I created the Story-Power podcast, Patreon Community, and Apple subscription so I'd have an excuse to talk story with other story lovers. It's $5 a month for content not found on the Story-Power podcast, or on my Sage Woman Blog. If you're passionate about stories, and want to talk about what you've learned from your favorites, come join me at patreon.com/StoryPower.

PodMatch

If you are a podcaster, or have a message or fantastic product you want to share with the world, I encourage you to check out PodMatch. I call them a dating service for podcasters. Use the affiliate link and tell them, Lucinda sent you. Then contact me so we can set up a Story-Power chat.

Nature vs Nurture, Adoption vs Birth Family

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Adopted at birth, Edward Di Gangi was born and raised in New York City. Although he knew for most of his life that he was adopted, it wasn't until he approached his seventieth birthday that he began to search for the identity of his birth mother. His journey and the many surprising discoveries he made as he searched are recounted in his memoir, The Gift Best Given.

Edward and his wife now live in Hillsborough, North Carolina. He is a popular book club presenter and podcast guest. The Gift Best Given is his first full-length book.

Edward's Social Media links:

www.digangiauthor.com

www.facebook.com/digangiauthor

www.instagram.com/digangiauthor

ancestry.com

Story-Power on Patreon

I'm so passionate about stories that I created the Story-Power podcast, Patreon Community, and Apple subscription so I'd have an excuse to talk story with other story lovers. If you're passionate about stories too, and want to talk about what you've learned from your favorites, come join me at patreon.com/StoryPower.

PodMatch

If you are a podcaster, or have a message or fantastic product you want to share with the world, I encourage you to check out PodMatch. I call them a dating service for podcasters. Use the affiliate link and tell them, Lucinda sent you. Then contact me so we can set up a Story-Power chat.