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

Lisa Jensen is a ghostwriter and novelist living in the Northwest with her husband and a furry family that includes a pack of Chihuahuas and a pair of cats. The job description for most of the work she's done throughout her adult life included writing, editing, and proofreading. It started in radio, where she wrote scripts and ad copy daily, and continued when she started freelancing for lifestyle magazines. It was during that time, when her assignments began centering on showcasing the unique stories of everyday people, that Lisa discovered how much she enjoyed hearing people's stories and telling them. She loved working with those individuals to tell their stories in an engaging, entertaining way that honored them, and that's when she shifted her full focus to ghostwriting.

Additionally, after decades of toying with the idea of writing fiction, Lisa wrote and self-published a novel, Cedar Ridge, under the pen name Maris Parker in 2021. The following year, she narrated and published the audiobook version and has started writing the follow-up book with the intention of making it a series.

lisadeewrites.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisa-jensen-88941542/

https://www.alignable.com/pocatello-id/lisa-d-writes

Lisa's first novel, Cedar Ridge pen name, Maris Parker

Foundation series, Isaac Asimov, Foundation TV series on Apple TV, David S. Goyer, Creator and one of the screen writers

Outlander, series Diana Gabaldon, Outlander TV series, Ronald D. Moore, Creator and one of the screen writers

Cloud Atlas, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas Movie, Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski, Tom Tykwer screen writers

Three Pines, TV series on Amazon Prime, based on Louise Penny's Inspector Ganache series. Created for TV and written by Emilia di Girolamo among others

Bridgerton, Julia Quinn, Created for TV and written by Chris Van Dusen among others. Produced by Shonda Rhimes among others available on Netflix

The Marvel Cinematic Universe and the D.C. Universe, movies and characters based on Marvel and D.C. graphic novels

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I wrote this book, A Little Less Fear, and created my podcast, A Little Less FEAR PODCAST, with one thing in mind: helping people.

I know that everything I have gone through in my very first 40 years of life are for a purpose. I believe we all are born with a purpose, but not all become aware of it. I am blessed with being able to become aware and ready to fulfill my life's purpose. I have lived many lifetimes already in this one, short waking life, and therefore I feel it is my duty, as a human being with some life experience, to address, vocalize, and show my compassion by relating to the world's sufferings. It is my honored duty to share with the world, life's lessons.

If there is one thing this book will do for you, it's show you love. Unconditional love — for humanity, which starts with YOU.

Lino's Website, Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, Twitter, YouTube, Podcast

A Little Less Fear, Lino Martinez, Psy.D

Muckle Wells Syndrome

UCLA Medical Center

American Sign Language

Understanding Transgender Identity

Buddhism

Buddhism and Psychology

"Human beings are not ideally set up to understand logic; they are ideally set up to understand stories." Roger C. Schank, Cognitive Scientist

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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.

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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.

The Daily Californian, UC Berkeley student newspaper

The New York Times

The Merk Druggernaught, Ethical Chic: The Inside Story of the Compainies We Think We Love, Fran Hawthorne

Indiebound independent bookstore

Books-A-Million, (BAM) An independent bookstore chain in the U.S. operating 260 stores in 32 states

Fran's Author page on Amazon

The authors on Fran's literary inspiration vacation:

Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

Walden Pond, Henry David Thoreau's retreat

Mark Twain

Susy Frelinghuysen and George Morris estate

Henry James

Emily Dickenson

Herman Melville

New York Historical Society

The Space Between Time, Lucinda Sage-Midgorden

Middlemarch, George Eliot

Filaree: A Novel of An American Woman, Marguerite Noble The novel about an Arizona Woman

Barnes & Noble bookstores

The Name of the Rose, Umberto Eco

The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge, David McCullough

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

Story-Power on Patreon

I'm so passionate about stories and what I can learn from them that I created the Story-Power podcast and Patreon communities so I'd have an excuse to talk story. You may have seen my Story-Power posts here. You will find several of my Story-Power guests sharing extra content, about books and their creative projects for my patrons. If you're passionate about stories too, and want to talk about 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.

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I grew up in 3 countries, am artistic, do energy work and am into spirituality, A Course In Miracles, and have studied social and cultural anthropology. I'm the host of the The Holy Spirit's Curriculum Of Joy Podcast. In addition to that, I work in education and am open minded.

Wanako's Website, Facebook, YouTube

Wanako's Podcast: The Holy Spirit's Curriculum of Joy, My appearance "The Intelligence of Stories with Lucinda Sage-Midgorden", 8/11/22

Emotional Intelligence is a psychological term that means: skill in perceiving, understanding, and managing emotions and feeling.

The Habitus Theory of Anthropology by Pierre Bourdieu

Social and Cultural Anthropology

Biomedicine: the branch of medicine concerned with the application of the principles of biology and biochemistry to medical research or practice.

Voodoo and other non-Christian practices

A.D. Trosper Story-Power episode 28 "Dragons are Good"

Pam Grout Story-Power episode 21 "Metaphysics, Travel, and Cultural Stories"

A Course In Miracles, Foundation for Inner Peace

Lala Drona Story-Power episode 42 "Life Informed Art"

Tara Watt-Treslove Story-Power episode 40 "Our Bodies Are the Least Interesting Thing About Us"

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

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This episode is brought to you by PodMatch, the dating service for podcasters. They introduced me to Wanako Oberhuber, and I'm so glad they did. I hope you've enjoyed our conversation and remember that if you have a podcast or something to share with the world, check out PodMatch at my affiliate link at PodMatch and tell them Lucinda sent you.

Story-Power on Patreon

I'm so passionate about stories and what I can learn from them that I created the Story-Power podcast and Patreon communities so I'd have an excuse to talk story. You may have seen my Story-Power posts here. You will find several of my Story-Power guests sharing extra content, about books and their creative projects for my patrons. If you're passionate about stories too, and want to talk about your favorites, come join me at patreon.com/StoryPower.

This bonus episode is a free enticement to subscribe to Story-Power on Apple podcasts. My husband Barry and I are Baby Boomers who love stories from all different genres and time periods. These first episodes of Baby Boomers Take On … will be about the MCU characters in movies and TV shows. Come join the fun.

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Christine Herbert is a part-time writer, part-time bodyworker, and full-time space cadet currently living in the Pacific Northwest. A dyed-in-the-wool introvert, she occasionally surprises everyone—especially herself—by chucking it all and living an adventurous life of service overseas, once as a U.S. Peace Corps volunteer in Zambia and later as a manager for a non-profit organization in Nepal. When not adventuring off to distant lands, she can be found holed up in her glorified oubliette under a pile of lap blankets surrounded by a multitude of storybooks and wheels of cheese.

Christine loves connecting with fellow writers, readers, globetrotters, and woolgatherers. She can be followed on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter for news about upcoming releases, the latest scoops that uplift and encourage the human spirit, and travel snaps of her adventures abroad.

Christine's Website, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest

Christine's Book: The Color of the Elephant: Memoir of a Muzungu

Become a volunteer with The Peace Corps

Republic of Zambia

The Dressmaker of Khair Khana: Five Sisters, One Remarkable Family, and the Woman Who Risked Everything to Keep them Safe, Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

Sunflowers Beneath the Snow, Teri M. Brown, Story-Power Episodes, 67, "Real Life Inspired Stories" and Bonus Episode "The Patreon Conversation about An Enemy Like Me"

Fatal Intent: A Novel, Tammy Euliano, Story-Power Episode 53, "Write What You Know"

Filaree: A Novel of An American Woman, Marguerite Noble The novel about an Arizona Woman

Middlemarch, George Elliot

Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë

The DaVinci Code, Dan Brown

Come Back for Me, Sharon Hart-Green, Story-Power Episode 45, "Writing is Observing the Humans Around Us"

The Deadly Scrolls, Ellen Frankel ( The Jerusalem Mysteries book 1, The Hyena Murders, book 2) Ellen Frankel, Story-Power Episode 44, "Stories From Around the World"

The Resurrector, Moshe Mikanovsky, Story-Power Episode 33, "Reading and Writing in Two Languages", Episode 37 "Hanukkah Special"

What Could Be So Good, Cat Sebastian (Amazon Editor's Pick)

And Then I Met You: An Unbelievable True Story, Mackenzie Lee

Full Tilt (Full Tilt Duet Book One), Emma Scott

Magic Claims (Kate Daniels: Willmington Years Book 2), Ilona Andrews

Annie's Rainbow: A Thrilling Tale of Love and Justice, Fern Michaels

The Night Circus, Erin Morgenstern Also, The Starless Sea: A Novel

The Overstory, Richard Powers

Finding the Mother Tree, Suzanne Simard

All the Light We Cannot See, Anthony Doerr, Also, Cloud Cuckoo Land

Cloud Atlas, and The Bone Clocks: A Novel, David Mitchell

The Circle of Ceridwen Book One of The Circle of Ceridwen Saga), Octavia Randolph

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Story-Power on Patreon

I'm so passionate about stories and what I can learn from them that I created the Story-Power podcast and Patreon communities so I'd have an excuse to talk story. You may have seen my Story-Power posts here. You will find several of my Story-Power guests sharing extra content about books and their creative projects for my patrons. If you're passionate about stories too, and want to talk about your favorites, come join me at patreon.com/StoryPower.

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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. She is working on a sequel and enjoying various flash fiction contests. Readers can learn more at https://CherylKingWritesThings.com.

Cheryl's website: https://cherylkingwritesthings.com/

Cheryl's second book, Under the Pawpaw Trees, both books available at, Amazon, Apple books, Barnes and Noble, Walmart, Bookshop.com, and her website.

Book narrator, Whitney Dykhouse

ACX, an Audible company

NYC Midnight Flash Fiction

Eric Hoffer Book Awards, for Small, Academic, and Independent Press

The Space Between Time, Lucinda Sage-Midgorden on Apple Books

Sunflowers Beneath the Snow, Teri M. Brown, novel about Ukraine, Story-Power episode 67, 1/25/23

Steampunk, according to Wikipedia, Sci-fi stories which "features anachronistic technologies or retrofuturistic inventions as the people in the 19th century might have envisioned them."

The Invisible Library, Genevieve Cogman, book on of the series.

Embers at Galdrilene (Dragon's Call series book 1) A. D. Trosper, She has other series as well. Story-Power episode 28, 8/4/21, "Dragons are Good"

Quest of the Dreamwalker, (Corthan Legacy book 1) Stacy Bennett, Story-Power episode 29, 8/18/21, "Writing is Better with a Buddy"

Ivan Bodley, Story-Power episode 35 11/10/21, "Am I Famous Yet?"

Story-Power Patreon Community

I'm so passionate about stories and what I can learn from them that I created the Story-Power podcast and Patreon communities so I'd have an excuse to talk story. You may have seen my Story-Power posts here. If you're passionate about stories too, and want to talk about your favorite stories, come join me at patreon.com/StoryPower.

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John's Website:https://johncolladoart.com/

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/john-collado/b/337/b57/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/johncolladoart

ArtStation: https://johncolladoart.artstation.com

Bookme: https://bookme.name/johncolladoart

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jcolladoart/

Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/collado1506

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/johncolladoart/

Star Trek The original series

The Merchant of Venice, William Shakespeare

SnakeMilkers.com

Portrait of Leonard Nimoy on John's website

For the Love of Spock, (2016) Director Adam Nimoy, Available on Netflix

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987 - 1994)

Outlander (2014 - ) Created by Ronald D. Moore, based on the novels by Diana Gabaldon

The Space Between Time, Lucinda Sage-Midgorden

Somewhere in Time, (1980) Director, Jeannot Szwarc, Screenplay, Richard Matheson, based on the novel, Bid Time Return

John Carter (2012) Director, Screenwriter, Andrew Stanton, based on a story "A Princess of Mars" by Edgar Rice Burroughs

Tarzan book series by Edgar Rice Burroughs

Adobe Suite, including InDesign and Photoshop software for graphics

Clip Studio Paint

Sage Woman Chronicles, Lucinda's website and blog

Story-Power podcast on Libsyn, also available on Apple, Google, Spotify, Amazon

Trevor Valenzuela, "Caps off With John and Trevor" on YouTube

Literary License podcast

Vinnie Potestivo, Episode 69, 3/1/23 "Marketing Your Creative Work" on Apple podcasts

Goodreads, social media for book lovers

Letterboxd.com, social media for movie lovers

Story-Power on Patreon

I'm so passionate about stories and what I can learn from them that I created the Story-Power podcast and Patreon communities so I'd have an excuse to talk story. You may have seen my Story-Power posts here. If you're passionate about stories too, and want to talk about your favorite stories, 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.

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Brandon's Bio

I help small and medium-sized companies get ranked at the top of Google by using search engine optimization tactics and bringing in traffic via social media, paid ads, etc.

I am happy to help small and medium-sized companies get ranked at the top of Google by using search engine optimization tactics and bringing in traffic via social media, paid ads, etc.

Check out my podcast episodes, guest appearances, and webinars at https://www.youtube.com/c/BrandonLeibowitz/videos

Brandon's Website: https://seooptimizers.com/gift, Webinars, classes, podcast

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Brandon's other Social Media: Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, Pinterest

Helps with marketing with: social media, email marketing, Google Analytics, Google Search Console, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, Pinterest, Google Ads, Yelp, Local SEOs

Marketing Tip: Get as many "back links" as you can. A back link is another website, or other media talking about what you offer. The more back links you have the more Google trusts your site.

Paid Tools to get back links: MOZ.com, ahrefs.com, semrush.com

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Story-Power on Patreon

I'm so passionate about stories that I created the Story-Power podcast and Patreon communities so I'd have an excuse to talk story. You may have seen my Story-Power posts here. If you're passionate about stories too, and want to talk about your favorite stories, come join me at either SageWoman.life, or patreon.com/StoryPower.

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

Grant Barrett is a dictionary editor and linguist specializing in slang and new words, and co-host of A Way with Words, a national radio program about language.

From his perch as co-host of a fun and funny national radio show about language, Grant brings common-sense light-hearted erudition to conversations about language — why we talk the way we do, why when we complain about language it's usually about *us* and not other people, and where history, family, and culture come into it. No matter your topic, no matter your field, he offers up new and old expressions, slang, and jargon, and talks about how it reflects — or doesn't — culture, society, and what's been changing around us. He can have lots to share that isn't on the internet because he does his own research!

Grant's Social Media, Website, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter, Radio show, "A Way With Words"

William Shakespeare's contribution to language

Measure for Measure

Twelfth Night

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Will Smith, Producer, actor, writer

RuPaul, Producer, Actor, Drag Race (2009 – 2023)

Arrival (2016), Director, Denis Villeneuve, Screenplay, Erick Heisserer, based on the story "Story of Your Life", by Ted Chang, Starring, Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitiaker

Mexican Telenovelas, similar to U.S. soap operas

The 13th Warrior (1999) Director, John McTiernan, Michael Crichton (uncredited) Screenplay, William Wisher, Warren Lewis, based on the novel, Eaters of the Dead, by Michael Crichton, Starring, Antonio Banderas, Diane Venora, Dennis Storhøi, Omar Sharif

Story-Power guest, Ali Khamseh, Ep. 41 "Movies Transport Us When We Need It Most"

What Should I Read Next, with Anne Bogel

The Socratic Method of teaching

John Horner, Quite at Leisure: Or Second Impressions, Unpublished novel, Story-Power Ep. 47, "The Writing Life"

Jane Austen, multiple novels the most famous of them, Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility. Many authors have written sequels of her novels.

Fan Fiction: examples, Star Trek, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel

Slayer Slang: A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Lexicon, Michael Adams

Joss Whedon, creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, (1997 – 2003) Angel, (1999 – 2004) Firefly, (2002 – 2003) Serenity, (2005) Dollhouse, (2009 – 2010)

Bones (2005 – 2017) Created by Hart Hanson, multiple directors and writers, Starring, Emily Deschanel, David Boreanaz, Michaela Conlin, T.J. Then,Tamara Taylor

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) Director, Stanley Kubrick, Screenplay, Stanley Kubrick, based on the novel The Sentinel by Arthur C. Clarke, Starring, Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester

Diablo Cody, Writer, Producer, Actress, writer of Juno (2007) Directed by Jason Reitman

30 Rock (2006 – 2013) Created and written by Tina Fey and multiple others, multiple directors, Starring Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin, Tracy Morgan, Jack McGrayer

The West Wing (1999 – 2006) Created by Aaron Sorkin, multiple directors and writers, Starring, Martin Sheen, Rob Lowe, Allison Janney, John Spencer, Bradley Whitford

Knives Out (2019) Writer, Director, Rian Johnson, Starring, Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Jamie Lee Curtis

Glass Onion (2022) Writer, Director, Rian Johnson, Starring, Daniel Craig, Edward Norton, Kate Hudson, Dave Bautista, Janelle Monáe

Sharpe (1993 – 2008) Director, Tom Clegg, Based on the novels of Bernard Cornwell, multiple writers, Starring, Sean Bean, Daragh O'Malley, John Tams, Jason Salkey, Hugh Fraser

Coming to America (1988) Director, John Landis, Story by Eddie Murphy, Screenplay, David Sheffield, Barry W. Blaustein, Starring, Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, James Earl Jones, Madge Sinclair

The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996) Director, Renny Harlin, Screenplay Shane Black, Starring, Geena Davis, Samuel L. Jackson, Yvonne Zima, Craig Bierko

The Long Goodbye (1973) Director, Robert Altman, Screenplay, Leigh Brackett, based on the novel by Raymond Chandler, Starring, Elliot Gould, Nina van Pallandt, Sterling Hayden, Mark Rydell

Poirot (1989 – 2013) Based on the Poirot character created by Agatha Christie, multiple directors and writers, Starring David Suchet, Hugh Fraser, Philip Jackson, Pauline Moran

Jeremy Northam, Actor, known for The Net (1995), Emma (1996), Amistad (1997) Gosford Park (2001) The Crown (2016 – 2017) Anthony Eden

Turner Classic Movies – TCM

Pride and Prejudice TV mini Series (1995) My favorite version, there are multiple versions, Novel by Jane Austen, Director, Simon Langton, Writer, Andrew Davies, Starring, Colin Firth, Jennifer Ehle, Susannah Parker, Julia Sawalha

Sense and Sensibility (1995) Director, Ang Lee, Screenplay Emma Thompson, based on the novel by Jane Austen, Starring Emma Thompson, Kate Winslet, Hugh Grant, Alan Rickman, Greg Wise

Superhero storytelling giants, MCU, and DC

Bridgerton (2020 – ) Directors, Tom Verica, and 6 others, Creator and writer, Chris Van Dusen and multiple others, based on the novels of Julia Quinn, Starring Nicola Coughlan, Julie Andrews (voice) Luke Newton, Jonathan Bailey, Adjoin Anodh, Phoebe Dynevor, Regé-Jean Page

Sanditon (2019 – 2023) Director, Charles Sturbridge and 5 others, Created and written by Andrew Davies, inspired by an unfinished novel by Jane Austen, multiple other writers, Starring, Rose Williams, Crystal Clarke, Jack Fox, Theo James, Ben Lloyd-Hughes

I'm happy to share that Story-Power won the Positve Change Podcast Awards this past week. I'm grateful!

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Story-Power on Patreon

I'm so passionate about stories that I created the Story-Power podcast and Patreon communities so I'd have an excuse to talk story. You may have seen my Story-Power posts here. If you're passionate about stories too, and want to talk about your favorite stories, come join me at either SageWoman.life, or patreon.com/StoryPower.