Story-Power

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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 Companies 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.

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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 feelings.

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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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.

Story-Power is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://sagewoman.life/

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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 CeridwenBook 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/

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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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Note to my followers: I have moved Story-Power to a new podcast host. If you have followed it on Apple, Google, or Spotify, you will most likely need to click the follow button again. I was unable to do a seamless redirect with the plan I have on WordPress. I apologize for the inconvenience.

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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.

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Dave Combs is a songwriter, photographer, entrepreneur and author with four decades of experience writing over 120 songs and creating fourteen albums of soothing, relaxing instrumental piano music. His songwriting began with the now popular standard, Rachel’s Song. His soothing, relaxing music has been played millions of times worldwide on radio, satellite, and all internet streaming media and it continues to touch the lives of millions of people all over the world. He is also the author of the bestselling new book, Touched By The Music: How the Story and Music of Rachel’s Song Can Change Your Life.

Dave’s Website, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube

Dave’s musical hero: John W. Peterson, Website

The Lettermen, Jim Pike, Bob Engemann, Tony Butala

The Association, An American “Sunshine Pop” band

Don McClean, America’s Troubadour, best known for “American Pie”

George Benson, American Guitarist, Singer, Songwriter

Jane Austen, 19th Century English Novelist

Charles Dickens, 19th Century English Novelist

Wilkie Collins, 19th Century English Novelist and playwright who established the rules for the modern detective novel

Roy Acuff Place in Music Square, Nashville, Tennessee

George Clinton, Nashville recording engineer, couldn’t find info about him

Glen Campbell, Country music, singer, guitarist, songwriter, actor

Alabama, An American band specializing in country music founded in Fort Payne, Alabama in 1969. They also perform country and southern rock, country pop, bluegrass, and soft rock

The Forester Sisters, An American country music vocal group active from 1970s to 1996

Gary Prim, An American Keyboardist, Songwriter, Producer

Bob McHone Winston-Salem on YouTube, was DJ for WKLM 94.5 in Greensboro, North Carolina in 1986. WKLM is now an Ohio radio station. WPTI is now on 94.5 in Greensboro. It’s a talk radio station. Bob has written a memoir, On The Air, coming soon.

Touched by the Music of Rachel’s Song Dave’s first album.

Happy Christmas, Dave’s second album containing songs by Dave and his father.

Beautiful Thoughts, Dave’s third album. All his albums are listed on his website and available for purchase, or you can subscribe to his YouTube channel and listen there.

Polyvagal Safety: Attachment, Communication, Self-Regulation, Stephen W. Porges,

Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead, Brené Brown, PH.D., MSW

Jack Canfield, Life Coach

Ivan Bodley Story-Power Episode 35, “Am I Famous Yet?”

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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 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.

Story-Power is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://sagewoman.life/

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Pete is the host of Middle Class Film Class, movie reviewer and quick-witted fun and funny guest. He watches about 500 movies per year. He’s well-spoken, quick-witted which makes him a great guest, with a broad variety of topics he can chat about. But he’s most passionate about movies (and cars). He’s also willing to promote whatever show he’s on, heavily.

Pete’s website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Podcast: Middle Class Film Class on all podcast outlets

letterboxd.com a social media site for movie lovers

The Valley of Decision (1945) Director, Tay Garnett, Screenplay, John Meehan and Sonya Levin, based on the novel by Marcia Davenport, Starring Greer Garson and Gregory Peck

Now, Voyager (1942) Director, Irving Rapper, Screenplay, Casey Robinson, based on the novel by Olive Higgins Prouty, Starring Bette Davis, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) Director, Milos Forman, Screenplay, Lawrence Hauben, Bo Goldman, based on the novel by Ken Kesey, Starring Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, Danny DeVito, Will Sampson

Fight Club (1999) Director, David Fincher, Screenplay, Jim Uhls, based on the novel by Chuck Palahniuk, Starring, Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, Meat Loaf

Ratched (2020) TV series, Director, Ryan Murphy and 5 others, based on characters from Ken Kesey’s novel, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Writers, Ryan Murphy, Evan Romansky, Ian Brennan, Jennifer Salt, Starring, Sarah Paulson, Finn Wittrock, Cynthia Nixon, Judy Davis

The Queen’s Gambit (2020) TV series, Director, Scott Frank, Creators and writers, Scott Frank and Allan Scott, based on the novel by Walter Tevis, Starring, Anya Taylor -Joy, Chloe Pirrie, Bill Camp, Maricin Dorocinski

Cloud Atlas (2012) Directors and writers, Tom Tykwer, Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski, based on the novel by David Mitchell, Starring, Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Jim Sturgess, Bae Doona, Ben Whishaw

Ezra Miller, Actor, notable roles and movies: The Flash in the DC Universe, Fantastic Beasts all iterations, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, We Need to Talk About Kevin  

We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011) Director, Lynne Ramsay, Screenplay, Lynne Ramsay, Rory Stewart Kinnear, based on the novel by Lionel Shriver, Starring Tilda Swinton, John C. Reilly, Ezra Miller

Johnny Depp, Actor, Producer, Director, notable movie roles, Captain Jack Sparrow in the Pirates of the Caribbean, Grindelwald in Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, Edward Sissorhands

Mads Mikkelsen, Actor Additional Crew, Writer, notable movie roles, Le Chiffre in Casino Royal, Draco in Clash of the Titans (2010), Dr. Hannibal Lecter in Hannibal, Gelbert Grindalwald in Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore

Amber Heard, Actress, Producer, Additional Crew, notable movie roles, Mera in Zack Snyder’s Justice League and Aquaman, Ulla in The Danish Girl, Nadine Cross in The Stand

Ponette (1996), Director, Jacques Doillon, Screenplay, Jacques Doillion, Brune Compagnon, Starring, Victoire Thivisol, Delphine Schiltz, Matias Bureau Caton

Bend It Like Beckham (2002) Director, Grinder Chadha, Screenplay, Grinder Chadha, Guljit Bindra, Paul Mayeda Berges, Starring Parminder Nagra, Keira Knightley, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Anupam Kher

Casablanca (1942) Director, Michael Curtiz, Screenplay, Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein, Howard Koch, from a play by Murray Burnett and Joan Alison, Starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains

The Maltese Falcon (1941) Director, John Huston, Screenplay, John Huston based on the novel by Dashiell Hammett, Starring, Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Peter Lorre, Sydney Greenstreet

Some Like It Hot (1959) Director, Billy Wilder, Screenplay, Billy Wilder, I.A.L. Diamond, Starring, Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon

Akira Kurosawa (1910-1998) Japanese Writer, Director of great influence on world film makers, notable works, Tora, Tora, Tora, High and Low, Sanjuro, Throne of Blood, Rashomon

Yojimbo (1961) Director and Screenplay, Akira Kurosawa, Starring Tashirō Mifune, Eijirō Tôno, Tatsuya Nakadai

Seven Samurai (1954) Director, Akira Kurosawa, Screenplay, Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni, Starring, Toshirō Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Tsushima, Yukkio Shimazaki

The Magnificent Seven (1960) Director, John Sturges, Screenplay, William Roberts based on Akira Kurosawa’s screenplay for Seven Samurai, Starring, Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, Eli Wallach

The Magnificent Seven (2016) Director, Antoine Fuqua, Screenplay, Nic Pizzolatto, Richard Wenk, based on Akira Kurosawa’s screenplay for Seven Samurai, Starring, Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke, Vincent D’Onofrio, Haley Bennett

Shogun (1980) TV mini-series, Director, Jerry London, Writers, Eric Bercovici, based on the novel by James Clavell, Starring, Richard Chamberlain, Toshirō Mifune, Yôko Shimada, Furankî Sakai

The Thomas Crown Affair, (1968) Director, Norman Jewison, Screenplay, Alan Trustman, Starring, Steve McQueen, Faye Dunaway, Paul Burke, Jack Weston

The Thomas Crown Affair, (1999) Director, John McTiernan, Screenplay, Leslie Dixon, Kurt Wimmer, based on the screenplay by Alan Trustman, Starring, Pierce Brosnan, Rene Russo, Denis Leary, Frankie Faison

Mildred Pierce (1945) Director, Michael Curtiz, Screenplay, Ranald MacDougall and eight others, based on the novel by James M. Cain, Starring, Joan Crawford, Jack Carson, Zachary Scott, Ann Blyth

Imitation of Life (1934) Director, John M. Stahl, Screenplay, William Hurlbut and nine others, based on the novel by Fannie Hurst, Starring, Claudette Colbert, Louise Beavers, Warren William, Rochelle Hudson

Imitation of Life (1959) Director, Douglas Sirk, Screenplay, Eleanore Griffin, Allan Scott, based on the novel by Fannie Hurst, Starring, Lana Turner, John Gavin, Juanita Moore, Sandra Dee, Susan Kohner

The French Connection (1971) Director, William Friedkin, Screenplay, Ernest Tidyman, based on the book by Robin Moore, Starring Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider, Fernando Rey, Tony Lo Bianco

Alien (1979) Director, Ridley Scott, Screenplay, Dan O’Bannon, story by Ronald Shusett, Starring, Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, John Hurt, Veronica Cartwright

Jaws (1975) Director, Steven Spielberg, Screenplay, Carl Gotlieb, Robert Benchley based on his novel, Starring Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfus, Lorraine Gary

The Equalizer (2014) Director, Antoine Fuqua, Screenplay, Richard Wenk, based on the TV series created by, Michael Sloan and Richard Lindheim, Starring Denzel Washington, Marton Csokas, Chloë Grace Moretz, David Harbour

Robert Eggers, Production Designer, Director, Writer, Films, The Northman, The Lighthouse, The Witch 

Ari Aster, Director, Writer, Producer, Films, Beau Is Afraid, Midsommar, Hereditary, The Turtles Head

The Northman (2022) Director, Robert Eggers, Screenplay, Sjón, Robert Eggers, Starring, Alexander Skarsgård, Nicole Kidman, Claes Bang, Ethan Hawke, Anya Taylor-Joy

Hamlet, by William Shakespeare

The Witch (2015) Director and Screen Writer, Robert Eggers, Starring, Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson, Kate Dickie

The Lighthouse (2019) Director, Robert Eggers, Screenplay, Robert Eggers, Max Eggers, Starring, Robert Pattinson, Willem Defoe, Valerie Karaman

Manchester by the Sea (2016) Director and Writer, Kenneth Lonergan, Starring, Casey Affleck, Michelle Williams, Kyle Chandler, Lucas Hedges

Onward (2020) Director, Dan Scanlon, Screenplay and original story, Dan Scanlon, Keith Bunin, Jason Headley, Starring, Tom Holland, Chris Pratt, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Octavia Spencer

Poirot TV series (1989 – 2013) Directors, Edward Bennett, and 26 others, Screenplays by Guy Andrews and 22 others, Starring, David Suchet, Hugh Fraser, Philip Jackson, Pauline Moran

Big Fish (2003) Director, Tim Burton, Screenplay, John August, based on the novel Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions by Daniel Wallace, Starring, Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lang, Helena Bonham Carter, Alison Lohman

Harry Potter series of seven books by J.K. Rowling, and eight movies, various directors and screen writers, Starring Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, and a host of other famous actors.

The Hunger Games (2012) Director, Gary Ross, Screenplay, Gary Ross, Suzanne Collins, (based on her novel), Billy Ray, Starring Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Stanley Tucci

Heavy Trip (2018) Director, Juuso Laatio, and Jukka Vidgren, Screenplay, Juuso Laatio, Aleksi Puranen, Jari Olavi Rantala, Jukka Vidgren, Starring, Johannes Holopainen, Samuli Jaskio, Antti Tuomas Heikkinen

Space Jam (1996) DirectorJoe Pytka, Written by, Leo Benvenuti, Steve Rudnick, Timothy Harris, Herschel Weingrod, Starring, Michael Jordan, Wayne Knight, Theresa Randle

The Goonies (1985) Director, Richard Donner, Screenplay, Chris Columbus, Steven Spielberg, Starring, Sean Astin, Josh Brolin, Jeff Cohen, Corey Feldman

The Sandlot (1993) Director, David Mickey Evans, Screenplay, David Mickey Evans, Robert Gunter, Starring, Tom Guiry, Mike Vitar, Art LaFleur, Patrick Renna

Crossfire (1947) Director, Edward Dmytryk, Screenplay, John Paxton, from the novel by Richard Brooks, Starring, Robert Young, Robert Mitchum, Robert Ryan, Gloria Grahame

Paths of Glory (1957) Director, Stanley Kubrick, Screenplay, Stanley Kubrick, Calder Willingham, Jim Thompson, based on the novel by Humphrey Cobb, Starring, Kirk Douglas, Ralph Meeker, Adophe Menjou, George Maccready

Days of Glory (1944) Director Jacques Tourneur, Screenplay, Casey Robinson, original story by Melchior Lengyel, Starring, Gregory Peck, Tamara Toumanova, Alan Reed, Maria Palmer

Whiplash (2014) Director and Writer, Damien Chazelle, Starring, Miles Teller, J.K. Simmons, Melissa Benoit, Paul Reiser

Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) Director, Jon Watts, Screenplay, Chris McKenna, Erik Sommers, based on the Marvel comic book by Stan Lee and Steve Ditto, Starring, Tom Holland, Zendaya, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jacob Batalon

La La Land (2018) Director, Writer, Damien Chazelle, Starring, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Rosemarie DeWitt, J.K. Simmons

The Kid Detective (2020) Director, Writer, Evan Morgan, Starring, Adam Brody, Kaitlyn Chalmers-Rizzato, Kaleb Horn, Wendy Crewson

Home Before Dark TV series (2020 – 2021) Directors, Kat Candler and 10 others, Created by Dana Fox, Dara Resnik, Written by, Thembi Banks, Chloé Durkin and 11 others, Inspired by the reporting of Hilde Lysiak, investigative journalist, Starring, Jim Sturgess, Brooklynn Prince, Abby Miller, Kylie Rogers

Death on the Nile (2022) Director, Kenneth Branagh, Screenplay, Michael Green, based on the novel by Agatha Christie, Starring Kenneth Branagh, Gal Gadgot, Armie Hammer, Letitia Wright, Sophie Okonedo, Annette Bening

Murder on the Orient Express (2017) Director, Kenneth Branagh, Screenplay, Michael Green, based on the novel by Agatha Christie, Starring Kenneth Branagh, Penélope Cruz, Willem Defoe, Judi Dench, Daisy Ridley, Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer

Knives Out (2019) Director and Writer, Ryan Johnson, Starring, Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Jamie Lee Curtis, Michael Shannon, Don Johnson, Toni Collette

Clue (1985) Director, Jonathan Lynn, story John Landis, Screenplay, Jonathan Lynn, board game creator, Anthony E. Pratt, Starring, Eileen Brennan, Tim Curry, Madeline Kahn, Christopher Lloyd, 

Road House (1989) Director, Rowdy Herrington, Screenplay, R. Lance Hill, Hilary Henkin, Starring, Patrick Swayze, Kelly Lynch, Sam Elliott, Ben Gazzara

Splash (1984) Director, Ron Howard, Screenplay, Bruce Jay Friedman, Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mendel, based on a story by Brian Grazer, Starring, Tom Hanks, Daryl Hannah, Eugene Levy, John Candy

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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

Shaun loves storytelling and has a passion for empowering Christians to share their untold children’s stories with the world. He believes that we all have been created with a story worth telling – if you’re brave enough to tell it! 

Shaun is a certified NLP master practitioner with years of experience helping people overcome fear, limiting beliefs, and helping them achieve those things put on their hearts by God. He is on a mission to get more positive, wholesome, and God- honouring stories out in the world. 

Fun Facts:

Shaun is in a band.

He enjoys doing voice overs.

Acting in Musical Theatre with St Albans theatre group is his passion.

Writing Credits:

Flappy and Whiskers Go to the Park (Children’s book)

“When Two Journey” (article)

“When the Lights are Dim” (article)

“Overcoming Fear of Tech” (article)

“How Do You Know When You are Good Enough” (article)

“How God Speaks to Us in Our Dreams” (article)

Appeared on St Albans Podcast

Shaun’s Social Media: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram,  LinkedIn, YouTube, Website

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