The Hope Prose Podcast

In today’s episode of Hope Prose, Tara and Rebekah sit down with widely successful YA author, Taylor Bennet. Taylor Bennett is a dandelion-wishing, world-traveling lover of books, words, and stories. Based in the Pacific North West, she dreams of seeing the world and writing stories set in unique locations. Listen as she chats with your hosts about all things hedgehogs, traveling, and how it feels to have ended her well-loved Tradewinds Trilogy after debuting with the first book of that series at the tender age of seventeen! Enjoy!

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In today’s podcast, Tara and Rebekah sit down with an extremely talented YA author and talented film producer. Phillip Telfer began his journey as a creative communicator through singing and songwriting. He also started teaching and mentoring teens as a youth pastor and camp speaker. He now directs the non-profit ministry Media Talk 101 and is author of the book Media Choices: Convictions or Compromise & Why Save Alexander. Listen in as they chat about his passion for youth trapped in unhealthy technology habits, what inspired his newest endeavour of writing YA fiction, and film making. Enjoy!

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In today’s podcast, Tara and Rebekah sit down with an extremely talented YA author and teacher. Chawna Schroeder is a Minnesotan writer who enjoys snow, chai tea, and playing “what if?”—even if that game occasionally gets her into trouble. She loves stretching both imagination and faith through story. Chawna’s books include The Vault Between Spaces, Beast, and the Bearing the Sword curriculum. Listen in as they chat about Chawna’s three hundred book traveling library, why a good story must have two CRUCIAL elements, and why being exposed to good books early in life matters.

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In this episode of Hope Prose, Tara and Rebekah chat with McCall Hoyle who is a young adult and middle-grade author, including her two YA novels, The Thing with Feathers and Meet the Sky while also teaching middle school language arts. When she’s not reading or writing, she’s spending time with her family and one of their golden retrievers or their three-legged tabby cat, who may make a cameo in Meet the Sky. Listen as they discuss what makes a good novel, what inspired The Thing with Feathers, writing with heart, how Mccall's background as an English teacher helped her writing career as a whole. Enjoy!

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Today, Tara and Rebekah sit down with YA author Susan Miura and chatted about her book SHARDS OF LIGHT. Susan is the author of three young adult novels, HEALER, SHARDS OF LIGHT (A continuation of the story form Healer), and her third novel SHOW ME A SIGN is set for rerelease in October of this year. Faith, family and a passion for nature, traveling, writing and photography nurture Susan’s soul. Her poetry and wildlife photos are featured in a children’s book, Pawprints in the Snow. Listen as they break down how working in public relations assisted her career as an author, what the most daring thing she’s ever done, and how her real-life travels inspire her as an author. Enjoy!

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In this episode of the Hope Prose Podcast, Tara and Rebekah answer your questions on everything from what their New Year’s goals are, what’s on their TBR list, and what their most anticipated reads of 2020 are. Listen as they give some exciting updates on our writing lives and give tips on finding clean YA reads and how to query an agent well. Enjoy!

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In today's episode of Hope Prose, Tara and Rebekah sit down with New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of over forty novels, C. J. Lyons. C.J.'s most recent novel, The Colour of Lies, veers from her usual adult 'Thrillers with Heart' to share the story of Ella, a young girl with synesthesia who can see everyone else's lies except the one haunting her own life. Find out why a library card was one of CJ's favorite gifts as a child and how empathy and method acting play strongly into her creating memorable and moving stories. Enjoy!

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In today's episode of Hope Prose, Tara and Rebekah sit down with award-winning novelist, Shawn Smucker and discuss his YA novels, THE DAY THE ANGEL FELL and THE EDGE OF OVER THERE. They also talk about writing routines, the influence of great stories on our craft, and why asking deep questions is a big part of what makes Shawn's work so intriguing. (Think: What if death is a gift? OR What if someone could get out of Dante's inferno?)Enjoy!

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In this episode of the Hope Prose podcast, Tara and Rebekah are joined by Melanie Kilsby who pens Fairy Tale retellings, rich in history, hoping to draw readers closer to the love of her life--Jesus. Mother of five, she has never been one to shy away from hard work and joins them on the show to chat about her writing journey, starting her YouTube channel, Christian YA Books and More, and how difficult situations helped her find her genre sweet spot in historical fairytale retellings. Enjoy!

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In today’s episode of Hope Prose, Tara and Rebekah have the honor of sitting down with Nicole Quigley award-winning author of the young adult novel “Like Moonlight at Low Tide,” which was published by HarperCollins Christian Publishing/Zondervan. The book was later released in the Zondervan imprint Blink YA Books and also released in Germany. USA Today listed “Like Moonlight at Low Tide” as a “recommended teen read,” and the novel won the “Carol Award” for YA fiction by the American Christian Fiction Writers. Listen in as they discuss her novel, LIKE MOONLIGHT AT LOW TIDE, the first time she realized she wanted to be an author, how her experience in public relations and the newsroom helped her writing craft, and the impact of an email a reader sent had on her. Enjoy!

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