On today's episode, we're chatting with Ella Shawn, a southern erotic women's fiction author who at one point, housed 13 guinea pigs, and that's just the beginning of this southerner's charm.

After thirteen years of teaching high school English and creative writing, a diagnosis of systemic lupus and narcolepsy with cataplexy freed Ella from accepting a good-enough-for-now-life and demanded she creates an I-deserve-it-all-life.

Ella Shawn tells the forbidden stories of Black, Southern women who find healing and freedom through the practice of sacred eroticism. She is the author of the Broken Souls Series (Broken Souls, Mirrored Souls, Consecrated Souls, Harmonious Souls), and host of the Enchanted BEAST Podcast, available on twelve platforms. Ella is excited to launch her latest podcast in June of this year entitled, Black Writer Therapy. As a member of the South Carolina Writers Association, she serves as the Critique Chapter Liaison to the Board of Directors. She is also an active member of the Women's Fiction Writer Association.

At home, Ella Shawn is one-half of an old married couple. Together for thirty years, married for twenty-three of those… the high school sweethearts have three brilliant daughters, two cats, and a service dog.

Ella knows without the love and support of her family and fur family, she would not be able to do any of what she does.

If you'd like to purchase Ella's books, connect with her on social media, or join her monthly newsletter list, use the link below.

https://bio.site/EllaShawnWrites

You can also check out Ella Shawn's latest podcast, Black Writer Therapy right where you are listening to this podcast or visit - https://www.ellashawn.com/podcast for more information.

A little about today's host-

Shawna Rodrigues left her award-winning career in the public sector in 2019 to consult and publish her first novel Beyond the Pear Blossoms. Her desire to connect and help others led to the launch of her podcast The Grit Show shortly thereafter. When she learned women host only 27% of podcasts, her skills and passion led to the founding of the Authentic Connections Network. She now helps mission-driven entrepreneurs better connect with their audiences by providing full-service podcast production and through a community for Entrepreneurs & Podcasters – EPAC. Podcasting is her primary focus, so she continues to support the writing community through this podcast, and her writing time is mostly focused on anthologies.

She offers a free 7 Steps to Perfect Your Podcast Title to anyone interested in launching a podcast. You can also follow her on Instagram-@ShawnaPodcasts, and learn more about the network and community at https://linktr.ee/37by27.

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