The Sample Chapter Podcast

Episode 168 takes us north of the lower 48 into the Alaskan territory of Anchorage and guest author, Steven C. Levi! Listen in as we discuss finding/telling stories no one has heard before, get some tips on writing, hear and feel his deep affinity for living in Alaska, and get some ideas of what NOT to ask should you visit haha!

Steven C. Levi website

Steven C. Levi on Author Masterminds

Steven C. Levi Facebook page

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Episode 167 brings back a favorite previous guest and incredibly talented author and playwright, Gary Morgenstein! This time Gary and Jason discuss the idiosyncrasies of writing habits, Characters that take over, using Zoom meetings for theater production and so much more before diving into his latest book, A Fastball For Freedom!

Gary Morgenstein at BHC Books

Gary Morgenstein at Amazon

Gary Morgenstein at Facebook (go here for updates on his new show on YouTube, Joyland coming March 22nd!)

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Episode 166 with WSJ and USA Today best-selling author, Jamie Beck is available! (Finally!) Some technical difficulties may have held the episode up, but you don't want to miss our conversations on success through failure and rejection, genre-blending, crossover in stories and writing from instinct along with a delightful sample chapter from Jamie's latest, For All She Knows!

Jamie Beck website with social media links

For All She Knows Amazon pre-order

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Episode 165 brings the thrills with debut author, J.D. May and her fast-paced novel, Factor-7! Listen in as she describes the feeling of getting back to writing after a very long hiatus, hearing characters speak as we write, using travel locations in our stories and so much more before diving into a frightening sample chapter!

J.D. May website with social media & sales links

J.D. May on Goodreads

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Episode 164 brings a new dynamic duo of best friends writing together in Tracy Dobmeier and Wendy Katzman! Listen to these long-time besties describe how they literally googled, "how to write a book", what went into the planning and preparation, and learn what a no apologies promise can do for their writing!

Tracy Dobmeier & Wendy Katzman website with Social media and sale links for wherever you buy books!

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Episode 163 goes all the way to Cairo Egypt for our conversation with epic fantasy author, Tarek Badr! Tarek and Jason have a great chat about topics like books that affect and inspire you, the constant questioning of our work as writers, the fantasy in Star Wars, MCU vs DCU world-building styles, mysterious tattoos and so much more!

Tarek Badr website with social media links!

Chaos Storm on Amazon

Tarek Badr on Goodreads

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Episode 162 brings Boston crime-thriller author, Stephen L. Bruneau as our guest! Stephen and Jason have a wonderful chat along with a few laughs over writing habits, how he learned to be a storyteller, the evolution of his detective MC, as well as getting a sneak peek at the next three books in the series!

Stephen L. Bruneau website, blog, and book purchase links

Stephen L. Bruneau on Facebook and Twitter

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Episode 161 brings a spiritual side to the show with guest author, Sariah Ellsmore. We're discussing discovering our inner talents, defining that inner voice when you write, and helicopters over planes, plus there's a mysterious element to the episode when strange occurrences are happening even during the interview! Fortunately, Sariah knows precisely what's going on but you've got to listen to hear what it is so what are you waiting for?!

Sariah Ellsmore books on Amazon

Sariah Ellsmore on Facebook

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Episode 160 brings us a heartwarming conversation with Maryland author, Donna Koros Stramella talking about her debut novel, Coffee Killed My Mother. Donna and Jason also discuss "old school" typewriters, the writing and habits that shaped her career, and finding your book's characters in real life!

Coffee Killed My Mother on Amazon

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2021 kicks off with episode 159 of the podcast where authors read a sample chapter! In this episode, Jason will be talking some behind the scenes stuff with what the show has been up to during the week off, as well as introducing an exciting new partnership with the show, Audible! Then he dives into what went into his latest book, A Novel Idea before finally reading the thrilling first chapter!

A Novel Idea on Amazon

Jason A Meuschke website with social media links

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