The TufFish Show

Welcome Elena Paige to The TufFish Show, a place to help writers and aspiring authors get out of their own way to leave a legacy by telling the stories they want to share through writing their own books and confidently sharing them with others. The writing process can be tough and the business side can feel scary, but TufFish makes both feel smoother and achievable. Visit https://www.jennifermilius.com/tuffish to learn more.

This fun conversation with Elena Paige demonstrates the power of transformation a  book can have. Writing a book can be an intuitive process for many authors and feel like digging into more layers, so Elena shares how this happens for her. Whether it's the characters, the reader, or the author, Elena shares how transformation is possible for each in a fictional book. 

Elena Paige is a middle-grade author with a background in counseling psychology. She loves creating stories which inspire and transform young readers - either through empowering them, entertaining them, or encouraging them to be more creative and imaginative.

Her books, while being filled with magic and wonder, have real life characters with real life issues - like fitting in, trusting yourself, dealing with inner conflict and more!

Her greatest value in life is CREATIVITY - nurturing it, enhancing it and using it! She loves encouraging children to believe in themselves and accept their own way of creating, even if it's outside the box. The most amazing creatives of our time rarely fitted in!

Her absolute favorite book as a child was No Flying in the House. She always knew magic was real, but when all attempts to bring her favorite teddy to life failed, she adopted a dog instead. Her Moodle dog, named Lucky, is always by her side when she writes. On Sunday mornings you can find her hiding under her bed covers reading, while her children are wondering where their favorite book has disappeared.

Visit - ElenaPaige.com

Book purchase links for the first book in every series:

Evie Everyday Witch (Secret Magic)

The Magicians' Convention

The Splendid Secrets of 66 Lilly Pilly Lane

Lolli and the Lollipop (Meditation Adventures for Kids)

Taki & Toula Time Travelers (Hercules Finds His Courage)

I Love Being Free (Happy Heart Rhymes)

Welcome Debbie Weiss to The TufFish Show, a place to help writers and aspiring authors get out of their own way to leave a legacy by telling the stories they want to share through writing their own books and confidently sharing them with others. The writing process can be tough and the business side can feel scary, but TufFish makes both feel smoother and achievable. Visit https://www.jennifermilius.com/tuffish to learn more.

This powerful conversation with Debbie Weiss demonstrates the parallels between writing a book, healing through loss, and embarking on your second act. Debbie shares that as she set out to write her memoir, she learned when it was time to make big changes so that she had a strong story to tell. She also shared ways that she's leveraged the themes within her memoir to promote her book, which are great tips for any genre.

Debbie Weiss is a former attorney who earned her MFA in creative nonfiction from Saint Mary’s College of California in 2020. Weiss’s essays have been published in The New York Times's “Modern Love” column, HuffPost, Woman’s Day, Good Housekeeping, Elle Décor, and Reader’s Digest, among other publications. She lives in Benicia, CA with her second life partner, Randal.

Visit - https://debbieweissauthor.com/

Book purchase link: Available As Is

Welcome Stella Wilde to The TufFish Show, a place to help writers and aspiring authors get out of their own way to leave a legacy by telling the stories they want to share through writing their own books and confidently sharing them with others. The writing process can be tough and the business side can feel scary, but TufFish makes both feel smoother and achievable. Visit https://www.jennifermilius.com/tuffish to learn more.

Two of the most powerful things that writing, and being creative, does is that it allows for self-expression and self-exploration, and this conversation with Stella Wilde shows this in multiple ways. Your writing has the ability to help you get to know yourself, figure out your gifts and how to express them, and get honest with yourself for what you need to make your goals and dreams happen. Sometimes it's about immersing yourself in the process and sometimes it's about taking a step back, so if you're in need of some inspiration, let Stella's wisdom offer you that nudge to get you back into the flow.

Stella Wilde is a cosmic pathfinder, intuitive advisor, and manifestation mentor. She believes that Astrology and Tarot are essential tools for self-discovery and for navigating life's possibilities and complexities. Since she could hold a pencil, writing has been her first love, and she pursued her passion by earning an MA and MFA in Creative Writing.

Visit - https://stellawilde.com

Book purchase link: 2023 Lucky Stars

Welcome Annie Cathryn to The TufFish Show, a place to help writers and aspiring authors get out of their own way to leave a legacy by telling the stories they want to share through writing their own books and confidently sharing them with others. The writing process can be tough and the business side can feel scary, but TufFish makes both feel smoother and achievable. Visit https://www.jennifermilius.com/tuffish to learn more.

This fun conversation with Annie Cathryn shows that when you have the willingness to expand your circle and explore your curiosities, sweet results happen. By expanding her circle, Annie shares how she navigated incorporating feedback, determining the sub-genre for her book, and the importance of having the right people on your team. By leveraging her journalism background and a desire to include her love of chocolate, Annie shares tips on how to create a believable experience for the reader when you need to learn more about your character's profession.

Annie Cathryn has always dreamed of becoming an author and lives by the motto, “Creating is Living.” The Friendship Breakup is her debut book baby, born out of love. 

When not writing or reading, she’s organizing her personal library collection by color and discovering delectable chocolate.

She earned a journalism degree and a master’s in communications from Marquette University, and lives in Chicagoland with her husband, daughter, and two fur babies.

Visit - https://anniecathryn.com/

Book purchase link: The Friendship Breakup 

Welcome Kacey Rayburn to The TufFish Show, a place to help writers and aspiring authors get out of their own way to leave a legacy by telling the stories they want to share through writing their own books and confidently sharing them with others. The writing process can be tough and the business side can feel scary, but TufFish makes both feel smoother and achievable. Visit https://www.jennifermilius.com/tuffish to learn more.

Have you ever questioned why something happened or why you had certain experiences, only to realize in hindsight how all the dots were connected and leading you to where you are now? This powerful conversation with Kacey Rayburn demonstrates this and shows how beauty can come from unexpected places and inspire our writing, if we so choose to see it. 

Kacey Rayburn grew up in the Appalachian Mountains. Born into a family of granny witches and gravediggers, she enjoys long walks in the cemetery. She has a sweet fang for chai tea, mermaids, and folk horror.

Visit: https://www.kaceyrayburn.com

Book: Sing Our Bones Eternal

Welcome Barbara Davis to The TufFish Show, a place to help writers and aspiring authors get out of their own way to leave a legacy by telling the stories they want to share through writing their own books and confidently sharing them with others. The writing process can be tough and the business side can feel scary, but TufFish makes both feel smoother and achievable. Visit https://www.jennifermilius.com/tuffish to learn more.

This conversation with Barbara Davis is perfect if you're doubting whether or not you have what it takes to get your book into the world. She shares the importance of finding and having supportive relationships, setting healthy boundaries to thrive as an author, and trusting in yourself, including to takes steps of faith but also to be messy and willing to fall down. 

After years in the jewelry business, Barbara finally surrendered to the muse, leaving the corporate world in order to pursue her lifelong dream of becoming a writer. She was born in New Jersey, has lived in Charleston, Raleigh, and Dover, New Hampshire, and has recently moved back to Florida to be close to her first love--Mickey Mouse.

When she's not writing, Barbara is a voracious reader, foodie, and lover of music, a rabid football fan, and a devoted Florida Gator. She also enjoys traveling with the hubby Tom, who over the years has learned much more about publishing and the craft of writing than he ever wanted to know.

Visit - https://barbaradavis-author.com

Book purchase link: The Keeper of Happy Endings

Link to all of Barbara's books

Welcome Dallas Woodburn to The TufFish Show, a place to help writers and aspiring authors get out of their own way to leave a legacy by telling the stories they want to share through writing their own books and confidently sharing them with others. The writing process can be tough and the business side can feel scary, but TufFish makes both feel smoother and achievable. Visit https://www.jennifermilius.com/tuffish to learn more.

Finding your voice as a writer is a process that develops and evolves as you move along this path of being an author, and this incredible conversation with Dallas Woodburn demonstrates how it's something that grows with each paragraph, chapter and book. As a multi-genre author, Dallas shares so much wisdom about finding and staying true to your voice, even when you're writing and promoting books that are in multiple genres. 

Dallas Woodburn is an award-winning writer of fiction, nonfiction, and plays; an in-demand book coach; and host of the Thriving Authors Podcast. She has helped dozens of women around the world write and publish the books inside their hearts to grow their businesses, grow their impact, and grow their legacies. Dallas’s debut YA novel, The Best Week That Never Happened, was a #1 New Release on Amazon, a Featured Bestseller on Apple Books, and the Grand Prize Winner of the Dante Rossetti Book Award for Young Adult Fiction. She is also the author of the YA novel Thanks, Carissa, For Ruining My Life and the short story collections Woman, Running Late, in a Dress and How to Make Paper When the World is Ending. Her novel Before & After You & Me and nonfiction book 1,001 Ways to be Kind are both forthcoming in 2023. Dallas lives with her family in the San Francisco Bay Area in a comfortably messy house with overflowing bookshelves.

Visit - www.DallasWoodburn.com

Book purchase links:

How to Make Paper When the World is Ending

Thanks, Carissa, For Ruining My Life

The Best Week That Never Happened

Welcome Cynthia James to The TufFish Show, a place to help writers and aspiring authors get out of their own way to leave a legacy by telling the stories they want to share through writing their own books and confidently sharing them with others. The writing process can be tough and the business side can feel scary, but TufFish makes both feel smoother and achievable. Visit https://www.jennifermilius.com/tuffish to learn more.

This powerful conversation with Cynthia James is a perfect reminder that your work, your message, your voice, your book is needed and to keep showing up so that it does. Cynthia is shares ways to overcome imposter syndrome so that you don't deprive people of your wisdom. And even if you feel resistance coming up with "your wisdom" I invite you to pause, stay open, and listen to the wisdom from Cynthia to help you dig deeper and create a book you are excited to get into the world.

Cynthia James is a transformational coach and inspirational leader, guiding people to make changes at a deep level for lasting healing. Cynthia excels as a speaker, coach, singer, and multiple award-winning author of What Will Set You Free and Revealing Your Extraordinary Essence and #1 Amazon Bestseller for I Choose Me: The Art of Being a Phenomenally Successful Woman at Home and at Work. Her newest book, Does My Voice Matter, released on September 27, 2022.

Cynthia James embodies the quote “I am not what I have done. I am what I have become;” and, she leads others to do the same. Her own life was transformed as she transcended a violent and abusive childhood. Through education and personal healing, she created the foundation for all her programs. Her work in self-care strategies and emotional integration support leaders, women and organizations internationally.

Visit - www.cynthiajames.net

Book purchase link: Does My Voice Matter

Welcome Gloria Coppola to The TufFish Show, a place to help writers and aspiring authors get out of their own way to leave a legacy by telling the stories they want to share through writing their own books and confidently sharing them with others. The writing process can be tough and the business side can feel scary, but TufFish makes both feel smoother and achievable. Visit https://www.jennifermilius.com/tuffish to learn more.

When your writing seems to be blocked or that inner critic says who you are to write this book, let this powerful conversation with Gloria Coppola help you to reconnect, find the joy, and even go deeper with your writing. Perfectionism can be a joy and dream killer, and when it comes up, it can cause you to question yourself and doubt your inner wisdom. So when you need a cheerleader in your corner or a reminder of what's possible for you, let Gloria's joy and wisdom comfort and encourage you to keep going and get your voice into the world.

Gloria Coppola, visionary, best selling and award-winning author and educator, international professional life coach, specializes in helping others find their true purpose.

She enjoys engaging others to live their soul-driven life and empowering them personally and professionally. Offering soul purpose consultations, which are life changing and publishing services that help writers reach their audience through conscious connections.

When Gloria isn't writing or coaching you will find her traveling and offering annual writing retreats to unlock your imagination.

Visit - www.ppp-publishing.com and www.gloriacoppola.com

Book purchase link: Too Many Goodbyes