Writer's Voices

Internationally recognized speaker, consultant, and author, Bonnie Michaels, is the guest on Writers’ Voices this week. Bonnie, along with Allison Blankenship, has written the book “Upside: How To Zig, When Life Zags”. During a time when many people are experiencing sudden changes, “Upside” shows ways to create a sustainable, inspiring lifestyle no matter what life may bring. The book presents 29 tips for making wise choices about your lifestyle, money, and career that will hopefully lead the reader to happiness and fulfillment.

The second half of the show features a conversation with Ann Mortifee. She has written “In Love with the Mystery”. A book of words and pictures that encourage the reader to listen to their their own heart.

Writers’ Voices welcomes New York Times bestselling author, Sophy Burnham, to the show. Sophy’s most famous book, “A Book of Angels”, has recently been re-released. The book is an exploration of angels through a wide collection of stories, history, and literature related to human encounters with angels. “The Art of Intuition”, Sophy’s most recent book, explores many facets of intuition; what it is, why it’s important, and how to have more of it. Sophy is the author of several books, plays, and nearly 100 essays.

On this Writers’ Voices, we’ll be speaking with Stephen Hopson. Stephen was born deaf, but had the dream at a young age to become a pilot. He made aviation history, as an adult, by becoming the world’s first deaf instrument-rated pilot. For 15 years, he also had a very successful career on Wall Street. In 1996 he had an epiphany that inspired him to leave Wall Street behind to pursue a career as a motivational speaker and author. His first book, “Obstacle Illusions; Transforming Adversity into Success” tells stories from Stephen’s life, from childhood to adulthood, and shares lessons he has learned along the way.

Children’s book author, Kathy Brodsky , makes a visit to Writers’ Voices . “The Winner Is…” , her most recent book, tells the humorous story of a dog who tries to be someone else in order to win a contest. Her other books include, “My Bent Tree” , “The Inside Story” , “Just Sniffing Around” and “Purrsnikitty” . Having worked as a psychotherapist for almost 40 years, Kathy has a wealth of material to draw upon for her work.

Lamott, a New York TImes best-selling author, is a past recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship. Her other books include “Plan B”, “Grace (Eventually)”, “Bird by Bird”, “Traveling Mercies”, “Rosie” and many more.

Cheryl Fusco Johnson takes hosting duties on this Writers’ Voices with guest Anola Pickett. Anola is the author of a historical juvenile fiction novel “Wasatch Summer”, published by Cedar Fort. The book tells the coming of age tale of eleven-year old Hannah Turner as she faces unlikely dangers as she watches her family’s sheep in the mountains.

A former teacher and school librarian, Anola has co-authored a classroom activity book, as well as books, magazine stories, and articles. Anola and her husband, Peter Dolye, have a son, Gerry, who’s a journalist and author currently living in Abu Dhabi.

This show features an interview with Bob Saar, from Burlington, Iowa. His most recent novel is titled “In Memory of David’s Buick”. The book tells the story of Iowa songwriter Bucky Minnow, who’s song David’s Buick , was ripped off by booking agent, Buddy Payola, and Dusty Bodine, who uses Bucky’s song and a magic guitar to return to fame. To get his song back, Bucky takes off on a road trip that takes him through incredible misadventures like no other and ultimately leads him to the meaning of life. Other characters in this book include Bucky’s girlfriend, Lido Wan, Shadow guitarist Dogus, disc jockey Roy Lukas, an ancient medicine man, two ethereal spirits, and a host of FBI agents. Bob’s book takes a unique view of life, love, war, rock ‘n’ roll, Iowa, and sweater-clad Chihuahuas trapped inside hot automobiles.

Bob has worked as a professional writer, columnist, videographer and musician.

Tune in for what is sure to be a fun and exciting interview.

Everyone from Oprah to Larry King and in movies like What The Bleep?! and The Secret has been talking about Concious Creation. This week’s Writers’ Voices will be discussing conscious creation and the movies. Monica Hadley and guest co-host Bruce Miller, of KRUU’s The Filmoshophers, will be talking with Brent Marchant, author of “Get the Picture: Conscious Creation Goes to the Movies”. Using a wide variety of films, such as Sophie’s Choice, Good Night and Good Luck, Syriana, Vertigo and more, as examples, Brent explains the many concepts of conscious creation, as well as the difficulties that arise in becoming conscious creators.

A long-time movie lover and a student of metaphysics, Brent Marchant has a B.A. in magazine journalism and is a regular contributor to Belief.net, Sethnet Journal, Vivid Life Radio, Divine Revolution and Reality Change magazines. He currently lives in Chicago.

Join in for this entertaining and empowering conversation!

It might help to get into a romantic mood for this Writers’ Voices because our guest this week is Ottumwa-native Leigh Michaels. Leigh, the author of over 80 romance novels with over 35 million copies of her novels published, has had her work translated in over 25 languages and published in more than 120 countries. “The Mistress’ House”, her most recent novel, is the first in a new series. The book tells three interconnected tales that take place around a London townhouse owned by the Earl of Hawthorne.

Leigh Michaels has also written several non-fiction books on writing romance stories.

Listen in to this episode of Writers’ Voices for a delightful interview with Mary Helen Stefaniak. “The Cailiffs of Baghdad, Georgia: A Novel”, Stefaniak’s most recent book, takes readers from the American South to the banks of the Tigris River and back again. The book, which takes place during Depression-era Georgia, tells of what happens when a new, unconventional and well-traveled school teacher comes to town, deciding to revive the town’s annual festival as an exotic Baghdad Bazaar. The story is told from the perspective of eleven year old, Gladys Cailiff.

Mary Helen Stefaniak’s work has appeared in The Iowa Review , The Antioch Review , The Yale Review , EPOCH and in several anthologies. Her other works include a novel, “The Turk and My Mother”, and a collection of short stories, “Self Storage and Other Stories.” She is a native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.