Join us for an episode full of important insights about self-doubt, corruption in our judicial system, and creating your own utopia.

Carren Strock, author of "Married Women Who Love Women" - This accessible book offers support and advice for women in heterosexual marriages who discover, or are coming to terms with, their lesbianism or bisexuality. It also offers guidance for the single lovers of married women. In sharing the author’s personal story, as well as the descriptive experiences of others, this book provides validation and empowerment to multitudes of women in their search for their true identities. In this third edition of Married Women Who Love Women, the author gives women ways in which to structure and restructure their lives and their families after they realize their same-gender sexuality. Chapters consider questions such as how women make this discovery, reactions from loved ones, and the outcomes for marriages and families. Updated throughout with contemporary understandings of sexuality and gender, this book includes a wealth of information, fresh narratives, and stories offering insight into women’s experiences across the country. This is an essential read for women and their partners who are discovering their true identity, as well as therapists, helping professionals, and students of women’s studies, gender studies, sexuality studies, and LGBTQ studies programs.

Erika Lance is a writer of horror, suspense, Sci-fi, and a little fantasy. She has been many things in this life, but she is most proud of being a nerd before it was cool. Growing up in the ’80s and ’90s, she will tell you, finding another female D&D player was rare. She is also the CEO of 4 Horsemen Publications, Inc., Accomplishing Innovations Press, and The Little Horsemen. She is the host of Drinking with Authors podcast and co-host of the Eerie Travels podcast. Erika fell in love with horror while watching Elvira and Dr. Paul Bearer on Saturday afternoon TV and was hooked. She believes that life is an adventure and it is built on the things you do, the people you surround yourself with, and most of all, the things you create. She loves to create worlds and stories, finding that not all stories have happy endings.

Annie McDonnell’s thoughtful book reviews won a regular spot with Elle magazine in 2006. She soon launched her blog, The Write Review. After she was declared permanently disabled in 2014, she devoted herself full-time to the literary community and became known as one of its best book reviewers. Annie has written articles and endorsements for authors; conducted author interviews; and consulted with authors on promotions and events. She continues to do so as her health allows. In addition, she administers the Write Review and World of the Write Review on Facebook. What makes her debut memoir Annie’s Song: Dandelions, Dreams and Dogs even more remarkable is that much of it was written since Annie was told in January 2020 that she must go into hospice and was given last rites. An advocate for literacy, animal rescue, and those with disabilities, Annie is donating the proceeds from her cross-genre memoir—which hit top spots on Amazon's Hot How to Get More Book Reviews New Releases charts in Biographies/Memoirs of People with Disabilities, Poetry/Grief, Death and Bereavement, and Books by Irish Authors, among others—to nonprofits that serve those causes.

Meet nicolette elsie, author of "seasons to bloom" - a collection of poems, designed from a journey of anxiety, fear, grief, and seeking validation.

Brian Vukadinovich, author of "Rogues in Black Robes" - In Rogues in Black Robes Brian Vukadinovich exposes the severity of corruption within the highest levels of the federal judiciary in how a federal court of appeals judge from the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in Chicago, Michael S. Kanne, used his influence to have a decision fixed regarding an appeal that Brian Vukadinovich had filed against rogue police in Valparaiso, Indiana, who had tormented him for years. In Rogues in Black Robes, you will read how a former judge of the United States Court of Appeals in Chicago, Richard A. Posner, after retiring from the federal bench, decided to come clean and disclose how he allowed himself to be manipulated by Judge Michael S. Kanne into throwing the decision of the appeal of the police case, as a favor to Judge Kanne, even though he, Judge Posner, knew that the appellate decision should have gone in favor of Brian Vukadinovich and against the Valparaiso police. In Rogues in Black Robes, you will read how the chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, Diane S. Sykes, and other members of that court, covered up the case-fixing activities, and you will also read how the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, Chief Justice John Roberts, and Attorney General Merrick Garland, turned a blind eye to the case fixing activities and swept the judges' nefarious acts under the rug in order that the public would not know about the degree of judicial corruption that has permeated the federal judiciary. In Rogues in Black Robes, you will read about mechanisms that are put in place to protect corrupt judges from accountability when they breach their sworn oaths of office and even violate the laws of the United States.

If you’re intimidated at the thought of outlining your novel or creating rich and complex characters, writing a great scene, or adding just the right amount of conflict, you’ll want to read this book. With 12 focused chapters it brings authors and would-be-authors closer to finishing their novel.

Meet our guests:

Emma Dhesi, author of "More Than Enough" - Emma Dhesi is a book coach and author mentor who specialises in helping beginner authors write their first novel. 

Grace Sammon, author of "The Eves" - Grace Sammon is an author, radio host, entrepreneur, and educator. Recognized in “Who’s Who in Education” and “Who’s Who in Literature,” Grace utilized skills built up over decades to re-invent herself with her award-winning fourth book and debut novel – The Eves.

Mary Helen Sheriff, author of "Boop and Eve's Road Trip" - Mary Helen Sheriff is the author of the award-winning southern women’s fiction, Boop and Eve’s Road Trip. She serves as an Author Marketing Coach, host of Growing Up Bookish, and the CEO of Bookish Road Trip.

LAUNCH PAD delivers a craft book that speaks right to you. Led by Emma Dhesi, the internationally recognized author, book coach, and podcaster with a lifetime of experience in helping writers like you improve their craft, and Grace Sammon, LAUNCH PAD helps you navigate through the emotional rollercoaster of finishing your novel.

Meet author Susanne Dunlap, author of "The Courtesan's Daughter" - and a historical novelist and Author Accelerator Certified Book Coach.

Meet author Stacy Juba, author of "Fooling Around With Cinderella" - and the founder of Shortcuts for Writers.

Meet author Meredith Stoddard, author of "The River Maiden: Once & Future Series" - who writes folklore-inspired fiction from her writing shed in Virginia.

LAUNCH PAD delivers a craft book that speaks right to you. Led by Emma Dhesi, the internationally recognized author, book coach, and podcaster with a lifetime of experience in helping writers like you improve their craft, and Grace Sammon, LAUNCH PAD helps you navigate through the emotional rollercoaster of finishing your novel.

Meet author Carol Van Den Hende is the award-winning author of the Goodbye, Orchid series, a public speaker, and MBA with 20+ years’ experience in marketing, strategy, and insights.

Meet author Janyre Tromp, an in-house book editor by day and writer of historical novels with a healthy dose of lyrical intrigue at night. She’s the best-selling author of Shadows in the Mind’s Eye and co-author of both O Little Town and It’s a Wonderful Christmas.

Linda Trott-Dickman, author of "Catching the Light" - Catching the Light is for all of you would be, could be, already are poets. Whether in the classroom, community center, or home school community, this little book will guide you through some of poetry's basic forms.   This fun volume not only provides poetry prompts, but a helpful resource area in the back that will guide the leader through many unanswered questions that they might have. Come on, catch the light!

Wayne Turmel, author of "Johnny Lycan & The Vegas Berserker" - America's favorite werewolf P.I. is off to Las Vegas. What could go wrong? Life's good for Johnny Lupul. He has a steady gig and a growing reputation as a guy who gets things done. He's even learning to keep his Lycan side under control—most. But when he's sent to Sin City on a simple retrieval job, things go sideways. He bumps up against a coven of unconventional witches, a psychic pawn broker, and a mysterious enemy with a secret darker and more violent than his own. Take a bite out of the exciting second book in this gritty urban fantasy noir series.

Edward Lerner, author of "The Best of Edward M. Lerner" - Alternate history. Parallel worlds. Future crime. Alien invasion. Alien castaways. Time travel. Quantum intelligence (just don't call him artificial). A (sort of) haunted robot. Deco punk—together with Ed's reminiscences about each selection and its relationship to other stories, novels, and even series that span his writing career.

Tammy Gross, author of "The Treasure Galleons: Prequel to the Golden Age of Pyracy Series" - The true story of 1715 Spanish shipwrecks that gave Florida its "Treasure Coast" – as told in the multi-award-winning screenplay.

Joseph Cappa, Esq., author of "The Zodiac Decoded" - Learn for yourself that the zodiac's story applies to all people, and it provides a message of hope, particularly relevant in these unique times.

Nathan Lewis, author of "Inflation: What It Is, Why It's Bad, and How to Fix It" - A real-world exploration of the subject that addresses everyday concerns of Americans under siege by rising prices, including steps you should take to protect your wealth and navigate these tumultuous times.