https://youtu.be/liTL3Gz9pdc What if the reality of extraterrestrials and hidden government secrets was far more complex than we imagined? In The Disclosure Paradox, author Paul Vecchiet takes readers on a journey that blends real-world experiences with speculative fiction. His novel raises unsettling questions about humanity’s place in the universe, our readiness for contact, and the truths … Read more
Can you tell me about your book, Ivory Bones, from your point of view? Ivory Bones: The Lewis Chessmen Murders is the second in a historical mystery series that features Brynja Pálsdóttir, an Icelandic forensic geneticist. A four-hundred-year-old diary along with skeletal remains are unearthed at a building site. Brynja is shocked to learn the … Read more
https://youtu.be/uo675CA8Xpk Books That Make You Embrace a Mystical Wholeness Poetry does amazing things to uplift us, inspire us, give us hope, and help us discover ways we can feel more engaged with ourselves and the world. In short: poetry helps us feel that much more whole. Chelan Harkin’s poetry journey began at age 21 on … Read more
https://youtu.be/i-7l9ldPn0w Books That Make You See the True Origins of For-Profit Prisons The United States has a complicated past. Freeman’s Challenge by Dr. Robin Bernstein—a Dillon Professor of American History and Professor of African and African-American Studies and Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality at Harvard University—unravels a bit of that past. A gripping story … Read more
https://youtu.be/JXeEru-gpmg We’re Talking About Elevating Stories with Podcasting That’s right—we’re taking a new spin with our topic, because as story lovers and story writers in the modern age, we have a lot of possibilities when it comes to podcasting. From narratives to interview formats, documentaries to educational, the world of podcasting has revolutionized the way … Read more
https://youtu.be/iGU2F4GkMfs Books That Make You Overcome Fear—and Accept Your Spiritual Gifts Alejandra G. Brady was sixteen years old when she awakened to see someone she knew at the head of her bed—her first visitation from someone who had passed. But it wouldn’t be until age 50 before anyone would give her a name for the … Read more
https://youtu.be/1CX72r-2axk Books That Make You Take Control of Your Life We all make choices across our lives, of course, and since no one gets out alive, we can at least decide how our own stories should end. Grinelle “Buzz” Desjarlais is the author of the Historical Fiction novel Saving KC, which offers a deep exploration … Read more
https://youtu.be/cdemF-jKA6M Books That Make You Enter the World of Hollywood and Crime Are you ready for an emotion-packed thriller? Are you ready to meet an aging Hollywood horror actor as he learns his wife’s death, years ago, may have in fact been murder? Such is the premise of Lee Lindauer’s new novel, The Salvation of … Read more
https://youtu.be/EEsXC1f7R8A Books That Make You Fall Under the Spell of a Gun-Toting, Prohibition-era Moonshiner Let’s travel back to the 1920s with a troubled boy named Rufus. He leaves his family—and a secret—behind him, only to find what he hopes is a new home with the O’Haras. But, sadly for him, things don’t go too well … Read more
