The Along Came A Writer Show

The Along Came A Writer Show

Bookchat, writing craft. trends, and tips. Host Linda Kozar, author of both traditional and indie-published fiction and nonfiction books interviews authors of every genre, as well as screenwriters, scriptwriters, and personalities.

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May 17, 2023 29 mins

Mary L. Hamilton began writing for publication when her children were young. She sold articles to Christian magazines and later wrote a play for her church’s women’s ministry outreach. That play sparked her passion for fiction even as it humbled her to see it performed. She says, “I gave them words in black and white and they put skin and clothes on those words. They brought black and white to life in Technicolor.”

By that time, he...

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Author and Podcaster Linda Kozar chats with guests who share the story of their life and how they got to the place they are now. Stories that are sad, touching, bittersweet, and often miraculous. Everyone has a story to tell before they leave this earth and we should hear the unique story of their life. www.lindakozar.com

About If I Were a Tiger

A whimsical and playful rhyming picture book about a young boy who imagines himself as ...

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Author and Podcaster Linda Kozar chats with guests who share the story of their life and how they got to the place they are now. Stories that are sad, touching, bittersweet, and often miraculous. Everyone has a story to tell before they leave this earth and we should hear the unique story of their life. www.lindakozar.com

Within These Walls of Sorrow by Amanda Barratt

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.—In her latest novel, Within These Walls of...

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Along Came A Writer featuring guest author William Daniel With Your Host Linda Kozar

William Daniel is a seventh grader, a WWII enthusiast, and a competitive gymnast. He builds model airplanes and wants to be a pilot someday. He has an older sister, Maris, and a twin sister, Calyn, and is the younger by four minutes. As you can well imagine, he enjoys making people laugh, which he does for family, friends, and at school. William li...

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Along Came A Writer featuring author Brittany Ann with your host Author/Podcaster Linda Kozar

Brittany Ann is an author, speaker, and founder of EquippingGodlyWomen.com, a popular Christian-living website dedicated to helping women be “all in” in faith and family. Brittany is married to an incredible godly husband, and together they have three adorably energetic little ones.

 

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Along Came A Writer featuring author Shelley Shepard Gray with your host Author/Podcaster Linda Kozar

About Shelley: I grew up in Houston, Texas, went to Colorado for college, and after living in Arizona, Dallas, and Denver, we moved to southern Ohio about ten years ago.

I’ve always thought of myself as a very hard worker, but not ‘great’ at anything. I’ve obtained a bachelor’s and master’s degree…but I never was a gifted student. ...

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Coffee, Tea  Thee—Tell Your Story For His Glory Author and Podcaster Linda Kozar chats with guests who share the story of their life and how they got to the place they are now. Stories that are sad, touching, bittersweet, and often miraculous. Everyone has a story to tell before they leave this earth and we should hear the unique story of their life. www.lindakozar.com

Henry O. Arnold co-authored the novel Hometown Favorite with Bi...

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Author/Podcaster Linda Kozar, your host www.lindakozar.com

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Shelley Shepard Gray writes Amish and Inspirational romances for Simon & Schuster, and Kensington, Harlequin, and contemporary women’s fiction for Blackstone Publishing. With over a million books in print, and translated into more than a dozen languages, her novels have been Holt Medallion winners and Inspirational Readers...

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Coffee, Tea  Thee-Tell Your Story For His Glory featuring author Deb Raney with your host Author/Podcaster Linda Kozar

Author and Podcaster Linda Kozar chats with guests who share the story of their life and how they got to the place they are now. Stories that are sad, touching, bittersweet, and often miraculous. Everyone has a story to tell before they leave this earth and we should hear the unique story of their life. www.lindako...

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May 29, 2021 29 mins

An award-winning author, Deborah Maxey's fascination with character and conflict was the driving force behind her career as a psychotherapist, specializing in work with traumatized, abused, neglected children, and serving as an expert witness in the courts. As an award-winning fine artist, her large oil canvases are in the style of photorealism.

Her first novel, “The Endling,” includes artists and the art community.  Having grown u...

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AMANDA CLEARY EASTEP is not related to Beverly Cleary but wishes she were. She is, however, a children’s author, and the Tree Street Kids is her debut series (Moody Publishers, 2021 and 2022). Her children’s writing has been published in Ladybug, The Friend, Sunday school curriculum, and at Story Warren. As a longtime writer, she’s contributed to Christianity Today, Think Christian, and many other print and online publications. She...

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Donna Vanliere..a mom, a wife, an animal lover, and a closet comedian at home. She's passionate about cooking (...and eating), reading, movies and teaching, inspiring, challenging and encouraging dreamers! She doesn’t like watching sports on TV but is a huge fan of athletes under five feet tall who call her Mom. Donna also loves to write books. As a New York Times and USA Today best-selling author, her 14 titles include The Christm...

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Ramona Richards is the author or contributor of over twenty books, including Memory of Murder, Field of Danger, and The Taking of Carly Bradford. She is the associate publisher for Iron Stream Media and has previously worked for Abingdon Press and Thomas Nelson. Ramona makes her home just outside of Birmingham, Alabama. Find her at ramonarichards.com.

Faith, Hope, and the Love of a Good Story

https://www.ramonarichards.com

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Rachel Dodge is the author of Praying with Jane: 31 Days Through the Prayers of Jane Austen (Bethany House 2018) and The Anne of Green Gables Devotional: A Chapter-By-Chapter Companion for Kindred Spirits (Barbour 2020). She teaches college English classes, gives talks at libraries, teas, and book clubs, and is a writer for the popular Jane Austen's World blog and Jane Austen's Regency World Magazine. She is passionate about en...

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Collecting for the Flea Market Love Letters archive project began in 2015. The present mission of the project is to archive and preserve found, vintage ephemera (letters, postcards, photos etc.) often sourced at flea markets. There are now nearly 300 letters in the archive, and that number is increasing. 

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Nancy Mehl is the author of over twenty-five books, including the Road to Kingdom, Finding Sanctuary, and Defenders of Justice series. She received the ACFW Mystery Book of the Year Award in 2009. She writes from her home in Missouri, where she lives with her husband, Norman, and their puggle, Watson.

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Three siblings discuss what it was like growing up in a haunted house in New Orleans.

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Linda Brooks Davis pens stories inspired by her ancestors' lives of faith and grit, ... She attended Abilene Christian University where she earned a degree in speech pathology in 1968. ... Linda and her husband live in San Antonio, Texas and worship at Oak Hills Church.

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Patricia Bradley is a Romantic Suspense writer living in the Deep South. Her first published works were short-stories published in Woman’s World. Now she the proud author of nine novels and two novellas. She is also proud to be represented by Julie Gwinn of the Seymour Agency.

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Interview with Graphic Artist and Book Cover Designer Danny Mehl: "I am a Graphic Designer and Art Director with over ten years of experience working in graphic design firms, ad agencies and the in-house department of a world-renowned ministry. In addition to my day job I also do freelance projects including book covers. I've won multiple awards and had work featured in major publications including Gr...

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