Discovered Wordsmiths
Podcast dedicated to chatting with new and aspiring authors about their exciting new books and the path they chose to publish.
Episodes
December 22, 2023 • 36 mins
Overview
J is back, and this time he's talking about his latest book series which deals with using A.I. for your writing. Our conversation entails the happenings from 20 books to 50k Vegas. J has a lot of thoughts about the future of publishing and the use of A.I.
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YouTube
https://youtu.be/ICNtVSdkJVw
Transcript
Stephen: Cool.
Great. Alright. I'm just gonna start us off. New episode, Discovered Wordsm...
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December 12, 2023 • 23 mins
Overview
Confessions of a Knight Errant is a comedic, picaresque novel in the tradition of Don Quixote with a flamboyant cast of characters. Dr. Gary Watson is the picaro, a radical environmentalist and wannabe novelist who has been accused of masterminding a computer hack that wiped out the files of a major publishing company. His Sancho Panza is Kharalombos, a fat, gluttonous Greek dancing teacher, who is wanted by the secret ...
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December 3, 2023
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With inspiration from her own life, Kalee Boisvert has developed an easy-to-use system for women, young and old, to take control of their finances. Make Money Your Thing is an approachable guide to take women on a journey from avoidance and overwhelm to feeling comfortable and in control of their finances. This book provides simple action steps to learn the basics of money management, understand the importance of balanc...
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November 22, 2023 • 34 mins
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G. S. Gerry doesn’t just write books, he creates humorous experiences with the written word. When life kicks you in the nether regions find a way to see the humor in it all.
I am all about Mastering life Experiences Through Humor. My purpose is to share my own experiences to help you laugh at my pain, and laugh through yours.
G. S. Gerry engineers uniquely hilarious concepts that are quirky and utterly unique...
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November 1, 2023 • 45 mins
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Growing up in New York in the late 1960's, Audrey Birnbaum assumed that watching Holocaust documentaries was a perfectly normal family activity. On her first day of elementary school, Audrey sat in the cafeteria, unwrapped her liverwurst sandwich, and excitedly told her new classmates about her public television proclivities. Her Brady Bunch-watching peers had never heard of PBS, but they had heard of PB&J (and they wer...
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October 26, 2023 • 49 mins
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Ashley Earley grew up in Georgia, where she spent most of her time running wild in the woods of her backyard, building forts to create her own fantasy worlds, obsessing over books, and experimenting with her writing.
Today, she lives in Colorado with her dog and still spends her time devouring any book she can get her hands on, writing, and editing for her clients at Earley Editing, LLC. In May of 2021, she graduated...
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October 17, 2023 • 27 mins
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Colin is Irish and used tales of his homeland to create his horror novel, Country Roads.
When Luke Sheridan moves out of Dublin city to rural Kilcross with his wife and baby, he imagines the worst part will be his extended commute to work. They can look forward to enjoying the countryside and being part of a small community. After all, his old friend Declan Maguire lives in the house next door and is a Garda in the ...
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October 10, 2023 • 37 mins
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Saph Dodd has been writing for as long as she’s known how. Since she first picked up a pencil and learned to string sentences together, she’s been creating fantastic and intriguing stories.
This twenty-six-year-old writer adores reading, especially action-adventure, fantasy, and horror stories, as well as lore and mythology.
Her first novel, published when she was sixteen, spurred her to continue to do what she l...
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October 3, 2023 • 26 mins
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Soulworm, the debut novel of Edward Willett, now the award-winning author of more than twenty novels and twice that many nonfiction books, has just been made available once more in a new edition from Shadowpaw Press Reprise.A young adult fantasy novel, Soulworm was originally published by Royal Fireworks Press in 1997, and was shortlisted for the Best First Book award at that year’s Saskatchewan Book Awards. It was writ...
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September 20, 2023 • 39 mins
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Today is a different episode. I'm not talking to an author, this has to do with video games. Though it's not focused on video game storytelling as I've had in the past. It is related.
I am talking with the coaches for the BioMed Science Academy eSports team. BioMed is a local alternative STEM school and they are one of over 200 schools in Ohio with eSports teams.
This is important, because it shows the rise of vi...
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September 13, 2023 • 40 mins
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South Carolina author Sasscer Hill, an amateur jockey and horse breeder, writes mysteries in series - The Nikki Latrelle Horse Racing Mysteries (five volumes), The Fia McFee Mysteries (two volumes to date), TRAVELS OF QUINN, GRIPPING TALES OF FACT AND FICTION, and now a new series The Janet Simpson Cozy Mysteries, of which MURDER AT THE WILLCOTTS HOTEL is the third volume. This novella is short, but Hill’s ability to cr...
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September 5, 2023 • 42 mins
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Luna rey hall is a queer trans non-binary writer. they are the author of space neon neon space (Variant Lit, 2022), no matter the diagnosis (Game Over Books, 2023), the patient routine (Brigids Gate Press, 2023), and loudest when startled (YesYes Books, 2020), longlisted for the 2020 Julie Suk Award. they are the winner of the 2013 Patsy Lea Core in Memorial Award for Poetry. their poems have appeared in The Florida Rev...
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August 29, 2023 • 15 mins
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Robert Wolf, M.D., grew up as the only child of Ervin and Judit Wolf. Their stories of their escape from communist Hungary, and his father's tragic history of escaping the Nazis twice but having his own parents taken to Auschwitz, inspired Robert to document his parents' tales and share those stories with Jewish groups and others throughout the United States. In "Not a Real Enemy" Robert shares his family saga-and the f...
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August 23, 2023 • 28 mins
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Ben joins us from New Jersey where he goes to college. Ben may be young and isn't known, but he is an experienced author with several books under his belt already with many planned in the future.
Ben has also talked with an author, Sue Bentley, that he admires and got her permission to use some of the animals names from her book in his book. Listen to what Ben shares about his books and his advice for writing.
Boo...
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August 16, 2023 • 39 mins
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I want to welcome Jennifer Lawrence and apologize to her once again. We did a whole episode and talked about a lot of great things - that I forgot to record. So she graciously agreed to get back on and redo it, even though she was super busy with school and family. Thank you.
Jen lives in Nashville, TN with her family. She is also a teacher and has written a series of books for kids - The Mystic series. We discuss he...
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August 9, 2023 • 34 mins
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Catherine lives in Tucson Arizona and is a bass player. Good combo - author and bass player.
She has written a sci-fi novel called Aztec Eagle that is the first of a series. She is also with Jumpmaster Press.
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Favorites
https://www.bookstoptucson.com/
YouTube
https://youtu.be/hoYZadD_Oec
Transcript
Stephen: today on Discovered Wordsmiths, I wanna welcome Catherine. Catherine. H...
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August 2, 2023 • 70 mins
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Jim is one half of the Flinch publishing duo and joins us today to talk about their newest anthology - a western title Six Gun Legends. We also discuss his Sgt Janus books and connection to Carnacki, Kolchak and X-files.
With the upcoming Pulpfest, JIm tells us more about that show and what he and partner, John Bruening, have planned.
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Favorites
YouTube
https://youtu.be/p5j-5WSaflc
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July 26, 2023 • 16 mins
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Don lives in Ohio with his wife and recently retired. As a retirement goal, he wanted to write a book and he's written a series of humor books. Along with writing, he has been practicing standup comedy.
Book
Website
https://donake.allauthor.com/
YouTube
https://youtu.be/bJp71xDruDc
Transcript
Stephen: today on Discovered Wordsmiths, I have Don Ake.
Don, good morning. How are you doing? Goo...
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July 19, 2023 • 38 mins
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Avyan is a young writer, 10 years old in fact. Yet, he's an experienced author that has written a non-fiction book for that his fellow classmates enjoy. As a bonus, Avyan donates his profit to his school.
Book
YouTube
https://youtu.be/NtqOmjWZnyY
Transcript
Stephen: today on Discover Wordsmith, I have a very special guest. This is Avian and he is 10 years old right now, but wrote his first book ...
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July 12, 2023 • 38 mins
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Gustav is from South America where he lives with his large family. He writes for a very thriving science fiction fan base there. We discuss his sci-fi military book, Colony, but also about being a South American writer and trying to sell in the United States.
Gustav is a Jumpmaster Press author and loves what they have done to help his career.
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Website
https://gustavobondoni.com/
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