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In This Episode Are you someone who loves geography or Alchemicals like the Philosopher's Stone? What would you do if you came across a mythical creature who disappeared behind a bolder? Would you find a way past it to travel to a whole new world? Well, that's what Lucy and Dee, our protagonists, did as they traveled down the Silk Road - made of real silk into the world of magic, dragons, and demons. So come with us as we go Beyond the Pen with author Kirsten Marion and her book, Lucy and Dee - ...

In This Episode History has a great way of inspiring creativity, especially when our ancestors are the inspiration. Guest author, Mary Kendall, tells us how her grandfather, a lawyer, inspired her to write The Spinster's Fortune. This historically driven fictional tale brings us back to two months before Black Tuesday occurs, sending us into WWII. We'll be discussing everything from generational wealth and how it can tear families apart to how her love of history and architecture influenced how ...

In This Episode What do you do when a string of supernatural murders occur in a quiet, small mountain town? Simple, you allow your local witches to take care of it, especially when one of them is being framed. This is the bases of our next guest author, Kirsten Weiss, and her book Bound: A Doyle Witch Cozy Mystery. This is the first in a series of 13 books that'll keep you spellbound the entire time. Spells included. For More Information To learn more about the show, our guests, and where you c...

In This Episode... Author Gare Allen and Marccella give us an insight into the spiritual world and the paranormal. Gare shares how his levitating bed and other supernatural events impacted his life at 12. As he got older, he took a sabbatical at 22 to find himself. This led him into the world of metaphysics and a new norm of spiritual healing, just like our resident witch, Marccella. And if you're interested in getting your Palms read, Tarot, or anything else paranormal, we talk about how to tel...

In This Episode... Let's catch the killer of a well-known and celebrated nun, Sister Margaret as we patrol the streets of Manhattan with authors Travis Myers and Natasha Myers Marsiguerra. We'll canvas the pages of their debut novel, Sister Margaret: A Tommy Keane Novel, to answer your questions. Like, how impactful is the crime to the people of Manhattan? Can Tommy find the killer in time while dealing with the ghosts of his past? Is the truth behind the words laid with reality, fiction, or bot...

In this Episode... Let's hit the books at the Writing Academy to learn what to look for in a writing coach with our literary professor, LaNette Kincaide. She gives us a very transparent look into the publishing world before your book is on the digital and physical shelves of your favorite book store. Discover some tips and tricks to help you in finding a coach that will inspire, mentor, and flourish your imagination. Plus what red flags to look out for as you travel along on your literary road t...

When Cesar, a young man from the streets, volunteers for the Navy during the Vietnam War to escape Mr. Mike, a gangster working for the Cartel, only to find out that he's fighting a battle on two fronts. Both will either make him stronger, or kill him before he reaches his 20th birthday. Learn about what inspired author Andre Lewis Carter to write his latest novel, Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea. Join me as I run solo to answer your questions to uncover what the story behind the story t...

Summary Enter Warminster with author J.V. Hilliard in his book, The Last Keeper, as he leads us through the kingdoms of Ravenwood, Thronehelm, and the Queen's Chapel. Take a look behind the vale as we discover the dark path of a nightmarish blindman, and what started him on his path of tyranny. Following adventurers like the knight, Sir Ritter, and Daemus Alacar, the seer, in this D&D inspired high fantasy novel as they do everything in their power to cleanse their kingdoms of tyrants like Grayt...

Summary We take a trip through the Feywild with author Danielle Orsino and discover the origins of your favorite fey characters in book one of the Birth of the Fae series, Locked Out of Heaven. In this epic fantasy, we learn about two factions of powerful angels that remained on earth after being abandoned by their creator during the Great War with Lucifer. The two monarchs have opposing views on how they should govern their kin, but both agree that human worship equals power. We Discuss Things...

Are you an author thinking about creating an audiobook but don't know anything about it? Maybe you're new to voice acting and are interested in narrating audiobooks but don't know how to start? Well, in this episode our guest, Ashley Durham of Malibash Media, LLC., Marccella, and I are going to give you a crash course into everything that has to do with audiobooks. Everything from platforms to upload your audiobook (besides ACX and Amazon), what agencies look for in narrators, some tips and tric...

After taking some time off during the summer, we decided to let everyone know what we were up to and a few things we have in store for our wonderful community of supportive listeners. Here are a few things we talked about: Services we're working on Our current projects Reasons why we took two months off The diversity of our community Future guests we're looking for Some of our favorite guests Future hopes and dreams Visit BeyondthePenPodcast.Com to learn more about the show, our guests a...

What if Bill And Ted went to the 1990s —the age of Nirvana, grunge, punk, Lollapalooza—and stopped off in Portlandia along the way? Join us as we ride with Darby on her trip back to mid-1990s Chicago with author, Andy Frye, as the conductor. You'll enjoy the good times with Darby as she relives her carefree twenties, soaking up all the pop culture and nostalgia you could ever imagine in Ninety Days in the 90s. If you could time travel back to the 90s… Would you go see Nirvana’s first gig? Form ...

The term "Good Egg" has been around for a very long time (1915-1920 to be exact), but our next guest takes it to a whole new level and beyond. In this episode, we'll be sitting down with author Sandy Ciaramitaro and her SEL book series, you guest it, The Good Eggs. We'll be discussing topics like: What the term SEL mean? Virtuous Calendar Layout Egg-centric Mannerisms The Good Eggs Foundation and more... Visit BeyondthePenPodcast.Com to learn more about the show, our guests and their socia...

How much has life changed your thinking since you were a child? Have you had to change your goals and life long dreams because of other peoples opinions of them? Maybe you need to reboot your supercomputer to the factory settings. That's where author Carrie Schmidt comes in with her new book Behind the Screen - Uncover the Truth: Connect to your Power, Passion, Purpose. Come with us as we discuss how a spiritual journey down multiple scientific rabbit holes helped her create a program that helps...

We take a trip through Heaven, Hell and Limbo with Death as our guide as he hunts down a psychotically demonic killer named Radix. During our trip down the River Styx, we talk with the ferryman himself, author Chris LaParco, about his book A Story Told. We'll discuss everything from criticism from mainstream publishers and tv directors, the reality of conflicts (real and fictious), and so much for. So get ready for a trip through the afterlife you'll never forget, as we go Beyond the Pen. Get y...

How often have you heard a teenager or an adult say, "I'm fine." And yet knew they weren't. We all fear that if we burden anyone else with our problems, they'll either see us in a different light, tell us that we're overreacting, or even worse, make fun of us. We all have something we're afraid to share, and that's why the teens in Boys and Girls Scream by author Kern Carter started a teen group at their school to help each other heal and stop the generation silence that's been past down through...

How fictional can a satire be before it blends into the reality of the truth? History has given us great works of fiction that prove this like Don Quixote, Catch-22, Animal Farm, 1982, etc. Well, we're about to add another one to the list for you with Tracy Auerbach's The Sin Soldiers of The Fragment's Series - Book One. Her series touches on the idea of the Science Council using chemically induced soldiers as play toys to keep a tyrannical clutch on the people to keep them in line. What's the r...

The Hamilton County Public Library of Noblesville, IN hosted their Sixth Annual Local Author Book Fair at the FORUM Event Center in Fishers, IN, and we were invited to be a part of the program. I had the chance to interview some of the authors for a few minutes before and during the event. This is the third and final part of the event that covered so many wonderfully talented authors. In this episode, we'll be talking to the following authors and learning more about their books. Children's Book...

The Hamilton County Public Library of Noblesville, IN hosted their Sixth Annual Local Author Book Fair at the FORUM Event Center in Fishers, IN, and we were invited to be a part of the program. I had the chance to interview some of the authors for a few minutes before and during the event. There were so many authors that I had to break this into three different episodes. In this episode, we'll be talking to authors and learning more about their books. Author Donna Crocker and her Sorta Memoire ...

The Hamilton County Public Library of Noblesville, IN hosted their Sixth Annual Local Author Book Fair at the FORUM Event Center in Fishers, IN, and we were invited to be a part of the program. I had the chance to interview some of the authors for a few minutes before and during the event. There were so many authors that I had to break this into three different episodes. In this episode, we'll be talking to authors and learning more about their books. Children's Author Tia Hapner and her book W...

Do you know what it's like to deal with substance abuse? To be an addict that doesn't know how to quit, even when losing everything? Do you know how to support them? In her fictional memoirs, Memoires of a Black Sheep - Book 1, author Jamie Hairston helps us to understand what it's like to be an addict. We take a fictional journey into the world of addiction inspired by real events from her life. Life isn't as black and white as it may seem sometimes and no one is invulnerable to this lifestyle....

Rocky Balboa said it best when he said, " You see this guy staring back at you...that's the toughest opponent you're ever going to have to face." When you look in the mirror, what do you see? Do you see someone living their best life, or someone whose wasting it away? If it's the latter, Marc Hayford has two words for ya...Get Up! In his book, Get Up: Encouraging You To Attack Life (A Marc Hayford Power Book), Marc doesn't pull his punches or mix words when it comes to getting you to change yo...