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Oct 23, 2025
Oct 23, 2025
31 min
On this episode of 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙃𝙮𝙙𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙋𝙤𝙙𝙘𝙖𝙨𝙩, Author 𝑫𝒂𝒏 𝑬𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒉, discusses what his typical writing day includes, the importance of getting the first draft done, his desire to write musicals, the inspiration for his latest book "𝑂𝑛𝑒 𝐿𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑅𝑖𝑑𝑒", and transitioning between writing young adult and adult literary fiction.
Oct 9, 2025
Oct 9, 2025
27 min
On this episode of 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙃𝙮𝙙𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙋𝙤𝙙𝙘𝙖𝙨𝙩, Author 𝑳𝒆𝒊𝒈𝒉 𝑳𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒎𝒂𝒏 discusses making the transition from corporate America to entrepreneurship, the personal challenges involved, writing children's books, the importance of listening to your inner voice to move into doing things you love.
Sep 17, 2025
Sep 17, 2025
42 min
𝑮𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝑾𝒉𝒊𝒕𝒏𝒆𝒚 discusses mining existing content for reuse, helping people write, publish and market business books, bringing out insights and stories we all have into book form, alternatives to starting with a blank page, and using a book coach to help organize existing content into book form.
May 8, 2025
May 8, 2025
31 min
In this episode of 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙃𝙮𝙙𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙋𝙤𝙙𝙘𝙖𝙨𝙩, Author 𝐓𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐧𝐧 𝐖𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 discusses unique writing challenges she endured, the head games all writers face along the journey, the birth of her passion for Young Adult fiction, silencing the inner critic, her love of travel, the coolness of the Little Free Library system, and being a book nerd.
Apr 30, 2025
Apr 30, 2025
25 min
This week on 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙃𝙮𝙙𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙋𝙤𝙙𝙘𝙖𝙨𝙩 author 𝐉𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐆𝐚𝐬𝐧𝐞𝐫 talks about life with Friedreich's ataxia, the perceptions others have to the disabled, her latest book 𝐌𝐲 𝐔𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞, and overcoming her own fears about her prognosis.
Apr 25, 2025
Apr 25, 2025
25 min
In this edition of 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙃𝙮𝙙𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙋𝙤𝙙𝙘𝙖𝙨𝙩, author 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒈𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒕 𝑷𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒌 talks about the inspiration for all her books, music's ability to reach those dealing with alzheimers or dementia, the life of Michelangelo Caravaggio and the repulsive nature of cured fish.
Apr 18, 2025
Apr 18, 2025
31 min
In this episode of 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙃𝙮𝙙𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙋𝙤𝙙𝙘𝙖𝙨𝙩, author 𝑨𝒏𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒘 𝑺𝒆𝒓𝒓𝒂 talks about being a history buff and how that translates to writing historical fiction, how being a NYC Firefighter played into his latest historical novel, the events leading up to The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire and the impact of Tammany Hall politics played in the event.
Apr 8, 2025
Apr 8, 2025
25 min
In this episode of 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙃𝙮𝙙𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙋𝙤𝙙𝙘𝙖𝙨𝙩, Actor 𝑪𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒍 𝑴𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒂 talks about the current state of performing for theater, film, stage and audiobooks, the effects of the pandemic, strike and L.A. fires on the film industry, the influx of celebrities in commercials and audiobook narration, and why onions are the best pizza topping.

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