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Hey Everyone! I am Courtney Ripoll-McBride! I am the host of Ripollsworkshop Reads. I love to read and now average a book a day. It has not always been this way though. I did not really start to read until around the third grade when I struggled my way through the first Harry Potter Book. After I got into that series it evolved and I now read all different types of books. We started this podcast to help share the love of reading and embrace YOUR escape through reading. We have some amazing a ...
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Author Bio Lucy E.M. Black is the author of The Marzipan Fruit Basket, Eleanor Courtown, and Stella’s Carpet. The Brickworks will be released in the Fall of 2023. Her short stories have been published in Britain, Ireland, USA and Canada in literary journals and magazines. She lives in Port Perry, Ontario, the traditional territory of the Mississaug…
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Author Interview with M. Patchwork Monoceros
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Author Bio M. Patchwork Monoceros is a poet and interdisciplinary artist exploring polysensory production and somatic grief through text/ile and film. Their work considers a collective qrip (queer+crip) consciousness by connecting to marvelous bodies living with complexity as sick or disabled. A Black creator of Jamaican Taino/Arawak ancestry, mono…
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Recommended Books ...And A Wake-Up (Owens Protective Services Book 19) by Giulia Lagomarsino The King's Captive: Magiford Supernatural City by K. M. Shea Tuesday Author Interview Remedies For Chiron Kindle Edition by monoceros m.patchwork Thursday Author Interview The Brickworks by Lucy Black Links Support the Podcast https://www.buymeacoffee.com/r…
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Author Bio: Dawn Greenfield Ireland is the CEO of Artistic Origins Inc, a writing and editing company that has been doing business since 1995. Her first book, The Puppy Baby Book (hardcover), was a finalist in the IPPY book competition (2001) and has been selling steadily ever since. Novels include The Alcott Family Adventures Cozy Mystery Series (…
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Author Bio: Mike LaRusso is a forty-year sales veteran working in diverse sales roles for a multitude of organizations. As an independent sales contractor, consultant, analyst, and writer, he leverages critical thinking, analytics, and sales creativity, providing organizations with prospecting methods designed for new business development. Connect …
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Recommended Books The Vampire and the Case of the Baleful Banshee: An Urban Fantasy Novel (The Portlock Paranormal Detective Series Book 3) by Heather G. Harris & Jilleen Dolbeare Only Murder by Rylie Dark Author Interviews Tuesday: The Sales Professional's Survival Guide: A Blueprint for Tactical Prospecting by Mike LaRusso Thursday: Bonded by DG …
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Author Bio Bridget is the author of the young adult fantasy novel Red Siren. Bridget currently lives in the midwest with her dog and can be found watching way too many movies when not writing her novels or short stories. Connect with Bridget Messi Website Timestamps 00:15 Introduction 00:38 What is your book about? 1:49 What inspired you to write y…
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Author Bio Steven Mayoff was born and raised in Montreal. His fiction and poetry have appeared in literary journals across Canada, the U.S. and abroad. He is the author of the story collection Fatted Calf Blues, winner of the 2010 PEI Book Award for Fiction; the novel Our Lady of Steerage; and two books of poetry Leonard's Flat and Swinging Between…
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Recommended Books: Local Woman Missing: A Novel of Domestic Suspense by Mary Kubica The Dissertation Warrior Writes Again!: An Anthem and Guide for Struggling Doctoral Students Determined to Finish by Guy E. White Author Interviews: Tuesday: Fatted Calf Blues by Steven Mayoff Thursday: Red Siren by Bridget Messi Links Support the Podcast https://ww…
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Author Bio Author of six novels. Recipient of The David Adams Richards Prize, Relit Award shortlist. New novel THE BOULEVARD now available at Amazon, Indigo, and Galleon Books. Connect with Jerrod Edson Good Reads Blog Twitter Timestamps 00:15 Introduction 00:58 What are your books about? 1:50 What inspired you to write your books? 2:43 Who are you…
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Author Bio Annette Nauraine is a wife, recovering opera singer, mom of two, Doodle mom, lover of music, books, opera, and dogs. She spends her time trying to keep ahead of everything life has to offer, and enjoying love and laughter. Connect with Annette Nauraine Amazon Timestamps 00:15 Introduction 00:45 What are your books about? 1:39 What inspir…
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Recommended Books: Coming in Hot (A Piper Harris Mystery, Volume 1) by Deany Ray Dead to the World (Crossroads Queen Book 1) by Annabel Chase Last weeks Author interviews: Tuesday 18 June 2024: IN THE BEGINNING By Nick Girard Thursday 20 June 2024: Lost Seeds: The Beginning by Teresa Mosley Sebastian This weeks Author interviews: Tuesday: Do Over D…
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Author Interview with Teresa Mosley Sebastian
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Author Bio Teresa Sebastian is an attorney, entrepreneur, and law school professor. She seeks to make a difference in the environment and culture through her involvement with nonprofit community and corporate boards. Teresa believes spiritual words and the sounds of nature soothe the inner being, define a place of peace, and inspire her creative wr…
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Author Bio Nick Girard is an author living in Wilmington, DE with his wife Lisa, and cat, Patches. They all love to read. Connect with Nick Girard Instagram Amazon Timestamps 00:15 Introduction 1:48 What is your book about? 4:59 Who is your book for? 6:11 What inspired you to write your book? 8:07 How long have you been writing? 10:24 What is your …
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Author Bio David Rothman teaches writing for the City University of New York. A novella, The Lower East Side Tenement Reclamation Association, won the Omnidawn 2018 fabulist fiction prize and was published in 2020. A short story, “Guided by Voices” won a fiction prize with Glimmer Train. Other short stories were published in such journals as Hybrid…
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Author Bio Tiara J. Brown grew up in a small town in Northeast Ohio and attended Ohio University. She has been writing stories ever since she was twelve-years-old. However, The Tales of Alexandria Stecklar: The Locket is her first published novel. Connect with Tiara Instagram Amazon Website Timestamps 00:15 Introduction 00:39 What is your book abou…
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Recommended Books Broken Bayou by Jennifer Moorhead Dad, I Want to Hear Your Story: A Father’s Guided Journal To Share His Life & His Love by Jeffrey Mason Tuesday Author Interview The Tales of Alexandria Stecklar: The Locket by Tiara J. Brown Thursday Author Interview Lelya Dorche and the Coney Island Cure by David Rothman Published Short Story Br…
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Author Bio: Barbara Ann Briggs is a poet, podcaster, and the author of two books. She is also a certified Consciousness Advisor. She has over twenty years’ experience as a freelance journalist and has had numerous articles and essays published in both print and online media. A practitioner and teacher of Transcendental Meditation for over thirty ye…
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Author Bio: Mark M. Bello is an attorney and author whose of realistic fiction, political-legal thrillers, cozy mysteries, legal/romance novels, and social justice children's books have won multiple literary awards. Retired from handling high profile legal cases, Mark now provides his readers with a multi-genre perspective of the fight for justice …
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Recommended Books Camino Island by John Grisham The Fake Out Flex by Ash Kelly Tuesday Author Interview Betrayal of Faith (A Zachary Blake Legal Thriller Book 1) by Mark M. Bello Thursday Author Interview Pilgrimage on the Path of Love by Barbara Briggs Links Support the Podcast https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ripollsworkshop Newsletter https://mailch…
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Author Bio: Frank McElvain learned of his parents' full-of-life experiences after they had died. Clearing out the estate, he and his siblings found documents revealing their deepest secrets hidden in their magazine rack where his mother, Hedy, kept her German newspapers. Their story is a secret no longer. Frank lives with this wife in Northern Cali…
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Author Bio: AudraKate Gonzalez started writing horror stories when she ran out of Goosebumps books to read as a child. Her love for horror grew and now she has a BA in Creative Writing and is working on her MFA. She lives in Ohio with her handsome husband, and her adorable furry bad boys, Zero and Scrappy Doo. When AudraKate isn't writing, you can …
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Recommended Books The Vampire and the Case of the Baleful Banshee by Heather G. Harris & Jilleen Dolbeare Score on You: A Grumpy x Sunshine Small Town Standalone by Harloe Rae Tuesday Author Interview Tomato Juice This is Noir Book 1 by AudraKate Gonzalez Thursday Author Interview SFC: A Poor Man's Battle by Frank McElvain Links Support the Podcast…
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Author Bio: Richard Friesen is a fantasy and science fiction storyteller. Come along on wonderful adventures inhabited by amazing characters: A female soldier who swears an oath never to abandon her sisters in arms, so they stay with her even when they die. A superhero who keeps falling asleep, and takes you into his dreams, much to everyone's chag…
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Author Bio: Hey, I’m Barbara Ann Mojica, aka, Little Miss HISTORY. I’m a parent, grandparent, author, historian, and retired educator with forty years of experience serving children. Now retired, I write a series of award-winning children's history books with the mission of entertaining, educating, and empowering our youth to become the leaders of …
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Recommended Books Mommy Cusses: Inspiring Profanity and Stimulating Sarcasm for Mamas Who’ve Seen It All by Serena Dorman Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez Tuesday Author Little Miss HISTORY Travels to The Statue of Liberty Paperback by Barbara Ann Mojica Thursday Author Clark Family Legend Complete Series: Six Sensational Space Opera Stories! by Richard…
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Author Bio Sarah writes light and fluffy YA fantasy and lives in sunny Phoenix, Arizona with her equally fluffy cat. And fine. She has a husband too. He's not fluffy. Her work has been featured in Y Magazine, The Advocate, The Crow’s Quill, and Hippocampus Magazine. While at university, she won first place in the George H. Brimhall Homecoming Essay…
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Recommended Books There Are Moms Way Worse Than You: Irrefutable Proof That You Are Indeed a Fantastic Parent by Glenn Boozan, Illustrator Priscilla Witte Black Hat, White Witch (Black Hat Bureau Book 1) by Hailey Edwards Tuesday Author Interview Serpent Green By Sarah Marie Page Links Support the Podcast https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ripollsworksho…
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Author Bio: Roger Knecht is the president of Universal Accounting Center. He's a driven and competitive executive with more than 20 years of marketing, sales, HR & operation experience. He has a deep analytical understanding of the selling process & sales cycle. Knowledgeable in the solution sales approach applying the principles from “Cut to the C…
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About Dane Cobain: Dane Cobain (High Wycombe, UK) is a published author, freelance writer and (occasional) poet and musician with a passion for language and learning. When he’s not working on his next release, he can be found reading and reviewing books while trying not to be distracted by Wikipedia. His releases include No Rest for the Wicked (sup…
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Author Bio: Lisa Wilkes has spent 13 years as a flight attendant, jetting across the globe and collecting inspiration for her writings. Her debut novel, Flight Path, follows a daydreaming stewardess as she learns to navigate a new terrain: unconditional love. In her second novel, Mid-Flight, Lisa transports readers to the year 2038. While grieving …
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Author Bio AK Weller is the author of the Anna Bowman Thrillers and Sam Walsh, PI Mysteries series. She's from Texas and lives in Montana, and she's a certified human being who has never and will never use AI to write her novels. She prefers the slow, unprofitable, blood-sweat-and-tears method of crafting a story. When not writing, she enjoys hikin…
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Tuesday Author Enemy Closer (Anna Bowman Thrillers) by AK Weller Thursday Author Flight Path by Lisa Wilkes Recommended Books Rocket to the Morgue An American Mystery Classic by Anthony Boucher Zodiac Academy: The Awakening by Caroline Peckham & Susanne Valenti Links Support the Podcast https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ripollsworkshop Newsletter https:…
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Author Interview with Rachael Tarfman-Perez
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Author Bio Rachael Tarfman-Perez lives in California and is an author & digital content creator. She has written 3 children's picture books (Gia Toddler -Preschool Book Series) and has created a fantastic gift book for moms titled, "I Love Mom: A Beautiful Gift for Mothers to Treasure." Rachael has also created video content on TikTok and YouTube w…
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Author Bio Laura Elizabeth has enjoyed a long career in business as well as a rich family life that, many years ago, took her to Daufuskie Island, South Carolina, for the first time. Together, the family embraced the wonder, the pull that they only found in this special place. They returned again and again to rediscover the island’s magic, to walk …
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Tuesday Author All Is Now Lost: A cozy mystery rooted in the South Carolina Lowcountry (The Island Mysteries) by Laura Elizabeth Thursday Author Are We Friends? (Gia Toddler-Preschool Series) by Rachael Tarfman-Pere recommended Books Matterhorn By Christopher Reich The Vampire and the Case of the Wayward Werewolf by Heather G. Harris, Jilleen Dolbe…
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Author Interview with Joan and Jane the Therapy Twins
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Author Bio: As former licensed therapists, tired of the ongoing stigma of mental illness, we decided to come out with our own diagnoses with tips on how we got better. In our ADHD friendly book, “Under the Hood" How We Calmed the F_ck Down & Let That Sh_t Go -we tell stories of our traumatic past - often with comedy - in order to normalize reaction…
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Author Bio Carolyn Wilman is known as—The Contest Queen—has taught others how to find, organize, enter, and win sweepstakes contests and giveaways. Her proven online entry system, found in How To Win Cash, Cars, Trips & More! has helped others win more than $1M in cash and prizes. As a contestor, Carolyn herself has won over $350,000 in prizes, inc…
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Tuesday Author How To Win Cash, Cars, Trips & More!: 2nd Edition | You Can't Win If You Don't Enter By Carolyn Wilman Thursday Authors From Under the Hood: Therapy Twins’ Guide to a Smoother Ride: Narrated by Change, Navigated by Jane and Joan by The Therapy Twins Recommended Books The Backup Princess: A Sweet Royal Enemies to Lovers RomCom (Royall…
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Author Bio Julie Rogers is the author of seven books, including Seven Shorts; Letters: Sidereal Insight for a 21st Century Mystic; Hootie; and Simeon: A Greater Reality. Her muse for Falling Stars began in childhood, followed by harsh realities of terminal illness and the discovery of a magical place called Eureka Springs. Julie’s articles and awar…
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Author Bio Elaina Lyons is a marketer, writer and volunteer firefighter. She is the author of "The Love You Know," a romance novel that follows a woman through heartache, loss and the struggle of choosing between two paths. Elaina is passionate about writing, reading and the power of storytelling in all its forms Connect with Elaina Lyons Website I…
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Amazon Links [The Unicorn Quest by Kamilla Benko}(https://a.co/d/eRrUUS2) American Prophet by Jeff Fulmer Tuesday Interview The Love You Know by Elaina Lyons Thursday Interview Falling Stars by Julie Rogers Links Support the Podcast https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ripollsworkshop Newsletter https://mailchi.mp/30a7be3e81ef/69wqrzezob Follow us Ripollsw…
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Special Guest Interview with Andrea Putting
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About Andrea Putting Andrea Putting is a conscious entrepreneur and the founder of Chocolate and Coffee Day for Religious Harmony. Her best-selling and award-winning books, "Compassionate Prosperity" and "Compassionate Purpose," weave together the threads of social mission with the quest for deeper meaning in our lives. As a speaker and podcast hos…
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Author Bio: Since 2017, Sales Coach and Game-Changing Trainer to Top Producers, Joe Pallo has guided 100’s of clients across multiple industries to double or triple production without working harder. His point of differentiation is his emphasis on mastering the art of the emotional connection. Building on 35+ years of direct selling experience and …
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Author Bio Lya Badgley was born in Yangon, Myanmar. The child of Montana parents – a political scientist and an artist – she grew up in a household that encouraged critical thinking and creativity. After dabbling in retail management, Lya moved to the Pacific Northwest in the eighties, becoming a part of the Seattle arts and music scene. In the nin…
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Amazon Links The Foreigner's Confession by Lya Badgley How To Sell Nothing: The Logical Way To Make The Emotional Sale by Joe Pallo Andrew Putting Website Links Support the Podcast https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ripollsworkshop Newsletter https://mailchi.mp/30a7be3e81ef/69wqrzezob Follow us Ripollsworkshop Reads Podcast Instagram https://instagram.co…
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Author Bio Alice in Condoland is Liz Bieler’s debut novel. The pandemic afforded her a chance to revisit her bucket list, and she began to write for fun. She is currently working on her second book. Before writing fiction, Liz worked as a union voice actor and jazz singer. She recorded for a wide range of companies, brands, and associations includi…
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Author Bio: Liza Snow is a bestselling indie author. She's been putting romance into readers hands for the last seven years and loving every minute of it. Liza lives with her husband, her two dogs, and her cat, on the west coast of Florida, where she can watch rocket launches from her backyard and is ten minutes from the beach. Connect with Liza Sn…
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Amazon Links: Odd Thomas: An Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz The Orphanage By The Lake: A Captivating Psychological Crime Thriller With A Twist by Daniel G. Miller Obedience: A Dark Romantic Suspense (Ties That Bind Book 1) by Liza Snow Alice in Condoland by Liz Bieler Links Support the Podcast https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ripollsworkshop Newsletter http…
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Author Bio Sheryl Bass holds a master’s degree in social work and has studied child development. She uses these insights to inform her picture book writing. Her first rhyming children’s picture book, Baby Dragon’s Big Sneeze is a three-time Amazon best-seller and has earned six international book awards, including two first place wins. Bass is a me…
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