Author: Lucia Matuonto

When interviewed about her novel Back to One, Antonia Gavrihel is often asked: Is Back to One a romantic love story? She senses that she is actually being asked—is it steamy and passionate? No, it’s not a romance novel, but it is a love story. The difference is a bit more complex than you imagine. Antonia explains: A love story Antonia sees as life and the life one is living. It is sweet, authentic, and, in essence, who we are. We live love stories every day. From the moment of birth and the relationship between child and parent is formed, these love stories…

Zara Miller talks about her new book “Sunset in La Paz” on the Relatable Voice Podcast episode 28. Lady of Peace: The Forgotten Revolution The year was 1781 when the rebel army led a siege that rattled the colonial rule. Oppression, extortion, unfairness, actions that led to injustice and alienation, the feelings of unworthiness, was coming to an end during a revolt that brought together a divided nation. The revolt of an indigenous Bolivian leader, Tupac Katari. WE ARE FOREIGNERS IN OUR OWN COUNTRY Yeah, that probably didn’t lead to what you thought it would lead to. That is because…

Sixty-year-old J.S. Castro has called Las Vegas, Nevada his home since he was nine. He married a farmer’s daughter, Faye Kovash, from North Dakota in 1995 and they have been together ever since. They have two children, Tanner, who attends UNLV’s Boyd Law School, and Mckenna, who attends NYU’s Tisch Drama school for the performing arts. J.S. began writing as a child to cope with his night terrors. Thus, began his love for creating short stories of horror, suspense, and adventure. As a junior in high school, his brother Fernando burrowed one of his stories to be turned into his…

Treating my patients, meeting new people and writing have always been my passions. I am a physiotherapist specialized in neurological issues. I used to coach the parents of some of my patients. I also gave lectures to other healthcare professionals, teaching them new methods in many different countries. Later, I published a children’s book trilogy titled “Zoe the Crab”. Being a physiotherapist, I was inspired to write about inclusion and diversity for children. “Zoe the Crab” is a bestselling series of fiction books about courage, inclusion and friendship. Zoe is a little crab who lives on the beach with her…

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I remember celebrating my father’s 60th. Birthday, and I did not say this out loud, but definitely thought “he is an old man”. But he lived close to another 3 decades and I am glad he did. His father (my grandfather) was not as lucky, and he died at the age of 49. Now that we are in our 60’s and 70’s and beyond, we just don’t seem as old as our parents when they were our current age. Perhaps it is caused by modern science or perhaps we just lose our eyesight and think we look better than we…

When you want to know who you are, you need to embrace where you came from! This is the case for author Luisa Livorno Ramondo who has just published her debut novel, Beyond the Cobblestones. A story about a young girl’s determination and perseverance in the face of adversity!Luisa grew up as the daughter of Italian immigrants in Philadelphia PA. “Being accepted as an American just because you lived here wasn’t a given,” she says. “I was different from everyone I grew up around; my parents spoke broken English, I was embarrassed about my lunch at school and I was…

Lucia Matuonto had a delightful conversation with the author Thomas Nastek on The Relatable Voice Podcast. Thomas has been writing novels of fiction since 2003 and his writing often reflects old-fashioned values, Christian/Catholic themes, and inspiring messages of hope. His brother, Jeff, had been studying to be a movie director before his cancer. While staying in the hospital with Jeff during the chemo treatments, they discussed turning the novel Wounded Crows Don’t Fly into a movie. They started writing the script, however, by September their sister passed away from complications due to the MS. Then, just two months later, Jeff followed…

by Richard Harris Welcome back to the RV! Today, we are headed to Sydney Australia to speak with Dr. Richard Harris. Richard is a top vascular surgeon in Australia, as well as a writer. His debut novel is called Imagine. He sat down after surgical rounds in that comfortable chair, looking out over the white tiles through the glass to the yellow-orange of the sand and the blues of the ocean and sky. He opened his two computers, one a PC, one a Mac. The PC for research, the Mac for writing and fired them up. Another long stare at…

by Suzanne Casamento The RV is back on the road heading to the Green Mountains in Vermont to talk to Suzanne Casamento who is fresh off a two month stay in Bonaire in the Caribbean Netherlands. Suzanne is the author of the books Fingerprints and Choosing Tally. Her latest book is called All the Moments in Between. When I was a child, there was a lot of yelling in my house, so I would hide in my room or my treehouse and read books. Through books, I visited the Big Woods and the Shores of Silver Lake. I crossed the Bridge…