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Pat Backley is an author and mother to one beautiful daughter. She spent most of the first 59 years of her life in England, but then decided to become a Kiwi and now lives happily in New Zealand. After an exciting and colourful life, which you can read about in her recently published memoirs: FROM THERE TO HERE (WITH AN AWFUL LOT INBETWEEN) Pat then turned to her true calling and became a writer, publishing her first two books just before her 70th birthday. Her first book DAISY is a perfect weekend or holiday read, a novel, a gentle family saga spanning from 1887…

Growing up in Southern California, Elliot Mason had always been told that he had a talent for writing. While his peers looked for various social activities to fill their free time, Elliot would often spend his creating short stories or writing poetry. However, even though his parents, who would occasionally find his writings stuffed in a desk drawer or on pieces of scrap paper scattered throughout his room, consistently encouraged him, his lack of belief in his own abilities prevented him from pursuing it more seriously. Throughout his teenage years, he continued to write privately, yet mainly focused on other…

The Relatable Voice Podcast is happy to stop in Canada and talk to Sharon Bazant . Sharon is a retired teacher and is the author of the books Nine Years in Bangkok, lessons learned and Geckos & Guns: The Pakistan Years. Sharon Bazant grew up on a prairie farm in southern Alberta, Canada. She loved nothing better than to curl up with a good book. She often wrote short stories and created plays casting her family and friends in lead roles. After meeting her husband-to-be Wayne at university, she settled in the northern city of Edmonton. For more than 20 years Wayne…

by Joseph J. Jordan Lockdown and Covid-19 has taught us to be adaptive if nothing else and Joseph J. Jordan decided to use this seismic change in our world to do something he has wanted to do all his life…become an author. Little did he know that when he started his writing journey in January 2021 at the age of 33 his first two books of The British Empire of Magic trilogy would become best sellers and reach that elusive Number One spot on the Amazon Hot Releases genre specific chart in the UK and USA. You would think with…

By Brian Rouff Although I’ve written advertising and marketing materials my entire professional life, I didn’t start writing fiction until my mid-forties. I joked that it was how I handled my midlife crisis: safer than a Harley and cheaper than a divorce. I found it much more personally satisfying than creating a brochure or radio commercial. As a long-time Las Vegas local, I wanted to write books that accurately depicted an insider’s view of our town in all its quirkiness, told with a dash of humor. The idea for my fist novel, “Dice Angel,” came from a classified ad in the…

Today we are driving all the way to Ireland to talk to Karl the Leeuw. Karl is a researcher, book author and is here to talk about dyslexia. Dyslexia is very common and can create difficulty with skills like reading comprehension, spelling, writing and math. Welcome to The Relatable Voice Podcast ! by Karl de Leeuw For far too long dyslexia has been seen as a curse. It’s time to celebrate the gift that dyslexia can be. Making up about 10% of the world’s population, those with dyslexia have been pitied as sufferers and unable to conform to mainstream learning standards. Author Karl…

Do you know the difference between the voice of innate Wisdom and abject Fear? These are two very distinct voices that speak to us constantly and depending on which voice we listen to determines our outlook, outcomes, and actions in our daily lives. Listening to our Intuition (innate Wisdom) voice gives us the ability to make decisions independent of a reasonable process; meaning, our intuition knows information beyond the senses of logical thinking. On the other hand, when we listen to Fear, we accept information that is often irrational, baseless in fact, and perhaps illogical. Your mind is an obedient servant. It follows repetitive patterns and behaviors regardless of if you’ve achieved the results you desire. If you refuse to expand outside of your…

Having gone through the experience of the poor health leading to the death of two husbands, as well as the deaths of my father, mother, aunts, and uncles as well as many friends, I have much experience in the grieving process, and I have learned to face life with love, optimism, and joy. I have kept journals and written to express myself most of my life. This led me to a career of teaching writing and writing books. So, after my second husband died, I naturally turned to writing to help deal with my grief. Then I discovered that I…

Darlene West is the author of Awakened by Grace. Darlene attended Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon. She has a degree in English and a minor in writing with the concentration in fiction, as well as a masters in Adult Education. Born in Queens, New York, Darlene grew up half on the East Coast and the other half in California. Soon after she left high school, she moved to Orange County for several years. When she turned twenty-seven, she moved to Connecticut where she met her husband. The couple have two boys and two beautiful grandchildren. They enjoy traveling, fishing, hiking,…

The key to living longer is not a secret! The answer lies in the eating habits of the populations of certain countries. For years people have been wondering why particular countries produce more centenarians. Nations seen as having “longevity” have people with more active lives than those in the West and it all comes down to diet. It has now been proven that a seagan diet, which is vegan based and excludes meat, dairy, eggs, and animal by-products, but includes seafood, contains the right amount of acidity for our optimum blood pH level. Studies show that vitamins and minerals are vastly overlooked…