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318: Faye Arcand - Author of Inside Outside

May 14, 2026

This week we talk with Faye Arcand (Inside Outside, indie published November 2024). Learn how a best-seller psychological suspense informed Faye’s debut plot, how she delved into a fourteen-year-old’s brain, and how having an agent didn’t work out for her. Then we discuss the importance of an author website...

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317: Stephanie Claypool - Author of A Thousand Tiny Stitches

May 7, 2026

Our guest this week is Stephanie Claypool (A Thousand Tiny Stitches, Atmosphere Press, November 2024) Here how tips about outlining from both James Patterson and J.K. Rowling were key to Stephanie’s finding a new way to approach her novel, which she wrote out in narrative form and on a spreadsheet first...

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316: Zelly Ruskin - Author of Not Yours to Keep

Apr 30, 2026

This week we talk with Zelly Ruskin (Not Yours to Keep, She Writes Press, October 2024). We delve into the 3 unrelated parts of her past—her former career, an ex-boyfriend, and her own experiences with IVF—that coalesced into the spine of her debut novel, how she put off major surgery to finish her rough draft, and...

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315: Kay Smith-Blum - Author of Tangles

Apr 23, 2026

Our guest this week is Kay Smith-Blum (Tangles, Black Rose Writing, December 2024). We discuss how two unrelated occurrences in one week—one a vivid dream, the second cocktails with an old friend—led Kay into a nine-month rabbit hole of research  about Hanford, WA, a former nuclear facility on the Columbia River...

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314: Dena Polko - Author of Don't Drop Dad

Apr 16, 2026

This week’s guest is Dena Polko (Don’t Drop Dad, Maine Authors Publishing, October 2024). An event in Dena’s family 25 years ago planted the kernel of a book idea that she finally brought to life during the pandemic in her debut novel about a close-knit Italian family, complete with feuds, secrets, and lots of...

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