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  Award-winning author M. C. Ryder has been composing stories, poems, and lyrics from the beginning of time when reading became a hobby. The sky is the limit, but she enjoys exploring off the beaten path both figuratively and literally. She resides in the Keystone State with a clowder of felines who rule the house....

I’ve been a college/high school English teacher, a technology CEO, and a real estate agent in the Dominican Republic selling beachfront property (even did a few HGTV shows), but now I’m following my lifelong dream of writing southern fiction novels. Join me (and my occasional blog about life and literature, “A Byrd’s-Eye View. VISIT THE...

Mark lives with his wife Loren and their dog Emily in Denver, Colorado. He schooled at Haverford College and Washburn University, and practiced commercial bankruptcy law for four decades before moving on in 2019 to write, photograph, volunteer, travel, and play music. He is the author of “And . . Just Like That – essays...

Scott is Life is Too Short Guy.   He lives every day with intense zest, enthusiasm, and excitement. He exudes energy. He has an infectious personality he uses to Make the World Happier One Smile at a Time.When not writing or speaking about LITSG,  Scott is the Chairman and CEO of Invesque, a public real estate...

  Amy Turner: I was born in Bronxville, New York, and spent my childhood summers by the ocean in Wainscott (Town of East Hampton), New York. In 1981, my husband Ed and I moved to East Hampton on a one-year “sabbatical” from our New York City law jobs and fell in love with its relatively...

  As a poet, D’Janee writes about various topics pertaining to life and the world we live in. As an author, she writes material ranging from children’s books to young adult fiction. Her published books include Jimmy and the Teddy Bear, The Blizzard’s Secrets, and On the Run, the first book in the young adult...

  Shawna James is an award-winning author & writer. Her debut novel “Despite the Devil” was released in audio, paperback, and hardcover in Spring 2021 as part of her “They Loved Collection” book series. She has received 5-Star awarded book reviews, including Readers Favorite, and is a winner of the Canada Book Awards, as she...

  Kathy O’Shea has lived with migraines for 42 years and is a 33 year professor of English, who has combined these significant parts of her life into this literary anthology centered around five themes related to migraine. She is the winner the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching and has two beloved golden retrievers...

  In her home province of New Brunswick, Canada, Cheryl Gillespie, along with her cat Mattie, will often be found basking on the backyard deck beneath the warm sunshine, the very spot where many of the chapters for I Feel Your Stare were written. A childhood diagnosis of Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis and associated blindness, coupled with physical...

Hope Gibbs grew up in rural Scottsville, Kentucky. As the daughter of an English teacher, she was raised to value the importance of good storytelling from an early age. Today, she’s an avid reader of women’s fiction. Drawn to multi-generational family sagas, relationship issues, and the complexities of being a woman, she translates those themes...

  Before becoming an award winning author, Nikki grew up in a small town in Wisconsin and went to college at one of the University of Wisconsin campuses.  She moved to Florida for an internship where she worked at the “happiest place on earth” for a few years and also where she met her husband. ...

Vy Lien has always been interested in human behavior and received her bachelor’s degree in psychology at University of California, Riverside. She then obtained double graduate degrees and joined the medical field as a Physician Associate. Vy grew up as an only child to an exceptional single mother who set examples of how to face...

Nicole has been writing and telling stories since she was a young child. She divides her time between writing and working with TV, film, and commercials. Sometimes the projects mirror her current work in progress. She has worked closely with Candy Cain with Gemelli Films to create several of these stories and has worked as...

Ray Catania is a metaphysical teacher, master-certified life coach, and award-winning author. He believes that modern-day spirituality is best taught at the intersection of science and spirituality. He is passionate about helping others get unstuck, harness the power of their mind, and create their own reality. His first book, The Atheist and The Afterlife is...

Adam began his legal career as an associate at a law firm known for its work in the area of special education law, where he represented families whose children had a variety of special needs. Adam moved on from that position in 2009 to pursue his dream of establishing his own law practice, Law Offices...

  Grace Sammon is an entrepreneur, educator, speaker, and author. She has started and managed two for-profit and two not-for-profit companies, and she has traveled to 35 states and eight foreign countries. Recognized in “Who’s Who in Education” and “Who’s Who in Literature,” Grace is utilizing skills built up over decades as she re-invents herself...

About The F.E.E.L Podcast and Host Melissa Crook The month that I turned 50 and was 2 weeks into our latest move to Lubbock, TX, I ended up in the ER twice over a 10 day period with various symptoms, including racing heart beat, sky high blood pressure, and a bladder control issue. After scores...

  Dr. Gil Snider is a neurologist practicing in Chesapeake, Virginia.  Trained at the University of Michigan and St. Vincent’s Hospital in New York City, he lives in Virginia Beach with his wife and has been recognized as one of the Top Docs in Hampton Roads every year since 2012.   The Last, his second...

Donna lives in a small Iowa town with her husband, Marty, an ordained minister who does construction work and painting. A stage four cancer survivor, she started to write when, during treatments, she could do nothing else.  After decades in management positions for large companies, she suddenly had nothing to manage and asked God to...

  Cheri Strange proves God’s ability to transform a plain and ordinary wallflower into something completely unexpected. She did not set out to become a writer or a speaker, nor did she dream of getting a Ph.D. and becoming the mother to eight children. She fell in love with a God who met her where...