Overview J is back, and this time he’s talking about his latest book series which deals with using A.I. for your writing. Our conversation entails the happenings from 20 books to 50k Vegas. J has a lot of thoughts about the future of publishing and the use of A.I. Book YouTube https://youtu.be/ICNtVSdkJVw Transcript Stephen: Cool. Great. Alright. I…

Welcome to The Wordsmith's Edge - The Official Podcast of DHK Creations & Publications, LLC. On this episode, we interview one of our newest published authors - Lisa Dee Dunnam of West Texas. Lisa is one who walked through her own wilderness and darkness for decades that included addiction, abuse and more. What you'll learn from Lisa's book is how …

Overview Confessions of a Knight Errant is a comedic, picaresque novel in the tradition of Don Quixote with a flamboyant cast of characters. Dr. Gary Watson is the picaro, a radical environmentalist and wannabe novelist who has been accused of masterminding a computer hack that wiped out the files of a major publishing company. His Sancho Panza is …

Overview With inspiration from her own life, Kalee Boisvert has developed an easy-to-use system for women, young and old, to take control of their finances. Make Money Your Thing is an approachable guide to take women on a journey from avoidance and overwhelm to feeling comfortable and in control of their finances. This book provides simple action …

Overview G. S. Gerry doesn’t just write books, he creates humorous experiences with the written word. When life kicks you in the nether regions find a way to see the humor in it all. I am all about Mastering life Experiences Through Humor. My purpose is to share my own experiences to help you laugh at my pain, and laugh through yours. G. S. Gerry e…

Overview Growing up in New York in the late 1960’s, Audrey Birnbaum assumed that watching Holocaust documentaries was a perfectly normal family activity. On her first day of elementary school, Audrey sat in the cafeteria, unwrapped her liverwurst sandwich, and excitedly told her new classmates about her public television proclivities. Her Brady Bun…

Overview Ashley Earley grew up in Georgia, where she spent most of her time running wild in the woods of her backyard, building forts to create her own fantasy worlds, obsessing over books, and experimenting with her writing. Today, she lives in Colorado with her dog and still spends her time devouring any book she can get her hands on, writing, an…

Overview Colin is Irish and used tales of his homeland to create his horror novel, Country Roads. When Luke Sheridan moves out of Dublin city to rural Kilcross with his wife and baby, he imagines the worst part will be his extended commute to work. They can look forward to enjoying the countryside and being part of a small community. After all, his…

Overview Saph Dodd has been writing for as long as she’s known how. Since she first picked up a pencil and learned to string sentences together, she’s been creating fantastic and intriguing stories. This twenty-six-year-old writer adores reading, especially action-adventure, fantasy, and horror stories, as well as lore and mythology. Her first nove…

Overview Soulworm, the debut novel of Edward Willett, now the award-winning author of more than twenty novels and twice that many nonfiction books, has just been made available once more in a new edition from Shadowpaw Press Reprise. A young adult fantasy novel, Soulworm was originally published by Royal Fireworks Press in 1997, and was shortlisted…

Overview Today is a different episode. I’m not talking to an author, this has to do with video games. Though it’s not focused on video game storytelling as I’ve had in the past. It is related. I am talking with the coaches for the BioMed Science Academy eSports team. BioMed is a local alternative STEM school and they are one of over 200 schools in …

BOOK RELEASE DAY + AUTHOR INTERVIEW Today is the official release of our next featured book, "Cabin Girl." In this episode, I talk with Christian Author and Blogger, E.G. Bella about her brand new YA Novel, "Cabin Girl." It was such a pleasure to hear the heart behind the words, learn about the struggles and overcoming experienced during the five y…

Overview South Carolina author Sasscer Hill, an amateur jockey and horse breeder, writes mysteries in series – The Nikki Latrelle Horse Racing Mysteries (five volumes), The Fia McFee Mysteries (two volumes to date), TRAVELS OF QUINN, GRIPPING TALES OF FACT AND FICTION, and now a new series The Janet Simpson Cozy Mysteries, of which MURDER AT THE WI…

Overview Luna rey hall is a queer trans non-binary writer. they are the author of space neon neon space (Variant Lit, 2022), no matter the diagnosis (Game Over Books, 2023), the patient routine (Brigids Gate Press, 2023), and loudest when startled (YesYes Books, 2020), longlisted for the 2020 Julie Suk Award. they are the winner of the 2013 Patsy L…

Overview Robert Wolf, M.D., grew up as the only child of Ervin and Judit Wolf. Their stories of their escape from communist Hungary, and his father’s tragic history of escaping the Nazis twice but having his own parents taken to Auschwitz, inspired Robert to document his parents’ tales and share those stories with Jewish groups and others throughou…

Overview Ben joins us from New Jersey where he goes to college. Ben may be young and isn’t known, but he is an experienced author with several books under his belt already with many planned in the future. Ben has also talked with an author, Sue Bentley, that he admires and got her permission to use some of the animals names from her book in his boo…

Overview I want to welcome Jennifer Lawrence and apologize to her once again. We did a whole episode and talked about a lot of great things – that I forgot to record. So she graciously agreed to get back on and redo it, even though she was super busy with school and family. Thank you. Jen lives in Nashville, TN with her family. She is also a teache…

Overview Catherine lives in Tucson Arizona and is a bass player. Good combo – author and bass player. She has written a sci-fi novel called Aztec Eagle that is the first of a series. She is also with Jumpmaster Press. Book Favorites https://www.bookstoptucson.com/ YouTube https://youtu.be/hoYZadD_Oec Transcript Stephen: today on Discovered Wordsmit…

Overview Jim is one half of the Flinch publishing duo and joins us today to talk about their newest anthology – a western title Six Gun Legends. We also discuss his Sgt Janus books and connection to Carnacki, Kolchak and X-files. With the upcoming Pulpfest, JIm tells us more about that show and what he and partner, John Bruening, have planned. Book…

Here we are, Episode #5 of The Wordsmith's Edge! Today, we talk with upcoming author, Abby J. Hunter, about the importance of clean fiction and why we, as Christian authors, write pure, but exhilarating stories. We had so much fun talking with Abby, exploring some hot topics, and telling our own stories behind why clean fiction is so important to u…

Overview Don lives in Ohio with his wife and recently retired. As a retirement goal, he wanted to write a book and he’s written a series of humor books. Along with writing, he has been practicing standup comedy. Book Website https://donake.allauthor.com/ YouTube https://youtu.be/bJp71xDruDc Transcript Stephen: today on Discovered Wordsmiths, I have…

Overview Avyan is a young writer, 10 years old in fact. Yet, he’s an experienced author that has written a non-fiction book for that his fellow classmates enjoy. As a bonus, Avyan donates his profit to his school. Book YouTube https://youtu.be/NtqOmjWZnyY Transcript Stephen: today on Discover Wordsmith, I have a very special guest. This is Avian an…

Overview Gustav is from South America where he lives with his large family. He writes for a very thriving science fiction fan base there. We discuss his sci-fi military book, Colony, but also about being a South American writer and trying to sell in the United States. Gustav is a Jumpmaster Press author and loves what they have done to help his car…

Overview Dale lives in Kansas and writes mystery novels. She’s liked mystery since she was young. Unlike most authors, she uses Linux for her writing and we discuss this. Dale Kesterson was born in Manhattan, NY and grew up on Long Island. Since then, she has lived in six widely diverse locations, from New Orleans to deliberately moving to a town s…

Here we are, episode 4 of The Wordsmith's Edge! We enjoyed every minute talking to Christian author, D.T. Powell, who has published several short stories, fanfic pieces, and is working on a few original fiction novels! She is filled with the Spirit and is working hard to glorify God through her stories, and you can definitely hear that in the passi…

Overview CS Devereaux declares she’s a southern writer and has a story – Fall from Snowbird Mountain – that uses her southern-ness. She started writing memoirs and morphed into historical fiction. For the writers, we discuss the use of tools like Pro Writing Aid. There are advantages and disadvantages which we discuss. NOTE: CS Devereaux chose the …

Overview John Bruening is from Cleveland and writes a series of pulp fiction for his Flinch press publisher. These are modern books that have that pulp flair. This episode is also a cross-over episode with my Relentless Geekery podcast. The 3rd voice you hear is Alan Baltis, co-host on that podcast. Book YouTube https://youtu.be/1kaa7cO7Jkg Transcr…

Overview Kyle is the author of sci-fi book – Space Pirate. He lives in Alabama, where he not only writes but runs a small publisher called Jumpmaster Press. Book Website www.rkylehannah.com https://www.jumpmasterpress.com/ Favorites YouTube https://youtu.be/LZriu3hmj3k Transcript Stephen: Today I’m discovering wordsmith. I wanna welcome Kyle. Kyle.…

Overview Like many young men in high school cursed with a dash of creativity, Jim found a love for writing, which everybody else thought was practically useless. Those folks urged him to get good at math and science instead, and so he worked at those, but he was never sure if he could hack them out at a university level. After he graduated said uni…

Overview Matthew Bennett Young is a British author and has published in many forms (picture books, flash fiction, short stories and poetry) although his big passion is for picture books. Not only does he write but sometimes he illustrates as well. He is also an artist-educator and has been teaching his inspiring workshops all over the world. He cur…

Join us for Episode 3 of The Wordsmith's Edge, where Kari and Elizabeth chat with Christian romance author, Grace A. Johnson. The conversation stretches from her debut novel, Held Captive, to writing tips and processes, as well as future projects (which we're both super excited about!) Grace A. Johnson is a Christian fiction authoress, book reviewe…

Overview This is a super special episode. Jeff Strand is back to talk about his novelization for the movie Attack of the Killer Tomatoes. This cult comedy horror movie is over 40 years old, and Jeff does an absolutely fantastic job with the writing. You may notice something else of interest – there are 3 people on this episode. That’s because this …

Join us for Episode 2 of The Wordsmith's Edge, featuring self-published author, J.H. Gates (Currently J.H. Lehr - she's married the love of her life!) She is a talented author who has inspired so many with her fantasy novel, Rise of the Forgotten, and her love for all things adventure! Jessica is a daughter of Christ and is passionate about creatin…

Overview Catherine joins me from Houston Texas where she lives with her husband and kids. She is a recovering lawyer, though she still does writing for a hospital. Her book is a medical thriller about a person who’s immune system can cure cancer. The book is timely in that it talks about bodily autonomy. Book https://www.amazon.com/Panacea-Project-…

Overview Molly was a school teacher and now write middle grade books. She has read her books to her class and engaged them in storytelling. This also leads to a nice discussion about teaching kids storytelling and how grammar and spelling fit into that. Book https://www.amazon.com/Game-Molly-Perry-ebook/dp/B075JR3QQ1?crid=3NFENCLWNRDW3&keywords=mol…

Overview Jake Brown is the author of 50+ books and creator/host of ABOUT THE AUTHORS TV. With over TWO MILLION viewers and counting since TUBI TV began airing Seasons 1 & 2 in the Spring of 2022, The Associated Press recently spotlighted that ABOUT THE AUTHORS TV “has found an audience among both fans of the writers they profile on the show along w…

Welcome to The Wordsmith's Edge - the Official Podcast of DHK Creations & Publications, LLC. This is brought to you by the founders, published authors and entrepreneurs: Kari Elizabeth and Elizabeth Mae Wolfram. On today's debut podcast we did an author interview spotlighting published author Laurel Luehmann. For inquiries or bookings contact DHK C…

Overview I talk with Roland about the recent ALLI income survey and we discuss A.I. and ChatGPT. Ben Monroe is on to talk about his horror book, the Seething. Ben’s got to be a great guy because he likes Weird Al and writes horror. Ben takes a simple thing – family vacation – and turns it on it’s head to create his horror novel. Then we delve into …

Overview Diane lives in Cleveland and likes to bake, besides her writing career. She has written several books focused on her faith and has another coming soon. In keeping with her baking likes, she also has a recipe book. Diane is an inspiration as she started writing later in life, and has enjoyed several years of a wonderful career. Her Book htt…

Overview Cindy Jarrett retired as a school teacher and took up writing. With her partner, she’s written several kids books, which is nice since she taught kids for her hole teaching career. We discuss her books and what it’s like to move to a new career. Her Book https://www.amazon.com/Firefly-Fourth-July-Elaine-Reynolds/dp/1938768833?crid=WH6X0ND8…

Overview Today I’m talk in with Cathy Klein. Cathy started an independent bookstore that is a popup. Meaning, she travels to various places and sets up to sell books. She was on recently to talk with us about new books coming out and she should be on again soon. We talk about what books she likes and how she chooses books to be in the store. This i…

Overview READERS: Abby is a professional writer (after being a lawyer for years) with over 35 books to her name (and multiple pen names). She also is currently the author in residence at the Cuyahoga Public Library. Abby talks about learning to write and the mistakes she’s made. She didn’t start writing cozy mysteries, but tried her hand at other g…

Overview READERS: DC Gomez is a bestselling author, so there’s a lot to discuss. She tells us about her latest book series – the Intern Diaries – and we talk about her other top books. If you’d like to see her, she has many upcoming events displayed on her website. WRITERS: For the writers, we talk about choosing the write as a hobby or career. You…

Overview READERS: Stephanie lives in Wales and shares her horror novel with us. She talks about reading horror and how she likes the build up to the horrific parts. She has only been publishing for about eight years, but feels her folk horror story Reborn is great horror and is a sequel to The Five Turns to the Wheel. AUTHORS: We talk about rejecti…

Overview Yoshio is a 16 year old author. He hasn’t written just one book, he’s written two! We discuss his writing and how he took advantage of a family vacation to get the book done. Due to his age, there were some problems publishing. He tells us about those problems and some of the things he did to help overcome it. In this episode: writing his …

Overview Troy reads a chapter of his book “Teaching Moments”. His Book https://www.amazon.com/Teaching-Moments-Max-Boucher-Mystery/dp/B09QNYN32H?crid=25G7C5T9KF6HK&keywords=teaching+moments+troy+lambert&qid=1677695487&sprefix=teaching+moments+troy+lambert%2Caps%2C83&sr=8-1&linkCode=li2&tag=discoveredwordsmiths-20&linkId=10c63af6a1d0895cc0664df44e54…

Overview Troy is back and this time we are talking about Plottr. If you don’t know Plottr, its author software to help plan out and plot your story before you start writing. We discuss the benefits of using it and why the company has created the functions they have. He also tells a bit about what to expect. Website Plottr – Plan Your Books Like a P…

Overview You may know Troy from his work with Plottr. We’ll get to that. Troy is also an author – which is one reason Plottr has been so successful. The people working there know writing and use that knowledge to fashion a great tool. If you haven’t heard about Troy’s writing, tune in today as we discuss his books and writing. Troy has written over…

Overview A different episode for the podcast today. We start out with Roland and I discussing author news. As always, its fun to deep dive into what’s going on. My guest is Jacob Way from Deep Water Gaming, so we don’t talk books. Instead, we have a great discussion on writing as it pertains to comics and games and how author’s can put creative eff…

Overview Besides his writing, Robb also does speaking about finance. He enjoys helping people and being able to give them financial advice to help their lives. His speaking gigs are full of advice, which has helped his speaking career. We discuss having a book and speaking based on that book. This is just one area of additional revenue stream that …