Read and Write with Natasha

🎥 Watch the interview on YouTube here. Aiden Adams is eight years old. He is a singer-songwriter and an author. He was four years old when he wrote his first book, There Are No Sheep in New York City, about the power of imagination.Hear the conversation and tell your kids about Aiden.Have a comment? Text me!Support the show****************************************************************************➡️ P.S📘 If you love stories with mystery, identity, and a touch of the mystical... You’ll want to read my new novel, Karma Unleashed—a supernatural suburban thriller set between two cultures. 📚 Grab it on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FH6GZX6N

After twenty years of working on her legacy journal project, Merle R. Saferstein published Living and Leaving My Legacy, Vol. I. —a legacy journal for this and future generations. Vol. II  will be released on June 20, 2023. In reading through 359 of her journals, she came to understand the value and impact of journaling as well as the importance of sharing the essence of who she is. Saferstein sees journaling as a way to preserve memories and maintain a personal record of one's life.  She encourages everyone to engage in journaling as a means of keeping their memories alive.Don't miss this life-changing episode.Have a comment? Text me!Support the show****************************************************************************➡️ P.S📘 If you love stories with mystery, identity, and a touch of the mystical... You’ll want to read my new novel, Karma Unleashed—a supernatural suburban thriller set between two cultures. 📚 Grab it on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FH6GZX6N

Before turning to fiction, Aggie Blum Thompson covered real-life crime as a newspaper reporter for a number of papers, including The Boston Globe and The Washington Post. She is the author of I Don't Forgive You and All the Dirty Secrets.In this episode, we talk about: The surge in interest in true crime.The cultural shock of moving to Washington, DC.Dealing with rejections.How she got her first agent.The sustainably of being a full-time other.Have a comment? Text me!Support the show****************************************************************************➡️ P.S📘 If you love stories with mystery, identity, and a touch of the mystical... You’ll want to read my new novel, Karma Unleashed—a supernatural suburban thriller set between two cultures. 📚 Grab it on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FH6GZX6N

Rick Bleiweiss is an award-winning author, publishing executive, music producer, rock musician, record company senior executive, and educator.   In this inspiring conversation, we talk about the publishing journey, the pros and cons of self-publishing and why it is important to have an agent.Bleiweiss is the author of The Pignon Scorbion Series.Have a comment? Text me!Support the show****************************************************************************➡️ P.S📘 If you love stories with mystery, identity, and a touch of the mystical... You’ll want to read my new novel, Karma Unleashed—a supernatural suburban thriller set between two cultures. 📚 Grab it on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FH6GZX6N

📹 Watch the interview here.Shabbat Goy is a novel by Palestinian author Aref Husseini. It tells the story of Nabih, a young man growing up in the Old City of Jerusalem. Narrated from Nabih’s perspective, the story depicts his lack of choice in maneuvering bizarre situations. Nabih is alienated by the political slogans and an autocratic system that insists on restricting him as a passive server in the Israeli labor market: known as a “Shabbat Goy.”In this discussion, we talk about the challenges of living in Jerusalem, the publishing journey, and the dynamics of growing up in an area of the world that has seen so much conflict.Have a comment? Text me!Support the show****************************************************************************➡️ P.S📘 If you love stories with mystery, identity, and a touch of the mystical... You’ll want to read my new novel, Karma Unleashed—a supernatural suburban thriller set between two cultures. 📚 Grab it on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FH6GZX6N

📹 Watch the interview here.Violet Lemay is a veteran when it comes to creating and illustrating children's books. She has illustrated forty-four books, six of which she also wrote. Her clients include HarperCollins, Penguin Random House, Scholastic, duopress, 'Magination Press, and Highlights.Her latest book, Let's Be Friends (HarperFestival/2021), won Book-Fest's first-place award for diversity in children's books.I sat with Lemay to discuss the ins and outs of creating children's books. Her tips on the creation and the publishing journey are golden. I was so inspired by this conversation that I wrote a children's book I hope to publish soon!Don't miss this valuable, inspiring conversation that will make you drop everything you're doing and sit in front of a computer to jot down the book you always wanted to write.Have a comment? Text me!Support the show****************************************************************************➡️ P.S📘 If you love stories with mystery, identity, and a touch of the mystical... You’ll want to read my new novel, Karma Unleashed—a supernatural suburban thriller set between two cultures. 📚 Grab it on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FH6GZX6N

Ethan T. Burroughs's Messianic Reveal narrates the story of a young man who seeks to serve his country, and in so doing, he follows his instincts into a labyrinth of conspiracies. The novel launches from and connects to real events and real people: the 1979 siege of Mecca, Osama Bin Laden’s brother, Ayatollah Khomeini’s temporary residences in France and Iraq, and so on.Listen to this fascinating discussion with Burrough in which we discuss the contents of his book, that are based on real events that are not talked about often due to their sensitive political and religious nature. Burrough has dedicated much of the last two decades to exploring the Middle East and slowly unraveling its mysteries. His encounters have taken him to Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Israel, and the Palestinian Territories, where he has studied the history, faith, cuisine, language, and culture of the lands which continue to grab our headlines as we search for an elusive peace. He is a U.S. Army veteran and political consultant.Have a comment? Text me!Support the show****************************************************************************➡️ P.S📘 If you love stories with mystery, identity, and a touch of the mystical... You’ll want to read my new novel, Karma Unleashed—a supernatural suburban thriller set between two cultures. 📚 Grab it on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FH6GZX6N

In this fascinating discussion, author Dr. Shahd Alshammari discusses her memoir Head Above Water, which takes us into intimate conversations on illness and society's stigmatization of disabled bodies. We discussed women's identities and bodies and the importance of discussing the human experience of illness.Diagnosed with multiple sclerosis at the age of 18, Alshammari never learned to give up and continued her education until she earned her doctoral degree in 2014. Don's miss this intimate, inspiring conversation on illness and the representation of women in literature.  If you are in the US, you can purchase the book here.Have a comment? Text me!Support the show****************************************************************************➡️ P.S📘 If you love stories with mystery, identity, and a touch of the mystical... You’ll want to read my new novel, Karma Unleashed—a supernatural suburban thriller set between two cultures. 📚 Grab it on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FH6GZX6N

Listen to my interview with author Cassie Sanchez who got the inspiration for her first novel from watching her kids play video games.After more than a year of characters arguing in her head, Sanchez finished her award-winning debut novel, Chasing the Darkness. The second book in The Darkness Trilogy, Embracing the Darkness,  was released in the fall of 2022.Find out more about Cassie Sanchez here.Have a comment? Text me!Support the show****************************************************************************➡️ P.S📘 If you love stories with mystery, identity, and a touch of the mystical... You’ll want to read my new novel, Karma Unleashed—a supernatural suburban thriller set between two cultures. 📚 Grab it on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FH6GZX6N

Author and book marketer Karina Kantas talks about some of the mistakes authors make when they promote their books. These include:- Posting multiple times on Facebook, ending up in Facebook jail.- Constant "Buy my book" posts that everyone glosses over.Kantas suggests different techniques, such as recording a video of the author reading an excerpt from their book so that potential readers get a glimpse of the writing style.    Have a comment? Text me!Support the show****************************************************************************➡️ P.S📘 If you love stories with mystery, identity, and a touch of the mystical... You’ll want to read my new novel, Karma Unleashed—a supernatural suburban thriller set between two cultures. 📚 Grab it on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FH6GZX6N