Read and Write with Natasha

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****************************************************************************Connect with Natasha If you’re ready to write your book, I’d love to help you bring your story to life. 👉 Explore my 1:1 Book Coaching Program: https://www.natashatynes.com/bookcoaching Read My Writing & Learn With Me 📬 Substack — Read & Write with Natasha https://natashatynes.substack.com Follow Me 🌐 Website: https://www.natashatynes.com/ 🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/natashatynes 🐦 Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/NatashaTynes 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/natasha.tynes ▶️ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@readandwritewithnatasha

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****************************************************************************Connect with Natasha If you’re ready to write your book, I’d love to help you bring your story to life. 👉 Explore my 1:1 Book Coaching Program: https://www.natashatynes.com/bookcoaching Read My Writing & Learn With Me 📬 Substack — Read & Write with Natasha https://natashatynes.substack.com Follow Me 🌐 Website: https://www.natashatynes.com/ 🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/natashatynes 🐦 Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/NatashaTynes 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/natasha.tynes ▶️ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@readandwritewithnatasha

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****************************************************************************Connect with Natasha If you’re ready to write your book, I’d love to help you bring your story to life. 👉 Explore my 1:1 Book Coaching Program: https://www.natashatynes.com/bookcoaching Read My Writing & Learn With Me 📬 Substack — Read & Write with Natasha https://natashatynes.substack.com Follow Me 🌐 Website: https://www.natashatynes.com/ 🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/natashatynes 🐦 Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/NatashaTynes 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/natasha.tynes ▶️ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@readandwritewithnatasha

Emily Johnson was born in Aspen, Colorado.  In 1996,  Emily's mom, Marilyn, was diagnosed with breast and advanced ovarian cancer.  She began writing The Bird of Paradise as a life gift for her daughter.  She passed awayin 2012 leaving the novel unfinished – for Emily to complete.Hear how Emily discovered her mother's manuscript and finished it.Have a comment? Text me! Support the show****************************************************************************Connect with Natasha If you’re ready to write your book, I’d love to help you bring your story to life. 👉 Explore my 1:1 Book Coaching Program: https://www.natashatynes.com/bookcoaching Read My Writing & Learn With Me 📬 Substack — Read & Write with Natasha https://natashatynes.substack.com Follow Me 🌐 Website: https://www.natashatynes.com/ 🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/natashatynes 🐦 Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/NatashaTynes 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/natasha.tynes ▶️ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@readandwritewithnatasha

Listen to the shocking, heart-wrenching story of Antonio Salazar-Hobson, who was the eleventh of fourteen migrant farmworker children born in Phoenix, Arizona.  At age four, he was kidnapped by a childless, middle-aged white couple and was trafficked until the age of ten. As a teenager, Antonio met Cesar Chavez and was taken under his wing, a miracle which helped define his life. Antonio worked with Cesar over the next two decades. Antonio got a master's from Stanford in Latin American Studies as a Danforth Fellow, then went on to graduate law school from UC Davis Law School and became a labor lawyer, working with the United Farmworkers and large international unions for the past thirty years. He is the author of the memoir Antonio, We Know You.********************************************Connect with me:🐦 Twitter  https://twitter.com/NatashaTynesFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/natashatynes...📸 Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/natasha.tynes/💌  My newsletter: https://thestorytellerquest.com/🌐  Website: Have a comment? Text me! Support the show****************************************************************************Connect with Natasha If you’re ready to write your book, I’d love to help you bring your story to life. 👉 Explore my 1:1 Book Coaching Program: https://www.natashatynes.com/bookcoaching Read My Writing & Learn With Me 📬 Substack — Read & Write with Natasha https://natashatynes.substack.com Follow Me 🌐 Website: https://www.natashatynes.com/ 🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/natashatynes 🐦 Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/NatashaTynes 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/natasha.tynes ▶️ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@readandwritewithnatasha

Hear the story of Sarah Humphreys, who achieved what many writers struggle to do: Find an agent and get a publishing deal when she was only 15 years old.You can get her book Cold Stone  here.********************************************Connect with me:🐦 Twitter  https://twitter.com/NatashaTynesFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/natashatynes...📸 Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/natasha.tynes/💌  My newsletter: https://thestorytellerquest.com/🌐  Website: https://www.natashatynes.com/👩🏻‍🏫 Sign up for my "Get published cohort.Have a comment? Text me! Support the show****************************************************************************Connect with Natasha If you’re ready to write your book, I’d love to help you bring your story to life. 👉 Explore my 1:1 Book Coaching Program: https://www.natashatynes.com/bookcoaching Read My Writing & Learn With Me 📬 Substack — Read & Write with Natasha https://natashatynes.substack.com Follow Me 🌐 Website: https://www.natashatynes.com/ 🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/natashatynes 🐦 Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/NatashaTynes 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/natasha.tynes ▶️ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@readandwritewithnatasha

Author Gabi justice delves into teen anxiety and bullying in 'Dog Girl'.📚 You can get Dog Girl  here. *********************************************************************************Connect with me:🐦 Twitter  https://twitter.com/NatashaTynesFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/natashatynes...📸 Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/natasha.tynes/💌  My newsletter: https://thestorytellerquest.com/🌐  Website: https://www.natashatynes.com/👩🏻‍🏫 Sign up for my "Get published cohort.Have a comment? Text me! Support the show****************************************************************************Connect with Natasha If you’re ready to write your book, I’d love to help you bring your story to life. 👉 Explore my 1:1 Book Coaching Program: https://www.natashatynes.com/bookcoaching Read My Writing & Learn With Me 📬 Substack — Read & Write with Natasha https://natashatynes.substack.com Follow Me 🌐 Website: https://www.natashatynes.com/ 🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/natashatynes 🐦 Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/NatashaTynes 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/natasha.tynes ▶️ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@readandwritewithnatasha

 📹 ** Watch the interview on YouTube**Canadian author Sam Thiara who wrote the memoir Lost and Found, in which he traces his family's roots in India, believes everyone should write their autobiography. Do you agree? Have you started working on your autobiography yet?📚 You can get Sam Thiara's book here. *********************************************************************************Connect with me:🐦 Twitter  https://twitter.com/NatashaTynesFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/natashatynes...📸 Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/natasha.tynes/💌  My newsletter: https://thestorytellerquest.com/🌐  Website: https://www.natashatynes.com/👩🏻‍🏫 Sign up for my "Get published cohort.Have a comment? Text me! Support the show****************************************************************************Connect with Natasha If you’re ready to write your book, I’d love to help you bring your story to life. 👉 Explore my 1:1 Book Coaching Program: https://www.natashatynes.com/bookcoaching Read My Writing & Learn With Me 📬 Substack — Read & Write with Natasha https://natashatynes.substack.com Follow Me 🌐 Website: https://www.natashatynes.com/ 🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/natashatynes 🐦 Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/NatashaTynes 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/natasha.tynes ▶️ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@readandwritewithnatasha

A lively discussion with author Carol  Saller in which we discuss how many rejections are enough before authors decide to put our manuscripts aside, and the top mistakes authors make when they submit to agents.You can get Carol Saller's book here: https://amzn.to/3w1efuPHave a comment? Text me! Support the show****************************************************************************Connect with Natasha If you’re ready to write your book, I’d love to help you bring your story to life. 👉 Explore my 1:1 Book Coaching Program: https://www.natashatynes.com/bookcoaching Read My Writing & Learn With Me 📬 Substack — Read & Write with Natasha https://natashatynes.substack.com Follow Me 🌐 Website: https://www.natashatynes.com/ 🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/natashatynes 🐦 Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/NatashaTynes 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/natasha.tynes ▶️ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@readandwritewithnatasha

Talking with Jessica Speer, author of BFF or NRF we discussed the following:- How the pandemic has affected the relationship dynamic among children.- Are relationships among pre-teen girls more complicated than pre-teen boys and why? - What’s the friendship pyramid, and how there are friendships change through time- Publishing a book in the midst of the pandemic- Is there a stigma on being a full-time writer?- Are we living in a world with less civility where friendships are ending more than before?📚 You can purchase Jessica Speer's novel here.*********************************************************************************Connect with me:🐦 Twitter  https://twitter.com/NatashaTynesFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/natashatynes...📸 Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/natasha.tynes/💌  My newsletter: https://thestorytellerquest.com/🌐  Website: https://www.natashatynes.com/Have a comment? Text me! Support the show****************************************************************************Connect with Natasha If you’re ready to write your book, I’d love to help you bring your story to life. 👉 Explore my 1:1 Book Coaching Program: https://www.natashatynes.com/bookcoaching Read My Writing & Learn With Me 📬 Substack — Read & Write with Natasha https://natashatynes.substack.com Follow Me 🌐 Website: https://www.natashatynes.com/ 🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/natashatynes 🐦 Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/NatashaTynes 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/natasha.tynes ▶️ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@readandwritewithnatasha