18 MAY 2024 ·  Jas Hammonds (they/she) was raised in many cities and between the pages of many books. They have received support for their writing from the Highlights Foundation, Baldwin for the Arts and more. They are also a grateful recipient of the MacDowell James Baldwin Fellowship. Their bestselling debut novel, We Deserve Monuments, won the 2023 Coretta Scott King - John Steptoe Award for New Talent. Her second novel, Thirsty, was a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection. She lives in New Jersey.   http://jashammonds.com   The Douglas Coleman Show VE (Video Edition) offers video promotional packages for authors. Please see our website for complete details.   http://douglascolemanshow.com     Please help us to continue to bring you quality content by showing your support for our show.   https://fundrazr.com/e2CLX2?ref=ab_eCTqb8_ab_31eRtAh53pq31eRtAh53pq        

12 MAY 2024 · Mark Jonathan Harris is a three-time Oscar-winning and Emmy-nominated filmmaker, as well as an award-winning author of 10 books, a distinguished professor of film of four decades, and an acclaimed journalist. His newest book is a collection of short stories, Misfits.   He started his professional career covering crime from five in the afternoon to two in the morning for the famed City News Bureau of Chicago. Within a year, he moved to reporting national news for the Associated Press and then to making television documentaries for the King Broadcasting Co. stations in Portland, Oregon, and Seattle, Washington.   http://markjharriswrites.com   The Douglas Coleman Show VE (Video Edition) offers video promotional packages for authors. Please see our website for complete details.   http://douglascolemanshow.com   If you have a comment about this episode or any other, please click the link below.   https://ratethispodcast.com/douglasco...   Please help us to continue to bring you quality content by showing your support for our show.   https://fundrazr.com/e2CLX2?ref=ab_eCTqb8_ab_31eRtAh53pq31eRtAh53pq  

9 MAY 2024 · Scott Hamm Duenas is an acclaimed American actor and award-winning producer hailing from the vibrant entertainment hub of Southern California. Born in Washington D.C., Scott's journey into the world of cinema has been marked by an unwavering passion for storytelling and a commitment to the craft. Scott recently produced and starred in the highly anticipated film, "Final Wager," alongside veteran actors Michael Madsen and Tom Arnold. This project is being released exclusively on the Vudu platform on May 7, 2024.   https://www.instagram.com/scotthamm8/   The Douglas Coleman Show VE (Video Edition) offers video promotional packages for authors. Please see our website for complete details.   http://douglascolemanshow.com     Please help us to continue to bring you quality content by showing your support for our show.   https://fundrazr.com/e2CLX2?ref=ab_eCTqb8_ab_31eRtAh53pq31eRtAh53pq

2 MAY 2024 · Charlie was born in Miami Beach, Florida in 1962. He's been a full time musician for over 3 decades.   Charlie is a natural entertainer and a virtual encyclopedia of classic American music styles. He has toured with his blues band, The Upsetters, garnering national and international acclaim and airplay.   He often performs as a duo with his wife Beth at charity fundraisers and church concerts. Since the COVID restrictions have eased, Charlie is out playing in clubs and entertaining the residents of area assisted living and nursing homes. His latest album is called "LIFE" http://lightnincharlie.com   https://lightnincharlie.bandcamp.com/album/life        The Douglas Coleman Show VE (Video Edition) offers video promotional packages for authors. Please see our website for complete details.   http://douglascolemanshow.com   If you have a comment about this episode or any other, please click the link below.   https://ratethispodcast.com/douglasco...   Please help us to continue to bring you quality content by showing your support for our show.   https://fundrazr.com/e2CLX2?ref=ab_eCTqb8_ab_31eRtAh53pq31eRtAh53pq

25 APR 2024 · Halie Loren is an international, award-winning jazz/pop singer/songwriter. She brings a fresh and original perspective to time-honored musical paths, channeling her innate understanding of connectedness across musical boundaries to forge bonds with diverse audiences in North America, Asia, and Europe. Loren has recorded ten albums to-date, which have garnered national and international awards as well as significant critical and chart success along the way, consistently charting at #1 in Billboard/Japan Jazz Charts, iTunes (Canada and Japan) and Amazon Music. Artist Social Media Links: http://halieloren.com http://facebook.com/halielorenmusic http://instagram.com/halieloren http://youtube.com/halieloren Merch & Streaming: Official webstore: https://halieloren.bandcamp.com Stream on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1Fcd5av0AI3xn05b3hrQfI Stream on Amazon: https://music.amazon.com/artists/B0012KOGRA Booking: http://jwpagency.com (JWP Booking agency) Record Labels: http://justin-time.com (Label: Justin Time Records) http://jvcmusic.co.jp (Label: JVC/Kenwood)

22 APR 2024 · Donna Conrad is an award-winning author, journalist, activist, and teacher. Her core values revolve around individual empowerment, a sustaining ideal running through the books she writes. Her writing interests include articles for fine-art periodicals, memoir/narrative non-fiction, as well as historical, flash, and paranormal fiction. She is a regular presenter at writers' conferences. Donna's life is as varied as her writing. She embraces change as an exciting adventure. She has studied writing with the likes of Alan Ginsberg, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and Jack Whyte. The Last Magdalene is an exquisite story of passion and love, and the lasting power of one woman’s voice which refuses to be silenced. The Last Magdalene: Book One of the Magdalene Chronicles http://donnaconrad.com    ayna Locke is a Minnesota writer who has had a lifelong love of fiction. She earned her MFA in writing from the University of New Hampshire. Her short stories have appeared in a range of literary journals, including Great Lakes Review, Portage Magazine, and Bright Flash Literary Review, as well as several anthologies. She is reachable through her website.   With springtime in the air, a toddler chases a ball onto a melting icecovered lake far beyond his parents’ reach.  As the chill of Autumn comes to Minnesota, Max opens the door to find a grizzled drifter on the doorstep. Then Max realizes he knows the man.   When Julie returns to her mother’s home on the shores of Lake Superior, she sees an odd shape tossed by the waves onto the beach. What is it? Somewhere in Minnesota is a short story collection about the frenetic     human experience and the ways in which life manifests itself and delivers defining moments. With Minnesota lakes and seasons as the backdrop, each story shares a different tale of characters experiencing life's unexpected turns — from peculiar circumstances to moments of crisis — that at least temporarily set their world off its axis.   https://jaynalocke.com/https://jaynalocke.com/ or athttps://twitter.com/jaynatweetshttps://twitter.com/jaynatweetshttps://twitter.com/jaynatweets

13 APR 2024 · Diane Bator is a prolific Canadian mystery writer, she is the mom of three kids, two cats and a step-dog as well as author of Wild Blue Mysteries, Gilda Wright Mysteries, Glitter Bay Mysteries, and the Audra Clemmings Mysteries from Books We Love Ltd. with many more books and plays to come! The problem is A. J. (Alison Jane) Cadell can’t remember Grandma or her house. Dreaming of becoming a best-selling romance novelist, Alison is invited to Beech Grove, British Columbia to be a Writer-in-Residence and reside at Thistlewood Manor for a month. When a resident of the manor is found dead, Alison is drawn into a mystery involving a grandmother she doesn’t remember, a father she thought was long dead, and a handsome firefighter who could be the link to solving the mystery. Will someone be after her next? Blog: http://dbator.blogspot.ca/  Website: https://dianebator.ca/ Publisher Website: https://bookswelove.net/bator-diane/   Andy Chang is an independent comic artist– based in New jersey. He has made several children-friendly/all-age comics-such as Add-Zero and Adventures of Sniffy – prior to the creation of Northwood Meadows. His style of art was inspired by a mixture of Japanese Manga and the Sunday comics – whimsical and simplistic- but the stories he creates references a funny take on the reality of the everchanging daily life. Andy lives with his wife and three daughters, who all provides unlimited resource of inspiration and aspiration for Northwood Meadows’ future comic art. In the beautiful place of Northwood Meadows, there lives an entertaining crew of animals (and one extraterrestrial). Phil the penguin is the unappreciated artist of the group, while Ana is trying so hard to live her best life. Ally is making the most of his time on Earth and Ted the turtle is terrified of it all, but still tries to “upgrade his shell.” Balancing out this chorus of voices is Bob, the source of reason in Northwood Meadows. Northwood Meadows: Lifestyle [ISBN 9781737175865] is listed as $13.99 and available wherever books are sold.  Read Furiously distributes through Ingram. Any retailers unable to order through Ingram, please contact us at mailto:sales@readfuriously.com to inquire about ordering directly from Read Furiously.   The Douglas Coleman Show VE (Video Edition) offers video promotional packages for authors. Please see our website for complete details.   http://douglascolemanshow.com   If you have a comment about this episode or any other, please click the link below.   https://ratethispodcast.com/douglasco...   Please help us to continue to bring you quality content by showing your support for our show.   https://fundrazr.com/e2CLX2?ref=ab_eCTqb8_ab_31eRtAh53pq31eRtAh53pq  

10 APR 2024 · About BA: Daniel Li (Lawrence Kao) and his daughter Collette (Kai Cech) are without options, money, or a home. In a desperate bid to secure his daughter's future, Daniel unwittingly accepts a chilling role - becoming Death itself. He undergoes a haunting physical transformation and learns the hard way that anything he touches will perish. Adapting to this cursed experience, Daniel shrouds every inch of his skin, lies about his profession, and sets rigid boundaries for Collette to keep her safe-all the while working to undo his fate. A curious and precocious Collette grows suspicious of her father's condition and whereabouts right when Macey, a Child Protection Services Officer, takes a keen interest in Collette's situation. Things come to a head when Collette discovers the truth about Daniel, causing their whole world to unravel.   Written and directed by Benjamin Wong and produced by Elizabeth Ai, their passion project BA is an accumulation of real-life experiences being Asian-American, the struggles parenting, paternal love and sacrifice, as well as the reality that not all stories have a “Hollywood ending.” Both Benjamin and Elizabeth are parents with their respective partners, and a big part of the inspiration of this film came from not knowing what it means to be a parent when experiencing it for the first time and realizing how much parents are willing to sacrifice for their child.    Star of the film, Lawrence Kao is a SoCal native that has been in the industry since he and his dance crew Kaba Modern took second place on MTV’s “America’s Best Dance Crew” in its inaugural season. From there Lawrence would go on star in projects including Netflix’s “Wu Assassins,” the sequel film “FISTFUL OF VENGEANCE, CW’s “Walk: Independence,” AMC’s “The Walking Dead,” the CW’s “The Originals,” TNT’s “Franklin & Bash,” CBS’ “Hawaii Five 0,” and MAX STEEL, to name a few.     Release date: TBD     The Douglas Coleman Show VE (Video Edition) offers video promotional packages for authors. Please see our website for complete details.   http://douglascolemanshow.com   If you have a comment about this episode or any other, please click the link below.   https://ratethispodcast.com/douglasco...   Please help us to continue to bring you quality content by showing your support for our show.   https://fundrazr.com/e2CLX2?ref=ab_eCTqb8_ab_31eRtAh53pq31eRtAh53pq

7 APR 2024 · Here is an awesome alternative travel guide from award-winning writer and editor for National Geographic Traveler, Andrew Nelson: HERE NOT THERE. Both surprising and inspiring, the book offers undreamed-of destinations. to help design a truly unique vacation with 100 intriguing alternatives to more predictable, expensive, and overcrowded destinations. An award-winning writer and editor for National Geographic Traveler, Andrew Nelson has roamed all 50 states as well as numerous countries for the magazine and website. He served as director of editorial projects for National Geographic Travel in Washington, D.C., and has taught in institutions such as Loyola University New Orleans and the College of Charleston. He lives in Washington, D.C. Follow Andrew on Instagram @andrewtyrrellnelson http://natgeobooks.com The Douglas Coleman Show VE (Video Edition) offers video promotional packages for authors. Please see our website for complete details. http://douglascolemanshow.com If you have a comment about this episode or any other, please click the link below.  https://ratethispodcast.com/douglasco...  Please help us to continue to bring you quality content by showing your support for our show. https://fundrazr.com/e2CLX2?ref=ab_eCTqb8_ab_31eRtAh53pq31eRtAh53pq

22 MAR 2024 · If you are like https://www.americanexpress.com/en-us/travel/discover/img/gtt2023/AmericanExpress2023GlobalTravelTrends.pdf, when you travel you look  to try local food and cuisines or book entire trips around a restaurant reservation or culinary experience. Enter National Geographic’s 50 States, 1000 Eats: Where to Go, When to Go, What to Eat, What to Drink by legendary editor, writer, photographer, and speaker  https://joeyogerst.com/.  Joe gives you many diverse recommendations in the United States and Canada.  Included are the can’t-miss restaurants; as-seen-on-tv food trucks, diners, and cafes; and delicious regional delicacies. There’s fascinating food history and expert travel tips for where to stay and things to do and see while on the foodie trail. And of course there are hundreds of mouthwatering images from NatGeo.   This book as the primer for the ultimate road trip and if he personally sampled a lot of the meals. During more than three decades as an editor, writer, photographer, and speaker, https://joeyogerst.com/ has lived and worked in Asia, Africa, Europe, and North America. His writing has appeared in Conde Nast Traveler, CNN Travel, Islands magazine, the International New York Times (Paris), Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Forbes Travel and National Geographic Digital. He has also worked on more than 40 National Geographic books, including the bestselling 50 States, 5,000 Ideas. Joe is a California native and now lives in San Diego.   https://www.nationalgeographic.com/books   The Douglas Coleman Show now offers audio and video promotional packages for music artists as well as video promotional packages for authors. Please see our website for complete details. http://douglascolemanshow.com   If you have a comment about this episode or any other, please click the link below. https://ratethispodcast.com/douglasco...   Please help us to continue to bring you quality content by showing your support for our show.   https://fundrazr.com/e2CLX2?ref=ab_eCTqb8_ab_31eRtAh53pq31eRtAh53pq