Daring to Tell

BONUS! Michelle Redo talks with Jody Sperling, another writer/podcaster about podcasting and marketing ourselves as writers. Find Jody on Twitter @jodyjsperling and listen to his newly rebranded podcast The Reluctant Book MarketerFollow Michelle on Twitter @michelleredoSign up for the Daring to Tell Newsletter, Hit Pause, at michelleredo.comCurious about Jody Sperling's manuscript? THE NINE LIVES OF MARVA DELONGHI is a Speculative Noir. Marva hires Luke and Lyle, washed-up detective partners, to investigate death threats she's been receiving. Shortly after, she is murdered, and her death begins a cycle in which Luke and Lyle continue to die, returning to the moment they first met Marva in their office. Only saving her life can break the cycle.

My essay that won #19 in the 2021 Writers Digest Personal Essay Competition! Today's guest host is Melanie Brooks... author of Writing Hard Stories.This month's spotlight bookstore is Twice Told Tales on Maine St. in Brunswick. Quality used books run by the Friends of Curtis Memorial Library.If you're curious about the Bugzooka, heard about in today's episode, here's what it looks like. I receive no proceeds from any Bugzooka sales (But I probably should!)And check out the #Amwriting podcast's Blue Print for a Book Challenge happening this summer!

Go to Michelle Redo to sign up for the monthly Daring to Tell newsletter, Hit Pause. Or follow on Twitter @michelleredoLearn more about Laura Davis, her retreats and writing classes, and her The Burning Light of Two Stars at her website.Listen to #amwriting, another great podcast talking about all types of writing and the writing process.Be the first person to visit Royal River Books on Main Street in Yarmouth, Maine and say you heard about them on Daring to Tell, and get your special gift bag with all kinds of fun prizes!Thanks for Daring to LISTEN!

To read more of Betsy's work, including her award-winning essay The Alchemy of Apple Pie, check out her website, Betsyarmstrong.comI hope you will also sign-up for the Daring to Tell newsletter called Hit Pause, where I share some of my other thoughts and musings as I consider the conversations we have with writers here each month, sign up for that at my website, Michelleredo.comLooking for another podcast to check out? Listen to Heart of the Story with Nadine Kenney Johnstone for stories of healing, hope and following her heart.And be sure to listen to the end to hear this month's special independent bookstore partner with Daring to Tell, where you can go to claim a special Daring to Tell Gift Package!

Melanie Brooks, author of Writing Hard Stories, reads from her memoir manuscript, A Hard Silence, which shares her perspective on what it was like to grow up living with the deep secret that her father contracted AIDS in 1985 from a tainted blood transfusion.Order a copy of Melanie's book, Writing Hard Stories online at Bookshop.orgOR...For listeners in the vicinity of midcoast Maine, Daring to Tell wants to encourage you to get out and experience the joy and serendipity of visiting a bookstore! So we've partnered with The Corner Bookshop at 229 Water Street in Bath, Maine (right down the little alley off of Front Street). The first listener to visit in person and mention hearing this episode of Daring to Tell will win a special free Daring to Tell gift package! And anyone mentioning Daring to Tell can receive a one time 20% discount off your purchase, throughout the month of April 2022.Also mentioned in this episode revelations by Mary Gauthier which you can read about in her book Saved by a Song: The Art and Healing Power of Songwriting.