Every Soul Has A Story

For 12 years, Dan Blank has been helping writers and creators share their work with the world—without the ick factor that makes so many authors cringe at the word "marketing." A self-described introve...

4 Feb 202248min

One decision changed everything for Jenn Bouchard. Sitting on Crane Beach on the North Shore of Massachusetts, the longtime social studies teacher turned to her husband and said, "I think I want to se...

3 Feb 202231min

The other side of grief is love—and you have to love something a great deal in order to grieve it. That's the powerful message author Leslie Hooton shares in this raw, heartfelt conversation during Gr...

3 Feb 202236min

What happens when the kids leave home and you're left staring at your husband across an empty table? For Leslie Rasmussen, that question sparked her debut novel After Happily Ever After, a story born ...

3 Feb 202233min

For years, Ronit Plank thought she had done something to make her mother leave—until she wrote her memoir, When She Comes Back, and discovered the truth had nothing to do with her. In this deeply movi...

3 Feb 202246min

At 11 years old, Robin Farmer stood in a Catholic school classroom and told her nun that Thomas Jefferson was a hypocrite for owning slaves while signing the Declaration of Independence. The nun slamm...

3 Feb 202230min

Jaqueline Friedland never planned to become a novelist—she was on track to be an English professor, then a lawyer, then a mom of four. But somewhere between labor stories, epidural mishaps, and her ki...

3 Feb 202233min

For 19 years, Melissa Face carried grief she was afraid to feel. After losing her younger sister, she chose anger over sadness—because anger felt productive, and sadness felt like drowning. Then came ...

3 Feb 202239min