Episodes

  • Secrets of a Ghostwriter: How Real-Life Stories Can Support Conflict in Compelling Fiction with Autumn Karen

    Secrets of a Ghostwriter: How Real-Life Stories Can Support Conflict in Compelling Fiction with Autumn Karen
    Jan 7 2025
    Autumn Karen, filmmaker, ghostwriter, educator, and advocate, joins Lana Mcara for an informative #Unputdownable conversation about real-life experiences create stories that will resonate deeply with your readers.
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    29 mins
  • What Should Be Your Writing Schedule?

    What Should Be Your Writing Schedule?
    Dec 31 2024
    Lana McAra, author of 44 books and counting, shares her thoughts on how to craft your writing schedule, including whether you should even have one.
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    10 mins
  • Villains Aren’t All Bad: All Characters Have Good and Bad Points

    Villains Aren’t All Bad: All Characters Have Good and Bad Points
    Dec 24 2024
    Lana McAra wades into the human condition and shows examples of how complex, complete good and evil characters make for #Unputdownable page-turners.
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    5 mins
  • Swift Sword: Uncovering the Untold Stories of Vietnam’s Unsung Heroes with Doyle Glass

    Swift Sword: Uncovering the Untold Stories of Vietnam’s Unsung Heroes with Doyle Glass
    Dec 17 2024
    Doyle Glass, renowned historian, sculptor, and author, joins Lana Mcara for a poignant #Unputdownable conversation about the visceral power of military history and how to bring these powerful stories to light.
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    40 mins
  • Writing and Publishing Books As a Teen Author with Shanti Hershenson

    Writing and Publishing Books As a Teen Author with Shanti Hershenson
    Dec 10 2024
    Shanti Hershenson, teen author of 20 published books (with many more on the way), joins Lana Mcara for an inspiring #Unputdownable conversation about telling your story, especially when it gets overwhelming.
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    23 mins
  • Through Dyslexia and Being an Indie: You Can Overcome Anything with Ivan Scott

    Through Dyslexia and Being an Indie: You Can Overcome Anything with Ivan Scott
    Dec 3 2024
    Ivan Scott, author of "The Redhead" series, joins Lana Mcara for am inspirationally #Unputdownable conversation about perseverance and how to find inspiration to achieve your success as a fiction novel writer.
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    34 mins
  • Connecting With Nonprofits

    Connecting With Nonprofits
    Nov 26 2024
    Lana McAra provides examples of how incorporating a nonprofit into your fiction writing creates #Unputdownable fiction writing and can further a good cause.
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    7 mins
  • Feeling the Fear and Doing It Anyway with Terry Shepherd

    Feeling the Fear and Doing It Anyway with Terry Shepherd
    Nov 19 2024
    Terry Shepherd, author of The Jessica Ramirez Thrillers, joins Lana Mcara to show you through his own story how to overcome your fears and become an #Unputdownable fiction writer.
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    47 mins