Today's preface features Historical Fiction author Roni Robbins. Roni is the author of Hands of Gold, detailing a Hungarian Jew's journey from Eastern Europe to the United States pre-holocaust. If you'd like to learn more about Roni, check out her website at www.ronirobbins.com SAM: -Sam on Linktree -Sam on Patreon -Sam on Twitter -Sam on Instagram -Sam on YouTube MUSIC: Sorrow by Sappheiros | https://soundcloud.com/sappheirosmusic Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Creative Commons CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Remixed by Samuel Hale

Today's preface features author Marj Charlier. Among others, Marj's publications include The Candlemaker's Woman and The Rebel Nun. If you'd like to learn more about Marj, check out her website at www.marjcharlier.com. SHOW NOTES -Marj on Facebook -Marj on Instagram SAM: -Sam on Linktree -Sam on Patreon -Sam on Twitter -Sam on Instagram -Sam on YouTube MUSIC: Sorrow by Sappheiros | https://soundcloud.com/sappheirosmusic Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Creative Commons CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Remixed by Samuel Hale

Today's preface features author Melissa Clark Bacon. Melissa's most recent publication is Through Her Lens, which explores English women's contribution to WWII reconnaissance. If you'd like to learn more about Melissa, check out her website at www.melissaclarkbacon.com. SHOW NOTES -Melissa on Instagram SAM: -Sam on Linktree -Sam on Patreon -Sam on Twitter -Sam on Instagram -Sam on YouTube MUSIC: Sorrow by Sappheiros | https://soundcloud.com/sappheirosmusic Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Creative Commons CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Remixed by Samuel Hale

SKIP INTRO - (3:55)ADVICE SEGMENT - (1:23:40) Today's preface features author Tyler Wittkofsky. Among others, Tyler's publications include Sunflower Kisses Book 1: The Seeds of Love, The Principle's Principles, and Potent. If you'd like to learn more about Tyler, check out his website at www.tylerwittkofsky.com. SHOW NOTES -Tyler on LinkedIn -Tyler on Facebook -Tyler on Instagram -Tyler on X -Tyler on TikTok -Tyler's Newsletter -Tyler's LinkTree SAM: -Sam on Linktree -Sam on Patreon -Sam on Twitter -Sam on Instagram -Sam on YouTube MUSIC: Sorrow by Sappheiros | https://soundcloud.com/sappheirosmusic Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Creative Commons CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Remixed by Samuel Hale

What's the creative through line between writing and tabletop gaming? How do you kick sheep off a cliff? In this TAP Out, we examine Dungeons & Dragons, and how improvisation, innovation, and idiocy can improve your writing. -Sam on Linktree -Sam on Patreon -Sam on Twitter -Sam on Instagram -Sam on YouTube MUSIC:Way Home by Tokyo Music Walker | https://soundcloud.com/user-356546060 Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Creative Commons CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Remixed by Samuel Hale

SKIP INTRO - (2:18)ADVICE SEGMENT - (56:05) Today's preface features Magic Realism & Fantasy author Lâle Davidson. Among others, Lâle's publications include Against the Grain, Strange Appetites, and Blue Woman Burning. If you'd like to learn more about Lâle, check out her website at www.laledavidson.com. SHOW NOTES -Lâle on Facebook -Lâle on Instagram -Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel H. Pink -The Cold Millions: A Novel by Jess Walters -Around the Writer's Block: Using Brain Science to Solve Writer's Resistance by Rosanne Bane -TED Talk: Your elusive creative genius by Elizabeth Gilbert -Letters to a Young Poet (Penguin Classics) by Rainer Maria Rilke -The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis -The Depths: The Evolutionary Origins of the Depression Epidemic by Jonathan Rottenberg SAM: -Sam on Linktree -Sam on Patreon -Sam on Twitter -Sam on Instagram -Sam on YouTube MUSIC: Sorrow by Sappheiros | https://soundcloud.com/sappheirosmusic Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Creative Commons CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Remixed by Samuel Hale

SKIP INTRO - (3:51)ADVICE SEGMENT - (1:43:32) Today's preface features Epic Literary Fantasy author Kristof Morrow. Among others, Kristof's publications include The Second Sun: Volumes I & II. If you'd like to learn more about Kristof, check out his website at www.kristofmorrow.com. SAM: -Sam on Linktree -Sam on Patreon -Sam on Twitter -Sam on Instagram -Sam on YouTube MUSIC: Sorrow by Sappheiros | https://soundcloud.com/sappheirosmusic Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Creative Commons CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Remixed by Samuel Hale

SKIP INTRO - (5:02)ADVICE SEGMENT - (1:35:22) Today's preface features Historical Fiction/Fantasy author Judith Starkston. Among others, Judith's publications include the Tesha Series and Hand of Fire: A Novel of Briseis and the Trojan War. If you'd like to learn more about Judith, check out her website at www.judithstarkston.com. Book Four in the Tesha Series is out. You can find it using this link.  OTHER LINKS -Judith on Facebook -Judith on Instagram -Judith on Twitter -Who were the Trojans: Luwian or Greek? (The Archaeologist (website)) -The Iliad by Homer (Project Gutenberg) -The Hittites (World History Encyclopedia) -A Day in the Life of Puduhepa, Queen of the Hittites (Judith Starkston (website)) -Linear A and Linear B | Mycenaean, Minoan & Decipherment (Britannica) -Tanit | Phoenician Goddess, Carthage, Moon Goddess (Britannica) -Alexandra Sokoloff: Screenwriting Tricks for Authors (website) -Take Off Your Pants!: Outline Your Books for Faster, Better Writing by Libbie Hawker -Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First -Sentence by Lisa Cron -Stone Blind: A Novel by Natalie Haynes -Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller SAM: -Sam on Linktree -Sam on Patreon -Sam on Twitter -Sam on Instagram -Sam on YouTube MUSIC: Sorrow by Sappheiros | https://soundcloud.com/sappheirosmusic Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Creative Commons CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Remixed by Samuel Hale

Does art demand suffering? Does physical, emotional, and mental duress benefit the artist? In this TAP Out, we examine the Tortured Artist, including its beneficiaries, detractors, and the pernicious effects of excess adversity. -Sam on Linktree -Sam on Patreon -Sam on Twitter -Sam on Instagram -Sam on YouTube MUSIC: Purple Dream by Ghostrifter bit.ly/ghostrifter-yt Creative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0 Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Remixed by Samuel Hale

SKIP INTRO - (4:09)ADVICE SEGMENT - (1:18:06) Today's preface features humorous thriller and supernatural author, Dick Wybrow. Dick's novels include the Wolfwere Series and the Hell Inc. Series. If you'd like to learn more about Dick, check out his website at www.dickwybrow.com. SHOW NOTES: -Dick on IG @dickwybrow -Dick on FB @DickWybrow -Podium Audiobooks -Tim Campbell (Voice Actor) SAM: -Sam on Linktree -Sam on Patreon -Sam on Twitter -Sam on Instagram -Sam on YouTube MUSIC: Sorrow by Sappheiros | https://soundcloud.com/sappheirosmusic Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Creative Commons CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Remixed by Samuel Hale