Rhonda Nelson, renowned patient advocate, author, speaker and philanthropist is a beacon of resilience and strength. Her charitable work spans championing equitable access to affordable healthcare, supporting those diagnosed with AERD (Aspirin Exacerbated Respiratory Disease), serving as a voice in the foster care system and encouraging women to reinvent themselves in their different stages of life.


Rhonda serves on the Executive Board of Directors with the Asthma & Allergy Network, impacts legislation and speaks nationally, raising awareness for AERD. Having dealt with AERD (Aspirin Exacerbated Respiratory Disease) herself for more than twenty years, she has experienced many misdiagnoses, a near fatal struggle to find relief, a desperate search for answers and a constant journey to access proper support. Rhonda and her husband Wayne, of the Little River Band tirelessly devote their time and resources to helping others to navigate this challenging medical journey frequently associated with severe respiratory disease.


Rhonda is a firm believer in empowering women to pursue the dreams they have for their lives, regardless of age, while finding strength in overcoming challenges. In her book, "A Different Life,” Rhonda not only pulls back the curtain on celebrity life, but also offers readers the chance to hear never-before-told stories, enjoy treasured family recipes and photos all while getting a taste of all things pertaining to life on the road.



Rhonda Nelson, patient advocate, author, speaker and philanthropist

Episode 751: Everything I Know About Publishing - a NEW SERIES - focused on what the best in the biz know about publishing 🩷

Today Dani Vee chats to Jacqueline Harvey who has created a long and successful career writing children’s books 🩷

⭐️ Writing for a changing market 

⭐️ How to create a long career as a writer

⭐️ The importance of reading aloud to children 

⭐️ How to speak up when you’re a new author 

⭐️ The importance of work ethic and community 

⭐️ Generosity as an author 

Listen now 🎉

752. Everything I Know About Publishing - Dani Vee and Jacqueline Harvey

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of over 30 novels of psychological suspense, thriller, and domestic noir, J.T Ellison drops by the podcast to talk about her stunning new release, LAST SEEN. I'll snap up any book J.T. writes and this one is deliciously dark and twisted with Halley James having the worst day of her life--losing her job, her marriage is on the rocks, and soon discovers everything she believed about her mother's accidental death was a lie. Her mother wasn't killed in a horrible car accident when Halley was a child--she was murdered and Halley was there when it happened.

Secrets, betrayal, and family bonds collide in LAST SEEN when Halley searches for the truth in bucolic Brockville. The small town seems too good to be true and holds dark secrets of its own. Halley finds looking for the truth comes with a price. Listen to J.T. talk about the inspiration for the book, how Halley's character was created, and why this story was one of her most challenging. Grab this one--people will be talking about it and you won't want to be the last one to read LAST SEEN.


J.T. Ellison Last Seen  Authors on the Air

Welcome friends and fellow philosophers to a Wild Isle author interview. In today's episode, I explore the inspirations, foundations, works, and philosophies of Brad Huestis, author of Ahab and The Big Bad.

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Today we start off with something more thoughtful and fun. We get to check in with friend of the show Ann-Marie Murrell. She started off as a political commentator and producer, but she's now written a book chronicling her journey of caring for her ailing mother. We'll talk about the book, here experiences and get caught up with her. Then in hour two we'll visit with MatSu Mayor Edna DeVries about her run for the Governor's office.



Thursday 7/31/25 | Ann-Marie Murrell | Mayor Edna DeVries

Writing Children's Fiction. Episode 38. What happens when you're ready to publish? Answering questions about the publishing process. Check out apwinterauthor.com for assistance with your own writing projects. Buy the podcast book 'Writing Children's Fiction: Sceneplay' and unlock your writing potential here: amzn.to/37aw7cG
All content created by creative writing lecturer and children's author A. P. Winter.

38. Publishing FAQs

Valerie Rivera, writing as VA Rivera, is a former New York State elementary school teacher with three decades of experience teaching English and language learners. At age seven she composed her first poem for school—it earned a huge red “VERY GOOD”—and sparked a lifelong love of poetry and teaching.

Now a published children’s author and poet, Valerie writes inspiring picture‑books like I Am Puppy, Kids Read and Write Japanese Haiku and Kids Read and Write Tanka. She specialises in introducing Japanese poetic forms to youngsters in a playful, hands‑on way—focusing on themes like nature, feelings, friendship, and imagination.

Her live and online workshops bring gentle humour, supportive energy and creativity to life. With soft piano music in the background and interactive exercises, Valerie ensures that children feel empowered to write and share their own poems. Her yoga sessions (featuring cats SweetiePie and Miss Tish) add a quirky, fun twist to her sessions.

Perfect for families and educators who want to ignite a passion for language, Valerie’s approach blends professional insight with a warm, witty charm. Early bookings often receive a complimentary bedtime‑story reading guide, making her sessions a strong fit for libraries, schools and festivals.

Valerie's website: 
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A haunting, atmospheric reading of our novel’s prologue. In this gripping opener, a frantic 911 call sets off a chain of events that brings Sheriff Ricardo to the shores of Sunnyside Lake, where the rain doesn’t just fall, it remembers. The lake has always held stories. Some call them miracles. Others call them lies. But when a body is found floating in its troubled waters, the town of Bethesda, Texas is forced to reckon with a past it thought was buried.

This isn’t just a small-town mystery. It’s a slow unraveling of everything we think we know about healing, grief, and what hides just beneath the surface.
🎧 Press play. Let the waters pull you under.

Prologue; Something Happens In The Water

Tim Ferriss is a five-time New York Times bestselling author, a legendary podcaster with over a billion downloads, a prolific angel investor, and a relentless experimenter. During his fourth visit to Design Matters, he shares the story behind Coyote, a new card game he’s quietly been crafting—and the mindset that brought it to life.

Tim Ferriss

One from the vaults. I have been meaning to post this for over a year but life has been life-ing. This is the audio from my sell out book launch 'in conversation' talk with Jamz Supernova in January 2024. If you haven't already read the book this is as good a place to start as any. Welcome to the Club is published on Manchester University Press and is available in hardback, paperback and audiobook.

BOOK LAUNCH IN CONVERSATION WITH JAMZ SUPERNOVA AT HOME, MCR JAN 2024

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Design Matters by Debbie Millman features interviews with designers, artists and cultural leaders, including Lawrence Weiner, Barbara Kruger, Malcolm Gladwell, Eric Kandel, Stefan Sagmeister, John Maeda, Jonathan Hoefler and Tobias Frere-Jones, Michael Arad, Milton Glaser, Massimo Vignelli, Paula Scher, Steven Heller, Jonah Lehrer, among others.

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Words and Nerds Podcast is an entertaining and conversational podcast that aims to get inside a writer's mind. We discuss books, the social and political influences of a writer's work and how literature has the power to change the world. 

The podcast digs deep to bring you an in depth and sometimes humorous analysis of the author's book and its influences. Join us for a new way of looking at literature. 

Dani Vee your host, English teacher, podcaster, reader, book enthusiast and over-thinker. Dani is joined by various guest co-hosts and has a number of spin off episodes including the Feedback Sessions, Summer Series Takeover, Bite-Size Episodes, livestreams, mash-ups and cross-overs. 

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THE CATEGORY IS … AWARD WINNING …
Award winning is no understatement.

Winner of the DJ Mag Top 100 Lifetime Achievement Award (November 2022) the Keychange (PRS) Inspiration Award (Sound City April 2023), the NTIA Ambassadors of The Night Award (March 2024), DJ of the Year (Nordoff and Robbins) Northern Music Awards 2024 and now awarded the Special Recognition award in the Manchester Culture Awards 2024 Paulette is indisputably a highly regarded DJ, broadcaster and now author, internationally celebrated, born and raised in (and still resident of) Manchester. Over a 30-year career, she has scaled the heights of dance music fame and hedonism playing disco, house and techno to huge crowds and in cool underground basements. She is a DJ who is renowned for consistently ‘smashing’ every set she plays. One of two women to have a monthly residency at the Hacienda, she went on to have residencies at Brighton’s Zap Club and London’s Heaven and Ministry of Sound, before serving successful stints in Paris and Ibiza then returning to Manchester to rise again in her birth and spiritual home.  Her second Essential Mix was broadcast on Radio One in February 2023. She is known for her monthly radio shows with Reform Radio, Gilles Peterson’s Worldwide FM and has a Global Residency show produced in collaboration with The Radio Department that can be found on Apple Music. She is a stand-in for AFRODEUTSCHE, Craig Charles and Mary Anne Hobbs on BBC 6 Music. And that’s just for starters.

DJ-wise she has played iconic B2Bs with The Blessed Madonna - closing the massive Homobloc party at Warehouse Project, she wowed the IMS in Ibiza in B2B with Radio 1’s Jaguar, she was a Glastonbury highlight in B2B with Erol Alkan at Stonebridge, closed Sonar By Day in B2B with Stacy ‘Hottwax’ Hale and tore up Draaimolen with IsaBELLA in the summer. She has shone consistently with sets for Womad, Latitude, Watergate in Berlin, Jaiva Glasgow at The Sub Club (Glasgow), Faith, Trade, HeSheThey at Ministry of Sound, Kaiku in Helsinki, Corsica Studios, El Row, San Remo, Stonebridge and Greenpeace at Glastonbury, Bugged Out at Drumsheds , Glitterbox at Hi Ibiza and Defected in Malta amongst many more. And then there’s Beams in London, for Warehouse Project – Glitterbox, Homobloc and Hacienda, in the NYC Downlow, Meatrack and Maceo’s for Block 9 at Glastonbury. Not to mention the Greenpeace ‘Rave Tree’, Beatherder, Brixton Disco Festival, Worldwide Festival in Sete, We Out Here, Mighty Hoopla, Horsemeat Disco in Berlin, Kelburn Garden Party, The National Theatre River Stage, Gilles Peterson’s stage for All Points East,  Manchester and Brighton Pride, Flow Festival in Finland, Homoelectric, Feel It at Omeara and Fatboy Slim’s ‘All Back to Minehead’ weekender with plenty more still to come in 2025!

Aside from that, Paulette is an events and exhibition curator and a regular contributor to radio shows as diverse as Jamz Supernova on 6Music, Radcliffe and Maconie, Afrodeutsche’s ‘The People’s Party’, Craig Charles’ Funk And Soul Show, Amy Lame, Anamatronic’s ‘Dance Devotion’, Eats Everything’s ‘Edible Beats’. She sits on the Regional Committee (North) and Live Events Committee for the Musicians’ Union and is a Power Up mentor for shesaidso.  Her debut book ‘Welcome To The Club: The life and lessons of a black woman DJ’ published in January 2024 by Manchester University Press to huge critical acclaim. Look out for a compilation, a paperback and audio book slated for end April 25.

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Aber is a Mexican American, queer writer diagnosed with multiple identities, specifically, OSDD1b. He lives in Houston his life partner, Brayan. Follow along for a journey of dialogue.

It's a great time to write that book, so why not join for some short, cosy, insightful episodes with a published children's author. Check out apwinterauthor.com for assistance with your own writing projects. A supporting book 'Writing Children's Fiction: Sceneplay' is now available here: amzn.to/31gC45h

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