Sample of Tekoa Manning’s book Satan Unmasked, book 1 in a series. Narrated by Lynn Brunk

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Episode forty-one of the Wild Isle Podcast and twenty-five of the Writing Cast. In this episode, I am joined by professional fiction editor Kristin Noland to discuss reading for writing. We cover the whats and whys of an author's healthy reading diet.

Find Kristin at the link below:
website: https://www.nolandediting.com
courses: https://www.nolandediting.com/academy
LI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristinnoland/
Threads: @noland_editing
Twitter: @KristinNoland99

Kristin's Bio:
Kristin is an internationally renowned professional editor, specializing in developmental, line, and copy editing speculative and crime fiction.

 She’s edited over seventy manuscripts, including two bestsellers. Many of her clients are authors who self-publish or submit to agents and publishers. Kristin is a contracted editor for Brooke Warner Coaching, LLC., She Writes Press, Greenleaf Book Group, as well as the editorial service companies—Book Butchers and The Literary Consultancy. At Literary Wanderlust, a traditional publisher, she held the position of assistant editor.

Check out more on my website:
www.wildislelit.com/

Wild Isle Podcast 41, Writing Cast 25 Reading Your Vegetables With Kristin Noland

Taoist inspired flash fiction.

https://www.wildislelit.com/the-seven-scholars-the-hiltless-saber

Wand Smoke: The Seven Scholars; The Hiltless Saber

Join host James Navé on Twice 5 Miles Radio for an engaging session with Gail Hulnick, a novelist celebrated for her gripping tales and insightful travel memoirs. In today's episode, Gail contrasts her experiences in journalism and novel writing, highlighting the liberties and constraints each genre offers. 

We discuss the concept of 'big truths' in storytelling and how they manifest in Gail's novels, including her award-winning "Media Mysteries" series. Gail's unique blend of educational and professional experiences provides a fascinating backdrop to our conversation about the creative process and storytelling. The episode wraps up with a festive note, featuring Navé reciting two beloved Christmas poems, including Robert Frost's "Christmas Trees," bringing a touch of literary magic to the holiday season.

What It Means to Start and Finish with novelist and publisher Gail Hulnick

Rosalyn confides in Nova about her struggles following a heinous crime and confesses a shameful secret about the night before it happened.

🌙  www.therosalynletters.com

Chapter 1. Dead Moon

N. A. (Nicola) Rossi reading her short story 'The Leaving Present' at the Brockley Max festival, 2 June 2024. The event featured members of Writers of Our Age reading original fiction commissioned for the event.  The theme was 'Image' and the event took place upstairs at the Brookmill Pub in Deptford, London. Thanks to Robin Green for the recording.

The new CEO says he wants to make the headlines. But when he underestimates his resourceful communications director, he gets more than he bargained for.


The Leaving Present, an eight-minute short story with a vengeful twist

Rosalyn writes Nova from New York City where she has decided to move without so much as a plan or a place to stay. All she knows is where she needs to be the next morning.

🌙 www.therosalynletters.com

Chapter 5. Two Lions

Rosalyn explores the reasons behind her newfound interest in Asher. Despite her new distractions, Rosalyn’s thoughts return to Detective Singer and she wonders where things stand with the investigation.

🌙 www.therosalynletters.com

Chapter 8. The Laws Of Physics

When their cruel master Marty McGuinn heads off to the Muddy Carnival, two peculiar nocturnal children, Fennel and Isabella, seize the opportunity to explore the city of Barrenwood. Horse drawn carriages, neon lights, the forces of gentrification, and the industrial revolution provide the outside-of-time backdrop as Isabella searches for like minded supernatural creatures and her malicious brother crafts the ultimate disaster.

Marshsong: Chapter One

Marshsong: Chapter 1 Teaser

Welcome friends and fellow philosophers to a Wild Isle indie author interview. In today's episode, I explore the inspirations, foundations, works, and philosophies of Molly Blake, author of the Vampire Mall Cop novel and web series.

Damien vs the Entrail Eater
https://a.co/d/fCF5lFE
https://mollybdotblog.wordpress.com/2021/06/12/vampire-mall-cop-short-story-extravaganza/

Follow Molly:
https://linktr.ee/molly_b_author

Wild Isle Author Interview with Molly Blake

Welcome friends and fellow philosophers to a Wild Isle indie author interview. In today's episode, I explore the inspirations, foundations, works, and philosophies of Brad Turner, author and metal musician Canadian Viking.

Follow Brad Turner (aka Wraith):
https://substack.com/@codenamewraith
https://x.com/WraithUpNorth
www.minds.com/CodenameWraith/
https://www.youtube.com/@kingswrathofficial8953

https://www.wildislelit.com/

#indieauthorcommunity #authortube #booktube  #authorinterview

Wild Isle Author Interview with Brad Turner

Welcome friends and fellow philosophers to a Wild Isle indie author interview. In today's episode, I explore the inspirations, foundations, works, and philosophies of Michael Hein, author of the Spacer's Companion.

The Spacer's Companion:
https://a.co/d/iAg8CoN

Follow Michael Hein (aka Aeternis):
https://www.minds.com/aeternis/
https://x.com/Aeternis_on_X

https://www.wildislelit.com/

Wild Isle Author Interview with Michael Hein

This week, Lupa fumbles her way through housekeeping and struggles to get started in this week's episode. She is in a new environment, and her brain doesn't seem to want to work with her mouth. Eventually, she gets going and shares some exciting news. What? Tune in and find out.

Lupa's Bits #199 - Chronicles Of Whatever

i don’t listen to pretty lies
all these tears came from your eyes
it won’t take to long for me to ruin another day

hatred filled when i pass the streets
god I hear you screaming inside of my bedsheets 
it won’t take too long for me to ruin another day

superman powers when I’m off my drugs
girl i love you even if you don’t talk much
and I wish i could stay but i’m on a rush to the stars

superman

i made this for my friend lillie

(prod. neverforever)

If I die, I want you by my side
It may be worth the try
You may be worth the try


And I know, that we will find our way,
i'll be night you'll be day
i'll be night you'll be day

If I die, I want you by my side
It may be worth the try
You may be worth the try

day and night

Welcome to Basically Done — the beginning of a story that bridges reality and fiction, Appalachia and modern America, the ridge-line quiet of the mountains and the restless hum of the city.
This first-chapter audiobook draws you into a world built from truth, heartbreak, and a stubborn kind of hope. It begins on the day everything changes.

Donald Pickett was a man who believed he had life figured out. For years he worked the glass towers of Charlotte, North Carolina — chasing success, wearing the uniform of ambition, doing everything the world said was “right.” But beneath the suit, something in him was breaking. He saw too much corruption, too much greed disguised as progress, too much silence from people who knew better. Then one day, without warning, the floor gave way. A false accusation, a setup inside the very company he helped build, and his entire career was gone before lunchtime.

That’s where Basically Done begins — at the moment of collapse.

When he walks out of that corporate building with nothing but a box in his hands, the skyline behind him glitters like a false promise. The highways stretch west toward the Blue Ridge, toward the places that still remember who he used to be. Back home in the mountains lies Cedar Knob — an old ridge where his ancestors once stood, where the soil still holds Cherokee memory and the rivers hum with something older than time. That’s where he heads, searching for answers, maybe redemption, maybe peace.

The audiobook opens with “Edge of It All” — a gritty Appalachian-Americana anthem by Pick’s Hideaway Players. The song isn’t just an intro; it’s the heartbeat of the entire saga. Its lyrics echo the novel’s core: what happens when a man loses everything that defined him and must rebuild from the ground up, finding truth not in power or profit but in purpose.

The tone is cinematic — a slow-burn opening like headlights on a two-lane road after rain. You can almost smell the asphalt, the damp pine, the Carolina night air. Donald drives alone, the hum of the tires blending with the rhythm of the song. Memories flash: a house that was never a home, a family fractured by ambition, the slow decay of trust in a world that sells illusion as truth. As he heads toward the mountains, he’s not just leaving Charlotte behind — he’s leaving behind the man he used to be.

This first chapter lays the emotional foundation for the entire Basically Done universe. It’s more than a novel — it’s a vertically integrated creative world: literature, film, and music woven together through a single independent vision. Every chapter carries its own soundtrack. Every song is a reflection of a moment in the story. Every scene is written to feel lived-in, like something you might’ve driven past on Highway 64 or heard whispered in a diner booth on the outskirts of Franklin.

Basically Done captures the cross-roads of modern American identity — the struggle between conscience and comfort, between faith and frustration, between standing up and staying silent. It’s about the ordinary people who still do what’s right when no one’s watching, and the cost they pay for it. It’s also about love — not the polished Hollywood kind, but the raw kind that hurts, heals, and keeps you moving when the rest of the world says quit.

Basically Done (Soundtract of Chapter 1+ Audiobook Intro)

I am a professional voice actor specializing in long form narration, audiobooks both non-fiction and fiction.

Nato Thompson is an author, curator, and self-described "infrastructure builder". He writes on contemporary life, urban studies, media theory, cultural criticism and contemporary art. He has written several books including Seeing Power: Art and Activism in the 20th century and Culture as Weapon: The Art of Influence in Everyday Life. Marshsong is the first of his two self-published speculative fantasy books. The second is called Rainsong.

Provocative Conversations from Twice 5 Miles Radio is a podcast devoted to candid, often surprising exchanges with artists, thinkers, and cultural instigators who speak from the core. Each episode dives beneath the surface to explore the stories and questions that shape our lives.

I’m James Navé—poet, storyteller, educator, and longtime creative collaborator. With an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts and decades of teaching experience across the globe, I help writers and performers tap into their authentic voices through public speaking, creative writing, and the Imaginative Storm method, which I co-developed with Allegra Huston.

My most recent book, 100 Days: A Poetic Memoir After Cancer (3: A Taos Press), documents a hundred days of healing and poetic reckoning. I’m also co-author of Write What You Don’t Know and How to Read for an Audience—practical guides for anyone seeking to speak and write with more truth and power.

I’ve directed festivals, hosted literary salons, taught with Julia Cameron, and memorized over 600 poems. I still believe in the power of a well-told story, the light through stained glass, and the open road with nothing but a podcast and a windshield full of stars.

Award-winning dystopian author N. A. (Nicola) Rossi.

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