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One Thing or Another Podcast #68: A Conversation with Steve Dolainski, Guided Autobiography Instructor
It’s a real treat to talk to Steve Dolainski, my friend of many years now, who introduced me to my new path as a workshop and class facilitator! I met Steve over a decade ago. We co-edited and published an anthology of LGBTQ writers over 50, including several who have become my friends. Outer Voices Inner Lives was a Lambda Literary Award finalist for anthology, and includes a foreword by the late, great, Patricia Nell Warren.
Fast forward ten years, and I finally had the pleasure of meeting Steve in person on a trip to California. He told me he’d become a certified Guided Autobiography instructor and was conducting classes with the LGBTQ Center in L.A. I was hooked! I’m certified myself now too, and looking forward to my third act (as Jane Fonda calls life after 65), offering workshops and classes in Guided Autobiography and fiction writing (YourWritePath.com). Listen to this short interview with Steve where he talks about GAB (as we call it), making new roads to travel, and contemplating the ones we’ve already come on!
COMING UP ON THE PODCAST:
Rick Rose, Dane County Commissioner (Madison, WI), activist, podcast co-host
Mark Goldstein, host of the ‘Where Do Gays Retires?’ podcast
Nev March, author and board president for the Mystery Writers of America-NY Chapter
Ronni Sanlo and Kelly Ward, hosts of the LGBTQ History Alive podcastComments, suggestions, encouragement welcome! We’re listening.
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One Thing or Another #61: Andrew Nowick, Mayor of Lambertville, NJ, Joins the Podcast
Join me for a conversation with Andrew Nowick, mayor of Lambertville, New Jersey. It’s my favorite small city, and a frequent destination just 20 minutes from our home. Andrew talks about his life, family, and what it’s like to be a mayor.
Andrew Nowick was brought up in Western Massachusetts and lived a varied, meandering life until he met Paul Scoggins in 1998. They fell in love and settled in NYC, where Andrew finally earned his BA (summa cum laude) in English from Hunter College. They adopted two baby boys before moving to West Amwell in 2004. In 2007, they added a third baby boy to the family, and in 2011 moved to their present house on North Union Street in Lambertville. Like residents of any community, Andrew and Paul have sought to add as much value as they themselves were offered. Andrew has served on local boards and committees and chipped in whenever and wherever he could. The profound stability of his family life, coupled with a deep appreciation for the people of Lambertville inspired him to run a successful campaign for Mayor. When not mayoring, he likes to hang out with his family, go for long walks with his dog Archer, and fall asleep while reading.
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One Thing or Another Podcast #55: Book Reviewer Terri Schlichenmeyer’s Summer Reading Suggestions
I’ve had the pleasure of sharing Terri Schlichenmeyer’s syndicated book reviews for a number of years now. In our chat today we talk about her recommendations for this summer’s reading, whether it’s on a beach or in the bathtub! Fasten your headphones for another engaging conversation with ever-literate Terri, aka The Bookworm Sez. You can hear my previous conversations with her HERE and HERE.
About Terri Schlichenmeyer
The Bookworm is Terri Schlichenmeyer. Terri has been reading since she was 3 years old and she never goes anywhere without a book. She lives on a hill in Wisconsin with two dogs and 13,000 books. -
One Thing or Another Podcast: Audiobook Narrator Sean Rhead on the Making of ‘Reservation for Murder’
Join me for a conversation with audiobook narrator Sean Rhead. We’ve just finished our second book together, Reservation for Murder: A Kyle Callahan Mystery, and Sean lets us in on his process for taking a book from print to microphone. Sean has been in the narration business for the past two years, and currently has over 20 titles available for download on Audible. His favorite genres to narrate are fantasy and mystery, but there is no genre he wouldn’t like to take on. When Sean is not narrating, he spends his time teaching music to the younger generation, singing musical theatre songs, and duetting sea shanties on TikTok. He is also a proud ally of the BIPOC and LGBTQ+ communities.