Coffee Fueled Stories
♥️ Positive Change Award Winning show!! ▪️ Welcome to my Virtual Coffee Shop. ▪️ I’m your Vanilla Horror©️Host, Michelle, and this is another fresh brewed episode where storytelling and coffee hang out. ▪️ As a super-survivor of trauma & grief, this show is a powerful, creative force for good. ▪️ My podcast is both informative and entertaining; I believe we connect through the power of storytelling. ▪️ For me, drinking coffee and sharing stories feels very comforting and relaxing. ▪️ Join the virtual table & stay for some inspirational tales. ▪️ I’ve learned it’s never too late to follow your dreams.
Episodes
Here it is--Jamal Hodge and Linda D. Addison. Two powerhouses at the same time.
The show gets deep, silly, and goes off the rails a few times. Find out what happens when you ask a horror author a cannibalism question.
Linda received a Lifetime Achievement award rom the HWA and is a Grand Master science fiction writer. https://www.lindaaddisonwriter.com/biography
Jamal is a Bram Stoker finalist for Dark Between the Twilight. https://...
Tonya Kappes great storyteller with a great big heart!
As my birthday gift to you, percolate with this fabulous chat.
Tonya gives so much of herself to her readers and fans. Give her some love back and enjoy with a cup of coffee or tea.
https://www.instagram.com/tonyakappesbooks/
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Angela Yuriko-Smith is a Horror and Sci-Fi author who shares her Okinawan heritage through her writing. These beautiful and melancholic tales give us hope and offer happy endings when things seem hopeless.
She is the current president of the Horror Writers Association and took the time to answer some questions from members.
Learn how Angela became a fiction writer on a dare, about Asian witches, headless demons, and so much more. Sh...
Meet Winnie Tataw: author and publisher. Her company is "a small black-owned business offering novel publishing, author and book marketing, and support services." Join us as we deep dive into how a small independent publisher helps lift up other voices and builds a community of writers.She and her team will take care of your writing needs. Check out her page and services: https://winsbooks.blog/
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Meet the epic guest for the 100th episode milestone: Victoria Price!Victoria shares her writing process and is working on her first novel. She shares some details, but can only say that the book is about: love, friendship, healing, and pancakes! She thanks https://www.thenovelry.com/ for helping her write this story.We did a deep dive into her book: The Way of Getting Lost and how writing is powerful, magical and cathartic and how ...
Meet Joe Ripple, Founder of Scare That Care presents AuthorCon, a charity event. Scares That Care! is an all volunteer charity. Net proceeds from all organization events are provided to the recipients selected.
“Scares That Care!” Inc., is an IRS approved, 501(c)(3) charity. Founded in 2006, “Scares That Care!” to date has raised and donated over $440,000 to organizations and families with a child affected by illness, burns or women...
Podcasthon is: "PODCASTERS UNITED FOR IMPACT! JOIN THE MOVEMENT WITH ONE EPISODE DEDICATED TO A CAUSE YOU CARE ABOUT.
1,500+ will raise awareness for charities of their choice, this March 15–21.
Your platform. Their story. Simultaneously, we amplify causes that matter ♡"
Victoria Price was the Epic 100th Guest and she has a charity event to help the animals that were impacted by Hurricane Helene. She will...
Larry Hinkle returns with a new book:
Eris Ridge Trail, which he describes as, "Cosmic Horror with Dogs."
Ef-bombs are few, but "the emphasis of a well-placed fuck" is discussed as well as Spaghetti-Westerns, Pop Culture, and the writing process and why its so hard to write more than 1000 words. Find out why two former journalists keep trying to write novels/novellas.
Professional Fear Enthusiast: Nicole M. Wolverton takes us to a fictional town where teenagers and cryptids share the same world. With the conversation jumping from perfume to cheese, Italy to unhinged Philly "jawns" (things), we delight in food, travel, and world-building.
Find Nicole here:
https://www.instagram.com/nicolemwolverton/
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Happy Sweet 216 Birthday to the great
Edgar Allan Poe 🎉🥳
Tune is for a special bonus episode with Chris Semtner, the curator of the https://poemuseum.org in Richmond, Virginia.
The museum is having a month long Poe themed celebration and there will be live bands, Chris is sharing special Poe items from the Curator’s Crypt.
This episode will drop with audio and video on the same day. I am gifting in the name of Poe.
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Welcome to Season 5 where we "learn the rules [of writing] and break every one of them."
AJ Brown offers so many writing nuggets and he has 30 years of valuable writing experience from teaching writing to addressing things that haven't been discussed before. This episode is chock full of coffee, PB & J sandwiches, as well as useful free writing tips. Dig in and get writing.
If that doesn't...
Rocking and rolling into the holiday season with Gwynne Garfinkle. Music, the 70s, and pushing the limits on writing. Take a journey as we stroll down a musical memory lane, while learning the best writing lessons, and all the while with a message of hope.
Website: https://www.aqueductpress.com/authors/GwynneGarfinkle.php
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Meet Joe Mynhardt, CEO and Founder of Crystal Lake Publishing. In this episode, we talk about his humble beginnings from a small desk in his living room (2012) to finally having his first office (2024). We discuss how a Tweet from Bob Dylan spawned a media blitz, to how the music of Iron Maiden still rocks his life.When we weren’t chatting about music, monsters, horror, and writing, I asked Joe to share a few Afrikaans swear words....
Meet author S. Alessandro Martinez. He joins us from his spooky new home that is waiting to host horror themed events, writer's retreats or provide new spooky material for upcoming stories. We talk about the beauty of the PNW as a great writing location, what happens when you ride in an elevator backwards, and his newest feature: being in the Vol 3 of The Little Coffee Shop of Horrors Anthology which comes out on Nov. 12th. Yo...
In this bonus episode, meet Debra K. Every, opera singer, violin player, and her latest title: author. We deep dive into familial guilt, the catharsis of writing, and of course coffee! We could have talked for ten more hours. Join us on this debut author's word journey. She hits all the right notes!
Debra's Website: https://debrakevery.com/
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In this bonus episode, Matthew Mercier, author of Poe and I, shares the love of Edgar on his Death Day. Matthew shares some more stories from his time as the caretaker of Poe Cottage in the Bronx. And we wax nostalgic about Poe, his mysterious death, and why he was a master of his craft. Join us on a weird, spooky, goth journey with the master of the macabre.
Matthew Mercier: https://www.matthewmercier.com
Poe and I: https://getbook....
Meet Anita Stewart (writing under A. F. Stewart), mild-mannered podcast host who is full of surprises. Stewart is a Nova Scotian who loves spicy food, but not seafood, loves all things chocolate, and has an extensive sword and knife collection.In this episode, we delve into her writing background, the writing resources on her YouTube channel, and she admits to having a massive TBR pile. You can find her and her books on her website...
Meet Jamal Hodge: storyteller, traveler, dream maker. Add poet and director to that list as well. In this episode, we chat about his poetry book: Dark Between the Twilight and the new anthology coming, Bestiary of Blood: Modern Fables and Dark Tales. With his poems he wants the “darkness to show the light.” And with his work in general he asks, “what good would I want to leave behind in the world?” We get deep and heavy with horro...
Meet Brianna Malotke, self-proclaimed "Chaos Gremlin," but I'll call her, dancer, poet and author. We talk about her new book, Lost Cherry, horror and romance writing, and what happens when you fall in love with a demon.
You can find her and her books on her Instagram page and author page:
https://brimalotke.wixsite.com/malotkewrites
https://www.instagram.com/briannamalotke
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In C.L. Kelley’s debut novel Corpus, the city's night transforms into a realm of terror.We deep dive into how this story came about and discover why Southern Gothic stories are so creepy.Kelley says this of short stories: “they are awesome because you get in and disturb someone and then get out.” No puppies were hurt in this novel, thank goodness, even with the trigger warning at the very beginning. Available on Amazon:https:/...
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