“Oahu To You” Life As A Writer, Magazine Publisher & Mom Living in Hawaii Feat. Author J.A. Smith

This episode is full of surprises. We love it! “The Duke Lott Show” welcomes Author J.A. Smith to the show. We learn so much more about the life of a talented author, writer and magazine publisher and Mom of, get this Six(6) boys living in the great state of Hawaii. Her life has felt like many different stories throughout her time. Having moved many times throughout her life, each time it felt like she began a new story. It was like each time she would become a different person with new challenges to take on. Meeting new people with new diversions to accomplish. Learning and finding new meanings in life. J. A. Smith believes the saying that people come into your life for a reason. They walk in when they are needed and then walk out when they have accomplished their quest, and that is how a good book is written. But with great imagination to go along with it. Not that all stories are good or bad, just unique in the way one who tells it. She believes, writing fantasy lets you see that anything is possible, it only allows the mind its freedom to see what can happen! She is thankful for the world of imagination! Well, she considers herself to be a Gypsy/ Her husband got his old job back in Honolulu, Hawaii and they moved back in March 2024 for the second time. Somehow she got this crazy idea to start a Magazine. It’s called “Oahu To You”, under the name of Ms. Julie. Having released 3 Editions now. They are all out and can be found on Amazon, Google Books, Rakuten KOBO & B&N. She has great writers, great authors and many new supporters in this new adventure. She is writing a new book called “Just Got To Be Me” Hoping to get it out soon. It’s about five different short stories and it’s kind of a personal look into her life. Well, that’s part of who the Author J.A. Smith is! You can get ahold of her on her website at: https://www.authorjasmith.com/about-the-author/? Or on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/share/TX6PEE4VL18K1sV5/?mibextid=LQQJ4d or on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/authorjasmith?igsh=MXEyZDdpY2RwcWR5ag== And on Twitter/X at: https://x.com/juliebeagley1?s=21 You can buy her books on Amazon at: https://www.amazon.com/stores/J.A.Smith/author/B0CG27TQ2S?ref=ap_rdr&store_ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true And Order her magazine, “Oahu To You” on Amazon at: Oahu To You: Oahu To You: JULY’S EDITION 2024 (Magazine) https://a.co/d/02yLPZz7