We lost a great writer this month, Andrew Kaufman passed away after a battle with illness. We shared a panel with him a couple years ago at OWFI, and he was kind enough to talk with us after.

We're revisiting that episode. Rest in peace, Andrew.

It been a while since we talked about our own projects.

The Viking a couple new books on the horizon: Double-Wide Justice: The Mayor's Wife's Dogfighting Ring and King Helgi

Brian's Amazon Page

Brian's Blog

Tikiman has pre-orders out for "The Time of Judgement" Volume 4 of the Wichita Chronicles.

HB's Amazon Page

HB's Blog

Music: Find Them by Alexander Nakarada(https://www.creatorchords.com)Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 Licensehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Playwrights Amy Shojai and Frank Steele have co-authored several theatrical productions together. Each brings decades of writing and performance experience to the projects.

Frank Steele has appeared in many TV and radio commercials, movies and TV shows including DALLAS. He taught drama for twenty-seven years, including middle school thespians, and has appeared in over fifty plays as an actor or professional musician, playing drums.

Amy Shojai, although best known as a pet journalist and author, has degrees in theater and music performance. She has acted in several dozen plays in six states, played piano and cello in many productions, and made countless TV and radio appearances both locally and nationally, including Animal Planet appearances as an expert. Amy has also taught high school choir and directed musicals from Chicago and Legally Blonde, to Peter Pan and Beauty & the Beast.

⁠https://shojai.com/

Music: Find Them by Alexander Nakarada(https://www.creatorchords.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Playwrights Amy Shojai and Frank Steele have co-authored several theatrical productions together. Each brings decades of writing and performance experience to the projects.

Frank Steele has appeared in many TV and radio commercials, movies and TV shows including DALLAS. He taught drama for twenty-seven years, including middle school thespians, and has appeared in over fifty plays as an actor or professional musician, playing drums.

Amy Shojai, although best known as a pet journalist and author, has degrees in theater and music performance. She has acted in several dozen plays in six states, played piano and cello in many productions, and made countless TV and radio appearances both locally and nationally, including Animal Planet appearances as an expert. Amy has also taught high school choir and directed musicals from Chicago and Legally Blonde, to Peter Pan and Beauty & the Beast.

https://shojai.com/

The second part of the interview with Kevin Rabas and Julie Ann Baker Brin

Kevin Rabas is a past Poet Laureate of Kansas and an instructor at Emporia State University, where he directs the Creative Writing program.

Kevin's Website

Julie Ann Baker Brin works in broadcasting: not behind a mic, but behind red tape. By night, she prefers to use the other brain hemisphere. She has her first book of poetry coming out. Details in the podcast.

Julie's Website

Our road to OWFI continues with and interview with Merle Davenport. He's hosting the luncheon Fix a Flat: From Forgettable Villain to Formidable Foe he also has a new book out with his wife.Check out his website https://www.mkdavenport.com/

In this episode, we have a round table with a couple of Poets -

Kevin Rabas is a past Poet Laureate of Kansas and an instructor at Emporia State University, where he directs the Creative Writing program.

Kevin's Website

Julie Ann Baker Brin works in broadcasting: not behind a mic, but behind red tape. By night, she prefers to use the other brain hemisphere. She has her first book of poetry coming out. Details in the podcast.

Julie's Website

We will be with Tyler Lenz at OWFI.

He has written a post-apocalyptic/sci-fi adventure series as well as children's books and a memoir about his grandfather's time in the war.

Tyler's Amazon Page

Tyler's Facebook Page