The HYBRID Author

Mar 05 2025 155 ep. 37 mins 13

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Writing across genres, mixing writing styles, publishing all ways and getting comfortable promoting you and your books. Join host Joanne Morrell, author of children’s and young adult fiction, women's fiction and short non-fiction for authors for weekly Sunday episodes to help you motivate and manage sustaining a HYBRID Author career. Because life is too short to wait.

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Living with Split: Maggie Walters on the Journey of Multiple Personality Disorder and the Power of Storytelling

Mar 05 2025 35 mins

Maggie Walters lives in the Northern Rivers of NSW, where she spends her days developing her writing skills and raising three teenagers. After meeting her husband, she immigrated to Australia from the US, and spent the bulk of her career in various marketing roles before returning to her long-held love of the written word. Expression through words has become a driving passion in M

Dana Da Silva on Writing Erotica

Mar 03 2025 33 mins

Dana Da Silva is a single mum of two based in Sydney, Australia. Having completed her journalism degree in 2011, she’s spent the past decade working in PR across both the public and private sectors. These days, Dana’s a part-time media adviser, and, on her days off from the corporate world, an aspiring indie author with big dreams. Creative writing, including poetry, is her eli

Relentless Pursuit: Junior Bernard on Overcoming Adversity and Turning Survival into Inspiration

Feb 15 2025 27 mins

Junior was born and raised in Haiti and moved to the United States in 2010 following the devastating earthquake that claimed the lives of over 100,000 people. He earned his degree from Alvernia University in December 2014 on a full scholarship.His commitment to making a difference has earned him the prestigious Alvernia University’s Four Under Forty Achievement Award, a testament

Million-copy Bestselling Author Jacqueline Harvey on Creating a Thriving Career in Children's Fiction and Navigating a Changing Publishing Landscape

Jan 18 2025 42 mins

Jacqueline Harvey worked in schools for many years but has had a passion for storytelling since she was a child. She is the author of the popular 'Alice-Miranda, Clementine Rose, Kensy and Max and Willa and Woof' series, which have sold almost two million copies in Australia alone. Jacqueline has also released picture books such as 'That Cat, Gloria the Great and Kevin the Sheep',

Overcoming the Shadows: John Walker Pattison on Triumph, Vulnerability and Inspiring Through Memoir

Jan 11 2025 38 mins

John Walker Pattison, a cancer survivor and award-winning author, calls himself a dreamer. After a tumultuous early life, he defied doctors' expectations by surviving cancer and later pursued a successful nursing career. His memoir, Me and My Shadow – memoirs of a cancer survivor, has won multiple awards. Despite facing new health battles, John continues to write, travel, and enj

Lessons Learned in 2024 and How to Thrive in 2025 With Joanne Zara Ellen Morrell

Jan 05 2025 32 mins

It's the first episode of a brand new year, and we've hit 150! To celebrate, host Joanne Zara Ellen Morrell, author of young adult fiction, women's fiction and short non fiction for authors, shares her trials and triumphs from lessons learned in 2024, her personal journey and how to thrive in 2025. https://faculty.vt.edu/faculty-development/mentoring-and-support/faculty-writing/a

Government-Surveillance Technology a Reality in Science Fiction Trilogy With Michael C. Bland

Dec 29 2024 30 mins

Michael C. Bland is an accomplished author and editor and Secretary and founding member of Bookpod, an invitation-only, online support group of award-winning writers, filmmakers, journalists, and bestselling authors. Michael has received numerous awards for the first two books of his futuristic trilogy, The Price of Safety (an Amazon Top 10 bestseller that reached #7 for Dystopian

Merry Christmas Mashup of All Guests Since July 2024

Dec 26 2024 18 mins

Merry Christmas! And to celebrate episode 148, here's a mashup of 2024 guests of The HYBRID Author Podcast since July, including: EPISODE 133 - Generative AI for Authors With Fiction Author Amina Al Sherif EPISODE 135 - The Importance of Finding a Writing Community With Children’s Author Laura Holloway EPISODE 137 - Children’s Author and Illustrator Kylie Howarth on New Geogra

Creative Storytelling as an Experience With Lee Lehner

Nov 30 2024 38 mins

Lee Lehner is the author of fantasy series Anithia. Lee’s storytelling draws attention to estoric worlds, female mythology, her love of the plant kingdom, finished off with a sprinkle of magic. Today Lee is a well regarded self-published author in the writing and publishing community. Episode 147 of The HYBRID Author Podcast host Joanne Zara Ellen Morrell, author of young adult

Ari Rosenschien on 'Reusing Skills From a Music Career in Publishing and Republishing a Book From Traditional to Self-Published'

Nov 15 2024 42 mins

Ari Rosenschien is a Seattle-based author. Books and records were a source of childhood solace, leading Ari to a teaching career and decades of writing, recording, and performing music. Along the way, he earned a Grammy shortlist spot, landed film and TV placements, and co-wrote the 2006 John Lennon Songwriting Contest Song of the Year. Ari holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Ant