C25-45. Valerie Flynn Writers of Meaning

November 10, 2025November 6, 2025Self Discovery Wisdom Podcast Leave a comment

Valerie’s why is to Dream, Discover and Play. As a realistic optimist, she dreams of a better future. As a learner, she follows different rabbit trails where her curiosity leads her. And she enjoys spreading joy and adding whimsy to brighten the day. Valerie is looking for resonators who enjoy learning, dream of a better future and are working to build that future for themselves.

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Professionally, Valerie worked in film/video & radio as a production manager/producer for over 30 years with her father and brother. Some of the media projects she worked on were with Hanna-Barbera, Putnam Berkley, and Turner Entertainment.

She was a co-producer of the “Words of Freedom” radio show for 9 years. Inspired from the “Words of Freedom ~ Men of History” Living History Audio-book.

When their father passed away in 2011, she and her brother settle down into a quiet life of caregiving for their mother and his wife.

After a 14-year hiatus from media production, she returned to hosting two podcasts, co-wrote a book, and enjoys meeting and interviewing new people for Lion Hawk Entertainment’s Legacy Keepsake services.

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Currently, Valerie Flynn is an author, podcaster and learner. “Writers of Meaning: An Anthology on Community” was born online, by, about and for community. Estuary is a small group discussion protocol that facilitates deeper, more meaningful conversation. Two pieces in the book explain how it developed and points to how to create your own Estuary.

Valerie wants to connect with other creatives, lifelong learners and memento makers. Her aim is to pursue what’s meaningful and cultivate connections.

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AK25-39. Sam Hawksmoor, Flamenco can be Murder

September 29, 2025October 1, 2025Self Discovery Wisdom Podcast

Authors Kiss with Sara Troy and her guest Sam Hawksmoor, on air from September 29th

“In Sam’s new novel Days After She Went Dancing, readers are taken on a gripping journey of liberation, murder, crypto, and friendship—all woven together in one powerful story.”

Nia is an editor at a small publishing house with secret dreams of becoming a Flamenco dancer. She meets with a psychic/fortune teller who warns her that she must leave her abusive husband immediately; she sees extreme danger coming.
That night Nia discovers her husband owns a fake passport, a gun and a bundle of Euros of hidden in the freezer. She suspects he’s either leading a secret life or about to leave her. The cash is a chance to beat him to it and escape to study dance in Spain.
The very morning Nia flees, her husband, and her father-in-law are executed in a professional hit. Naturally, the police and the media look no further than the scheming,’ killer housewife’ who has fled the scene.

Enter Joss, a tracker for a news outfit, dispatched to trace this woman before anyone else can get to her. But her husband’s killers have unfinished business with Nia and won’t be far behind.
All Nia wanted was to change her life, but as people say, ‘be careful of what you wish for.’

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Sam says “Ever since I was a child, I’ve found myself lost in the world of words and stories. I am Sam Hawksmoor, and writing isn’t just what I do; it’s who I am. It’s like I discovered my calling before I even knew what a calling was. Each blank page was a canvas for my imagination, a gateway to unknown worlds and uncharted territories’.

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AK25-38. Bad Girl Pie by Marilyn Horowitz

September 22, 2025September 23, 2025Self Discovery Wisdom Podcast

An Authors Kiss with Sara Troy and her guest Marilyn Horowitz, on air from September 23rd

Set in New York City, Dorothy Sherlock, a prolific ghostwriter, shares her running commentary on the absurdity of the human condition as she navigates her future. Until now, she’s spent her life crafting other people’s success stories and mourning a failed romance. After a near-fatal encounter with her abusive father and his sudden death, Dorothy resolves to write her own book, blending her expertise in dieting and dessert. A whirlwind trip to a tango festival in Mexico reignites her passion for love through a romantic tryst with a tango-dancing firefighter. Hopeful and happy, Dorothy returns home, only to discover that her agent has stolen the manuscript and sold it to a new client, and her late father has cut her out of his will. As if this weren’t enough, Dorothy reconnects with her ex-boyfriend, but after a night of bliss, she finds out that he’s living in sin with his cleaning lady. The triple whammy drives her to despair. Can Dorothy’s sense of humor and talent save her and help her find success?

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Marilyn Horowitz is an award-winning author, retired New York University professor, TV show creator, and writing coach, working with successful novelists, produced screenwriters, and award-winning filmmakers. Two of her students have been nominated for an Emmy, and a third won a Peabody. Horowitz received the coveted New York University Award for Teaching Excellence in 2004 and has an active online audience, including 2,500 readers of her weekly blog. Since 1998, she has taught hundreds of aspiring writers to complete their feature-length screenplays, novels, and TV pilots using her trademarked writing method, The Horowitz System®. Horowitz has also written five books on screenwriting, two of which are used as textbooks at New York University. Recently, she served as associate producer of “Hunter Is F**cked,” an award-winning comedy short based on the life of gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson, and as associate producer of The Heart Stays, a Native-American drama that will be released in April 2024. Her latest book, The Word of the Day Practice: Transform Your Writing in Fifteen Minutes a Day, will be available in bookstores in April of 2024. In addition, she has written two novels, The Book of Zev, published in 2016, and Bad Girl Pie, to be released in 2025. She’s an active member of New York Women in Film and Television (NYWIFT), serves on the board of the Florence Belsky Charitable Foundation, and co-chairs their monthly writer’s group meetings.

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AK25-38. A Moon in All Things? by Jennifer Comeau

September 22, 2025September 23, 2025Self Discovery Wisdom Podcast

Authors Kiss with Sara Troy and her guest Jennifer Comeau, on air from September 23rd

Jennifer Elwell Comeau, author of the new book, A Moon in All Things? Perfect for readers enchanted by Irish folklore and stories that echo the timeless call of nature, A Moon in All Things reminds us that the true magic of life is waiting if we dare to reach for it.
Fans of Outlander’s Claire Fraser and The Frozen River’s Martha Ballard will love Comeau’s Morrigan Lane, who is fiercely devoted to discovering her healing gifts.

In the wild heart of 1820s Ireland, young Morrigan Lane hears the sea’s call—and her ancestors’ ancient voices. Born with a connection to the mystical lands of her Celtic heritage, Morrigan is no ordinary girl. She dreams of adventure, breaking free from the restrictions of village life, and, above all, sailing beyond the distant horizon.
But Morrigan finds herself pulled into a mysterious journey when a haunting vision of the Irish sea god, Manannán mac Lir, beckons her into his shadowy world. Against the backdrop of Ireland’s rugged cliffs and ancient stone circles, she must navigate myth and reality, confronting age-old traditions, family secrets, and the fierce expectations placed upon her as a young woman.

A Moon in All Things is a spellbinding tale of Celtic mysticism, forbidden dreams, and the resilience of the human spirit. Fans of historical fantasy and coming-of-age adventures will be swept away by Morrigan’s quest for self-discovery in a world where land and sea, myth and truth, are deeply intertwined.

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Jennifer Comeau is a Certified Forest Therapy Guide, singer-songwriter, and author-speaker. Her forthcoming debut novel, A Moon in All Things, is a woman’s quest to reclaim her ancestors’ old ways of healing and intuitive magic. She lives in Kennebunkport, Maine, where she works globally on restoring nature-human interconnection.

“Atmospheric and beguiling … Comeau uses the Irish setting … and tales of the Otherworld and Tuatha dé Danann to craft an ethereal, fablelike narrative. Morrigan, … friends, family, and fellow villagers, come alive … fitting perfectly into the picturesque village … Morrigan’s frustration with the imposed limits on her gender adds a fascinating dimension to the spooky tale..”—Kirkus Reviews

“Tears, sighs, fabulous!”—Geralyn White Dreyfous, Academy Award-winning film producer“Atmospheric, subtle, and captivating”—Foreword Reviews, Clarion

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AK25-38. Constanze Hawkins, Natures Poetry

September 22, 2025September 21, 2025Self Discovery Wisdom Podcast

An Authors Kiss with Sara troy and her guest Constanze Hawkins, on air from September 23rd

Inspirations is a collection of photographs, each accompanied by a poem depicting Constanze Hawkins’ love of the natural world. The poems capture the thoughts and wonder inspired by the photos. Constanze took all of the photographs herself, mostly near her Perth home on the grounds of the University of Western Australia. Even the photo of the peacock was taken at UWA, which has a few peacocks and peahens roaming freely in its gardens.
Inspirations offers an interesting, and at times thought-provoking, read as Constanze’s reverence for nature shines through in both image and verse.

Constanze discusses a wide range of themes found in her work. She often reflects on the challenges of handling loss, weaving emotion and experience into verse. She can also explore how the length of a poem influences the way readers engage with it, and how nature—its beauty, complexity, and timelessness—continues to inspire her writing. With her background in fashion, Constanze brings a unique perspective on how that world has shaped her creative voice. She also pairs her poetry with photography, offering a visual dimension that deepens the reader’s experience. Another recurring theme in her work is the lament for the loss of childhood, which she captures with poignancy and thought-provoking insight.

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Constanze Hawkins was born in Stuttgart Germany. Her family migrated to Melbourne Australia when she was four. Hawkins studied fashion at the Melbourne College of Textiles. She completed her studies after her marriage, and her young family’s move to Perth, Western Australia. She also earned a Graduate Certificate of Design from the Curtin University of Technology and worked in fashion as a pattern maker and grader until retirement.

A recurring theme in the author’s first book, Eloise and Other Verses, is the inescapable human experience ‘Loss’. She became interested in loss when her father died, followed by the breakup of her marriage and then the death of her mother. Her experience of loss is that it is often dealt with alone — a theme that she explores in her poems. Inspirations is her second published book.