An Authors Kiss with Sara Troy ad her guest Lee Lindauer, on air from October 22nd
Colorado native and award-winning author Lee Lindauer is an active member of the International Thriller Writers, has participated on author panels at ThrillerFest, and served as co-editor for The Big Thrill magazine.
In today’s discussion, we delve into his two other books, which, while fictional, are grounded in real-world facts that hold crucial insights for safeguarding our future.
Irrational Fears
After witnessing the horrifying murder of her friend Tom Haley, Mallory Lowe, a cautious university mathematics professor, must emerge from her cocoon to become the gutsy and unpredictable woman she’s always dreamed of being. Running on the guilt of a past family tragedy that she blames on herself, Mallory is determined to find Tom’s now-missing daughter.
Following the clues in a 300-year-old equation left by Tom, Mallory’s search propels her into the tangled threads of a ruthless corporate entity known as Möbius, bent on controlling the world’s most precious resource: fresh water.
The Sava Steps
Twenty-five years after the Srebrenica Massacre, the worst genocide in Europe since World War II, survivor Melika Žbani? encounters two vicious men from her past. Intent on revenge, her plans are derailed by disgraced FBI agent Thorne Hightower, who has personal reasons to involve himself in her affairs.
Lee Lindauer is an award-winning author known for crafting emotion-packed thrillers that delve deep into the human psyche and the complexities of fear and redemption. With degrees in Architectural and Civil Engineering and a background as a principal in a structural engineering firm, Lindauer brings a unique perspective to his writing. His novels includeIrrational Fears, The Sava Steps, and the latest book,The Salvation of Henrey Maxwell, which follows a former Hollywood horror movie star on a transformational journey as he discovers that his wife did not die of a drug overdose but was murdered. A member of the International Thriller Writers, Lindauer has participated in Thriller Fest panels and co-edited Big Thrill magazine. He divides his time between Colorado and Nevada with his wife, Teri. Explore Lee Lindauer’s thrilling world of literature and his journey from engineering to authorship.
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An Authors Kiss with Sara TROY and her guest Cathy Derksen, on air form May 30th
Bring life back to your life!
If you’ve been feeling stuck and experiencing procrastination, self-doubt, depletion, or are generally feeling uninspired and unmotivated about your future… you’re not alone, so many of us are feeling this way. Let us guide you through this midlife awakening.
After working in Medical Genetics for 25 years, and 10 years as a financial planner, I decided to start my own business and create global impact. I support midlife women to rediscover their brilliance and to step into new possibilities in their life. I offer platforms for women to clarify and share their journey through collaborative book projects and building community. Creating a ripple effect of impact through sharing our stories and wisdom
I have dedicated my work to helping women around the world tap into their own greatness. I believe that we owe it to ourselves and each other to create lives that fill us with genuine joy and inspiration. My company, Inspired Tenacity, was born from my desire to make these life-changing tools and strategies accessible to women everywhere. Whether you’re facing major personal milestones, levelling up your finances or exploring a new career, these programs are designed to support you to navigate big shifts with confidence. One of these life-changing tools involves sharing your stories in collaborative book projects. I create these collaborative book projects to give my clients the platform to share their stories, inspire the readers and become an international bestselling author.
Cathy is the founder of her company, Inspired Tenacity. She is dedicated to improving the lives of the women in her community and around the world. Cathy is an international speaker and 10x #1 bestselling author with stories that inspire the readers to take a leap of faith into reaching for their big goals. She has created a platform supporting women to share their own inspiring stories in collaborative books. In her program, Cathy takes you from chapter concept to published bestselling author in a simple, exciting process.
With her unique combination of intuition and world-class training, Cathy has helped hundreds of women transform their lives. Cathy’s experience in writing and publishing positions her well for supporting her clients in their dreams of sharing their wisdom in published books.
Inspired Tenacity was born from Cathy’s desire to make these life-changing tools and strategies accessible to women everywhere. Whether you’re facing major personal milestones, levelling up your finances or exploring a new career, these programs are designed to teach you how to navigate big shifts with confidence.
Find the courage—take the leap. Bring life to your life.
She has the tools and understanding to help you to create the life you imagine and get a renewed sense of self.
In my late 40s I came to the realization that I was feeling stuck and numb, living a depressing life which had evolved over decades of living in an abusive marriage and working in a toxic environment. In 2008 my family was involved in a fatal car accident. Luckily for us, everyone in my vehicle was physically unharmed, but the shock of witnessing the sudden death of another driver was the wakeup call that sparked the massive changes I’ve created in my life since then. Life is too short and too precious to stay stuck and numb.
This new clarity set me on a path to reimagine what my life could be. Over that next year I found the strength and resources to leave my abusive marriage and take on a complete career transformation. I reassessed my experience and skills. I looked deep within to expose layers of my interests and passions. Up until that point, I had spent 25 years working in Medical Genetics. Although the fields of biology and genetics will always be passions of mine, the isolated, toxic work environment was not a good fit for me. My self reflection process had allowed me to see that my innate gifts were centred around being of service to others and building connection. I felt a calling to focus on supporting women to create a better life for themselves. Through courage and tenacity, I took on the challenge of reimagining and reinventing my life.
I have been blessed with the intuition and confidence to know that I can take on any challenge. I trust that I will figure things out. I threw my life up in the air and reinvented it on the way down, I started my life as a single mom with two teenagers, left my toxic workplace and completely changed my career from medical genetics to financial planning. My mission, as I went all-in with this change, was to create positive impact on the lives of women by supporting them in creating financial success for themselves.
The process of reimagining life involves ongoing reassessment and review. After a decade of working in the big banks and investment companies, although I had assisted many people in improving their life situation, I did not feel I was having the massive impact I felt called to create. I had supported my clients in understanding their accounts and building wealth but there were so many aspects of understanding how to create true financial success that I was not able to address in these jobs. The time limits and compliance details of this professional environment did not allow me to support people in truly understanding the critical factors in their relationships with money and the deep stories that keep so many of us stuck in our current situation in finance and in life. I knew it was time to reimagine my life again.
Now in my late 50s, I dug deeper into the process of listening to my intuition and asking myself the critical questions around my own gifts and passions. What am I capable of? What is the impact I want to have? What is the legacy I want to create? Who am I here to serve and what do they need from me?
My dedication to helping women create a life that they love has stayed strong and I began to imagine doing this on a global scale. As my abilities to connect easily with people all over the world has unfolded, I find myself building a global community of women who are keen to shift the world in a positive direction. I allowed myself to think big and step into the vision of new possibilities ahead of me. Knowing that I could not fulfill my vision while working in my role as a financial planner, I summed up the courage to take the leap into entrepreneurship. This adventure has been filled with many ups and downs, challenges and thrills, and it has given me the freedom to solidify how to bring my vision into reality.
Connect with her if you would like to become a bestselling author.
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An Authors Kiss with Sara Troy and her guest Sam Weis, on air from May 9th
Abstraction, the new novel by Sam Weis It’s a quirky, fast-paced story of artists, villains, and accidental heroes.
A famous artist abruptly changes her painting style and finds her art has an eerie impact on people. Wren Willow Hendrix’s new work provokes inexplicable personality changes in those who view it…
With the lush Pacific Northwest as a backdrop, a famous artist abruptly changes her painting style and finds her art has an eerie impact on people. Wren Willow Hendrix’s new work provokes inexplicable personality changes in those who view it, with often hilarious results. All too soon, Wren finds herself the center of unwanted attention.
With Homeland Security hot on her trail and a hate-spewing cult preacher gunning for her, Wren needs all the help she can get. Unfortunately, her best friend has hatched a plot of her own—one that will not only put her in the line of danger, but will pull Wren onto the stage of world events. Will the dubious protection of a meddling journalist, a battle-scarred veteran, and a reclusive pot farmer be enough to keep Wren out of the clutches of those who would abuse her art—or worse?
Sam Weis is an accomplished abstract painter, a 12-string guitarist/recording artist, and an award-winning songwriter. She grew up in Eastern Iowa and studied Fine Arts at The University of Iowa. Sam has toured as a guitarist with two rock bands and enjoys a successful solo music career. Sam currently lives in Iowa. Abstractionis her first novel.
With the lush Pacific Northwest as a backdrop, a famous artist abruptly changes her painting style and finds her art has an eerie impact on people. Wren Willow Hendrix’s new work provokes inexplicable personality changes in those who view it, with often hilarious results. All too soon, Wren finds herself the center of unwanted attention.
With Homeland Security hot on her trail and a hate-spewing cult preacher gunning for her, Wren needs all the help she can get. Unfortunately, her best friend has hatched a plot of her own—one that will not only put her in the line of danger, but will pull Wren onto the stage of world events. Will the dubious protection of a meddling journalist, a battle-scarred veteran, and a reclusive pot farmer be enough to keep Wren out of the clutches of those who would abuse her art—or worse?
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An Authors Kiss with Sara Troy and her guest Barrett Clemmensen Powell, on air from March 2nd
During this interview, we talk about San Diego, why this and the next book are situated in the USA (pandemic related, and a link Lori discovered between the polio pandemic, Jonas Salk and racism in San Diego. The story is that the University of California San Diego wanted Jonas Salk to establish the Salk Institute and be a part of the faculty. But there was redlining in La Jolla. Redlining is housing discrimination. Blacks and Jews were not not being allowed to buy houses in La Jolla. Jonas Salk refused to come to the university unless Jews (he was Jewish) were allowed to live and own houses in La JOlla. That finally broke the redlining for Jews. It still continued for Blacks and is why there is still segregation and only about a 9% African American population in San Diego overall.
Barrett Clemmensen Powell has travelled and lived in Central and South America, the Caribbean, Europe, and the Middle East. Her future travel plans include Africa, Asia, and Oceania. After working for a decade as a newspaper and TV/radio journalist, she took her communication background and graduate theology studies to launch a spirituality-based entrepreneurial business development consultancy and resilience coaching practice to help women in business. Barrett enjoys travelling, learning languages (she speaks including French, Danish and Hebrew), writing, crafting, playing the guitar and hanging with Shalom and Shiloh. The first and second books in the Lori Leak children’s travel series took the African American main character to Paris and then Copenhagen to learn a new culture, language, food and history. Now in 2021, she is heading to San Diego, CA – nicknamed “America’s Finest City”. Children and their adults will now get to better know Lori and the Leak family as well as the things there are to see and do in this city. Richly illustrated by Kristen Palana, readers will see San Diego as never before! Barrett has this to say about the Lori Leak series: The story we tell ourselves about anything is the reality we manifest in our lives. When you stay focused on your vision, you manifest it. The effect of that story can be seen in our lives in the reality we create for ourselves. With Lori Leak, I am able to tell a story from the heart about a father-daughter bond, a family, and exploring the world. Travelling, visiting, or living in other cultures is central to my heart. You learn so much about yourself and your origins when you spend time with other people in their country and culture. Building bridges across cultures and between people is my mission, and travelling empowers me to accomplish my goal.
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An Authors Kiss with Sara Troy and her guest Lionel Fieldberg, on-air November 17th
We have explored in our first show, Lionel’s long career in film making and his amazing journey into putting the wonders of life on film. In this show, we explore his book ‘Full Service” and all it has told us about Hollywood stars and we look at his two new books on African Shamans and Springbok airways.
Netflix’s “Hollywood” is based on a true story of which Lionel wrote the book called “Full Service” along with Scotty Bowers, the true stories of Hollywood’s sexual adventures.
Full Service…Adventures in Hollywood and the Secret Sex Live of the Stars
Now the subject of the hit documentary Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood, praised by Vanity Fair as “full of revelations” and Entertainment Weekly as “deliciously salacious,” Full Service is the remarkable true story of Scotty Bowers, the “gentleman hustler,” during the heyday of classic Hollywood.
Full Service is not only a fascinating chronicle of Hollywood’s sexual underground but also exposes the hypocrisy of the major studios, who used actors to propagate a myth of a conformist, sexually innocent America knowing full well that their stars’ personal lives differed dramatically from this family-friendly mould. As revelation-filled as Hollywood Babylon, Full Service provides a lost chapter in the history of the sexual revolution and is a testament to a man who provided sex, support, and affection to countless people.
South African Airways pioneered flight throughout Africa during the colonial era, long before airports, supply services, radio and weather forecasting capabilities even existed.
Its staff and equipment served with the Allies in Europe and North Africa during WWII and it met the enormous challenge of having to circumvent African airspace when flying to destinations abroad after most African nations closed their skies to it in protest against the country’s racist policies in the early sixties.
Over the years SAA grew into one of the world’s major domestic, regional, and international carriers. Its long history was eventually terminated and replaced by a new entity in 2020 with the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. In its original incarnation, it could proudly boast of being one of the world’s oldest and longest-surviving international carriers. It is still seen by many around the world as the airline with that much revered and fondly remembered emblem, the Flying Springbok.
How Film Led Me To The Mysterious World of The African Shaman
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Lionel Friedberg’s extraordinary career exposed him to the incredible wonders of our planet and brought him into close contact with many unforgettable personalities from maverick scientists to politicians, entertainers and people who survived near-death experiences.
His observations have taught him that life is far more complex and infinitely stranger than we can imagine. When he was struck by an unexpected life-threatening illness his efforts to find a way to save his life took him back to Africa where he encountered the age-old rituals and powerful healing methods of African shamans. Their mysterious ways have much to teach us and are as relevant today as they were in ancient times.
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