Inside Scoop Live

Topics of conversation: Her upbringing’s influence on her writing, Her journey as caregiver through her husband’s cancer , How writing helped her coping with her husband’s illness, Writing a second book after a successful first book, Becoming an Indie Author.

Topics of conversation: Upbringing traumas, Lessons Learned, Sexual Energy, Leaving everything behind to travel, Her books and publishing.

Topics of conversation: Traveling and her writing, Researching intriguing foreign historical facts for her stories, Influence of her travels in her life, Back story of her book’s colorful character Madam Carot De Pichet, Velastegui’s children’s books.

Topics of conversation: Current projects Her writing How Music inspires her Writing Influences Favorite authors/books

Topics of conversation: Cultural differences and writing Today’s Sci-Fi vs. the 70’s Quantum Physics His take on Retirement

Topics of conversation: Her Inspiration for writing thrillers From Showing Guinea pigs to creepy covers Character development and her Cats vs. Dogs Indie Publishing

Topics of conversation: How Lucia got to writing books in her 40s Indie vs. traditional publishing Pick a genre, any genre - why just pick one? Are you hungry? - Joy in the kitchen

Topics of conversation: Authors collaborating process when writing together Developing characters as a team Following your passion to live your dream How your dream gives back

Topics of conversation: Overcoming reading and writing problems through speech as a kid How teaching influenced her writing Fantasy and children today Issues children currently face Indie Publishing

Topics of conversation: Gardiner’s medical history Working with stroke survivors Virtual Structure Group Why he writes what he writes His Team

Topics of conversation: Ancient History & Fantasy Going Back to School Making your own happiness Importance of family support Taking criticism

Topics of conversation: Is being an armchair traveler as exciting as actually going places. How do you pick countries? How the web has opened doors for self published authors. Can anyone do this? Where do you see the series going? How this book mimics The Travel Channel.

Topics of conversation: How Illiteracy Drove My Life Choices Literacy and helping youth enhance their writing skills & FWA’s Youth Writers Program Re-Engineering To Cope With The Changing Times Following Dreams Sailing in the Bahamas

Topics of conversation: Why enhanced eBooks will be the future paradigm of digital reading. Why I made Steam City Pirates into an enhanced eBook. I am hosting a new BlogTalk radio show about Steampunk. It’s called “Letting Off Steam with Jim Musgrave, Godfather of Steampunk.” It’s under the umbrella of Pam Stack’s “Authors on the Air” series of popular shows. Why do male readers, for the most part, get bored easily with novels that have no constant action? What’s the main advantage Indie authors can have over mainstream “Big Five Publishers” authors?

Topics of conversation: Why the gentle lessons in a Pirate book? Why pick Pirate's as the medium to deliver the message? Best experience since doing this- ie the experience of reading to the target audience. How do you pick topics for the storylines. Where do you see yourself going with this?