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Lauren Sapala talks about how writers can learn to dissolve fear, which is a roadblock to creativity. She believes each writer is totally unique, and each has something to contribute artistically to the world. Showing up consistently for yourself and your writing (by scheduling time to write, joining a writing group, participating in positive online discussion) is the key to reaching your potential as a writer.

As the head of Vatican security, Giovanni Figlia must protect a new, African Pope who courts controversy every other day. The Pope's latest project is to make Pius XII, "Hitler's Pope," a saint. Things haven't gotten better since the Pope employed American mercenary Sean Ryan. Then a body fell onto the Vatican doorstep. Soon, a pattern emerges-- people who go into the Pius XII historical archives are dying. Each time, a priest has been in the background-- a priest close to the Pope. One of the victims was an al-Qaeda operative, drawing Scott "Mossad" Murphy of Israeli intelligence to Rome. Soon, Ryan, Murphy and Figlia must join forces to unravel the mystery around the Vatican, as even the man Giovanni is supposed to protect looks like a suspect. To get out of this alive, they must discover if Hitler's Pope was a Nazi collaborator, or a pious man.

Nick Peters offers up a conversation on the importance of one's own writing skill and the appreciation of others' good writing in books as a key element of effective communication -- in the media, in the blogosphere, in business, in personal relationships.

She was hired to nurse them back to health...instead, she took their lives. For months, the DaVita Dialysis Center in Lufkin, Texas, had been baffled by the rising number of deaths and injuries occurring in their clinic. In April alone, they’d rushed thirty-four patients to the hospital. But no one expected such a horrific cause to be behind it all. Kimberly Clark Saenz was a well-liked licensed vocational nurse at the center. The East Texas nurse was a mother of two, and known for her smiles and the stories she told to help patients pass the time. But on April 28, 2008, witnesses came forward to say that instead of lifesaving medication, they’d seen Saenz adding toxic bleach to IV ports. Turns out, it wasn’t the first time. Once caught, the shocking story of Saenz’s murderous practices began to unravel…

Elizabeth Harvey is a professional editor who has worked in the publishing industry for a few years. Her first years in the publishing business were working with Divertir Publishing (with whom she maintains strong and positive relations) as their acquisitions editor. This perspective gives her a solid understanding of how the publishing process works, and a good understanding of what self publishing entails.

Eat Sleep Write Podcast host Adam Scull tells the fascinating story of “Where It all Began"-Part 1, as Adam attempts to deconstruct his life of 37 years photographing the rich and famous (and not so famous), including the heyday of New York City’s famed Studio 54, where Adam was a fixture almost every night documenting the Studio 54 era of disco.

Ali Berlinski is an expert on putting the fun in dysfunctional. Raised biracial and bicoastal, with a gay deaf brother and ex-nanny stepmom, her writing is all about finding the humor in the messy parts of life. Her debut novel, "A Beautiful Mess", is a compilation of personal essays, which help people say yes to their mess!  Ali currently lives Spain’s countryside where she continues to teach and write. Her next door neighbor is a goat.

"Truth Be Told: Adam Becomes Audrey is a tragedy, a comedy and a love story. It is my story. In vivid detail, I recall how I met, fell in love with and married the man of my dreams, only to find that he self-identified as and wanted to become a woman. Read what happened after I learned the truth".

Take a trip to the future in a very unique manner-environmental science fiction. The Plateau–Voices of the Earth is Maureen Dudley’s debut novel and Book 1 in a Trilogy about efforts to protect and preserve our natural environment—how what we ultimately do, as either good or bad stewards of our planet, affects future generations.

Florida Frenz is the pen name of a 16 year old girl with autism. As How to Be Human describes, she has worked hard to be an "empowered autistic." Although diagnosed as retarded and autistic at a young age, through intensive therapy and strength of mind she is now so capable, she goes to high school without any special accommodations. In fact, the school doesn't know she is autistic. Since Florida want to keep her identity private and live a normal high school life, she is only available for radio interviews on a very limited basis. Shelah Moss, one of the therapists who has worked with her since her diagnosis and who wrote the afterword for the book, is Florida's spokesperson.

In The Spirit Of Love is a paranormal romance with a unique murder mystery twist. Sir Richard Abbotsford, a ghost wrongfully accused of murder almost a century and a half ago, believes his love has returned to release him from his eternal prison at England's stately manor, Kent Estate. Claire Jacobs doesn’t believe in ghosts, and has no recollection of Richard, or a love he claims they shared a lifetime ago! Rife with twists and turns that keep the reader engaged, In The Spirit Of Love reminds us that the past and the present are connected in ways that can change the course of the future, and that sometimes, even death is not an end.

Come along for a magic ride with author Dee Rapposelli as she weaves her stories filled with fantasy fictional exploits of Sorcerers and Magi. Dee writes under the magical name Soror ZSD23, a code that refers to life, wisdom, divinity, and connection with the Zos-Kia (life/bliss) current of Chaos Magick.

Eat Sleep Write’s premiere roundtable conversation with Sherry Antonetti and Roy Griffis. Our topic for this conversation: Historical Fiction

Brian K. Larson dramatically depicts a magical world in an epic story of good versus evil, titled “Secret of the Crystal.” In the story, Jhahnahkan has returned from the outer rim on a mission to find allies to help them with their failing war with the Zelinites. He has been given the honor of a seat on the high council next to his power hungry and jealous brother. Every council member has taken possession of a power crystal, only found on Ackturra. These power crystals give the user special abilities, but Jhahnahkan senses that there is something about them that doesn't seem right. Jhahnahkan must discover the hidden secrets in order to overcome the evil that is upon them. Readers learn if he will uncover the Secret of the Crystal before his evil brother takes over the high council and launches genocide on the Zelinites.

Should this information be accepted by mainstream academia, it will change history drastically. There is no doubt that it will be eventually be accepted because, as opposed to  theory, upon which much history is based, this ancient science provides physical proof. There are also many out of the box thinkers who are discovering new evidence to confirm my findings every day. A good example are the Bosnian Pyramids which mainstream academia flatly fought to suppress as fake, which have now been carbon dated to 24,800 BC. There are also relics being found there.