The Authors Podcast

Esther Jacob is a motivational Speaker, Entrepreneur of Authentic Worth, YouTuber, and Author of two books. Esther has a strong desire to support and encourage men and women to break out of their comfort zones and embrace who they are. In a world where identity is based on how society is perceived, Esther is determined to work with young adults who feel there is no value or purpose to life, and to use their gifts as a tool to inspire others. Esther believes that everyone has a special gift that comes with relentless effort and a strong praying momentum. She pursues God in all areas of her life and enjoys sharing her testimony of how the Faith kept her going in third year of university. Esther also enjoys fashion, travelling and events management.  Books: It’s Time to Heal (On Amazon) Completion – From the Perspective of Brokenness (On Amazon) From Glory to Glory – due in June 2019 Email: authenticworth@gmail.com Website: www.authenticworth.com Social Media Links: Facebook: Esther Jacob Instagram: esthernjacob Twitter: esthernjacob YouTube: Esther N J

Abiola Bello, 'A. Bello' is a young author from North London. She wrote her first novel at aged 8, where she fought monsters and dragons daily and was first published at aged 12 for a poem she wrote in school.  ​Bello wrote the first in the Emily Knight saga at aged 12, with the intention of filling in a gaping hole in children's fiction for an inspirational, strong, black female protagonist (who can fight like a man!) ​ ​Bello has received rave reviews for her debut book as well as success with her Emily Knight Warriors pop-up book. She is the founder of The Lil' Author School, co-founder of The Author School and Hashtag Press. The Author School was shortlisted for The Great British Entrepreneur Awards 2016. ​Bello has appeared in Cosmopolitan magazine, Female First, The Mirror, BBC1XTRA to name a few. On 26th March 2018, she was announced as the winner of the Trailblazer Award 2018 which is ran by The London Book Fair. She is one of the Society of Young Publishers 2018 mentors. Books by Abiola Bello: Emily Knight I am   Emily Knight I am…Awakened Beats, Love and high top trainers How to contact Abiola: Email: info@a-bello.com Web: www.a-bello.com Facebook.com/emilyknightiam Facebook.com/Abelloauthor Instagram: @abiolabello Twitter: @emilyknightiam About The Authors Podcast Join the inner circle: www.WriteABook.net Connect with us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/howtowriteabookintwoweeks Take the online 'how to write a book' course: https://www.facebook.com/howtowriteabookintwoweeks Follow us on twitter: www.twitter.com/booglez_books Our book publisher / sponsors: www.Booglez.com

Pamela Foland grew up in Plano, Texas.  She graduated from the University of Texas at Dallas with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology and a minor in Business in 2005. Her love of animals started at a very young age.  As a child, she was constantly bringing home stray dogs, and injured birds. As an adult, her love of animals has only grown stronger.  Pamela has worked in numerous pet hotels as a dog trainer and is certified to teach pet first aid and CPR.  All her experience with pets culminated four years ago when Pamela found and raised an abandoned litter of day-old kittens.  Not able to part with any of these now-grown babies, Pamela enjoys going home to her "little munchkins" every night.  This experience gave Pamela the inspiration for her series debut, Megan's Munchkins. Pamela will always have a special affinity with Megan because of their shared experiences.  She truly believes there are few experiences in life more compelling than saving the life of another being.   Megan's World Series: Megan's Munchkins What's hidden in the darkness of Megan's closet?  Kittens!  Four abandoned one-day-old kittens.  These helpless babies were starving in the hedges when thirteen-year-old Megan Thompson discovers them and decides on the spot that she must save them.  Knowing her parent's answer to her many pet requests, she decides to raise the kittens in secret.  Follow Megan across the next five weeks, as her life becomes an endless cycle of feeding schedules, vet visits, homework, household chores, and sneaking around.  Megan's dreams have come true with her four precious friends, but what will Megan's parents say about her furry secrets?  Will Megan be allowed to keep the kittens she loves with all her heart? Megan's Pet Sitting Adventure Megan Thompson thought earning extra money for her kittens would be easy when she decided to pet sit.  She enlists the help of her best friend Jill for their first job, watching the Driscoll's pets.  Max, the over exuberant chocolate lab, has a knack for finding trouble. Holly, the finicky Burmese, tests Megan's pet care skills.  Taffy, the African gray parrot, has an advanced vocabulary and an attitude to match.  To make matters worse, Jill isn't exactly focused on the job. Is Megan in over her head?  Will treating the Driscoll's pets as her own be enough to keep them happy and healthy?   Megan the Pet Whisperer Megan Thompson is delighted when Dr. Newton asks for her assistance caring for a rescued capuchin monkey, Monty.  The rest of the vet staff is terrified of Monty; but from the first moment they met, he and Megan have a special bond.  Three days at the clinic allows Megan to see the inner workings of a vet clinic.  Now, Megan wants to help every scared animal she can.  Can she gain the staff's trust?  Will she ever be allowed to handle any other pet besides Monty? Website: www.pamelafoland.com Social Media: www.facebook.com/authorpamelafoland www.twitter.com/pamelacfoland www.instagram.com/pamelafoland   Join the inner circle: http://www.WriteABook.net and if you want to write a book, check out: http://www.HowToWriteABookInTwoWeeks.com

Cody Smith is an electrical engineer my day, and author by night. He is the proud father of his 17 month old daughter, Nella, and happily married to his wife, Lauren, of 5 years. Growing up, Cody was terrified of public speaking in any form or fashion. He grew up avoiding any opportunity to speak in front of an audience, and completely dreaded every moment leading up speaking whenever he had to. He didn’t figure out how to get over his fear until he left the country (U.S.) on a trip to Honduras one summer during college. He learned that consistent exposure to whatever you fear is the key factor to conquering your fear once and for all. Since then, Cody has turned his greatest fear into his greatest strength. He used public speaking to raise $17k to start a business in college. The funds were used to develop a game called Beep Boop. Overcoming his fear of speaking gave him a much needed confidence boost that he wanted to share with the world through his book Stage Fight: How to Punch Your Fears of Public Speaking in the Face! Website: www.StageFightClub.com Twitter: @stagefightclub Instagram: stagefightclub YouTube: stagefightclub Email: cody@stagefightclub To get the book on Amazon: Stage Fight: How to Punch Your Fears of Public Speaking in the Face! Join the writers inner circle: http://www.WriteABook.net  and if you want to write a book, check out: http://www.HowToWriteABookInTwoWeeks.com  Online book writing course: https://www.udemy.com/writeabook/  The show is sponsored by www.Booglez.com - Book Publishers.

Christopher Moss is a Store manager. He has been in Retail for 28 years. He has 2 children who are 12 and 10. He is married to the love of his life for 15 years. He is a very driven, loyal and approachable individual that cares for others. Nothing is better for Chris to spend time with his family. His horrific ordeal at the hands of an armed robber 3 years ago was his life defining moment. It threw him into crippling anxiety. Struggling to get out of the house. He rebuilt his life. It set him on the course of becoming an author.  His first book Hope Over Anxiety has given many other sufferers hope. It is about his ordeal. He first started anxiety when he lost his brother to cancer when he was aged just 20 months ago. It is a raw and honest account of how to break free of Anxiety.  His mission in his life is to help others break free of Anxiety. To give them the skills to cope with everything that Anxiety throws at them. He teaches people to love their anxiety and to believe that they can dream of an amazing life. He takes great joy in helping others. He is a life coach, best selling author and Store Manager.   Book UK: Hope over Anxiety: How to smash crippling anxiety and live the life you will love! https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07762F51J/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_zYnDAbY49ZT8H Book US:https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07762F51J/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_t1_g1nDAb9EBR573 To contact Chris: mosschristopher799@gmail.com Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/@CPMossauthor

Canaan McDonald has a background in sales and property, working for estate agents across London and also working for a video advertising company, he also worked as a West Indian bakery producing bread for supermarkets Sainsbury’s and Tesco. Passionate about football, Canaan’s son was also a big lover of football. It was while taking his son football practice and becoming a part of grassroots football that he started to notice disturbing practices in grassroots football. Children not being developed properly when they had been with a coach for years. Becoming a professional footballer is incredibly difficult and Canaan was seeing the development of children being destroyed. If they wanted to take it serious later on in life, their development would be so far behind. What he was seeing bothered him so much he decided to write a book and My Son Wants To Be A Footballerr, was born. A new author Canaan really loves writing and has a new energy to write and produce more books. Father of three and a grandfather he is a devoted family man and loves to travel. Canaan wants to continue spreading the message to enlighten parents when it comes to the development of their children in grassroots football.       Book - My Son Wants To Be A Footballer https://www.amazon.co.uk/My-son-wants-be-footballer/dp/1979869162   Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/canaan.mcdonald.961 Company Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TechnicalStarsltd/ On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/canaan-mcdonald-1328869b/

Dreaming of the life Unlived: Intimate stories and portraits of women without children Yvonne John Buy Now: http://amzn.to/2kak4Ds About Yvonne Yvonne was never sure if she really wanted children but knew that she was expected to get married and have a family, in that order. Somewhere in between her dreams of travelling and experiencing what life had to offer Yvonne did wish for the perfect family, a husband and four children. By the time she had reached her thirties this dream had fast lost its momentum, and when she had reached her mid-thirties Yvonne had given up on the dream of being a wife and mother. Because of her past Yvonne had decided that it was now time to live by her choices. Yvonne believed that the opportunity to become a mother had passed so it was time to move on. It wasn't until Yvonne met her husband at 38 her faith in love was reignited. A year into their marriage Yvonne and her husband decided to try for a baby, which led to the unexpected sadness that was to follow when Yvonne was informed that she had 'Unexplained Infertility'. While trying to understand her grief Yvonne was introduced to Gateway Women, where she is now on my journey of forgiveness and renewed self-discovery. About Dreaming of a Life Unlived Statistics show that one in five women in the UK have turned 45 without having children. Dreaming of the Life Unlived is a collection of stories and portraits of women who are childless by circumstance – women who are coming to terms with their grief and moving towards finding fulfilling lives without children. Contact the author: https://www.facebook.com/dreamingofalifeunlived/ Blog: http://bit.ly/findingmyplanb Get the book: http://bit.ly/alifeunlived Join the writers inner circle: http://www.WriteABook.net  and if you want to write a book, check out: http://www.HowToWriteABookInTwoWeeks.com  Online book writing course: https://www.udemy.com/writeabook/  The show is sponsored by www.Booglez.com - Book Publishers.

Erik Deckers is the president of Pro Blog Service, a content marketing agency with clients throughout the United States. He is also the co-author of Branding Yourself, No Bullshit Social Media, and The Owned Media Doctrine. Erik has been blogging since 1997, and a newspaper humor columnist since 1994. He has written several radio and stage plays, and numerous business articles. Erik was the Spring 2016 writer-in-residence at the Jack Kerouac House in Orlando, FL, and now serves on their board of directors. Branding Yourself: How to Use Social Media to Invent or Reinvent Yourself - 3rd edition came out November 2017 The Owned Media Doctrine (Archway, 2013) No Bullshit Social Media (Pearson, 2011) *Ghost* co-authored Twitter Marketing for Dummies (Wiley, 2009) You can contact Erik DeckersPro Blog Service www.problogservice.com Twitter:@edeckers Join the writers inner circle: http://www.WriteABook.net  and if you want to write a book, check out: http://www.HowToWriteABookInTwoWeeks.com  Online book writing course: https://www.udemy.com/writeabook/ 

Karen Gee is the author of the successful Dodger Dog book series. The first book How I became Dodger The Dog  - is about his rescue story. Dodger is a real dog, a ball breed staffy. The second book is Dodger Dogs Muddy Mistake. The third in the series is about Shays adoption story. (A book about disability). The 4th book is Dodger Dogs Christmas Message (which is about not to give pets as a present) and the 5th book is Dodger Dog at the caravan - which covers the beach code and the importance of picking up your litter. All the books have an educational message behind them which are suitable for children to learn from and Ofsted approve. The 6th book is where Dodger Dog Gets A Job and he meets other dogs who work - guide dogs, bomb disposal dogs, sledge dogs. Karen shares her writing tips, where she found her inspiration from, how she found her illustrator and future ideas for the series. More about Dodger The Dog can be found at www.DodgerDog.co.uk and you can email her at karen@dodgerdog.co.uk and tweet at @ilovedodgerdog.  

Ruth Pearson is an experienced leader and manager. She has worked with both senior and middle leaders. She taught in several secondary schools for over 25 years rising to the position of Deputy Headteacher. She is the founder of Listening To Your Voice Ltd, a coaching and training business, specialising in holistic wellbeing and overcoming work-related stress. She is a licenced practitioner of Motivational Maps ® which can be used with individuals, business and youth. She is a certified Master Coach. Ruth gained her NPQH (National Professional Qualification for Headship) and earned an MA in Education.  She uses her training in an integrated way to help others to get detailed understanding of what motivates them as individuals, their colleagues, or their teams.  She is the author of ‘Say Yes To New Opportunities! Be Motivated To L.E.A.R.N’ which compliments her business. She is also the author of ‘Listening for God’s Voice: 40 Days of Developing Intimacy with God.’ This shares information about her personal healing and experiences about how she developed a deeper spiritual relationship. For more information about Ruth’s books or services visit her website at www.listeningtoyourvoice.co.uk or download her free app Listening To Your Voice.

Cezanne Taharqa also goes by the name Cezanne Poetess; she is an award-winning Visual & Spoken Word Artist, and Author of the Self-help novel 'Journey of a Sister' which features her artwork and poetry. In 2014 Cezanne won the title 'International Artist of the Year' in the Spokenword Billboard Awards (USA). Cezanne is passionate about helping womben to heal from psychological, emotional and physical abuse, in order to develop love for themselves, to know themselves, rebuild their family structure, build strong relationships with their men, and ultimately to rebuild our commUNITY. Her novel partly tells her own her-story, which many sisters (and brothers) have been able to identify with. You can read Year One of 'Journey of a Sister' FREE at www.journeyofasister.com/books Or via Amazon: http://amzn.to/2fI2JjF "It felt as though I was reading my diary; I had so many mixed emotions, there were moments of tears, laughter, and last but for most, hope" ~ J. Jem, UK For Black History Month (October 2017) Cezanne is doing a book tour with 2 other authors in London on 1-8 October, the dates, venues etc., can be found here: http://www.kingsandqueensbooktour.com

Simone Vincenzi, known as The Italian Stallion of the speaking industry, is the co-founder of GTeX Community. He is the Lead Facilitator of Explode Your Coaching Business, and has been featured on TEDx, recognised as one of the most influential Migrant Entrepreneurs in the Uk and awarded Speaker Of The Year 2016 by the ACPTC.   Fed up with the dirt of the personal development industry that no one talks about, he believes in changing the industry through the creation of a supportive and genuine community of coaches and speakers, helping them creating seminars that converts while delivering incredible value to the audience. Successful from a young age (he was one of the youngest Micheline Star restaurant managers in Europe), he transitioned from working in the catering industry to building a 6 figure coaching practice, and shares tools with his clients to allow them to grow from 0 to £100,000.   Over the last 12 months, he has spoken in front of over 5,000 individuals, which included sharing the stage with Les Brown, John C. Maxwell, Simon Sinek, Trent Shelton, Jamie Smart  and many more. He has also organised over 170 events, including Gary Vee speaking from York Hall boxing ring, and he is currently speaking in more than 200 stages every year, including a very controversial TEDx talk entitled Sleeping With Your Clients   He now works with speakers, leaders and business owners helping them creating effective presentations, events, and seminars that will add 5 to 6 figures to their bottom line, without compromising their integrity and developing a unique bond with their clients.   Following his passion for making an impact in the younger generation, he also partners with the largest youth organisations in UK, helping them delivering more effective courses and training. His books include: 69 Buzzing Questions to Turn Your Life Upside Down and the latest book (2017) is Explode Your Coaching Biz.

Leah Salmon The Naturally You Coach is a bestselling author of 6 books, speaker and nurturing and supportive nutritionist & life coach to black women and mothers. She helps them to eat, think and live in a way that create natural health, happiness and harmony in their life, using healthy eating, natural remedies and life coaching. As the founder of The Naturally You Day, Leah’s Raw Food Feast workshops, editor of Naturally You Magazine and a regular speaker on natural health and wellness, Leah’s committed to helping 10,000 black women a month becoming naturally healthy by 2020. See: www.TheNaturallyYouCoach.com www.Facebook.com/LeahNaturallyYouCoach https://twitter.com/naturalyoucoach https://uk.pinterest.com/naturalyoucoach/ https://www.youtube.com/user/naturallyyoucoach

Winsome Duncan is an award winning Social Entrepreneur. She has over two decades of experience teaching workshops to disaffected, young people at risk.  Winsome is passionate about empowering people in the wider community to access opportunities and develop the necessary skills to enhance their socio-economic outcomes. She's the author of several books including: 100 Ways To Conquer The Credit Crunch. For more information visit: www.mployme.org and www.creditcrunchqueen.com

Daniella Blechner is Founder of Conscious Dreams Publishing, Bestselling Author (Mr. Wrong) and Book Journey Mentor who is passionate about inspiring and empowering authors to transform their stories, messages and powerful journeys into books of impact and influence. See: www.daniellablechner.com for more info as well as www.consciousdreamspublishing.com