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Good Adventures, This week, it’s a rolling prompt show using the new volume that Lisa and I have up on Kickstarter. It’s live as of today and runs until Nov 21, 2026 ending at 6pm eastern.  I’m joined by AE Mckenna, Sam Hayes, and Eric Stallsworth and we roll for two prompts and write. For anyone not familiar with Kickstarter, I have a quick how to at the bottom of these show notes. Comment on our Youtube Channel. Links: My World Building & Fantasy Duo Edition Kickstarter:  https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/963897005/fantasy-prompts AE Mckenna:  https://aemckenna.com/ https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B08N5JB9SC/allbooks Her series in KU:  https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08MVMXPZK Sam Hayes: https://linktr.ee/motorcycleboyfriend Sam’s Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/motorcycleboyfriend/dont-go-gently-an-american-robin-hood-retelling-volume-i Eric Stallsworth:  Instagram www.tiktok.com/@ericstallsworth What is Kickstarter?  Kickstarter is a crowd-funding site that brings projects to a wider audience. Is it easy to use? Yep! Click on the green, back this project button, at the top of the page.  Scroll through the available pledge levels. Click on the pledge level that excites you most. Select Add-Ons.  When you have everything you want in your cart, click continue. Complete the payment information. You won't be charged unless the project fully funds.  ~~~ What else do I write? Thanks for asking. You'll find my cozies, portal fantasy series, and Roll-A-Prompt Writing Jumpstarts here: https://payhip.com/MelissaBanczak Our World Building and Fantasy Prompt book is on Kickstarter.  https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/... Thanks for watching. Now go read a good book! Melissa

Good Adventures, Spooky watchers, cats, and kickstarter. Today I’m chatting with Caryn Larrinaga. She writes spooky stories and has a new kickstarter that ends in 7 days, so you need to be quick or you’ll miss out! Comment over on our Youtube channel. Links: Caryn Larrinaga’s Website: https://www.carynlarrinaga.com/ Caryn’s Kickstarter. It ends soon, go check it out now.  https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/caryn/when-you-wish-upon-the-dark-deluxe-collectors-edition The game I talked about today was Dungeon Kings a single player Dnd. I said the creator was Australian but they’re from New Zealand. I apologize and I hope that restores my rights to ever visit that beautiful country. https://www.patreon.com/cw/nukazombee New to Kickstarter? Here’s a quick how to.  Kickstarter is a crowd-funding site that brings projects to a wider audience. Is it easy to use? Yep! Click on the green, back this project button, at the top of the page.  Scroll through the available pledge levels. Click on the pledge level that excites you most. Select Add-Ons.  When you have everything you want in your cart, click continue. Complete the payment information. You won't be charged unless the project fully funds.  ~~~ What do I write? Thanks for asking. You'll find my cozies, portal fantasy series, and Roll-A-Prompt Writing Jumpstarts here: https://payhip.com/MelissaBanczak Our World Building and Fantasy Prompt book is on Kickstarter.  https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/963897005/fantasy-prompts Thanks for listening. Now go read a good book! Melissa

Good Adventures, Are you an author wondering what it's like to work with a narrator? You're in luck! Today, I'm joined by author Christian Hurst & narrator Aryn Mello Pryor and they take us through their process. Links: Christian Hurst Books: https://www.churstpublishing.com Lily Starling and the Voyage of the Salamander on Audible - https://www.amazon.com/Audible-Lily-S... Narrator Aryn Mello Pryor - https://www.arynmellopryor.com Aryn Mello Pryor's Manager - https://www.arynmellopryor.com/contact ~~~ What do I write? Thanks for asking. You'll find my cozies, portal fantasy series, and Roll-A-Prompt Writing Jumpstarts here: https://payhip.com/MelissaBanczak Thanks for listening. Now go read a good book! Melissa   Comment over on our Youtube channel.

Good Adventures, If you're a writer who has considered co-authoring, you need to listen to this week's show. I'm joined by Tilia Jacobs & Norman Birnbach, two authors who have successfully tackled co-authoring and they discuss the ins and outs. Comment on our Youtube page.  Links: Get their latest novel - Stealing Time https://www.amazon.com/Stealing-Time-Tilia-Jacobs-ebook/dp/B0DFRC8CJH http://normanbirnbach.com https://www.tiliaklebenovjacobs.com Wall Drug - https://www.walldrug.com Wild Deadwood Reads - https://wilddeadwoodreads.com ~~~ What do I write? Thanks for asking. You'll find my cozies, portal fantasy series, and Roll-A-Prompt Writing Jumpstarts here: https://payhip.com/MelissaBanczak Thanks for listening. Now go read a good book! Melissa

Good Adventures, On today’s show, I chat with Cassandra Medcalf, the narrator for my June Nash series. Comment over on our Youtube page. She’s also an author of spicy romance, her latest, a minotaur romance premiered on Kickstarter and funded in one hour! Now through June 12, you can get 50% off the June Nash series audiobooks on my website. At checkout, use the coupon code - Cassandra. https://payhip.com/MelissaBanczak/collection/june-nash-ebooks Links: https://www.cassandramedcalf.com Cassandra's kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/892606232/milking-with-the-minotaur-a-minotaur-romance-prequel?ref=discovery&term=cassandra%20medcalf&total_hits=1&category_id=47 How to Stroke Your Stray theme song on Youtube : https://youtu.be/iCcn-aQs9zc?si=RHgqA4ffBBT-c_av DCC wiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeon_Crawler_Carl ~~~ What do I write? Thanks for asking. You'll find my cozies, portal fantasy series, and Roll-A-Prompt Writing Jumpstarts here: https://payhip.com/MelissaBanczak Thanks for listening. Now go read a good book! Melissa

Good Adventures, This week I welcome fantasy author Stephanie G. Olson. We chatted about her novel, Still Chosen, which is currently number 22 in humerous fantasy on Amazon, favorite bad horror movies, helpful husbands, and her writing process. Comment over on our Youtube channel.  Links: https://www.stephaniegolson.com/ Buy books and chose an indie bookstore that will get full credit for the sale! https://bookshop.org/ The outline class she mentions is not available anymore but there are others listed here. https://litreactor.com/columns/online-writing-classes ~~~ What do I write? Thanks for asking. You'll find my cozies, portal fantasy series, and Roll-A-Prompt Writing Jumpstarts here: https://payhip.com/MelissaBanczak Thanks for watching. Now go read a good book! Melissa

Good Adventures, I welcomed Douglas Van Dyke to the show this week to talk RPG games and fantasy books. I discovered him at Rewind Book Fair and had a blast reading his book, MisAdventures of RPG Dice. Comment over on our Youtube channel.   Links: Douglas’s Website. Sign up for his newsletter, see his appearance schedule: https://dhealoral.com/ Buy his books direct from him with discounts on bundled series: https://dhea-loral.square.site/ Follow Douglas on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063615218615 Find his books on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/761586.Douglas_Van_Dyke_Jr_ Rewind Book Fair: https://rewindbookfair.com/ ~~~ What do I write? Thanks for asking. You'll find my cozies, portal fantasy series, and Roll-A-Prompt Writing Jumpstarts here: https://payhip.com/MelissaBanczak Thanks for listening. Now go read a good book! Melissa #RPG #RPGDice #BooksToRead

Good Adventures, The name JP Rindfleisch might ring a bell because he's one of the hosts of Writers, Ink. Or mabye you discovered him on tiktok thanks to the perfect elevator pitch for his novel, Mandrake Manor. Either way, you'll really enjoy this week's show. I was thrilled to chat with JP about his work because Mandrake Manor has been one of my favorite reads this year. It's cozy, there are witches, and an evil HOA. Anyone who lives in one of those will love this book! Plus, if you visit his site, you can not only get signed books, but merch too! I love when authors do this. Comment over on our Youtube channel.  Links: https://shop.jprindfleischix.com/ https://9thBooks.com ~~~ What do I write? Thanks for asking. You'll find my cozies, portal fantasy series, and Roll-A-Prompt Writing Jumpstarts here: https://payhip.com/MelissaBanczak Thanks for listening. Now go read a good book! Melissa

Good Adventures, This week I'm excited to share the first four chapters of my portal fantasy Amy of Earth Freefall as voice acted by Rebecca Brokaw-Sands. I hope you enjoy it. Book two, Fearless is out in paperback and Ebook and soon will be in audio as well. Comment on our Youtube channel.  Links: Amy of Earth Freefall Audiobook - https://payhip.com/b/xfhH1 Voice Acted by https://rebeccabrokawsands.net/ ~~~ What else do I write? Thanks for asking. You'll find my cozies, portal fantasy series, and Roll-A-Prompt Writing Jumpstarts here: https://payhip.com/MelissaBanczak Thanks for listening. Now go read a good book! Melissa

Good Adventures, Today it’s writing prompt fun! Lisa and I are joined by author Ansley Ashe and we created a prompt from the Mystery edition of our Roll-A-Prompt Writing Jumpstarts Series. If you would like to write with us on a future show, drop Melissa a note. https://melissabanczak.com/contact/. Comment over on our Youtube channel.  Links: Roll-A-Prompt Writing Jumpstarts - direct from the authors at https://melissabanczak.com/ Ansley’s work -  Campfire Stories Amazon.com: Campfire Stories eBook : Ashe, Ansley, Marcotte, Jill, Jayne, Lucy, Gammons, Allison, Williamson, Kalen, Francisco, Melanie: Kindle Store Charlie's Holidays Universal Book Link https://books2read.com/u/bxwJ6l Amazon Link Charlie's Holidays (A Charlotte "Charlie" Snow Holiday Book 7) - Kindle edition by Ashe, Ansley. Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com. ~~~ What do I write? Thanks for asking. You'll find my cozies, portal fantasy series, and Roll-A-Prompt Writing Jumpstarts here: https://payhip.com/MelissaBanczak Thanks for listening. Now go read a good book! Melissa

Good Adventures, This week is the final part of my in-person show interviews. Today, I’m chatting with Jeremy James Smith, who just attended an event that expected 90 thousand people over four days. Let’s see how it went. Comment over on our Youtube channel. Links: Jeremy’s Series on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D3J1ZZ1X Jeremy’s Website (His new covers are really nice!): https://sites.google.com/view/jeremy-james-smith/ ~~~ What do I write? Thanks for asking. You'll find my cozies, portal fantasy series, and Roll-A-Prompt Writing Jumpstarts here: https://payhip.com/MelissaBanczak Thanks for listening. Now go read a good book! Melissa

Good Adventures, This is part two of my three part series on authors selling at in-person shows. Today, I’m chatting with Persian Fantasy author Amber Hansford. She has lot of great advice. Comment over on our Youtube channel.  Links: https://www.printful.com Here's the battery - https://amzn.to/4rYg85Q Amber’s Website - https://amberhansford.com/ Linktr.ee https://linktr.ee/amberhansford Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/amberhansfordauthor ~~~ What do I write? Thanks for asking. You'll find my cozies, portal fantasy series, and Roll-A-Prompt Writing Jumpstarts here: https://payhip.com/MelissaBanczak Thanks for listening. Now go read a good book! Melissa

Good Adventures, This week, I welcome multi award winning author Carol Van Den Hende to chat about interacting with readers at in person books shows. She has some excellent advice and an amazing story about a book club that welcomed her with a standout reception. Comment over on our Youtube channel.  Links: https://carolvandenhende.com/dear-orchid/ https://militaryfamilybooks.com/ ~~~ What do I write? Thanks for asking. You'll find my cozies, portal fantasy series, and Roll-A-Prompt Writing Jumpstarts here: https://payhip.com/MelissaBanczak Thanks for listening. Now go read a good book! Melissa

Good Adventures, This week, it’s murder and mayhem as we discuss the audio drama, Simply to Die for! My guests are writer CJ Corl and actress Kait McNeal. It’s a bump in the night good time! Comment over on our YouTube Channel.  Links: CJ Corl: found (infrequently) on most social media websites at @cjcorl Roving Rogue Pro: found on socials at @rovingroguepro https://rovingroguepro.weebly.com/#/ Simply to Die For https://rovingroguepro.weebly.com/simply-to-die-for-podcast.html PRIDE & PREJUDICE, DIRECTED BY JOE SORIANO  (Mar. 6-8 and 13-15)  https://ksutt.ludus.com/index.php ~~~ What do I write? Thanks for asking. You'll find my cozies, portal fantasy series, and Roll-A-Prompt Writing Jumpstarts here: https://payhip.com/MelissaBanczak Thanks for listening. Now go read a good book! Melissa

Good Adventures, The Winter Olympics are my favorite time to veg in front of the tv at all hours so I'm thrilled to chat with author Joe Battaglia about his new book, Beneath the Rings, a thriller about kidnapped athletes at the 2040 Olympics and the reporter who must figure out why it happened. Comment over on our Youtube channel.  Links: For more about Joe and to book him - https://prbythebook.com/experts/joe-battaglia/ Buy the book on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/BENEATH-RINGS-Joe-Battaglia-ebook/dp/B0FTGJHVL4 He'll be appearing in the future at Raven Books in Bryan, TX, 1105 S Texas Ave Ste 100, Bryan, TX 77803 https://www.ravenbooksbcs.com Visit Joe's website to read more about the characters. https://booksbybattaglia.com ~~~ What do I write? Thanks for asking. You'll find my cozies, portal fantasy series, and Roll-A-Prompt Writing Jumpstarts here: https://payhip.com/MelissaBanczak Thanks for watching. Now go read a good book! Melissa