Compared to her emotionally charged, fast-paced women’s fiction novels, Zara Ellen (pseudonym of Joanne Morrell) lives a quiet life, among the trees, with her loves. She can be found rugged up reading on her balcony or rolling across her laddered library, getting lost in story. In the 136th episode of The HYBRID Podcast host Joanne (Zara Ellen) Morrell, author of young adult fiction, women's fiction and short non-fiction for authors, touches upon: character development pacing and plot emotional depth writing style themes and messages revision and feedback in relation to her soon to be launched contemporary, women’s fiction book The Writer, The Hairdresser and The Nurse written under Joanne's pseudonym Zara Ellen.   https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1366101145/the-writer-the-hairdresser-and-the-nurse?ref=discovery www.hybridauthor.com.au/podcast/ 

In which Lorienne and Kathryn grapple with one of the toughest chapters in all children's literature. Tears were shed.CW--Lorienne mentions her mother, mental illness, and suicide.We quote 2 Nephi 5-7 which is also Isaiah 50: 5-7. And that makes us quote lots of Handel.

This week the Traders discuss A Lady of Rooksgrave Manor by Kathryn Moon. Talk about a monster mash!  Tropes: reverse harem, supernatural, who hurt you energy  Triggers: brief non-consent and violence Both Traders highly recommend!  For more of the author, visit www.kathrynmoon.com

For the thirteenth season of the Well Read Poem, we will be reading six poems about war. War is, of course, one of the oldest subjects that has inspired the imagination of poets. The first of our great epics has at its center the war of the Greeks against the Trojans and the deadly hatreds it inspires. In times neare to our own, poets have written about war both with enthusiasm and delight, as well as skepticism and horror at its brutalities. The poems we will share this season cover the span of many centuries. Today's poem is "The Burial of Sir John Moore after Corunna" by Charles Wolfe. Poem begins at timestamp 4:40.  “The Burial of Sir John Moore after Corunna”  by Charles Wolfe Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note,     As his corse to the rampart we hurried; Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot     O'er the grave where our hero was buried. We buried him darkly at dead of night,     The sods with our bayonets turning, By the struggling moonbeam's misty light     And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast,     Not in sheet or in shroud we wound him; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest     With his martial cloak around him. Few and short were the prayers we said,     And we spoke not a word of sorrow; But we steadfastly gazed on the face that was dead,     And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed     And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head,     And we far away on the billow! Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone,     And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him — But little he'll reck, if they let him sleep on     In the grave where a Briton has laid him. But half of our heavy task was done     When the clock struck the hour for retiring; And we heard the distant and random gun     That the foe was sullenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him down,     From the field of his fame fresh and gory; We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone,     But we left him alone with his glory!

Are y'all ready to talk about the first book of this series that my daughter just could not finish? Are you ready to talk about what is the darkest, bloodiest, creepiest issue we have seen in this "kiddie book"? Okay, then buckle up, cause it is time to ignite Inferno! Usually I go for a funny series of non-sequiturs or stream of conscience thoughts based on the pictures from the book, but we have to take some time to appreciate how Jon Bogdonove and Glynis Oliver just kill this book. They convey the feelings, the smell, the air and the despair with such detail. We get to see every bit of suffering and torment that is inflicted on the family, not only by the city, but by the Boogeyman. The disgust and filth, and the families reaction to it all is palpable. You can feel the slime and disgust pouring off the pages. And we get a literal hell on Earth, courtesy of some demons. We also get to see the final form of Carmody, the Boogeyman. This pathetic former boss of James Power has finally been given his wish, to have the power to crush his nemeses. He receives this power by sacrificing the only thing he had, his humanity. And it is torn away from him with out his consent. Do you get how dark this issue is....do you!!!!? Okay then.....now that I have made my point, I will leave you with one moment of levity. Alex falling out of a bed. Laugh...laugh at his misery! Don’t forget to support us on Patreon, https://www.patreon.com/JeffandRickPresent.  We have started to release monthly episodes for our Energizer and greater tiers. We are covering the alternate versions mini-series that started in 2005. You can also check out the art we talk about at our website:https://jeffandrickpresent.wordpress.com/2020/04/26/power-pack-42-revenge-of-the-boogyman/ You can also subscribe and listen to us on YouTube!  We also have some merchandise over at Redbubble. We have a couple of nifty shirts for sale. https://www.redbubble.com/people/jeffrickpresent/?asc=u Our show supports the Hero Initiative, Helping Comic Creators in Need.  http://www.heroinitiative.org/ Eighties Action by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3703-eighties-action License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Road to Hell by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4297-road-to-hell License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 

The crew takes a dive into the instinctual drives. The evolution of instinct teaching and our own personal experiences uncovering a deeper understanding of our relationships to the instincts. John gets into the instinctual drives as a modality of inner work and presence. David briefly gets into his discovery of the elemental link between the instinctual drives and the wheel of life buddhist symbol called the Bhavacakra. Nancy waxes poetic about the Self-pres wonders of tea.

Have you ever seen Blackfish? These episodes are kinda like that, except the orca is just here to do funny tricks. At least there's still emotional depth! The two stinkiest men in the world are here to duel, and the loser has to take a bath. The stakes are higher than ever! Plus, our latest, greatest, hair-raising-est segment yet!Watching Episodes 68 and 69 (nice!) of Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel MonstersFeaturing Sarah, Dan, and SECRET 5TH HOST ELLIOTT!TumblrTwitterDiscordNoise SpaceThe Orange Groves

Exploring more of Sylvia Plaths Poetry. The lady deserves a whole week! I can give her another day of honor! Discussing letting go of your love as well ❤️. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alimoon76/support