The Art of Being..

Laura Besley was a finalist in the short story category in Hysteria 2020, a reader for Hysteria 8 and a reader for Hysteria 9 as well. She is a full-time mum to two young boys and squeezes her writing time into the bookends of her day. She has recently been listed by TSS Publishing as... The post In conversation with Laura Besley appeared first on Linda Parkinson-Hardman.

Jill was the short story category winner with The Day of Glorious Silliness in Hysteria 2021 writing competition. Her winning entry was published in Hysteria 8. Jill is a retired special needs teacher who started writing to exercise her brain. She exercises her body by playing tennis and her patience by supporting Norwich City! Listen... The post In conversation with Jill Waters, Hysteria 2021 winner appeared first on Linda Parkinson-Hardman.

El Rhodes was a finalist in Hysteria 2020, a reader for Hysteria 2021 and is very gamely still speaking to me and will be this year’s Hysteria writer in residence. El is an archaeologist who writes short fiction and creative non-fiction. In 2021 she won The Phare ‘Write Words' Short Story prize, The Intrepid Times... The post In conversation with El Rhodes, Hysteria 2022 writer in residence appeared first on Linda Parkinson-Hardman.

Jenny Rossiter first joined me on this blog back in 2012 with her book The Masks that Men Wear. Since then much has changed in her life and business. In her latest book, a memoir called The Freedom Bus from adoptee to true self Jenny combines her heart-warming story with her professional expertise, calling on... The post In conversation with Jenny Rossiter, author of The Freedom Bus appeared first on Linda Parkinson-Hardman.

7 pm on 2nd December 2021 saw a bigger group than I’d imagined coming together on Teams to celebrate the launch of the Hysteria 8 anthology containing all 30 long-listed entries over three categories in the Hysteria Writing Competition 2021. I and the audience were joined online by a cast of almost thousands, well seven... The post Hysteria 8 online launch party appeared first on Linda Parkinson-Hardman.

Tiffany White was the winner of the Hysteria 2020 flash fiction competition with her piece ‘Working Title’ published in the Hysteria 7 anthology. Based in Swansea, Wales, 57-year-old artist Tiffany H White (LGBTQ) began writing in 2020 to combat lockdown dementia.  Her work “Field Post 37560” received 2nd place in the International Festival of Human... The post In conversation with Tiffany White, winner of the Hysteria 2020 flash fiction competition appeared first on Linda Parkinson-Hardman.

Andy Cash was the winner of the Hysteria 2020 poetry competition with his poem The Poets Meeting published in the Hysteria 7 anthology. Andy writes about love, hope, human insecurities, death, our needs, mental illness and weaknesses, strengths, deep desires to be part of a fellow brethren and the lusts of life in an everyday... The post In conversation with Andy Cash, winner of the Hysteria 2020 poetry competition appeared first on Linda Parkinson-Hardman.

Jane O’Connor was the winner of the Hysteria 2020 short story competition with her story The Flower Box published in the Hysteria 7 anthology. Jane is a writer of short stories and novels, as well as a researcher and reader in Childhood Studies at Birmingham City University. Her latest novel,’The Trial of Gwen Foley‘ is... The post In conversation with Jane O’Connor, winner of the Hysteria 2020 short story competition appeared first on Linda Parkinson-Hardman.

Born in Cornwall, Ben Mears first began writing high fantasy as a hobbyist, later working on a series of early-medieval whodunits before self-publishing the young adult Tyler May series. A Sock Full of Bones is the first of his novels to be traditionally published. Listen to the interview Key takeaways from this episode: Ben is... The post In conversation with Ben Mears appeared first on Linda Parkinson-Hardman.

Jenny Jaeckel is the author of House of Rougeaux, her debut novel, winner of an IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award for Hisorical Fiction and was named one of Bitch Media’s 25 Must Read Books of 2018; and the forthcoming companion book Boy, Falling, to be published by Black Rose Writing in July 2021. In our time... The post In conversation with Jenny Jaeckel appeared first on Linda Parkinson-Hardman.

How does a dyslexic become a writer? Having inspirational teachers at school helps, as does parents who won’t allow it to become an excuse. Emma K Lea talks about her journey from ghostwriter to self-publisher, her work as a tutor for others who are also dyslexic and selling children’s books on Etsy. She reflects on... The post In conversation with Emma K Lea appeared first on Linda Parkinson-Hardman.

When suspense writer, Sahar Abdulaziz isn't busy plotting a stabbing, a garroting, or a murder (all on paper of course) she's busy writing about her crew of highly-entertaining, quirky, unpredictable book characters. Some have been lovely, big-hearted, gentle souls, merely temporarily lost and in search of answers, while others have been eccentric, unconventional, writing their... The post In conversation with Sahar Abdulaziz appeared first on Linda Parkinson-Hardman.

Wafa’ Tarnowska was born in Lebanon and has lived and worked in Australia, India, Cyprus, Poland, the UK and Dubai. She is currently based in the UK dreaming of a hideaway in the land of Dante. In her work, Wafa strives to create a valuable bridge between East and West, helping to break down the... The post In conversation with Wafa Tarnowska appeared first on Linda Parkinson-Hardman.

Lex McKee and I first met at various networking meetings taking place across Dorset back in early part of the 21st century and even though I dropped out of business networking for several years his posts on LinkedIn have always intrigued, fascinated and amused me, as he’s a very funny guy – as well as... The post In conversation with Lex McKee appeared first on Linda Parkinson-Hardman.

In this week’s conversation, Dave Sivers and I are chatting about all things character, backstories and senses. Dave first joined me on the Thursday Throng back 2013 with his first book in the Archer and Baines series The Scars Beneath the Soul. Dave started out writing hybrid crime fantasy novels which he describes as rather... The post In conversation with Dave Sivers appeared first on Linda Parkinson-Hardman.

This week I’m in conversation with renowned spiritual teacher, clairvoyant and channel Claire Montanaro. Claire and I first met when I was her social media strategy coach. She later joined me on the Thursday Throng in 2014 with her book Spiritual Wisdom. Claire’s writing is focused on providing a conduit to greater understanding and wisdom... The post In conversation with Claire Montanaro appeared first on Linda Parkinson-Hardman.

This week I’m with Warren Stribling, airman, legionnaire, teacher and writer (oh and author) which is a very eclectic portfolio for any adult life. He now lives in Mexico with his wife, but has been known to teach English as a foreign language in France, after a stint in the French Foreign Legion. Our conversation... The post In conversation with Warren Stribling appeared first on Linda Parkinson-Hardman.

In this week’s conversation I’m chatting with Elizabeth Milovidov, a member of the Working Group of experts on Digital Citizenship Education and an independent expert on Digital Parenting and Children and Internet for the Children's Rights Division of Council of Europe.  She is also the author of many books and workbooks for parents, children and families, all are designed to be tools that... The post In conversation with Elizabeth Milovidov appeared first on Linda Parkinson-Hardman.

This week, I’m in conversation with my close friend and first-time author Caroline Brewer. We first met back in 2009 when we both attended business network and later Toastmasters International meeting. Caroline’s book is called More Than You Think and it came out, first in Kindle format and later in paperback during lockdown and I... The post In conversation with Caroline Brewer appeared first on Linda Parkinson-Hardman.

This week, I’m in conversation with award winning social entrepreneur who founded kiwanja.net, an NGO focused on applying mobile technology for social and environmental change in the developing world, especially in Africa. Ken is currently Head of Social Purpose at Yoti, the app that helps everyone authenticate themselves, staff, suppliers or volunteers in a secure,... The post In conversation with Ken Banks appeared first on Linda Parkinson-Hardman.

This week, I’m in conversation with Lin Treadgold who joined me in 2013 with her first book, Goodbye Henrietta Street. Lin is a member of the Romantic Novelists Association. She’s now working on her third and fourth novels, Lin and I talked about the joys, trials and tribulations of working with publishers vs self publishing.... The post In conversation with Lin Treadgold appeared first on Linda Parkinson-Hardman.

I have real pleasure in introducing someone I’ve long admired and who has long been committed to empowering women in the workplace, much as I do with their health and well-being. Gill Donnell is the founder of the Successful Women In Business Network (otherwise known as the SWIB Tribe), and I’m fortunate enough to be... The post In conversation with Gill Donnell appeared first on Linda Parkinson-Hardman.

This week, I’m in conversation with Martha Gabler, who originally joined me on the Thursday Throng in October 2013 with her book about autism titled, Chaos to Calm: discovering solutions to the everyday problems of living with autism. Martha’s son was diagnosed with autism at the age of 3 and as a result she spent... The post In conversation with Martha Gabler appeared first on Linda Parkinson-Hardman.

This week, I’m in conversation with someone who has been described as being as close to a real-life wizard as you can get, the author of 16 books, Tom Evans. Tom first joined me on the Thursday Throng in 2013 with his book, This We Know. This book is very close to my heart as... The post In conversation with Tom Evans appeared first on Linda Parkinson-Hardman.

This week, I’m in conversation with prize-winning fantasy author Elizabeth Hopkinson. Elizabeth is a writer of fairy tales and her latest project is an anthology called Asexual Fairy Tales. She previously joined me on the Thursday Throng in 2013 with her first novel, Silver Hands. Elizabeth is from Bradford, West Yorkshire (UK), home of the... The post In conversation with Elizabeth Hopkinson appeared first on Linda Parkinson-Hardman.

This week, I’m in conversation with science fiction novelist Marc Nash. Marc has ten Kindle books published and three in paperback. He previously joined me in 2013 with his novel Time after Time. Marc is a fan of words especially as they are the only thing a writer has in his creative palette. We also... The post In conversation with Marc Nash appeared first on Linda Parkinson-Hardman.

This week, I’m in conversation with prolific short story writer Patsy Collins. Patsy has written over 700 short stories for UK magazines. On top of that she has written five novels, two non-fiction books for writers and published 18 collections of her short fiction. She previously joined me on the Thursday Throng back in 2013... The post In conversation with Patsy Collins appeared first on Linda Parkinson-Hardman.

This week, I’m in conversation with award winning literary fiction author Meghan Delahunt. Meaghan and I first chatted about The Red Book, which back in 2011. She later joined me on the Thursday Throng in 2012 with her next book, To the Island. In this interview we talk about the nature of creativity and what... The post In conversation with Meaghan Delahunt appeared first on Linda Parkinson-Hardman.

This week, I’m in conversation with Andy Lopata. I first came across Andy’s work back in 2008 when I joined a business networking group called The Brilliant BusinessXchange, lead by the lovely Laura McHarrie. She gave all new members a copy of Andy’s book, ‘and death comes third‘ to introduce them to two basic skills... The post In conversation with Andy Lopata appeared first on Linda Parkinson-Hardman.

This week I’m in conversation with Mohanalakshmi Rajakumar. I was fortunate, back in 2012 to come across Mohana’s work and her book ‘Love comes later’. She very kindly graced my Thursday Throng in an interview and since then has gone on to win several awards for her work, including Best Indie Book Award for Romance... The post In conversation with Mohanalakshmi Rajakumar appeared first on Linda Parkinson-Hardman.

Over the years I’ve done many interviews with writers and authors on the Thursday Throng, Over 262 if you want to be exact about it. And they’ve been great, they still are great, but … they are fairly static and whilst the aim of the questions is always to encourage writers to share something of... The post Introducing the Art of Being Show appeared first on Linda Parkinson-Hardman.