Podcast appearances and mentions of amy m le

Bestselling authors William and Lara Bernhardt discuss the latest news from the book world, offer writing tips, and interview Amy M Le, the award-winning author of the Snow trilogy and founder of Quill Hawk Publishing.0:00 Opening ThoughtsWhat are you reading right now? The hosts share their current obsessions.3:00 News1) Harper Collins Makes Deal with Microsoft for AI Scanning of Nonficiton Titles2) Revelations About Cormac McCarthy's Past Relationship Trouble Readers15:25 Craft CornerJon Meyers and Emily Brooks (Writer Better Together) discuss planning talks for writing conferences17:58 Interview with Amy M LeDuring this chat, Amy discusses:1) the Vietnamese background that led to the Snow trilogy;2) the challenges of historical fiction;3) why she founded Quill Hawk;4) best tips for publishing, and5) why she founded a female-owned, Asian-American company.35:10 Parting WordsJoin us for the WriterCon Alaskan Cruise! You'll get over 20 hours of writing instruction, scheduled when the boat is at sea, not when you'd rather get off and go see glaciers. Talks, small groups, critiques, one-on-one conversations with agents and others, and much more. It's May 31-June 7 leaving from Seattle. For more info, please visit our website: www.writercon.comUntil next time, keep writing, and remember: You cannot fail, if you refuse to quit.William Bernhardtwww.williambernhardt.comwww.writercon.com

There is a beautiful, complex, and transformative bond between daughters and their mothers. Some relationships are close, some are stagnant, some are distant, and some are even nonexistent.  In celebrating these unique relationships filled with triumphs, love, challenges, lessons, and a multiplicity of memories, the mother daughter relationship is to be cherished.   Through tough times and growing pains, healing in this powerful bond brings emotional validation.  The journey of this relationship lasts a lifetime.  In this episode, listeners will hear a remarkable story of how a mother risked everything, her family, her home, her life, for the safety of her daughter. Hear from Amy M. Le, CEO and Founder of Quill Hawk Publishing (https://quillhawkpublishing.com/) as she takes us through this beautiful journey of a Daughter's Love.  Amy has received several Literary awards such as Firebird for the Snow Trilogy, while being a national and international bestselling author.   So sit back, take a deep breath, and open your heart as we delve into a descriptive journey of love through trauma from Saigon to Seattle. 

Joining me on this episode is my guest Amy M. Le. She is a Vietnam War survivor and Congenital Heart Defect (CHD) warrior. She is the founder of Quill Hawk Publishing, a woman-owned, Asian American hybrid publishing company based in Oklahoma. Quill Hawk Publishing is dedicated to amplifying diverse voices through storytelling and helps writers indie publish their books.  Amy grew up in Seattle and had a successful career at Microsoft and T-Mobile before pivoting to become a writer, publisher, and speaker. She is the award-winning author of the Snow Trilogy: Snow in Vietnam, Snow in Seattle, and Snow's Kitchen. Amy is currently working on the second novel in the phoenix series, showcasing the resiliency of people who've survived deep trauma. Amy co-founded The Heart Community Collection, a resource for the CHD community, and sits on the board of the Vietnamese Boat People and Asian Artists for Mental Illness organizations. When she is not writing or volunteering, Amy is experimenting in the kitchen or screaming at the TV while watching NFL games, UFC fights, or Formula 1 events. In this episode, we discuss: How writing The Snow Trilogy was a healing journey Why trauma is important to talk about What led her to go into writing and publishing The economics of indie publishing Amy's Social Media: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amymle/  https://www.threads.net/@amy_m_le  https://www.instagram.com/amy_m_le/  https://www.facebook.com/authoramymle/  Qail Hawk Publishing: https://quillhawkpublishing.com/  Books Between Sessions podcast website: https://www.booksbetweensessions.com/ Are you interested in being a guest on the show? Click Here

(S8, EP 7) For this week's episode, my good friend Amy M. Le who has appeared in two of my episodes is back again on the podcast, this time as a guest host as she interviews our friend and writer, Christina Vo. Amy chats up with Christina about the loss of her mom when she was a teenager, her writing journey, and her debut memoir, “The Veil Between Two Worlds” set to come out in April. Bio: Guest: Christina Vo is a writer who previously worked for international organizations in Vietnam and Switzerland, including UNICEF and the World Economic Forum. She also ran a floral design business in San Francisco, as well as worked as a donor relations writer for the University of California, San Francisco. Christina is a graduate of the London School of Economics and Political Science, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She currently rides in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The Veil Between Two Worlds , which will be published in April 2023, is her first book. Guest Host: Amy M. Le was born in Vietnam and immigrated to the United States at the age of five with her mother and cousin. She is a Vietnam War survivor and Congenital Heart Defect (CHD) warrior. Amy lived in the Pacific Northwest most of her life and currently calls Oklahoma her home. Before becoming an author, publisher, and speaker, Amy found success at tech companies working with the C-suite and board of directors. Today she is the founder of Quill Hawk Publishing, an Asian American, woman-owned indie-publishing company dedicated to amplifying diverse voices. Amy co-founded The Heart Community Collection, a resource for the CHD community, sits on the board of the Vietnamese Boat People organization, and serves as an officer for several writing organizations. Sponsored by: VietFive Coffee: Start your day right with VietFive Coffee. Freshly grown coffee harvested straight from Vietnam and roasted in Chicago, VietFive offers rich quality tasting Vietnamese coffee straight to your soul. Visit VietFive Coffee in Chicago to grab a fresh cup and a Banh Mi to go along with it, or go to www.vietfive.com and use the code in all Caps: VMNCHIV5 to get 15% off your purchase. Circa-Pintig: The Center for Immigrant Resources and Community Arts - CIRCA Pintig is a 501c3 engaging communities through the power of the arts to challenge injustice and transcend social change. CIRCA Pintig produces timely works to provide education, activation, and advocacy. For information about upcoming events and to learn about how to get involved, visit www.circapintig.org --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/banhmichronicles/support

In this episode we chat with heart warrior, author, & publisher Amy M. Le. Amy is a Vietnam War survivor and has an incredible story to share about her mother Snow and the great distance she went to get Amy the care she needed for her heart. Snow is an inspiring example of what lengths a CHD parent will go to to fight for the life of their heart warrior, and how to plug into community to get help. Amy gives hope to all CHD parents by showing them that their heart warriors can grow up to live out their dreams and become inspiring CHD advocates! You can find Amy's publishing website and books at quillhawkpublishing.com!  Our book Hope and Courage: Six Life Lessons from the Parents of a Child with Congenital Heart Disease is available HERE on Amazon! To learn more about it, and all of our other CHD Parent resources, check out www.tomandkathansen.com. Follow us @tomandkathansen on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Twitter Questions or comments? Reach out to us at hello@tomandkathansen.com Please rate, review, and subscribe to The Hope and Courage Podcast for CHD Parents anywhere you listen to podcasts! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tom-and-kat-hansen/message

Amy M. Le is a Vietnam War survivor and CHD warrior. She was born in Vietnam nine months before the fall of Saigon and immigrated to the United States in 1980 at the age of five with her mother and cousin. Her family was among the hundreds of thousands of boat people who fled Vietnam after the Vietnam War. They were sponsored to Seattle, WA and made a life for themselves in the Pacific Northwest. Amy graduated from Western Washington University with a degree inSociology and worked in the technology and telecommunications sector for twenty years. After her mother's death in February 2017, Amy left her corporate career to write her debut novel SNOW IN VIETNAM as a tribute to her mother's heroic decision to flee their homeland. Her Snow trilogy are historical and women's fiction novels based on her family's life and are available through independent bookstores and online retailers. Today, Amy is a full-time writer living in Oklahoma withher husband and son. She owns Quill Hawk Publishing and helps emerging authors indie-publish their work. She is also co-founder of The Heart Community Collection, a resource for the Congenital Heart Defect community.Her latest writing project was as one of the authors in the book, Asian Women Trailblazers Who Boss Up book, which profiles 16 Asian women who have broken the bamboo ceiling to blaze a trail for themselves. Sales of the paperback support two nonprofits whose mission is to preserve Asian history and amplify AAPI voices: The Banh Mi Chronicles and Vietnamese Boat People podcasts.The book can be purchased from Quill Hawk's website: www.quillhawkpublishing.comhttps://www.facebook.com/quillhawkpublishing/https://www.instagram.com/quillhawkpublishing/https://www.linkedin.com/in/amymle/Have you hit midlife or the empty nest years & thought, "well, what's next?" The Creative Pivot Coaching is for women between the ages of 40 - 65 who are ready to reinvent their midlife years. This is your time, it is never too late. Visit TheCreativePivot.com to learn more about how you can take those business and career ideas & make them a reality.IG: @thecreativepivot...

Amy M. Le is the guest host for this episode of “Heart to Heart with Anna.” She interviews Anna Jaworski and Megan Tones about their upcoming book “The Heart of a Heart Warrior.” Anna Jaworski became part of the congenital heart defect (CHD) community when her child was born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS).  She looked for resources to learn about HLHS, and unable to find anything suitable, she created and shared resources, thus the publishing company, Baby Hearts Press, was born. She has written several books for families and edited two books of essays – one written by heart dads and another written by heart moms called The Heart of a Father and The Heart of a Mother, respectively.  Megan Tones has been on several “Heart to Heart with Anna” episodes over the years. She was born with a VSD and had a pulmonary banding operation at 4 months of age. She had two more surgeries as a child, at age 5 and 10, and one surgery at age 25. Megan works as a researcher and likes to do creative things in her spare time including sewing, writing, and painting.In 2018, Anna approached Megan about editing a third book in “The Heart of a…” series. The book would contain essays from adults in the congenital heart defect community. Nearly 4 years later, the book is almost complete. Megan and Anna are talking today about the journey that has been The Heart of a Heart Warrior.   Links to things mentioned in the podcast:The Heart of a Mother and The Heart of a Father are available at https://www.babyheartspress.com/, amazon.com, and many other online sites.Megan's podcast episodes:"Expressions from the Heart on HeartWire" https://www.buzzsprout.com/62761/398986"One Heart Warrior's Educational Experience Down Under" https://www.buzzsprout.com/62761/546571"Travels of a Heart Warrior" https://www.buzzsprout.com/62761/1512628"When You're Married to a Heart Warrior" https://www.buzzsprout.com/62761/1686034“CHD in the 1980s: Mum, Dad and Daughter” https://www.buzzsprout.com/62761/9395362Amy's podcast episodesAmy's previous appearances:The “CHD Magazine”: A Magazine for the Congenital Heart Defect Community (with Jenny Muscatell)https://www.buzzsprout.com/62761/10987642A Surprise for Heart Warrior Amy M. Le! https://www.buzzsprout.com/62761/8667060 Vietnamese Refugee, Author & Heart Warrior https://www.buzzsprout.com/62761/8324425Tasty Thursday: Lemon Cheesecake https://www.buzzsprout.com/62761/10127357Tasty Thursday: Boeuf Bourgignon https://www.buzzsprout.com/62761/10080444Tasty Thursday: Yellow Curry Chicken https://www.buzzsprout.com/62761/10049265Tasty Thursday: Spring Rolls https://www.buzzsprout.com/62761/10003800Amy's links:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi7us6JMa2kyBQWWIKyM7a https://www.etsy.com/shop/QuillHawkPublishing  https://www.storyrocket.com/Amy.39a5779b https://www.facebook.com/authoramymle https://www.amazon.com/author/amymle https://www.instagram.com/amy_m_le/Please visit our Social Media and Podcast pages:Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/heart-to-heart-with-anna/id1132261435?mt=2Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HearttoHeartwithAnna/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hearttoheartwithanna/MeWe: https://mewe.com/i/annajaworskiTwitter: https://twitter.com/AnnaJaworskiYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGPKwIU5M_YOxvtWepFR5ZwMusic thanks to the Baby Blue Sound Collective - https://music.apple.com/us/album/home-tonight-forever/1201349904If you enjoy this program and would like to be a Patron, please check out our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/HeartToHeartSupport the show

Why devote a magazine to the congenital heart defect community?Who are the editors of the "CHD Magazine" and how do they choose their articles?What have been some of the featured articles and what is yet to come?This program features former Guests and authors Jenny Muscatell and Amy M. Le. We discuss how the "CHD Magazine" came to be, who helps in various ways, and how members of the CHD community can find the magazine and even become a part of it.Helpful links:Jenny's previous appearance: Jenny Muscatell: Heart Mom and Author https://www.buzzsprout.com/62761/8195423Amy's previous appearances:A Surprise for Heart Warrior Amy M. Le! https://www.buzzsprout.com/62761/8667060Vietnamese Refugee, Author & Heart Warrior https://www.buzzsprout.com/62761/8324425Tasty Thursday: Lemon Cheesecakehttps://www.buzzsprout.com/62761/10127357Tasty Thursday: Boeuf Bourgignonhttps://www.buzzsprout.com/62761/10080444Tasty Thursday: Yellow Curry Chickenhttps://www.buzzsprout.com/62761/10049265Tasty Thursday: Spring Rollshttps://www.buzzsprout.com/62761/10003800The CHD Magazine link: https://www.theheartcommunitycollection.com/magazineTHCC website link: https://www.theheartcommunitycollection.com/THCC FB page: https://www.facebook.com/theheartcommunitycollectionTHCC Instagram handle: https://www.instagram.com/theheartcommunitycollection/THCC Blog URL: https://www.theheartcommunitycollection.com/blogJenny's links:Jenny's podcast website: https://open.spotify.com/show/759bJYcz9n3LgNAfOz9F1Q?si=th4djwysROyV0nQKzjzM6A&nd=1Anna and Frank's appearance on And That's the #Truth: There Has to be Something Good | Frank & Anna Jaworski: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/there-has-to-be-something-good-frank-anna-jaworski/id1566867794?i=1000546329995Jenny's professional website: https://www.muscatellministries.com/Amy's links:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi7us6JMa2kyBQWWIKyM7ahttps://www.etsy.com/shop/QuillHawkPublishing https://www.storyrocket.com/Amy.39a5779bhttps://www.facebook.com/authoramymlehttps://www.amazon.com/author/amymlehttps://www.instagram.com/amy_m_le/Please visit our Social Media and Podcast pages:Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/heart-to-heart-with-anna/id1132261435?mt=2Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HearttoHeartwithAnna/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hearttoheartwithanna/MeWe: https://mewe.com/i/annajaworskiTwitter: https://twitter.com/AnnaJaworskiYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGPKwIU5M_YOxvtWepFR5ZwWebsite: https://www.hug-podcastnetwork.com/Music thanks to the Baby Blue Sound Collective - https://music.apple.com/us/album/home-tonight-forever/1201349904Support the show

Amy M. Le was born in Vietnam and immigrated to the United States in1980 at the age of five with her mother and cousin. She worked in the technology and telecommunications sector for twenty years but in 2017, when her mother passed, she pivoted her career and rebranded herself as a novelist. SNOW IN VIETNAM was her debut historical women's fiction, written as a tribute to her mother's heroic decision to flee Vietnam after the fall of Saigon. Today she's an author, speaker and publisher. Her company, Quill Hawk Publishing, helps indie authors publish their work. Amy is the co-founder of The Heart Community Collection, a resource for the Congenital Heart Defect (CHD) community, and serves on the board for Vietnamese Boat People Podcast.

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In continuation of having authors who wrote their true to life experiences. Today's guest is Lauren Pena and she will talk about the interesting parts of book writing that she discovered while exploring and also writing her book at the same time.    And yes, it also started with her mom who made her journey to America made Pena get the interest to write a book about her mom   “Like creating the space so that when a Latin woman or an immigrant woman or any woman is reading it, they can identify with the emotions that women go through, and the experiences that we go through and it helps people feel like they're not alone.”   Keynotes: Write what you think, the plot. Get it out of your head You can rearrange it later, the one you typed If you don't have time or don't want to go the traditional route, go ahead and do the self-route. Find a book that's similar to what you want to say The last bookstore is iconic? Hit them up   Connect with Amy M. Le: www.amy-m-le.com   Connect with me: Email: mayly@donutprincessla.com Business Website: www.donutprincessla.com YouTube: Mayly Tao / DONUT PRINCESS LA Apple Podcast: Short N' Sweet: A Donut Princess Podcast  Instagram: @donutprincessla / @maylytao Facebook: Donut Princess Los Angeles Twitter: Donut Princess LA  Tiktok: teochewdaily LinkedIn: Mayly Tao   *Help me self-publish my mom's book about her journey to America: https://gofund.me/e2569649 *Watch the Donut King Film here: thedonutkingfilm.com (also available on Apple TV, Google Play, and Amazon Prime Now)

Amy M. Le was born in Vietnam and immigrated to the United States in 1980 at the age of five with her mother and cousin. She graduated from Western Washington University with a degree in Sociology and worked in the technology and telecommunications sector for twenty years. After her mother's death in February 2017, Amy...

Today's guest is Amy M. Le who will tell her journey as an author.  It started when her mother passed away which shattered her world. It made her think about what she should do next. Being a refugee and immigrant to America made it much harder which led her to get to know her heritage and her roots.   Getting to know more about her life turned into 360 when she became the author of the book of a trilogy that revolves around her Vietnamese mother's journey to the United States after the fall of Saigon.   “Once you get started, you understand what your passion is. It's not, you know, the golden handcuffs. ”   Keynotes: Trying to find your audience and know your niche Once you find your niche, and you know, your audience, it's easier to market that information Listen to your intuition There's a path and there's a reason for things that happen sometimes You can like expand to a global audience where it's not just tied to where you live, but you can reach people from all over the world.    Connect with Amy M. Le: www.amy-m-le.com   Connect with me: Email: mayly@donutprincessla.com Business Website: www.donutprincessla.com YouTube: Mayly Tao / DONUT PRINCESS LA Apple Podcast: Short N' Sweet: A Donut Princess Podcast  Instagram: @donutprincessla / @maylytao Facebook: Donut Princess Los Angeles Twitter: Donut Princess LA  Tiktok: teochewdaily LinkedIn: Mayly Tao   *Help me self-publish my mom's book about her journey to America: https://gofund.me/e2569649   *Watch the Donut King Film here: thedonutkingfilm.com (also available on Apple TV, Google Play, and Amazon Prime Now)

This is the final Heart Dad Sunday episode for Heart Month, February 2022 and it features a surprise -- instead of Frank Jaworski being the Guest Host, he is the Guest and his Heart Warrior son Alexander is the Guest Host. Frank Jaworski is married to Anna Jaworski. Together they had two sons – Joey and Alex Jaworski. Frank Jaworski is a certified registered nurse anesthetist or CRNA. He has worked a number of jobs over the years and we'll talk more about that in a little bit. He also serves as the President of Hearts Unite the Globe: A Nonprofit Organization for the Congenital Heart Defect Community – a nonprofit organization founded by Frank and Anna Jaworski, Bob Daigneault, Bill Tse, Sue Dove, and Brenda Vignaroli. Frank also did all of the illustrations for Anna's first book, “Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome: A Handbook for Parents,” and for the Glossary of “The Heart of a Mother.” He wrote an essay and the connecting material for the book, “The Heart of a Father.”Frank Jaworski loves traveling, cooking, reading, writing, and playing with his two new dogs – Buck and Chloe.  In addition to hearing him on Heart Dad Sundays during Heart Month, February 2022, he was also Anna's Fun Fact Friday Guest, and he and Anna made recipes from Amy M. Le's cookbook “Snow's Kitchen” for Tasty Thursday.Frank shares his journey from husband to father, from emergency medical technician to nurse, and what it meant for him to become a Heart Dad. He also shares some advice he has learned the hard way -- from saying good-bye and losing control. It's a touching interview between a man and his Heart Warrior.Baby Hearts PressHearts Unite the Globe: A Nonprofit Organization for the CHD Community Heart Dad Sunday #3: Dealing with Autism & Epilepsy Heart Dad Sunday #2: Beyond the Heart: When Neurological Problems Accompany HLHSHeart Dad Sunday #1: Dad of an ACHA Founder Fun Face Friday #4: Why do some people with bicuspid aortic valves need surgery and some don't? Fun Face Friday #3: What is prostaglandin E1 and why is it important? Fun Face Friday #2: What arrhythmias are life-threatening? Fun Face Friday #1: Who is the Father of Interventional Cardiology? Tasty Thursday #4: Lemon Cheesecake  Tasty Thursday #3: Boeuf Bourgignon Tasty Thursday #2: Yellow Curry ChickenTasty Thursday #1: Spring Rolls Alex interviewing Anna on the 300th episode of "Heart to Heart with Anna" Anna's Buzzsprout Affiliate Link (if you'd like to try Buzzsprout for your podcast and get a bonus gift card -- and Anna will, too!)Links to 'Heart to Heart with Anna' Social Media and Podcast Pages:Apple PodcastsFacebookInstagramMeWeTwitterYouTubeWebsSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/HearttoHeart)

Each Thursday we will have author Amy M. Le joining us to chat about recipes from her cookbook Snow's Kitchen. For those of you who don't know, Amy is the author of a trilogy of books revolving around her Vietnamese mother's journey to the United States after the fall of Saigon. The last book in the trilogy, Snow's Kitchen is a novella and a cookbook! All of our recipes are from this cookbook.In this final episode of our Tasty Thursday mini-series during Heart Month, February 2022, Anna Jaworski and her husband Frank talk with the author of Snow's Kitchen about making Lemon Cheesecake.To make this recipe keto:Instead of using honey graham crackers, white flour, 3 cups of sugar, and store-bought lemon curd (resulting in 72 grams of carbs per serving), we substituted Cinnamon-flavored Magic Pop for the honey graham crackers, erythitol and aspartame for the sugar, almond flour for the white flour, and we still used the Dickinson's lemon curd in the lemon curd frosting along with our home-made lemon curd. Believe it or not, by making these substitutions, our carb count was 12 grams of carbs per serving with the cheesecake cut into 12 slices.Don't miss our Tasty Thursday episode where we made Spring Rolls!or the Tasty Thursday episode where we made Yellow Curry Chicken!or the Boeuf Bourgignon 3rd episode of Tasty Thursday!To purchase Amy's cookbook, "Snow's Kitchen" use this linkFor an autographed copy of the book, use this linkAmy's website: https://www.etsy.com/shop/HeartCommunity"Heart to Heart with Anna" BONUS COUPON! To receive a 20% discount on the autographed copy of the book, plus free domestic shipping, use the coupon code TASTYTHURSDAYSpecial thanks to Christian H. Soetemann for his song "Asian Clothes" as found on Free Music Archive.  https://freemusicarchive.org/music/christian-h-soetemann/music-for-museumsHere is this artist's website: http://www.cryptic-scenery.de/cryptic_scenery/cryptic_scenery.htmlPlease visit our Social Media and Podcast pages:Apple PodcastsFacebookInstagramMeWeTwitterYouTubeWebsiteAnna's Buzzsprout Affiliate Link (we both benefit if you sign up with Buzzsprout with my link - yay!) Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/HearttoHeart)

Each Thursday we will have author Amy M. Le joining us to chat about recipes from her cookbook Snow's Kitchen. For those of you who don't know, Amy is the author of a trilogy of books revolving around her Vietnamese mother's journey to the United States after the fall of Saigon. The last book in the trilogy, Snow's Kitchen is a novella and a cookbook! All of our recipes are from this cookbook.In this episode, Anna Jaworski and her husband Frank talk with the author of Snow's Kitchen about the recipe on page 175-177 of Snow's Kitchen -- Boeuf Bourgignon.To make this recipe keto:Instead of using white flour, we used almond flour, and cauliflower rice instead of noodles, rice, mashed potatoes, baguettes, or polenta. The carb count for the original boeuf bourgignon would be about 40 grams of carbs per serving but with the modifications we made, the carb count was 17 grams of carbs.Don't miss our Tasty Thursday episode where we made Spring Rolls!or the Tasty Thursday episode where we made Yellow Curry Chicken!To purchase Amy's cookbook, "Snow's Kitchen" use this linkFor an autographed copy of the book, use this linkAmy's website: https://www.etsy.com/shop/HeartCommunitySpecial thanks to Christian H. Soetemann for his song "Asian Clothes" as found on Free Music Archive.  https://freemusicarchive.org/music/christian-h-soetemann/music-for-museumsHere is this artist's website: http://www.cryptic-scenery.de/cryptic_scenery/cryptic_scenery.htmlPlease visit our Social Media and Podcast pages:Apple PodcastsFacebookInstagramMeWeTwitterYouTubeWebsiteAnna's Buzzsprout Affiliate Link (we both benefit if you sign up with Buzzsprout with my link - yay!) Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/HearttoHeart)

It's Tasty Thursday! Won't you join cookbook author, Amy M. Le, and Frank and Anna Jaworski as they dish about an appetizer found in Amy M. Le's cookbook, 'Snow's Kitchen'? This week, and for every Thursday in Heart Month (February), these three friends will talk about one recipe after another found in the cookbook and modified by Frank and Anna in an attempt to make the recipe more keto-friendly. Tune in to discover just how successful the Jaworskis were and what the food tasted like after necessary substitutions were made.To make this recipe more keto-friendly, substitute sweet potatoes for Russet potatoes, agave for sugar, and cauliflower rice for the starch to be used with the curry. It takes the carb count from 35 grams of carbs per serving to 18 grams per serving. Don't miss our Tasty Thursday episode where we made Spring Rolls! For a home-made peanut sauce, use this link: Tu David Phu (@cheftudavidphu) • Instagram photos and videosTo purchase Amy's cookbook, "Snow's Kitchen" use this linkFor an autographed copy of the book, use this linkAmy's website: https://www.etsy.com/shop/HeartCommunitySpecial thanks to Christian H. Soetemann for his song "Asian Clothes" as found on Free Music Archive.  https://freemusicarchive.org/music/christian-h-soetemann/music-for-museumsHere is this artist's website: http://www.cryptic-scenery.de/cryptic_scenery/cryptic_scenery.htmlPlease visit our Social Media and Podcast pages:Apple PodcastsFacebookInstagramMeWeTwitterYouTubeWebsiteAnna's Buzzsprout Affiliate Link (we both benefit if you sign up with Buzzsprout with my link - yay!) Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/HearttoHeart)

It's Tasty Thursday! Won't you join cookbook author, Amy M. Le, and Frank and Anna Jaworski as they dish about an appetizer found in Amy M. Le's cookbook, 'Snow's Kitchen'? This week, and for every Thursday in Heart Month (February), these three friends will talk about one recipe after another found in the cookbook and modified by Frank and Anna in an attempt to make the recipe more keto-friendly. Tune in to discover just how successful the Jaworskis were and what the food tasted like after necessary substitutions were made.Special thanks to Christian H. Soetemann for his song "Asian Clothes" as found on Free Music Archive.  https://freemusicarchive.org/music/christian-h-soetemann/music-for-museumsHere is this artist's website: http://www.cryptic-scenery.de/cryptic_scenery/cryptic_scenery.htmTo purchase Amy's cookbook, "Snow's Kitchen" use this link For an autographed copy of the book, use this link Amy's website: https://www.etsy.com/shop/HeartCommunity For a home-made peanut sauce, use this link: Tu David Phu (@cheftudavidphu) • Instagram photos and videosPlease visit our Social Media and Podcast pages:Apple PodcastsFacebookInstagramMeWeTwitterYouTubeWebsiteAnna's Buzzsprout Affiliate Link (we both benefit if you sign up with Buzzsprout with my link - yay!) Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/HearttoHeart)

Season 6 Finale!!!! .. We reached the conclusion of Season 6, "Unfinished Business", and with that said, I am taking a hiatus from recording new episodes until next summer. After 80+ episodes in two years, it will be great to finally take a step back and give myself some time to pause and reflect on my work. What an amazing run it has been for me thus far, and I couldn't be more grateful for that. For Season 6, I am honored to hear so many incredible stories from my guests, and so thankful to all of them who were a part of this run. The following thank-you's to my guests on Season 6 are: Andy Marra, Eric Nguyen, Akemi Kochiyama, Stacy Yung, Virginia Nguyen, Rose Khun, Ly Tran, Dany Pen, Vi Son Trinh, and Nisha Mody. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In this Season 6 finale, I brought back former guest Amy M. Le on my show as she interviewed me about my podcast journey, personal things about me outside of the podcast, and shared our favorite episodes. Hope you enjoy this fun conversation and many thank you's to everyone for supporting my podcast for the past two years. I look forward to being back once I'm ready! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Many thanks to Red Scarf Revolution for sponsoring this Season 6. Please be sure to check them out at www.redscarfrevolution.com or on IG @Red_Scarf_Revolution --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/banhmichronicles/support

For this chapter of the Okie Bookcast, we talk with Oklahoma author Amy M. Le, author of the Snow Trilogy (Snow in Vietnam, Snow in Seattle, and Snow's Kitchen) and The Copper Phoenix. Amy immigrated with her mother and cousin to the United States from Vietnam in the aftermath of the war and is proud of her strong connections to both her Vietnamese roots and the Vietnamese community in Oklahoma City and beyond. In addition to her writing, Amy is the founder of Quill Hawk Publishing - a company dedicated to assisting indie authors publish their work. She works with a number of community organizations and is active in several writing organizations in Oklahoma and beyond. In our conversation we discuss her experience as a refugee and the importance of her dual identity as Vietnamese-American and how these experiences informed the Snow Trilogy. Additionally, we cover her writing process, Quill Hawk Publishing, cooking, the Seattle Seahawks, and Oompa Loompas - what more could you ask for? You can connect with Amy and find out more about her story and her work at Amy-M-Le.com or on social media at @amy_m_le (Instagram and Twitter) or @authoramymle (Facebook).  Our review this week comes from Mark Edward Jones, reviewing Dissolution by C. J. Sansom. Mark's debut novel, Peculiar Activities, launches October 6. He has won awards for mystery writing and has a flash fiction piece entitled Alone in Warsaw published in the UK publication, Painted Words. Mark has also worked as an editor and consultant on multiple projects. You can find out more about Mark and his work at mejbooksllc.com. Be sure to follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @okiebookcast and visit okiebookcast.com for updates and information. Mentioned in this Chapter:Snow in Vietnam - Amy M. LeSnow in Seattle - Amy M. LeSnow's Kitchen - Amy M. LeThe Copper Pheonix - Amy M. LeQuill Hawk PublishingThe Mountain SingsHouse of SticksTogether for Good Refugee Film SchoolPeculiar Activities - Mark Edward JonesDissolution - C. J. SansomLinks to all of these titles and organizations available at okiebookcast.comMusic by JuliusH Connect with J: website | Twitter | Instagram | FacebookShop the Bookcast on Bookshop.orgMusic by JuliusH

In part 2 of this episode for Asian & Pacific Islander Appreciation Month, we finish our discussion with five individuals that present cultural, social, and other elements from Vietnam, Cambodia, Japan, the Philippines & Indonesia. Each of them has had a number of experiences and imparts key perspectives and personal experiences. Furthermore, they also give an insight into being a part of two different ethnic or cultural groups and how that influences their lives. Out of it, it shows that we can learn so much about each other and that we are all similar and have more in common than differences. This is part one of a two-part discussion You can see their bios below for more information: Sara Im is an inspirational speaker and a survivor of the mass genocide in Cambodia. She is an author of an award-winning book “How I Survived the Killing Fields”. Sara graduated from Western Connecticut State University. She operates her own wellness business, Smart Healthy Living. Sara speaks to inspire and instill hope and confidence in her audience at conferences, seminars, churches, schools, TV, radios, podcasts, and more. Sara is a member of the Women Speakers Association and Toastmasters International She just celebrated her 31rst year of marriage to her husband. She currently lives in Florida. Sara can be reached at www.saraim.com Amy M. Le was born in Vietnam and immigrated to the United States in 1980. The fall of Saigon propelled her family to embark on a treacherous journey to America. She lived in Seattle most of her life and worked for large corporations like Microsoft and T-Mobile. In 2017 when Amy's mother passed, Amy quit her corporate career to write her mother's story. “Snow in Vietnam” was her debut novel published in 2019. Amy is a Vietnam War survivor and a Congenital Heart Defect (CHD) warrior. Today Amy is a full-time author. She resides in Oklahoma with her husband and son. When she is not writing, Amy volunteers for a child advocacy center and serves as president of the Oklahoma City Writers Inc. Learn More at https://www.amy-m-le.com/ Malia Ogawa, is a historian and writer, and English teacher living in Tokyo. She's a descendant of Japanese American wartime camp survivors. She dedicates a lot of time to writing about history and promoting education on the Japanese American wartime experience and the experiences of growing up as a mixed-race American woman. Visit her history blog cyclicity.net to learn more. Callum Koike Marshall is a Nisei (second generation) Japanese Brit. He grew up straddling two worlds - the English world and the Japanese world. He currently lives in Tokyo with his girlfriend Malia where he's living out his lifelong dream of living in Japan. Angela Bnscs is a Third Culture Kid who writes for a living. Her international upbringing has inspired a deep interest in individual and collective identities, and the intersection between politics, art, and society. After 27 years of jumping around from Jakarta, London, Singapore, and Paris, she is now attempting to reconnect with her roots in Manila. Please let us know what you think of International Immersion by emailing us at internationalimmersionpodcast@gmail.com or check out our Facebook Page "International Immersion" https://www.facebook.com/International-Immersion-103548421825305 or our Instagram page. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/international-immersion/message

Is it possible to meet one's surgeon over 4 decades after open-heart surgery when you don't even know if your surgeon was a man or a woman and you only know the last name? Who can help you when the hospital tells you that they don't have your records anymore? What joy is to be had from connecting with someone who saved your life when you were a little girl?Today's show is A Surprise for Heart Warrior Amy M. Le! and our Guests are many! You will come to meet them over the course of our program.Some of you will remember Amy M. Le from just a couple of shows ago -- it was broadcast on April 13, 2021. For those of you who missed Amy M. Le's earlier show, Amy was born in Vietnam and immigrated with her family to the United States in 1980 due to the fall of Saigon. She had surgery for a congenital heart defect at the age of 5. Today, Amy lives in Oklahoma with her husband and son and is a full-time author.Links Mentioned During this Episode:Payton's Nonprofit Organization: http://www.ourheartsjoined.org/Amy M. Le's previous "Heart to Heart with Anna" episode: https://tinyurl.com/5yhnm4zsAmy's website: https://www.amy-m-le.comAmy's author page on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/authoramymle/The article about Susan Hall I mentioned:  https://southsoundmag.com/south-sound-women-to-watch-2018/Susan's TED talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AWlehANPPoAnna's Buzzsprout Affiliate Link (if you'd like to try Buzzsprout for your podcast and get a bonus gift card -- and Anna will, too!) use this link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=16817Links to 'Heart to Heart with Anna' Social Media and Podcast Pages:Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/heart-to-heart-with-anna/id1132261435?mt=2MeWe: https://mewe.com/i/annajaworskiFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/HearttoHeartwithAnna/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hearttoheartwithanna/Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnnaJaworskiYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGPKwIU5M_YOxvtWepFR5ZwInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/hearttoheartwithanna/ Website: https://www.hug-podcastnetwork.com/Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/HearttoHeart)

In this episode for Asian & Pacific Islander Appreciation Month, we sit down with five individuals that present cultural, social, and other elements from Vietnam, Cambodia, Japan, the Philippines & Indonesia. Each of them has had a number of experiences and imparts key perspectives and personal experiences. Furthermore, they also give an insight into being a part of two different ethnic or cultural groups and how that influences their lives. Out of it, it shows that we can learn so much about each other and that we are all similar and have more in common than differences. This is part one of a two-part discussion You can see their bios below for more information: Sara Im is an inspirational speaker and a survivor of the mass genocide in Cambodia. She is an author of an award-winning book “How I Survived the Killing Fields”. Sara graduated from Western Connecticut State University. She operates her own wellness business, Smart Healthy Living. Sara speaks to inspire and instill hope and confidence in her audience at conferences, seminars, churches, schools, TV, radios, podcasts, and more. Sara is a member of the Women Speakers Association and Toastmasters International She just celebrated her 31rst year of marriage to her husband. She currently lives in Florida. Sara can be reached at www.saraim.com Amy M. Le was born in Vietnam and immigrated to the United States in 1980. The fall of Saigon propelled her family to embark on a treacherous journey to America. She lived in Seattle most of her life and worked for large corporations like Microsoft and T-Mobile. In 2017 when Amy's mother passed, Amy quit her corporate career to write her mother's story. “Snow in Vietnam” was her debut novel published in 2019. Amy is a Vietnam War survivor and a Congenital Heart Defect (CHD) warrior. Today Amy is a full-time author. She resides in Oklahoma with her husband and son. When she is not writing, Amy volunteers for a child advocacy center and serves as president of the Oklahoma City Writers Inc. Learn More at https://www.amy-m-le.com/ Malia Ogawa, is a historian and writer, and English teacher living in Tokyo. She's a descendant of Japanese American wartime camp survivors. She dedicates a lot of time to writing about history and promoting education on the Japanese American wartime experience and the experiences of growing up as a mixed-race American woman. Visit her history blog cyclicity.net to learn more. Callum Koike Marshall is a Nisei (second generation) Japanese Brit. He grew up straddling two worlds - the English world and the Japanese world. He currently lives in Tokyo with his girlfriend Malia where he's living out his lifelong dream of living in Japan. Angela Bnscs is a Third Culture Kid who writes for a living. Her international upbringing has inspired a deep interest in individual and collective identities, and the intersection between politics, art, and society. After 27 years of jumping around from Jakarta, London, Singapore, and Paris, she is now attempting to reconnect with her roots in Manila. Please let us know what you think of International Immersion by emailing us at internationalimmersionpodcast@gmail.com or check out our Facebook Page "International Immersion" https://www.facebook.com/International-Immersion-103548421825305 or our Instagram page. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/international-immersion/message

There is always another day  Amy M. Le | Daniel and Jenny Muscatell PodcastThat's the #Truth podcastToday, we are joined by Amy M. Le. __ Amy M. Le was born in Vietnam and immigrated to the United States in 1980.  The fall of Saigon propelled her family to embark on a treacherous journey to America. She lived in Seattle most of her life and worked for large corporations like Microsoft and T-Mobile.  In 2017, when Amy's mother passed, Amy quit her corporate career to write her mother's story. Amy's debut novel, Snow in Vietnam, was published in 2019 kick starting her writing career. Amy is a Vietnam War survivor and a Congenital Heart Defect (CHD) warrior. Today Amy resides in Oklahoma with her husband and son. When she is not writing, Amy volunteers for a child advocacy center, serves as president of Oklahoma City Writers Inc., and partners with Healing Hearts Vietnam to raise money for heart surgeries in Vietnam.Jenny & Daniel host And that's the #truth podcast __ Everyone has a story, but not everyone gets to tell it. Life gets busy. We talk. We text, but do we listen? Are you looking for real stories - raw and unchanged? Want to experience life through another's eyes one story at a time? Daniel and Jenny have you covered. It's time to start the conversations and that's the #truth.Connect with Daniel and Jenny:Website:https: //www.moscatellis.com/Website:https: //www.jennymuscatell.com/Insta:https: //www.instagram.com/jennymuscatell/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JenMuscatellPodcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1737272Connect with Amy:Website: https://www.amy-m-le.com/about-1Insta: https://www.instagram.com/amy_m_le/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/authoramymlehttps://www.amy-m-le.com/

What is it like to be born in Vietnam in the 1970s with a heart defect? What efforts would a mother make to ensure her daughter has a chance for life? How does understanding one’s family history impact one’s future?Amy M. Le shares an amazing story with Anna about her mother's life-changing decision to flee war-torn Vietnam to save her daughter's life by going to the United States where her daughter could have surgery. In Vietnam, there was no hospital to take care of Amy's congenital heart defect, but in the United States, she could receive open-heart surgery and a chance for a future. Amy shares the story of what lengths her mother and cousin went to in order for them to escape and start a brand new life thanks to the kindness of strangers.Amy also shares information about the book she has written based on her mother's story. If you'd like to order a copy of the book, you can do so here: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/snow-in-vietnam-amy-m-le/1131712030?ean=9781948577977 or at our new Heart Community  Collection cooperative bookstore: https://heartcollection.wixsite.com/bookstore/about-1-1Amy's website: https://www.amy-m-le.comAmy's author page on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/authoramymle/The podcast where I discovered Amy: https://www.vietnameseboatpeople.org/podcast/episode/b9fe7048/22-snow-in-vietnamAnna's Buzzsprout Affiliate Link (if you'd like to try Buzzsprout for your podcast and get a bonus gift card -- and Anna will, too!) use this link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=16817Links to 'Heart to Heart with Anna' Social Media and Podcast Pages:Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/heart-to-heart-with-anna/id1132261435?mt=2MeWe: https://mewe.com/i/annajaworskiFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/HearttoHeartwithAnna/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hearttoheartwithanna/Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnnaJaworskiYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGPKwIU5M_YOxvtWepFR5ZwInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/hearttoheartwithanna/ Website: https://www.hug-podcastnetwork.com/If you enjoy this program and would like to be a Patron, please check out our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/HeartToHeartSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/HearttoHeart)

In this episode, we sit down with upcoming Vietnamese American author Amy M. Le. Specifically, we delve into her background, life, career, accomplishments, and literary works. In short, she has had an amazing life full of challenges being born 9 months before the Fall of Saigon(Ho Chi Minh City) in 1975, through escaping Vietnam, dealing with a congenital heart condition, arrival and growing up in the US, to her career and the current focus on being an author. Her story is one of resilience, overcoming challenges, adaptation, dealing with multiculturalism, assimilation, and a desire to share her story and to inspire others. We highly recommend you to check out her three books: "The Snow Trilogy" "Snow In Vietnam" "Snow in Seattle" "Snows Kitchen" To check out her work you can use the link to her website: www.amy-m-le.com Also check her out on Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/authoramyle Instagram: www.instagram.com/amy_m_le To purchase here book you can visit Barnes and Noble website: www.barnesandnoble.com/s/%22Amy%20M.%20Le%22?Ntk=P_key_contributor_List&Ns=P_Sales_Rank&Ntx=mode+matchall Please let us know what you think of International Immersion by emailing us at internationalimmersionpodcast@gmail.com or check out our Facebook Page "International Immersion" https://www.facebook.com/International-Immersion-103548421825305 or our Instagram page. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/international-immersion/message

(S4, EP 9) Viet-American self-published author Amy M. Le joined me for this week's episode. She is the author of three recently published novels partly based on her mom's escape from Vietnam and Amy's upbringing in America, "Snow In Vietnam", "Snow in Seattle", and "Snow's Kitchen: A Novella and Cookbook". We talk about the process of writing her novels and her decision to self-publish. She spoke about the impact of her mother who had passed away, the mending between her and her estranged father, and how her writing has aided in her healing. Her books are available on Amazon, online independent bookstores and Barnes and Noble. Check out this episode to hear more from Amy and follow her on IG @amy_m_le or on FB at www.facebook.com/authoramymle . --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bio: Amy M. Le was born in Vietnam in July 1974, nine months before the fall of Saigon. In 1979, Amy's mother escaped Vietnam. She took Amy, who was five years old, and Amy's cousin, Tri, with her. They ended up at the Galang Refugee Camp in Indonesia before getting sponsored to Seattle, Washington in 1980. After college, Amy worked for big tech companies like Microsoft and T-Mobile but in 2017, Amy's life changed when her mother passed away from lung cancer. Amy took three years off from work to write her mother's story as a way to cope with the loss and to honor her mother's memory. Amy is the award-winning author of "Snow in Vietnam" and "Snow in Seattle," which are historical women's fiction novels that give readers an inside view into the trauma of the boat people of Vietnam and the refugee experience of adapting to a new way of life. Amy's final book in the "Snow" trilogy is "Snow's Kitchen: A Novella and Cookbook," published recently on December 31. written from Amy's voice as a teenager struggling to dovetail two cultures together, it is a coming-of-age story with a collection of family recipes from her mother's kitchen. Today, Amy lives in the Oklahoma City area with her family and pets. Amy is a volunteer at "The Care Center," a child advocacy center in Oklahoma County working with children from abusive environments. She also serves the Oklahoma City Writers Inc. as their President. With three years of writing and three books under her belt, Amy has permanently transitioned from corporate America to novelist. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season 4 is sponsored by Red Scarf Revolution (RSR). RSR aims to bring awareness to the tragedies, atrocities and cultural destruction the Cambodian people endured from 1975 to 1979 under the Khmer Rouge regime and how that period impacts us today. With that awareness, Red Scarf Revolution advocates the silenced art, music, culture, and language, with designs that incite the resiliency of the Cambodian people. Visit them at www.redscarfrevolution.com to check out their merch line and to learn more about their work, or follow their Instagram at red_scarf_revolution or on their Facebook. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/banhmichronicles/support