Podcasts about Blueprint

The latest episode from the JBP begins with the news of JAY-Z performing back-to-back nights at Yankee Stadium to celebrate anniversaries for Reasonable Doubt and The Blueprint (20:44). A new Verzuz is on the way as the room debates Tank vs. Tyrese (42:34), new music (52:54), and Afroman prevails in defamation case against the Adams County Sheriff's Department (1:17:33). Ray J responds to Mase and Shyne (1:38:56) and the room discusses pickup lines after DM leaks of The Game using the same one repeatedly (1:57:40). Also, RIP to Chuck Norris (2:28:28), Joe shares his love for a new restaurant (2:34:07), a rumored fight between Justin Bieber and Usher (2:54:02), and much more.  Become a Patron of The Joe Budden Podcast for additional bonus episodes and visual content for all things JBP! Join our Patreon here: http://www.patreon.com/joebudden 

Being over 40 and stuck in a job you don't love can feel like the walls are closing in. The clock is ticking louder, and every year spent waiting makes freedom harder to reach. The truth is, you don't have decades left to experiment with side hustles that barely move the needle. What you need now is a clear, proven path to break free from the 9‑5 and finally build the life you've been dreaming of. In this episode, Omar shares a practical 5‑step blueprint created for those over 40 who are ready to leave their 9‑5 behind. He explains the difference between building an “income engine” versus chasing a side hustle, why premium pricing is the key to scaling faster, and the silent trap that keeps most people stuck. Most importantly, Omar reveals the critical fourth step where many over‑40 founders sabotage themselves, and how to avoid it. This lesson is about taking decisive action, thinking like a business owner, and creating a life with more choices. Over 40 and ready to quit your 9‑5? Press play at the top of the page to hear Omar's proven blueprint, discover the steps that accelerate independence, and start building the next chapter of your life today. MBA2757 Over 40? THIS Is The Fastest Way To Financial Freedom. Proven Blueprint For Quitting Your 9-5 Recommended episode to explore:How To Make Your First Million Dollars In One Year Without Getting Lucky (No Matter Your Circumstances) Watch the episodes on YouTube: https://lm.fm/GgRPPHiSUBSCRIBEYouTube | Apple Podcast | Spotify | Podcast Feed Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

In this episode, former Giants reliever George Kontos joins the show to share his insights on the team's bullpen and the upcoming season. He discusses the importance of staying healthy and playing fundamentally sound baseball, citing the Giants' strengths in pitching and defense. Kontos also talks about the need for a mix of relievers with different styles and the value of having a defined role. He shares his thoughts on the current bullpen construction and how it can be improved. With his experience as a reliever, Kontos offers a unique perspective on what it takes to succeed in the bullpen.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What can a small, densely packed island nation teach the rest of the world about the future of virtual cycling?In Episode 91 of the Virtual Velo Podcast, Chris Schwenker and Emma Martin speak with Yi Jun, founder of Virtual Cycling Singapore (VSG), about building a structured, community-driven virtual cycling program in one of the most space-constrained places on earth. With limited room to ride, a modest road racing tradition, and unique barriers to athlete development, Singapore presents a challenge that may also be an opportunity.Yi Jun explains the why and how of VSG, who it serves, and what it takes to run a program built around training, racing, and community. The conversation explores the realities of cycling in Singapore, the prospects for ambitious young riders, the role virtual cycling can play in talent development, and whether VSG could become a model for similar programs in other cities and countries.This is a conversation about more than one program. It is about what becomes possible when limitations force innovation.

In this episode, former Giants reliever George Kontos joins the show to share his insights on the team's bullpen and the upcoming season. He discusses the importance of staying healthy and playing fundamentally sound baseball, citing the Giants' strengths in pitching and defense. Kontos also talks about the need for a mix of relievers with different styles and the value of having a defined role. He shares his thoughts on the current bullpen construction and how it can be improved. With his experience as a reliever, Kontos offers a unique perspective on what it takes to succeed in the bullpen.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sky Mitchell is the Founder and CEO of Basecamp Resorts (2017), a Western Canada–based mountain hospitality and wellness platform. Her vision is to create modern, experience-driven accommodations rooted in community, nature, and long-term demand. An avid skier, mountain biker, and snowmobiler, Sky lives in Canmore with her husband and two children and continues to build durable, experience-led hospitality assets across Western Canada. Top 3 Value Bombs 1. Experience-led real estate succeeds by focusing on how people feel, not just where they stay. 2. Wellness isn't a trend. Once people experience feeling better, it becomes a permanent demand driver. 3. Long-term investor returns are built through operator-first thinking, intentional risk, and honest relationships. Check out Sky's website to learn more about Everwild's Nordic spas, hotels, wellness philosophy, and investing opportunities - Everwild Website Sponsors HighLevel - The ultimate all-in-one platform for entrepreneurs, marketers, coaches, and agencies. Learn more at HighLevelFire.com. 50 - Join JLD on his free '50 days to something' video series on YouTube and create something special in 50 days! Quo - The #1-rated business phone system on G2 with over 3,000 reviews! Try QUO for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months when you go to Quo.com/fire! Quo — no missed calls, no missed customers.

Welcome to Wholesale Hotline Podcast (Wholesaling Inc Edition), where Brent brings unmatched energy and no-BS strategies straight from his own real-world wholesaling business to help you crush it in yours.Show notes -- in this episode we'll cover:Master cold calling, lead generation, and sales scripts to consistently close deals.You'll learn the latest on the most cutting-edge techniques—like PPC, texting, and automated follow-up systems.Learn how to build confidence, overcome objections, and dominate your local market.Brent shows how talking to people is the fastest, most direct path to wholesale success.Real-life case studies, role plays, and mindset shifts that turn hustle into high income.Please give us a rating and let us know how we are doing!➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖☎️ Welcome to Wholesale Hotline & TTP Breakout

Kris Dehnert, founder of Dugout Mugs, a lifestyle-driven product brand that turns baseball bats into premium drinkware and helps sports fans and gift buyers enjoy truly unique, high-quality products.Through bold product innovation and intentional brand building, Kris has grown Dugout Mugs into a multi-million-dollar business serving over a million customers, while sharing real-world insights on building businesses anchored in freedom, happiness, and long-term success.Now, Kris's journey from early failure to building a $55M-plus brand demonstrates what's possible when you redefine wealth, step away from hustle culture, and build a business that actually supports your life.And while balancing growth with presence as a husband, dad, and founder, he's showing entrepreneurs how to buy back their time and build legacies that go far beyond numbers.Here's where to find more:https://dugoutmugs.comhttps://www.instagram.com/dugoutmugs/#________________________________________________Welcome to The Unforget Yourself Show where we use the power of woo and the proof of science to help you identify your blind spots, and get over your own bullshit so that you can do the fucking thing you ACTUALLY want to do!We're Mark and Katie, the founders of Unforget Yourself and the creators of the Unforget Yourself System and on this podcast, we're here to share REAL conversations about what goes on inside the heart and minds of those brave and crazy enough to start their own business. From the accidental entrepreneur to the laser-focused CEO, we find out how they got to where they are today, not by hearing the go-to story of their success, but talking about how we all have our own BS to deal with and it's through facing ourselves that we find a way to do the fucking thing.Along the way, we hope to show you that YOU are the most important asset in your business (and your life - duh!). Being a business owner is tough! With vulnerability and humor, we get to the real story behind their success and show you that you're not alone._____________________Find all our links to all the things like the socials, how to work with us and how to apply to be on the podcast here:https://linktr.ee/unforgetyourself

In this episode of the Power of Zero Show David McKnight gives you a blueprint with the key steps to follow for a successful and stress-free retirement if you're about five years away. The first step is figuring out your retirement income shortfall, the income you'll need every month in retirement, as well as how much of that will be covered by sources like Social Security and pensions. The retirement income shortfall represents the amount of income your retirement assets need to produce in order to fund your lifestyle. One strategy many retirees rely on is taking a portion of their liquid retirement savings, often from a traditional IRA or 401(k), and rolling it into an annuity designed to produce inflation-adjusted lifetime income. The second pillar of the blueprint discussed by David are investments: Roughly 70% to a total U.S. stock market index fund, and 30% to a total international stock market index fund. While things like paying the electric bill or putting food on the table are covered by your guaranteed income sources, this portfolio is designed to fund discretionary expenses (e.g. taking the grandkids to Disneyland, traveling, etc.) and unexpected shock expenses. David emphasizes that, by investing this discretionary bucket entirely in stocks rather than bonds, you increase the likelihood that the portfolio will last through your actuarial life expectancy. "When properly structured and funded, an index universal life policy or IUL can serve as a volatility buffer within your retirement plan", says David. Furthermore, a IUL policy can also provide a death benefit that can be accessed in advance of your death for the purpose of paying for long-term care… Remember: Retirement planning isn't about guessing what the market will do, it's about building a system where your basic needs are guaranteed, your growth assets continue compounding and you have the tools in place to manage volatility and unexpected risks.     Mentioned in this episode: David's new book, available now for pre-order: The Secret Order of Millionaires David's national bestselling book: The Guru Gap: How America's Financial Gurus Are Leading You Astray, and How to Get Back on Track Tax-Free Income for Life: A Step-by-Step Plan for a Secure Retirement by David McKnight DavidMcKnight.com DavidMcKnightBooks.com PowerOfZero.com (free video series) @mcknightandco on Twitter  @davidcmcknight on Instagram David McKnight on YouTube Get David's Tax-free Tool Kit at taxfreetoolkit.com

"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!" — 2 Corinthians 5:17 In Part 2 of Jenny's conversation with Jason Butler, they recap and we pick up right where we left off—at the moment everything changed. After surrendering his life to Christ, Jason made a radical decision. He walked away from what the world would call success to pursue something far more valuable: a real relationship with Jesus. But as he shares in this episode, following Christ isn't just about a moment—it's about a daily choice. Jenny and Jason talk candidly about what it really means to follow Him in today's culture. What does it look like to radiate Jesus instead of blending in? What does discipleship actually cost? And how can one person's obedience change the trajectory of a family line? Jason's testimony is a reminder that surrender isn't loss—it's the beginning of true life. To learn more about Jason's ministry, podcast, counseling resources, and his book WILL JESUS KNOW YOU? The Blueprint to Mold Your Heart to the Heart of the Father, visit followhimwithus.com. You can also connect with him there or reach out at followhimwithus@gmail.com. His podcast is "Follow Him With Us." 

In this episode of Bright Spots in Healthcare, recorded live at the ViVE 2026 conference, Eric Glazer sits down with Dr. Reshma Gupta from UC Davis Health to explore how health systems can translate artificial intelligence and predictive analytics into real operational improvement. As Chief of Population Health and Accountable Care, Reshma focuses on turning data and predictive insight into measurable outcomes across prevention, care management, and accountable care programs. Her work highlights a central challenge facing healthcare leaders today: many organizations have the models, but far fewer have built the workflows, governance, and operational alignment needed to turn those insights into action. The conversation dives into: Why successful AI initiatives connect predictions directly to clinical workflows, incentives, and operational ownership How UC Davis Health expanded its high risk population health strategy into the Emergency Department Approaches to measuring the value of prevention including avoided admissions and downstream outcomes Where predictive analytics supports prevention and population health within accountable care models How UC Davis developed the BE FAIR framework to evaluate predictive models for bias and equity The governance structures that help health systems move quickly with AI while maintaining trust and accountability Practical lessons for moving AI from isolated pilots into measurable performance improvement This discussion offers a practical blueprint for health system leaders working to strengthen prevention, population health, and accountable care through data driven insight. The organizations seeing real results are those aligning data, workflow, incentives, and governance so predictive insight translates into better decisions and measurable outcomes. References: BE FAIR Framework: UC Davis Health's framework for assessing, implementing, and redesigning predictive models to reduce bias and improve equity in healthcare. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12405130/ UC Davis Health AI for Population Health: How UC Davis Health uses predictive analytics to identify patients at risk and support earlier intervention in population health programs. https://health.ucdavis.edu/news/headlines/uc-davis-health-uses-ai-models-to-leave-no-patient-behind/2025/04 Reshma Gupta Bio: https://health.ucdavis.edu/population-health/leadership/reshma-gupta.html   Partner with Bright Spots Ventures: If you are interested in speaking with the Bright Spots Ventures team to brainstorm how we can help you grow your business through credibility building content and trusted executive relationships, email hkrish@brightspotsventures.com About Bright Spots Ventures: Bright Spots Ventures is a healthcare strategy and engagement company that creates content, communities, and connections to accelerate innovation. We help healthcare leaders discover what's working, and how to scale it. By bringing together health plan, hospital, and solution leaders, we facilitate the exchange of ideas that lead to measurable impact. Through our podcast, executive councils, private events, and go-to-market strategy work, we surface and amplify the "bright spots" in healthcare, proven innovations others can learn from and replicate. At our core, we exist to create trusted relationships that make real progress possible. Visit our website at www.brightspotsinhealthcare.com.

Most people keep trying to diet their way into a better physique.They chase scale weight loss.They bounce from deficit to deficit.And they never build the foundation of muscle that actually creates the look they're after.So they end up becoming a smaller version of themselves, not a better version of themselves.And this is especially true for the person who describes themselves as “skinny fat” or what I think is more accurately described as being overfat yet under muscled.In this episode of the Chasing Clarity Health & Fitness Podcast, I break down why a dedicated Lean Building Phase is often the missing piece for long-term physique development.We're going to cover why building muscle changes your shape, improves your metabolism, supports better training performance, and sets you up so your next fat loss phase actually reveals something worth revealing.If you've been stuck in the cycle of always trying to get leaner but never looking more muscular or defined, this episode is for you.HERE IS WHAT WE COVER:WHY YOU NEED A LEAN BUILDING PHASE FOR LONG-TERM PHYSIQUE OUTCOMESTHE REAL GOAL OF A BUILDING PHASE & WHY MOST PEOPLE EXECUTE IT POORLYWHY YOU CAN'T MAXIMIZE MUSCLE GROWTH IN A CALORIE DEFICITHOW TO SET YOUR CALORIE SURPLUS FOR LEAN MUSCLE GAINTHE RATE OF GAIN I AIM FOR TO MINIMIZE FAT GAIN & MAXIMIZE THE GROWTH RUNWAYTHE NUTRITIONAL HIERARCHY OF IMPORTANCE FOR MUSCLE GROWTHHOW TO SET UP TRAINING TO ACTUALLY DRIVE HYPERTROPHYWHERE TO CONNECT WITH ME:Follow Brandon on IG: https://www.instagram.com/brandondacruz_/Email: Bdacruzfitness@gmail.comFor Info on Brandon's Coaching Services: https://form.jotform.com/bdacruzfitness/coachinginquiryBrandon's Website: https://www.brandondacruzfit.comMy Reading Recommendations: THE MUSCLE & STRENGTH PYRAMIDS https://getdpd.com/cart/hoplink/25469?referrer=1l54og96lf1ccw

Click here to watch on YouTubeOn this special St. Patrick's Day episode, Brian Buffini marks the 10th anniversary of the podcast by looking back on an extraordinary journey that began with The Brian Buffini Show and evolved into It's a Good Life. He shares the story behind launching the original show on St. Patrick's Day, reflects on the legacy of St. Patrick and revisits some of the most memorable conversations from the past 690 episodes, including interviews with Lou Holtz, Matthew McConaughey, Carla Harris, Neil Armstrong and Captain Charlie Plumb.Brian also reveals an exciting new chapter: the return of The Brian Buffini Show in a fresh video-first format. With new segments like Give Me a Minute, Brian's Blueprint, Ask Mr. B and Coach Them Up, the show is expanding to bring even more practical wisdom on business, life, money and relationships. Whether you've been listening from the beginning or are just joining the journey, this episode is a celebration of where the show has been and where it's headed next.YOU WILL LEARN:• Why St. Patrick's legacy still matters today and how it helped shape Western civilization.• The powerful lessons behind some of Brian's most memorable interviews from the last 10 years.• What to expect from the new format of The Brian Buffini Show.NOTEWORTHY QUOTES FROM THIS EPISODE:“A remarkable life lived, a remarkable human being, a remarkable ministry and legacy.” – Brian Buffini“Be yourself. It doesn't matter whether somebody's rich or famous, everybody wants to be treated like a real person.” – Brian Buffini“One of the things we talked about when we launched this show was the mindset, the motivation and the methodologies of success.” – Brian Buffini“The biggest innovations in my life, in my business, have all come from my customers.” – Brian Buffinithebrianbuffinishow.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, legendary comedian and entertainer Harry Basil shares his incredible journey from a tough childhood in New Jersey to becoming a standout act at the iconic Comedy Store and beyond. He dives into his early inspirations, the hustle of breaking into Hollywood, and the unconventional, high-energy style that set him apart—eventually earning him standing ovations and recognition from comedy legends like Rodney Dangerfield and Robin Williams. Along the way, Harry reveals behind-the-scenes stories of the comedy boom era, his rise through stand-up, acting, and directing, and the key lessons that helped him turn raw ambition into a lasting career in entertainment.Blueprint for Successhttps://barrykatz.com/blueprintAre you a comedian, actor, writer, director, producer, manager, host, podcaster or agent? Would you like personalized help to reach all of your goals in the entertainment business? Click the link to learn more & join our FREE industry networking group full of decades of experience!The Social Media Blueprint:https://www.theindustryblueprint.com/social-media-blueprintBarry Katz Entertainmenthttps://barrykatz.comConnect with Barryhttps://www.instagram.com/barrykatz/https://www.facebook.com/BarryKatzOfficialPage/https://www.tiktok.com/@barry_katzhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/barrykatzbkehttps://x.com/BarryKatz

“Slow down and focus in on one thing” on the Daily Grind ☕️, your weekly goal-driven podcast. This episode features Kelly Johnson @kellyfastruns and special guest Hannah Ciampini @blueprintandbloomlab, who is the founder of Blueprint & Bloom, where she helps therapists navigate the part of private practice no one really teaches—but everyone struggles with: the business side. Through Blueprint & Bloom, she helps clinicians build practices that are profitable, ethical, sustainable, and aligned with their values—without hustle, pressure, or gimmicks. She's also a licensed therapist and EMDR and Brainspotting intensive specialist, which means she brings a grounded, real-world perspective that blends clinical integrity with practical business strategy.S9 Episode Bonus 1:  3/17/2026Featuring Kelly Johnson with Special Guest Hannah CiampiniFollow Our Podcast:Instagram: @dailygrindpod https://www.instagram.com/dailygrindpod/  X: @dailygrindpod https://x.com/dailygrindpod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dailygrindpodTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dailygrindpodPodcast Website: https://direct.me/dailygrindpod   Follow Our Special Guest:Website: https://www.blueprint-and-bloom.com/Instagram: @blueprintandbloomlab

How can HR Operations help transform the function and drive business impact?Why should HR shift from People First to People Forward strategy?My guest on this episode is Girish Ganesan, Chief People Officer, S&P GlobalDuring our conversation, Girish and I discuss the following: Why HR operations are the foundation of real impactWhy credibility requires understanding the work beneath the workHow HR teams can shift from "People First" to "People Forward"Why execution is becoming a defining capability for next-generation HR leaders.Why adaptive leadership is critical in the age of AI. Connecting with Girish: Connect with Girish on LinkedIn Episode Sponsor: Next-Gen HR Accelerator - Learn more about this best-in-class leadership development program for next-gen HR leadersHR Leader's Blueprint - 18 pages of real-world advice from 100+ HR thought leaders. Simple, actionable, and proven strategies to advance your career.Succession Planning Playbook: In this focused 1-page resource, I cut through the noise to give you the vital elements that define what “great” succession planning looks like.

What if your metabolism isn't broken—but your body's communication system is? In this multi-part deep dive, Debbie Potts—Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner, Metabolic Health Coach, and host of The Coach Debbie Potts Show—explores why so many high-performing individuals feel stuck despite doing everything "right." This series goes beyond calories, workouts, and surface-level hormone advice. Instead, it uncovers the deeper physiology of metabolic health by focusing on how the body functions as an integrated system of signals. Your metabolism is not just about food or exercise. It is about communication between your cells, hormones, gut, brain, and nervous system. When that communication becomes disrupted, the body adapts in ways that feel like dysfunction—fatigue, weight gain, hormone imbalance, and poor recovery. Debbie calls this state "Metabolic Chaos." In this series, you will learn how to shift from metabolic chaos to metabolic harmony by understanding and restoring the key signals that drive energy, fat metabolism, and resilience as you age. In this series, you will learn: What metabolic dysfunction really is—and why it often shows up in midlife How hormones, mitochondria, muscle, and the nervous system are interconnected Why cell membrane health and receptor sensitivity determine whether your body responds to signals The role of gut health in fat metabolism, inflammation, and energy production How chronic stress, overtraining, and under-recovery disrupt metabolic signaling Why traditional approaches stop working after 40 This series also introduces Debbie's "test, not guess" approach to health optimization. Rather than relying on generic protocols, she uses functional lab testing and metabolic analysis to identify where your system is breaking down. You will learn how tools such as functional blood chemistry, DUTCH hormone testing, GI-MAP stool analysis, 3x4 genetics, PNOĒ metabolic testing, and mitochondrial markers can provide insight into your body's internal communication system. At the core of this series are the nine key signals that restore metabolic harmony, including blood sugar stability, cell membrane health, mitochondrial function, hormone signaling, gut microbiome communication, oxygen utilization, inflammation control, detoxification pathways, and recovery. After age 40, the body becomes more sensitive to disruptions in these systems. When signals are out of alignment, fat loss becomes more difficult, muscle is harder to maintain, energy becomes inconsistent, and hormones feel imbalanced. The goal is not to fight your body, but to understand how it works. Debbie's core message is simple: you do not fix metabolism by working harder—you fix it by improving how your body communicates. If you are listening and recognizing that something feels off despite your best efforts, the next step is not more guessing. It is gaining clarity. To learn more or schedule a FutureYou Blueprint Discovery Call, visit: www.debbiepotts.net Your body is not broken. It is adapting to the signals it is receiving. When you change the signals, you change your future.

Managers… this one is for you. I sat down with Jimmy Vargas, GSM at Paradise Chevrolet and this isn't just a conversation… this is someone I'm actively in the trenches with right now. I'm working directly with Jimmy and his sales team on their phone process, listening to calls together, coaching in real time, and using the tools inside CallRevu to actually develop his people. And that's the difference. He's not just pulling reports. He's not just tracking calls. He's investing in his team. Jimmy is setting the bar, giving his team a modern, relevant process to win on the phones, and then backing it up with real accountability using the data. One of the most powerful things he's doing right now? He's using CallRevu's keyword alert feature to instantly flag calls when something doesn't go the way the customer expected. So instead of finding out a day later… or never… He and his managers are notified immediately. That means they can jump in, coach the situation, follow up fast and in many cases, save the deal. We're reviewing recorded calls. We're tightening conversations. We're making sure nothing slips through the cracks. Because when you actually listen… you find everything. This episode breaks down his blueprint. It's simple, doable, and built for real dealership life. If you want more appointments, stronger performance, and a real return on the calls you're already paying for… This is where it starts. Dealer Talk with Jen Suzuki Podcast |

What if I told you that you already have everything you need to hit your Enough Number? Not next year. Not after another course. Not when you finally feel ready. Right now. With what you already have. Most entrepreneurs stay stuck in "preparation mode" forever. Tweaking. Planning. Perfecting. Waiting for the right moment. Today I'm going to show you why that's costing you money—and what to do instead.

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Get Dr. Vonda's latest insights on strength, bone health, longevity, and aging with power delivered straight to your inbox. Join her free health & longevity newsletter here: https://www.drvondawright.com/resources/aging-longevity What if the single most powerful window to shape your child's lifelong health isn't in the pediatrician's office, it's in the nine months before they're even born? In this episode, I sit down with Jessie Inchauspé, the French biochemist and NYT bestselling author known worldwide as the Glucose Goddess, to explore her groundbreaking new book Nine Months That Count Forever and why pregnancy nutrition is the most underestimated conversation in medicine today. What we cover: - How four pillars of pregnancy nutrition: choline, protein, omega-3s, and glucose control actively shape your baby's brain and metabolic health. - Why 90% of pregnant mothers lack enough choline, and how this egg yolk nutrient shapes your baby's brain cells and cognitive performance. - How glucose spikes pass to your baby in utero, programming greater vulnerability to obesity and diabetes for life. - Why building muscle before pregnancy protects both mother and baby from excessive blood sugar spikes. - What to do when first-trimester nausea strikes, and why one extra egg yolk a day can still make a difference.   About Jessie Inchauspe: Jessie Inchauspé is a French biochemist, founder, and international bestselling author. She has devoted her career to translating cutting-edge science into easy tips to help people improve their physical and mental health. Through her books Glucose Revolution and The Glucose Goddess Method, which have sold over 3 million copies in 43 languages, she has reshaped the global conversation around blood sugar. Nine Months That Count Forever, her latest, breaks down the complex topic of pregnancy nutrition. Jessie is the founder of the wildly popular social community @GlucoseGoddess, where she reaches over seven million people across platforms. She holds a BSc in mathematics from King's College, London, and an MSc in biochemistry from Georgetown University. Connect with Jessie Inchauspe: Website: https://www.glucosegoddess.com/pages/9-months-that-count-forever Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/glucosegoddess/ ▶️Jessie's new YouTube series on "What I (Glucose Goddess) Eat in a Day: Pregnancy Edition", a preview of what is to come in her new book.

Most investors approach commercial property by searching for deals first.But that's usually the wrong place to start.Before analysing a single opportunity, you should know what portfolio you're trying to build.In this episode, I explain how the Commercial Property Portfolio Blueprint works and how you can use it to model the growth of your commercial property portfolio over the next five years.The Blueprint helps you move away from random deal hunting and towards a structured investment strategy by defining the key inputs that shape your portfolio.These include:• Starting capital• Loan-to-value strategy• Target yield at purchase• Operating costs• Value creation before refinance• Refinance timing• Whether you reinvest rental income or extract itOnce these assumptions are defined, you can see how your portfolio might evolve over time and whether your strategy is likely to achieve your long-term goals.This process also makes analysing deals much easier, because you're no longer asking “Is this a good deal?” — you're asking “Does this deal fit my portfolio strategy?”The Portfolio Blueprint forms the first step of the framework we use inside the NC Real Estate Members Club, which opens again on 23 March.Join the waiting list HERE

Most people try to save tax at the wrong stage of wealth. The strategies that work at £500k net worth are completely different to what works at £20m.   In this episode of The Blueprint Podcast, I break down The Tax Ladder into the five structural stages your tax strategy can evolve through as your net worth grows.   This isn't about gimmicks or offshore fantasies. It's about understanding what level you're operating at and applying the right strategy for that level.   Overcomplicate too early and you waste money. Stay unsophisticated too long and you lose millions.   Wealth evolves, your tax strategy must evolve with it.   Success and Failure are both very predictable.   We hope you enjoy....!   If you're stuck operating instead of building, it's time to step back and design properly. Three full days working on your business — 19–21 May 2026. See what's included: https://theblueprintretreat.co.uk/   Want to learn more?

We have a great show for you this week. Jonathan teams up with Zahkia against the duo of Alex Misner and Will Krasnoff. It's the Blueprint vs the Maroon Morons and Nikki is hosting. Enjoy! Join in the fun at our Facebook Group and sign up to unlock our archived episodes at www.trivialwarfarearmy.com! Alternate Show Titles: Quashing the Arts Shamrock Shakeweight Cuidad La Pause  

Bill Grant is a partner and creative director at As Told By, a production company out of Columbia, South Carolina. After 20+ years in the industry—starting in weddings and grinding through social media retainers—he landed on something that actually works: long-form storytelling for nonprofits, built around a framework that helps clients use their videos and actually raise money with them. He also shares how he transitioned from a full W-2 team to a lean contractor model, and how his studio is quietly becoming a podcast production hub. Key Takeaways The "Blueprint Framework" — Bill's system for making sure nonprofit clients get real ROI from their videos: get it in all the foundational places (YouTube, LinkedIn, website, email signature), show it in person as often as possible, and actually analyze the results Retainer-heavy social media work can feel productive but often burns clients out — long-form, emotionally-driven storytelling tends to create far more lasting impact and return business Transitioning from W-2 employees to contractors gave Bill more flexibility and surprisingly better working relationships with his former employees Podcast studio rentals starting at $350–$500 per session can at minimum cover your rent — and at best, become a serious revenue center if you add production services on top. About Bill Grant Bill Grant, Partner and Creative Director for As Told By, is passionate about helping nonprofits tell their story through effective marketing and video production. For roughly 19 years, Bill has led the way in helping the philanthropy efforts of organizations throughout South Carolina by highlighting the impact they have on real people of the Midlands. Bill is talented in uncovering the stories that make a connection and weaving them into video content to create an emotional attachment to the mission of every organization that he works with at As Told By. He is always thinking outside of the box for ways to inspire action. He also operates As Told By Studio in Columbia producing podcasts for clients as well as the As Told By You Podcast. In This Episode [00:00] Welcome to the show! [06:55] Meet Bill Grant [14:11] The Blueprint [18:25] Helping Clients Use Their Videos [37:57] Social Media Marketing [41:09] Employees And Contract Workers [43:59] Ways To Use Studio Space [51:37] Connect with Bill [52:53] Outro Quotes "You don't lose until you quit." — Bill Grant "Our focus is to make something that they love. They can't be OK with it. It can't be satisfactory. They've got to love it." — Bill Grant "Even if they know how to do it, they don't always do it. So to have that nudge—just caring for them—makes sure they get out of it what they want." — Bill Grant "My relationship with ex-employees is so much better than it was when they were employees." — Bill Grant "The overthinking is what pauses you. This idea right here is worth $2,500 at minimum—just take these words and say them to a client." — Ryan Koral Guest Links Follow Bill Grant on Instagram | Facebook  Check out As Told By You Podcast Links Find out more about the Studio Sherpas Mastermind Join the Grow Your Video Business Facebook Group  Follow Ryan Koral on Instagram Follow Grow Your Video Business on Instagram Join the Studio Sherpas newsletter  

In this inspiring episode, Doug Clark proves that it's never too late to take control of your financial future and your life. At 50, Doug has made the leap from the 9-to-5 grind to full-time investing—and he's crushing it.Doug shares his journey over the past three years: retiring from his job, achieving a lifestyle fully supported by cash flow, and aggressively working toward eliminating personal debt. With his home and two vehicles already paid off, Doug is well on his way to complete financial freedom, carrying only $17k in personal debt.But his success isn't just financial. Doug has lost 85 pounds, transforming into a lean and muscular powerhouse—demonstrating the importance of discipline and consistency in all areas of life.With experience across multiple real estate sectors—including multifamily, hotels, self-storage, commercial properties, triple net leases, RV parks, and mobile home parks—Doug offers a unique perspective on building wealth the smart way.On this podcast, you'll learn:Why Doug's coaching approach is different and effectiveHow to turn cash-flowing investments into a retirement lifestyleStrategies for paying off debt while still growing your portfolioLessons from losing 85 pounds that translate into investing and lifeHow experience across diverse real estate sectors can accelerate your successWhether you're just starting in investing or looking to level up your portfolio, Doug's insights and proven approach make him a coach worth following. Tune in for actionable advice, motivation, and a roadmap to crushing it—gently but effectively.

I sat down with Kat from Space and Time to talk about what real institutional adoption actually looks like. While crypto Twitter feels bearish, banks like JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs are hiring entire teams focused on digital assets. Space and Time has already onboarded over 100,000 students in Southeast Asia for verifiable education credentials, shipped a zero-knowledge proof for databases, and is working with major institutions on tokenized assets and compliant stablecoin reward distribution. We dive into AI-powered vibe coding, why surviving the bear market matters more than anything else, and why the next wave of builders will have access to on-chain data like never before. --- CONNECT ---Space and Time: https://spaceandtime.io/https://www.linkedin.com/company/space-and-time-db/https://discord.com/invite/spaceandtimeDBTwitter/X - Space and Time: https://twitter.com/SpaceandTimeDB--- KEY POINTS WITH TIMESTAMPS ---• [00:00:00] Space and Time has onboarded over 100,000 students in Southeast Asia for verifiable education credentials• [00:02:00] Major university partnerships expanding in both Southeast Asia and the US• [00:03:00] Dream Space - AI vibe coding platform allowing non-developers to build apps and smart contracts• [00:04:00] Institutional adoption is the biggest growth area - stablecoin issuers, tokenized assets, major banks• [00:06:00] Despite bearish sentiment on crypto Twitter, institutions like JP Morgan, US Bank, Fidelity, and Goldman Sachs are more bullish than ever• [00:07:00] Banks are hiring entire teams of digital asset specialists, not just single roles• [00:09:00] 98% of stablecoin market is USDT/USDC, but new categories will emerge as adoption expands• [00:11:00] Marketing in crypto changes dramatically between bull and bear markets - focus on real value proposition and real customers• [00:14:00] Space and Time invented a patented zero-knowledge proof specifically for databases, making data computations fast and efficient• [00:18:00] Nearly $2 trillion of institutional capital waiting on the sidelines to enter crypto over next 2-5 yearsDisclaimerNothing mentioned in this podcast is investment advice and please do your own research. It would mean a lot if you can leave a review of this podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify and share this podcast with a friend. Be a guest on the podcast or contact us - https://www.web3pod.xyz/

Let's do this! The Cult of Hockey podcast. By the Faithful! And for the Faithful! Tonight, Kurt Leavins and David Staples of the Edmonton Journal dig into Edmonton's 3-1 win over the Predators of Nashville.

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The early Church operated in the power of the Holy Spirit—marked by bold faith, transformed lives, and supernatural impact. That same blueprint still applies today.Discover what it looks like for believers and churches to rely fully on the Holy Spirit and walk in the power, unity, and purpose God intended for His Church.

Mark Roberge joins me to talk about what it really takes to build a sustainable career as an independent artist. As the founder of the band Prospect Hill, co-creator of Fan Flowy, and co-author of The Indie Artist's Compass, Mark brings two decades of firsthand experience from touring, label deals, setbacks, rebuilding, and now helping other musicians grow smarter.We discuss how Prospect Hill went from a local Massachusetts band to a worldwide touring act, why artists need to think like entrepreneurs, how building a loyal backyard fanbase can create real momentum, and why so many musicians get distracted by vanity metrics instead of meaningful growth. Mark also breaks down the philosophy behind Fan Flowy, the importance of direct fan relationships, and how artists can stop patching together broken systems and start building something sustainable.Whether you're a musician, filmmaker, or any kind of independent creator, this conversation is full of practical insight on audience-building, strategy, and staying adaptable in a constantly changing industry.

Ep291 Trade Deadline Recap: Did Trotz dk enough or further bury this franchise? What do we make of the Preds holding onto Ryan O'Reilly and their other top trade assets? We look at the young talent that now has the opportunity to push the Preds back to the playoffs. What's the latest in the Preds GM search? Max Greenberg gets us caught up with the Titans offseason and their rebrand. Presented by Draftkings with our promo code THPN for new users!  In partnership with The Hockey Podcast Network Subscribe to our YouTube channel to watch our episodes streamed live! (313) Catfish On Ice Podcast - YouTube   Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

We open Colossians 3:18–4:1 and let God's design for a household confront our instincts, our excuses, and our scorekeeping. We keep returning to the same aim: serve the Lord Christ first, and let that reshape marriage, parenting, work, and the way we use authority.• why this passage creates tension for every role in the room • the hierarchy of a godly household as an aspiration, not a weapon • why this is about household order more than a generic gender debate • God's design confronting what culture calls sensible • service replacing scorekeeping and moving Jesus back to the center • why Scripture starts with service before authority • wives submitting in the Lord with safeguards and humility • husbands loving without harshness and using truth with rejoicing • a real-life look at how tone changes hard conversations • encouragement for singles, divorced, and widowed to rejoice in Christ's faithful love • children obeying because it pleases the Lord • fathers disciplining without provoking, vexing, or discouraging • bondservants and masters as a complex relationship under a higher Master • the Exodus 21 image of pierced belonging pointing to the cross and a new family If you want to learn more about the MidTree story or connect with us, go to our website HERE or text us at 812-MID-TREE.

Blueprint for Life's Exits III - Chase Holsomback - 03/15/26 by Chase Holsomback

Discipleship is not built by accident—it follows a blueprint of devotion, where people are formed by truth, shaped in community, nourished at the table, and sustained through prayer. This message calls the church beyond crowds and conversions into the deeper work of becoming apprentices of Jesus who live like Him and help others do the same.

Send a textOn the Tiny Marketing Podcast, host Sarah Noel Block interviews Sara Nay, CEO of Duct Tape Marketing, about making the first few hires as a solo consultant. Nay explains that effective hiring starts before the job post by clarifying mission, vision, and values, then running a culture/fit interview before assessing skills. She recommends choosing a first hire by doing a one-week time audit to identify repetitive, draining tasks to delegate—often starting with an executive assistant or account manager to keep the consultant in a strategic role. Nay advocates hiring earlier than feels comfortable by starting part-time (around 10 hours/week) and scaling up. For onboarding, she emphasizes slow ramp-up, training and shadowing on one client at a time, daily check-ins with small task lists, using Loom videos plus checklists, time tracking from day one (e.g., Harvest), and documenting only critical recurring processes by mapping end-to-end client “flows.”00:00 Welcome to Tiny Marketing00:49 Meet Sarah Nay02:11 Hiring That Actually Works02:59 Values First Job Posts05:24 Choosing Your First Hire07:43 Start Part Time and Scale11:37 Onboarding Without Overwhelm15:09 Looms Checklists and Docs17:33 Time Tracking and Profitability22:19 Pricing and Raising Rates25:15 Documenting Core Processes28:13 Where to Find Sarah28:36 Booked Out Blueprint OutroMy Booked Out Blueprint starts with a private 45-minute interview where I learn your business, your goals, and what's actually holding you back. From that, I create a custom roadmap showing your best route to booked out—no fluff, just clarity. It's $397, and if you move forward into Booked Out in Six, that $397 is fully credited. Book Yours Here. Are you tired of prospects ghosting you? With a Gateway Offer, that won't happen.Over the next Ten Days, we will launch and sell our Gateway Offers with the goal of reaching booked-out status!Join the challenge here. Join my events community for FREE monthly events.I offer free events each month to help you master your business's growth through marketing, sales, systems, and offer strategy. Join the community here!Support the showSchedule a Booked-out Blueprint >>> Schedule.Come tour my digital home :) >>>WebsiteWanna be friends? >>> LinkedInLet's chat every Tuesday! >>> NewsletterCatch the video podcast on YouTube >>>YouTubeJoin my event group for live events >>>Meetup

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Welcome back to The Charismatic Leader Podcast.Brett McDermott takes us beneath the surface of techniques and behaviors to explore the foundation of true influence—the charismatic mindset.In this episode, Brett reveals why charisma doesn't start when you walk into the room—it starts in your mind. He breaks down three pillars that shape how leaders project presence, confidence, and connection: internal grounding, high-value energy, and curiosity-driven connection.If you're a regular listener, you know Brett doesn't just share ideas—he gives you practical resets and habits you can use today. If you're new here, get ready to learn why charisma is less about being interesting and more about being interested. Key Takeaways:Ground yourself with the “I belong here” reset and intentional breathingProject warmth plus power through eyes and postureUse emotional contagion to elevate the energy in any roomBuild connection by asking one layer deeper and leaving people bigger than you found them

The US and Israel have continued a large-scale bombing campaign in Iran, killing over 1,300 civilians. On this week's On the Media, the far-reaching implications of the Department of Defense's scrapping of an initiative to protect civilians. Plus, how different corners of the MAGA-verse are metabolizing the Epstein files. [01:00] Host Brooke Gladstone interviews Wes J. Bryant, a former senior policy advisor at the Pentagon and retired Air Force Master Sergeant, about the civilian protection initiative he was working on for the Department of Defense and the deadly consequences of Secretary Hegseth's decisions to close it down. [31:28] Host Micah Loewinger sits down with David Gilbert, a reporter at WIRED covering disinformation and online extremism, to explore how different segments of the right are reacting to the Epstein files, from far-right commentators like Nick Fuentes to Fox News to Qanon conspiracists.   Further reading / watching: “The U.S. Built a Blueprint to Avoid Civilian War Casualties. Trump Officials Scrapped It,” by Hannah Allam “MAGA Is Raging Over the Epstein Files. But They're Not Mad at Donald Trump,” by David Gilbert On the Media is supported by listeners like you. Support OTM by donating today (https://pledge.wnyc.org/support/otm). Follow our show on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @onthemedia, and share your thoughts with us by emailing onthemedia@wnyc.org.

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Welcome to Day 2817 of Wisdom-Trek. Thank you for joining me. This is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom. Day 2817 – Wisdom Nuggets – Psalm 119:9-16 – Daily Wisdom Wisdom-Trek Podcast Script - Day 2817 Welcome to Wisdom-Trek with Gramps! I am Guthrie Chamberlain, and we are on Day 2817 of our Trek. The Purpose of Wisdom-Trek is to create a legacy of wisdom, to seek out discernment and insights, and to boldly grow where few have chosen to grow before. The title for today's Wisdom-Trek is: The Bet of Purity – Treasuring the Blueprint of the Cosmos. In our previous trek, we embarked on the monumental journey up the tallest mountain in the Psalter: Psalm One Hundred Nineteen. We explored the opening "Aleph" stanza, verses one through eight. There, we learned that true, flourishing joy is found exclusively by walking in the cosmic order of Yahweh's Torah. We recognized the agonizing tension of wanting to live a life of perfect integrity, while simultaneously battling our own inconsistency. We ended that trek with a raw, desperate plea, begging the Creator not to give up on us when our human resolve falters. Today, we take our next step along this magnificent, alphabetical trail. We are moving into the second stanza of Psalm One Hundred Nineteen, which corresponds to the second letter of the Hebrew alphabet: "Bet." We will be immersing ourselves in verses nine through sixteen, in the New Living Translation. If the Aleph stanza presented the grand, overarching theory of a blessed life, the Bet stanza gets incredibly practical. It moves from the cosmic blueprint down to the trenches of daily human experience. How do we actually stay on the path? How do we survive the constant, aggressive pull of the surrounding culture? In a world managed by hostile, rebel spiritual principalities, how does a frail human being maintain their spiritual loyalty? The psalmist answers these critical questions by shifting his focus inward. He reveals that the ultimate battleground for purity and faithfulness is not the external environment, but the internal terrain of the human heart and mind. Let us lace up our boots, and step into the Bet stanza. Psalm One Hundred Nineteen: verses nine and ten. How can a young person stay pure? By obeying your word. I have tried hard to find you— don't let me wander from your commands. The stanza opens with one of the most famous, and piercing, questions in the entire Bible: "How can a young person stay pure?" To fully grasp the weight of this question, we have to strip away our modern, Western assumptions. When we hear the word "pure," we almost exclusively think of moral cleanliness. While that is certainly included, the Ancient Israelite worldview encompassed something much broader. Purity meant absolute, uncompromised loyalty to Yahweh. It meant resisting the syncretism of the surrounding pagan nations. Remember the Divine Council theology. The nations of the world were under the jurisdiction of lesser, rebel gods—the elohim of the nations. These dark entities constantly enticed the Israelites with promises of fertility, wealth, and power, drawing them toward idolatrous practices. For a young person—someone whose habits and loyalties are still being formed—stepping out into that contested, spiritually hostile world was incredibly dangerous. The pull of the culture was, and still is, a gravitational force designed to drag the believer into chaos. So, how does a young person, or anyone for that matter, resist that pull? "By obeying your word." Literally, the Hebrew text says, "By taking heed, or keeping guard, according to your word." Purity is not passive innocence; it is active, vigilant defense. You stay pure by using the Word of God as a shield, measuring every cultural offer, every temptation, and every philosophy against the unyielding standard of the Creator's instructions. But the psalmist knows that his own vigilance is not enough. He cries out, "I have tried hard to find you—don't let me wander from your commands." Notice the beautiful, humble tension in verse ten. On one hand, he claims intense, wholehearted effort. He has not been lazy; he has searched for God with intense determination. Yet, in the exact same breath, he admits his terrifying vulnerability. Even with all his hard work, he knows his feet are prone to wander off the path. He essentially says, "Lord, I am running toward You as fast as I can, but please, grab my hand so I do not drift away." True purity requires both our aggressive pursuit, and God's sustaining grace. Psalm One Hundred Nineteen: verses eleven and twelve. I have hidden your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you. I praise you, O Lord; teach me your decrees. Because human effort alone is insufficient, the psalmist reveals his ultimate survival strategy. "I have hidden your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you." In the ancient Hebrew understanding, the "heart"—the lev—was not just the seat of emotions, as we consider it today. The heart was the command center of the human being. It was the seat of the intellect, the will, and the decision-making process. To "hide" God's Word in the heart means to stockpile it, to treasure it, and to store it away like precious provisions preparing for a long, grueling siege. When the dark, rebel forces of this world lay siege to your mind, attacking you with fear, lust, or despair, you cannot run out to the library to find an answer. You must have the truth already stockpiled inside the fortress of your soul. When the Word of Yahweh occupies the command center of your intellect and will, it acts as an internal alarm system. It alerts you to the deceptive tactics of the enemy, ensuring that you "might not sin," or miss the mark of God's design. Immediately after revealing this strategy, the psalmist bursts into adoration: "I praise you, O Lord; teach me your decrees." He recognizes that God is not just a distant lawgiver, handing down a stone tablet and walking away. Yahweh is the ultimate Rabbi. He is the divine Teacher who desires a relationship with His students. The psalmist blesses God, and then immediately asks for more instruction. He knows that stockpiling the Word in his heart is not a one-time event; it is a lifelong, daily process of sitting at the feet of the Master. Psalm One Hundred Nineteen: verses thirteen and fourteen. I have recited aloud all the regulations you have given us. I have rejoiced in your laws as much as in riches. The psalmist moves from the hidden, internal storage of the Word, to its outward, vocal expression. "I have recited aloud all the regulations you have given us." In the ancient Near East, reading silently to oneself was almost unheard of. Texts were meant to be spoken, chanted, and proclaimed. But there is a deeper, spiritual dynamic at play here. Words have power. When God spoke in Genesis Chapter One, His words organized chaos into a flourishing creation. When the believer recites the regulations of Yahweh aloud, they are participating in that ordering process. They are projecting the truth of the Creator into the physical airwaves. In a world saturated with the lies and propaganda of the rebel gods, speaking the Word of God aloud is an act of spiritual warfare. It pushes back the darkness. It reinforces the truth not only in the ears of the listeners, but deeply into the mind of the speaker. And look at the value he places on these spoken decrees: "I have rejoiced in your laws as much as in riches." This is a staggering claim. In the ancient world, wealth—livestock, silver, gold, and abundant harvests—was the ultimate sign of security and success. People would sacrifice to the pagan deities like Baal, specifically begging for material prosperity. But the psalmist looks at the Torah, the covenant instructions of Yahweh, and says, "This is my true treasure." He realizes that material wealth is fleeting. It can be stolen by raiders, destroyed by drought, or left behind in the grave. But the laws of God provide eternal security. To know the mind of the Creator, and to walk in alignment with His cosmic order, brings a profound, unshakeable joy that a vault full of gold could never reproduce. Psalm One Hundred Nineteen: verses fifteen and sixteen. I will study your commandments and reflect on your ways. I will delight in your decrees and not forget your word. The Bet stanza concludes with a four-fold, ironclad resolution. The psalmist uses four distinct verbs to cement his commitment to the path of purity. First, "I will study your commandments." The Hebrew word here is sichah, which means to meditate, to muse, or to deeply ponder. It is the act of chewing on the text, turning it over and over in your mind, extracting every ounce of nutritional value it holds. Second, "I will... reflect on your ways." He is not just memorizing sterile rules; he is observing...

In the one hundred and second episode, Roy and Rob give their thoughts on all the flurry of moves in the first few days of free agency as it concerns to the Steelers as well as around the NFL. After the break the guys give you a look at a mock draft with trades after the start of free agency moves. Follow Roy on X⁠⁠⁠ @PreacherBoyRoy⁠⁠⁠ or on Instagram⁠⁠⁠ @bigcountryscoutingllc⁠⁠⁠ Follow Robert Robinson on X⁠⁠⁠ @RobRobGraphics⁠⁠⁠ New Centerville Church of God Service⁠⁠ ⁠link⁠⁠⁠. Information about⁠⁠⁠ The Heyward House⁠⁠⁠ If you are keeping tabs on all the offseason moves as well as draft prospects go check out my website,⁠ ⁠https://www.prospectencyclopedia.com/⁠⁠ Go check out my work, as well as Jim Wexell and all the great staff at Steel City Insider on⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠247sports.com⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Order⁠⁠ Jim Wexell's latest book, If These Walls Could Talk: Stories from the Sideline, Locker Room, and Press Box, that features the late Craig Wolfley. Stay Humble, and Be A Blessing! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jennie Nash launches a brand-new Hot Seat Coaching series on the podcast—real, on-air coaching sessions where listeners get to hear a story develop in real time.In the first episode, Jennie brings #amwriting podcast producer Andrew Parrella out from behind the microphone as he begins work on his first novel. Fresh off completing the Blueprint challenge, Andrew shares his gothic horror premise: a Dracula-inspired story set in 1920s London, where Abriana Harker—the daughter of Mina Harker—faces a string of mysterious deaths unfolding against the backdrop of the suffrage movement.Jennie and Andrew pressure-test the blueprint together, refining the novel's central point, exploring how Van Helsing's legacy shapes the world of the story, and identifying ways to strengthen Abriana's role so the plot is driven by her choices. Andrew leaves with clear next steps—and this is just the beginning: he'll return in future episodes as Jennie continues coaching him through the process of developing the novel.You can connect with Andrew via his website AndrewParrella.com#AmWriting is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.TranscriptJennie: [00:00:00] Hi, I'm Jennie Nash and you're listening to the hashtag am Writing podcast. The place where we help writers of all kinds play big in your writing life. Love the process, and stick with it long enough to finish what matters most. Hi, I'm Jenny Nash and you're listening to the hashtag am Writing podcast.This is something new. It's a hot seat coaching episode where we're gonna work through a real challenge in real time with a real writer. And today. I'm joined by a really special guest. His name is Andrew Perella, and he has been the producer of this podcast for many, many years and is stepping out from behind the microphone to write his first novel.Andrew participated in the Winter Blueprint challenge that we recently completed. Which is to say he answered all 14 of the blueprint questions during our challenge and, and produced a [00:01:00] finished blueprint. And so I wanted to get on with him and talk about what do we do next? How do we go from there to the next thing?And he agreed to do that to help show our listeners how it goes. And I'm so excited about it because. He just did incredible work and also has so much work to go, so hopefully we're gonna get to, we're gonna get to follow Andrew as he does this for a few episodes and bring you along on the journey. So welcome Andrew from Behind the Microphone.Andrew: So much work to go. Thank you, Jenny. I'm really excited to be here.Jennie: So Andrew is, has a long career in public radio and is a producer of podcast for many people and is a storytelling guy, you know, as well as a sound guy. So this is, this is a big move. I feel like this is a right big move for you for sure, for deciding.This is the time to embrace the fact that you wanna do this thing. Does it [00:02:00] feel like that to you?Andrew: It, it feels like a right big move for me that I'm kind of prioritizing now this writing project for me. I'm prioritizing my project, um, over, over, uh, the projects of others whom, whom I help with projects.Yeah. So this is a big, big a right big moment for me.Jennie: It is totally a riping moment and. You're in the hot seat personal coaching, which I, I really appreciate you being willing to do So, um, where we stand today is, as I said, you, you finished the blueprint, you did all the work, you did the thing. So I'm just curious to sort of check in.How do you feel? Do you feel like that's an accomplishment? Do you feel some momentum? Like, what, where are you feeling, what are you feeling? Um,Andrew: I, I feel like it is a, a really big accomplishment because as we were working through the blueprint, I was getting feedback, uh, from you and KJ Dium about, uh, about, uh, how I was, how I was creating my [00:03:00] blueprint.It got me, it forced me to think about the book in some very real terms, in ways that I hadn't yet, and in ways that, you know, I had been kind of thinking about the book in more abstract notions. Um, and like this was putting pen to paper, uh, on so many things to think about, you know, beyond the, beyond the simple plot structure.Um, and I realized as I was going through this. How much I hadn't yet considered, and I think this helped to show me where the holes in my story were. Um. And he, even, even as I've finished, quote unquote, finished the blueprint, it's like I finished one inter iteration of it and like already the story has changed since I first started work on the blueprint.And so already I know I gotta go back and start reiterating on, on, on this, uh, uh, as we go along here.Jennie: Yeah. I mean, and that's the point, right? Yeah. Is the whole point is this is a tool that reveals. [00:04:00] What's working and what's not working? Is this what I want? Does this reflect my vision? And you get to, to play with that wet clay of the idea.So that's really what what we're doing. But the reason that I thought you'd be such a good candidate for coaching live in this way is your story. It really hangs together in so many ways. It's so great in so many ways and it, it would be easy to feel like, oh, I'm, I'm not that far. I got this. I could, I could start right?I can start writing. Yeah. But I hope, I hope what we're gonna show is, is really pushing yourself to answer core questions is gonna just make it so much stronger.Andrew: Absolutely.Jennie: So, um, all that being said, do you. What do you think the best way to share what you're writing with our listeners is? Do you think reading your book jacket copy feels good or do you wanna just say it out [00:05:00] loud?Andrew: Um, I feel like the book jacket copy, I. Um, that I, that I wrote doesn't quite, doesn't quite capture, I think in many ways what I think the book is going to be so Well,Jennie: and we're gonna actually getAndrew: to that. So I, and we're gonna get to that, I think. Yeah.Jennie: So why don't you just, just share what, what it is.Andrew: So, uh, the premise of the book is this happens, uh.Uh, the, the novel, it happens 20 years after the events of, uh, Bram Stoker's Dracula. Um, and so. It involves some of the same characters, and then it also involves the next generation of these characters. So these, those characters children. Um, the, uh, our protagonist is a Abriana Harker, who is the daughter of Mina Harker, who was, um, kind of the female, uh, lead in, in, in Dracula.And she was, she was bitten by Dracula in, in the original novel. [00:06:00] Um, and she is, uh, someone who is defended, um. Uh, by her, uh, by her friends and, and counterparts in, in that story, Abriana is her daughter. And Abriana is now facing a similar challenge. There are bodies that are turning up around her circle and uh, they appear to have similar injuries that Dracula's victims had 20 years ago, and some people recognize that and are.Going to begin trying to unravel the mystery. And this is all set against the backdrop of the universal suffrage movement, which is also happening in, uh, you know, 1920s London, where, where the novel is, novel is set. And so in broad strokes, that is, that is the, the, the primary premise of the book.Jennie: So the genre is horror.Gothic and I, I did some, some digging. I'm not a big reader of horror, so I did some digging into the genre to make sure that that was right. Because there [00:07:00] there's also thriller elements. There's mystery elements. Mm-hmm. There's, you know, there's other elements and it is, I always liked to, to test. Is this right?Is this right? Could it be tweaked? Could it be better? And it feels, it feels like there's really no question about the genre. Right. Do you feel thatAndrew: I, I feel that, I feel definitely, definitely feel that. And I think I, I, like gothic is, is, is a genre that I really enjoy and I want to develop some of those gothic themes in the story a little bit more than I have so far.But yes, I think gothic and, and horror is very much where, where this, where this book lives. Yeah.Jennie: Yeah. And that is something I wanna talk about for sure when we get to the inside outline. But I wanna start with, um, the second question of the blueprint is what's your point? And I know this is something you've struggled with a little bit.Yeah. Um, but so the current point that you have here is. I feel like maybe this came from me. So, [00:08:00] uh, I, it's, you can't change the world without upsetting people. The more you want to change, the more people you upset, and that's fine, but it, but it doesn't, it does, it doesn't feel like it captures. There's a real moral, philosophical debate at the center of your story.Right.Andrew: Yeah, absolutely. I think, you know, the, the characters are certainly, uh, in the midst of a paradigm shift, you know, there's the, there, the, the world order is changing as, uh, as suffrage is, is being opened to more and more people. Um, and times a world order like that changes. There are people who are for it and there are a lot of people who are against it.And so I think that's. That's an element in, in play here in the, in the novel. And that, and that's something that I wanted to explore. And obviously there are parallels in current times as well for, uh, for this, for this sort of change. So I think that's, I think that's, that's certainly, that's certainly part of, uh, of, of [00:09:00] the story.Yeah.Jennie: So I was, when I, when I review a blueprint, and for anybody who's, who's got one all on the page and, and you, you like it and it feels pretty good. The step is to, to really pressure test everything. So I, I read through the whole thing. I love looking at a blueprint. A blueprint as a whole rather than piece by piece.And in this particular case, it's like this. Yeah. This point feels bloodless, which is something we definitely don't want in this story. So I went back to your why and your why is really powerful and really personal and really political. Um, it's, it's fiery, it's articulate, like there's so much about your why that I.You can see my comments on the page. Mm-hmm. Not the listener, but Andrew can Right where I was going. Great. Yes. Very powerful. Awesome. You know, it's just, it's excellent. And you had some lines in there [00:10:00] about the, the monster in this story is not the vampire, but a man who is refusing to change with the times basically.And. That felt to me, given everything else you're saying about the parallels between this, the milieu of this story and the milieu we live in right now, the, the fraught. Climate, political climate. Cultural climate that felt more potent as a point. And I, I wondered what you thought about that.Andrew: Yeah, I mean, I think that that is as mu that is as much a part of the, the premise as I've conceived it, as, as anything else that I've, I've said, um, you know, the, the, the.Spoiler alert, the the murders aren't being committed by, by the vampire, uh, or vampires. Uh, the murders are being committed by an old white dude who is not [00:11:00] happy with how the politics are shifting under his feet and how the world is changing around him, um, and is trying to, at all costs, prevent that from happening, even sacrificing a bit of his own humanity in, in the process.And so I think that is. Is is something that certainly resonates, but I think it yeah. Is, as you say, there's a passion, there's a blood there that in in, in the why that didn't quite make it to my point. Um,Jennie: yeah, yeah, yeah. So I would suggest for the next iteration mm-hmm. To, to really push that point and.It's gonna keep changing, it's gonna keep, um, you know, getting refined as you go. But I think it's important to move it forward as you keep writing. So the, um, yeah, something that's, that's fiery and that's, um, about, ‘cause that's a, that's a, you're flipping an important trope in a. In a [00:12:00] classic novel, right?Mm-hmm. That it, it's not the vampire. So like, why that? Why, why are we flipping out? What is that showing us? What is the point of, of doing that in the story? That, so I would really play with that. Um, does that make sense? Mm-hmm.Andrew: Yes, it does. Okay. Yes, it does.Jennie: Okay, so the next thing I wanna talk about is your super, your super simple story.Mm-hmm. And. What's interesting about the super simple story is, I mean, I love everybody always. Here's me say this, who's listened to me for very long, but I love a constraint on in creativity. And this, trying to get this story in a really short space often reveals something. And what it, when it was revealing to me is, so you've got, you've got a abriana, she wants to, uh, become a doctor.Because of her mother's, [00:13:00] her mother died in childbirth with her. Um, so that's the, that's the storyline. You've got the murders that are happening and, and then you've got the universal suffragette movement, this political debate that's going on. So there's these three threads and. Even in the super simple story, it was feeling a little bit like they're disconnected.I don't think they're disconnected in your mind. I think they're disconnected on the page.Andrew: Okay.Jennie: So I wanted to just ask you to articulate that a little bit more. ‘cause you hint in the um, book jacket copy later, AA has things in common with Finn halting who's. Her uncle, the Vampire Hunter. Are you comfortable sharing what those are?Andrew: Yeah.Jennie: What those commonalities are?Andrew: Yeah, I think, I think, [00:14:00] um, uh, Abraham Von Helsing is, is a character from the original novel, um, and he helps guide the team to, uh, uh, find, track down and destroy Dracula. Um. In the world of my novel, his understanding of vampires changes as he's, as he continues to do research on them.And so he's discovered, he's discovered more about them. That will spell out a little bit more in the, uh, in the novel, but. First and foremost, and one of the, one of the primary roles he plays in the, in, in the original novel is a, as a doctor. And that's one thing that Abriana really admires about him. He becomes a bit of a, a, um, a surrogate.Parent to her with her mother dying and her, uh, her father's grief, turning into a little bit of emotional distance from, uh, from Abriana. And so von uh, van Helsing kind of fills that gap and so she associates her. I think her desire [00:15:00] to become a doctor stems from both her birth, you know, ultimately killing her mother, but also because, and, and, and wanting to prevent that from happening to other women, but also because she's seen, you know, van Helsing.Perform his, his service as a doctor. He, she's seen it in action and what it can do and wants to, and wants to, wants to emulate that. And so, and, and I think one of the, one of the things that, that I get excited about is incorporating a little bit of like historic realism into, into the novel as well. And there was in, uh, the 1920s a, a medi, the London School of Medicine for women.Um, it had it, it had been. Open for a, a decade or so. It was still a fairly new school at the time. And so that there was an, uh, a real place that she would've been able to go and get an education is something that, uh, is something that I'm, I'm excited to have part of, part of the novel and like that school wouldn't have been possible if it was not for the Women's Liberation [00:16:00] Movement, which resulted obviously in the universal.In the universal suffrage movement. And so all of that I feel, kind of ties, ties together in a way that I haven't explained very well in my super simple copy, super simple story explanation there.Jennie: So, so that's what I'm trying to get at is Adrianna is not just some random young woman. No, I mean she's, she's very clearly descended from.A, a particular, uh, family who's had a particular thing happen and you know, there several generations. So have you designed her as a protagonist using those elements of the family yet, or, or is it more kind of just convenient that she's there? Does that make sense?Andrew: I think so, [00:17:00] and I think it's probably somewhere in the middle.I think I like the idea of tying her into these characters that who have an existing history, and it then gives her a little bit of, a little bit of, uh, gravitas for the listener when they, when they start digging in that maybe they, maybe they, maybe they have read Dracula, are familiar with those characters and so, okay, this is the next, this is the next generation.But yeah, I mean, I think Abriana reflects. A lot of other things that, that aren't in, that aren't represented in the original novel. Um,Jennie: I guess what I, I guess what I'm saying is it feels, one of my concerns is it feels as if you could write this story about Adriana and not have her beat from this family.She could, she could be kind of. Anyone Gotcha. In this [00:18:00] situation? Gotcha. Does that, am I, am I missing, am I missing that? What would make, you know, let's just, um, I know there's, there's several women in the novel who have, have important roles. So I'm gonna pick a name that's not them. Let's say that, uh, there's a young woman, Catherine, you know, not connected to, um.Ben Helsing not connected to her mother, not connected to that whole thing. And same time period, same motivation. She wants to be a doctor. Maybe she had someone in her family die, and that's her motivation. You know, like suffrages, like that whole story could still play out with Catherine. Uh, am I wrong? I want you to prove me wrong.Andrew: So like, yes, it could, I feel like, I feel like one of the things I like about tying in Van Helsing is it, it presents a red herring, um, in the sense that it's like, oh, we all think. [00:19:00] That we're gonna find out vampires are responsible for all of these deaths. Um, like, I don't know, like, and I, and I can kind of slow burn the, you know, the reveal of vampires in general and, and, and how they end up not actually being the antagonists in this By, by which is So by borrowing, by borrowing his name and sharing his glory a little bit.Yeah.Jennie: Right. But back to Catherine, our, our mm-hmm. Mythical protagonist.Andrew: Yeah.Jennie: Same thing could happen there. Everybody thinks, oh, the vampires are back. Um, Catherine, you know, they, they keep happening around her. She's gotta figure it out. You know what I mean? So,Andrew: well, so, soJennie: isAndrew: Yeah,Jennie: no, go ahead.Andrew: The question, the question I, I think that I've been grappling a bit with too is do we exist in a world where.Is, does the novel, does the world of the novel, a place where people [00:20:00] have recognized the efforts of Van Helsing and that vampires exist? Is that, is that common knowledge in this world, or is all of that still unknown to folks?Jennie: Okay, this. Is the piece that I've been missing.Andrew: Okay.Jennie: That's exactly the piece that I've been missing.That's totally it. That, so here, this is world building. If anybody's writing anything with magic, fantasy, sci-fi, even just straight up history, and maybe it's a retelling or a re um, imagining, you often know those, those questions for sure. And especially for where for. My understanding, I, I'm, like I said, I'm not a horror reader, but I do know a little bit about Dracula, but the, it was a, a sort of science versus, um, like science played a big role in that.What [00:21:00] can we know? Mm-hmm. What can we prove? What is, what is unknowable?Andrew: Mm-hmm.Jennie: Those sorts of things. Absolutely. So that, you've gotta know that here. Mm-hmm. Has it been proved? Is it. Accepted knowledge. Is Van Helsing a hero who's locked away in his lab continuing to, you know, with funding and whatever to research his thing?Or is he some. You know, recluse who was shamed in the public eye and people think he's crazy, like that's gonna color everything. Mm-hmm. Okay. And that's gonna be, that's gonna then be the answer I'm looking for. Like, why Adriana as our protagonist and not Catherine. Right. So she's gonna have that, you imagine her going to medical school with.Those two different stories behind her, how different it's [00:22:00] gonna be when she shows up in the classroom and people know, you know, or when they know who she is.Andrew: Right? Yeah.Jennie: So there, there's a real, the reveal to the reveal to the reader about her connection and who she is and then her, her reveal to the society she lives in about.Who she is and you know, the meaning she makes from all that you know, and did, no matter what you decide about Van Helsing, she then you have to all just also decide about her. Does she agree with the prevailing wisdom? If everybody thinks he's a hero, does she think he, he is too? Or does she think he's kind of whacked and then, um, learns otherwise or, you know, like the or, or the other wayAndrew: around?Jennie: Yeah. Or the other way around. Yeah. Yeah. Right. So yeah, this is the piece that's missing is I feel like you have, and this is what I felt the second I heard you talk about your story. I'm like, oh, this could be so [00:23:00] good. Like, this is so potent, but you're like, you're missing it. You're just, it's like it's, it's like it's not landing as as solid as it should, and I think this is why.Right. I had not been able to figure it out, but. And you have, so I gotta make sure I understand the character. So a Adriana's dad is the brother of Van Helsing.Andrew: Uh, they're not related in the original, in the original novel. They're, they're, uh, they're just friends. Okay. Okay. But they're, but they're clo Okay.They're, they're close friends. And because Van Helsing ultimately saved both of their lives, uh, he is kind of a, a, a surrogate uncle. So, uncle, uncle in quotation marks. Yeah,Jennie: yeah, yeah. Uncle is Is an honorific.Andrew: An honorific, exactly. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay. Yep.Jennie: That confused me. Okay. So I thought that there was a direct lineage there.Andrew: Right.Jennie: But there's not No,Andrew: no genetic link. Yeah, yeah, yeah. [00:24:00]Jennie: But a link through. Her mother a link to Van Healthing Through the mother.Andrew: Yes.Jennie: Um, and, and what happened to her. So, okay. Yeah. We have to understand his role, who he is, what he's doing in the world, what people think of him. Mm-hmm. Um, and also this is important for.Just the environment of your story, because we've got this division, political division around the suffragette movement. Is there, is there o, are there other, um, like, I wanna say mood, like what's the mood of the place where she's, this story's taking place? Is it, you know, a creeping sense of doom on many levels?Uh, is the do the vampire, like, is the fact, oh, maybe the vampires are [00:25:00] back. Does that make sense for the times? Um, like you and I are talking right now in 2026, um, during very extreme political upheaval and also during the time when there's this been this kidnapping of this prominent. Um, media personalities, family member that hasn't been solved.And there's this sense like, well of course this is happening now. Like this, you know, is there a weird, are we gonna have a, um, famous serial killer? Story unfolding in our time. Right. Like, that's what I keep thinking, right? Like there's a sense of, of course these things are going to start happening now ‘cause things are, feel so unstable and unsettled.Andrew: Yeah.Jennie: Is that what's going on there? [00:26:00]Andrew: I mean, I think potentially yes. I, I've, because yeah, I feel like this, it, it, it, it was an unsettled moment politically. And also a little bit medically as they as like the medical establishment is transitioning from miasma theory to germ theory. And that was kind of late, late, uh, 19th century, early 20th century.But like there's, there's kind of been a, a paradigm shift there. So I think, I feel like yeah, there does wanna be, as you were saying, kind of like this constant, creepy. Creepy feeling. Yeah. I'm like, I'm like to lean into the gothic, like I thought, like, I really want that to pervade every, every chapter, every page.I want that kind of like creeping sensation that that doom is around the corner. Um, that, thatJennie: Right. And doom for many sources. Right. Because I think that that's kind of one of your points.Andrew: Mm-hmm.Jennie: Is well, what I'm going back to what [00:27:00] the point, point was. The point we're kind of, um. Leaning toward is people who review, refuse to evolve.When the world demands, it can become monsters. So the world is evolving in many different ways and probably getting the opportunity for a lot of different people to have to evolve in a lot of different ways. It's not just one way. It's not just like, oh, get on this bus, or you're missing. Get on, you know, what's the metaphor?Like you'll miss the boat if you don't get on the boat. But it feels like there's all kinds of boats one, one might miss here, right? Um, I think so. And so that's that. Yeah. Okay, so, so in terms of what to do next, I think your, your homework here is you've gotta get to know Van Haling. Yeah. And the, and the world a little bit better.So I would do some character [00:28:00] development work on, on him and what the world thinks of him and what a Brianna's stepping into the, the light by. Insisting on going to medical school does to Van Haling. Does it delight him? Does it challenge him? Does it, um, you know, what does he think of that? I think that's important.Andrew: Yeah.Jennie: Um, to know too.Andrew: Yeah.Jennie: Um,Andrew: a couple, a couple of things that are occurring to me. I think I had taken for granted the reader's knowledge of the events of Dracula, and I don't think I can do that. I think I need to. To develop these characters for my own, as you're saying, I, I gotta, I have to develop Van Van Hels, the Van Helsing character.I have to develop him for, for my own purposes for this novel. Um, which makes a lot of sense.Jennie: Well, that's actually a really good question. You defined your ideal reader in a way that I thought was. [00:29:00] Completely delightful. Like she was so fleshed out. She felt like a, a full on character and I was like, oh, I know that.I know that woman. I loved it. It was great. But an important piece you missed in that is you said that she enjoys books about. London, the city and maybe some horror and gothic, but what is her relationship to Dracula, your ideal reader? You need to know that.Andrew: Yeah. Yeah.Jennie: My, you know, this is what's funny sometimes about being a book coach is I always say that the, the writers, the god of their own story, I can't possibly know everything that the writer knows about what they're writing about, what they've read, what they've thought, how they've lived, any of it.And, and in this particular case, I don't read. I don't read horror. I, I, I could barely tell you the, the bear outlines of Dracula if, if press, [00:30:00] um, I mean, I know the, you know, cartoon, the cartoon version. I, I, I could tell you a little more about Frankenstein only because I, against my will, watched the recent, um.Retelling.Andrew: Oh yeah. I haven't actually seen that yet.Jennie: So I say against my will because I was like, oh my gosh, this is too much for me. But um, you need to know if, so here's a perfect, let me finish my sentence. You need to know if your reader is a fan, is a reader, is a immersed in the gothic world, is gonna know all these things.Know all the tropes and know all the connections or not. And the, um, perfect example of that is, remember that book, um, pride and Prejudice and Zombies?Andrew: Yes.Jennie: So that appeal to people who love Jane Austen.Outro: Mm-hmm.Jennie: Like, you're probably not gonna read that book if you're not a Jane Austen [00:31:00] fan, but if you are a Jane Austen fan, you're, you cannot wait to get your hands on that.And. Also probably if you're a zombie horror fan, you know, you would delight in that even if you didn't understand the depths of the Jane Austen piece. But that book spoke to such a very particular audience that turned out to be a massive audience. Right, right. So, yeah,Andrew: yeah, yeah.Jennie: You know, I think you need to make a decision.Are you writing for someone like me who's, who's like, I don't know, like I think when I first read it, I was like. Who's Ben Sing? And you're like, he's the famous guy from the thing, right? So are you writing for someone like me or does your, a avatar, your ideal reader hear, you know, does she watch the movie?Does she, does she read the books? Does she gobble that stuff up?Andrew: Right? Yeah.Jennie: What, what is your instinct right now?Andrew: Singling out one or the other is going to, is going to change [00:32:00] how I write the book. Um. What is my instinct? Uh, I dunno. When I think about the character that I, that the character of the reader that I fleshed out in the blueprint, um,Jennie: yeah,Andrew: I don't think she necessarily would have read Dracula.She might be familiar with the story, but she might not have, um, uh, have read, uh, Dracula itself.Jennie: Okay. So yeah, let's get to, let's get really clear on that. Mm-hmm. Because it's gonna really change. And for those listening. The ideal reader. Oftentimes people think it's just a throwaway part of the blueprint because they kind of can just picture, you know, generally who their reader is.I mean, first of all, no part of the blueprint is the throwaway. Uh, something really important can come from any one of these. So really go back to your ideal reader. And think about them in relationship to their story. ‘cause this [00:33:00] conversation reveals how drastically you would change the writing of this book, depending on your ideal reader's relationship to the, to Dracula.Andrew: Yeah.Jennie: And, and there's no right answer. Either answer's. Great. Right. So, um, so that's, I just put that on the list of, of things too, um, that you're gonna be thinking about. Um. So once you get that, so yeah, the understanding of of Van Healthy's re reputation in the universe right now is going to be the way that you bring your reader up to speed a little bit.Right? Like famous Vampire Hunter still doing his thing or, or. Famous vampire hunter, you know, shamed and, uh, not doing his thing. Um, that's, those are gonna tie [00:34:00] together,Andrew: right? Yeah, yeah, yeah.Jennie: And cement down the world that we're coming into, um, more.Andrew: Absolutely. No, I can, I can see how that will change things.Yeah.Jennie: Okay. So, um. We're not gonna have time to dig, to dig into this yet, but I just wanna touch on it so that, um, when you're doing this work, you can be thinking about, um, thinking about this piece, but the, um, there's a cause and effect trajectory that's obviously what the inside outline is. And at some really key places in yours, you miss an opportunity to to tie in.So we always want our protagonist to have agency to be making the [00:35:00] decisions that cause things to get worse or cause them to be in a worse position or, um, and, and there's several places in your inside outline where. Things just sort of happen, which is the plot, and then she sort of happens to be there.But if you understand better these parts of her and her connection to this, uh, the not her uncle now, uh, her, this guy, uh, and her connection to what's happened with her mother and those things, then we wanna use that to push the story. To push the, so the plot has to serve the story. So the things that happen are gonna push your character in ways they don't wanna be pushed to make decisions that are gonna then push them further and, and they're gonna get deeper and deeper each time.And [00:36:00] you have a murder mystery. So each murder, we wanna feel more and more as if. She is boxing herself in by what she does. By what she thinks. By what she believes, by what she wants. And the, the CLO is gonna squeeze her to the point where she asks to make a, a big decision, you know, comes, that's the climax, comes to that like, will I, in this case, um, confront.Uh, both the murderer and her father is kind of where it all ends, so,Andrew: yeah. Yeah.Jennie: You know, it's not gonna be just like, and now we arrive at a place where she confronts the people. It's gotta be like. Gut wrenching along the way. Right,Andrew: right.Jennie: So, um, there's a lot to say there, and I made some comments on the outline, which, which you'll see [00:37:00] sort of my thoughts and thinking there, but I actually think that this conversation we've had is gonna be the solution because the, the big question I had was, is it coincidental that Adriana is.These murders are sort of following her around and people think that it, she might be responsible. Is that coincidental or is there something real there? Yeah. Do you know the answer or not?Andrew: I, I, I'm, I've been thinking about that and I think there are ways that it's not entirely coincidental. I mean, obviously she's not causing the murders, but I think, I think yes, I think there are things that she does that prompts these.That prompts these women to become targets of the murderer.Jennie: That's what I hoped you were gonna say. Yeah, because that's what's gonna, that's like, it's, I think this was on the page and maybe you didn't realize it, but. [00:38:00] Being friends with Adriana is a little dangerous,right?Andrew: Yes. Yes. I think that could be, that could definitely be part of the part, part of the, part of the theme there. Yeah.Jennie: So that, that shouldn't, that shouldn't be coincidental. Well, and this is what's so, so great about the blueprint and showing it to a critique partner or a writing group or an editor or a book coach, is.Somebody else can say, do you see that you're doing this thing that's actually really cool? Or do you, do you see that you're not doing this? Like it's things are just revealed. So,Andrew: yeah. Yeah, yeah. Absolutely.Jennie: So let's just wrap this up. Your next iteration, you're gonna work on sharpening your point. You're gonna work on sharpening the super simple story so that the Dracula connection is clear.Dracula connection to your [00:39:00] protagonist is, is more clear and you're gonna under in order to do that. You're gonna understand then Helsing, the world that we live in and what his relationship of that world is 20 years after Dracula. What, what is happening with him? What is happening with the world? And and that's gonna help inform the connection between your.Protagonist in these things. And then I think you already answered the ideal reader, but just make sure that you're comfortable with that, that she's not a super fan. This is not a insider. Um, folks who know and love and read Dracula, it's, it's more someone like me. He was a little clueless. And then if you have time to dig into.How that all plays out in the cause and effect of the inside outline. That's, that's where I would go. [00:40:00] So it's, um, I had an agent, my first agent, way back in the day, used to say, run it through the typewriter one more time because we were actually writing on typewriter. Yeah. Right. Back in the day. And, uh, that's kind of what I feel, you know, with these ideas in mind, like, run it all through one more time and let, let it all flow through One more time.Um, and we'll see where it goes.Andrew: Excellent. No, this sounds good. This is, this is some good homework. I'm looking forward to, to digging into this now.Jennie: I know. I can't wait to see too, and I hope our listeners have enjoyed, uh, going along on this conversation and gotten some inspiration for what, how to pressure test your own, uh, blueprint.And if you're not doing the blueprint. Uh, also fine, but pressure test what you're writing. Uh, this is just a tool for doing that, but there's this kind of questioning and making sure that things are not [00:41:00] assumed. That's, that's the key, right? It's that you, you sort of make these assumptions, but we have to articulate them and pin them down so that we can use them to make a much better story.Well, thank you Andrew. Really thank you for being willing to, uh, expose yourself in this way. Come out from behind the mic, uh, share your journey. It's not easy to do that, and I appreciate it.Andrew: Well, it's, it's fun. Thank you for pushing me outside my comfort zone. Uh, I've really enjoyed this.Jennie: I have too. So, uh, for our list.Thanks for joining in. Now let's get back to work.Outro: The hashtag am writing podcast is produced by Andrew Perilla. Our intro music aptly titled Unemployed Monday was written and played by Max Cohen. Andrew and Max were paid for their time and their creative output because everyone [00:42:00] deserves to be paid for their work. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit amwriting.substack.com/subscribe

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