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Smack and Gabi continue to face off in their 4th Annual Showdown Throwdown in which we compete to see who had the better reading experience during Mysterious Galaxy's Summer Bingo.  This round, Smack is up against a super fun dark academia trilogy that ended up being one of Gabi's all-time favorite reads, Gabi has to contend with some nonfiction and memoir powerhouses that Smack read, and we both benefit from an incredible collection of speculative short stories. In this part two of two, the books showdowned throwdowned include: A Sweet Sting of Salt by Rose Sutherland v. The Last Graduate (The Scholomance #2) The High Mountain Court (The Five Courts of Okrith #1) by A.K. Mulford v. The Undermining of Twyla and Frank (Hart and Mercy #2) by Megan Bannen Burning Girls and Other Stories by Veronica Schanoes v. Murdle: Vol. 1 (Murdle #1) by G.T. Karber Botanical Curses and Poisons: The Shadow-Lives of Plants by Fez Inkwright v. The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club #1) by Richard Osman What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma by Stephanie Foo v. Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Pérez The Rogue Crown (The Five Courts of Okrith #3) by A.K. Mulford v. The Night Ends with Fire (The Night Ends with Fire #1) by K.X. Song The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti #2) by Malka Older v. Burning Girls and Other Stories by Veronica Schanoes American Resistance: The Inside Story of How the Deep State Saved the Nation by David Rothkopf v. A Deadly Education (The Scholomance #1) by Naomi Novik The Enchanted Hacienda by J.C. Cervantes v. The Golden Enclaves (The Scholomance #3) by Naomi Novik Capture the Sun (Starlight's Shadow #3) by Jessie Mihalik v. The Mimicking of Known Successes (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti #1) by Malka Older Evocation (The Summoner's Circle #1) by S.T. Gibson v. The Silvered by Tanya Huff Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah v. Winter (The Lunar Chronicles #4) by Marissa Meyer

Smack and Gabi are facing off in their 4th Annual Showdown Throwdown in which we compete to see who had the better reading experience during Mysterious Galaxy's Summer Bingo. Gabi actually won Mysterious Galaxy's black-out bingo lottery this year, so we begin with an accounting of how those winnings were spent (on books, of course). Then we get into Showdown Throwdown proper, with Smack trying to redeem herself after losing last year largely due to her inability to win our tie-breakers (rock-paper-scissors). Unfortunately, she's up against some heavy hitters as Gabi has had a pretty great reading year and managed to stack her draft picks (a little bit). However, Smack does have some impressive contenders in her corner, including a sequel to a book we both loved (and Smack rated as in her top three books of all time) and a novel by T. Kingfisher, queen of blending fairy tales and horror. Time will tell whose line-up will triumph! In this part one of two, the books showdowned throwdowned include: The Witches' Blade (Five Crowns of Okrith #2) by A.K. Mulford v. Dreadful by Caitlin Rozakis Those Beyond the Wall (The Space Between Worlds #2) by Micaiah Johnson v. Murdle: Vol. 3 (Murdle #3) by G.T. Karber The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo v. A Pirate's Life for Tea (Tomes & Tea #2) by Rebecca Thorne Calamity (Uncharted Hearts #1) by Constance Fay v. Murdle: Vol. 2 (Murdle #2) by G.T. Karber Court of Tricksters (Fae Tricksters #1) by S.L. Prater v. The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti #2) by Malka Older Grief is for People by Sloane Crosley v. Lone Women by Victor LaValle A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher v. Gwen & Art Are Not in Love by Lex Croucher How Civil Wars Start: And How to Stop Them by Barbara F. Walter v. The Assassin's Blade (Throne of Glass #0.1-0.5) by Sarah J. Maas Bitter Medicine by Mia Tsai v. Thank you For Listening by Julia Whelan Slewfoot by Brom v. These Violent Delights (These Violent Delights #1) by Chloe Gong Caught in the Basilisk's Gaze (Monsters of Faery #4) by Mallory Dunlin v. Hunt the Stars (Starlight's Shadow #1) by Jessie Mihalik King of Tricksters (Fae Tricksters #2) by S.L. Prater v. The Necessity of Stars by E. Catherine Tobler

Send us a textHow can you tell if you are in love? In this episode, Grandma Tamara Snell Mulford Hill shares how she knew she was in love with Grandpa Gary Mark Mulford. This story takes place in 1983 at Utah State University. It is an exciting tale of romance and true love!  

Sunny Mulford and Wendy Lance from Epic Cure talk to us about the critical need for food security among so many people, and introduce their Epic Med program which will help people with medical needs in our area.

Delanie Fischer is joined by her brother-in-law and someone with 15 years of experience living, traveling, and working abroad, Will Mulford. Will offers guidance for anyone who is considering an international stint, or move, what tools, apps, and programs make travel easier, affordable (and even free!), tips for packing (and purchasing) light without depriving yourself, and the impact that this lifestyle has had on his confidence, relationships, and what it's taught him about himself. Whether you want to make a move, or simply have a new experience, there are so many great nuggets in this episode for how we can become more open, and available, for opportunities and growth.Plus:+ 3 Platforms For Traveling With More Ease+ Will's Favorite Packing Method And Functional Souvenirs+ 3 Must-Have Outfits For A Small SuitcaseYou can join our Patreon community here: https://www.patreon.com/selfhelplessYour Host, Delanie Fischer: https://www.delaniefischer.comSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Lifelong Californian Don Mulford has spent his career trying to help other people. He studied civil law before getting a master's degree in divinity, which led him to become a chaplain for a period of time in addition to being a civil attorney. His resume doesn't end there: Don has also worked in hospice care and has seen people through their most difficult times. Hear how he maintains a sense of calm during the storm, and how his penchant for aiding others manifested in his career as a civil attorney.  Contact Information: Deborah Kemper, MBA:   deborahk@smcba.org 

Happy Pride, friends! It's time for our annual Pride episode and this year, our amazing friend Topher is joining us to talk about rainbow representation in our fave QL shows! Inspired by author A.K. Mulford on TikTok, we'll be taking a look at the different types of LGBTQ+ representation we see in BL, GL and queer media & sharing some of our favorite characters who represent that identity or who we head canon as falling into that identity.~Come chat with us!X: https://twitter.com/lovecastpodcastInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/lovecastpodcastFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/lovecastpod/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lovecastpodcastDiscord: https://discord.gg/T3DUgSZeYBIf you like our content, we'd love your support!LoveCast Shop: https://bit.ly/LoveCastMerch Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lovecastKo-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/lovecastEditor: Alexa Get bonus content on PatreonSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/lovecast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

1/4 of Americans are now food insecure, and you'll be astonished to hear the numbers of those who have to choose between food, rent, and medications in SJC. Sunny Mulford and Wendy Lantz with Epic Cure sit in and talk about how we can help.

Send us a Text Message.In this episode Grandma Tamara Snell Mulford Hill recounts an incident that contributed to her romantic feelings toward Mark Mulford. Grandma was in charge of a big ward activity and afterwards found herself doing mounds of dishes. Enter Mark!  See what he did to help out and to win Tammy's heart!  

In today's fast-paced and ever-evolving marketplace, branding is more challenging than ever. In most instances, we only have a moment to leave a lasting impression.Join us in our conversation with Adele Mulford, INSPIRED's Creative & Brand Strategist. Adele brings over three decades of experience working alongside icons like Coca Cola, Make-A-Wish Foundation of America, Disney, and Charles Schwab.Join us as we dive into balancing brand legacy with innovation. She brings valuable insight you won't want to miss!

Thanks to a $125,000 grant from the Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation, the East Hampton Historical Society has launched a new “augmented reality” app at Mulford Farm that gives users an interactive way to learn about the history of the American Revolution. The app, 1776AR, features a 3D avatar of Hugh King, the East Hampton Town and Village historian, sharing the history of the Mulford family before, during and after the American Revolution. Stephen Long, the executive director of the Historical Society, and King joined the editors to talk about the new app and its mission.

Joe caught us up on the building expansion happening, lodging accommodations, and much more. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wcmp-news/message

A. K. Mulford knows a lot about saving themselves (and their whole family!) from being stuck. A. K. Mulford is a bestselling fantasy author and former wildlife biologist who swapped rehabilitating monkeys for writing novels.She/they are inspired to create diverse stories that transport readers to new realms, making them fall in love with fantasy for the first time or all over again. They also write rom-coms under Ali K. Mulford. She now lives in Australia with her husband and two young human primates, creating lovable fantasy characters and making ridiculous TikToks (@akmulfordauthor).Here's Rachael's Kickstarter, Unstuck! Ink In Your Veins: How Writers Actually Write (and how you can, too)Writing doesn't have to be so hard. With internationally bestselling author Rachael Herron, learn how to embrace ease, reject perfectionism, and finally create your perfect writing process. (Formerly known as How Do You Write) Come for inspiration, stay for lots more.✏️ Can I email you some writing help?

In this episode Grandma Tamara Snell Mulford Hill recounts how she met and fell in love with Mark Mulford. He was known as a flirt and winked at her in ward council. She told him she wouldn't kiss him until the 10th date, but she begged him to kiss her on the second. This is a fun bedtime story!  

Phil is a bass played based in London. His credits include artists like Barbara Thompson, Lewis Taylor, Steve Hackett, and Leo Sayer.Amongst many other things, we discussed the physical aspects of playing, worrying more with age, and accepting one's sound.I hope you enjoy our conversation as much as I did!(Recorded 5th February 2024)Support the showFollow me on Instagram - @nategrooveSubscribe to support the show - https://www.buzzsprout.com/2058148/supportAny questions or guest suggestions, please email nwinsessionwith@gmail.comGet 20% off all Safari Pedals plugins. Enter code Session20 at checkout!

We all want to have fun at home, but why is it so hard?? It takes time, it often results in a mess, and my kids will probably end up fighting. But our friend and fellow mom, Kate Mulford, says go for it! You gotta put some work into making memories. And it can be as much work as you want it to be. A dance party is minimal work, all you need is music and some booties to shake. 

Brent shared current events and Ben talked about he and his brothers lawn care business, his time on the Nordic Ski team, and heading to NDSCS after graduation. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wcmp-news/message

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Pastor Britt and Sunny Mulford sit in studio today to talk with us about how crucial it is to support Epic Cure right now, and what they're doing in Tallahassee to help fund their desperately needed new warehouse plans

In our usual Christmas episode, Brett, Phil and Martin choose our papers and podcasts of 2023. Also this time, Martin set the three of us a challenge: to find an interesting IPC-related paper from the years of our birth (more challenging for some than others..). Martin also reveals the No 1 single in our respective countries on the day of our birth. For Martin, a near miss. For Phil, a very apt song and for Brett... well, his karaoke debut cannot be far off.. Happy holidays everyone!   Martin's 1955 paper: Lowbury, E. J. (1955). "Cross-infection of wounds with antibiotic-resistant organisms." Br Med J 1(4920): 985-990. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.1.4920.985 Phil's 1964 paper: Murray, D. G. (1964). "Wound Infections after Surgery for Fractured Hip. A Follow-up Study." JAMA 190: 505-508. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1964.03070190025005 Brett's 1979 paper: Ehrenkranz, N. J. and S. J. Pfaff (1979). "Growth of hospital infection control programme and the infection control nurse." J R Soc Med 72(12): 888. https://doi.org/10.1177/014107687907201204 Our top papers   Martin's favourite paper: Wolfensberger, A., L. Clack, S. von Felten, M. Faes Hesse, D. Saleschus, M. T. Meier, K. Kusejko, R. Kouyos, L. Held and H. Sax (2023). "Prevention of non-ventilator-associated hospital-acquired pneumonia in Switzerland: a type 2 hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial." Lancet Infect Dis 23(7): 836-846. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(22)00812-X Phil's favourite paper: Peel, T. N., S. Astbury, A. C. Cheng, D. L. Paterson, K. L. Buising, T. Spelman, A. Tran-Duy, S. Adie, G. Boyce, C. McDougall, R. Molnar, J. Mulford, P. Rehfisch, M. Solomon, R. Crawford, T. Harris-Brown, J. Roney, J. Wisniewski, R. de Steiger and A. T. Group (2023). "Trial of Vancomycin and Cefazolin as Surgical Prophylaxis in Arthroplasty." N Engl J Med 389(16): 1488-1498. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa2301401 Brett's favourite paper: Seidelman, J. L., C. R. Mantyh and D. J. Anderson (2023). "Surgical Site Infection Prevention: A Review." JAMA 329(3): 244-252. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2022.24075

In our usual Christmas episode, Brett, Phil and Martin choose our papers and podcasts of 2023. Also this time, Martin set the three of us a challenge: to find an interesting IPC-related paper from the years of our birth (more challenging for some than others..). Martin also reveals the No 1 single in our respective countries on the day of our birth. For Martin, a near miss. For Phil, a very apt song and for Brett... well, his karaoke debut cannot be far off.. Happy holidays everyone!   Martin's 1955 paper: Lowbury, E. J. (1955). "Cross-infection of wounds with antibiotic-resistant organisms." Br Med J 1(4920): 985-990. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.1.4920.985 Phil's 1964 paper: Murray, D. G. (1964). "Wound Infections after Surgery for Fractured Hip. A Follow-up Study." JAMA 190: 505-508. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1964.03070190025005 Brett's 1979 paper: Ehrenkranz, N. J. and S. J. Pfaff (1979). "Growth of hospital infection control programme and the infection control nurse." J R Soc Med 72(12): 888. https://doi.org/10.1177/014107687907201204 Our top papers   Martin's favourite paper: Wolfensberger, A., L. Clack, S. von Felten, M. Faes Hesse, D. Saleschus, M. T. Meier, K. Kusejko, R. Kouyos, L. Held and H. Sax (2023). "Prevention of non-ventilator-associated hospital-acquired pneumonia in Switzerland: a type 2 hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial." Lancet Infect Dis 23(7): 836-846. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(22)00812-X Phil's favourite paper: Peel, T. N., S. Astbury, A. C. Cheng, D. L. Paterson, K. L. Buising, T. Spelman, A. Tran-Duy, S. Adie, G. Boyce, C. McDougall, R. Molnar, J. Mulford, P. Rehfisch, M. Solomon, R. Crawford, T. Harris-Brown, J. Roney, J. Wisniewski, R. de Steiger and A. T. Group (2023). "Trial of Vancomycin and Cefazolin as Surgical Prophylaxis in Arthroplasty." N Engl J Med 389(16): 1488-1498. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa2301401 Brett's favourite paper: Seidelman, J. L., C. R. Mantyh and D. J. Anderson (2023). "Surgical Site Infection Prevention: A Review." JAMA 329(3): 244-252. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2022.24075

Joe talked about the upcoming semester, scholarships, new housing opportunities for students and more. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wcmp-news/message

Charles Mulford is a sculptor based in New Jersey. He holds an MFA from the School of Visual Arts and a BFA from Rutgers University, Mason Gross School of the Arts. His sculptures have been exhibited in the New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ, the Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA, the Bruton Museum, Somerset, UK, and The Center for Contemporary Art, Bedminster, NJ. Mulford apprenticed at the Seward Johnston Atelier, specializing in metal chasing and fabrication. His work is part of the special collection of the Vanderbilt University Library and Temple University Library.Charles Mulford's sculptures explore the complex emotions surrounding anxiety through the lens of humor. Cartoon figures, 3D-modeled objects, and scans of human heads act as vehicles for theatrical narratives. Mired in tragic circumstances, the characters express their feelings about illness and death. Exaggerate scenes capture a sense of unease, reflecting the stress and vulnerability of anxiety. The result is a visual representation of a tortuous and sometimes humorous world.Mulford websiteSRTN Website

Episode Show Notes In this episode we cover:  TikTok basics Ratio of engaging posts vs. promotional posts  Content creation ideas Capitalising on hype mode and content foraging Using lives to help your launches This week's question is: Do you believe in the idea of a "muse" or do you think writing is purely a discipline? Recommendation of the week is: Kaleidoscope Find out more about A.K. and Anne: Teachable Patreon Podcast Sustainable Socials Website Rebel of the Week is: Anonymous If you'd like to be a Rebel of the week please do send in your story, it can be any kind of rebellion. You can email your rebel story to rebelauthorpodcast@gmail.com No new patrons this week, but a big thank you to my existing patrons. If you'd like to support the show, and get early access to all the episodes as well as bonus content you can from as little as $2 a month by visiting: www.patreon.com/sachablack  THIS EPISODE IS SPONSORED BY KOBO WRITING LIFE Visit Kobo Writing Life here, read the Kobo Writing Life blog here, and listen to their podcast here.  

Sunny Mulford from Epic Cure sits in with us talking about the still growing need for food, and volunteers to help deliver it all.

Smack and Gabi are celebrating ITBR's 2nd Anni-birthday by inviting you (our precious listeners) to email (itbrshelf@gmail.com) or follow & DM us on Instagram (@infinitetbrpodcast) with your favorite book of this year OR the name of a book that we recommended that you enjoyed.  Lucky participants will be chosen to win an Infinite TBR Podcast acrylic pin until we run out!  We spent our Anni-birthday attending the local North Park Book Fair and spend this episode regaling our listeners with our many accidental acquisitions. Book hauled in this episode include: A Dowry of Blood by S.T. Gibson Lavender House (Andy Mills #1) by Lev AC Rosen The Enchanted Hacienda by J.C. Cervantes Act Your Age, Eve Brown (The Brown Sisters #3) by Talia Hibbert The Dead Duke, His Secret Wife, and the Missing Corpse: An Extraordinary Edwardian Case of Deception and Intrigue by Piu Marie Eatwell The Color of Always edited by Brent Fisher and Michele Abounader Vengeance Becomes Her by Alexis C. Maness An Impractical Guide to Satyr Charming by Cynthia Diamond Siren's Song by Cynthia Diamond Don't Touch (The Seven Families #2) by Lucy Laroux Kin Selection (A Shifter's Claim #1) by L.B. Gilbert Woodborn (Song of Gods #1) by Heather Nix The Eighth Key by Laura Weyr The Gods Awoke by Marie Vibbert Tell Me I'm Worthless by Alison Rumfitt Night Wherever We Go by Tracey Rose Peyton The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich by Deya Muniz The Cat Who Saved Books by Sōsuke Natsukawa, translated by Louise Heal Kawai A Broken Blade (The Halfling Saga #1) by Melissa Blair Sword Dance (Sword Dance #1) by A.J. Demas A Pirate's Life for Tea (Tomes & Tea Cozy Fantasies #2) by Rebecca Thorne How Not to Date a Demon by Lana Kole The Reanimator's Heart (The Reanimator Mysteries #1) by Kara Jorgensen How to Write Erotica by Rachel Kramer Bussel 20 Master Plots: And Hose to Build Them by Ronald B. Tobias The High Mountain Court by A.K. Mulford

You are fortunate if you love trees, and especially the wild ones growing where the Great Creative Force placed them, and independent of man's care. For all things we call "wild" or "natural" are nearer the Infinite Mind than those which have been enslaved, artificialized and hampered by man. Being nearer the Infinite they have in them the more perfect Infinite Force and Thought That is why when you are in the midst of what is wild and natural — in the forest or mountains, where every trace of man's works is left behind you feel an indescribable exhilaration and freedom that you do not realize elsewhere. You breathe an element ever being thrown off by the trees, the rocks, the birds and animals and by every expression of the Infinite Mind about you. It is healthfully exhilarating. It is something more than air. It is the Infinite Force and Mind as expressed by all these natural things, which is acting on you. You cannot get this force in the town, nor even in the carefully cultivated garden. For there the plants and trees have too much of man's lesser mind in them — the mind which believes that it can improve the universe. 

Joe covered graduation, expanding programs, and do much more. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wcmp-news/message

Sunny Mulford with Epic Cure sits in to talk giving day, and how we can help their great organization provide food security for SJC families

Today we are taking you to Delaware with one of the first ever Cyber Stalking cases in the US. This (fairly) recent crime involves the Matusiewicz family's twisted, tangled, life and ends in the sorrowful death of Christine and her friend Beth. The killer might surprise you. The location will definitely surprise you. The ending is one we didn't see coming.Make sure your follow us on all the socials! We're on facebook, insta, youtube, and tiktok, @truecrimestateofmind . And twitter and snapchat @ truecrimestate. You can also email us with any of your suggestions or questions at truecrimestateofmind@gmail.com.

Thank you so much for tuning in for another episode of Zero with Sam Tripoli.  This episode I welcome Author Don Mulford to the show to discuss his journey to spirituality, his relationship with God and how the power of prayer helped him beat cancer.    Please check out Don's book: Matchbooks In The Tunnel https://www.amazon.com/Matchbooks-Tunnel-Others-Impossible-Problem-ebook/dp/B088ZV5VGG Please check out SamTripoli.com for all things Sam Tripoli. Please check out Sam Tripoli's Linktree: https://linktr.ee/samtripoli Nuked.Social: Please check out Nuked.Social and join our decentralized social media that allows you to connect with telegram and the discord. If you love this episode please give us a five star review.  If you would like to hear new episodes of this podcast please check out Zero on Rokfin.com.  I upload two new episodes every week to Rokfin.com/Zero  Please join the Zero Telegram Group: https://t.me/zerowithsamtripoli

Fantasy is not a genre that I read all that often. However, having recently been reintroduced to it, I decided to delve in feet first with this novel by New Zealand-based author AK Mulford. The High Mountain Court was released in 2021. In a world ruled by the Fae, witches live in fear, hiding their true abilities terrified that the witch hunters will find them. Remy has been in hiding for 13 years, ever since her family and friends were massacred by the King of the Northern Kingdom. When she is discovered by Prince Hale, she isn't quite quick enough to escape and gets convinced to join him and his friends on their quest... So, what did I think of this debut? Did it bring me into the fantasy world enough that I will return? Give this spoiler-free review a listen and find out if the book is one you'll want to try for yourself. Featured episodes Clytemnestra

Global Policy Watch: Accident Ho GayaInsights on global policy issues relevant to India— RSJI must admit there are times when I have made a big deal about writing this newsletter. Not about the content, mind you. I'm not that vain yet. But the regularity of it all. Getting about 4000 words out between the two of us every week isn't trivial stuff. But then there are weeks I ask myself if it is really a big deal. I mean, there are weeks when there's so much happening in policy, politics and macro spheres that things just write themselves. I have been in what could be called writing self-help groups where people bemoan their writer's blocks and the soul-crushing experience of staring at a blank word document with the cursor blinking. To them, I have two pieces of advice. Switch to writing on public policy. And don't bother much about quality (speaking for me here, not what Pranay produces). Voila! You get something like 50% of this newsletter.Anyway, coming back to this week. Sometime midweek, I thought it might be a good idea to write about the state of opposition in India in the light of Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra and his media engagements in Oxford. There's always space for the opposition in India despite the brutal electoral majority of the party in power, as we have seen in the past. This was evident during the yatra. What is also evident now is that there's a complete lack of understanding on the part of Rahul Gandhi on issues that can animate the electorate. So, he can only hope for the party in power to hit self-destruct mode to score an electoral victory. What's worse is he has terrible ideas of his own and a tin ear for good advice. His acolytes defend him saying he's sincere. I can only say when you combine sincerity with bad ideas, you get demonetisation and instant lockdowns. Back to the point. As I was thinking of writing about this, news came in of Manish Sisodia, the deputy CM of Delhi, being taken into custody by ED for what's being called the liquor scam. Liquor policy in various Indian states is a gift that keeps giving. We love talking about it. What I also thought was admirable is the agile way the ED functions these days. Like some start-up in Koramangala. It is always hustling. These were the ideas I was toying with till a bank with a balance sheet size of US$ 200 billion (a tad smaller than HDFC Bank) collapsed in the US. And, so, served on a platter was another possible post on what could go wrong in the global economy. I'm afraid Rahul Gandhi, Sisodia, and liquor will have to wait for another day. I would like to discuss the aptly named Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) that has gone from boom to bust in less than two years.Here's what has happened since Thursday. WSJ reports:“On Wednesday SVB said it had sold a large chunk of its securities, worth $21 billion at the time of sale, at a loss of about $1.8 billion after tax. The bank's aim was to help it reset its interest earnings at today's higher yields, and provide it with the balance-sheet flexibility to meet potential outflows and still fund new lending. It also set out to raise about $2.25 billion in capital.Following that announcement on Wednesday evening, things seemed to get even worse for the bank. The share-sale announcement led the stock to crater in price, making it harder to raise capital and leading the bank to scuttle its share-sale plans, The Wall Street Journal has reported. And venture-capital firms reportedly began advising their portfolio companies to withdraw deposits from SVB.On Thursday, customers tried to withdraw $42 billion of deposits—about a quarter of the bank's total—according to a filing by California regulators. It ran out of cash.”Looks like a good old run on the bank. The regulators had to step in. Again from WSJ:“The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. said it has taken control of the bank via a new entity it created called the Deposit Insurance National Bank of Santa Clara. All of the bank's deposits have been transferred to the new bank, the regulator said.Insured depositors will have access to their funds by Monday morning, the FDIC said. Depositors with funds exceeding insurance caps will get receivership certificates for their uninsured balances, meaning businesses with big deposits stuck at the bank are unlikely to get their money out soon.”If you've been reading me over the past month, I have made three points. One, it is foolish to assume that the Fed will pause on rate hikes anytime soon. Inflation isn't transitory in the US. And this was made clear this week when the Fed Chair, in his response to the questions from the Senate Committee on Banking, said that interest rate hikes are “likely to be higher than previously anticipated” and that because of it, the labour market is also likely to weaken in the near term. Like I have said before, it is best that markets, banks and companies plan for scenarios where the rate goes up to 7 per cent to stress test their models. This holds for India too. Two, it is inevitable that a sharp rise like what we have seen in the past nine months will mean there will be ‘accidents'. We don't know yet what their nature will be, but they will mostly emanate from private markets and the ‘new' asset groups (like crypto, VC funded business models) where bubbles have built up. Three, whatever accidents happen may not lead to a contagion. They will mostly singe private markets or those holding these new speculative assets. In a way, what has happened with SVB this week bears my thesis out. So, what happened? And what does this mean?During the pandemic, the US treasury pumped trillions of dollars to keep the economy afloat. But because of the pandemic, there was nothing to spend this money on. So, the money found its way into banks as deposits. The total deposits in US banks went up by $ 5.5 trillion, of which only about 15 per cent could be used to lend because of weak demand. So, what could Banks do? Well, like prudent entities, they parked this surplus in securities or kept it as cash. Now, when Banks buy securities, they are asked to take a call upfront on whether they plan to hold them to maturity. This decision then labels the securities as either held-to-maturity (HTM) or available-for-sale (AFS). Simply put, with an HTM security, the bank is declaring that it will hold, say, a US government 10-year bond till they mature (that is for ten years), while if it categorises another bond as AFS, it means it can sell them anytime in between. Now, from a regulatory perspective, this plays out in different ways for a bank. An AFS security gives banks flexibility to sell a security if the world changes around them, while an HTM security allows banks to weather a fall in value because they aren't marked to market (M2M). Therefore, they will remain on their balance sheet at amortised costs regardless. Banks don't have to crystallise their losses on HTM portfolio because the expectation is that on the date of maturity, they will receive the full redemption value. However, if the bank sells anything out of its HTM portfolio, it has to reclassify the entire portfolio as AFS. In 2020, US banks had about 74 per cent of their portfolio in AFS securities. As things opened up after the pandemic and inflation started taking root, interest expectations rose. A small explainer will help the lay reader here. Others can skip ahead. Bond prices are inversely related to interest rates. Suppose you bought a 1-year government bond of Rs. 100 with a coupon rate of 5 per cent. This means at the end of the tenure, the bond will fetch you Rs. 105 regardless of the bond's underlying market price. Assume the prevailing repo rate (benchmark interest rate) was 4 per cent. What this meant was you had an incentive to purchase this coupon that would give a little extra over the prevailing benchmark rate, and at the end of the year, you could redeem the bond and receive Rs.105. Because many people buy and sell government bonds, there is a market for them where they get traded. Now consider a scenario where in the middle of the year, the benchmark rate was increased to 10 per cent by the RBI. What if, for any reason, you want to sell your bond during this time? Nobody will buy your bond for Rs. 100 which is the price you bought it at. Why? Because it will fetch them only Rs. 105 (5 per cent return), while if they bought a fresh 1-year bond priced at Rs.100, they could get Rs. 110 (10 per cent return). But you're desperate for money, so the best you can do is to offer your bond at Rs. 95.50 or so. Because then whoever buys it will get Rs.105 at the end of the year and will make an equivalent 10 per cent return. So, you take a loss of Rs.4.50 (or about 4.5 per cent) by pricing your Rs.100 bond at Rs.95.50. At an aggregate level, this is what happens in the market as the interest rates go up. The price of the bond falls. And conversely, if the rates fall, the bond price goes up. So, a Bank holding securities sits on a mark-to-market loss or profit depending on whether interest rates go up or down. As interest rates rose, the US banks that were sitting pretty with mark-to-market gains on their AFS portfolio started having losses emerge. Now you could keep taking mark-to-market hits every quarter, or you can reclassify the AFS to HTM, take a one-time loss upfront and move on. Because once you make it HTM, remember, you don't have to account them as marked-to-market. And that's what has been happening for most of 2022. Banks reclassified their AFS, and their share fell from 74 per cent in securities portfolio to a little less than 50 per cent. The Case of Silicon Valley BankSilicon Valley Bank (SVB) had an interesting time during the pandemic. It has, over the years, positioned itself as the bank for the valley ecosystem of startups, VCs and angels. The boom in VC funding since 2019 meant its deposit balance tripled to about $200 billion by March 2022. What's more, a large part of it was demand deposits which don't bear interest. As we have learnt now, its cost of deposits or the interest it paid its depositors on average was about 1.2 per cent. What does a bank do if it has so much money flowing in? It has to put the money to work. But SVB's problem was there weren't too many loan takers in its customer base since it catered to the valley ecosystem flush with funds. The real and safe option it had was to put money in securities. That's exactly what it did. Around 12 months back, it had about $100 billion in HTM and another $25 billion in AFS through various securities like the US treasury bonds and mortgage-backed securities. That's when the Fed's action on interest rates started. And it was rapid. This meant the price of those securities, especially the mortgage-backed lot, fell quickly. By September 2022, the unrealised losses on the portfolio had gone up to $16 billion, while the total common equity capital was $11.8 billion. Technically, the bank was insolvent. But these losses on the HTM portfolio don't have to be recorded on the bank's books. What a Bank would do is wait for bonds to redeem, hope for interest rate hikes to pause, keep their depositors with them and see through this tough time. It was doing exactly that except for one more wrinkle. Its deposit portfolio was skewed to the fortunes of the valley. As funding dried up, the valley companies burned through their bank balances. This meant they were constantly withdrawing money. From $200 billion in March 2022, the deposits fell to $165 billion by last month. There was a serious danger of the bank not having liquidity to give depositors their money unless they restructured their balance sheet. EndgameThis is what SVB set out to do last week. They sold $21 billion of AFS at a loss of $1.8 billion to have cash available to them. And to recover this loss, they planned to raise capital by issuing fresh equity. Tough to explain but still doable. As luck would have it, the same day, a crypto bank, Silvergate Capital, announced it was insolvent for pretty much the same reason, except that SVB had real cash deposits. The depositors lost their nerve. Large VCs called for their portfolio companies to take money out of SVB. In the good old days, this would have meant going to branches and asking for your money. It would take time. Today, it is just a few clicks on the mobile app, which is aimed to give you a frictionless experience. That lack of friction meant customers tried to withdraw $42 billion - about a quarter of its total deposits - in a single day. Most of the depositors at SVB had balances of more than $250,000, which is the threshold for deposits to be insured. This meant the demand for withdrawals was real. The bank ran out of cash. The CEO came to assure depositors that they needed to have patience and the bank was liquid. I might have told you before - the moment a bank has to tell its depositors that they are liquid, they won't stay liquid any more. What could the bank have done? Its HTM book could be sold. But selling a single bond there would have meant marking the whole portfolio to market. That would have been a huge loss, and the bank didn't have the capital to absorb that. It could have borrowed funds, but that was coming at closer to 5 per cent, which was expensive. The only real thing it could have done was probably two years back. It could have diversified its depositors base, figured that its asset portfolio was too skewed to interest rate risk and reduced its balance sheet size. There are regulations on the nature of your deposits through what's called Liquidity Coverage Ratio guidelines, but SVB was deemed too small for it. It is a lesson in policy making that what's small or big is related to the broader macro context and cannot be fixed forever. This is what I meant when I said the scenarios that could unfold because of a rapid rise in rates are unknown to us. I mean, look at the percentage of unrealised losses to total equity among US banks. There are some vulnerable banks there. Is someone asking the same question in India? As I mentioned a couple of editions ago, it will be good for India to plan for a scenario where the Fed hikes the rate all the way to 7 per cent. The Fed cannot anticipate the unintended consequences of its battle to tame inflation. At some level, I guess it doesn't care as much. If there are weaker players who get sick on this ride up, so be it. The accidents are waiting to happen. We will be plain lucky if the contagion is contained to private markets because we believe the larger public markets and banks are better regulated. But you never know.   Matsyanyaaya: The Indo-American DanceBig fish eating small fish = Foreign Policy in action— Pranay KotasthaneThere's been a flurry of Indo-American diplomatic activity in recent weeks. The two National Security Advisors (NSA) held the inaugural meeting of the initiative on Critical and Emerging Technology (iCET) on Jan 31. Then there was the mid-February phone call between the Indian Prime Minister and the US President. In early March, the four foreign ministers of the Quad made it a point to turn up at a Raisina Dialogue panel. Most recently, the US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo was in Delhi, where she held meetings with the Finance, Education, External Affairs, Defence, Commerce, Electronics & IT ministers, and the NSA. The two commerce ministries also signed an MoU on Semiconductor Supply Chain and Innovation Partnership.These are all significant shifts. Perhaps we can forgive Mr Singh's Holi dance performance, where he appeared as anatopistic as Bharat Bhushan would have felt in a Karan Johar movie. In edition #165, I analysed the India-US relationship using a tri-axis framework: state-to-state relations, state-to-people relations, and people-to-people relations. The people-to-people relationship never had a problem, to begin with, and state-to-state relations have never been better. Yet, surveys suggest that Indians continue to be circumspect of successive American governments.Perhaps for a good reason. One can't deny the US stance in the 1971 war, its continued support to Pakistan despite the latter's anti-Indian projects, and its role in the multilateral export control regimes that held back India's space and nuclear programmes. These three reasons became the foundations on which the edifice of anti-Westernophobia was constructed. Like other ideologies, instances that reaffirmed the ideology got amplified and internalised, while instances that didn't fit into the dominant narrative were discarded. For example, consider an oft-repeated argument: a closer partnership with the US would imply that “India will be dragged into its wars.” The logic is as follows. The US, as a superpower, keeps overextending itself as it's an integral part of its strategic doctrine to tackle the adversary before the threat reaches its shores. This means that partners have no choice but to fight these expensive and sometimes irrelevant wars. If they dare to strike a discordant tone, the US will use its immense power to punish them.The problem with this story is that India's own experience points out otherwise. India did face this question after the US misadventure in Iraq. By then, the relations were on an upswing. The Bush government wanted to hand over the post-war transition to a “coalition of the willing”, and India featured prominently in those plans. The Indian government considered this request at the highest levels and eventually chose not to intervene. Despite this refusal, the India-US relationship didn't face a major bump. The two countries announced an initiative called the Next Steps in Strategic Partnership (NSSP) six months later. By 2005, the two countries had enough confidence to sign the monumental civil nuclear deal. So much for the concern over dragging India into American wars. The civil nuclear deal provides another counter-point. A recent book by veteran journalist Seema Sirohi Friends with Benefits: The India-US Story, meticulously details the events and personalities involved from the American side. What struck me most was the efforts made by the Bush administration to align cognitive maps of domestic and international opponents, that too within a decade after the post-Pokhran economic sanctions had created a new low in the relationship. On the issue of getting the NSG waiver past six opposing countries, Sirohi writes:“The Americans used every weapon in their diplomatic arsenal to persuade countries. At one point Mulford suggested sending a warning to Austria that Washington was ready to tell India to cancel all Austrian Airline flights. The British and the French, who were helping the US, would corner recalcitrant European ministers at every opportunity in different locations—including in opera houses and trains—to argue for the NSG waiver. In the end, all forty-five were persuaded. Many saw India as a responsible nuclear power with the potential to play an important role in world affairs.” Now, none of this was out of benevolence. In fact, to use a construct applicable to human relations in state-to-state relations would be grossly inappropriate. To say that the US is hypocritical, unreliable, or benevolent makes no sense in an arena where national interests are supreme. Anthropomorphism in international relations is as sound as counting goals in a cricket match. Rather, what this instance illustrates is the benefit of a closer India-US relationship. Having the world's number one power on the same side can open doors that strategic autonomy can't. To be sure, there will be costs. But, given that the interests of India and the US have never before converged as they have today, India's mileage out of the relationship would likely be much higher. After all, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, and even China gained power in no short measure due to the trade, technology, and human flows from the US. This is India's opportunity to amass national power quickly. PolicyWTF: Number Mirages This section looks at egregious public policies. Policies that make you go: WTF, Did that really happen?— Pranay KotasthaneDon't let numbers fool you. This theme has spawned a new genre of books, starting with Darrell Huff's 1954 classic How to Lie with Statistics. And yet, governments continue to insult our intelligence by using the same tropes repeatedly. What's worse is that they often succeed. So in this week's policyWTF section, let's look at some favourite number-chicanery tools used by Indian governments. One: present a current figure as a multiple of its value from almost a decade ago.Consider the news item from this week. “According to the National Statistical Office (NSO), the estimated annual per capita income at current prices for 2022-23 has doubled since the Narendra Modi-led NDA came to power in 2014-15”. Presented this way, the rise in national income sounds really, really impressive. Now pause for a moment. Using the shorthand rule of 72 suggests that a figure increasing at roughly nine per cent annually doubles in eight years. Instead of putting out the 9 per cent annual growth, the government showed you national income as a multiple of its value eight years ago. Two, present numbers at their nominal values in place of inflation-adjusted values. Another common strategy to make small increases seem bigger is to compare numbers at current prices rather than constant prices. The national per capita income story from this week uses this second trick as well. Adjusting for inflation, the incomes have only risen by 35 per cent in the last eight years, which translates to a poor 3.8 per cent annually. Instead of pointing out this abysmally low number, most news analyses went on a tangent to explain how the national per capita number is a mean value and doesn't account for the variance in incomes (duh!). Soon it became a debate over growth versus income inequality. The government went scot-free. Three, use a data point and its converse, both, to claim success. Thanks to RSJ for pointing this one out. Take a recent example. Demand collapsed at the height of the pandemic, and so did imports. That led to India showing a current account surplus for a few quarters, a rare occurrence. The government celebrated this “achievement”, downplaying the worrying cause of the surplus. When the current deficit was back when the pandemic ended, that too was celebrated as an indicator of strong domestic demand and bounce back!Four, spew out decontextualised metrics.Using absolute numbers instead of per capita numbers is an old trick in the government. Most numbers related to the government are big. If I were to tell you that the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Law (aka Mandatory Philanthropy) generated Rs 21,000 crores in a year, you might be impressed. But only if I were to tell you that this is less than half the amount the Union government spends on MGNREGS alone would you ask: are the compliance costs worth the benefits of the CSR law?Five, compare budget estimates of the next financial year with budget estimates of the current financial year.When budget documents are presented in the legislature, governments have revised estimates of the current year with them. An old trick is to compare the allocation of the next year with the older budget estimate in order to paint a better picture. For instance, the press release for the defence budget this year reads, “Defence gets Rs 5.94 lakh crore in Budget 2023-24, a jump of 13% over previous year”. What's left unsaid is that the increase over the revised estimates is a mere 1 per cent, that too in nominal terms. Accounting for inflation, the government will spend much less next year than it spent in the current fiscal year. The headline is perfectly accurate and perfectly misleading, both. This list is nowhere near exhaustive yet. Are there other tricks you recollect? HomeWorkReading and listening recommendations on public policy matters* [Podcast] A Puliyabaazi on India-US relations with Seema Sirohi* [Book] A classic - FA Hayek's The Fatal Conceit* [Podcast] This Ideas of India episode is a treat for anyone interested in urban governance and planning.* [Article] Shekhar Gupta's take on India-US-Russia relations. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit publicpolicy.substack.com

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Food insecurity is still on the rise rapidly in St. Johns County, but there's help. Sunny Mulford with Epic Cure sits in to talk to us about how they're adapting to meet the growing needs here at home, and how we can pitch in to help, and have some fun at the same time!

Lindsay Ness and Jake Mulford took over operations at the Grand Event Center on January 1, 2023 and will officially become the new owners in April. They discuss their backgrounds and future plans.

Lindsay Ness and Jake Mulford took over operations at the Grand Event Center on January 1, 2023 and will officially become the new owners in April. They discuss their backgrounds and future plans.

Sunny Mulford sits in with us to talk about what they need for their upcoming toy drive, as well as their goals of getting a permanent warehouse in 2023 to help serve the growing need for food stability among families in St. Johns County

The Orphan by Clarence Edward Mulford audiobook. Many men swore that The Orphan was bad, and many swore profanely and with wonderful command of epithets because he was bad, but for obvious reasons that was as far as the majority went to show their displeasure. Those of the minority who had gone farther and who had shown their hatred by rash actions only proved their foolishness; for they had indeed gone far and would return no more. But Sheriff Jim Shields is tracking The Orphan, wanted for the murder of sheepherders, and won't stop until he brings the bad man to justice. Often billed as the second book in Clarence Mulford's Hopalong Cassidy series, Hoppy doesn't appear in this one, but it's still as rip-roaring a western as you'll ever see.

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One of the first and strictest gun laws passed in the United States was the Mulford act of 1967, sparked by lawmakers perceived threat of the Black Panthers. Thus, the launch of the gun restriction movement was a targeted effort to limit Black Americans' gun access. How does this history influence attitudes about guns in the U.S. today? Dr. Gerald Higginbotham discusses the importance of history as a context in which to consider present-day attitudes, and how our own perceptions of history, like how long ago we feel the Tulsa Race Massacre happened, may in turn influence our current attitudes and support for policy.

Masters of Fire, presented by Urban Asado on 904 Now is coming up! We're talking with Sunny Mulford of Epic Cure to talk about how this event will impact her organization

Episode Show Notes In this episode we cover:  What TikTok is and how it's different from the other social platforms Types of content for TikTok How to drive sales with TikTok Tips for content creation This week's question is: Are you a TikToker? Recommendation of the week is: Malice by Heather Walter Apple Kobo Amazon UK Amazon USA ***this show uses affiliate links Find out more about AK on: TikTok Instagram Facebook The High Mountain Court  Rebel of the Week is: Eden Collier's Nan If you'd like to be a Rebel of the week please do send in your story, it can be any kind of rebellion. You can email your rebel story to rebelauthorpodcast@gmail.com. 2 new patrons this week, welcome and thank you to River Hemans and Laura Styles. A big thank you to my existing patrons as well. If you'd like to support the show, and get early access to all the episodes as well as bonus content you can from as little as $2 a month by visiting: www.patreon.com/sachablack

A.K. Mulford is a bestselling fantasy author and former wildlife biologist who swapped rehabilitating monkeys for writing novels. She/they are inspired to create diverse stories that transport readers to new realms, making them fall in love with fantasy for the first time, or, all over again. She now lives in New Zealand with her husband and two young human primates, creating lovable fantasy characters and making ridiculous Tiktoks (@akmulfordauthor).How Do You Write Podcast: Explore the processes of working writers with bestselling author Rachael Herron. Want tips on how to write the book you long to finish? Here you'll gain insight from other writers on how to get in the chair, tricks to stay in it, and inspiration to get your own words flowing. Join Rachael's Slack channel, Onward Writers: https://join.slack.com/t/onwardwriters/shared_invite/zt-7a3gorfm-C15cTKh_47CEdWIBW~RKwgRachael can be YOUR mini-coach, and she'll answer all your questions on the show! http://patreon.com/rachael See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Tuesday, March 15, 2022 Hoover Institution, Stanford University   The Hoover Institution Program on Strengthening US-India Relations invites you to a virtual panel discussion on The Strategic Value of India on Tuesday, March 15, 2022 from 9:00AM – 10:00AM PT. How should the US approach India? For much of the twentieth century, the relationship between the US and India could best be described as uneasy. Over the past two decades the countries have worked together to strengthen this relationship, mostly along cultural and economic lines. In this event, three leading experts make the case that the US must also recognize the strategic importance of India. Deeper relations between the two countries—and possibly even preferential treatment from the US side—could advance prosperity and peace.  SPEAKERS David C. Mulford is a distinguished visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution. He served as the twenty-first U.S. ambassador to the Republic of India from 2004–2009. After completing his post in India, Mulford served as the vice chairman international at Credit Suisse where he worked with a range of clients across the integrated bank with a particular focus on governments, as well as corporate clients, across the globe. Mulford was undersecretary and assistant secretary of the US Treasury for International Affairs from 1984 to 1992. He served as the senior international economic policy official at the Treasury under Secretaries Regan, Baker, and Brady where he was the US deputy for coordination of economic policies with other G-7 industrial nations and took part in the administration's international debt strategy, and the development and implementation of the Baker / Brady Plans, and President Bush's Enterprise Initiative for the Americas.  Kenneth I. Juster is a distinguished fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. He has over forty years of experience as a senior government official, senior business executive, and senior law partner. He recently completed service as the twenty-fifth U.S. ambassador to the Republic of India from 2017–2021. Juster previously served in the U.S. government as deputy assistant to the president for international economic affairs, on both the National Security Council and the National Economic Council, undersecretary of commerce, counselor (acting) of the State Department, and deputy and senior advisor to Deputy Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger.   MODERATED BY Larry Diamond is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, the Mosbacher Senior Fellow in Global Democracy at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI), and a Bass University Fellow in Undergraduate Education at Stanford University. He is also professor, by courtesy, of political science and sociology at Stanford. He leads the Hoover Institution's programs on China's Global Sharp Power and on Taiwan in the Indo-Pacific Region.  At FSI, he leads the Program on Arab Reform and Democracy, based at the Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law, which he directed for more than six years.  He also coleads (with Eileen Donahoe) the Global Digital Policy Incubator based at FSI's Cyber Policy Center.  

TikTok for Authors is one of the subjects that I have wanted to do for a long time. But not being on the platform very much myself, I had didn't know who I should approach to be a guest on the show. In comes the fantastic writing community. I reached out to a Facebook group TikTok for Authors and asked for some suggestions, and A.K. Mulford was someone who repeatedly came up in the comments. Highlights 01:25 Ali's Author Journey 05:08 What is TikTok 06:24 Why Ali started on the platform 07:22 Reservations 10:23 Why it's so good for authors 13:56 Indies Fully Booked podcast 16:49 How TikTok uses hashtags 18:14 BookTok and other author terms 19:27 Finding your audience 21:08 Dueting 22:23 Content creation 30:59 Ali's content creating process 32.39 Do you have to be good at editing? 33:06 Building a readership before your published 38:18 Finding and saving sounds 40:39 Engaging with others 40:55 Top tips of beginners 46:04 Author action point 47:24 Ali's Book The High Mount Court   Check out the Show Notes page for more.

Today we chatted with Author/Hospice Chaplain Don Mulford. Don has published book called Matchbooks in the Tunnel: How God and others solved my impossible problem. Don shares his journey to being diagnosed with cancer and journey to becoming cured. More about Don Don Mulford is cured of cancer, which was not supposed to happen. As a minister, chaplain, attorney, and mediator, he has experienced the spiritual and practical. Now he has experienced the miraculous. He lives by the coast in California where he loves to take walks and cycle by the beach, and otherwise hang out with his lovely wife. He plans to write more about the God Who does the impossible and makes it exciting. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thatssomecrazyshitpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thatssomecrazyshitpodcast/support