David L. Riley always wanted to write a book. Growing up in Pennsylvania, he loved creating stories, but it would be years before he could devote himself to writing. In this episode of Author Conversations with me, Chris Dabbs, David talks about his...

Charles A. Stewart spent 26 years in the US military, including combat deployments and work with Special Operations. Now he's drawing on those experiences to write military thrillers, and some of the events and characters in his novels are based on real people and missions. In this episode of **Author Conversations with me, Chris Dabbs**, Charles talks about his military career, the injuries and PTSD he experienced, and how encouragement from his family led him to begin writing. He tells me ho...

What happens when the people making you feel small are the very people you thought were your friends? In this edition of Author Conversations with Chris Dabbs, Chris is joined by mother-and-son co-authors Dr Lucille Hilliard and Marcellus Mitchell to discuss their children’s book THAT “thing!”. The story follows the Elegant Elephant when her friendship with Fly and Flea suddenly fractures. She finds herself excluded, blamed, shamed and bullied - and has to discover the strength to understand h...

Every life is full of stories. Some make us laugh, others take us back to people and places we've almost forgotten. But how many of those stories do we ever write down? In this episode of Author Conversations with Chris Dabbs, presented by SLM Books, Chris meets Pete Zimmer, author of Barn Secrets, a collection of stories inspired by a lifetime of experiences, family memories and fascinating encounters. Pete has enjoyed an extraordinary variety of careers, from musician and broadcast engineer ...

🚴 A 70-year-old retired detective. A 150-mile charity bicycle ride. Thousands of cyclists travelling from Houston to Austin.💥 And an explosion that turns an endurance challenge into a dangerous rescue mission. Author Reynold Conger joins Author Conversations' Chris Dabbs to discuss A Dangerous Bike Ride, the first book in his Richard Tracy series. 📖 The idea for the novel came from a striking real-life moment. Shortly after the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, Reynold and his wife were in Austin...

Author, artist and therapist Maree Deeley joins Chris Dabbs to discuss The Harvest Always Comes, a novel exploring love, relationships, temptation and second chances. Maree reveals the personal story behind the book's title, how decades spent exploring the human mind influence her fiction and why her next novel, Eyes of Innocence, will take her writing in a very different direction.

What if finding love starts with finding yourself? In this episode of Author Conversations, Chris Dabbs speaks with debut novelist Becky Larson Bloom about writing her first novel later in life, the inspiration behind New Beginnings and why self-discovery matters just as much as romance. Becky reflects on finally becoming a published author in her late sixties, fulfilling a lifelong ambition and proving that it's never too late to begin a new chapter. Whether you're an aspiring writer, a reader of contemporary fiction or simply looking for encouragement to pursue your own dreams, this conversation is a reminder that some of life's greatest adventures begin long after we think they should.

Is it ever too late to pursue the dream you kept putting off? Ray Denyer became an author in his sixties — and his message is simple: never give up. After decades of making up stories for his family, encouragement from his 14 grandchildren finally persuaded Ray to start writing them down. The result was Algernon Breadstick: The Hapless Knight, a warm, funny fantasy adventure about an unlikely hero who fails, gets lost, makes mistakes — and keeps going. In this episode of Author Conversations,...