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TerryShepherd.com @terryshepherd.com · 6h

Journalist and author @ronanoconnell.bsky.social discusses his book, Hidden In Plain Sight: The Untold #Mysteries, #Myths, and Marvels of the World's Most Popular #Landmarks. Hear the convo: tinyurl.com/2pjrttmz Get the Book: tinyurl.com/bdyzr65r Read my Substack essay: tinyurl.com/4vz44pzw

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TerryShepherd.com @terryshepherd.com · 9h

There is little competition on the extra mile. #motivation #inspiration #resilience

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TerryShepherd.com @terryshepherd.com · 30/09/2026

"Top Shot" Chris Cheng discusses his powerful historical novel PROVEN IN BLOOD, where the most decorated regiment of WWII may surprise you. Hear the convo: tinyurl.com/2apyywvp Get the Book: tinyurl.com/46mspsu2 Read my Substack essay: tinyurl.com/3tspypfu

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TerryShepherd.com @terryshepherd.com · 29/09/2026

If you love #cozy #romance, Sharon Michalove's PLAYING FOR HEARTS - LOVE ON THE ICE is right up your alley. Honored to narrate this delightful #audiobook. Grab your copy here! tinyurl.com/ycxparkx

Four stories about members of the famed Chicago Seabirds hockey team. Antarctica to the Rhine, and finally in Chicago, you’ll see unusual settings and unexpected relationships. From a former captain who becomes a recluse after a career ending incident on the ice to a grumpy player forced to work with an attractive physical therapist, these stories will bring different perspectives to romance on and off the ice.

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TerryShepherd.com @terryshepherd.com · 29/09/2026

Molly Guptill Manning's "A Librarian's War," tells the incredible story of how one man changed the way a generation discovered reading. Hear the conversation: tinyurl.com/4uypefwr Get the book: tinyurl.com/mswtmb6e Read my Substack essay: tinyurl.com/yuazsb74

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TerryShepherd.com @terryshepherd.com · 22/09/2026

Dr. Patricia Leavy takes on stardom, cancel culture and social media in her powerful new novel, SUGAR SAND LAND. Hear the convo: tinyurl.com/mv5vkb5p Get the Book: tinyurl.com/yc8ab398 Read my substack essay: tinyurl.com/46z5cc3y

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TerryShepherd.com @terryshepherd.com · 21/09/2026

Happy heavenly birthday to #WarnerBros #LooneyTunes #animator, Chuck Jones, born today in 1912. His "rules" for the #RoadRunner / #Coyote relationship still resonate today.

RULE 1.
THE ROAD RUNNER CANNOT HARM THE COYOTE EXCEPT BY GOING "ВЕЕР-BEEP!"
RULE 2.
NO OUTSIDE FORCE CAN HARM THE COYOTE - ONLY HIS OWN INEPTITUDE OR THE FAILURE OF THE ACME PRODUCTS.
RULE 3.
THE COYOTE COULD STOP ANYTIME - IF HE WERE NOT A FANATIC.
(REPEAT: "A FANATIC IS ONE WHO REDOUBLES HIS EFFORT WHEN HE HAS FORGOTTEN HIS AIM." -GEORGE SANTAYANA)
RULE 4.
NO DIALOGUE EVER, EXCEPT "ВЕЕР-BEEP!" RULES.
THE ROAD RUNNER MUST STAY ON THE ROAD - OTHERWISE, LOGICALLY, HE WOULD NOT BE CALLED ROAD RUNNER.
RULE 6.
ALL ACTION MUST BE CONFINED TO THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT OF THE TWO CHARACTERS - THE SOUTHWEST AMERICAN DESERT.
RULE 7.
ALL MATERIALS, TOOLS, WEAPONS, OR MECHANICAL CONVENIENCES MUST BE OBTAINED FROM THE ACME CORPORATION.
RULE 8.
WHENEVER POSSIBLE, MAKE GRAVITY THE COYOTE'S GREATEST ENEMY.
RULE 9.
THE COYOTE IS ALWAYS MORE HUMILIATED THAN HARMED BY HIS FAILURES.

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TerryShepherd.com @terryshepherd.com · 21/09/2026

Imagine trying to hide your father’s multi-million-dollar strip club empire from your Catholic school teachers and ballet carpool. For Laurel Woods, that was just the beginning. Hear the convo: tinyurl.com/439b229t Get the book: tinyurl.com/ztafpy7z Read my Substack essay: tinyurl.com/ksaefp2b

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TerryShepherd.com @terryshepherd.com · 14/09/2026

What happens when a lifelong obsession becomes a test of identity, endurance, and nerve? L. Mark Weeks talks about his new novel, Poontown: A Novel of Chasing Tarpon and Glory. Hear the convo: tinyurl.com/2ezh7d57 Get the book: tinyurl.com/ms2xfsr7 Read my Substack Essay: tinyurl.com/48bjeb53

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TerryShepherd.com @terryshepherd.com · 10/09/2026

What happens when cutting-edge science, climate politics, corporate greed, and murder collide? That's the setup for Award-winning journalist Judy Foreman's "The Scallop Plot." Hear the Convo: tinyurl.com/3pna5eu7 Get the Book: tinyurl.com/5s72uyhh Read my Substack Essay: tinyurl.com/39uxp74k

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TerryShepherd.com @terryshepherd.com · 09/09/2026

R. Scott West didn't let a prison sentence get in the way of restoring downtown Knoxville, TN. "Smoke Rings: A Scruffy City Novel" fictionalizes his true story. Here the convo: tinyurl.com/mpwarn9y Get the book: tinyurl.com/5eyptz4x Read my Substack essay: tinyurl.com/3x9nb8cm

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TerryShepherd.com @terryshepherd.com · 08/09/2026

Rich Dunning's life story will terrify and inspire you. He shares the ups and downs in "Silence Was My First Language." Hear the convo: tinyurl.com/2ed8pzcn Get the book: tinyurl.com/332yb27u Read my Substack essay: tinyurl.com/48paccr4

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TerryShepherd.com @terryshepherd.com · 01/09/2026

Gabriella Saab explores what happens to two Titanic survivors when a small boy becomes part of their intersecting lives. Hear the convo: tinyurl.com/yte5wz7v Get the Book: tinyurl.com/5f64fyxb Read my Substack essay: tinyurl.com/bdddfpyt

In Gabriella Saab’s The Survivors Guild, the Titanic is not so much a ship as a threshold. We know before the first page turns what history has already decided. The iceberg, the lifeboats, the black water, the terrible arithmetic of class and chance. But Gabriella’s novel begins where the familiar story usually ends, with the living required to become human again.

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TerryShepherd.com @terryshepherd.com · 31/08/2026

Husband and wife team K.B. Brodsky creates a riveting debut espionage thriller. We've got the backstory. Hear our convo: tinyurl.com/usjf6dz5 Get the book: tinyurl.com/bdcub497 Read my Substack essay: tinyurl.com/39t8aejr

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TerryShepherd.com @terryshepherd.com · 31/08/2026

How Korey Rowe's being in the wrong place at the wrong time led to a healing outcome that lives on today. Hear our convo: tinyurl.com/3crh5bd4 Get the Book: tinyurl.com/unxj5vb5 Read my Substack essay: tinyurl.com/35wrufvf

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TerryShepherd.com @terryshepherd.com · 26/08/2026

Mesmerizing. The subtexts here are so powerful. Building a better world begins in our hearts. Make a difference… somewhere. Rita Moreno serenaded by Carolyn Hao and Henry Wu.

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TerryShepherd.com @terryshepherd.com · 25/08/2026

Remembering #DollyParton. terryshepherd.substack.com/p/rememberin...

If there was ever an illustration of the best an American can be, Dolly exemplified it. She lived in that magical intersection of purpose, passion and talent where happiness lives. In a time where there are so many bad actors in positions of fame and temporary power, may we all incorporate the best of who Dolly Parton was in our own lives to honor her memory.

I think she’d love that.

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TerryShepherd.com @terryshepherd.com · 19/08/2026

David Kibbe's sense of style has inspired millions. In his new book he defines it as a look inside ourselves. Hear the convo: tinyurl.com/mrxm2p8n Get the Book: tinyurl.com/3bsfnspu Read my Substack essay: tinyurl.com/msr6vvy3

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TerryShepherd.com @terryshepherd.com · 15/08/2026

14 things that define a true friend…

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TerryShepherd.com @terryshepherd.com · 15/08/2026

Denise Pérez shares her deeply personal journey in this mystical, enlightening memoir. Here our convo: tinyurl.com/2jm3m9x4 Get the Book: tinyurl.com/b96my8de Read my Substack essay: tinyurl.com/yc2eydtn

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TerryShepherd.com @terryshepherd.com · 14/08/2026

Judith Starkston on #ChristopherNolan's #Odyssey and her own hit, "Achilles's Wife." Hear the convo: tinyurl.com/39pcy8tz Get the book: tinyurl.com/39enbvze Read my Substack essay: tinyurl.com/33rjrva7

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TerryShepherd.com @terryshepherd.com · 11/08/2026

Elliot Blake is a true Renaissance Man. He joins me to talk about his fascinating career and taking on prose. Hear the convo: tinyurl.com/8nr8namh Get the book: tinyurl.com/aeb58atm Read my Substack essay: tinyurl.com/5z8wc76n

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TerryShepherd.com @terryshepherd.com · 10/08/2026

Laura Jensen Walker on the writing life, nerurodiversity and why she's an Anglophile. Hear the convo: tinyurl.com/yz8u58rw Get the Book: tinyurl.com/4ze7u3b4 Read my Substack essay: tinyurl.com/ykx2vzc5

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TerryShepherd.com @terryshepherd.com · 07/08/2026

In Elizabeth Crowens’ fiction, the past is a crowded workplace filled with temperamental stars, frightened executives, recycled scenery, and people trying to finish the day before somebody gets killed. Hear our convo: open.substack.com/pub/terryshe...

Elizabeth Crowens’ latest novel, Round Up the Unusual Suspects is the third installment in her classic-Hollywood detective series. Its setting is the Warner Brothers lot in 1942, where “Casablanca” is being assembled from fog, plywood, borrowed sets, and uncertainty. When a stagehand is murdered on the soundstage, Jack L. Warner calls upon private investigators Babs Norman and Guy Brandt. Their assignment is to identify the killer without interrupting production, a reminder that, in Hollywood, death may be tragic, but delays are unforgivable.
Babs and Guy are former actors, though not especially successful ones. Their partnership began in a cemetery, over a lunch composed of food they had not precisely purchased. After protecting Humphrey Bogart during an earlier adventure, they have earned a place in the studio’s unofficial emergency services. This time, they enlist members of the “Casablanca” company in a mystery that gradually expands beyond the usual collection of grudges, affairs, and contractual resentments.

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TerryShepherd.com @terryshepherd.com · 04/08/2026

4000 years later and not much has changed. Wonder if they were plotters or pantsers? #writing #authors #emoji

From hieroglyphics to emojis, visual shortcuts have always been à la gage of their own.

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TerryShepherd.com @terryshepherd.com · 28/07/2026

Although its reptilian ancestor no longer terrorizes humankind, the #Thesaurus is still a powerful literary predator. #writing #authors #books

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TerryShepherd.com @terryshepherd.com · 22/07/2026

Nathan Jorgenson’s new novel, Otto’s Portal, begins with a metaphysical: if the soul leaves the body at death, what keeps it attached while we are alive? Hear the convo: tinyurl.com/yk8h4db7 Get the book: tinyurl.com/mrxt3u4 Read my Substack essay: tinyurl.com/37c7hden

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TerryShepherd.com @terryshepherd.com · 19/07/2026

From the best-of file. The awesome Tracey S. Phillips shares the backstory on her MINA'S CHOICE Romantic Suspense series, recorded two years ago today. Hear the convo: tinyurl.com/2kxeju55 Get the book: tinyurl.com/4ejvjkkv Read my NEW Substack essay: tinyurl.com/brsjswe4

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TerryShepherd.com @terryshepherd.com · 14/07/2026

What's the most important answer to a writer's most often asked question? We'll perfect yours this weekend at Northeast Florida Sisters in Crime's Double Vision Writer's Workshop. nefloridasistersincrime.org/double-visio...

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TerryShepherd.com @terryshepherd.com · 14/07/2026

R. John Dingle's newest thriller, BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS is a treasure trove of suspenseful secrets. Here our convo: tinyurl.com/y6cdyjyz Get the book: rjohndingle.com/books/ Read my Substack essay: tinyurl.com/48yp59rf

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TerryShepherd.com @terryshepherd.com · 09/07/2026

With fewer dedicated #readers out there, your #author #brand is more important than ever. Join me on July 18 to learn how to maximize your brand... and #sell stuff. tinyurl.com/y34s3bsx

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TerryShepherd.com @terryshepherd.com · 09/07/2026

Fewer than half of all adults report reading a book of any kind in the last year. Here's why you should keep writing. terryshepherd.substack.com/p/why-good-w...

If you read the recent article in The Atlantic about the sharp decline in reader interest in books since 2003, you may share my trepidation for the future of The Writer’s Craft.

Rose Horowitch writes that the Library of Alexandria did not need a single great fire to become a tragedy. It may have died more quietly than legend allows. Scroll by scroll. Shelf by shelf. Copy by copy. The papyrus aged. The insects came. The scribes stopped reproducing the texts. The will to preserve knowledge faded, and what should have been carried forward was left to disappear.

That is the warning for us now.

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TerryShepherd.com @terryshepherd.com · 08/07/2026

Steven L. Conley's new novel has roots in a stunning true story of a double-agent's 18 year trechery. Hear the convo: tinyurl.com/ycnfxcdh Get the book: tinyurl.com/3e6rseaf Read my Substack essay: tinyurl.com/5bcjybar

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TerryShepherd.com @terryshepherd.com · 07/07/2026

Margaret Mizushima discusses Dying Cry, the thrilling 10th installment in her internationally published Timber Creek Canine Mysteries. Hear the convo: tinyurl.com/2757tp5x Get the book: tinyurl.com/49jxmynm Read my Substack essay: tinyurl.com/jkhabawf

In Margaret Mizushima’s Timber Creek K-9 Mysteries, the mountains listen. Snow presses against the Colorado high country with the hush of an accomplice. Canyons conceal more than weather. And a dog’s lifted muzzle may be the first sign that civilization’s careful arrangements have begun to fail.

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TerryShepherd.com @terryshepherd.com · 04/07/2026

Excited to be with my Northeast Florida Sisters in Crime siblings on July 18 for DOUBLE VISION 2026. Join us in person or on Zoom. Learn what I've learned about branding from interviewing over 400 authors about the business of books. nefloridasistersincrime.org/double-visio...

What are the two biggest mistakes authors make when promoting their books? What is the one thing you must perfect and memorize to make a powerful first impression? Join me on July 18 to find out.

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TerryShepherd.com @terryshepherd.com · 03/07/2026

Dara Levan introduces SHAKEN TO THE CORE, a story not merely about being broken. It is about what a person does after the breaking. Hear the convo: tinyurl.com/4a95zzfs Get the book: tinyurl.com/4w898j99 Read my Substack essay: tinyurl.com/3wjhj87n

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TerryShepherd.com @terryshepherd.com · 02/07/2026

Steven Rubin’s THE UNRAVELING OF MICHAEL GALLER is a laboratory in which grief becomes theory. And theory becomes fate. Here's our wide ranging interview: Hear our convo: tinyurl.com/2rdbwxbr Get the book: tinyurl.com/5abb3ts8 Read my Substack essay: tinyurl.com/yem2jbxr

Steven Rubin’s The Unraveling of Michael Galler begins not with a monster in the room but with an absence. Michael is eight years old when his mother dies of cancer. From that point forward the world becomes a place where invisible things gather strength in silence. Childhood, Steven tells me, is not merely a landscape of baseball gloves, schoolbooks, and family dinners. It is a laboratory in which grief becomes theory. And theory becomes fate.

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TerryShepherd.com @terryshepherd.com · 29/06/2026

John Winn Miller's addicting WWII historical fiction, MIRIAM IN THE SHADOWS, is a powerful study in the emotional weather behind the documented fact. Hear the convo: tinyurl.com/4fu4nur5 Order the book: tinyurl.com/avbd9484 Read my Substack Essay: tinyurl.com/2dutcmz5

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TerryShepherd.com @terryshepherd.com · 26/06/2026

Lena Fein's chilling and ultimately redemptive memoir reminds us that it is never too late to come home to yourself. Hear the convo: tinyurl.com/4pnn9vyb Order the book: tinyurl.com/2p7fyw6b Read my Substack Essay: tinyurl.com/bd6smva9

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TerryShepherd.com @terryshepherd.com · 25/06/2026

Katie Rose Pryal's inspiring discussion of nurodiversity, parenting and universal human value. Hear the convo: tinyurl.com/yc2p27bh Order the book: tinyurl.com/mr2t8mek Read my Substack Essay: tinyurl.com/bderdmed

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TerryShepherd.com @terryshepherd.com · 24/06/2026

Heather J. Fitt has had many incarnations. Here's how she took control of her books and her next chapter. Hear the convo: tinyurl.com/bd7fw9md Order the book: tinyurl.com/3svdbcw5 Read my Substack Essay: tinyurl.com/mrnb7nyx

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TerryShepherd.com @terryshepherd.com · 23/06/2026

An investigative journalist shifts from documenting true crime to crafting psychological suspense? Welcome to the multi-layered world of Caitlin Rother's Katrina and Goode series. Hear the convo: tinyurl.com/567v4wtj Get the book: tinyurl.com/satcjnma Read my Substack essay: tinyurl.com/yj82nrtp

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TerryShepherd.com @terryshepherd.com · 20/06/2026

In Fons Burger's new book, "The Only Possible Solution," the question before him is not whether the world is broken. It is whether we can still imagine it whole. Hear the convo: tinyurl.com/3yf3j4sm Get the book: tinyurl.com/k2tex6pk Read my Substack essay: tinyurl.com/2mhbexpb

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TerryShepherd.com @terryshepherd.com · 11/06/2026

Happy Birthday, Dr. Lori Moore Langdon! Here's our convo: tinyurl.com/mr42yk5b

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TerryShepherd.com @terryshepherd.com · 06/06/2026

Happy Birthday, August Norman! Here's a look back to our convo about SINS OF THE MOTHER. Still a great read! Hear the convo: tinyurl.com/yhwkbjkf Get the book: tinyurl.com/5fhzx292 Read my Substack essay: tinyurl.com/yyf9j9fs

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TerryShepherd.com @terryshepherd.com · 05/06/2026

Discover MJ Dyer's debut psychological thriller, WE ARE MONSTERS; the ache of comparison, the violence of invisibility & how families manufacture ghosts before anyone has died. Hear the convo: tinyurl.com/yc67r9up Pre-order the book: tinyurl.com/4ue7xmjs Read my Substack essay: tinyurl.com/4p2swv5z

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TerryShepherd.com @terryshepherd.com · 04/06/2026

Celebrate these amazing authors In Conversation with me. Happy Birthday, Marshall, Loxley, Tracey, and Patricia. Marshall Karp - tinyurl.com/t65stuex Loxley Browne - tinyurl.com/mr353f23 Tracey S. Phillips - tinyurl.com/2kxeju55 Patricia D'Arcy Laughlin, - tinyurl.com/yk9drzs

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TerryShepherd.com @terryshepherd.com · 02/06/2026

Lee Goldberg's "Murder By Design" is live, and it's one of his best ever. He twists the rules and roles of the mystery genre with wonderful wit, plot and pacing. Another winner. Hear the convo: tinyurl.com/bdhjh6bh Get the book: tinyurl.com/ytzz699u Read my Substack essay: tinyurl.com/2d47shhr

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TerryShepherd.com @terryshepherd.com · 01/06/2026

CB Wilson joins me to discuss the second in her Gem Hunter series, The great read, "The Water Diamond." Hear the convo: tinyurl.com/yck9n2bv Get the book: tinyurl.com/2vetmrej Read my Substack essay: tinyurl.com/3ekmwjst

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