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Today our guest is LazRael Lison, author of " Neighborhood of Dreams ". We have conducted an interview with him. So, LazRael Lison, you’re originally from Little Rock, Arkansas? I’ve never been there. Yep. Winchester and Little Rock . So what was life like growing up in the south? I’m sure it was much different than the life you’re accustom to living now. Totally. But I’m so appreciative of my southern roots because it’s made me the man I am today. We grew up in a two-bedroom mobile home with about nine people living in it. No lie. Wow! When I look back, that was the greatest thing ever happen to me, because I learned to be happy with very little. I never knew we were close to the poverty line. I think when your around people you love and that love you, it somehow overshadows the lack of everything else when you’re a child. However, that’s where the dreams started. Speaking of Dreams. Let us jump right into this book, “Neighborhood of Dreams...

Ralph Watley is a 61 year-old poet, songwriter, and podcaster. He also is the author of Pop Goes The Poetry available at Amazon.com . We have conducted an interview with him. What kind of music do you play on your show? Why did you choose this music? I play most genres of music with the exception being the use of foul or abusive lyrics. I get most of my music from Airplay Direct a service used by stations to get new music. What inspires you the most in songwriting? My biggest inspiration in songwriting is failure. Because failure makes the world so real and to escape that reality I will write more songs. How long have you been making the podcast? I have been playing new Independent music for 7 years at www.blogtalkradio.com/xtrasound Why did you want to write about emotions we go through in "Pop Goes The Poetry"? Pop Goes The Poetry is revealing look at my life and thought. It's available at Amazon.com Which do you prefer the most: writing s...

Gary Guinn is a retired English professor, a progressive who taught at a small conservative college for 35 years. He lives in Northwest Arkansas, and since retiring, he has been traveling, writing, enjoying friends, and walking the dogs. Gary published a literary novel twelve years ago and has now started a mystery/thriller series, the first book of which will be published by The Wild Rose Press in March. We have conducted an interview with him. Why did you choose to write about threats that a professor face in your mystery/thriller series? Fairly early in my career at the college where I taught, a threat similar to the one in my novel actually happened. Three faculty members received anonymous threatening notes. I was not one of them, but they were friends of mine. They were liberal professors, and the threat was aimed at their beliefs and was couched in violent terms. It was a very stressful time for them. In the end, the threat was not carried out, but I used it as a st...

Tonight our guest is James Virgil Boggs , a Christ Follower, Husband, Rap Artist, Blogger. James is also bringing Awareness to Potter's Syndrome. We have conducted an interview with him. When was the toughest and most challenging period in your life? By far the most challenging times of my life, was the first part of 2014 when my wife Sydney and I lost our first child to a miscarriage. We found out at 10 weeks. It was very sudden news because we found out via an ultrasound. Sydney’s body had not fully recognized that the child had passed. We were told by the doctor that she had experienced a “silent or missed miscarriage”. We had only been married one year and found out one day after my 26th birthday. I was preparing for a mission trip to Ecuador for 2 weeks, which happened to be on our first anniversary. The month before the trip was full of much grief, prayers, and tears. After I returned to the United States, we received counseling that was set up by one of our Pastors....