The Author Angle - with Ocean Reeve
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Hear from new and established authors on their books, why they write and their mission for their published work. Also tune in for industry knowledge on book publishing and marketing along with inspirational insights from the experts. With the theme of creative expression beats depression, the Ocean Reeve Publishing team are committed to creating inspirational and superhero authors who can inspire their readers. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/an-author-angle/support
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George Johnston
George Johnston lives in Brisbane and draws inspiration for his writing from the natural world. You could say that he thinks outside the box but he would prefer to say “What box?” He is married and together with his wife they have many adventures bush walking, kayaking and either clambering up a mountain or down a creek. His first book, Into the Storyverse, was published in July 2020.
George is encouraged by the good people from Writers Rendezvous, a writing group based in Dayboro. His writing goals include publishing books in a variety of different genres because he can. Blending, bending and adjusting genres to suit the story is his forte. Remember, there is no box !
George believes that stories connect people and to that end he enjoys writing stories for people or equipping people with the skills to tell their own stories, especially people with difficult or marginalised backgrounds.
Writing for George is all about connecting together themes in an evocative and fresh way. His writing goes deep into the heart of a story. He plans to publish books on a variety of subjects and in a variety of different genres.
His general interests include: Bushwalking, kayaking, canyoning, photography, social justice, local history, environmental issues, and a whole lot more. He loves motor sport, especially speedway. He would say that all good sport should have wheels not balls. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/an-author-angle/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/an-author-angle/support
Feb 11, 2021
Sarah Kate Hill
Ever since Sarah Kate (Valkyrie) was introduced to books and stories by her parents at a tiny age, she’s been eager to tell stories of her own. This grew to a dream of becoming a published author and helping other writers to publish their books, too. Sarah began this dream by training and working at an England-based trade publishing company. Since then, Sarah’s lived and worked in Japan as an English content writer and editor, trained to become a chartered proofreader and creative writer, and started writing her books again. She’s recently moved to Australia to live with her partner, who is just as book-loving as she is. Now, Sarah’s living her dream as a fantasy writer and helping superhero authors to live theirs—guiding them through the publishing process as the ORP publishing assistant, proofreader, and website creator. Outside of work, Sarah studies Japanese, is a book and anime otaku, and daydreams about incredible fantasy worlds. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/an-author-angle/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/an-author-angle/support
Jan 31, 2021
Joileen Mischel
Joileen Mischel was born in Murwillumbah in New South Wales, Australia and had a life full of diverse experiences.
After an inauspicious and abusive early life, she managed to forge a 30-year hairdressing career, married and had three children, and is now the proud grandmother of six delightful grandchildren.
Joileen’s attributes her resilience and strong desire to fulfil her long held aspirations, as fundamental in enabling her to endure and overcome her early life of abuse and shattered dreams. Her father was an unskilled labourer hence he moved his family from place to place in search for work. Her early years were spent living a nomadic lifestyle and as a consequence, developed no attachments or friendships during her formative years. After attending twenty odd schools, she was forced to leave school at age 12 years to begin her working life.
Joileen credits her love of books and stories with helping her through the many days of quiet desperation she was forced to endure over the first 19 years of her life. Joileen fashioned dreams in her mind and formed ambitions for the future which she carried like jewels throughout her life. She often felt an alien in her abusive environment, with a deep sense of not measuring up because of her lack of education. Her belief that she did not belong was ever present. Feeling unloved, and without a voice for much of her early life Joileen kept the mental images of becoming somebody worthwhile alive in her long-held dreams.
Published by Ocean Reeve Publishing, Broken Past Heals Dreams is an inspirational story of how she was able to transcend feelings of abandonment and betrayal over so many years to eventually become the person she believes she was meant to be. Joileen writes with unbridled honestly about the flawed individual she believed herself to be – revealing her struggle with self-doubt and low self-esteem.
She describes how she transitioned from a life of abuse and despair to a place of self-acceptance and self-realisation. We witness how early self-preservation strategies such as reading helped her through the hardest times. Then how later she sought, unsuccessfully, the answers through religion. Joileen eventually developing a spiritual mindset which enabled her to finally understand her place in the scheme of life and to realise the fulfillment of those long held dreams.
Joileen says, “After a period of ill health where I had time to reflect on many of my life experiences I decided to write about them; to demonstrate how it is possible to overcome the struggles and challenges many of us face.” Her story is in some ways a story of self-creation, of finding a way out of self-doubt to arrive at a place where she feels she no longer has a need to prove her worth. She knows her life journey, with its many twists and turns, has led her to where she is meant to be. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/an-author-angle/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/an-author-angle/support
Jan 16, 2021
Stacy Nottle
Stacy Nottle grew up on a station in western Queensland where, from an early age, she began paying attention to her arid landscape where the changing seasons mean so much more than a change of clothing.
At age six, she went away to boarding school ‘in town’, and later ‘in the city’, where she discovered the world of people—complex, confusing, intriguing, surprising people—and she began paying attention to what they did and how they interacted.
She studied science at university and has worked as a shearers’ cook, waitress, scientific research assistant, high school mathematics and science teacher; and careers counsellor in an all-boys’ boarding school. For thirty years, Stacy has also participated in the sport of orienteering, as a competitor and a coach. She is a member of the Queensland Writers Centre and is active in the Queensland writing community attending workshops, writers’ groups and festivals which have connected her with mentors and allies that have helped her along the way. A cancer diagnosis in late 2015 gave her the impetus to start doing something with her writing. Her debut novel, After the Flood, was published in 2019 by Black Phoenix Publishing Collective. She is launching her memoir, Breastless, with Ocean Reeve Publishing in February 2021.
Stacy is married to Richard, has three grown children—Bridget, Glennie and Jack—plus Snorkel, Envy, Redbird (the horses), Theo (the dog) and Orla (the cat). --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/an-author-angle/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/an-author-angle/support
Jan 14, 2021
Jason 'The Flash' Smith
Jason (aka The Flash) is the Publishing Manager at Ocean Reeve Publishing and Managing Director at Clark and Mackay Printers. He works directly with each author managing them through the book publishing process and leads the publishing team Ocean Reeve Publishing. This includes everything from title registration through to book printing. His focus and efficiency often means he has over 60 authors in process at one time, multiple print jobs in the system both here in Australia and overseas – many of which he will personally deliver to the authors so that customer experience remains close throughout the whole process.
Jason also manages the print team at Clark and Mackay Printers and ensures that all print work is flowing seamlessly from client submission, through the production warehouse and into the clients hands.
Another role The Flash has is as a meticulous writer. Due to this, he often takes authors through the Writing Fiction mentoring program. Along with this role as operations manager, he is also the Business Development Manager for the both businesses, where using his millennial mindset, he devises and implements innovative and fresh directions for the company going forward. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/an-author-angle/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/an-author-angle/support