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Join thousands of listeners to hear about the accomplishments of publishing professionals just like you! All guests on the podcast are members of the National Association of Independent Writers and Editors.

  1. Nov 2

    Book Chat: Nikki Minty

    Born in Queensland, Australia, Nikki Minty rose into this world with a wild imagination. As a young girl, she would lay in bed with her family at night, co-telling stories about the big bad wolf and his turbulent adventures.   Nikki has recently published a book called: Psychosis Diagnosis, which won the NAIWE Book Award in Genre Fiction.

  2. Oct 5

    Book Chat: Leslie Simmons

    Leslie Simmons won the 2024 Book Award for her book Red Clay, Running Waters in the Genre Fiction category. Leslie Simmons writes Historical Fiction about people in the center of defining moments in American history. Her debut novel, Red Clay, Running Waters uses the power of story to explore how a past we didn’t live shapes the lives we live today. Leslie grew up in Philadelphia, following in the footsteps of the founding fathers. A lifelong reader and lover of all things historical, she is fascinated by the lessor known lives of those who changed history. After decades of research into the Cherokee, Indian Removal, the Ridge family, and the Antebellum Era, Leslie followed a path marked by serendipities to the book she knew she had to write.

  3. Sep 2

    Book Award Winner: Ana Maria Lopez Jimeno

    Ana Maria Lopez Jimeno is a linguist and language educator with over 40 years of teaching experience across three languages — English, Spanish, and Arabic. She founded a language academy and the first English kindergarten in Toledo, Spain, and she has spent the last several years teaching Spanish to refugees and migrants as a volunteer with the Spanish Red Cross. That combination — rigorouslinguistics on one side, grassroots language access on the other — is what shaped both her teaching methodology and, eventually, her latest book. She is currently working toward a Doctorate in Didactics of Languages. Congratulations, Ana María López Jimeno’s Vademecum of English: A Complete Reference Guide for Teachers and Learners for being a NAIWE 2025 Book Award winner!

  4. Jan 25

    Book Chat: J.A. McGovern

    Joe McGovern is a published poet, songwriter, and independent filmmaker.  A graduate, with a bachelor’s degree in forensic science – chemistry focus with criminal justice minor, Joe McGovern currently works as an analytical inorganic chemist. Founder and curator of the literary art anthology, Perception, his artistic team has received multiplenominations and awards for their work. In 2018, Joe McGovern received an American Songwriting Award for lyrics in folk music, for his independent film’s title song, “All Over Again.” Words Left Unspoken is Joe McGovern’s debut poetry collection publication, which won the NAIWE Book Award for poetry.

  5. 11/17/2025

    Book Award Winner: Robin Stevens Payes

    Robin Stevens Payes, winner of the NAIWE Book Awards for young adult fiction, is a time traveler who reasons that time and space are just inconvenient rules that other people decided the world must follow. She’s author of the award-winning Edge of Yesterday YA time travel adventure book series chronicling a “whip-smart” modern teen’s quest to meet—and interview—all her polymathic “heroes of history” to learn the secrets of their genius. She has recently completed a pilot screenplay adaptation for television or streaming with screenwriting partner Tish Dragonette.

  6. 10/27/2025

    Book Award Winner: Sherry Roberts

    Sherry Roberts is an award-winning author of children’s picture books and middle grade novels. Her debut middle grade book, The Galaxy According to Cece, received a Get It: Recommend review from Kirkus Reviews. This book was also featured in the 40 Indie Books Worth Discovering from Kirkus. The Galaxy According to Cece also received the NAIWE Book Award for Middle Grade Books.

  7. 09/03/2025

    Book Award Winner: Tong Ge

    Tong Ge won the NAIWE 2024 Book Award for The House Filler in the Literary Fiction category. Born and raised in China, Tong Ge moved to Canada in the late 1980s as an international student, earning a Master of Science degree from the University of Saskatchewan in 1992. Since 2012, she has written under both her real name and the pen name Tong Ge, publishing poetry, prose, and short stories in English and Chinese across North America, England and Taiwan. A recipient of five literary awards and a finalist for five others. Her debut novel, The House Filler, was published in Canada in 2023. It is a finalist for the 2023 Eyelands Book Awards and the 2024 Canadian Book Club Awards for fiction and won two book awards.

  8. 04/21/2025

    Book Award Winner: Erin Berkery-Rovner

    Erin Berkery is a freelance writer, creative career advisor, and consultant with a passion for helping people both with their creative life and blending their creative lifestyles and the rest of their life. Erin writes content for companies, career development articles, and creative fiction that is quite humorous despite those previous two categories. She has recently published a book called: How Not to Make Small Talk, which won the NAIWE 2023 Book Award in Coffee Table books.

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Join thousands of listeners to hear about the accomplishments of publishing professionals just like you! All guests on the podcast are members of the National Association of Independent Writers and Editors.

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  • Creator
    NAIWE
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2026
  • Episodes
    19
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    The Freelance Life