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Craig Stewart & Barb Robitaille
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A podcast that features indie writers, memoirs, and self-publishing. We talk with authors, editors, publishers, ghostwriters, and other free spirits drawn to writing, and the company of a cup of tea and a good book before the fire. Hosts Craig Stewart and Barb Robitaille, produce ink & peat from a cozy carriage house a short stroll from the Pacific on the wild Washington Coast.

  1. 12/18/2023

    Joy When Least Expected

    Final Episode of ink & peat In this, our final episode of ink & peat, we offer a sampling of guests' recollections of joy when they least expected it. A heartfelt thank you to all our listeners.

    27 min

  2. 08/10/2023

    Pro Audio Voices Inc ~ with Founder & CEO Becky Parker Geist

    Following the advice of a mentor, Becky Parker Geist took a leap of faith and combined her love for theater, reading aloud, and books. She turned these beloved pastimes into a global business dedicated to publishing audiobooks explicitly for indie authors. Pro Audio Voices is a company that produces audiobooks for authors who want to take their work off the page and turn it into an audio experience. In ink & peat episode 48, Becky tells about how she was drawn to voice acting from an early age, the role that gratitude plays in her success, and how her innovative company has developed an app that is a game-changer in the world of indie publishing. Website

    38 min

  3. 07/27/2023

    Love's Journey Home ~ with author Gabi Coatsworth

    In her memoir, Love’s Journey Home, author Gabi Coatsworth tells the story of finding, leaving, and reuniting with the love of her life. Gabi’s candor about how their relationship worked, and then didn’t, and ultimately did, makes for a read that is both romantic and packed with the realities two people must face when confronted with difficult life choices. In episode 47, Gabi shares how she was encouraged by friends to write the memoir for herself and how – through the writing process – she was able to gain clarity about her experiences and affirm her love’s journey home. Linktree

    42 min

  4. 07/13/2023

    Inheriting Our Names ~ with Author C. Vargas McPherson

    Cristina Vargas McPherson’s memoir is a deeply moving account of coming to terms with grief – a grief handed down from grandmother to mother to daughter, brought about through unconscionable events of the Spanish Civil War. Told through imagined conversations between her grandparents, real events of Franco’s fascist regime, and vivid mystical encounters with the revered religious icon, La Macarena, Cristina weaves fact and fiction, history and mysticism into a spellbinding memoir that heals and, in so doing, breaks her family legacy. In ink and peat episode 46 Cristina talks about the inspiration for her book - Inheriting Our Names - An Imagined True Memoir of Spain’s Pact of Forgetting, the challenges she faced in writing and getting it published, the insights she gained about her grandmother and mother and her family roots. And she reveals glimpses of a remarkable secret her grandfather kept to himself for nearly four decades. Website Facebook Instagram

    41 min

  5. 06/15/2023

    Between the Lines of Three Winning Memoirs

    Expert book reviewer and developmental editor ~ Annie Mydla ~ joins us on ink & peat again. This time to share her vast knowledge about what has made each of three North Street Book Prize winning memoirs worthy of the awards they received and why a reader would do well to invest time and soul into these self-published authors and their books.  In ink & peat episode 45, Annie talks about what makes these memoirs memorable, how each writer approached crafting her book, the pitfalls they avoided and the remarkable stories that win not only prizes, but the hearts of those that read them.  Website Facebook Instagram

    48 min

  6. 06/01/2023

    Mike Evans ~ Belfast Blazers

    When Mike Evans graduated from college, he moved to Belfast, Northern Ireland – ostensibly to be a Program Director for a non-profit, coaching basketball to young school kids in a visionary program called Playing for Peace, while keeping his hand in semi-pro basketball on the side. But things didn’t turn out quite as he expected, and Mike soon found himself playing out a vision of his own – coaching basketball to a mixed group of reluctant Protestant and Catholic 15-year-old boys – each side charged with preconceived notions and generations of prejudices. In his memoir, The Belfast Blazers, Mike writes about the challenges he faced, about how a chance meeting of the Dalai Lama on a basketball court opened his mind to a vision of collaboration, and documents his audacious belief in the power of basketball to be a vehicle for change.  In ink & peat episode 44, Mike Evans shares his story and describes how his Belfast Blazers became the trial run of what would become Full Court Peace - a winning  organization dedicated to bringing peace and understanding across cultural divides. Website Instagram Substack Link to book

    38 min

  7. 05/17/2023

    In the Shadow of the Apennines ~ with author Kimberly Sullivan

    Enchanted by the rugged beauty of the Apennines in Italy's Abruzzo region, and drawn to the rich history and struggles of its inhabitants, Kimberly Sullivan crafted a novel that tells the stories of two women separated by a century yet connected intimately by place and circumstance. In the Shadow of the Apennines is Kimberly's third self-published novel. In ink and peat episode 43, Kimberly talks about Women's Fiction – what it is and why she is drawn to it, why self-publishing is a perfect fit for her, and how her love for writing, history, and international travel provide endless sources of inspiration for her novels. Website Instagram

    34 min

  8. 05/02/2023

    Modern Websites for Authors ~ with designer Emma Bates

    ELB Media builds websites for authors. An unbridled love for books and reading inspired ELB Media’s Founder ~ Emma Bates ~ to apply her vast technical know-how and social media expertise to help authors. In ink&peat episode 42, Emma shares her insights on what makes author websites unique, how her life has been impacted by books and authors, and how she helps authors create personalized websites for the next chapter of their writing careers. Tiktok Facebook Instagram Website

    33 min
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A podcast that features indie writers, memoirs, and self-publishing. We talk with authors, editors, publishers, ghostwriters, and other free spirits drawn to writing, and the company of a cup of tea and a good book before the fire. Hosts Craig Stewart and Barb Robitaille, produce ink & peat from a cozy carriage house a short stroll from the Pacific on the wild Washington Coast.

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  • Creator
    Craig Stewart & Barb Robitaille
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2023
  • Episodes
    49
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2023 ink & peat
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    ink & peat