Best ACB Radio Podcasts (2025)

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20250924 - Main Menu Live - accomplished Science Fiction Writer Robert J. Sawyer, plus what's new in iOS 26. 1:57:45

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In our first Hour, Author Robert J. Sawyer revisits his visionary WWW trilogy and shares his thoughts on AI today and tomorrow. Hour 2: Tech roundtable on the latestiPhones, AirPods, and iOS 26 features—what’s new, exciting, and worth knowing before you upgrade.Sponsored by BITS

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20250827 - Main Menu Live - The Ally Solos Glasses, and the New Outlook. 1:58:22

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This month we kick things off with Karthik Kannan From Envision. He comes on to talk to all of us about the new Ally Solos glasses. In the second hour we run an event that took place for BITS members all about the new version of Outlook from Marci Duty. Kayla Bentas from BITS will be on hand to answer your questions.Sponsored by BITS…

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20250226 - Main Menu Live - the Joplin team. 1:59:09

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Join us as we bring the Joplin team to Main Menu Live to talk all about the amazing notetaking app that is causing a big stir in the community. Bring crossplatform abilities to your notetaking experience and learn directly from the team from France as they tell us all about their accessibility journey andfuture direction.Sponsored by BITS…

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20250129 - Main Menu Live - revisions to the BT Speak plus the BITS web accessibility course, the importance of Mark Down. 1:57:16

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Join us for two hours of tech as we first welcome David Goldfield to give us updates all about the revisions to the BT Speak. In the second hour we talkabout the upcoming BITS web accessibility course, the importance of Mark Down and much more on current technology trends. We also welcome your questionsand comments.…

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EP 131 Writing Works Wonders Signing off for now. Recap and celebration 55:15

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Show Notes episode 131, signing off for now, recap, and celebration episode **Co-hosts: Cheryl McNeil Fisher and Kathy King** Episode 131 is packed with entertainment and inspiration! We start off with some fabulous clips from some of our favorite episodes and provide a recap of this extraordinary series. Interspersed are comments and insights from…

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20241120 - Main Menu Live - AIRa with Jenine Stanley, and JAWS With Elizabeth Whitaker. 1:55:57

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Join us for a fun-filled two hours of technology as we present AIRA and Vispero/Freedom Scientific. In the first hour AIRA and Jenine Stanley join us to give us the latest happeningswith their service. In the second hour we bring Elizabeth Whitaker back to Main Menu Live. We here all about the new JAWS 2025 release as well as other happeningswithin…

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Ep 130 Writing Works Wonders: Leona Godin Author interview 51:41

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Show Notes episode 130. Leona Godin Author interview **Co-hosts: Cheryl McNeil Fisher and Kathy King** We hope you enjoy this episode as we visit with author and activist , Leona Godin.She is the author of the popular book on BARD, ‘‘There plant eyes: A personal and cultural history of blindness.“. We know this will be a most exciting opportunity t…

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20241030 - Main Menu Live - braille screen input with Judy Dixon. It's all new in iOS 18. 1:15:29

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Join us as we talk all things braille screen input with Judy Dixon. It's all new in iOS 18. We will reschedule Ryan Jones from Vispero very soon. Stay tuned!!! .

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EP 129 Writing Works Wonders Sheldon Siegel Author interview 52:36

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Show Notes episode 129 Sheldon Siegel Author interview **Co-hosts: Cheryl McNeil Fisher and Kathy King** Join Cheryl and Kathy when they welcome SHELDON SIEGAL. Hot topics include in-depth conversation about the writing process, hotspots, or plot, twist, character, development, and transition to independent publishing on the Kindle platform. listen…

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20240925 - Main Menu Live Envision Ally and Jonathan Mosen. 1:58:32

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This evening on Main Menu Live we have amazing tech discussions that will be of interest to many: list of 2 items• Envision Ally is being rolled out very soon and rumor has it that Meta is also holding an event this week. Do we think we will hear about new inventionsfor our beloved Meta Glasses? Where does Ally fit alongside Companion and what is t…

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Ep 128 Writing Works Wonders: Alyson Richman interview 56:13

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Show Notes episode 128. Alyson Richman Author interview **Co-hosts: Cheryl McNeil Fisher and Kathy King** Be ready to learn something new as you enjoy this exhilarating interview with USA Today number one best selling author Alyson Richman! She’s written several compelling historical fiction novels. you might know her because of her well-known nove…

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20240828 - Main Menu Live - David Goldfield, with BT Speak, and Everette Bacon from AIRA. 1:58:55

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Join the Main Menu Live team for a fun-filled two hours centered around technology from a blindness perspective. In the first hour we hear from AIRA andall of the happenings with the service that truly changes lives of people each day. AI is one of the latest inventions from the team and we hear more aboutit. In the second hour we hear all about th…

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Ep 127 Writing Works Wonders: Philip Margolin, Best-selling author interview 51:41

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Show Notes episode 127 Philip Margolin, best selling author interview Co-hosts: Cheryl McNeil Fisher and Kathy King We are so excited to share this episode with you. We had the honor of interviewing award-winning, legal thriller author, Philip Margolin!! This is an information packed episode as Philip discusses his writing career and strategies. ce…

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Ep 126 Writing Works Wonders: Round robin storytelling extravaganza 44:32

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Show Notes episode 126 Round robin storytelling extravaganza Summer 2024 Co-hosts: Cheryl McNeil Fisher and Kathy King It’s back! A Writing Works Wonders round robin storytelling event :-) Yu don’t want to miss the fun and creativity packed into this episode! Everything from aliens to talking dogs, and so much more. We start off the story, each per…

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Ep 125 Writing Works Wonders: dr. Joel Snyder - Author & Audio description interview 58:54

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Show Notes episode 125 Dr. Joel Snyder interview Co-hosts: Cheryl McNeil Fisher and Kathy King Audio description is the topic ! We have the founder of the audio description project, Dr Joel Snyder , joining us for a lively and informative interview. Dr Snyder is the author of The Visual Made Verbal: A Comprehensive Training Manual and Guide to the …

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Ep 124 Writing Works Wonders: Laurie Alice Eakes Author interview 44:23

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Show Notes episode 124 Laurie Alice Eakes Author interview Co-hosts: Cheryl McNeil Fisher and Kathy King Navigating obstacles, evolving careers, writing process, and more: we know you will enjoy this exciting episode as Laurie Alice Eakes discusses the development of her successful career from a Christian romance fiction author into a young adult m…

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20240424 - Main Menu Live - Samuel Greene, discusses the Zoom Essential digital Recorders. Amos Miller, Glidance Founder and CEO, discusses Glide. 1:59:16

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Main Menu Live welcomes Samuel Greene, Product Specialist -Development at Zoom Corp., to discuss the very popular Zoom Essential digital Recorders. Theserecorders are accessible and have 32 bit float. Tune in to see exactly what all that means. In the second hour, Main Menu welcomes Amos Miller, Glidance Founder and CEO, to discuss Glide, the first…

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Ep 123 Writing Works Wonders. Travel author interview, Kristen Combs 50:02

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Show Notes episode 123 Travel author interview, Kristen Combs Co-hosts: Cheryl McNeil Fisher and Kathy King Join Cheryl and Kathy for this very special episode of Writing Works Wonders: as we interview a Travel Writer., Copywriter, and communications Director. We discuss travel writing, social media, marketing, and much much more. Author Kristen Co…

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20240327 - Main Menu Live presents all things Groups.IO. 1:58:44

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This week on Main Menu Live we bring together major portions of the communication teams across ACB to talk with all of you all about Groups.IO in a comprehensivetwo-hour presentation. Members of the Board of Publications, ACB’s ACB Media team, Blind Information Technology Specialists and others will join us totalk all about Groups. IO. We will answ…

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Ep 122 Writing Works Wonders : Jim Hartsell, Author interview 43:15

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Show Notes Ep 122 : Jim Hartsell, Author interview **Co-hosts: Cheryl McNeil Fisher and Kathy King** We know you will enjoy this entertaining and informative interview with author Jim Hartsell. Jim writes a series of books for adults called the Boone series. He also has a group of books for children. Tune in to hear us discuss a variety of topics i…

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Ep 121 Writing Works Wonders: Creative language, and cookies!! 39:37

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Show Notes Ep 121. Creative language, and cookies!! **Co-hosts: Cheryl McNeil Fisher and Kathy King** Creativity at its best - Language, cookies, and debate! Join Cheryl and Kathyh, in this vibrant discussion with the Writing community about the use of language! from consonants, and vowels to pronouns and other word choices we cover the gamut of ex…

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20240131 - Main Menu Live - Karthik Mahadevan CEO Envision. We also will talk about CoPilot. 1:56:47

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Karthik Mahadevan, CEO at Envision, will delve into the upgrades in the new Envision Glasses v.2.5 featuring a new interactive describe scene powered byGPT-4 Vision by Open AI & multilingual voice commands. That's not all! Exciting changes landed on the Envision App and future updates are set to revolutionizethe user experience and create a more ac…

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EP 120 Writing Works Wonders: Linda Lael Miller, Guest Author 39:36

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Show Notes EP 120 Linda Lael Miller **Co-hosts: Cheryl McNeil Fisher and Kathy King** The number one NewYorkTimes,BestSellingAuthor, Linda Lael Miller is our guest on Writing Works Wonders. Enjoy this exciting, informative and inspiring episode with our guest author. We also have a special guest cohost, Lisa Gilmartin, joins Cheryl for this intervi…

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EP 119 Writing Works Wonders: community highlights, and Carol Mackey 45:06

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Show Notes episode 119 community highlights and Carol Mackey interview **Co-hosts: Cheryl McNeil Fisher and Kathy King** enjoy this exciting episode as we interview one of our community members, Carol Mackey! Discover how she’s used poetry in an innovative manner to cultivate relationship with her grandson :-). Much more to learn as we explore her …

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Ep 118 Writing Works Wonders: Eloisa James Guest interview. 54:04

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Show Notes episode 118. Eloisa James **Co-hosts: Cheryl McNeil Fisher and Kathy King** Enjoy this tremendous episode with best selling author Eloisa James. A university professor of Shakespearean, drama, raped, romantic, historical fiction novels! Discover and learn her insights about writing, her advice about writing, and tremendous back stories a…

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117. Writing Works Wonders: Writers chat. 42:21

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Show Notes episode 117 writers chat! **Co-hosts: Cheryl McNeil Fisher and Kathy King** join us for a discussion in many questions about publishing trends, including audiobooks, and their benefits, anti-plagiarism, software, and more. This is an opportunity for our participants to ask questions and for the community to respond. Always a fun and inte…

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EP 116 : Writing Works Wonders: Tracie Peterson, award-winning author interview.u 49:43

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Show Notes episode 116 Tracie Peterson interview **Co-hosts: Cheryl McNeil Fisher and Kathy King** Enjoy this fabulous interview with Christian historical fiction author, a Tracie Peterson! This is a most inspiring interview, and she discusses her perspective on writing, her writing process and enjoys the interview with Cheryl and Kathy, as well as…

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EP115 Writing Works Wonders: open mic event 41:47

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Show Notes episode 115. Open mic! **Co-hosts: Cheryl McNeil Fisher and Kathy King** listen into this fabulous open mic event. Authors, new, and experienced share their writing and insights. Always an exciting venture, Writing Works Wonders provides the opportunity to hear original work by authors who are visually impaired. Join in the creativity an…

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114 Writing Works Wonders Shari Hearn, and fanfiction 46:39

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Enjoy this amazing episode with Shari Hearn, a fan fiction author. Learn all about her work as well as fanfiction, and the opportunities it provides for readers and writers alike! This episode is brought to you by Writing Works Wonders. Shari Hearn is the author of the Miss Fortune World series. A book series set in the world of Jana DeLeon’s Miss …

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20231025 - Main Menu Live - Ryan Jones from Vispero on the release of JAWS, Zoom Text, and Fusion 2024 54:20

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Join the Main Menu team as we visit with Ryan Jones from Freedom Scientific where we hear all about the new 2024 releases of JAWS, Fusion and more!Sponsored by the Information Access Committee

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113 Writing Works Wonders: Sandra Brown interview. 55:49

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Show Notes Ep 113 Sandra Brown, Guest Interview **Co-hosts: Cheryl McNeil Fisher and Kathy King** Enjoy this tremendous episode with our guest author number one, New York times best seller, Sandra Brown! Brown is the author of over 85 books, 75, which have been New York Times best sellers! With such a stellar record, you know this is going to be an…

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Ep 112 Writing Works Wonders: Writers chat 44:44

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Show Notes episode 112 writers chat **Co-hosts: Cheryl McNeil Fisher and Kathy King** Don’t miss this fairy favorite episode of Writing Works Wonders! Everybody loves the writers chat episodes, where we entertain questions from the audience about issues they face as writers, authors, and poets. The fun then really begins as the participants join in…

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20230927 - Main Menu Live - Apple and IOS 17 updates. 1:58:19

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Hello Everyone, Join John, Larry and I along with a number of guests as we dive deep into all things tech this month: Finally, Microsoft has released a major update to Windows 11 this week. It has all kinds of accessibility improvements along with other user experience changes that we will discuss. The big change is the new Copilot feature. Think o…

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EP 111 Writing Works Wonders: Round robin storytelling summer, 2023 37:52

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Show Notes episode 111 summer 2023 round robin storytellin **Co-hosts: Cheryl McNeil Fisher and Kathy King** Enjoy the special brand of creativity and laughter that is only brought to you by the Writing Works Wonders community! It’s the summer 2023 round robin storytelling event! Join in the fun as we start with a story prompt, and then the gang ta…

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Episode 110 Writing Works Wonders -anthologies and Marlene Mesot 48:34

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Show Notes EP 110 anthologies discussion **Co-hosts: Cheryl McNeil Fisher and Kathy King** join this informative discussion as we discuss everything about Publishing, editing, and participating in anthologiesw. Our guest is Marlene Mesot, who is just published a new anthology. We have many questions from Kathy and Cheryl as well as from the audienc…

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Episode 1 09 Writing Works Wonders, Memoire #2 35:14

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Show Notes episode 109 memoire workshop #2 **Co-hosts: Cheryl McNeil Fisher and Kathy King** enjoy this dynamic workshop about memoir writing as we continue the discussion from episode 106. Several participants share how they write memoir in different genres. Cheryl shares many strategies and tips as well. This is your place for inspiration, inspir…

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EP108 Writing Works Wonders: STEPHEN A \ THEBERGE, Author interview 46:57

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Show Notes episode 108 interview with sci-fi author, STEPHEN A \ THEBERGE **Co-hosts: Cheryl McNeil Fisher and Kathy King** We know you will enjoy this inspirational episode as we discuss a variety of topics with science fiction author, STEPHEN A \ THEBERGE. Not only do we discover the inside scoop about his several books, but we also explore the d…

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106 Writing Works Wonders: Sandi Kimmel Interview 42:32

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Show Notes episode 106 Sandi Kimmel, interview, recording artist, singer, and author! **Co-hosts: Cheryl McNeil Fisher and Kathy King** We know you will enjoy this exciting episode with recording artist, song, writer, and author, SANDI Kimmel! Yes, something very different for Writing Works Wonders. Isn’t Store in episode 106. Do not miss the oppor…

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107 Writing Works Wonders Memoire Writing Workshop part one 34:00

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Show Notes episode 107 Memoire Writing Workshop part one **Co-hosts: Cheryl McNeil Fisher and Kathy King** Enjoy this writing workshop on the topic of memoir. Join in as Cheryl and Kathy introduce memoir, writing, using fiction and nonfiction, disclaimers, and then lead the group in crafting some memoir entries. You can follow along and do your own…

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Ep 105 writing Works Wonders; Open Mic event May 2023 45:29

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Show Notes Episode 105, Open mic event May 2023 **Co-hosts: Cheryl McNeil Fisher and Kathy King** Enjoy this fabulous celebration of Writing Talent! Episode 105 Provides, another Writing Works Wonders open mic event recorded in May 2023 . This episode features, fantasy, science-fiction, Poetry, and much more. Authors/Readers in order of appearance …

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EP 104 Writing Works Wonders: Christine Amsden guest author interview. 54:11

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Show Notes episode 104, Guest, interview, award-winning, fantasy and sci-fi author, Christine Amsden **Co-hosts: Cheryl McNeil Fisher and Kathy King** Award winning, popular, fantasy and science-fiction author, Christine Amsden was our guest on Writing Works Wonders for episode 104 . Christine Amsden is the author of nine award-winning fantasy and …

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20230517 - Main Menu Live - Be My Eyes and Web Accessibility the IAC way. 1:57:43

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In the first hour we bring on Mike from Be My Eyes. We hear from him all about the latest innovation happening with AI and accessibility as we celebrate Global Accessibility Awareness Day this week. Be My Eyes will also be at the national convention this year so you will hear even more from them later thissummer. We encourage everyone to come with …

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Ep 103 Writing Works Wonders: Web design for authors 50:02

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Show Notes episode 103 Web design for authors, Mini workshop, and book launch **Co-hosts: Cheryl McNeil Fisher and Kathy King** Enjoy episode 103 for the exciting book launch and mini workshop about web design for authors and others who are visually impaired. This is a one-of-a-kind book focused on our community’s specific needs . Find out what you…

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20230329 Main Menu Live - CSUN 2023 Revisited 1:25:54

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Larry Gassman, John Gassmann and Jeff Bishop review CSUN 2023

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Ep 102 Writing Works Wonders: Guest author, Peter Abrahams, a.k.a. SpencerQuinn 38:48

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Show Notes episode 102 Guest author, Peter Abrahams, a.k.a. Spencer Quinn. **Co-hosts: Cheryl McNeil Fisher and Kathy King** In this fast-paced episode, best selling author, Peter Abrahams aka Spencer Quinn is our guest on Writing Works Wonders . Don’t miss the opportunity to enjoy the author of the chat and Bernie series in addition to many other …

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EP 101 Writing Works Wonders - Celebration and creative writing party 35:51

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Show Notes episode 101 Celebration and creative writing party! **Co-hosts: Cheryl McNeil Fisher and Kathy King*** Join the fun and celebration of the 101 episode of Writing Works Wonders! Cheryl and Kathy share thanks and congratulations to say review the terrific advancements of the zoom call podcast and community.. As always, we quickly move on t…

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Ep 100 Writing Works Wonders: Audiobook production, Guest Annie Donnellon Davis 34:26

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Show Notes EP 100 Audiobook production, Guest Annie Donnellon Davis and her colleagues **Co-hosts: Cheryl McNeil Fisher and Kathy King** Guest voice actor, and singer artist, Annie D. Davis, her producer and her voiceover coach will join us to talk about Annie’s work, and audiobook production. How do you become a voice actor without sight? We know …

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Ep 99 Writing Works Wonders: Oorganizing our writing with just Author, Abbie Johnson Taylor, 40:52

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Show Notes episode 99 **Co-hosts: Cheryl McNeil Fisher and Kathy King** Abbie Johnson Taylor, Cheryl and Kathy lead a discussion about organizing your writing projects. What an information and inspiration packed episode! We tackle a frustrating topic for many new and experienced writers!!!! Abbie Johnson Taylor is our special guest to assist Cheryl…

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Ep 98 Writing Works Wonders: Guest Author, Margaret Mizushima 47:40

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Show Notes Episode 98 Guest Author, Margaret Mizushima **Co-hosts: Cheryl McNeil Fisher and Kathy King** What a special treat! An exciting interview with Margaret Mizushima! This accomplished author of the Timber Creek K9 mysteries series brings insight, laughter and encouragement to writers of all levels. Enjoy this episode as readers and writers …

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20230222 - Main Menu Live - Humanware and the Victor Reader Stream 3, plus IAC planning for the next ACB Convention. 1:53:14

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In the first hour we talk with HumanWare all about the new Victor Reader Stream 3. It is now shipping so we get the absolute latest from the company and most importantly we get your questions answered. We will take as much time as HumanWare will give us so this may spill into the second hour. The Information Access Committee is working on plans for…