by Mike Carlon | Dec 27, 2022 | Authors, Podcast, The Longs
Listen Watch Tori Whitaker is a bestselling author who also belongs to the Bourbon Women Association and the Historical Novel Society. Her work has appeared in the Historical Novels Review and Bookmarks magazine. She graduated from Indiana University, is an alum of...
by Mike Carlon | Dec 23, 2022 | Authors, Podcast, The Longs
Listen Watch What’s wrong with being a little weird? I am fortunate in my career to meet new people every week through the work that I do and let me tell you, I definitely get a chance to see a good cross-section of humanity. Who do I remember the most? The ones who...
by Mike Carlon | Dec 20, 2022 | Authors, Podcast, podcasters, The Longs
Listen Watch I like to tell people that I started Uncorking a Story as a way to give authors a platform for promoting their books, but the reality is that I had an ulterior motive behind starting the show—I wanted the opportunity to pick the brains of successful...
by Mike Carlon | Dec 16, 2022 | Authors, Business Leaders, Podcast, The Longs
Listen Watch Over the course of my career I can point to three people who were excellent mentors for me—people who really helped shape who I am not only as a qualitative researcher, but as a person. They are Susanne Heincke, Liz Moore, and Paul Jacobson. Each helped...
by Mike Carlon | Dec 13, 2022 | Authors, Podcast, The Longs
Listen Watch My eighty-nine year old mother has a catch phrase. When she doesn’t know what to say, she’ll typically belt on, “It’s all good.” Even though her age has robbed her of her short-term memory, she remains very optimistic and, in general, happy. Growing up,...
by Mike Carlon | Dec 6, 2022 | Business Leaders, Podcast, The Longs
Listen Watch This is going to sound funny coming from the author of eight novels, but there was a time I didn’t consider myself to be creative. Growing up, I dreaded art class because I can’t draw to save my life and I always linked creativity with the ability to...
by Mike Carlon | Nov 25, 2022 | Authors, Podcast, The Longs
Listen Watch Today’s guest on Uncorking a Story, Karen Winnick, reminds me so much of my mother. Both are from Brooklyn and are animal lovers who would rather set a spider free than squish it. But unless my mother has been hiding the fact that she is a successful...
by Mike Carlon | Nov 22, 2022 | Authors, Podcast, The Longs
Listen Watch When I was a kid there were a few things I thought would be more of big deal in adulthood including quicksand, killer bees, and satanists. Now I am not saying these things don’t exist, just not at the level we were scared into believing as children. Dr....
by Mike Carlon | Nov 18, 2022 | Authors, Podcast, The Longs
Listen Watch My guest today, Nathanael Garrett Novosel, was just six years old when he started questioning the meaning of life. When I was younger, I questioned it as well, but we went about it in different ways. For example, Nate asked big existential questions...
by Mike Carlon | Nov 15, 2022 | Authors, Entertainers, Podcast, The Longs
Listen Watch I believe that, no matter how old we are, we never stop trying to secure the approval of one or both of our parents. While my twin brother was always searching for our father’s affections, I was always trying to vie for my mother’s approval in everything...
by Mike Carlon | Nov 11, 2022 | Authors, Podcast, The Longs
Listen Watch Most people who now make their living as authors had a day job at some point. It is common for me to interview former teachers, professors, journalists and, interestingly, lawyers, but today was the first time I got to interview a former theoretical...
by Mike Carlon | Nov 8, 2022 | Authors, Podcast, The Longs
Listen Watch For so many of us writers, the actual act of writing is a solitary process. We write alone and maybe, after a while we will share something with a confidant or perhaps our agent. Of course, at the end of the first draft it will go to an editor and, at...
