Best DL Nix Podcasts (2025)

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S02E15-053 Retelling old Myths With Angela Hughes 39:05

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Guest Bio Historical & Paranormal fantasy author Angela R. Hughes believes in the power of storytelling. Her ambition to write stories that grip and inspire readers has led her to study Celtic Mythology and live for a time in Ireland, where she fell in love with the history and landscapes of the ‘Emerald Isle,’ Wales, Scotland and England. When she…

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S02E14-052 Create Time to Write with Angela Hughes 40:02

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Guest Bio Historical & Paranormal fantasy author Angela R. Hughes believes in the power of storytelling. Her ambition to write stories that grip and inspire readers has led her to study Celtic Mythology and live for a time in Ireland, where she fell in love with the history and landscapes of the ‘Emerald Isle,’ Wales, Scotland and England. When she…

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S02E13-051 Crazy Plant Lady Writes Blurbs with Jessie Cunniffe 35:32

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Guest Bio Jessie Cunniffe* is a professional blurb writer and book blurb coach from Sydney, Australia. A passionate advocate of the indie author community, Jessie has dedicated herself to taking the pain out of blurb-writing with her custom blurb services and two signature courses: Book Blurb Magic and The Spicy Blurb Playbook. When she’s not writi…

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S02E12-050 Intentional Creative Rest with Jessie Cunniffe 40:11

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Guest Bio Jessie Cunniffe* is a professional blurb writer and book blurb coach from Sydney, Australia. A passionate advocate of the indie author community, Jessie has dedicated herself to taking the pain out of blurb-writing with her custom blurb services and two signature courses: Book Blurb Magic and The Spicy Blurb Playbook. When she’s not writi…

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S02E11049 Treasure Chest Summary and winners 23:08

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Show Summary Dianna and Julz have a chat about the last 10 episodes. Prize list Clans in conflict trilogy Magic of Wishes and Dreams 1/2 prices manuscript edit You'll never walk alone Slaughtered Nursery Rhymes South of the Sun Australian Fairy Tales for the 21st century 4 x $25 vouchers Fast Fives Julz Allie Kylah Ian Jo 1. Would you rather be a t…

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S2E10-048 The Storytelling world of Jo Henwood 31:58

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Show Notes To Jo worldbuilding means transferring what is in your brain to the audience. Linking to the senses and clothing that reality a way the audience will underestand Research is so important as an aspect of worldbuilding. Loop of the information coming in and the story you share. Fairytails were subversive when they were written and inspired…

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S2E9-047 Mindful Growth with Jo Henwood 33:09

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Show Notes ‘I’ve constructed the life that meets my dreams’ Wrong Bassinet at the Hospital When you have the choice to learn something practical or something you Loe then go for the one that you love. Oscure path leads to Niche Started Australian Fairytale Society in August 2013 She lives and out of the Rut life because of her different jobs. Jo is…

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S2E8-046 Detecting fictional Worlds with Ian Hooper 37:39

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Guest Bio Ian Hooper grew up in the coastal town of Larne, Northern Ireland. He joined the Royal Air Force at age eighteen and worked initially as an aircraft technician before being commissioned as an Intelligence Officer. After serving for two decades, he and his Australian wife relocated to the southwest of Western Australia. In 2014, writing un…

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S2E7-045 Being Present with Ian Hooper 41:20

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Guest Bio Ian Hooper grew up in the coastal town of Larne, Northern Ireland. He joined the Royal Air Force at age eighteen and worked initially as an aircraft technician before being commissioned as an Intelligence Officer. After serving for two decades, he and his Australian wife relocated to the southwest of Western Australia. In 2014, writing un…

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S2E6-044 Peeking into the world of Kylah Elliott 29:16

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Guest Bio Hey! I’m Kylah, a book editor and author. I’ve been a writer from the moment I could do so, writing music, poems and books. I have no published works yet, but my debut novel is in the works! I’m a cat mum of two and love them with my entire heart and I’m an avid fantasy reader. Links Contact Kylah Elliott Instagram: https://www.instagram.…

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S2E5-043 Mindful Chat with Kylah Elliott 24:49

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Guest Bio Hey! I’m Kylah, a book editor and author. I’ve been a writer from the moment I could do so, writing music, poems and books. I have no published works yet, but my debut novel is in the works! I’m a cat mum of two and love them with my entire heart and I’m an avid fantasy reader. Links Contact Kylah Elliott Instagram: https://www.instagram.…

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S2E4-042 WorldPlay with Allie McCormack 36:02

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Show Summary Guest Bio Allie McCormack is a disabled U.S. military veteran who has transformed her life-long dream of writing into reality. Having lived across the United States and spent memorable years in both Cairo, Egypt as an exchange student and Saudi Arabia working at a hospital in Riyadh, Allie now crafts her stories from the beautiful Cali…

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S2E3-041 with Allie McCormack and her mindful Tips 35:45

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Show Summary Guest Bio Allie McCormack is a disabled U.S. military veteran who has transformed her life-long dream of writing into reality. Having lived across the United States and spent memorable years in both Cairo, Egypt as an exchange student and Saudi Arabia working at a hospital in Riyadh, Allie now crafts her stories from the beautiful Cali…

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S2E2-040 Playing in the worlds of JA Duxbury 22:05

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Show Summary Guest Bio JA Duxbury has been writing since an early age, but only returned to 1998 after a hiatus of about 20 years. During the grey period, she worked full-time in places like records management and customer service. She spent a lot of that time writing procedural manuals, training documents and plans as well as creating Wikipedia ty…

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S2E1-039 With JA Duxbury and her mindfulness tactics 26:17

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Show Summary Guest Bio JA Duxbury has been writing since an early age, but only returned to 1998 after a hiatus of about 20 years. During the grey period, she worked full-time in places like records management and customer service. She spent a lot of that time writing procedural manuals, training documents and plans as well as creating Wikipedia ty…

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038 Leisl Leighton Interview 51:27

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In this interview episode, Dianna and Leisl talk about the inspirations that have captivated and inspired Leisl to start writing her novels. The journey from restauranter to novelist is worth the listen. Orphan Black is the topic of the Buffy night section gaining high praise and a large number of stakes. the comp for one luck listener will be draw…

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FEP 037 Second Fun Five 9:03

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Dianna takes the chance to talk about what's be happening for the last fortnight. The winner of last fortnights competition is announced. Short and sweet content that and then next weeks guest is announced.By DL Nix

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036 Heidi Catherine Interview 35:26

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Heidi talks to Dianna about her interest in writing that blossomed while watching her mother write stories growing up. With a complete series under her belt and a the start of a new series recently released Heidi has a unique take on world building. The discussion is relaxed and full of surprising pearls of wisdom. There is a competition running fo…

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035 First Fun Five 7:31

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Dianna presents the show in her new solo format with five fun things she's been up to in the last fortnight. This new format is short and to the point.By DL Nix

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034 Josh Langley Interview 38:29

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In this episode of the Finding Elara Episode Dianna interviews Josh Langley about his writing journey and mindful techniques that have pushed him along the way. With several awards and multiple books under his belt Josh has over ten years experience in the industry to share.By DL Nix

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033 Mothers Day Special 29:33

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Dianna Co-hosted the Show with her Mum Selva and her Friend and avid listener of the Show Garry for a special Mothers Day special. Still talking about worldbuilding and mindfulness, in a round about way.By DL Nix

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032 Final week of worldbuilding course 13:58

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The course has simmered down to the character level this week and Dianna asks her favourite questions from the course bringing things to a close. Sue-Ellen Pashley was an amazing person for gifting Dianna the course to go through. It was a thought provoking end and linked together all aspects learned to far.…

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031 Angela J Ford Interview 37:00

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In this episode of the Finding Elara Podcast Dianna talks To Angela J ford about her worldbuilding, mindfulness techniques and what she thinks makes for a good story. Angela is very passionate about her craft and the interview flies by.In the Buffy Night segment Angela reviews the book Circe, sharing what she thought about the first person account …

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030 Week three of Worldbuilding course 29:03

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In this episode Dianna talks about her favourite questions to think about when it comes the the middle layer of the worldbuilding cake, reveals the winner of last weeks competition, reviews realm of beasts in the Buffy night segment and announces a new competition including a special key word for anyone who wants to enter.…

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029 Donna Maree Hanson Interview 43:33

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Meet Donna Marree Hanson as she talks about her fantasy and science fiction career providing worldbuilding and craft tips on what has learned along the way. In the Buffy night section Donna talks about the evolution of lost in space.By DL Nix, Donna Maree Hanson

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028 Week 2 of Worldbuilding Course 24:58

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Dianna talks about what she had to do in week 2 of the worldbuilding course she had gifted from Sue-Ellen about the foundation layer of the world. The Buffy night segment was a season 1 review of Legacies and the new competition was announced including a secret word you have to listen to the show to find out what it is.…

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027 Sue-Ellen Pashley Interview 33:25

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Dianna and Sue-Ellen talk about worldbuilding and mindfulness strategies that were used when creating Aquila and her other novels. Sue-Ellen also talks about how she got into writing in the first place and what about this art she like the most.By DL Nix, Sue-Ellen Pashley

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026 Thoughts on Worldbuilding course week1 17:43

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In this episode Dianna Talks about how she is progressing through Sue-Ellens Pashley's world building course and reviews Shatterwing by Donna Marree Hansen in the buffy night section. The week was the introduction to the course and reaffirmed Dianna's belief that any work of fiction requires worldbuilding.…

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025 Allie's News Interview 34:59

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As this is the quarter of a century episode Dianna brought a guest back from episode 7 and 8. They talked about what has happened since the last time they had a chance to talk.By DL Nix, Allie McCormack

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024 Jin and Genies 39:47

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Continuing her research to complete her Maejin story Dianna talks about the origin of Genies in many cultures and the belief some people have they are real and still around today.By DL Nix

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023 Historical Romance with Sasha Cottman 40:15

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In this Episode Dianna interviews Historical Romance Author Sasha Cottman. They talk about her writing journey, the pre-establishes rules of historical romance and what happens when you don't follow them.By DL Nix, Sasha Cottman

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022 - World building weddings 32:30

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In this Episode Dianna talks about different wedding traditions around the world after researching for her cupid story. There may be a few traditions that surprise you.By DL Nix

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021 - Craig Hanretty D&D 29:18

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Dianna talks to Craig about his worldbuilding styles when creating campaigns in Dungeons and Dragons. How he plans and works through the decisions that people make during the game. How he finds a way to reuse any redundancy and what he plans for the future.By DL Nix

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020 Writing Routines 14:30

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In this short episode Dianna offers up the 5 tips to setting yourself up for good writing habits and talks about her current WIP about an anti cupid.By DL Nix

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019 Frank Over's artistic life. 29:29

6+ y ago29:29

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Dianna interviews artist Frank Over about how his art has been shaped from his life experiences.By DL Nix

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018 Mindful Rejection Tips 29:26

6+ y ago29:26

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After receiving a negative response Dianna is now part of the club and discovered some handy tips to deal with this response in a mindful way.By DL Nix

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017 Cassie Laelyn talk about Paranormal Fantasy 36:57

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In this episode Dianna Talks to Cassie about her debut Novel Unforsaken, her world building processes and why angels. There are a few laughs and a lot of good tips.By DL Nix

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016 Goals for 2019 18:24

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Dianna talks about her goal for 2019.By DL Nix

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015 Interview Carole Weave Lane 33:18

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In this episode we talk to Australian Fairytale society ring leader Carole about her love of fairy tales folk lore and her own novels.By DL Nix

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014 Family in Fiction 20:25

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Looking st the different roles family members play in fiction that assist in determining the motivation of the main character.By DL Nix

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013 Derek Doepker Interview 31:13

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In this episode Dianna intervies Derek Doepker about his unique POWER goal setting method and his journey into writing.By DL Nix, Derek Doepker

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Finding Elara 012 18:46

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Dianna talks about her plans for next years interview and the results from putting out a request for new people to come on the show.By DL Nix

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Finding Elara 011 47:55

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In this episode I interview fantasy writer Cari Jehlik about her mindfulness and world building.By DL Nix, Cari Jehlik

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Finding Elara 010 24:16

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Five time Nano champ Dianna talks about her Nano stories and future plans for the show.By DL Nix

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Finding Elara 009 33:21

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Today we talk about mindful practices with Pauline wiles and listen to an exerpt from her book Saving Saffron Sweeting.By DL Nix, Pauline Wiles

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Finding Elara 008 41:51

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In this episode I share the second part of my interview with Allie McCormack on her writing journey and talk about second life.By DL Nix, Allie McCormack

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Finding Elara 007 23:53

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Building worlds with words and sharing those words with the world. Today's words come from Allie McCormack about her writing style with the stories that she has created so far.By DL Nix, Allie McCormack

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Finding Elara 006 29:25

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In this episode Dianna talks about some Nanowrimo strategies and answers some questions about the Elaran World.By DL Nix

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Finding Elara 005 32:42

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In this episode I interview Georgia Tingly, Author of the novel Justice. She tells us how she finds mindful moments and still gets so much done. The world she created for her novel is heavily based on her experiences living all around the world, it is a fun conversation about paranormal crime with angels.…

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Finding Elara 004 16:13

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In this Episode Dianna talks about the different aspects required to start writing a Christmas story, Hamlet, Head, History, Heart and Home.By DL Nix