Gabby hated her bike. It was old, small, and embarrassing, and she despised riding it in public. The bent and rusted handlebars sprouted pink tassels plucked down to nubs. The loose chain rattled and fell off at the most inopportune times. And the right pedal squeaked and clicked with every push. Her bike was horrendous […]
Gabby and Emma clung to the brick wall, digging their fingernails into the mortar. Fragments of windswept damage rushed through the bathroom door. The ground started to quake, and they struggled to keep their feet from slipping off the toilets. Gabby stretched down and pulled off a wad of toilet paper, pressing it against her […]
The gathering clouds looked more ominous than Gabby had ever seen them before. Yet, she dismissed them without a second thought. Instead, she relished the refreshing burst of cold air that enveloped her, smiling as it fluttered by. For her, a frigid gust accompanying a darkening sky was not uncommon, not in Tampa Bay. In […]
Welcome to Season 3, Episode 6 of My Name Is Not Steve – The Podcast by Storytellers about Storytelling (with People Not Named Steve). In this episode, Pete Bauer and Dorothea Bauer sit down with uber-successful fantasy author Elise Kova, creator of the Air Awakens series. We talk about writing fantasy, her approaches to story, […]
Even though I used to act professionally, I normally dislike speaking in public. Seems like an oxymoron, right? But, for me, there’s a big difference between acting like an idiot while portraying someone else and actually being an idiot in front of people as yourself. But, life doesn’t care about your fears and, in order […]
I wrote screenplays for years, even after leaving the industry. It was my creative outlet. One of those screenplays is the basis of the fourth Gabby Wells novel, Gods & Martyrs. Here, I share the connections between the original script and the novel.
Welcome to Season 3, Episode 5 of My Name Is Not Steve – The Podcast by Storytellers about Storytelling (with People Not Named Steve). Per listener request, Pete Bauer and Dorothea Bauer talk about the differences between stories driven by characters versus those driven by plot. Mobile Users Listen Here or Subscribe on ITunes In […]
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Welcome to Season 3, Episode 3 of My Name Is Not Steve – The Podcast by Storytellers about Storytelling (with People Not Named Steve). Pete Bauer and Dorothea Bauer spend some time going over the creation of the second Gabby Wells Thriller novel, Lost & Found. Mobile Users Listen Here or Subscribe on ITunes In this […]
Running a small business like Sonlight Press, LLC is a challenge. Getting your novels written and out to the public is even harder. Putting those two together requires a bit of money and a lot of faith. Here’s where my money went this past year. They say Editing and Book Covers are the most important parts […]
Welcome to Season 3, Episode 2 of My Name Is Not Steve – The Podcast by Storytellers about Storytelling (with People Not Named Steve). Pete Bauer and Dorothea Bauer chat about the video game Gone Home and how it is the closest thing to playing a novel in gaming today and why virtual reality adoption has […]
During my recent recovery from my sixth Crohns intestinal surgery, I took the time to read as much as possible. I’m usually more of a TV binger or classic movie-watcher, but I was determined to shut off the technology and sit down with the growing stack of books on my desk. Here’s what tickled my […]
The internet is amazing. For the first time in human history, information and global access are at our fingertips 24 hours a day and the technology providing that access has us connected like never before, altering how we live our lives from sunrise to sunset. But, living through the pre and post internet eras, I […]
Welcome to Season 3, Episode 1 of My Name Is Not Steve – The Podcast by Storytellers about Storytelling (with People Not Named Steve). Pete Bauer and Dorothea Bauer chat about all of the things that occurred over the holidays, goals for 2016, That Catholic Girl VLog, a reading binge, and a small little movie […]
This year was very much an overall representation of my creative life… big goals, almost realized, yet undermined by my health. I started out this year having published nothing. I had spent years learning, writing, re-writing and trashing most of my work. 2015 was the year things finally started to come together. I started this […]
Welcome to Season 2, Episode 10 of My Name Is Not Steve – The Podcast by Storytellers about Storytelling with People Not Named Steve. Pete Bauer and Dorothea Bauer talk about how childhood friendships evolve as you move into adulthood and how to properly present that in fiction. Mobile Users Listen Here or Subscribe on […]
Welcome to Season 2, Episode 9 of My Name Is Not Steve – The Podcast by Storytellers about Storytelling with People Not Named Steve. Pete Bauer and Dorothea Bauer talk about how stories can veer off the planned path and how that can be a good thing or a bad thing, depending on how you […]
Welcome to Season 2, Episode 8 of My Name Is Not Steve – The Podcast by Storytellers about Storytelling with People Not Named Steve. Pete Bauer and Dorothea Bauer talk about how bad Hollywood is at portraying authentic Catholic Characters, the two sides of faith, stupid angels and the Dan Brown Flaw. Mobile Users Listen […]
In a digital world, writing can sometimes feel like I’m moving ones and zeros in a virtual world where nothing is real. Even when I’ve finished the book and output it into various ebook formats, it still doesn’t feel like I’ve completed my goal until I hold the paperback novel in my hand. This week […]
Welcome to Season 2, Episode 6 of My Name Is Not Steve – The Podcast by Storytellers about Storytelling with People Not Named Steve. This time we talk about attempts to bring new life into old material, using NCIS, Castle and Dr. Who as examples and how that relates to Gabby Wells. Mobile Users Listen […]