Off The Chain
479 episodes - English - Latest episode: 13 days ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsSince I am an author I will be discussing my books. I will also load up the shows with other authors, artists, and a menagerie of characters. Because of who I am one will never know what the show will bring. It keeps the suspense alive.
You see I am not only an author, I am a person of action, whether it is an injustice that needs righting, education of the masses, or other off the chain subjects. I believe in discourse, but I do not believe in bashing. So all shows will be with respect - but off the chain.
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Author Sabine Priestley
October 14, 2017 00:00 - 1 hour - 57.1 MBAuthor of Sci-Fi, Urban Fantasy and Paranormal Romance. Sabine grew up consuming Science Fiction, Fantasy and Romance novels (there was a brief bodice ripper period, but we won’t go into that). She wanted to be an astronaut and travel the stars looking for aliens. She ended up an Electrical Engineer and Cultural Anthropologist. She's a geek with heart. Seriously disappointed we’ve yet to establish so much as a moon base, she’s watching Moon Express and is encouraged by the recent developme...
Author L.E. Perez Joins Us
October 13, 2017 00:00 - 1 hour - 56.9 MBLaura has several books, short stories and poems under her belt with many more in the works, ranging from thrillers, to time travel, reapers and the paranormal to romance for all ages. She writes the the stories that need to be written. Her motto from the beginning: Strong Women, Strong Stories. She has become a regular presenter for the Orange County Library on writing topics and loves to promote local resources. Her writing role model? Her mother Laura Luzmila who Laura grew up watching as...
Author Lindsey Downs Joins Us
October 12, 2017 00:00 - 1 hour - 56 MBI’ve been an avid reader ever since I was old enough to hold a red leather bound first edition copy of Sir Walter Scott’s The Lady of the Lake in my lap. So it only seemed natural at some point in my life I take up pen and paper to start writing. Over time my skills slightly improved which I attribute to my English teachers. My breakthrough came about in the mid 1970’s when I read a historical romance written by Sergeanne Golon, Angelique. This French husband and wife team opened my eyes to...
Author Grady P. Brown
October 09, 2017 00:00 - 1 hour - 56 MBGrady P. Brown is a science fiction author who is diagnosed with high functioning autism. He is a connoisseur of the science fiction, fantasy, and superhero genres. In addition, he is an autism ambassador, hoping to demonstrate the potential benefits one can gain from being autistic. As a writer, Grady P. Brown utilizes his autism to visualize the story taking place inside of his head like a movie. Also, he has a very strong memory, allowing him to store information about his characters and ...
Glass Hamlet
October 05, 2017 00:00 - 1 hour - 56.6 MBIn 1998, Pasha Kalachev transitioned from Moscow, Russia to New York. Forced by this new culture to learn English at an accelerated rate, he developed a keen affinity for English literature but still immersed himself in Russian poetry. It appealed to Pasha’s growing obsession with lyricism, which transformed to a substantial appreciation for hip-hop music. Poetry on a beat became his escape. Russian rap music flowed through Pasha’s headphones as he attended art school, earning a degree i...
First time Author Debbie Fair
October 01, 2017 00:00 - 1 hour - 67.3 MBDebbie is 53 years old she has always wanted tor write, after visiting the 2017 Space Coast event she said it was time, Her next novel to write is Gloria's Coastal Sheriff
Voice Over Artist Kris Keppeler
September 30, 2017 00:00 - 1 hour - 56 MBKris Keppeler is a narrator, actor, writer, voice actor, and funny story junkie. Visit her IMDB page for stage and screen credits, read her Does This Happen to You? series on Channillo for a giggle or listen to samples of the 31 audio books narrated on Audible. She’s impersonated a cat, a prince, a princess, a witch, a madwoman, and a president with her voice. She loves to narrate funny stories. Tune into her podcast, Does This Happen to You? for short stories about the more bizarre ways...
Open Mic Night
September 29, 2017 00:00 - 1 hour - 54.6 MBTonight we are doing an open mic night. I do that from time to time. I will be playing some music from some of my favorite artists, disussing topics of the day and who knows what else will happen on OFF THE CHAIN.
Open Mic Night
September 28, 2017 00:00 - 1 hour - 61.9 MBTonight is open mic night as my guest had to re-schedule
Author Cheri Roman
September 24, 2017 00:00 - 1 hour - 56.2 MBCheri Roman writes fantasy and paranormal young adult. She currently has two series in the works: Rephaim and The Witch of Forsythe High. Most days you can find her on her blog, The Brass Rag, or working on her next novel or short story. Cheri lives in the not-so-wilds of Northeast Florida with her husband and Jack E. Boy, the super Chihuahua.
The Mis - Adventures of Yvonne and Cactus Jack
September 23, 2017 00:00 - 1 hour - 55.8 MBMost of you know that the show as off the air for almost a month. At first it was because my husband was admitted to the hospital after a procedure because Colon Cancer was found. We spent nine days in the hospital. We were home one week and had to flee a Cat 5 hurricane that would be Irma. Our life is never dull, it is interesting and unexpected. Even though we live a very structured life sometimes we are thrown a huge curve. How we choose to deal with it is what keeps us sane. Well, sometim...
Author C.A. Verstraete
September 22, 2017 00:00 - 1 hour - 59.8 MBChristine (C.A.) Verstraete enjoys putting a little "scare" in her writing. Her latest book, Lizzie Borden, Zombie Hunter, offers a twist on the Lizzie Borden murders. She also is author of a young adult book, GIRL Z: My Life as a Teenage Zombie, and books on dollhouse collecting and crafting, including Dollhouse Decor & More and In Miniature Style II. Christine's short stories have appeared in various anthologies including: Happy Homicides 3: Summertime Crime, Mystery Weekly, Young Adventu...
Author ThomFutrell
August 17, 2017 00:00 - 1 hour - 65.3 MBThom Futrell is an award winning, best-selling author and screenwriter. He is also a clothing designer for Vida and has art hanging in galleries. He has studied the martial arts for nearly forty years and has been inducted into the MARTIAL ARTS MASTERS HALL OF FAME. Thom lives out in the country with his wife, two daughters and way too many cats.
Author Chrys Fey
August 12, 2017 00:00 - 1 hour - 57 MBChrys Fey is the author of the Disaster Crimes Series, as well as these releases from The Wild Rose Press: 30 Seconds, Ghost of Death, and Witch of Death. She is an administrator for the Insecure Writer's Support Group and runs their Goodreads book club. She is also an editor for Dancing Lemur Press. When Fey was six years old, she realized she wanted to be a writer by watching her mother pursue publication. At the age of twelve, she started writing her first novel, which flourished into...
Author Eric Norway
August 11, 2017 00:00 - 1 hour - 59.5 MBEric Norway is a former Border Patrol Agent, retired DEA Special Agent/Pilot, and currently employed as a Private Investigator in the private sector. Eric has lived with his family, and dogs, in El Paso, Texas for twenty years.
Author and Musican Dan Hollifield & Author David Ulnar Slew aka Edward Sulllivan
August 10, 2017 00:00 - 1 hour - 60.8 MBDan Hollifield was born in November of 1957 at almost the same moment that Sputnik II was launched. However, the two events are not, in fact, related. His father was a machinist, graduating from the General Motors Institute in the mid 1950s. After fleeing the harsh Michigan winters for a return to the families ancestral home, Dan's father began working in Oak Ridge, TN making toys for the physicists to play with. Dan's mother is an artist specializing in oils, china painting, glass painting, ...
An Open Mic Night
August 06, 2017 00:00 - 1 hour - 56.1 MBOpen Mic Night. Tonoght we were joined by Phyllis Cook who talked about the injustice her brother and father received at the hands of Harrison County Mississippi
Author Ann B Keller Joins Us Again
August 05, 2017 00:00 - 1 hour - 56.7 MBAnn B. Keller has been writing novels and screenplays for over forty years. In addition, Ms. Keller is a veteran of the stage, singing and starring in the lead role as the tomboyish Princess Winifred in Once Upon a Mattress, which gained her an invitation to audition for the Metropolitan Opera in New York. She has received the National Thespian Award and has appeared in numerous additional theater productions in New York, Michigan and Maryland, including The Admirable Crichton, The Crucible...
Children's Author Wanda Luthman Joins Us
August 04, 2017 00:00 - 1 hour - 55.8 MBWanda published her first children's book, The Lilac Princess, in 2014. Next, came her wonderful tale of Tad, in A Turtles Magical Adventure published, March 2016. In August 2016, she debuted Little Birdie Grows Up which is her first picture book. Wanda Luthman has her Masters of Arts in both Mental Health Counseling and Guidance Counseling from Rollins College located in beautiful Winter Park, Florida. She worked at a local Community Mental Health Center for 10 years before transferring to ...
A Night of Music and Other Things
August 03, 2017 00:00 - 58 minutes - 53 MBSince we have an off night- I decided to have some fun and play some music from som of my favorite musial artists. SO join us learn things and have fun.
Exceptional Mom and Homeschooler Melissa Green
July 30, 2017 00:00 - 1 hour - 57.2 MB"She's your typical homeschooling mother of 6 who enjoys theology, politics, self-sufficiency, and other rabble-rousing merrymaking. She’s always up for a new adventure, whether it’s having another baby, learning how to make something that could easily be bought in the store just because she can, building a bookshelf…or a patio, or commenting on a controversial post. Life is her oyster and it’s teeming with pearls."
Author Haji Outlaw
July 29, 2017 00:00 - 1 hour - 56 MBHaji is a writer/comedian out of the city of Chicago who currently resides in the city of angels. He has written on the small screen for Adult Swim, Comedy Central, CBS and NBC. He has also self-published a total of six books, all of which are available on amazon. Four of the books are non-fiction comedy memoirs under his pen name, John P. Kildemm. The other two books are dark comedy works of fiction. Haji has also been a working standup comedian, having been seen on Comedy Central and NBC.
Musical ArtistBrandi Newman
July 28, 2017 00:00 - 1 hour - 56.5 MBIf you are looking for a fun, high energy band that delivers every time, look no more! Brandi Reloaded is a five piece cover band with female and male vocals. They bring you hits from the 70's to present that cover a broad range of music spanning from Rock, Classic Rock, Pop, and Country. Because we all know it’s about the journey, Brandi Reloaded invites you to experience a part of theirs every chance you get!
Author Roh Morgon
July 27, 2017 00:00 - 1 hour - 57.2 MBRoh Morgon discovered the magic in stories at an early age, both in books and the ones she made up in her head. As a child growing up in a remote Southern California canyon, she explored the wild hills barefoot with her brothers and rode her horse bareback at top speed. A wicked youth spent hitchhiking across the West and perched on Harleys eventually gave way to soccer mom duties and full-time college studies—at the same time. In her spare moments, she learned how to herd cattle, swordfight...
Author Janet Taylor-Perry
July 23, 2017 00:00 - 1 hour - 58.9 MBMaking my home in Ridgeland, Mississippi, since 1999, I'm, a native of Laurel, a graduate of University of Southern Mississippi with a BS in psychology, Belhaven University with a Master of Arts in Teaching, and gifted certification from Mississippi College. I'm an author, editor, and educator. My short pieces have appeared in Letters from the Soul, Brick Streets Press: 2010 Winners' Circle, Mississippi Profiles, The Magnolia Quarterly, and I've placed as a semifinalist or higher at the Pira...
Christina Franco talks about PTSD and being a wife of a service man
July 21, 2017 00:00 - 1 hour - 63.9 MBChristina Franco is the wife of a veteran who returned from war with PTSD tonight we talk about how the wives of these wonderful vets also suffer PTSD and how they cope or do not cope. Join us and learn things. These wonderful wome need all the support that we can give them as they help their husbands reenter civilian life one day at a time.
Author MN Snow
July 20, 2017 00:00 - 1 hour - 56.8 MBThe author’s bio includes years as a public radio host and anchor, primarily in the south Florida market, but also for Wisconsin Public Radio. M. N. has had various short stories published, and is also a published cartoonist, a former contributing writer for Reader Weekly (Duluth, MN), and a former Marine Corps NCO. After spending some years at home, in the Twin Ports of Duluth, MN/Superior, WI, writing the book, the author is currently back living in Key West, FL.
KM Johnson Davis Joins Us
July 16, 2017 00:00 - 1 hour - 56.2 MBKM Johnson Davis, your Visionary Leader™, is the CEO & Founder of KM Johnson International, which is a Coaching & Consulting Firm that specializes in teaching Entrepreneurs and Business Leaders how to do Life, Business, and Faith By Design™. She is an internationally known motivational speaker, consultant, author, minister & entrepreneur. She has served as an Officer in the US Army, been the Business Operations Manager for a Fortune 500 Company, and ran 2 successful businesses along with...
Author David Kummer
July 13, 2017 00:00 - 1 hour - 55.8 MBMy name is David Duane Kummer. I'm a teenager, with a couple published novels and a collection of short stories. I live in a small, river-town on the Ohio River in southern Indiana. Along with taking care of younger siblings (I have eight total), I make time for writing in between school and sports. I've been writing since I was young, with As Trees Turned Away being my first published work and She being my first published novel. Along with writing, I am an avid reader and watcher of all th...
Actor Mike Marino Joins US
July 09, 2017 00:00 - 1 hour - 54.9 MBTelevision Appearances: Late Night With David Letterman, Featured, CBS, Reoccurring Role Upright Citizens-Brigade, Featured, Comedy Central Deadline, Featured, NBC l 00 Centre Stree t, Featured, A&E Sopranos, Featured, HBO La\V & Order, Featured, 3x, NBC
Mary Brotherton and Former Cop Ron Gregory Join Us to Discuss Domestic Abuse
July 08, 2017 00:00 - 1 hour - 61.2 MBMary Brotherton: Writer, editor, photographer, actress, mentor and founder of My Own Writers Salon. Navy Mom, Granmary, tea & chocolate connoisseur. Friend. Reader, writer, editor, photographer & recovering HANC. Pollyanna with a darkness, an introverted extrovert. Social butterfly emerging from the cocoon. Retired Cop Ron Gregory:
Author Jennifer Chase Brings Us Up to Date
July 07, 2017 00:00 - 1 hour - 58.5 MBJennifer Chase is a multi award-winning crime fiction author and consulting criminologist. Jennifer holds a bachelor degree in police forensics and a master's degree in criminology & criminal justice. These academic pursuits developed out of her curiosity about the criminal mind as well as from her own experience with a violent sociopath, providing Jennifer with deep personal investment in every story she tells. In addition, she holds certifications in serial crime and criminal profiling. She...
The First Anniversary Show
July 06, 2017 00:00 - 1 hour - 71.5 MBOff the Chain is a year old this month on the 27th. So I decided to start the month out with our first anniversary show starring the one who started it off with the one who started the show. The first show was in honor of my thirteen year old grandduaghter Remonda who sadly lost her life to an Asthma attack. While we lost our little one - we gained new family memebers by her organ donations. Her heart went to a 12 year old girl who would be fourteen now. Her kidneys, pancreas, liver, and corn...
Author Wayne Zurl
July 01, 2017 00:00 - 1 hour - 56.5 MBWayne Zurl grew up on Long Island and retired after twenty years with the Suffolk County Police Department, one of the largest municipal law enforcement agencies in New York and the nation. For thirteen of those years he served as a section commander supervising investigators. He is a graduate of SUNY, Empire State College and served on active duty in the US Army during the Vietnam War and later in the reserves. Zurl left New York to live in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains of Tenne...
Hangin With The Web with Garrett, Sage and Deanna
June 30, 2017 00:00 - 1 hour - 74.3 MBThe Hangin With Web Show is an internet based web talk show series that highlights the work of aspiring, independent as well as well established artists, authors, filmmakers, entertainers and creators within the arts and entertainment industry. As the world wide web has shifted the arts and entertainment paradigm, show host and creator G.W. Pomichter, an independent author himself, founded the show to assist in sharing the growing community of creative arts professionals with a hungry and gr...
Author Taylor Dawn Visits Us Again
June 29, 2017 00:00 - 1 hour - 58.2 MBTaylor Dawn began writing as an item to check off her bucket list. She resides in the southernmost part of Illinois, right on the mighty Mississippi river. She enjoys the quiet country life with her husband, son and the many farm animals that make up the rest of the family. Deciding that farm life was just a little too mundane, Taylor began writing romance and fantasy to liven things up, so far so good. Before starting her writing career, Taylor entered the field of cosmetology. When she isn'...
Author Kathy Winfield
June 25, 2017 00:00 - 1 hour - 57.3 MBKatherine Winfield is the author of the Corsica Series, mystery novels set on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Haverford House, the first in the series, earned five-stars from Foreword/Clarion Reviews and was a finalist in the INDIEFAB Book of the Year Award. Recently released, Belle Grove, is the second installment and has received much acclaim. A seventh- generation Washingtonian, Winfield currently resides on a farm on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Her books are available on Amazon and loca...
Author K J Howe
June 24, 2017 00:00 - 1 hour - 59 MBBio: K.J. Howe is the executive director of ThrillerFest, the annual conference of International Thriller Writers. A three-time Daphne du Maurier Award winner, she completed her MA in Writing Popular Fiction at Seton Hill University. She is an avid traveler who has raced camels in Jordan, surfed in Hawaii, and dove with the great whites in South Africa. She became fascinated by the kidnap and ransom (K&R) world after meeting Peter Moore, a British computer consultant who became the longest-h...
Author Stephanie Osborn and Author Dan Hollifield Join US
June 23, 2017 00:00 - 1 hour - 59.1 MBDan Hollifield was born in November of 1957 at almost the same moment that Sputnik II was launched. However, the two events are not, in fact, related. His father was a machinist, graduating from the General Motors Institute in the mid 1950s. After fleeing the harsh Michigan winters for a return to the families ancestral home, Dan's father began working in Oak Ridge, TN making toys for the physicists to play with. Dan's mother is an artist specializing in oils, china painting, glass painting, ...
Author Fran Orenstein Comes to Visit
June 22, 2017 00:00 - 1 hour - 57.9 MBFran Orenstein, Ed.D. is the founder of Sunwriter, a multi-faceted writing project. This award-winning poet and writer wrote her first poem at age eight, submitted a short story to a magazine at twelve, continued to write professionally and academically, and is the published author of fiction novels for children, ‘tweens, teens, and adults, and poetry. She gives workshops and hands-on presentations for adults and children on diverse writing subjects, including developing characters, writing ...
Author Jane Jordan
June 18, 2017 01:00 - 1 hour - 58.4 MBJane Jordan was born in Essex, England, and grew up exploring the history and culture of London and surrounding counties. In the 1990s she immigrated to Detroit, USA, eventually settling in Southwest Florida. She returned to England after a fifteen-year absence, to spend six years in the Southwest of England living on Exmoor. Here, inspired by the atmosphere, beautiful scenery and the ancient history of the place, she began writing. Jane's writes in the dark romance genre. She has four publi...
Author Debbie DeLouise
June 17, 2017 00:00 - 1 hour - 59.7 MBDebbie De Louise is an award-winning author and a reference librarian at a public library on Long Island. She is a member of Sisters-in-Crime, International Thriller Writers, and the Cat Writer’s Association. She has a BA in English and an MLS in Library Science from Long Island University. Her three published novels include Cloudy Rainbow, A Stone's Throw, and Between a Rock and a Hard Place (Solstice Publishing, 2016) that has been on the Amazon bestseller list for cozy mysteries. Debbie ha...
Author Nancy Quinn
June 16, 2017 00:00 - 1 hour - 60.3 MBNancy Quinn was born in Royal Oak, Michigan, but has lived in many areas of the country. She is an internationally known wildlife artist whose work is noted for its detail and accuracy, and she is the recipient of two World Wildlife Art Championship awards. Nancy has always had a love of animals and nature. After college, she worked as a conservation law enforcement duty officer for the state of Florida. She volunteered her spare time at wildlife rehabilitation centers, bringing their ...
Author Frank Bittinger Returns
June 15, 2017 00:00 - 1 hour - 57.3 MBOver the centuries, Frank Bittinger has experienced many existences. In this incarnation, Mr. Bittinger is a vegan who lives and writes in historic Western Maryland, sharing his home with a menagerie of pets, several alternate personalities, and the occasional ghost. One of his favorite pastimes is taking walks in old cemeteries in the evening.
Author Patricia Loofbourrow Joins US
June 10, 2017 00:00 - 1 hour - 59.1 MBPatricia Loofbourrow, MD is an SFF and non-fiction writer, PC gamer, ornamental food gardener, fiber artist, and wildcrafter who loves power tools, dancing, genetics and anything to do with outer space. She was born in southern California and has lived in Chicago and Tokyo. She currently lives in Oklahoma with her husband and three grown children.
Author Ritter Ames
June 09, 2017 00:00 - 1 hour - 57.1 MBRitter Ames is the USA TODAY bestselling author of the Bodies of Art Mysteries and the Organized Mysteries series. She lives atop a steep green hill with her husband and Labrador retriever and spends each day globetrotting the world from her laptop. Much like her Bodies of Art Mysteries, Ritter’s favorite vacations start in London then spiral out in every direction. She’s been known to plan trips after researching new books and keeps a list of “can’t miss” foods to taste along the way. Her mo...
Author L. A. Nantz
June 08, 2017 00:00 - 1 hour - 56.2 MBName: L. A. Nantz (Aka Vodalok –Voa da lock) Objective: It is the goal of this author to create in words a world of horror both unique and griping, while attempting to reclaim the glory of the Gothic horror classics of the late 18th century. It is his opinion that there is more use of gore in place of real horror in today’s genre. It is he desire to revive what horror was and should be. Skills: Short of a formal education in writing, the author understands the elements of a good story, that t...
Author Sherry Rentschler
June 01, 2017 00:00 - 1 hour - 56.5 MBSherry Rentschler is a multi-award-winning, multi-genre author, writing coach and speaker. Currently, she has authored one photography book (I Wish You Joy), three books of poetry (Paper Bones, By Light Betrayed, Poetry of the Vampires; The Book of Now) and Midnight Assassin – A Tale of Lust and Revenge, a dark urban fantasy novella. Her most recent release, The Book of Now, is a compelling book of nonfiction poetry, issues taken from current events. On the horizon, is a workbook for writers ...
Film Director Jennifer Dawn Has Some NEWS!!!!!
May 30, 2017 00:00 - 1 hour - 59.2 MBFilmdirecter Jennifer Dawn with Forbidden Tears Productions is joinung us for some wonderful news and the release her her latest film. I am an award winning Film Producer and Director, nominated Best Woman Film Maker in Barcelona Planet Film Festival 2015, and Winner of Best Female Producer of the Year 2016 for my film Flowers in the Snow in the WIND International Film Festival. I am also an Author, Radio Broadcaster, VFX Creator and Designer. I am a writer of my own screenplays and script...
Author Ellen Byron
May 28, 2017 00:00 - 1 hour - 56.4 MBBody on the Bayou, the second book in Ellen’s Cajun Country Mystery Series, recently won the Left Coast Crime Lefty Award for Best Humorous Mystery, and is nominated for an Agatha Award in the category of Best Contemporary Novel. Ellen's debut novel in the series, Plantation Shudders, was nominated for Agatha, Lefty, and Daphne awards, and made the USA Today Bestseller list. Book three, A Cajun Christmas Killing, launches October 10th. She’s written over 200 national magazine articles; publis...