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Talking with the Experts: Business Insights#634 Inside Publishing: How Creativity Fuels Books, Brands & Business with Zena ShapterWhat if creativity was the key not just to art—but to authorship, leadership, and business?In this inspiring episode of Talking with the Experts, Rose Davidson chats with award-winning author, editor, and inclusive creativity advocate Zena Shapter about the powerful intersection between storytelling and strategy. Whether you’re an aspiring author, a creative entrepreneur, or a coach looking to publish your message—this episode is filled with actionable insights on how to get your work out into the world.Zena shares her journey as a global writing mentor and the founde...
2025-08-1926 min
Australian Book LoversWriter's Room with Madeleine D'Este and Zena ShapterLove stories? Then join Veronica and Laurie in Australian Book Lovers podcast episode #145. They're in the Writer's Room with Madeleine D'Este and Zena Shapter talking dark and stormy stories, worldbuilding, Australian flavour, and writing advice for emerging writers.Intro - 0:57Zena Shapter Bio - 2:49Book Spotlight - When Dark Waters Burn by Zena Shapter - science fantasy - 04:47Madeleine D'Este Bio - 6:02Book Spotlight - Black Soil White Bread by Madeleine D'Este - dark mystery, folk-horror - 07:06Worldbuilding fantasy and horror - 16:25Why does an Australian setting make for a good...
2025-07-2657 min
Words and Nerds: Authors, books and literature.746. TAKEOVER: Kristen Darell and Zena Shapter - Writing for different ages.In this special takeover episode – Kristin Darell and Zena Shapter chat about the pros and pitfalls of writing for different ages. From co-authoring a middle grade book to writing best-selling junior fiction and award-winning YA and adult novels, they discuss how they adjust their writing styles to suit the audience – and each other! What considerations and adjustments do you have to make? How do you know where your story or article fits? They also discuss the power of networking and sharing the writing journey to create the foundation of a long-lasting and successful writing career.
Books discussed by Kristin:
Taronga pres...
2025-07-1735 min
Australian Book LoversAuthors Linda & Marly WellsIn episode #142 Veronica and Laurie discover beloiter and ecury, share industry news, giveaways and quotes. They both chat with the brilliant mother daughter author team of Linda and Marly Wells about their YA time travel fantasy 'Desert Tracks', which is based in and around Mparntwe (Alice Springs). Marly is a proud woman of Warlpiri and white Australian descent and Linda is of white settler descent and proud to be Marly's mother.Book spotlights:1. It is What it Isn’t by Stephen Higgins – Science Fiction Short Story Collection2. When Dark Waters Burn by Zena Shapter – science fantas...
2025-06-281h 23
The HYBRID AuthorAn Almost Mid-year Mashup of Some of The Guests in 2024To celebrate episode 128, here is an almost mid-year mashup of some of the first guests of The HYBRID Author Podcast in 2024, such as:
Episode 108 Atmosphere Press, Taking Charge of Your Destiny as a Creator, Ignore the Haters or Lower Your Standards? With Dr Nick Courtright
Episode 109 Making Money with Emotion With Award Winning Author of Speculative and Contemporary Fiction Zena Shapter
Episode 110 Mel Torrefranca on What Motivates Young Authors to Write
Episode 111 Will You or Won’t You AI? With Joanne Morrell
Episode 112 The Seven Figure Marketing Mindset for No...
2024-05-2427 minThe HYBRID AuthorMaking Money with Emotion With Award Winning Author of Speculative and Contemporary Fiction Zena ShapterZena Shapter is a multi-award-winning author of speculative and contemporary fiction. She is a mentor, manuscript assessor, editor, publishing assistant and facilitator of writing groups.
In the 109th episode of The HYBRID Author Podcast host Joanne Morrell, author of children's and young adult fiction, women's fiction and short non fiction for authors chats to Zena about:
ways of monitsing a creative career
how creatives might make money with emotions via the Japanese concept Ikigai
how Zena has applied earning money through emotion in her own author career
Zena’s advice to authors struggling to tap into the...
2024-01-1136 min
Australian Book LoversAuthor Zena ShapterJoin Veronica and Darren for another super fun episode as we give a shoutout for our first podcast subscribers Laurie Bell and Averil Drummond. We chat about the complexities of being human, the power of books to guide us through the unknown, industry news and why 1970s photos are scary. Stay tuned for an awesomely spellbinding interview with author Zena Shapter and the Reader's Café with new book spotlights. In our Writer's Lounge we catch up with Madeleine D'Este, plus an author reading by Zena Shapter and a whole lot more...Subscriber Shoutout - 00:15:28Intro - 00:37
2023-08-222h 20
Manawaker Studio's Flash Fiction PodcastFFP 0408 – Shy“Shy” by Zena Shapter
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2019-03-2805 min
Ep: 44 Zena Shapter – Towards WhiteThey know what’s going to happen to you… after you die.
Scientists in Iceland think they’ve figured out one of our greatest mysteries – where the electrical energy in our brains goes after we die. According to the laws of physics, one form of energy must always become another form. So the electrical energy in our brains and nervous system can’t simply disappear…
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2018-01-0100 min