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1-23-26
Bookmarked, Season 5
Interview with Madelyn and Rebecca Spindler, Authors of "Nutshell & Friends: New Heights for Northern Lights"

This week, Draco interviews Madelyn and Rebecca Spindler, a mother-daughter duo who have written several books together, including the newly released children's book, Nutshell & Friends: New Heights for Northern Lights.

Check out Nutshell & Friends at the link below!

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Introductions with Janie [0:00]

Rebecca and Madelyn talk about how they started writing books together [1:20]

Discussing the writing process of "Nutshell & Friends" [5:22]

What have Rebecca and Madelyn learned about writing over the years? [8:50]

What's next for this writing duo? [11:42]

Discussing book signings and other future author events [15:23]

Rebecca and Madelyn talk being able to work together and what this partnership means to them [16:20]

Conclusions with Janie [21:04]

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1-16-26
Bookmarked, Season 5
Interview with Nikki Burdine, Co-Author of Children's Book "Live Like Grunt"

This week, Allison interviews returning guest Nikki Burdine.

Previously, Nikki and her father, Miles Burdine, came on the podcast to talk about their children's book, Live Like Grunt. Now, Nikki is back to reintroduce the story to new listeners as well as share what's next for her.

Follow Nikki on Instagram and Facebook @nikkiburdine, and check out her book's page @livelikegrunt.

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Introductions with Janie [0:00]

What is "Live Like Grunt" about, and what inspired the book? [1:10]

What was it like for Nikki to write the book with her father? [3:22]

Nikki talks life lessons found in "Live Like Grunt" [4:22]

How does Nikki's daughter feel about the book? [6:14]

What's it been like for Nikki to become a published author? [7:00]

Nikki talks memorable interactions with readers [7:59]

What's next for Nikki? [9:05]

Conclusions with Janie [12:01]

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Live Like Grunt

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1-09-26
Bookmarked, Season 5
Writing Resolutions for 2026 - How to Be a Better Writer

This week, Allison goes over eight "resolutions" for writers in 2026 to encourage better writing habits and more successful results in the new year.

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Introductions [0:00]

Eight writing resolutions for 2026 [1:54]

Sharing some of Bookmarked's statistics from 2025 / Conclusions [12:32]

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1-02-26
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Unveiling JCP's 2026 Anthology Submission Opportunities

Happy New Year!

This week, Draco recaps some of JCP's accomplishments from 2025 and unveils our 2026 anthology submission opportunities.

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Introductions with Janie [0:00]

Sharing some of JCP's accomplishments from 2025 [0:54]

Discussing JCP's 2026 anthology submission opportunities [8:27]

Update on submitting manuscripts to JCP in 2026 [15:40]

Conclusions [18:57]

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12-26-25
Bookmarked, Season 5
Looking Back on 2025: Publisher Recaps the Year

In this week's very special episode, JCP's publisher, Janie, looks back on Jan-Carol Publishing's journey in 2025 and recaps the year. She also previews what you can expect from JCP in the new year.

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Introductions [0:00]

Discussing new projects for 2026 [6:27]

JCP's children's books [13:34]

Submitting to Tapestry Journal and manuscripts [18:00]

Conclusions [21:04]

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12-19-25
Bookmarked, Season 5
Recapping Favorite 2025 Books and Holiday Reads!

This week, Allison and Draco recap a few of their favorite JCP releases from 2025 as well as highlight a few favorite holiday reads.

Links to all the mentioned books can be found below!

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Introductions [0:00]

Draco's favorite holiday reads [1:05]

Allison's favorite hoilday reads [4:13]

Draco's favorite 2025 releases [7:33]

Allison's favorite 2025 releases [10:46]

Conclusions [14:43]

Important Links

Christmas All Year Long: An Anthology of Holly Jolly Tales

Maggie the Cat Who Came Home for Christmas

Maggie the Cat Loves Pip's Thanksgiving Surprise

Reclaiming Christmas

Snooping Can Be Un-Merry

The Everlasting Snowman

Scarily the Scarecrow

Merry Mary and the Strawberry Surprises

Nutshell & Friends: New Heights for Northern Lights

Emily the Meteorologist

These Haunted Hills: Book 7

Be Brave, Alice!

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12-12-25
Bookmarked, Season 5
Special Reading of "Nannie's" by Lori C. Byington - A Story from "Christmas All Year Long"

This week, Allison and Draco read the holiday story "Nannie's" by Lori C. Byington, which is featured in Jan-Carol Publishing's anthology, Christmas All Year Long: An Anthology of Holly Jolly Tales. The book can be purchased below!

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Janie's introduction [0:00]

Introducing "Nannie's" by Lori C. Byington [1:21]

A special reading of "Nannie's" [2:30]

Conclusions [21:47]

Important Links

Christmas All Year Long: An Anthology of Holly Jolly Tales

Tapestry Journal's November/December Issue

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12-05-25
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Poetry and Short Story Writing Tips, Plus New Submission Opportunities

This week, Allison discusses the new submission guidelines for Tapestry Journal's upcoming January/February issue. The theme for this issue is "winter romance," and all of the guidelines can be found at this link.

In addition, Allison offers some poetry and short story writing tips as they pertain to the upcoming issue ofTapestry and the new submission opportunities.

Our most recent issue of Tapestry Journal (November/December) can be found below!

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Janie's introduction [0:00]

Going over Tapestry Journal's new submission guidelines for the Jan/Feb issue [2:05]

Poetry writing tips [5:32]

Short story writing tips [9:13]

More submission guidelines for Tapestry Journal's new issue [14:49]

Conclusions [18:31]

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Tapestry Journal's November/December Issue

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