Saturday, February 27, 2021

Listen Now to Ed Calkins’ First Guest Appearance on a Podcast

A couple weeks ago, Ed Calkins, Steward of Tara and author of the BryonySeries novel Ruthless, received in an invitation to appear on a podcast that an online school for people with dyslexia hosts each week. 

Scheduling was a wee challenging due to the time difference (the school's founder and podcast host lives in Scotland) and my work schedule (Ed's wife Nancy and I were asked to appear, too, because of the nature of our involvement and to bolster Ed's confidence because he's really quite shy), but we got it done. 

I won't editorialize any further. Below is the podcast's introduction and links where you can listen to the one-hour show. I think Ed did a great job. 

 Just these last couple of weeks, he, along with Nancy, have learned Zoom and done three interviews. 

And I'm thrilled to have played a role in fulfilling a lifelong dream for him: writing and publishing a full-length novel. 


Podcast #103 Dyslexia, confidence and an alter ego who turned into a dynamic character of a novel. Ed Calkins

 February 25, 2021 Published by Darius Namdaran

We have a very special and mind-bending episode this week. It’s all about a man with dyslexia who worked 34 years as a driver for a newspaper company and recently published a book with himself as the main character.

 Let’s follow the story of Ed Calkins who had troubles with self-confidence all his life. As a hobby, he created fascinating stories with characters based on real-life people and shared them with his colleagues and friends. One of his friends is an author, Denise Unland, who decided to include Ed, as one of the characters in her trilogy.

 The character, Ed, ended up being a fan favourite that fans of the trilogy wanted to know more about his back story. Ed Calkins took on that challenge and wrote a novel based on the character with the same name. At first, Ed wasn’t confident about his story but after hearing positive feedback about the character, he was motivated to finish his novel.

BulletMap Academy: https://bulletmapacademy.com/103/

iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/dyslexia-explored/id1387645599?i=1000510624210  

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1G4TRLzUHE6Alg69e2MLq3?si=a7RhjTinSeCxxEC9afNL0w 

Radiopublic: https://radiopublic.com/dyslexia-explored-Wkdb1l/s1!0fc16 

Podbeam: https://radiopublic.com/dyslexia-explored-Wkdb1l/s1!0fc16  

castbox: https://castbox.fm/episode/103-Dyslexia%2C-confidence-and-an-alter-ego-who-turned-into-a-dynamic-character-of-a-novel.-Ed-Calkins-id1295166-id358915402?country=us 

breaker: https://www.breaker.audio/dyslexia-explored 

Bulletmapacademy: https://bulletmapacademy.com/dyslexia-explored/




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