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NFBClub Building the First Audiobook Ecosystem that Benefits Authors and Listeners

David Gutierrez is the co-founder of Non-Fungible Book Club (NFBC), an independent audiobook platform focused on helping authors retain greater ownership, control, and revenue from their work. Built around a creator-first philosophy, NFBC was founded on the belief that writers deserve a more meaningful relationship with both their audience and the success of their art.Continue reading “NFBClub Building the First Audiobook Ecosystem that Benefits Authors and Listeners”

Classic Cinema Posts for June

June 10, 2026: Easy Virtue (2008). Don’t let the photo fool you. This is a fun romp directed by Stephan Elliot, who is also one of the writers with Sheridan Jobbins. Jessica Biel heads an all-star cast in this adaptation of Noël Cowards 1920s play about an older woman who falls in love with aContinue reading “Classic Cinema Posts for June”

Shared Stories of Parental Gaslighting That Inspired a Novel

Fran Hawthorne has been writing novels since she was four years old, although she was sidetracked for several decades by journalism. During that award-winning career, she wrote eight nonfiction books, mainly about consumer activism, the drug industry, and the financial world, and was also an editor or regular contributor for The New York Times, BusinessContinue reading “Shared Stories of Parental Gaslighting That Inspired a Novel”

Self-Exploration Using YouTube Series: The Loneliest Boy on Earth

Over the years, I’ve used comedy, music, and film as ways to process life and connect with people in a real, unpolished way. My latest project, The Loneliest Boy on Earth, came out of that impulse — it’s part experiment, part personal confession, and part attempt to make sense of love and identity in theContinue reading “Self-Exploration Using YouTube Series: The Loneliest Boy on Earth”

Classic Cinema: All This and Heaven Too

All this and Heaven Too is a movie from 1940 starring Bette Davis, Charles Boyer, Barbara O’Neil, and Jeffrey Lynn. It takes place in the years leading up to the second French Revolution of 1848. This situation and characters were real. The book of the same name was written by Rachel Field the grand-niece ofContinue reading “Classic Cinema: All This and Heaven Too”