Alpha Bette is Jennifer’s first novel. She put much of her personal and professional life experience into writing it, having been a family therapist, divorce mediator, Broadway and Off-Broadway producer, musical book writer, screenwriter & producer and screenwriting teacher. She co-wrote and produced the films Family Blues and Boundary Waters (in production) as well as wrote the book of two musicals that are streaming online: Marry Harry, a full-length musical, and Cockroaches & Cologne, a short musical. She is a proud board member of New York Stage and Film, The Peace Studio, and 18by Vote. She is married with five children and many grandchildren—great source material!

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Alpha Bette Jennifer Manocherian

Suffs, Broadway Musical book, music and lyrics by Shaina Taub. Still running

Don’t Call Me Pig: A Javelina Story, Conrad J Storad, Illustrated by Beth Neely

The Peace Studio

18by Vote

Karen Moran is an artist and healer who uses art for healing.

Born into a family of artists, she became a painter and poet and also developed a career as a psychologist. For 30 years, Karen helped people find images and words to express unconscious feelings and memories, and then work with these images to heal their wounds and build their lives.

Since retiring, Karen has published Forever Tourmaline and completed a decades-long project of archiving the artwork of her family.

A mother and grandmother, she lives with her husband and their dogs and cats in the mountains where she grew up.

Karen L Moran’s Website, Forever Tourmaline website

Pacifica Graduate Institute, Santa Barbara, California

Archetypal Psychology

Writing for Your Life: Guide and Companion to the Inner Worlds, Deena Metzger

Jay Watson and Kyle Wiltshire met in college and soon watched every single Highlander movie together on VHS. They have been the closest of friends for over twenty-five years and still talk nearly every day. They have committed their adult lives to cultivating stories and caring for people.

Jay Watson bio

Jay is passionate about speaking and writing. He has built a disc golf course, saw Garth Brooks in 1993, and takes pictures with fish. His hair started going gray at twenty, and he still loves Will Smith.

Kyle Wiltshire

Kyle has seen U2 in concert eleven times. He tries to paint like Bob Ross and enjoys talking about Star Wars. He loves pop culture and prides himself on being able to name the year any movie from the 1980s or ’90s was released.

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The National Enquirer

Morgan James Publishing

PodMatch, a dating service for Podcasters

Freeman Linde Story-Power episode 103, 6/19/24, “Working for the Customer”

Will Smith, actor, producer, movie, Bright

Back to the Future

Short Circuit

The Last Star Fighter

Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi

Forest Gump

Highlander

Borat

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

Lincoln

Star Wars prequels

The Clone Wars

Bad Batch

If We Were Villains, M.L. Rio

Game of Thrones

Dune

Harry Potter