Strength To Be Human --Global Arts & Affairs Podcast, Hosted by Mark Antony Rossi

S1 E22: Burning Down a Cottage Industry (The Travesty of Editors for Hire)

In this special episode, more geared for a public service announcement, Strength To Be Human will investigate the shady practices of phony professional "editors" who charge unsuspecting writers upwards of $5000 for their nonexistence service. As always this show will stand with the writer and against the predatory practices of crooked people. 

S1 E21: Waking the Lion: Inside Writing -- The Future of Writing

In Segment 5 of Waking the Lion, the future of writing is bright but brings with it a burden of self reliance and a knack for marketing.

S1 E20: The Life of An Editor

In this special guest edition, we talk about the editorship of our publications, the good, the bad and the ungrateful 

S1 E19: Interview with Amy Oestreicher

In this episode we interview with Audie award-nominated playwright, songwriter and performer Amy Oestreicher. Her incredible journey from health crisis to harmonic force of nature will make a believer out of the hardest heart.

S1 E17: Interview with Cat Rhoden-Goguen & Matt Rifenburg

NC-based playwright Cat Rhoden-Goguen brings another riveting play to stage. This time it's a real life tale taken from the headlines about a self taught man who reaches Cornel University and changes both their lives.

S1 E16: Interview with J.C. Salazar

A fascinating interview with Houston-based poet, author and retired professor J.C. Salazar on the Mexican immigrant experience, the American dream and the art of writing.

S1 E15: Waking the Lion: Inside Writing -- Time Management

In this 3rd installment I talk about how time management is a critical component to creativity in the modern era. Art may be our Life, but our Life is more than Art. How you organize, plan and manage your time plays a paramount role in all things daily.

S1 E14: Slaps, Traps and Chaps

In this installment a guest and I discuss the value of anthologies, the dangers of vanity presses and the ongoing debate regarding chapbooks vs. full books.

S1 E13: Waking the Lion: Inside Writing --- Submissions

In the 2nd installment of the Waking the Lion (https://www.somapublishing.com) series I discuss how important submissions on a regular basic form a pattern of work,  barrier against rejection and a means to insure your work is always circulating while creating new material. 

S1 E12: Waking the Lion: Inside Writing--- Rejection

Waking the Lion: Inside Writing -- Rejection
Rejection is a mainstay in the world of art. Artists have struggled with this for thousands of years. In the modern era rejection has devolved into something impersonal and unproductive. This show will present a few categories and a few more thoughts on how to navigate the sea of negativity and still be successful. Not every ice cube is an iceberg and not every editor an unfeeling piece of furniture.