After moving back to the U.S. I became so busy with work and family I had to tell my podcast producer Carol Azams that I sadly didn't have time to make another season of The Book Show for her network/app Diversity TV...
But all that has changed! I had a temporary dip in hours as I was changing stores (to move to one with better and more in-depth retail management training) so I began working on new material for our podcast, so... expect new episodes, coming your way in 2021! These will feature new books and a chord of inspiration that runs throughout the season to uplift spirits and inspire people with dreams and goals. It will also feature local backgrounds as all will be filmed outside here in the wilds of rural Arkansas, U.S.
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Since moving back to my original home country of the United States I've had quite the experience... I'd never lived in Arkansas before. I have been embracing the local outdoors culture while working in retail management as an Essential Worker through these times (at stores providing vital food, medicines, and other essentials for people and pets) and helping out my family (who moved here from the West Coast 11 to 21 years ago, depending on the family member.) When I've had time between work and family I've written some poems about my life and experiences here in the Ozarks; fishing, hunting, and helping my family raise our 11 and 13-year-old kids whose parents aren't around. Meanwhile, back in Ireland... my friend and writing colleague Carol Azams came up with a timely and brilliant new book idea; essays about peoples' individual, personal experiences of 2020. Between the news media, hype, and somewhat news-induced panics and misinformation about the situation, what have we, the individuals who have lived the experienced of 2020, been through? She has decided to capture that experience for future generations in her new book project. I have contributed an essay and will post an update when the book is published and available to all. I hope we all have new, positive experiences and adventures coming for us in 2021, and a safe and effective vaccine to help us prevent further deaths. But as I say to my customers, "2021 can't be any [than 2020] worse, and if it's not better, at least we'll be used to it by now." |
The Writer
Author BioAva Collopy is a teacher, writer, and world traveler. She has been to 10 countries and counting. She has lived in the U.S. and Ireland. She has published several books, hosted The Book Show podcast on Diversity TV (UK and Ireland, which she has now created Ruminate from (encompassing the book, here, and a planned series of videos, here). And she has nonfiction and fiction published in...
Nonfiction: 2020: Year of Covid-19 (Stories of Lockdown), Inspired Migrant Women in Ireland, Edible Red, Down in the Dirt, and The Relic the Effort the Yelp. Fiction: White Liquor Steemit, Beautiful Losers, White Liquor, Down in the Dirt, Brilliant Flash Fiction (contest shortlist, as A.C.), Sunlight in the Sanctuary, Treading Water, and Adrift. Poetry: Blue Collar Review, Down in the Dirt, CC&D, Poetry Pacific, Re/ Verse, Verse Virtual, Ascent Aspirations, and others. She has teaching materials and pacing guides on: Teacherpayteachers.com and Classful.com. Her books are listed, with cover and description on this website's other pages: Nonfiction Fiction Poetry Besides her one year as an adoptive mother she is a happily lifelong non-mom, a fact she proudly promotes to remind everyone that these are choices each individual must make for themselves. Ava Collopy Books
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