Radio Show: Dropping In
Diane Dewey drops in with with authors, entertainers and musicians. Together they find the common threads of redefining identity.
We learn about ourselves by hearing other people's stories. What has experience taught them about creating a true identity?
Discovering our voice means empowering ourselves.
LISTEN on www.voiceamerica.com/Dropping-in
Fridays 8AM PT - 11AM ET - 5PM CET
"I love the interview, and the people who have heard it have been quite complimentary about it. Thanks for having me."
Martina Reaves
Author,
I'm Still Here
"This was an extraordinary experience of professionalism and beautifully prepared radio journalism Diane. I've now listened to the interview. It's good. Very good. Thank you."
Jen Hutchinson, author of Motherling: A Walk
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Listen to episode 1/29/21 Susan Burrell: Empower - a 30-Day Journey
Listen to episode 1/22/21 Betsy Graziani Fasbinder: Filling Her Shoes
Listen to episode 1/15/21 Tracey Enerson Wood: The Engineer's Wife
Listen to episode 1/8/21 Jen Hutchison: Motherling
Listen to episode 1/1/21 Britt Taylor: Kickin' Vegan
Listen to episode 12/25/20 Liz Whitehurst: Messenger
Listen to episode 12/18/20 Andrea Barnet: Visionary Women
Listen to episode 12/11/20 Rita Dragonette: The Fourteenth of September
Listen to episode 12/4/20 Lisa Braver Moss: Shrug
Listen to episode 11/20/20 Brian Hill: The Ace of Wands
Listen to episode 11/13/20 Tori Eldridge: The Ninja's Blade
Listen to episode 11/6/20 Faye Snowden: A Killing Fire
Listen to episode 10/30/20 Dr. Seema Yasmin: Muslim Women are Everything
Listen to episode 10/23/20 Evelyn Kohl LaTorre: Between Inca Walls
Listen to episode 10/16/20 Hendrika de Vries: When the Dog Became a Wolf & the Moon Broke Curfew
Listen to episode 10/9/20 Debra Thomas: Luz
Listen to episode 10/2/20 Devi Brown: Dropping Gems
Listen to episode 9/25/20 Gretchen Cherington: Poetic License
Listen to episode 9/18/20 Jodie Eckleberry-Hunt, Move On Motherf*cker!
Listen to episode 9/11/20 Anne Heck on Surviving Rape
Listen to episode 9/4/20 Dr. Suzanne Doyle-Morris, The Con Job
Listen to episode 8/28/20 Pamela Gay - I'm So Glad You're Here
Listen to episode 8/21/20 Rick Stevenson - 21 Things You Should Know About Being a Kid
Listen to episode 8/7/20 Mighty Pete - Fire in the Belly
Listen episode 7/31/20 Public Enemy - Invectious Diseases and Climage Change
Listen to episode 7/24/20 Dr. Joe Shrand Outsmarting Anger & The Fear Factor
Listen to episode 7/17/20 Miriam Feldman He Came In With It
Listen to episode 7/10/20 Tallia Deljou Life Purpose
Listen episode 7/3/20 Encore: Andre Dubus III Townie
Listen to episode 5/29/20 Michelle Cameron Beyond the Ghetto Gates
Listen to episode 6/5/20 Barbara McNally Four Faces of Femininity
Listen to episode 6/12/20 Shelley Blanton-Stroud Copy Boy
Listen to episode 6/19/20 Michelle Cox A Child Lost
Listen to episode 6/26/20 Cindy Rasicot Finding Venerable Mother
Listen Fire In the Belly with Diane Dewey
Listen to episode 5/22/20 Sharon Dukett; No Rules
Listen to episode 5/15/20 Jo Ivester; Once a Girl, Always a Boy
Listen to episode 5/8/20 Cerridwen Fallingstar
Listen to episode 5/1/20 Brin Miller
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Listen to episode 4/17/20 Stephanie Raffelock
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"Diane, your questions helped me think about my book in new ways. Thank you for this amazing opportunity!"
Debra Thomas, author of Luz, A Novel
"What an interview, Diane. Your questions were insightful and distinctive. It's clear the book spoke to you and I really appreciate how skillfully you teased out a discussion that will allow it to speak to your listeners as well."
Rita Dragonette, author of The Fourteenth of September
The Art of the Answer
Diane Dewey will help you prepare for your virtual book tour. How do you frame your message and the book's take-aways in an on-air interview?
Like your book, your answers need to have a beginning, an arc and a conclusion.
Diane will help you develop the story behind your story.
Interview Coaching $75/hour.
Diane Dewey travels the country sharing her compelling story of truth and lies, as found in her latest book "Fixing the Fates".
Fixing the Fates
Published by She Writes Press
Gulf Coast author Diane Dewey writes a memoir of family secrets, lies, love, and redemption. Adopted in America from a German orphanage, she met her Swiss biological father at age forty-seven after he searched for her. The impact of uncovering these roots was Diane's quest to find her German biological mother and learn her story. These discoveries reverberated throughout her life in myriad unexpected ways.
Dropping In
To Find Our Common Threads
About Diane
Diane Dewey is the author of the 2019 award winning memoir, Fixing the Fates, published by She Writes Press. She’s contributed articles about living as an adoptee and questioning one’s identity in over twenty on-line journals. Diane’s education includes a BA at Villanova University, a certificate from The Art Institute of Philadelphia, and an MS in Mental Health Counseling from Capella University. She’s worked for the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and The National Academy in New York, then founded her own art appraisal business, The Realization of Art. Throughout, Diane attended writing courses at New York University School of Continuing Studies and Eckerd College, and participated in writing workshops worldwide to attempt to discover her own voice. In January 2020, Diane began conversations with other communicators on Dropping In, her radio show / podcast on voiceamerica.com.
Until the lion learns to write, every story will glorify the hunter.
African Proverb
