Finding Elara
Building worlds with words and sharing those words with the world.
A podcast for writers, world builders and artists that would like to take a mindful look inside their creations. This is an interview series that provides an opportunity for Authors to share their Worldbuilding style and Mindfulness tactics.
- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 31 minutes
- Episodes
- 66
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
S2E8-046 Detecting fictional Worlds with Ian Hooper
Guest Bio
Ian Hooper grew up in the coastal town of Larne, Northern Ireland. He joined the Royal Air Force at age eighteen and worked initially as an aircraft technician before being commissioned as…
S2E6-044 Peeking into the world of Kylah Elliott
Guest Bio
Hey! I’m Kylah, a book editor and author. I’ve been a writer from the moment I could do so, writing music, poems and books. I have no published works yet, but my debut novel is in the works…
S2E5-043 Mindful Chat with Kylah Elliott
Guest Bio
Hey! I’m Kylah, a book editor and author. I’ve been a writer from the moment I could do so, writing music, poems and books. I have no published works yet, but my debut novel is in the works…
S2E4-042 WorldPlay with Allie McCormack
Show Summary
Guest Bio
Allie McCormack is a disabled U.S. military veteran who has transformed her life-long dream of writing into reality. Having lived across the United States and spent memorable …
S2E3-041 with Allie McCormack and her mindful Tips
Show Summary
Guest Bio
Allie McCormack is a disabled U.S. military veteran who has transformed her life-long dream of writing into reality. Having lived across the United States and spent memorable …
S2E2-040 Playing in the worlds of JA Duxbury
Show Summary
Guest Bio
JA Duxbury has been writing since an early age, but only returned to 1998 after a hiatus of about 20 years. During the grey period, she worked full-time in places like records…
S2E1-039 With JA Duxbury and her mindfulness tactics
Show Summary
Guest Bio
JA Duxbury has been writing since an early age, but only returned to 1998 after a hiatus of about 20 years. During the grey period, she worked full-time in places like records…
038 Leisl Leighton Interview
In this interview episode, Dianna and Leisl talk about the inspirations that have captivated and inspired Leisl to start writing her novels. The journey from restauranter to novelist is worth the lis…
FEP 037 Second Fun Five
Dianna takes the chance to talk about what's be happening for the last fortnight. The winner of last fortnights competition is announced. Short and sweet content that and then next weeks guest is ann…
036 Heidi Catherine Interview
Heidi talks to Dianna about her interest in writing that blossomed while watching her mother write stories growing up. With a complete series under her belt and a the start of a new series recently r…
035 First Fun Five
Dianna presents the show in her new solo format with five fun things she's been up to in the last fortnight. This new format is short and to the point.
034 Josh Langley Interview
In this episode of the Finding Elara Episode Dianna interviews Josh Langley about his writing journey and mindful techniques that have pushed him along the way. With several awards and multiple books…
033 Mothers Day Special
Dianna Co-hosted the Show with her Mum Selva and her Friend and avid listener of the Show Garry for a special Mothers Day special. Still talking about worldbuilding and mindfulness, in a round about …
032 Final week of worldbuilding course
The course has simmered down to the character level this week and Dianna asks her favourite questions from the course bringing things to a close. Sue-Ellen Pashley was an amazing person for gifting D…
031 Angela J Ford Interview
In this episode of the Finding Elara Podcast Dianna talks To Angela J ford about her worldbuilding, mindfulness techniques and what she thinks makes for a good story. Angela is very passionate about …
030 Week three of Worldbuilding course
In this episode Dianna talks about her favourite questions to think about when it comes the the middle layer of the worldbuilding cake, reveals the winner of last weeks competition, reviews realm of …
029 Donna Maree Hanson Interview
Meet Donna Marree Hanson as she talks about her fantasy and science fiction career providing worldbuilding and craft tips on what has learned along the way. In the Buffy night section Donna talks abo…
028 Week 2 of Worldbuilding Course
Dianna talks about what she had to do in week 2 of the worldbuilding course she had gifted from Sue-Ellen about the foundation layer of the world. The Buffy night segment was a season 1 review of Leg…
027 Sue-Ellen Pashley Interview
Dianna and Sue-Ellen talk about worldbuilding and mindfulness strategies that were used when creating Aquila and her other novels. Sue-Ellen also talks about how she got into writing in the first pla…