Shannon closes out the 2021 season of the 'Winterly' with an extra-special episode to celebrate Mother's Day! The season began with his family, and ends with it...episode 1 featured his little brother Barrie, and now episode 8 features their mother, writer Geraldine Ryan-Lush, making her 'Whostorian' podcast debut for the first time in over ten years of shows! 

Often credited as the first and most fundamental influence on Shannon's own writing career, Geraldine Ryan-Lush is a prolific author, with 19 books published. On this engaging and fun appearance, she recounts her rise from a working mother of two and teacher to a quick success as children's author, review journal contributor, adept public speaker and paranormal encounters documenter. Delving into multiple genres, from young adult, fiction, poetry, and serialized novels, she demonstrated that tenacity and self-confidence in one's own talent outshined any doubters. 

Join Shannon and his mother, chatting about the strange tales of self-operating typewriters, the time a former 'Whostorian' magazine contributor stumped a computer salesman, the power of fashioning relatable narratives with universal themes, the best retro writing programs, writer's offices that were as ever-shifting as TARDIS rooms, and the behind-the-scenes stories of the popular 'Haunted Towns' series of true ghost stories that expanded to two volumes in quick success to meet demand!

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Geraldine Ryan-Lush on Youtube, featuring video previews of 'Haunted Towns' stories: Geraldine Ryan-Lush - YouTube

Twitter: Geraldine Ryan-Lush (@GRyanLush) / Twitter

Facebook Fan Page: Author Geraldine Ryan Lush | Facebook

Amazon Author Page for digital/physical purchases: Amazon.com: Geraldine Ryan-Lush: Books, biography, log, audiobooks, Kindle

Chapters/Indigo (Canada's largest bookstore sellers) for digital/physical purchases: geraldine ryan lush: 14 Books available | chapters.indigo.ca

Barnes&Noble (United States' largest bookstore sellers) for physical/digital purchases: Geraldine Ryan-Lush | Barnes & Noble® (barnesandnoble.com)

'The Pearl' newspaper article on 'Haunted Towns' Volume 1 book launch: Spirits at work? — The Pearl (thepearlnews.ca)

'Saltwire' (Atlantic Canada newspaper services) '20 Questions' article: 20 questions with Newfoundland and Labrador author Geraldine Ryan-Lush | SaltWire

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