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From Newsroom to Novel: Penelope Alonso on Grief, Regency Romance & Writing "A Walk with Everyone"
What happens when a journalist who spent years covering tragedy, crime, and community life finally sits down to write her own story? In this episode of Lead with Storytelling, host Sochi Azuh talks with journalist, storyteller, and author Penelope Alonso about her journey from newspaper and magazine reporting to publishing her own fiction — including her deeply personal novel, A Walk with Everyone, written in memory of her late mother, Sharon.
Penelope opens up about the discipline she had to unlearn from her newsroom years ("unlearning urgency"), her lifelong love of Jane Austen and…
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