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Beyond the Draft
Beyond the Draft is where the real story begins. Imma believes that every young dream has thousands of successful people that have lived that dream. Those everyday searches on Google has people that have lived with the results. We explores the journey, the growth, the tools, and inspirations that leads to a successful journey pathway. Whatever you're doing in the world today, thousands of people have been praying to see you and listen to you speak about it, be it project, AI tools, brands…
Episodes
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Then Came Joy: Adoption, Faith, and Finding Yourself Between Seven Countries /Jodi Cowles
What does it look like to spend more than half your adult life living in someone else's country, and still not feel lost? Jodi Cowles has called seven…
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Rejected by Hollywood: Reinvented by Story | Kay A. Oliver
What happens when Hollywood tells you your stories aren't marketable? For Kay A. Oliver, it became the beginning of a whole new career. After more than three…
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The Writing King/Richard Lowe on Ghostwriting 160 Books, AI, Creativity & Reinvention
Can a cybersecurity executive become one of the world's most prolific ghostwriters? Richard Lowe did exactly that. After spending thirty-three years in…
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Life Without Lisa: How Grief Became Purpose, Healing & Hope/Richard Ballo
Some books are planned. Others are written because survival demands it. In this deeply moving episode of Beyond the Draft, host Imma welcomes award-winning…
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Landing on Your North Star: Reinvention, Self-Worth & Finding Your True Purpose/ Brigitta Dau
What if the life you're searching for begins the moment you stop chasing who you think you're supposed to be? In this episode of Beyond the Draft, host Imma…
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Our Lady of the Overlook: 18 Years in Law Enforcement Built Fiction That Feels Real/R.L. Carpentier
He did not research his characters. He watched them for eighteen years. R.L. Carpentier spent nearly two decades in law enforcement, watching human beings at…
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The Truth About Publishing Nobody Else Will Tell You/Terry Whalin
He has spent decades in book publishing. He has worked with hundreds of authors. He has watched books succeed, watched books fail, and spent his career trying…
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Life After the Last Page: Why #1 Bestseller Status Doesn't Build a Business/ Robbie Samuels
What if becoming a number one bestselling author changed absolutely nothing? In this eye-opening episode of Beyond the Draft, Imma sits down with author, book…
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The Pathologist Who Writes Murder : A Scientist's Second Creative Life/Deven Greene
She spent more than twenty years studying what happens inside the human body. Then she started imagining what happens when everything goes wrong. Deven Greene…
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Sophie Washington and Beyond: How One Author Built a 175,000 Book Legacy/Tonya Ellis
It started in a library. A little girl. Her mother beside her. A bag overflowing with books. That little girl fell in love with reading before she could fully…
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Broken and Brave: The Nurse Who Finally Said What Healthcare Really Costs/Tiffany Smith
For fifteen years she had a front row seat to one of the most important and most broken systems in human civilization. Tiffany Smith is a registered nurse who…
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Crickets Playing Croquet: How One Silly Idea Became a Family Legacy/Bret Ridgway
What happens when a bestselling business author stops writing for the marketplace and starts writing for his grandchildren? In this heartwarming episode of…
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This Is Not Who We Are: Confessions of an Elections Official/David Maeda
He led a state through the most contested elections in recent American history. And the whole time nobody knew what it was actually costing him. David Maeda…
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He Left Big Tech to Write the Love Stories He Needed/ Lukas Gaines
What if financial freedom wasn't the destination? What if it was the beginning of your real work? In this episode of Beyond the Draft, host Imma sits down with…
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God Has Been Speaking to You More Than You Realize / Rev. Dr. David Chotka
What if some of the most important conversations of your life have already happened? What if God has been speaking to you all along, and you simply didn't know…
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How Liam Begley Wrote Broken Interstellar While Working Sixty-Hour Weeks
What if the reason your book isn't finished isn't a lack of time? In this episode of Beyond the Draft, host Imma sits down with Liam Begley, Vancouver film…
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From Stagecoach Robberies to Novels / Zac Baldwin's Unstoppable Story
He took thirty hours to come into this world. And has been wreaking havoc ever since. At six years old, Zac Baldwin watched Fred Astaire on a black and white…
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The Southern Storyteller Who Turned a Lifetime of Love, Into a Writing Career Worth Celebrating
Pull up a chair. Pour yourself a glass of iced tea. And get ready to smile. Because today's guest is going to remind you that the best writing lives are not…
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what You Wear Is Who You Are: The Fashion Author Who Is Redefining What It means to get dressed
Every morning you open your wardrobe, pull something out, and walk into the world. You probably never stopped to think about what just happened. Courtney…
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Where Strategy Meets Soul: The Brand Storyteller Who Believes Every Voice Is Worth Hearing/Madeline
Most brands do not have a strategy problem. They have a story problem. They know what they sell. They know what they do. But when they sit down to say who they…
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Becoming Change: From Quiet Eagle Scout to The Man Who Wrote It All Down for the Rest of Us
What does it look like when a person does not just study change, but becomes it? Brian Gorman started as an introverted Eagle Scout at Syracuse University…
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Life After the Last Page:How An Author Turned Creativity Into Medicine and Story Into a Movement
What if creativity was not a talent some people are born with, but a birthright every human being carries? Mark Firehammer has spent his entire life proving…
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When Faith Meets the Neuroscience of Freedom /Rose Ann Forte
She looked successful on the outside. Behind closed doors, she was using alcohol to survive a toxic marriage, an impossible pace, and a private pain the world…
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First Novel at 50: How a Award Winning Actor, Playwright & Professor Finally Said Yes to that story
Thirty years as an award-winning actor, playwright, screenwriter, and filmmaker. A professorship heading the MFA Acting Program at the University of Alabama…
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The Voice Behind the Draft: What Every Indie Author Gets Wrong About Audiobooks/Liza Jacob
She has narrated over 30 audiobooks, written and published 8 of her own, and illustrated 6 children's books. Liza Jacob stands at the intersection of…
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In Between: How One Actor Turned 7yrs of Loss Into Eight Plays That Belong to Everyone / Niki Borger
She moved to America in 2018 to pursue acting. Over the next seven and a half years she lost all of her parents and grandparents in tragic ways. Instead of…
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Life After the Last Page: What It Truly Takes to Turn a Book Into Something Bigger | Nancy Napie
She spent 35 years as a professor and creativity expert. Then she put down her research papers, picked up fiction, and became a beginner again. Nancy Napier is…
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The Last Chapter: Sacrifices, Legacy, and the Words Written Differently | Dianna Gunn
She published her first novel in 2017. She wrote dark fantasy, horror anthologies, and reproductive horror. And in the middle of building her own writing…
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Five Thousand Pages & Counting /The Man Who Built a Multiverse and Refused to Stop Writing
Two years. Five thousand pages. Ten published books. One single epic story spanning science fiction, fantasy, and spiritual warfare ; A multiverse so vast it…
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No More Waiting/ The Teen Author With 38 Books Who Proved Age Is Never a Barrier/ Shanti Hershenson
She published her first book at twelve. Since then, Shanti Hershenson has written 38 books, built 50,000 TikTok followers, and proved that age is never the…
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Beyond the Last Page: How Shilo Creed Turned 42 Novels, And 1.4M readers into a movement of faith.
What happens when a bestselling author gets miraculously healed and writes about it? Shilo Creed joins Beyond the Draft to share how faith, healing, and 42…