Flipping Dreams with Heather Renée May

Heather catches us up on what's been happening on book tour, and where she'll be next. She shares the locations in Cactus Cradle, and, in her opinion, the very best brunch spot in Fredericksburg. She tells you where you can get signed copies of her books in Fredericksburg, and talks about RV trip planning. You can find out more on her website: https://www.heatherreneemay.com/ FB: @heatherreneemay IG & TT: @_everydayismay Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Heather shares news from her second week on tour at 8th Street Market/Silobration & her upcoming event at KOA Alamo San Antonio, her RV maintenance issues and how it was fixed, some reader feedback, and the Care Camps donation update. You can watch the YouTube version of this episode: https://www.youtube.com/@heatherreneemay Heather's website for upcoming book tour events: https://www.heatherreneemay.com/ FB: @heatherreneemay IG & TikTok: @_everydayismay Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Heather shares news from week one of the Cactus Cradle book tour; The Retreat at Shady Creek, Los Pinos Ranch Vineyards, and Slow Rise Slice House… She reluctantly shares the best kept Harvest Host secret, shameless plug for Stitch Fix and reveals her style, shares some Texas authors' latest books, and talks about finding the special moments amid the chaos. Next week: 8th Street Market/ Silobration in Waco! Shelley Noel, “Trouble Finds Little Miss Perfect”: https://www.shelleynoel.com/ Ian Griffin, “The Story of Briar”: https://iangriffinbooks.com/home Heather's website: https://www.heatherreneemay.com/ FB: @heatherreneemay IG & TikTok: @_everydayismay Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tune in as Heather Renée May talk about prepping for the book tour (next week!), logistics related to getting her RV fixed in time for tour, dates and locations, and the goal of 1000 books for $1000 bucks to be donated to CareCamps.org! Find out more about the book tour: https://www.heatherreneemay.com/projects/book-tour-2024 Watch the YouTube version: https://www.youtube.com/@heatherreneemay Rogue Media Network: https://roguemedianetwork.com/podcast/flipping-dreams-with-heather-renee-may/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Heather's back! She is two weeks away from the release of Cactus Cradle, book #3 in A Texas Wine Trail Series, and she's hitting the road in her motorhome and coming to a location near you! Tune in to hear tour news, dates, and more! You can watch this episode on YouTube: @heatherreneemay Texas Book Talk Live Stream happens Wednesdays at 5:30pm CT on social media channels: FB: @heather-renee-may IG: @_everydayismay Tiktok: @_everydayismay Get more info about tour dates and how to order your copies of Cactus Cradle through Heather's website: https://www.heatherreneemay.com $1 of every book sold goes to CareCamps.org - Help Heather meet her goal: $1000 books, $1000 bucks! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Heather is headed off to write her 3rd book in the Texas Wine Trail Series. She's taking a hiatus from the podcast for a few months, but you can always catch up on her backlog of interviews or read/listen to books 1 & 2 of her series (Cactus Christmas, Cactus Wedding) to prepare for the upcoming release of Cactus Cradle this October! Cactus Christmas is available through Amazon and all booksellers, and is on Audible. Cactus Wedding is available through Amazon and all booksellers, with the Audible version to be released on April 2nd, 2024! Thank you for your support, and please follow on Facebook or Instagram so that you stay in the know with exciting book events coming up later this year. FB: @heather-renee-may IG: @heatherreneemay_author, or @_everydayismay Keep flipping your dreams!! website: https://www.heatherreneemay.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Heather talks with Doug Richardson, inventor of a form of animation with 7 patents, who sued large tech giants (Samsung, Fuji, Motorola) and won! But, Doug's path started off with a traumatic brain injury from a bicycle accident when he was just 21. He shares his story of resilience, how he recovered from the accident and ended up building new neural pathways that led him to create his invention. You can find out more about Doug's work here: https://www.cinegif.com/index Heather's website: https://www.heatherreneemay.com/ Rogue Media Network: https://roguemedianetwork.com/podcast/flipping-dreams-with-heather-renee-may/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Heather chats with fellow pod-person, Mariette Frey of Mariette's On the Move! They talk about the mission of her podcast, her many travels and what she's learned, why she's so passionate about sharing that knowledge with others, and what's coming up for her in the future! Mariette's podcast: https://mariettesonthemove.com/ Social Media: IG @mariettesonthemove Heather's website: https://heatherreneemay.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Heather talks with Leslie Barbazette, a former colleague at Stitch Fix, about how she navigated a difficult RIF, and turned her love of crafting and taking classes into a larger vision of building a craft school, The Land, to honor the process of taking what comes from the land to the end result of homemade beautiful crafts. You can buy her gorgeous hand-spun Alpaca/Merino/Silk yarn here: https://wolfcraftcollective.com/collections/yarn Find out more about The Land: www.the-land-gv.com And, follow her & her partner Jay Morgan on IG: @lesliebarbazette @jaymorganhandcraft @the_land_gv And, stay in their gorgeously renovated RV, The Colonel, in Berkeley, CA: https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/937666632117698899?source_impression_id=p3_1706995952_GyN5xeErOORHxaN6 The article I wrote about The Colonel on RVInspiration: https://rvinspiration.com/featured-post/transformed-airstream/ https://www.heatherreneemay.com/ https://roguemedianetwork.com/podcast/flipping-dreams-with-heather-renee-may/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Heather reads from a travel memoir, "The Curve of Time", written by Canadian author, Muriel Wylie Blanchet. A true story of a woman who spent summers in a 25 foot boat with her 5 children exploring the Inside Passage of British Columbia in the 20's & 30's. The book will be broken up in a series of chapters in upcoming podcast episodes. You can still find a re-print of this timeless memoir through Seal Press https://a.co/d/chA9p1c https://roguemedianetwork.com/podcast/flipping-dreams-with-heather-renee-may/ https://www.heatherreneemay.com/creative/podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Heather reads from a travel memoir, "The Curve of Time", written by Canadian author, Muriel Wylie Blanchet. A true story of a woman who spent summers in a 25 foot boat with her 5 children exploring the Inside Passage of British Columbia in the 20's & 30's. The book will be broken up in a series of chapters in upcoming podcast episodes. You can still find a re-print of this timeless memoir through Seal Press https://a.co/d/chA9p1c https://roguemedianetwork.com/podcast/flipping-dreams-with-heather-renee-may/ https://www.heatherreneemay.com/creative/podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Heather reads from a travel memoir, "The Curve of Time", written by Canadian author, Muriel Wylie Blanchet. A true story of a woman who spent summers in a 25 foot boat with her 5 children exploring the Inside Passage of British Columbia in the 20's & 30's. The book will be broken up in a series of chapters in upcoming podcast episodes. You can still find a re-print of this timeless memoir through Seal Press https://a.co/d/chA9p1c https://roguemedianetwork.com/podcast/flipping-dreams-with-heather-renee-may/ https://www.heatherreneemay.com/creative/podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Heather continues her trip back in time and takes you to Muddy's Java Cafe. This landmark is no longer in Denver, CO, but she reads from the book, "Muddy's Chronicles; Memoirs From The Last Great Coffeehouse", by Bill Stevens (co-owner of the new Muddy's with Joe DeRose). She shares her stories of time spent at Muddy's in the early 90's, and the story of John Wayne Brewer, the protector and friend of all. Stories read from the book: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6589024-muddy-s-chronicles J-Spotting, by Heather Renee May (2020) Heather's website: https://www.heatherreneemay.com/ Rogue Media: roguemedianetwork.com/podcast/flipping-dreams-with-heather-renee-may/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Heather takes you to the Lion's Lair in Denver, CO, and shares recordings of her performing with Filter back in the early 1990's. One of the most iconic dive bars, and the oldest live music venue in Denver, she takes you there through stories and music. Track #1 is Reaching Up Track #2 is Cthulu Nixon Track #3 is Heart of the Matter Filter was Jazz on bass, Ero on drums, Matthew on guitar, and Heather on vocals. This episode is a tribute to Jazz (Scott McLean), RIP my friend. Toni Elton's article: https://duclarion.com/2021/02/the-attractions-of-lions-lair-the-cbgbs-of-denver/ Website: https://lionslairco.com/ IG: lions_lair_denver Heather's site: https://heatherreneemay.com/ Rogue Page: roguemedianetwork.com/podcast/flipping-dreams-with-heather-renee-may/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ever wonder what it takes to be a successful songwriter? Listen to this inspiring episode with Lillian Glanton of Muscle Shoals Songwriters Festival. She talks about her path into music, what makes great songwriters, and her mission for bringing a songwriters festival to The Shoals. (previously recorded on June 15, 2020) https://www.mssongfest.com/ https://www.heatherreneemay.com/creative/podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How did living in an SRO in NYC on the Upper West Side prepare Heather for her addiction to RV Life? Take a listen to this flashback/memory from early 2021. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Heather kicks off 2024 of Flipping Dreams sharing the vision of this next year, and then chats with Tessa Terry the founder of Alchemy RV Renovations: She transforms unassuming small RV homes to make high quality, professional design something both affordable & attainable. An inspiring talk about the importance of home, design, & travel! Here's the RV Heather covered in RVInspiration magazine that Tessa renovated: https://rvinspiration.com/makeovers/glitzy-art-deco-travel-trailer-remodel/ To see more of Tessa's RV's, or reach out to her for a design consultation: https://www.alchemyrvrenovations.com/rv-portfolio https://www.heatherreneemay.com/creative/podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode I talk about adventures. Sharing one of my favorite quotes: “There are two kinds of adventurers: those who go truly hoping to find adventure and those who go secretly hoping they won’t.” - William Least Heat-Moon (Blue Highways). I talk about one of my travel bibles, "The Curve of Time," by M. Wylie Blanchet. The true account of a woman who took her 5 children gunkholing in British Columbia in the 20's-30's. I also share some other sources of travel and adventure inspiration that I follow: the podcast, Strangers, and the epic story of extreme sports. And, the SV Delos new film 80North. Then, I take you on our journey in our travel trailer leaving Florence, AL and going the 630miles to St. Augustine, FL. We visit Dothan RV Park, and North Beach Camp Resort. This episode is available on your favorite podcast players AND Please check out our NEW YouTube channel @LVMay dedicated to our travel stories where you'll find curated videos of our trips each week, and get to see cameos by Dotty. Thank you for tuning into Flipping Dreams. Please subscribe and share. Also, if you are enjoying this podcast, please review so that we can be more easily found by other explorers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Flipping Dreamers! Are you curious about what this Cactus Christmas business is all about?? Well, wait no more! In this episode, I share Chapters 1 & 2 of the Audiobook with you! It's a little preview of my novel, Cactus Christmas: A Texas Wine Trail Series! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Heather shares a story from her past 2 1/2 years of RV Life on the road. https://www.heatherreneemay.com/creative/podcast https://roguemedianetwork.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices