Uncorking A Story

Authors often tap into their past experiences and memories and plant them in our stories. Speaking from experiences, anecdotes that my parents shared with me decades ago will wind up in a story, not in a self-indulgent way, but more as a way of bringing some added realism to a plot point. Today’s guest, Kimberly Behre Kenna, shared a beautiful story about how she integrated an experience her mother had while growing up into her latest novel, Jett Jamison and the Secret Storm. Meet Kimberly Behre Kenna Kimberly has worn many hats in her professional life including detective's assistant, breakfast cook, tae-kwon-do instructor, adolescent & family counselor and fifth grade teacher, her favorite job ever. As a writer, her poems and stories have been published in American Writers Review, Mused, Plumtree Tavern, and Rubbertop Review. Her full-length play, “Ana’s Hummingbird,” was given a staged reading at The Dramatists Guild in NYC. She is eer inspired by the power of play, thoughtful questions, and a life-long