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Hey, Time-Strapped Author! Wanna write great fiction? BUT writing is hard because you… - Have NO TIME because you work a full-time job or go to school full-time - Doubt your writing ability - Are unsure how to write the kind of captivating stories you love to read. Then welcome to The Adventurous Author, the podcast for underdog authors on a mission to achieve legendary feats in the publishing world but have to overcome impossible obstacles, limited time, and paralyzing inner skepticism along the way. Through these episodes, you will… - Gain confidence in your author identity. - Master the process and structure needed to write captivating stories EVEN WITH limited writing time. - Learn to use AI effectively and ethically to constantly improve your writing skills and story quality. I’m your host Bonnie Jean Schaefer. Under my pen name of fantasy author D.K. Drake, I write action-packed, wholesome adventures without the snooze-worthy fluff. But as your personal writing coach, I’m here to unlock YOUR narrative prowess, guide you in crafting spellbinding tales, and navigate the wild world of writing with AI. Adventure awaits, so ignite your imagination, latch on to that dragon swooping overhead, and let the storytelling quest begin. It’s time to play in our own fabulous fantasy worlds.
Episodes
Wednesday Jun 04, 2025
Wednesday Jun 04, 2025
You don’t need to wait for inspiration.
You need to train for it.
In today’s episode of The Adventurous Author, you’ll learn why inspiration doesn’t strike at random—it shows up for writers who are prepared to catch it. And the best preparation? Daily writing.
Here’s what you’ll walk away with:
✔️ Why most writers miss breakthrough moments—and how you can stop missing yours
✔️ How daily writing sharpens your internal filter for truth, meaning, and theme
✔️ What Proverbs 8:34 reveals about catching wisdom through daily discipline
✔️ The difference between forcing ideas and being positioned to receive them
✔️ A 15-minute fiction challenge that invites discovery—not just output
🎧 Listen now.
Keep the words rolling and the adventures unfolding,
Bonnie Jean
Next Steps:
🔥 Adventurous Enough for a 101-Day Mega Challenge?
START TODAY at LeagueOfAdventurousAuthors.com. No cost. Except relentless commitment.
Because the difference between ‘wanting to write’ and ‘being a writer’ is simple… you write.
Escape into the Land of Zandador (the books I write under my pen name of Author D.K. Drake): Purchase one or all of the Dragon Stalker Bloodline Saga books on Amazon.
📢 Subscribe & Review:
If this episode gave you a wake-up call, share it with a fellow writer and drop a review! Your feedback keeps this show alive and thriving.
Tuesday Jun 03, 2025
Tuesday Jun 03, 2025
Want to write faster without sacrificing depth? Build reflexes.
In this episode of The Adventurous Author, I break down why intuitive storytelling isn’t a gift—it’s a trained instinct. I share how daily writing transforms your brain into a decision-making machine, and how you can reach creative clarity faster than ever.
🎙️ In this episode:
✔️ How 87 daily children’s stories (and counting) are building my writer’s intuition
✔️ Why daily writing sharpens your creative reflexes
✔️ What elite performers can teach authors about speed under pressure
✔️ A 10-minute writing challenge to test your instinct in the wild
✔️ How Isaiah 30:21 speaks to discernment through daily practice
🎧 Listen now.
Keep the words rolling and the adventures unfolding,
Bonnie Jean
Next Steps:
🔥 Adventurous Enough for a 101-Day Mega Challenge?
START TODAY at LeagueOfAdventurousAuthors.com. No cost. Except relentless commitment.
Because the difference between ‘wanting to write’ and ‘being a writer’ is simple… you write.
Escape into the Land of Zandador (the books I write under my pen name of Author D.K. Drake): Purchase one or all of the Dragon Stalker Bloodline Saga books on Amazon.
📢 Subscribe & Review:
If this episode gave you a wake-up call, share it with a fellow writer and drop a review! Your feedback keeps this show alive and thriving.
Monday Jun 02, 2025
Monday Jun 02, 2025
What if your best scenes are buried deeper than your outline can reach?
In this episode, you'll discover why most writers never tap into their creative core and how a five-minute daily practice can unlock surprising emotional depth, character truth, and story momentum.
🎙️ In this episode:
✔️ How a surprise defeat changed everything for one protagonist
✔️ Why daily writing gives you access to creative insight buried beneath logic
✔️ What separates professional authors from surface-level dabblers
✔️ A powerful fiction drill to break through character shallows
✔️ A biblical reminder that the most valuable truth isn’t on the surface
🎧 Listen now.
Because the core of your story is already in you. You just have to dig for it.
Keep the words rolling and the adventures unfolding,
Bonnie Jean
Next Steps:
🔥 Adventurous Enough for a 101-Day Mega Challenge?
START TODAY at LeagueOfAdventurousAuthors.com. No cost. Except relentless commitment.
Because the difference between ‘wanting to write’ and ‘being a writer’ is simple… you write.
Escape into the Land of Zandador (the books I write under my pen name of Author D.K. Drake): Purchase one or all of the Dragon Stalker Bloodline Saga books on Amazon.
📢 Subscribe & Review:
If this episode gave you a wake-up call, share it with a fellow writer and drop a review! Your feedback keeps this show alive and thriving.
Sunday Jun 01, 2025
Sunday Jun 01, 2025
You lived it. But if you don’t write it down—it’s gone.
In today’s episode of The Adventurous Author, I share the true story of a terrifying dog attack—and how writing about it became the key to reclaiming emotional clarity, creative depth, and future storytelling power.
This episode challenges you to stop letting your best story material vanish into memory fog and start capturing it before it disappears.
🎙️ In this episode, you'll discover:
✔️ Why daily writing makes your stories feel real
✔️ The neuroscience behind turning experience into usable story fuel
✔️ How journaling becomes your most strategic creative habit
✔️ A two-part challenge to build your own story-mining system
✔️ The biblical truth about remembering what you’ve lived through
🚨 This isn’t about therapy—it’s about creative preservation.
🎧 Listen now.
Keep the words rolling and the adventures unfolding,
Bonnie Jean
Next Steps:
🔥 Adventurous Enough for a 101-Day Mega Challenge?
START TODAY at LeagueOfAdventurousAuthors.com. No cost. Except relentless commitment.
Because the difference between ‘wanting to write’ and ‘being a writer’ is simple… you write.
Escape into the Land of Zandador (the books I write under my pen name of Author D.K. Drake): Purchase one or all of the Dragon Stalker Bloodline Saga books on Amazon.
📢 Subscribe & Review:
If this episode gave you a wake-up call, share it with a fellow writer and drop a review! Your feedback keeps this show alive and thriving.
Saturday May 31, 2025
Saturday May 31, 2025
🛠️ The first draft is rarely worth reading—but the hundredth just might change a life.
In today’s episode of The Adventurous Author, we uncover:
✔️ Why daily fiction writing is essential for discovering the real story beneath your first draft
✔️ How consistent character work unlocks surprising, powerful truths
✔️ What Proverbs 20:5 reveals about mining truth from fictional hearts
✔️ Why readers need the story only your imagination—shaped by your life experience—can tell
✔️ A 15-minute challenge to surprise yourself through character-driven discovery
🎧 Listen now.
Keep the words rolling and the adventures unfolding,
Bonnie Jean
Next Steps:
🔥 Adventurous Enough for a 101-Day Mega Challenge?
START TODAY at LeagueOfAdventurousAuthors.com. No cost. Except relentless commitment.
Because the difference between ‘wanting to write’ and ‘being a writer’ is simple… you write.
Escape into the Land of Zandador (the books I write under my pen name of Author D.K. Drake): Purchase one or all of the Dragon Stalker Bloodline Saga books on Amazon.
📢 Subscribe & Review:
If this episode gave you a wake-up call, share it with a fellow writer and drop a review! Your feedback keeps this show alive and thriving.
Friday May 30, 2025
Friday May 30, 2025
Your characters don’t just live in your mind. If written with consistency and depth, they can outlive your name.
In today’s episode of The Adventurous Author, we explore:
✔️ Why daily writing is essential for building characters that leave legacy
✔️ How mirror neurons help readers experience your character’s transformation as if it were their own
✔️ Why sporadic writing weakens character clarity—and how daily practice brings emotional truth to the surface
✔️ How Hebrews 11:4 reminds us that the people of faith still speak through story
✔️ A 15-minute writing challenge that seeds a character who might outlive you
🎧 Listen now.
Keep the words rolling and the adventures unfolding,
Bonnie Jean
Next Steps:
🔥 Adventurous Enough for a 101-Day Mega Challenge?
START TODAY at LeagueOfAdventurousAuthors.com. No cost. Except relentless commitment.
Because the difference between ‘wanting to write’ and ‘being a writer’ is simple… you write.
Escape into the Land of Zandador (the books I write under my pen name of Author D.K. Drake): Purchase one or all of the Dragon Stalker Bloodline Saga books on Amazon.
📢 Subscribe & Review:
If this episode gave you a wake-up call, share it with a fellow writer and drop a review! Your feedback keeps this show alive and thriving.
Thursday May 29, 2025
Thursday May 29, 2025
Your writing voice is more than style. It’s your soulprint—the clearest record of how God wired you to see the world.
In this episode of The Adventurous Author, we explore:
✔️ Why your writing voice is a fingerprint of your consciousness
✔️ How daily writing preserves your unique identity and testimony
✔️ What Psalm 102 reveals about writing as a legacy
✔️ Why the world needs your lens, not a polished imitation of someone else’s
✔️ A 15-minute writing challenge to capture a moment no one else noticed—evidence that only your voice could deliver
🎧 Listen now.
Keep the words rolling and the adventures unfolding,
Bonnie Jean
Next Steps:
🔥 Adventurous Enough for a 101-Day Mega Challenge?
START TODAY at LeagueOfAdventurousAuthors.com. No cost. Except relentless commitment.
Because the difference between ‘wanting to write’ and ‘being a writer’ is simple… you write.
Escape into the Land of Zandador (the books I write under my pen name of Author D.K. Drake): Purchase one or all of the Dragon Stalker Bloodline Saga books on Amazon.
📢 Subscribe & Review:
If this episode gave you a wake-up call, share it with a fellow writer and drop a review! Your feedback keeps this show alive and thriving.
Wednesday May 28, 2025
Wednesday May 28, 2025
You weren’t just born with creativity—you were entrusted with a storytelling legacy God intends for you to steward.
In today’s episode of The Adventurous Author, we go deep into:
✔️ Why storytelling is a sacred tradition—woven into both Scripture and your brain’s design
✔️ How modern distraction dulls your storytelling gift, and how to sharpen it again
✔️ What science and 1 Timothy 4:14 say about your responsibility to develop your creative ability
✔️ How daily writing renews your mind and reclaims spiritual vision
✔️ A 30-minute writing expedition that places you in a cave of ancient stories—and dares you to write one of your own
🎯 Your Challenge:
Step into the storyteller’s cave. Discover a new parable waiting to be told. Write it. Share it. And vow to continue the work generations before you began.
🎧 Listen now.
Keep the words rolling and the adventures unfolding,
Bonnie Jean
Next Steps:
🔥 Adventurous Enough for a 101-Day Mega Challenge?
START TODAY at LeagueOfAdventurousAuthors.com. No cost. Except relentless commitment.
Because the difference between ‘wanting to write’ and ‘being a writer’ is simple… you write.
Escape into the Land of Zandador (the books I write under my pen name of Author D.K. Drake): Purchase one or all of the Dragon Stalker Bloodline Saga books on Amazon.
📢 Subscribe & Review:
If this episode gave you a wake-up call, share it with a fellow writer and drop a review! Your feedback keeps this show alive and thriving.