Author, entrepreneur, blacksmith, and book-binding artisan Austin Rowlader joins Darci, Dan, and Matt for a fascinating and wide-ranging conversation about writing, publishing, religion, books, and how to avoid the "publishing industrial complex," as Austin has coined it, by hand-binding your own book! This is our longest conversation to date, but we think you will be as fascinated by Austin and his journey as we were, so buckle-up and enjoy!

For more about Austin Rowlader and his book Ordinary Time: www.arrow-publishing.com

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IT's been a few weeks, and Darci and the boys are back in the podcast studio. It's St. Patrick's Day, and Darci has finished her busy book tour of Murder at the Blarney Bash! Matt shares some funny anecdotes, and Dan has some big news that will rock the podcast. Buckle up and take a listen!

Darci and the boys have the unique pleasure of chatting with historical fiction author and religious scholar, Charles Fischer about his new work of historical fiction, The Eunuch. The Hannah's have a thought provoking and often hilarious talk about ancient Babylon, the life of a eunuch and so much more. Buckle-up and take a listen!

THE EUNUCH by former Harvard Divinity School student is equal parts dark comedy and historical fiction — and an allegory for the causes of war

ABOUT CHARLES FISCHER

Charles Fischer teaches humanities at Everett Community College in Washington, focusing on classic literature including Homer, Sophocles and Shakespeare. With a background in ancient Greek, a Ph.D. in English combined with a Master of Theological Studies degree from the Harvard Divinity School, Charles is uniquely positioned to draw on the events of ancient history as the basis of fiction. He lives in Seattle with his wife, the author Lisa Wogan.

ABOUT THE EUNUCH

The Eunuch is a twisted tale of personal love, moral depravity, imperial overreach, and societal decline.  The scope is staggering, the setting exotic, the characters original—and the narrator’s voice is not only compelling but also frequently hilarious. The historical details have been painstakingly researched.  Although it can stand scrutiny as a historical novel, The Eunuch is really an accessible literary mash-up that calls to mind the Game of Thrones novels, Lolita, the Gormenghast novels, and Memoirs of a Geisha, with aristocratic gluttony and sexual indulgence set against the drought and famine of the failing Babylonian empire.

For more about Charles Fischer:

https://www.charleshfischer.com/