Mark David Gerson
@markdavidgerson.bsky.social
Author of more than 20 books, including critically acclaimed titles for writers, award-winning fiction and compelling memoirs, and founder of The Mark David Gerson School of Writing. www.markdavidgerson.com
Writing Tip of the Day: "Whatever you know of your story, you start every piece of writing the same way: with a single word.”
• More writing tips, tools and inspiration at www.gersonwritingschool.com
• More writing tips, tools and inspiration at www.gersonwritingschool.com
February 4, 2026 at 11:31 PM
Writing Tip of the Day: "Whatever you know of your story, you start every piece of writing the same way: with a single word.”
• More writing tips, tools and inspiration at www.gersonwritingschool.com
• More writing tips, tools and inspiration at www.gersonwritingschool.com
"What dreams have you stuffed at the back of a drawer? Whatever they are, reach your hand in and pull them out. It's never too late to follow your dreams!"
• Listen to this week’s episode of my Stories & Reflections podcast – on your favorite podcast app or www.storiesandreflections.com
• Listen to this week’s episode of my Stories & Reflections podcast – on your favorite podcast app or www.storiesandreflections.com
The "Stories & Reflections" Podcast — Mark David Gerson
Stories and reflections that illuminate life, creativity, and what it means to be human...from Mark David Gerson
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February 3, 2026 at 9:28 PM
"What dreams have you stuffed at the back of a drawer? Whatever they are, reach your hand in and pull them out. It's never too late to follow your dreams!"
• Listen to this week’s episode of my Stories & Reflections podcast – on your favorite podcast app or www.storiesandreflections.com
• Listen to this week’s episode of my Stories & Reflections podcast – on your favorite podcast app or www.storiesandreflections.com
📣 New Podcast! "006 – It's Never Too Late to Follow Your Dreams" on @Spreaker #artistslife #author #dreams #followyourdreams #inspiration #inspirational #lifestories #liveyourdreams #montreal #novascotia #personalgrowth #personalstories #spirituality #spiritualjourney #stories #storyteller
006 – It's Never Too Late to Follow Your Dreams
What dreams of yours have you stuffed at the back of a drawer? What dreams of yours have you decided are impractical? Unreasonable? Unreachable? Whatever they are, reach your hand into that drawer and pull them out. Reawaken them. Rekindle them. Reignite them. Whether you're 20, 50 or 80, it's never too late to follow your dreams!
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February 3, 2026 at 11:00 AM
📣 New Podcast! "006 – It's Never Too Late to Follow Your Dreams" on @Spreaker #artistslife #author #dreams #followyourdreams #inspiration #inspirational #lifestories #liveyourdreams #montreal #novascotia #personalgrowth #personalstories #spirituality #spiritualjourney #stories #storyteller
Discover what life wants from Erik Donnekin in my Sara Stories novels – Sara's Year, After Sara's Year and The Emmeline Papers. Meantime, what does life want from you? • www.thesarastories.com
February 2, 2026 at 10:07 PM
Discover what life wants from Erik Donnekin in my Sara Stories novels – Sara's Year, After Sara's Year and The Emmeline Papers. Meantime, what does life want from you? • www.thesarastories.com
Quote of the Day: “It’s discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.”
February 2, 2026 at 1:14 AM
Quote of the Day: “It’s discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.”
"Stories & Reflections...where my stories are also yours." ••• New episode every Tuesday on all major podcast apps, YouTube, TikTok + www.storiesandreflections.com
February 1, 2026 at 3:32 AM
"Stories & Reflections...where my stories are also yours." ••• New episode every Tuesday on all major podcast apps, YouTube, TikTok + www.storiesandreflections.com
Writing Inspiration of the Day: “There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.”
• More writing tips and inspiration at www.gersonwritingschool.com
• More writing tips and inspiration at www.gersonwritingschool.com
January 30, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Writing Inspiration of the Day: “There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.”
• More writing tips and inspiration at www.gersonwritingschool.com
• More writing tips and inspiration at www.gersonwritingschool.com
"EVERY CHOICE YOU MAKE, down to whether you listen to today's podcast episode, is a step on the journey to the moment where everything changes, to that moment of shift, where NOTHING IS EVER THE SAME AGAIN."
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• LISTEN NOW on your favorite podcast app, or at www.storiesandreflections.com
January 27, 2026 at 9:40 PM
"EVERY CHOICE YOU MAKE, down to whether you listen to today's podcast episode, is a step on the journey to the moment where everything changes, to that moment of shift, where NOTHING IS EVER THE SAME AGAIN."
• LISTEN NOW on your favorite podcast app, or at www.storiesandreflections.com
• LISTEN NOW on your favorite podcast app, or at www.storiesandreflections.com
📣 New Podcast! "005 – The Moment That Changes Everything" on @Spreaker #author #faith #fantasyfiction #fantasyseries #humanexperience #inspiration #lifestories #miracles #personalstories #spiritualgrowth #spirituality #spiritualjourney #stories #storyteller #storytelling #trust #writerslife
005 – The Moment That Changes Everything
Every choice I make, right down to the choice I made to record this podcast episode, is another step on the journey that takes me to that point where everything changes, to that moment of shift, where nothing is ever the same again.
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January 27, 2026 at 11:00 AM
📣 New Podcast! "005 – The Moment That Changes Everything" on @Spreaker #author #faith #fantasyfiction #fantasyseries #humanexperience #inspiration #lifestories #miracles #personalstories #spiritualgrowth #spirituality #spiritualjourney #stories #storyteller #storytelling #trust #writerslife
Dog is my copilot 🐶
January 27, 2026 at 1:18 AM
Dog is my copilot 🐶
"The sun always prevails in a contest between sun and storm." www.qntanabooks.com
January 25, 2026 at 5:03 PM
"The sun always prevails in a contest between sun and storm." www.qntanabooks.com
Until Thursday, I was out-of-stock on these eight titles on my website. I’m not anymore!
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January 24, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Until Thursday, I was out-of-stock on these eight titles on my website. I’m not anymore!
www.markdavidgerson.com/books
www.markdavidgerson.com/books
Kudos to me!! (To be accurate, it's been four episodes and a trailer...but I've just scheduled a fifth for Tuesday.)
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January 23, 2026 at 11:21 PM
Kudos to me!! (To be accurate, it's been four episodes and a trailer...but I've just scheduled a fifth for Tuesday.)
• Follow Stories & Reflections on Spreaker, iHeartRadio, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Audible or your favorite podcast app, or listen at www.storiesandreflections.com
• Follow Stories & Reflections on Spreaker, iHeartRadio, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Audible or your favorite podcast app, or listen at www.storiesandreflections.com
Quote of the Day: “Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the facts.”
January 21, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Quote of the Day: “Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the facts.”
📣 New Podcast! "004 – Leaps of Faith" on @Spreaker #author #fantasyfiction #fantasyseries #humanexperience #inspiration #lifestories #magic #miracles #personalstories #stories #storyteller #storytelling #synchronicities #writerslife #writing #writinginspiration
004 – Leaps of Faith
When we get out of our heads and listen to our heart, when we follow our intuition, our inner guidance, our inner wisdom or whatever you choose to call that innate, indwelling presences that resides in each of us, we open up an amazing treasure chest of magic, miracles and opportunities. And life is never, ever the same.
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January 20, 2026 at 11:00 AM
📣 New Podcast! "004 – Leaps of Faith" on @Spreaker #author #fantasyfiction #fantasyseries #humanexperience #inspiration #lifestories #magic #miracles #personalstories #stories #storyteller #storytelling #synchronicities #writerslife #writing #writinginspiration
"Hate is too great a burden to bear..."
January 19, 2026 at 4:33 PM
"Hate is too great a burden to bear..."
There are 3 stories of how I came to be: the conventional one, the one told to close family and friends and the "inconvenient truth.” Hear why my inconvenient truth might also be yours in Ep. 3 of my Stories & Reflections podcast – at www.storiesandreflections.com or on your favorite podcast app.
January 18, 2026 at 12:00 AM
There are 3 stories of how I came to be: the conventional one, the one told to close family and friends and the "inconvenient truth.” Hear why my inconvenient truth might also be yours in Ep. 3 of my Stories & Reflections podcast – at www.storiesandreflections.com or on your favorite podcast app.
Writing Inspiration of the Day: "NOW is the time to WRITE!"
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January 17, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Writing Inspiration of the Day: "NOW is the time to WRITE!"
www.gersonwritingschool.com
www.gersonwritingschool.com
IT'S A WRAP! I just scheduled Episode 4 of my new "Stories & Reflections" podcast! While you're waiting for it to publish on 11/20, catch up with episodes 1, 2 and 3 – on Spotify, applepodcasts , Amazon/Audible, Spreaker, iHeart Radio, www.storiesandreflections.com...and more!
January 16, 2026 at 10:02 PM
IT'S A WRAP! I just scheduled Episode 4 of my new "Stories & Reflections" podcast! While you're waiting for it to publish on 11/20, catch up with episodes 1, 2 and 3 – on Spotify, applepodcasts , Amazon/Audible, Spreaker, iHeart Radio, www.storiesandreflections.com...and more!
Testimonials like this turned one book into a series! www.thesarastories.com
January 16, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Testimonials like this turned one book into a series! www.thesarastories.com
Inspiration of the Day: "There is no heart that does not yearn to be remembered. There is no heart that does not long to open." www.qntanabooks.com
January 14, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Inspiration of the Day: "There is no heart that does not yearn to be remembered. There is no heart that does not long to open." www.qntanabooks.com
Episode 3 of my Stories & Reflections podcast is LIVE TODAY! Listen to "An Inconvenient Truth" on Spreaker, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, the Podcast page of my website and more...and be inspired!! www.storiesandreflections.com
January 13, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Episode 3 of my Stories & Reflections podcast is LIVE TODAY! Listen to "An Inconvenient Truth" on Spreaker, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, the Podcast page of my website and more...and be inspired!! www.storiesandreflections.com
📣 New Podcast! "003 – An Inconvenient Truth" on @Spreaker #author #connection #humanexperience #imagination #inspiration #legacy #lifestories #memoir #memoirwriting #personalstories #stories #storiesmatter #storyteller #storytelling #writerslife
003 – An Inconvenient Truth
There are three stories of how I came to be: the conventional one, the one close family and friends were told...and the truth.
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January 13, 2026 at 11:00 AM
📣 New Podcast! "003 – An Inconvenient Truth" on @Spreaker #author #connection #humanexperience #imagination #inspiration #legacy #lifestories #memoir #memoirwriting #personalstories #stories #storiesmatter #storyteller #storytelling #writerslife
New podcast episode (#3) tomorrow (Tuesday) morning! Follow "Stories & Reflections" on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Spreaker or your favorite app so you'll be notified when it's available. Meantime, watch my one-minute podcast trailer! www.storiesandreflections.com
January 12, 2026 at 10:55 PM
New podcast episode (#3) tomorrow (Tuesday) morning! Follow "Stories & Reflections" on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Spreaker or your favorite app so you'll be notified when it's available. Meantime, watch my one-minute podcast trailer! www.storiesandreflections.com