I'm with author Nkrumah Mensah for an inspiring conversation about turning personal challenges and big life changes into captivating fantasy fiction.

Nkrumah shares her deeply personal journey from being severely dyslexic and not reading as a child to becoming a published author, carrying on a family tradition of oral storytelling. She reveals how her passion project turned into a full book series, including her latest, Anne of Survivors.

We also discuss a major new chapter in her life: becoming an empty nester as her youngest graduates in May. Hear why she's ready to sell the house she's lived in for 17 years and is exploring a potential move to places like New Zealand or Japan.

In this episode:

*How her family, especially her "voracious reader" daughter, pushed her to publish her first novel.

*The writing process where her characters often take control and "totally trash" her plot lines.

*Why becoming a mother forced her to rewrite parts of her first book to be "kinder to the parents".

*The excitement and uncertainty of planning a move after 17 years in Greensboro.