Our guest today is Scott Leva—stuntman, stunt coordinator, second-unit director, actor, and filmmaker. A former champion gymnast, Scott built an extraordinary Hollywood career performing and designing stunts for film and television. Mentored by legendary stuntman Dar Robinson, Scott became one of the industry’s premier high-fall specialists. He later redesigned the stunt airbag, making high falls significantly safer for performers. His work earned him two World Stunt Award nominations and, in 2006, an Academy Technical Achievement Award for developing the Precision Stunt Airbag. Please welcome to GoodEnough, Scott Leva.

In this episode, Mark and Sam talk to Herman Johansen about his new book, Las Cruces: Blood Relative.

When he is not writing he is an avid hiker, Herman has trekked up several of Colorado's Fourteeners and has done significant hikes in several states. Traveling is another passion, and he has visited parts of Asia, South and Central America, Mexico, and many countries in Europe. He is a sucker for anything that flies and has been airborne in everything from a vintage open-cockpit canvas plane to a hot air balloon, a glider over the Pacific, and under a parachute. In addition to acting, he has extensive directing, writing, and casting credits in theatre and film. Herman's training, intensity, and dry humor have led to highly praised performances of richly flawed and complex characters. In 2019, he was given the 'best actor' award at the Chesapeake (Baltimore) Film Festival for his work in The Land. Herman is originally from Billings, Missouri, and now lives in Albuquerque, NM, having spent several years in Kansas City and Los Angeles.

And he's always ready to talk about his grandchildren...

In this episode,
Mark and Sam have Jordan back on the GE to talk about her new book, "This Is Not A Novel". It is a collection of short stories. Think Roald Dahl meets Steven King. We talk about where ideas come from. We discuss how she developed her characters. And what may be next for her.

In this episode, Mark and Sam talk with Tom Lincoln.
Tom Lincoln was born in Pasadena, California, in 1950 and was raised in Glendale. He graduated high school and attended the College of Idaho until 1971 when he enlisted in the U.S. Army. He completed army basic training at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, and then received advance training at the Defense Information School at Fort Benjamin Harris near Indianapolis. Upon graduation he was assigned to the military newspaper, Pacific Stars and Stripes, in Tokyo in November of 1971. While there he became a special assignment reporter and traveled throughout Asia for most of his time at the paper. He worked as the paper’s South Korea bureau chief and did additional reporting from the Philippines, Thailand and Okinawa.

After leaving the army in 1974, Tom moved to San Francisco and worked as a freight delivery driver. In July of 1975 he moved to Lake County and took a job as reporter/photographer for the Lake County Record-Bee. In November of 1977 he was invited into the insurance business and made a 42-year career, retiring in February of 2019. Along the way he also spent several years as an on-call fixed wing air ambulance pilot and charter pilot. He and his wife Ruth live in Lakeport and now enjoy watching their nine grandchildren and two great grandchildren grow and enjoy life.

Mark and Sam talk with author Pattie Diener about the craft of writing a novel and getting it publishing. She has a new book out called, "Wild Flower".

Here is what Amazon has to say about it.

A captivating story about a young woman's tenacious journey on finding love, acceptance, and a sense of home, in a world that constantly tries to tear her down.

She’s smart, talented, and remarkably beautiful…but utterly alone.

Charlie Kane desperately wants to leave her turbulent home. An intellectual outcast, her only outlet is creating illegal street art, when she’s not busy cleaning up her drunken mother’s messes. With dreams of freedom, and painting, she’s tough, but wants to feel safe, to belong, and maybe even loved. But hope is a dangerous thing.

Jack Connors left a dead-end job working for a tabloid magazine in Los Angeles. While housesitting in Northern California, he’s deciding on his next career move, dreaming of writing. Before taking a short-term job, Jack is acquainting himself with the small town, and meets a beautiful girl on the coastal streets.

When Charlie and Jack meet, they have instant chemistry, but Charlie is spooked by how much she likes him, and bolts before they exchange names. When they later discover a disheartening truth— that she’s a high school senior, and he’s her substitute teacher— they are crushed. They can’t be together. Forging through heartbreaks, loneliness, and her mother’s bad choices, Charlie struggles to find her worth. And through years of bad timing, career aspirations, and geographical distance, Charlie and Jack share a powerful, but often strenuous relationship.

In this coming-of-age story, about mothers and daughters, about addiction and redemption, and forbidden love and romance, is the evolution of a girl blossoming into a woman, who will stop at nothing to build a better life

In this episode, we have a returning guest. Jackie Balestra was on the 5th episode of GoodEnough. At that time she shared with us her adventures in RVing during COVID. This time Jackie is talking about her wonderful new book, "The Rockaway Chronicles". This is a year by year collections of memories and the characters she encountered as a child and teenager during her families' summer vacations. Maybe this ends up as a TV series?

This week Mark and Sam talk with journalist and author, David Rosenfeld. We talk about the craft and process of writing. Is it pen or keyboard? Where inspirations come from. Who are his journalistic/literary heroes. David teases his his new novel he is working.

In this episode, Mark and Sam discuss AJ Humpreys' new novel, "Trip" and his new publishing company, Dark Journeys Press. This one is not for the squeamish. And the word "fuck" is used liberally.

AJ Humphreys is an emerging author of thrillers, horrors, and mysteries and a 2024 addition to the Horror Writer's Association. The four-part Season of The Monster saga has served as his debut within the publishing world.

​​​​​​​Not one to fear going against the grain, Humphreys ditched the corporate world in 2021 for the food service industry, permitting him more time to focus on the haunting tales his mind conjures.

​​​​​​​When AJ isn't writing, it’s a safe bet he’s outdoors and his best pal, Kobe The Husky, is somewhere nearby.