The Quantum of Light
Dr Marina Nani

Dr Marina Nani

Editor-in-Chief

Editor-in-Chief of Rich Woman Magazine, founder of Sovereign Magazine, author of many books, Dr Marina Nani is a social edification scientist coining a new industry, Social Edification. Passionately advocating to celebrate your human potential, she is well known for her trademark "Be Seen- Be Heard- Be You" running red carpet events and advanced courses like Blog Genius®, Book Genius®, Podcast Genius®, the cornerstones of her teaching. The constant practitioner of good news, she founded MAKE THE NEWS ( MTN) with the aim to diagnose and close the achievement gap globally. Founder of many publications, British Brands with global reach Marina believes that there is a genius ( Stardust) in each individual, regardless of past and present circumstances. "Not recognising your talent leaves society at loss. Sharing the good news makes a significant difference in your perception about yourself, your industry and your community."

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Poets & Poetry

Members

Poetry by Season

·1 min read

A simple guide to the verse that suits each turn of the year, for the person who likes their reading to keep time with the light

Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism

Author Journeys

Members

Careless People: Sarah Wynn-Williams' Memoir revelling how the elite shaped world events

·1 min read

Sarah Wynn-Williams invented her own job at Facebook, then spent seven years watching it from the inside. Her memoir reads like literature and lands like testimony. The book gives you "a front-row seat to Facebook, the decisions that have shaped world events in recent decades, and the people who made them."

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Book Review

How Kathy Taylor Turned Two Stays in Marburg Into an Autobiographical Novel

·5 min read

A retired professor wrote The Birthing House across two decades and two stays in the same German town. It is a novel about grief, language, and how writing returns a woman to herself.

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Author Journeys

Gripping Finale Seething Storm Concludes The Patrons of Earth Trilogy By A. N. Jones

·4 min read

A. N. Jones spent a decade writing her way back to the trilogy she started with her late mother. Seething Storm, the final book in The Patrons of Earth series, is words woven with love, grief and strength."

Gabrielle Pelayo, author of Fractured, Never Shattered

Debut Authors

A Debut Novelist Writes a Man's Trauma to Say What Men Rarely Get to

·6 min read

Gabrielle Pelayo's debut psychological fiction, Fractured, Never Shattered, follows a composed man whose memories stop staying buried, built from real conversations about what men do not say out loud.

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Debut Authors

Citiscape: The Magical Realism Novel Asking Readers to See the People Cities Forget

·6 min read

Beverly Schloendorf's debut weaves Death, a ghost-turned-guardian and a homeless girl into eighteen interconnected tales about urban invisibility.

Katrina Bills, author of Prayed Up

Author Journeys

Katrina Bills Wrote an Award-Winning Daily Prayer Devotional That Doubles as a Spiritual Growth Manual

·6 min read

The Chicago-born author and publisher built Prayed Up around real seasons of loss, love, and faith, then watched it win a NYC Big Book Award.

Karen Lawrence, author of The Last Midwife

Author Journeys

Author Karen Lawrence Delivered Babies in the NHS, Now She Delivers Bestselling Stories

·4 min read

Former NHS midwife Karen Lawrence began writing during the Covid pandemic. Her debut novel The Last Midwife, a dystopian thriller about state-controlled childbirth, became a bestseller.

Author Christina Marullo

Interviews

Christina Marullo Found Her Strength by Letting Go of Control

·3 min read

A mother of eight and co-founder of Only God, Christina Marullo shares how trusting in something greater became her most powerful act of faith.

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Author Journeys

Gisèle Pelicot Refused to Let Shame Be Hers to Carry

·5 min read

At 73, Gisèle Pelicot has published her first full account of surviving abuse, waiving anonymity and choosing to believe in love anyway.

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Author Journeys

Birgitta Visser’s Journey from Trauma to Healing Others

·7 min read

From childhood abuse to empowerment coach, Birgitta Visser shares trauma healing via self-reflection, accountability and Light Language to build inner strength.

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Author Journeys

Why Toxic Relationships Feel Like an Addiction: Christa Jan Ryan’s Story of Breaking Free

·8 min read

Christa Jan Ryan’s memoir exposes trauma bonding in toxic relationships, blending psychological insight and experience to show how emotional addiction traps.

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Author Journeys

Jennifer Sukalo Lost Everything at 24. Then She Built a Framework That’s Helped 50,000 People Find Themselves Again

·5 min read

From near-homelessness to TEDx speaker. Our review of Claim Your SWAGGER by Jennifer Sukalo, the self-help book that actually makes you do the work.

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Author Journeys

Healing with Gold: Dr Charlotte Wang’s Journey Through Scars

·3 min read

On World Mental Health Day, Dr Charlotte Wang’s ‘The Kintsugi Way’ reframes healing with honesty, urging resilience, vulnerability and shared stories.

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Debut Authors

When Fantasy Heals: Finding Magic in Broken Places

·4 min read

Crystal J.N. Willix’s debut fantasy romance blends magic and trauma recovery, following a scarred heroine and a cursed prince as emotional healing unfolds.

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Author Journeys

When Success Becomes a Prison– The Hidden Courage Behind The Big Dark

·4 min read

Healthcare professional Pamela Elaine Telford reveals decades of domestic abuse in memoir ‘The Big Dark’ – exposing why leaving is perilous and healing.

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Author Journeys

Finding Poetry in Survival: How to Built a Life and a Home at Alaska’s Edge

·4 min read

A fearless memoir of Alaska’s off-grid living where science meets remote wilderness, charting faith and survival and a woman’s search for authentic purpose.

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Interviews

A Grandmother’s Handwritten Gift of Gentle Wisdom For All: Musings For Madie- Quotes to Live By When Life Gives Us Life

·3 min read

Stephanie Malbasa’s ‘Musings for Madie’ turns a handwritten gift into a book of wisdom, gratitude and daily joy honouring family bonds and mindful reflection.

Book Club reading

Author Journeys

Finding Your Way Forward- How One Woman’s Story of Grief Became a Guiding Light for Others

·4 min read

Laurie Robinson Sammons’ ‘From Mourning to Dancing’ reframes grief and loss through shared stories with guided journaling for wellbeing and book-club support.

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Debut Authors

Everyone Has Secrets: ‘The Good Wife’ Taps into Survival and Identity

·5 min read

B.M. Roberts’s debut ‘The Good Wife’ is a taut psychological thriller as Claire Holloway’s life unravels, exposing domestic secrets, survival and identity.

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Author Journeys

Uncorked in Midlife: A Woman Telling the Messy Truth on Letting Go and Starting Over

·4 min read

Mary Alice Stephens’ midlife memoir ‘Uncorked’ traces 14 years of sobriety with wit and honesty, exploring identity, community and mental health in reinvention

It Is Never Too Late For Magic: First Novel Arrives After Decades Of Dreaming The Enchanted Forest

Debut Authors

It Is Never Too Late For Magic: First Novel Arrives After Decades Of Dreaming The Enchanted Forest

·4 min read

At midlife, Rebecca Himmel Glassman turns paralegal precision and family wisdom into debut ‘Welcome to the Enchanted Forest’ – a children’s fantasy of courage.

The Vault- From The Author Who Knows Where The Bodies Are Buried & Whirls Wall Street Secrets Into A Page-Turning Heist

The Vault- From The Author Who Knows Where The Bodies Are Buried & Whirls Wall Street Secrets Into A Page-Turning Heist

·5 min read

The Vault by Stuart Z Goldstein merges financial intrigue with ethical dilemmas as overlooked employees plot a heist during Hurricane Sandy’s chaos

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Interviews

From Alaska With Love: How The Power of Spoken Stories Turned Bedtime Stories Into a Book

·4 min read

RB Beck’s ‘Carayak and the Red-Bearded Man’ honours family, storytelling and childhood wonder in Alaska’s tradition, nurturing bonds and imagination