Writers Talk

This show examines the use of inspiration, imagination and invention while making use of real personalities and events, and the need for accurate historical research. Our guests this month, Janice and Tom Shefelman. They are an author-illustrator couple who live in Austin, Texas, and work together to make books for children of all ages. They particularly love to write and illustrate books that bring the past alive. Their latest collaboration is a picture book biography, I, Vivaldi, written as if by the composer himself. Research included long stays in Venice, living in the square where Vivaldi’s childhood home still stands, and studying the paintings by artists of his time. Their books have won many awards, among them the New York Public Library Best Book for the Teen Age, Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List, Reading Rainbow Book, Children’s Book Council Notable book, and the International Reading Association Children’s Choices. For more information visit www.shefelmanbooks.com .

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Join host Marsha Cook and her guest co-host Bennet Pomerantz  as they welcome the very successful author William Maltese. William is the featured guest on A GOOD STORY IS A GOOD STORY on June 7, 9PM EST – 8PM – CST – 7PM – MT – 6PM- PST.  Denise Spooner will have the phone lines and chat room open.to take calls for their very accomplished guest. William is an International best – selling author of close to 200 books. Not only does he write successful books he travels constantly which is why his books  tell  beautiful stories of beautiful places. He writes in all genres including erotica, sci – fi, mystery, thriller, romance, western and espionage, There’s not much than William hasn’t done in his life. He has been to France, Germany, Spain, Italy, South Africa, Australia and Chile and if that’s not enough he’s been almost everywhere in the USA. He is the author of cook books and his pride and joy WILLIAM MALTESE’S WINE TASTER’S DIARY. He has also done research on Gluten Free Diets and has written  GLUTEN – FREE- WAY. He's an exciting, humorous and interesting author. Join in the fun and learn about love, wine, travel and chocolates. Romance is in the air!     

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Blog Talk Radio’s World of Ink Network Show: Stories for Children withhosts VS Grenier, Kris Quinn Christopherson and Irene Roth will be chatting about Grenier’s recent children’s book “Babysitting SugarPaw” a picture book about friendship and telling the truth. VS Grenier is an award-winning children’s author, founder & owner of Stories for Children Publishing, LLC., award-winning editor-in-chief of Stories for Children Magazine and chief editor for Halo Publishing, Int.; in addition, to running her own editorial and critique services.   The show will air live, June 6, 2011 at 3pm EST. You can find out more about VS Grenier’s World of Ink Author/Book Tour schedule at http://storiesforchildrenpublishing.com/BabysittingSugarPaw.aspx. There will be giveaways, reviews, interviews, guest posts and more. Make sure to stop by and interact with VS Grenier and the hosts at the different stops by leaving comments and/or questions. To learn more about the World of Ink Tours visitStories for Children Publishing at: http://storiesforchildrenpublishing.com

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Blog Talk Radio’s World of Ink Network Show: The Writing Mama withhosts VS Grenier and Marsha Cook will be chatting with Bennet Pomerantz about censorship and the banning of books, among other things. Bennet Pomerantz has covered the Audio medium for the last 28 years and has a syndicated newspaper column AUDIOWORLD and Movies of Your Mind in Affaire De Couer Magazine. This is where he highlights his vast and diverse knowledge of the spoken word medium. Bennet also has his weekly column TO BE OR WHAT, which appears in 200 newspapers across the country, as well as his monthly internet self-help column for writers, A PIECE OF MY MIND, which appears in the pages of Night Owl Reviews Magazine. He also is a top 1000 reviewer for Amazon.com. The show will air live, June 3, 2011 at 6pm EST.

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Come take an adventure in the World of Ink with hosts VS Grenier and Irene Roth as they share with you highlights on each Stories for Children Magazine issue. This month they will be sharing the Summer 2011 issue. Learn more at Stories for Children Magazine and purchase the Summer 2011 issue http://storiesforchildrenmagazine.org. Our Summer 2011 issue freatured author is Mary Cunningham of the award winning 'Tween fantasy/mystery series, Cynthia’s Attic. She is also co-writer of the humor-filled lifestyle book titled, WOOF: Women Only Over Fifty, Christmas With Daisy, and Ghost Light, a short story inspired by her Indiana basketball roots. Learn more at http://www.marycunninghambooks.com.

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Fran Lewis and Marsha Cook have a very special guest on May 25 at 5 PM EST– 4PM-CST- 3PM -MT- 2PM PST, Eliot Pattison, Edgar award-winning author. His new book ASHES OF THE EARTH will be the topic of discussion. Sandra Elrod will be there to open the chat room and take the calls. This is a show you won’t want to miss. Take a glimpse into the future. Think about your world as it is right now. Trees, markets, stores, technological advances, medical breakthroughs and modern conveniences that everyone takes for granted and rarely gives thanks for. Imagine in one strike of a match your world goes up in flames and the end result is a total global holocaust. What is left is smoke, ash, soot, burned buildings, pieces of glass and human beings so deformed so ill they can barely survive. Humans exposed to radiation and expelled and exiled not to contaminate others. Martial law reigns. Those who question are exiled or punished. Those who dare to challenge the government tortured. Imagine a world devoid of flowers, trees, metal, medicines, books and paper to write on and the basic comforts of life. Picture the devastation shown in Japan just this month. Remember the Tsunamis in Hawaii and Korea as the world comes to an end and the result will rock your world. Listen live or on demand – phone number is 714-242-5259

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On May 24, at 7PM MT - 8 PM CST -9PM- EST -6PM PST join Host Marsha Cook for a great show about  Marcus Bryan and Associates INC. and Michigan Avenue Media LLC. All the answers to the question what is Marcus Bryan & Associates  and what do they do and also,what does Michigan Avenue Media LLC do.There will be surprise guests and interesting topics discussed ,especially screenwriting. So many authors write a book hoping to have their book made into a movie but don't know how, that is one of the topics open for discussion. Hollywood and how to get there will also be discussed. The conversation will shift back and forth about all the important issues writers of screenplays and books need to know.There will be screenwriters, producers, directors and actors involved in this fast but fun based  show. Some of the guests for the show will be actor and writer Reesa Guerra, January Roberts, screenwriter, novelist, Jeff Fleischer, National and International journalist, screenwriter, author and editor. Mike Fazelian, agent with Marcus Bryan & Associates Inc. book reviwer Mary Rita  and Vicki Russo from Julia Phillips Literary Agency. And if that's not enough we will also have talk about book reviews and if they help sell books. This is a live show but you can listen on demand as soon as the show is over.Denise Spooner will have the phone lines open and the chat room will be open. The phone number to call is 714-242-5259.

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Our guest this week is Karin Lefranc, author of the children's book A Quest for Good Manners, about a rude princess who must find good manners to return home to the castle. Karin is a children's etiquette teacher in CT, and she proves that it's possible for kids to be polite! http://www.aquestforgoodmanners.com/ This is going to be one fun show and full of information. We'll be live 3pm PST - 4pm MST - 5pm CST - 6pm EST.

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On Thursday May 19 at 12 Noon CST- 11AM- MT -1PM-EST -10AM- PST join Host Marsha Cook with her special guest Sandra S. Kahn, M.A. Sandra S. Kahn is a past president of the Chicago Psychological Association and has a very successful clinical psychotherapy practice in Chicago. She is the author of several books as well as an extraordinary speaker who will be discussing her new seminar based on her best selling book, The Ex-Wife Syndrome: CUTTING THE CORD AND BREAKING FREE AFTER THE MARRIAGE ENDS. The Seminar will be held in Chicago on Tuesday June 7 at 7PM. Sandra S. Kahn specializes in issue related topics such as male- female relationships,depression, anxiety,divorce and a variety of other topics. Sandra will also be discussing her new book, HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD, Single Mothering for the 21st Century. This is one interview you won't want to miss. Learn about how to finally let go. Men are invited to listen in and with the help of both the ex-husband and ex-wife -  together they can make it happen. So join in live or on demand. Denise will be there to open the chat lines and take the calls.The phone number to call is 724- 242-5259. You can also listen on your phone by dialing the same number.

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Please join Marsha and Denise on May 17 at 7 PM – MT- 8 PM CST – 9 PM –EST- learn how to ACE social networking with “THE ACE OF SPADES” herself, the facebook marketing queen, Anastacia Hauldridge. Anastacia will be telling her secrets about how to have a successful career. Marketing is difficult but when Anastacia speaks everyone listens. She can help and she will be telling us how we can be skillful in the world of social networking.  This is going to be a fun show and very… very …informative. The chat room will be open and Denise will be ready to take your calls. The call in number to listen in or ask questions is 714-242-5259.    

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