Join authors JD Holiday and Christy Condoleo on Saturday, August 25, 2012 at 10AM est, 9AM cst, 8AM mst & 7AM pst, for a reading from the Chapter Book: Night Buddies and the Pineapple Cheesecake Scare by Sands Hetherington~ When pineapple cheesecakes start disappearing a zany red crocodile named Crosley enlists young John Degraffenreidt to straighten things out. This unlikely pair sneaks out of John’s house by becoming invisible, thanks to the I-ain’t-here doodad Crosley uses from the bunch of whatchamacallits hanging on his belt. Learn some crocodile language and where “ain’t” came from.Sands Hetherington’s site: www.nightbuddiesadventures.comBuy at: http://www.amazon.com/Night-Buddies-Pineapple-Cheesecake-Scare/dp/0984741712/ref=la_B0088EUHO4_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1345154399&sr=1-1    It’s Story Time, Gather ‘Round: http://itsstorytimeforkids.blogspot.com/  JD Holiday: http://www.thebookgarden.net Christy Condoleo: http://www.eppyscreations.com/  All stories read on the show are copyrighted by the authors. The show has permission from the authors to read their books and display pictures from it. 

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Please join Fran Lewis August 23 at 4 PM EST  3PM CST 2PM MT 1 PM PST when she welocme John Lescroart a New York Times bestselling author of nineteen novels, including most recently BETRAYAL, which is the fourteenth book in the San Francisco based Dismas Hardy/Abe Glitsky series, a stand-alone Wyatt Hunt novel entitled THE HUNT CLUB and a couple of Sherlock Holmes pastiches: SON OF HOLMES and its sequel, RASPUTIN’S REVENGE. His books have been translated into seventeen languages in more than seventy-five countries, and his short stories have been included in many anthologies.Outside of the book world, John loves to cook. His original recipes have appeared in Gourmet Magazine and in the cookbook “A Taste of Murder.” (He also wrote the forward to Francine Brevetti’s paean to the famous San Francisco eatery Fior d’Italia entitled The Fabulous Fior: 100 Years in an Italian Kitchen.) Sandra Elrod will be opening up the chatroom and phone lines .

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BTR’s World of Ink Network show: Families Matter with hosts Kecia Burcham, Irene Roth and VS Grenier.   The Families Matter show airs live once a month on the 4th Wednesday of the month at 6pm EST - 5pm CST - 4pm MST - 3pm PDT   The idea of this show on BTR’s World of Ink Network is to have guests and listeners (adults or kids) share information to help empower children and their families. Our August show topic: Parent Report Cards Educators exasperated by the need for greater parent involvement have persuaded Tennessee lawmakers to sign off on a novel bit of arm-twisting: Asking parents to grade themselves on report cards. Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/05/10/parent-report-cards-are-novel-way-to-boost-support/#ixzz23l9QmcSG We invite our listeners to call-in or share through the chatroom questions or their stories. Learn more at the Families Matter blog http://familiesmatter2us.blogspot.com You can find out more about us at http://worldofinknetwork.com

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Please join Marsha  Casper Cook  and her co - host Joann Buchanan on Tuesday August 21 at 9PM EST 8PMCST 7PMMT 6PMPST when she welcomes Traci Slatton and a new author Julia Robb who has some very interesting comments on writing and publishing. She was a journalist for 20 years and has now started a very successful career in writing novels that talk about real people and life . Her new book Scalpal Mountain had gotten excellent reviews and Julia is now writing another book that will be out soon. Traci L. Slatton is a graduate of Yale and Columbia. She lives in Manhattan with her husband, sculptor Sabin Howard, whose classical figures and love for Renaissance Italy inspired her historical novel IMMORTAL. THE BOTTICELLI AFFAIR is a tribute to her delight in the Old Masters and rich passions. FALLEN is the first in a romantic trilogy set in end times permeated with love, loss, and strange psychic powers. THE ART OF LIFE, written with Sabin Howard, is a book about sculpture and the philosophy and history of art; DANCING IN THE TABERNACLE is her first book of poetry. COLD LIGHT furthers the dystopian tale begun in FALLEN. Bethany Cross, romance writer, will be there to open the chat room and phone lines .   more info http://www.tracilslatton.com/ http://www.michiganavenuemedia.com/about_marsha.html  

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Come join host VS Grenier and Irene Roth on BTR’s World of Ink Network's The Stories for Children Show August 20, 2012 live at 2pm EST - 1pm CT - 12pm MT - 11am PDT We bring children's authors together with their readers. This week come meet author Alyce Joy of the fantasy children's chapter book adventure...KA-BOOM! Sprout is a fairy from Spritesville, Ohio. Her given name is Sprunetta Brunetta. She doesn’t like it, because she thinks it sounds too much like somebody’s wicked sister. Sprout is not a perfect fairy. She has a wild shoe fetish and is always getting into some kind of trouble. To say the least, it was an explosive meeting between Taylor and Sprout. Taylor’s dollhouse blows up and her wary investigation finds Sprout among its wreckage. The little girl obviously thinks Sprout is a bad, fibbin’ fairy and the fun is about to begin. Get a sneak peek of the book at http://youtu.be/Hq9sfmzH0-w Available wherever books are sold and online. Alyce Joy was blessed with four children for whom she composed bedtime verses every night. That inspired her to publish a children’s book of prayers, entitled, “Priceless Gems.” When her children were grown, she began to write stories for her grandchildren. She graduated from the Institute of Children’s Literature and hopes every child who reads her stories will look forward to each new adventure, as her favorite fairy becomes entangled into many, outrageous happenstances. Follow Alyce Joy at http://alycejoy.com Publisher http://www.halopublishing.com/bookstore/Ka-Boom You can find out more about Alyce Joy’s World of Ink Author/Book Tour at http://tinyurl.com/8q5vw74

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Please join Fran Lewis on August 16 at  NOON PST 1PM MT  2PM CST 3PM EST when she welcomes Iris Johansen for  a great discussion about books. Iris Johansen is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Pandora's Daughter, Stalemate, Killer Dreams, On the Run and many more wonderful books. Joining the discussion is the co -author of Close Your Eyes,  Roy Johansen, who is also an accomplished screenwriter. It's great to know there are wonderful books being co -authored by a mother and son team. Join in the fun as Fran interviews Iris and Roy. Not only will this show be entertaining it will be informative.  Listen on demand and learn the craft of developing characters that work. check out Fran at: http://angiesdiary.com/bookoftheweek-web/010-botwaugust122012.html                                                                                                                                

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Join in on the fun on Tuesday August 14 AT 8PM CST 9PM EST 7 PM MT 6PM PST .the Host of ANYTHING GOES Bennet Pomerantz will be joining Marsha Cook and Bethany Cross when they contnue a show they were all on a few weeks ago.  There will be a lot of surprises along with Missey Davis, Michel Prince, Ashley Fontainne and Barbara Watkins.   The chat room will be open as well as the phone lines. 

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Join authors JD Holiday & Christy Condoleo on Saturday, August 11, 2012 at 10AM est, 9AM cst, 8AM mst & 7AM pst, for author Maggie Lyons chapter book, "Vin and the Dorky Duet". The moment he walks through the door and sees the sharky grin on his older sister’s face, Vin suspects Meg is hatching a plot. He’s right. Meg insists that his only escape route is to persuade another trumpet player to take his place. He has five days to accomplish his mission—Operation BS.  Maggie Lyons site:http://www.maggielyons.yolasite.com/  Buy at: http://www.amazon.com/Vin-Dorky-Duet-ebook/dp/B008AK7ALE It's Story Time, Gather Round http://itsstorytimeforkids.blogspot.com the door and sees the sharky grin on his older sister’s face, Vin suspects Meg is hatching a plot. He’s right. Worse still, he’s central to the outcome. Meg tells him that their music teachers, parents—everyone—expect him to play her duet for trumpet and piano at the upcoming student concert. Vin is horrified.  Meg insists that his only escape route is to persuade another trumpet player to take his place.  He has five days to accomplish his mission—Operation BS—before the concert practice sJ.D. Holiday http://thebookgarden.net Christy Condoleo http://eppyscreations.com All stories read on the show are copyright by the authors. The show has their permission to read their story and to display pictures from it.

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Please join in the fun on Tuesday August 7 at 8PMCST 9PM EST 7PM MT 6PM PST when Marsha Casper Cook  welcomes Tracy  and Charlie Vega and Anastasia Hauldridge on A GOOD STORY IS A GOOD STORY. Anastacia Hauldridge is the star of The Ahauldri Show and creator of The VIP Mastermind Party is inspiring, funny, and motivating. This is not your typical video blogging guru with all the bells and whistles…she is a “fireball” with a passion for mentoring people to become a successful entrepreneur and to keep it real in business. With a wealth of knowledge and people skills and her spicy entrepreneurial spirit, Anastacia spent every day for 2 years as a single mom video capturing her topics for the day with one little webcam and a small lamp along with her high energy. This started the birth of The Ahauldri Show. Charley & Tracy Vega are the owners of Simple Self Defense for Women® an award winning company that promotes the personal safety of women through their PBS TV Show, Guest Speaking, DVD’s, and their very popular Seminars, Workshops & Professional speaking engagements. They specialize in self-defense for women from ages 9 to 91 with a focus on How to Simply Escape an Attack, NOT Stay and Fight! Charley & Tracy are the TV shows stars and hosts. This is going to be a fun packed show and Bethany Cross will be opening the phone and chat room for questions.   http://www.simpleselfdefenseforwomen.com/ http://www.anastaciahauldridge.com/about/ http://www.michiganavenuemedia.com/about_marsha.html

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Come join host VS Grenier and Irene Roth on BTR’s World of Ink Network's The Stories for Children Show August 6, 2012 live at 2pm EST - 1pm CT - 12pm MT - 11am PDT We bring children's authors together with their readers. This week come meet author Maggie Lyons of the contemporary children’s chapter book, Vin and the Dorky Duet. Magnetic compost heaps, man-eating bubble baths and other disasters erupt when an inventive seventh-grader meets a challenge to win a David Beckham autographed soccer jersey if he can befriend an unsociable nerd and introduce his sister to the nerd’s hunky brother. The story is about the disasters that pile up when a seventh-grader’s brilliant plan to meet his sister’s challenge takes more than one wrong turn. Life tosses challenges at all of us. It would be incredibly boring if it didn’t. What matters is what we learn from them. Get a sneak peek of the book at http://youtu.be/Qtgtp_rnAZ4 Available wherever books are sold and online. Maggie Lyons was born in Wales and brought up in England before gravitating west to Virginia’s coast. She zigzagged her way through a motley variety of careers from orchestral management to law-firm media relations to academic editing. Writing and editing nonfiction for adults brought plenty of satisfaction but nothing like the magic she discovered in writing fiction and nonfiction for children. You can find out more about Maggie Lyons’s World of Ink Author/Book Tour at http://tinyurl.com/9t24kgy To learn more about the World of Ink Tours visit http://worldofinknetwork.com

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