Writers Talk

Join authors JD Holiday and Christy Condoleo on Saturday, September 22, 2012 at 10AM est, 9AM cst, 8AM mst & 7AM pst, for the TWO children’s books: Billy’s Family by Eric B. Thomasma and Lanin Thomasma ~As an only child, Billy wishes for a bigger family. But spending a day at his great-grandfather's family reunion shows him that 'family' includes far more than just Mommy and Daddy.  & Inky, The Barn Cat by Elizabeth Bernaski (illustrated by Marina Hierl) ~Inky, the Barn Cat invites you to meet the biggest horse in the barn, the smallest horse in the barn, as well as the 'people' friends Inky has where she lives. This story involves young people with disabilities to relate to the equine assisted activites that they participate in.  Inky explains therapeutic riding- Equi-Librium. For more on therapeutic riding- Equi-Librium visit: www.equi-librium.org Eric B. Thomasma’s  site: ericbt.webs.com  Elizabeth Bernaski’s site: www.inkythebarncat.com/  JD Holiday’s site: thebookgarden.net Christy Condoleo’s site: eppyscreations.com It’s story Time, Gather Round’s Site: itsstorytimeforkids.blogspot.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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Come join host VS Grenier and Marsha Casper Cook on BTR’s World of Ink Network's Special Edition of The Stories for Children Show September 20, 2012 live at 12pm EST – 11am CT – 10am MT – 9 am PDT We bring children's authors together with their readers! This week come meet author & illustrator Mikey Brooks. Mikey has a BS in English from USU and is the author and illustrator of Bean's Dragons, a story about a little girl and her 12 imaginary friends. He also illustrated Ocelot Scott, by Carolyn Quist. Aside from writing and illustrating, Mikey manages a bakery and decorates cakes. He loves to read picture books to his daughters. You can find more about Mikey Brooks on his blog: www.writtenbymikey.blogspot.com or on his upcoming website: www.mikeybrooks.net. You can also find him on Twitter: @writtenbymikey and on Facebook: as Mikey Brooks. We will be talking about picture books and tips on writing/illustrating them. This is a discussion based show.  Call in number: 714-242-5259 VS Grenier and Marsha Casper Cook are both award-winning authors and write in the children’s/YA genre as well as sit on the other side of the writing desk as an editor and agent. Want to know more? Visit our website at http://worldofinknetwork.com

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Join authors JD Holiday and Christy Condoleo on Saturday, September 15, 2012 at 10AM est, 9AM cst, 8AM mst & 7AM pst, for a reading from the chapter book, 'The Lost Secret of Fairies' (book 1 in 'The Crystal Keeper Chronicles')  by Tiffany Turner. Wanda had always read about adventure. Now she was in the middle of one. The World of Fairies is real, and she is their new Crystal Keeper, human caretaker to the World of Fairies. But the Fairy World is in trouble. The fairies are falling ill from the pollution that ravishes the world above. Wanda has to find the key to their cure, before it's too late. To discover more about Tiffany Turner and her books visit her website: http://tiffany-turner.com/ Buy her books here: Amazon , Barnes and Noble and view her book trailer here: YouTube 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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Join Fran Lewis on September 13 at 4PM EST 3PM CST 2PMMT 1PM PST with her special guest  Peter Lefcourt. Peter is an Americantelevision producer, a film and televisionscreenwriter, and a novelist.Lefcourt's early career involved writing teleplays for primetime series such as Cagney and Lacey, Scarecrow and Mrs. King (both of which he also produced), Eight is Enough, and Remington Steele, among others. Sandra Elrod will be there to open the chat room  for questions.      

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Join the ROMANCE PARTY September 12 at 6PMPST 7PM MT 8PMCST 9PMEST -with Marsha Cook and Bethany Cross. Wed. night the romance writers continue Tuesday nights romance show. READERS, AUTHORS, REVIEWERS, PUBLISHERS Everyone is welcome.  Join the party ... Other side of the coin - Brenda Perlin will be a guest her book is HOME WRECKER and JOHN EMIL AUGUSTINE, his book is LOVE SEEN FROM HELL. Both of these authors have stories based on truth. This is going to be a great show and there will also be more surprises.

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LET’S HAVE A PARTY ON SEPTEMBER 11   HOSTS FOR THE EVENT Bethany Cross  Marsha Casper     Cook  Madison Montgomery  and ***SPECIAL CO  HOST  WILLIAM MALTESE Love is in the air and on September 11 at 8 PM CST 9PM EST 7PM MT 6PM PST  we’re going to have a huge Party. This is an open party for Romance!  It’s time that all of us had some fun. We meet on line at A GOOD STORY IS A GOOD STORY where we can chat or talk with each other. It’s going to last for a several days. You can either share, tag, like, talk or e- mail whatever! Traditional or Self – Published we don’t care! ROMANCE  EROTIC  EROTICA  YA Love is Universal! Some of our very special guests authors will be Kathi S Barton, Bobbi Shafer, Michelle Prince, Melissa Kier, Charolte Blackwell, Elizabeth Black. This is for all romance readers, writers, reviewers, publishers, marketing companies, consultants - Love is love!   Fun is Fun - who doesn’t like a party!              PARTY TIME https://www.facebook.com/events/465094040178424/

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Please join Marsha Cook and V S Grenier on  September 7- 10AM PST 11AM EST NOON PST 1PM EST as they welcome Barbara Rogan. Barbara has had an incedible career and she is still doing so many things to help writers. This is going to be a great show that will be both entertaing and very informative.  BARBARA began her publishing career with Fawcett Books before moving to Israel. One year later she established the Barbara Rogan Literary Agency, which specialized in representing American and European publishers and agents for Hebrew-language rights. With a few years the agency had become the largest in the country, supplying over 60% of the large Israeli market for translated books. During this period Barbara served on the Board of Directors of the Jerusalem Book Fair. Her first novel, Changing States, was published simultaneously in England, the U.S., and Israel. Shortly after its publication, she sold the literary agency and returned to New York.  Since then she’s published seven novels, most recently Suspicion and Hindsight (Simon & Schuster), and co-authored two non-fiction books. Her latest novel, A Dangerous Fiction, will be published in 2013 by Viking/Penguin. Barbara’s books have been translated into six languages, featured by all the major book clubs, optioned for movie and television and issued as audio books. She has taught fiction writing at Hofstra University and SUNY, and currently teaches online for Writers Digest and in her own school, Next Level Workshops.  She lectures widely on both the business and craft of writing and teaches seminars and master classes at writers’ conferences, including the Surrey Writers’ Conference in Vancouver.Her wesites are  - barbararogan.com- nextlevelworkshop.com for more info http://worldofinknetwork.blogspot.com/

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Join Marsha Cook on September 4 at 9PM EST 8 PM CT 7 PMMT 6 PM PST when she welcomes Jaimie Hope a very versatile writer with a lot going on. She has opened an online store and she's got a blog, books, videos and more.  She will be talking about her very special charity wish for an October deadline and she will also talk about children's books, an autobiography she wrote and a Para normal books another one of her projects. Also on the show is Lisa Morgan.Lisa has two short stories previously published in anthologies. A Romantic short titled Nothing’s Terminal (A Home for the Holidays; December, 2011: Firefly & Wisp Publishing) and a zombie themed short titled Antidote (The Thorn of Death; March 2012: Firefly & Wisp Publishing). Her debut, full length  novel- Phoenix Rising is the first in a new YA series Maggie Henning & The Realm was released with Firefly & Wisp Publishing on July 19th, 2012. The continuation in the series- Phoenix Burning (available September 23rd, 2012), followed by Phoenix Shadow and Phoenix Ashes,(anticipated release in 2013). This is going to be a great show so join us live or on demand. Bethany Cross, author at REBELINK PRESS will be opening the chat room and answering calls. She will also be talking about  ROMANCE WEEK at A GOOD STORY IS A GOOD STORY - The event begins on September 11 on the show and will continue on or several days. It's a meet and greet for Erotic Romance writers and Romance Writers - Traditionally published and self- published . http://jaimiehope.com/about-the-author.html http://www.worldofinknetwork.com/ http://www.marshacaspercook.com  

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Join authors JD Holiday and Christy Condoleo on Saturday, September 1, 2012 at 10AM est, 9AM cst, 8AM mst & 7AM pst, for the TWO award winning children’s books: That Mama is a Grouch by award winning author Sherry Ellis (illustrated by Don Berry). Children from age 3-7 will quickly learn that clutter-caused tension in a home can be avoided. In this story, Mama is having a bit of a tantrum over the mess, and the narrator, a precocious child indeed, soon understands all too well. Website: http://sherryellis.webs.com  and to buy: http://www.amazon.com/That-Mama-Grouch-Sherry-Ellis/dp/1450535658  Gasgeil's Bravery by award winning author Christy Condoleo (illustrated by Linnette Rodriguez). The mice of Swiss Hollow are starving! Only Gasgeil and the hollow's bravest mouse can save them. That is...if they can make it past the roazor sharp beak of a cunning seagull and escape the jaws of the fierce water dragon that guards an Island made of cheese. website: http://eppyscreations.com to buy: http://bookstore.xlibris.com/Products/SKU-0036891017/default.aspx  It’s Story Time, Gather ‘Round: http://itsstorytimeforkids.blogspot.com/ JD Holiday: http://www.thebookgarden.net 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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SPECIAL FUN SHOW - If you want to have fun please listen in on Friday August 31 at NOON CST 1PM EST 11AM MT 10AM PST.   Join in the fun and the discussion with Marsha's guests Willow Cross, Kymberlee Burks Miller  Jennifer Malone Wright and JH Glaze. these authors are the Guru's of marketing  and most importantly they know how to make their fans happy. Bethany Cross,author from REBEL INK PRESS, will be opening up the chat room and the phone lines!

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