Writers Talk

Blog Talk Radio’s World of Ink Network Show: Stories for Children withhosts VS Grenier, Kris Quinn Christopherson and Irene Roth will be chatting with author Karen Cioffi Karen Cioffi is an advocate of education, reading, and the environment.  She loves how reading can spark a child’s imagination and bring him or her to new worlds and on amazing adventures. Along with writing children’s books, Karen is a ghostwriter and freelance writer, and has several nonfiction books on writing and book marketing. She has lived in New York City all her life, and two of her favorite sayings are: “Nothing ventured, nothing gained.” American proverb “Be the change you want to see in the world.” M. Ghandi You can visit Karen’s blog at: http://karencioffiwritingandmarketing.com For more about Karen’s books and ebooks go to: http://www.karencioffi.com/karen-cioffis-books-and-e-books/ The show will air live November 21, 2011 at 2pm EST. You can find out more about Karen Cioffi’s World of Ink Author/Book Tour schedule at http://storiesforchildrenpublishing.com/KarenCioffi.aspx. There will be giveaways, reviews, interviews, guest posts and more. Make sure to stop by and interact with Karen and the hosts at the different stops by leaving comments and/or questions.

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On Saturday November 19 at 12 NOON EST -11 CST- 10AM  MT- 9AM PST  meet Screenwriter, author, director, producer Craig Clyde when host Marsha Casper Cook has a one on one conversation about his new movie A CHRISTMAS WISH airing Sunday November 20 on the Hallmark Station - every story Craig Clyde writes , directs or produces about families is wonderful. He's got a great cast and what's more important than families, especially at this time of the year. Starring  -Kristy Swanson,Tess Harper, Trudy Willis, and Edward Herrmann.  

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Please join Marsha Cook on Friday November 18 at 1PM EASTERN NOON CENTRAL - 11PM MOUNTAIN - 10 AM PACIFIC when she welcomes the  children's  authors of Dancing with Bear Publishing.  JD Holiday will be producing the show and the chat room will be open as well as the phone lines. Celebrate the beginning of a wonderful long run.Who says you can’t have books on the  top twenty children’s books  on Amazon in a few short months. They didn’t know publisher Rie McGaha and her Editor in Chief R Jeffreys. The books and their authors are Amelia by Debbie Roppolo and What Are You Afraid Of? by Kiki Howell.  Also on the show is Rosemary McKinley. She has a new Thanksgiving book called The Wampum Exchange The authors will be discussing how it happened and what’s next for them.http://www.blogtalkradio.com/worldofinknetwork/2011/11/18/a-good-tsory-is-a-good-story--host-marsha-cook link to the show

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Join Marsha Cook on Thursday November 17 at 9pm est  8pm cst  7 pm mt  6pm pst as she welcomes RED SAGE authors,Em Petrov, Immortal Series--Runes, Trefoil, Runestone, Encompassed coming Dec 1. Forbidden, Wilder, which is book of the week at Whipped Cream. Roz Lee , The Lothario Series: The Lust Boat, Show Me the Ropes, Love Me Twice, Four of Hearts and single title Still Taking Chances, Rue Allyn , The Widow's Revenge and Sharon BuchbinderBooks, Desire and Deception, which is up for erotic book of the year at Romantic Times.The discussion will be lively and informative.So join us.Sandra Elrod will be opening the phone lines and the chat room. CHECK OUT OUR AUTHORS PUBLISHER  - .http://www.eredsage.com/

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Blog Talk Radio’s World of Ink Network Show: Stories for Children will be chatting with award-winning authors Natasha Yim and Gretchen Maurer. Natasha Yim’s current book, Cixi, The Dragon Empress and Gretchen Maurer’s current book, Mary Tudor, “Bloody Mary” are two of the six books (all written by different authors) in Goosebottom Books’ series, The Thinking Girl’s Treasury of Dastardly Dames. The series profiles six women in history who have earned dastardly reputations. The show will air live November 14, 2011 at 2pm EST. You can find out more about Natasha Yim and Gretchen Maurer’s World of Ink Author/Book Tour schedule at http://storiesforchildrenpublishing.com/YimandMaurer.aspx

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Join hosts Marsha Cook, V.S. Grenier and JD Holiday on November 11 at 5PM EST - 4 CST -3PM MT -2PM PST  as they welcome their very special guest Helen Hemphill.Helen writes books for middle school and young readers. Helen (http://www.helenhemphill.com/) is taking over the directorship of the Whole Novel Workshop for the Highlights Foundation in 2012 and has an amazing lineup of writers, editors and agents who will be teaching aspiring writers and helping with their manuscript revisions. The Highlights Foundation has also opened a new conference center on the farm in PA where the workshops take place.it's beautiful! You can see more photos of The Barn on Highlights Foundations FB page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Highlights-Foundation/195104610506943

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Guest: Hugh Brewster is the author of four award-winning books about Canadians under fire that have won acclaim with readers of all ages. At Vimy Ridge is the winner of the 2008 Norma Fleck Award for the best Canadian non-fiction book for young readers.At Juno Beach won the 2006 Information Book Award and Dieppe: Canada’s Darkest Day of World War II was hailed by the Globe and Mail in 2009as “simply superb.”  The experiences described to him by veterans of the Dieppe Raid inspired the novel Prisoner of Dieppe which was acclaimed as one of the outstanding books of 2010. As an editor for Scholastic from 1972 to 1984 in both Toronto and New York, he was involved in the creation of Scholastic’s Canadian children’s publishing program. Between 1984 and 2004 he was the publisher of Madison Press Books in Toronto where he helped to create a number of successful books for both adults and young readers including Exploring the Titanic, that has sold over one million copies. Website: www.hughbrewster.com

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Please join host Marsha Cook on November 8 at 9PM EST- 8PMCST - 7PM MT -6PMPST for a hot steamy romance writer show! Author BETHANY HALLE is this weeks special guest. She writes highly erotic romance stories and novels in the contemporary, science fiction and paranormal flavors. Currently she has twelve erotic romance novels published with Rebel Ink Press and forty-five more under contract. She has two blog talk radio shows with RED RIVER RADIO . Bethany has what it takes to wow audiences with her sizzling style by holding her own in several categories at ARe and Bookstrand. Sandra Elrod will be opening the chat rooms. Join us in the chat room and lets's have some fun!    

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Award-winning Author Jewel Kats joins the Stories for Children November 7, 2011. Jewel Kats is an award-winning writer. She’s also one tough cookie. At the age of nine, Jewel endured a car accident. Her physical abilities altered forever. She spent weeks in the Hospital for Sick Children recovering, has survived eight leg surgeries, and currently walks with a cane. (Note: It’s fashionably handpainted!) Nothing stops Jewel. For six years, she penned a syndicated teen advice column for Scripps-Howard News Service and TorStar Syndication Services. Jewel has earned $20,000 in scholarships from Global Television Network and Harlequin Enterprises Ltd. She’s penned three children’s books, including: Reena’s Bollywood Dream,What Do You Use to Help Your Body? and her latest book Cinderella’s Magical Wheelchair. You can find out more about Jewel Kats’ World of Ink Author/Book Tour schedule athttp://storiesforchildrenpublishing.com/JewelKats.aspx.

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Join Marsha Casper Cook on Tuesday November 1- 9 pm est - 8pm cst - 7pm mt - 6pm pst and her co- host Charlotte Blackwell as they celebrate the success of  WORLD CASTLE publishing.Sandra Elrod will be opening the chat room amd taking calls.Also joining in on the fun will be Media Critic, Bennet Pomerantz. The guests are Marlon Pierre- Antoine, Zoey Sweete and Debra Savignano. Join in the fun as we have an open discussion which always leads to an informative show.  For more about these authors you can got to www.worldcastlepublishing.com - www.michiganavenuemedia.com   

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