VS Grenier ~ Award-Winning Author, Speaker & Podcaster

Today's post comes from Shery Ma Belle Arrieta-Russ, WriteSparks! creator Write Possibilities We writers are a powerful lot. We control time. We dictate actions. We control destinies. We can make two completely opposite people fall in love with each other, and we can create family feuds that can last for centuries. We can make our heroine travel back in time to rescue her soulmate, and we can give the most villainous person the punishment she deserves. We can take our characters to the most exotic places and give them their own adventures. Simply put, we writers can create our own possibilities. In our world, nothing is impossible. Try creating your own possibilities using the given prompts below. There are 4 givens: theme, setting, character and key object. Randomly pick 1 from each and use these to start off your piece. Themes : deception, irony, love lost, infidelity, rejection Characters: chemist, divorced woman, doctor, teacher, singer K...

WOI: Hear My Heart Books Owner Fawn Nielsen Speaks on Children in Crisis 08/26 by WorldOfInkNetwork | Family Podcasts Welcome to the featured World of Ink Network here on BlogTalkRadio Wed. August 26, 2015. The World of Ink Network brings you shows each week on topics such as books, writing, author interviews, self-help and much more. Your hosts today are Virginia S Grenier and Marsha Cook. Today's show is about children and youth in crisis, the spirit and possiblilites for children and youth; as well as parents and teachers. We will also touch on bullying and its impact on society with Fawn Einarson-Nielsen, President of Hear My Heart Books Inc. (HMHB). Hear My Heart Books Inc. is incorporated in the province of Saskatchewan to focus on social entrepreneurship initiatives. Learn more at http://hearmyheartbooks.com Fawn is also the author of the children's book, " Spots, Dots...and the Nots?! " Our show will air live at 1pm Eastern - 12pm Centr...

Award-winning author visits the St. George Children’s Museum to encourage healthy eating habits : Come meet Virginia “VS” Grenier at the St. George Children’s Museum on August 21 and August 22, 2015 at 11am on both days.   ST. GEORGE, Utah – Virginia “VS” Grenier is an award-winning author, Mom’s Choice Honoree and director of the St. George Book Festival. She has been writing since moving to St. George, Utah a little over 10 years ago. “I never thought I would become an author when I moved to St. George. My husband and I made the choice to come here so we could raise our children in a place we felt was safe and had good people surrounding them,” said Grenier. “I fell into writing as a hobby since I wasn’t used to staying home full-time after working in the fashion industry for so many years in the Los Angeles area.” Grenier’s latest picture book, “Whistle Beans” is based on the family secret of how to whistle. A family fri...

A family friend shared a secret with VS Grenier when she was little. The secret was how to whistle. However, she only shared it with her children…until now! Children have a hard time learning to whistle. However, there is a secret and VS Grenier shares it in the latest SugarPaw adventure picture book, “Whistle Beans.” But how can vegetables help and what do they have to do with whistling?  “When I about four or five, Charlie Baker, a family friend, told me that if I ate Whistle Beans , I’d be able to whistle just like him,” said Grenier. “Charlie was like my second dad when I was younger. He taught me how to fish, ride a horse and much more. So it only made since when he shared the secret to a good whistle, it had to be true. Only problem was… Whistle Beans are a part of the vegetable family. I soon got over this little fact and I’ve been able to whistle good and loud ever since.” Children will get to go on another adventure with SugarPaw and Bonnie Whiskers, ...