VS Grenier ~ Award-Winning Author, Speaker & Podcaster

Listen to the Stories for Children Show Monday June 30, 2014 at 6pm Eastern - 5pm Central - 4pm Mountain - 3pm Pacific for a special treat - Stories read by Astronauts on the International Space Station! Mom's Choice & Award-winning Author Virginia S Grenier will be talking about Story Time From Space (STFS), a project of the Global Space Flight Education Foundation, a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit. For more information visit www.storytimefromspace.com   Grenier will be hosting astrophysicist and author Jeffrey Bennett, who launched five books to the International Space Station on January 9. The first book making an appearance is “ Max Goes to the International Space Station” read by Astronaut Mike Hopkins from the space station’s seven window observatory, known as the Cupola. The books were selected by the founders Alvin Drew and space educator Patricia Tribe for their solid science and inspirational stories. The books are a perfect spring board for the coming science...

The Writing Mama show is on every Monday and is hosted by Mom's Choice and Award-winning Author Virginia S Grenier, who is joined weekly by guest authors to talk about the publishing and writing industry. Grenier, with her guests, hope to not only share their love of the written word, but also tips on writing, what makes a good book and much more. This weeks guest is Lisa S. Roberts , author of a 29-book adventure for children, middle school age. Back to the Basics with Aydan & Addy – “Leadership with Abraham Lincoln” (Tate Publishing) kicks off this series, which is both historical and magical, with leadership mentor, President Abraham Lincoln. The series features best friends, Aydan and Addy, being led by a different Spiritual Mentor in each magical adventure. Tremendous research has gone into each book, with Roberts studying the actual lives and historical legacy of the “spirit mentors” in each book. “There are so many challenges we face in America tod...

Lisa S. Roberts , author of a 29-book adventure for children, middle school age.   Back to the Basics with Aydan & Addy – “Leadership with Abraham Lincoln” (Tate Publishing) kicks off this series, which is both historical and magical, with leadership mentor, President Abraham Lincoln. The series features best friends, Aydan and Addy, being led by a different Spiritual Mentor in each magical adventure. Tremendous research has gone into each book, with Roberts studying the actual lives and historical legacy of the “spirit mentors” in each book. “There are so many challenges we face in America today, and life in general,” the author says. “I thought for a long time about the importance of getting back to basics and teaching some fundamental values to children through a series of fun and adventurous stories.” The character Aydan is modeled after Roberts’ own young grandson and Addy is named for the granddaughter of a family friend. VS: I want to thank y...

 The Stories for Children show airs Mondays at 2pm EST - 1pm CST - Noon MST - 11am PST. Each show has a special children's or young adult author as a guest to share about their books and why they love writing for the Kid Lit. market. This week host Virginia S Grenier will be joined by debut author Sarah E. Sauer. Halo Publishing Int. just released Sauer's children's picture book, What Do You See When You Look at Me? This stunning picture engages young readers with bright and colorful photos (take by the author Sarah E. Sauer) and invites them to see more than just an animal but to look at the beauty of each creature in detail. Sarah E. Sauer is a childhood brain cancer survivor. She is also an animal lover. Sarah’s love of animals was something she drew on for strength throughout her illness. Sarah is currently studying early childhood education and hopes to share her love and knowledge of animals to promote and develop an appreciation of wildlife in young children...

Join hosts award-winning author & editor VS Grenier and author Irene Roth on October 22, 2012 at 2pm EST - 1pm CDT - 12 noon MDT - 11am PST. They will be chatting with award-winning author Kai Strand about writing and her juvenile fantasy adventure book, THE WISHING WELL: Another Weaver Tale , published by Guardian Angel Publishing and her juvenile contemporary fiction novel, SAVE THE LEMMINGS , published by Featherweight Press. Kai Strand writes fiction for middle grade and young adult readers. Her debut novel, The Weaver , was a finalist in the 2012 EPIC eBook Awards. She is a (very lucky) wife and the mother of four amazing kids. The most common sound in her household is laughter. The second most common is, "Do your dishes!" She and her family hike, geocache, and canoe in beautiful Central Oregon, where they call home. To find out more about Kai’s books, download companion documents, find links to her published short stories and discover all the plac...

Today, Kid Lit Reviews has me as their award-winning author to discuss my book Babysitting SugarPaw .   This book won the pretigious Mom’s Choice Silver Honoree for Excellence and the 2011 League of Utah Writers Silver Quill Award.  The blog host Sue Morris is a delight to work with and she really gets to know you and your book before sending interview questions. She asked a few tough questions I had to really think about before answering. A nice change for the wrote answers I am so used to repeating time and time again. I invite you to go read the interview and Sue's review of my book today. The review will be posted a bit later so you may have to revisit the site for that post. I truly thank Sue for taking the time to read my book Babysitting SugarPaw and for interviewing me as well. If you would like to follow Kid Lit Reviews, there will be lots of new reviews and maybe an interview or two. If you are an author and would like to be interviewed, let KLR know...

I originally became a writer by default. With no regard for the well-being of my family I trained as a classical pianist, subjecting all around me to four hours of practice a day. I suspect the pterodactyls that landed in my stomach before public concerts had something to do with not taking up a career as a concert pianist. Instead, I found myself learning how to put rear ends on concert hall seats, otherwise known as orchestral management. My first job in that heady field entailed writing the program notes for the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, DC. Now, that was a job made in heaven. I wallowed in the music section of the Library of Congress and luxuriated in the incredible privilege of being allowed to take books home to read. The research was as much fun as writing the notes, if not more so. My job was to write such compelling notes about the music on the concert program that audiences would actually want to read them before scanning the donor lists to see who may ...