VS Grenier ~ Award-Winning Author, Speaker & Podcaster

For Immediate Release   Author Steve Cormey and illustrator Ronda Eden on Blog Talk Radio’s World of Ink Network show: St ories for Children –May 16, 2011   Blog Talk Radio’s World of Ink Network Show: Stories for Children with hosts VS Grenier, Kris Quinn Christopherson and Irene Roth will be chatting with author Steve Cormey and illustrator Ronda Eden about their recent children’s book, “The Brothers Foot”. Steve Cormey has entertained the people of Grand County and Colorado for over thirty years. An award winning songwriter, he has written, produced and released six very successful CDs while playing an always full schedule of live performances.  His background in Folk ,bluegrass, rock and traditional music is evident whether live or on CD. Colorado Blue, Somewhere with a Beach, Never Summer..forever home, Walking Stick and the all solo-acoustic Pure & Simple CDs offer a potpourri of musical styles, and his Old Fashioned Christmas is a Yule Tide favorite. Steve’s live perf

Roxanne Werner lives in New York State with her family and two cats. She is a member of SCBWI and Cliff House Writers. A winner of the Highlights Fiction contest, her magazine credits include Highlights, Know and Turtle, as well as many crafts, articles, and stories published online. Her adult works include two short stories, published in the Adams Media ‘Hero’ anthologies and writers articles for the Institute of Children’s Literature website. In her spare time she loves gardening, reading and writing. You can reach her at her website www.roxannewerner.com and fictionasst@storiesforchildrenmagazine.org .   VS: I want to thank you for taking the time out of your busy schedule to be my guest here on The Writing Mama today Roxanne. I know we both have been writing for the past few years, but to start  and to let my readers get to you a bit better, here is the first question… How many children do you have and what are their ages? Roxanne: I have one son, James and he is going to be

Blog Talk Radio’s World of Ink Network Show: The Writing Mama with hosts VS Grenier, Marsha Casper Cook and J.D. Holiday will be chatting with Julie Schoerke, founder of JKS Communications about marketing, media publicity and radio appearances.  Julie and her company specializes in developing winning promotional strategies integrating traditional and new media for authors and publishers, and in managing comprehensive publicity campaigns. Before specializing in book publicity, Schoerke spent more than 20 years in general Public Relations providing services to the following sectors, which has enabled JKSCommunications to utilize strategic partnerships to enhance book promotion. A public relations expert with more than 20 years experience, Schoerke built her business with a wide variety of corporate clients, high-profile individual clients and events before narrowing her focus to literary publicity. Prior to that, she was a not-for-profit executive. Her clients — authors with Random

Blog Talk Radio’s World of Ink Network Show: Inspiration, Imagination and Invention with Simon Rose will be examining how books use history as inspiration while chatting with their authors. The show will look at making use of real personalities and events, and the need for accurate historical research and how authors have written books set in a particular time period, against the backdrop of a significant episode in history. The Inspiration, Imagination and Invention with Simon Rose show will debut live, May 11, 2011 at 6 pm PST- 7pm MST- 8pm CST- 9pm EST. Tune in at the BTR World of Ink Network site at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/worldofinknetwork/2011/05/12/inspiration-imagination-and-invention-with-simon-rose . You can listen/call in at (714) 242-5259 . (Note: if you cannot make the show, you can listen on demand at the same link.) Simon Rose is an author of science fiction and fantasy novels for middle grade readers. He has also written a number of non-fiction titles for c

Robert Medak is a freelance writer, editor, book reviewer, aspiring marketer, and aspiring  author. He spent 37 years in Telecommunications, upon retiring he decided to follow his dream  of being a writer. Robert has written or ghost written over 350 articles and 80 book reviews. Robert began writing professionally in February of 2006. He wrote most of his articles from later 2007 to early 2008. He has written both technical How-To while in telecommunications, and nonfiction articles, how-to, and blog content since retirement from SBC. Robert was born in San Pedro, CA. He spent most of his life in Southern California. In June of 2008, he with his wife, three dogs and three cats, moved from California to a small town in Kansas. Robert built a website where he offers his services, and maintains five blogs. Robert created a  social networking site for freelance writers at Freelance Writers, an invitation only site. He also  maintains a critique group at Yahoo Groups called “critiquings”

How long have you been journaling? I've been journaling for over 15 years and it is one of the most freeing  activities I have ever done. My journal is the one place where I can completely be myself and simply let go. Over the years, my journals have helped me sort through issues and make sense of the things happening in my  life. My journals reflect the real me, the authentic me.   How authentically are you living your life right now? Is there synergy between your inner world (your feelings, values, beliefs, needs, passions) and outer world (relationships, job, home)?   When you live your life authentically, there is congruence between these two worlds. You close the gap between who you are, what you do and what you want others to get about you. Others get the real you when you speak from the heart and walk your talk.   Authenticity and personal power go hand in hand. The more you live authentically, the more personal power you possess. Even though you may have more conflicts,