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Join authors JD Holiday and Christy Condoleo on Saturday, September 29, 2012 at 10AM est, 9AM cst, 8AM mst & 7AM pst, for the TWO children’s books:  “Goldy's Baby Socks” written by Judy Snider and illustrated by Thomas McAteer is the funny and heartwarming story of a family who almost had to move because their cat, Goldy, filled their house with her surprise gifts. Goldy was a pretty gold stray that was taken in by Lucy's family. Lucy, her brother and her parents had no idea when they adopted Goldy that the fun and the sleepless nights, were about to begin!  “The Rainbow Stick Boy”, written & illustrated by Michael Santolini is the story of Huey, a stick boy who is born a little different than everyone else in the town. He doesn't let his differences keep him down. Huey finds a friend who is also a little different and together they find the magic at the end of the rainbow, and discover that their differences are really only skin deep.  Judy Snider's site: http://www.goldysbabysocks.com/ Michael S

September 27th at four PM eastern  3 central  PM 2 PM mountain 1PM pacific   Join Fran Lewis when she talks to Tess Gerristen. It's going to be a great show because Tess has been on Fran's shows for several years and when they discuss Tess's books they have a conversation you won't want to miss.   Sandra Elrod will be there to open the phone lines and chat room.  Rizzoli & Isles • Hit series on TNT  “Suspense doesn’t get smarter than this. Not just recommended but mandatory.”—Lee Child   Learn more about The World of Ink Network at http://worldofinknetwork.com

Join the hosts of the Families Matter Show on September 26, 2012 at 6pm EST, 5pm CDT, 4pm MST and 3pm PST.   This show only airs live once a month on the 4th Wed. of the month. The idea of this show is to have the hosts, guests and listeners (adults or kids) share information to help empower children and their families.  Our September show topic is Formal Dances for Teens. What parents and teens need to know, watch out for and understand from dressing for these events to activities before and after the dance. Host Kecia Burcham works as a middle school counselor and holds a masters degree in education/school counseling as well as being a certified trainer in the "7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens" curriculum. Host VS Grenier is a mom of three beautiful children ranging in age from Teenager to a toddler. She writes in the children's genre and has been doing so for over 6 years. She is also a retired Fashion Buyer and Marketing Specialist. Host Irene Roth is a freelance writer for teens, tweens and kids.

  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 s

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 Mars

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 a

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.      

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.

  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/

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 Suspicio

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 Phoen

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.x

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!

Join Marsha Cook on August 28, 2012 at 9PM EST 8PM CST 7PM MT - 6PM PST for a very special one on one  with Sarah Martinez .Marsha and Sarah will be discussing her debut novel, SEX AND DEATH IN THE AMERICAN NOVEL, on September 8. This is going to be one hot show! Sarah is honest about her feelings and will not be afraid to discuss what makes her book so very different! Her book is literary erotica that explores unconventional relationships, loss, and the merits of erotic literature through the eyes of a tenacious female protagonist. Sarah's book is about unconventional relationships, loss, and the merits of erotic literature through the eyes of a tenacious female protagonist.  Martinez’s passion for promoting the interests and independence of women combined with her unique perspective on the merits of erotica have already landed her many interviews Her signature style will attract readers interested in a deeper understanding of the importance of an honest dialogue about sex, the power of fantasy, grief and

Join authors JD Holiday and Christy Condoleo on Saturday, August 25, 2012 at 10AM est, 9AM cst, 8AM mst & 7AM pst, for a reading from the Chapter Book: Night Buddies and the Pineapple Cheesecake Scare by Sands Hetherington~ When pineapple cheesecakes start disappearing a zany red crocodile named Crosley enlists young John Degraffenreidt to straighten things out. This unlikely pair sneaks out of John’s house by becoming invisible, thanks to the I-ain’t-here doodad Crosley uses from the bunch of whatchamacallits hanging on his belt. Learn some crocodile language and where “ain’t” came from.Sands Hetherington’s site: www.nightbuddiesadventures.comBuy at: http://www.amazon.com/Night-Buddies-Pineapple-Cheesecake-Scare/dp/0984741712/ref=la_B0088EUHO4_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1345154399&sr=1-1    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 au

Please join Fran Lewis August 23 at 4 PM EST  3PM CST 2PM MT 1 PM PST when she welocme John Lescroart a New York Times bestselling author of nineteen novels, including most recently BETRAYAL, which is the fourteenth book in the San Francisco based Dismas Hardy/Abe Glitsky series, a stand-alone Wyatt Hunt novel entitled THE HUNT CLUB and a couple of Sherlock Holmes pastiches: SON OF HOLMES and its sequel, RASPUTIN’S REVENGE. His books have been translated into seventeen languages in more than seventy-five countries, and his short stories have been included in many anthologies.Outside of the book world, John loves to cook. His original recipes have appeared in Gourmet Magazine and in the cookbook “A Taste of Murder.” (He also wrote the forward to Francine Brevetti’s paean to the famous San Francisco eatery Fior d’Italia entitled The Fabulous Fior: 100 Years in an Italian Kitchen.) Sandra Elrod will be opening up the chatroom and phone lines .

BTR’s World of Ink Network show: Families Matter with hosts Kecia Burcham, Irene Roth and VS Grenier.   The Families Matter show airs live once a month on the 4th Wednesday of the month at 6pm EST - 5pm CST - 4pm MST - 3pm PDT   The idea of this show on BTR’s World of Ink Network is to have guests and listeners (adults or kids) share information to help empower children and their families. Our August show topic: Parent Report Cards Educators exasperated by the need for greater parent involvement have persuaded Tennessee lawmakers to sign off on a novel bit of arm-twisting: Asking parents to grade themselves on report cards. Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/05/10/parent-report-cards-are-novel-way-to-boost-support/#ixzz23l9QmcSG We invite our listeners to call-in or share through the chatroom questions or their stories. Learn more at the Families Matter blog http://familiesmatter2us.blogspot.com You can find out more about us at http://worldofinknetwork.com

Please join Marsha  Casper Cook  and her co - host Joann Buchanan on Tuesday August 21 at 9PM EST 8PMCST 7PMMT 6PMPST when she welcomes Traci Slatton and a new author Julia Robb who has some very interesting comments on writing and publishing. She was a journalist for 20 years and has now started a very successful career in writing novels that talk about real people and life . Her new book Scalpal Mountain had gotten excellent reviews and Julia is now writing another book that will be out soon. Traci L. Slatton is a graduate of Yale and Columbia. She lives in Manhattan with her husband, sculptor Sabin Howard, whose classical figures and love for Renaissance Italy inspired her historical novel IMMORTAL. THE BOTTICELLI AFFAIR is a tribute to her delight in the Old Masters and rich passions. FALLEN is the first in a romantic trilogy set in end times permeated with love, loss, and strange psychic powers. THE ART OF LIFE, written with Sabin Howard, is a book about sculpture and the philosophy and history of art;

Come join host VS Grenier and Irene Roth on BTR’s World of Ink Network's The Stories for Children Show August 20, 2012 live at 2pm EST - 1pm CT - 12pm MT - 11am PDT We bring children's authors together with their readers. This week come meet author Alyce Joy of the fantasy children's chapter book adventure...KA-BOOM! Sprout is a fairy from Spritesville, Ohio. Her given name is Sprunetta Brunetta. She doesn’t like it, because she thinks it sounds too much like somebody’s wicked sister. Sprout is not a perfect fairy. She has a wild shoe fetish and is always getting into some kind of trouble. To say the least, it was an explosive meeting between Taylor and Sprout. Taylor’s dollhouse blows up and her wary investigation finds Sprout among its wreckage. The little girl obviously thinks Sprout is a bad, fibbin’ fairy and the fun is about to begin. Get a sneak peek of the book at http://youtu.be/Hq9sfmzH0-w Available wherever books are sold and online. Alyce Joy was blessed with four children for whom she com

Please join Fran Lewis on August 16 at  NOON PST 1PM MT  2PM CST 3PM EST when she welcomes Iris Johansen for  a great discussion about books. Iris Johansen is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Pandora's Daughter, Stalemate, Killer Dreams, On the Run and many more wonderful books. Joining the discussion is the co -author of Close Your Eyes,  Roy Johansen, who is also an accomplished screenwriter. It's great to know there are wonderful books being co -authored by a mother and son team. Join in the fun as Fran interviews Iris and Roy. Not only will this show be entertaining it will be informative.  Listen on demand and learn the craft of developing characters that work. check out Fran at: http://angiesdiary.com/bookoftheweek-web/010-botwaugust122012.html