Writing and Publishing Radio Show

Join your host, Felice Gerwitz and her guest, Karen Zeigler. Karen has come full circle, after almost 20+ years of climbing corporate ladders and pursuing her career that provided the prestige and money she thought was so critical from my college days, she realized there was more to life! She discovered coaching. Although she agrees being an Investment Advisor was somewhat fulfilling it never really scratched her "itch"...longings to write and speak on topics of purpose, passion and personal development. Karen has penned "Freedom from Worry" and we will discuss her book and the process that brought her to become a published author!

Join your host, Felice Gerwitz and her special guest, Carol Topp, CPA! Carol will share information about her latest book, Information in a Nutshell: Business Tips and Taxes for Writers! If you write you won't want to miss this segment. Carol was asked to write this book, by publisher, Felice Gerwitz to help other writer's who struggle with the IRS rules in regard to income as an author. Join us for this lively and informative episode!  

Join your host, Felice Gerwitz and author Beatrice Martinez. A school librarian for many years, Beatrice served at  elementary, middle, and high school levels.  Her two books are a product of having organized a small village library one summer in Greece, where the local monastery and the local school are important elements of village life.  Kids love books that provide vicarious mischief with humor, coupled with dynamic illustrations, which I feel my books present.  In addition, both titles contain the Greek/English alphabet, a Greek food recipe, glossary, maps, and student activities.

Join your host, Felice Gerwitz and her guest, Mary Jo Tate. MaryJo is an editor and has created a successful business as a stay-at-home mom. Mary Jo Tate has been a book coach and international editor since 1986. Her education includes a B.A. in English and philosophy from the University of Mississippi and an M.A. in English from the University of South Carolina, as well as many seminars on writing, publishing, and marketing. Her first professional experience was editing doctoral dissertations for international seminary students. In graduate school, she was blessed to be mentored by a great editor and leading Fitzgerald scholar, Matthew J. Bruccoli, with whom she worked on the Cambridge University Press edition of The Great Gatsby. Mary Jois the author of How Do You Do It All? Balancing Family Life and Home Business in the Real World (home study course, 2007), Getting Started as a Freelance Editor (home study course, 2006), and Critical Companion to F. Scott Fitzgerald (Facts on File, 2007; revised and expanded edition of F. Scott Fitzgerald A to Z, 1998), as well as articles on F. Scott Fitzgerald, Eudora Welty, William Faulkner, bibliophilia, writing, literature, homeschooling, and single parenting. Her editing and coaching clients include Cambridge University Press; homeschool publishers such as Homeschooling Today, Trivium Pursuit, Christian Logic, How Great Thou Art, and Apologia Educational Ministries; and entrepreneurs such as a voice coach, a golf pro, several chiropractors, and a financial planner. Her specialty is helping entrepreneurs, speakers, and other experts author a book...whether or not they can write.

Join your host, Felice Gerwitz and her guest, Loree Lough. Loree is a well-known, beloved Christian romance writer with nearly three million books in circulation. She’s released 78 books from a variety of mainstream and Christian publishers, a novel that’s been optioned for a TV movie, 68 short stories, and over 2,500 articles for newspaper, magazine, and the Internet. Over the years, her writing has earned hundreds of industry and "Readers' Choice" awards. Loree is a regular contributor to a variety of publications and a columnist for Christian Fiction Online Magazine. She maintains a high profile on a variety of Internet social media sites including Facebook and Twitter, and regularly updates her blog, The Lough Down:  www.theloughdown.blogspot.com. A tireless advocate of inspirational fiction, she’s recognized as a leader in the genre and is a frequent, sought-after speaker at writing seminars and workshops. Loree is a member of the Romance Writers of America, the Maryland Writers Association, American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW), Novelists Inc, Authors Guild, and assorted regional chapters of writing organizations. She and her husband Larry have four daughters and seven grandchildren. They split their time between their Baltimore-area home and a cabin in the Allegheny Mountains. She’s released two compilations of full-length novels for Whitaker House: Tales of the Heart (2009 -historical) and Prevailing Love (2010 - contemporary), and the Lone Star Legends Series: Beautiful Bandit, Maverick Heart, (2010) and Unbridled Hope, a summer 2011 release.

Join your host, Felice Gerwiz and her guest, publicist, Jube Dankworth. In this interview they will discuss must-have items for a great media kit, why it is important and what to expect from a publicist. With talent on loan from God, Jube Dankworth opened shop in March 2001 with high hopes and a few great clients.  Since then the road has been fun, exhilarating, bumpy and the best adventure of a lifetime. Jube has helped clients achieve their media goals, whether it's their website revamped, being featured on Fox, interviewed on the radio, or articles written about their businesses or non-profits in magazines and newspapers.  Working with businesses and non-profits from New York to California, Media Consultants provides the niche marketing needed for today's marketplace.  Providing marketing expertise on the internet, with regular media and with Christian Media, she has developed customized public relations strategy for her clients. Find more information on Writing and Pulishing on http://www.WritingandPublishingRadio.com

Join Felice Gerwitz and author Tricia Goyer, Tricia is the author of 25 books and has published over 300 articles for national publications such as Guideposts for Kids, Focus on the Family, Christian Parenting Today, Today’s Christian Woman and HomeLife Magazine.  Tricia Goyer's books include Songbird Under a German Moon, The Swiss Courier, and the mommy memoir, Blue Like Play Dough. She won Historical Novel of the Year in 2005 and 2006 from ACFW, and was honored with the Writer of the Year award from Mt. Hermon Writer's Conference in 2003. Tricia's book Life Interrupted was a finalist for the Gold Medallion in 2005. In addition to her novels, Tricia writes non-fiction books and magazine articles for publications like MomSense and Thriving Family. Tricia is a regular speaker at conventions and conferences, and has been a workshop presenter at the MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) International Conventions. She and her family make their home in Little Rock, Arkansas where they are part of the ministry of FamilyLife. For more information about Tricia's speaking topics, visit her Speaking page, or visit her Press Kit page to download a media/speaker Kit

Join your Felice Gerwitz your host, and her guests Patricia and Meagan Samuelsen a mother-daughter team writing in Sugar Land, Texas (a suburb of Houston). Patricia Samuelsen earned a B.A. in history in 1978 from The King’s College and a Master of Library Science from the University of Texas at Austin in 1980. She worked as an Information Specialist for the Regional Information and Communication Exchange at Rice University, and designed a data processing library for a drilling fluids company in Houston before becoming a full-time mom. The Samuelsens homeschooled their three children for 19 years. Since 2001, Patricia has taught classes for home-educated students in humanities and worldviews as well as Latin.  Meagan Samuelsen was home-educated through high school. In 2009, she graduated from Grove City College with a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature and a minor in Theatre. She spent the following year teaching English as a second language in Trujillo, Peru. She is currently working towards a Masters of Science in Information Studies in the School of Information at the University of Texas at Austin. Read Meagan's observations on rhetorical devices in literature at the "Rhetorical Musings" blog on our website, www.writerstoolbox.net.

Join Felice Gerwitz your host with special guest author, Annie Eskeldson. Annie wrote two books from her personal experience with an autistic daughter. Annie shares her daughter's experiences in two beautifully, full color illustrated picture books. The Eskeldsons' live in Kansas where they own a Donut Shop. They have to young children and Annie is a homeschool mom. Annie has over 53,000 hours of experience providing theraphy for and homeschooling their autistic daughter and plans to write more books for familis overcoming Austim. Join us for this very special session. Writing from the Heart.

Join Felice Gerwitz and her guest, Author Paul Tomasi. Paul began writing when he found his son's dislike for reading came from books that were dull and boring. He wrote his first book specifically to engage his son. Felice discusses Paul's interesting writing style and why teens love his books. Episode length: 30 minutes

Join Felice Gerwitz and her guest, Rebecca Ondov. Rebecca's choice to roam through the Bob Marshall Wilderness for 15 years by horeseback has become a book in its second printing—everything from encounters with grizzly bears to the breath-taking stories of when she was caught in a 240,000 acre forest fire. In 1992 she felt led to enter a Guideposts writing contest even though she had no interest in writing—or talent, she thought. Then, out of 5400 manuscripts, she won. Guideposts flew her, along with 14 other winners, to an intensive week long all-expense-paid workshop, which was tutored by some of the top Christian Writers in the world.This began her career as an author. Rebecca's latest work, “Heavenly Horse Sense: Inspirational Stories from a Life in the Saddle” was released in February. Containing 50 more breath-taking adventures from the years she rode in the saddle, “Heavenly Horse Sense” encourages the readers to pursue an extraordinary life of adventures, with God by their side. Rebecca lives with her family in Western Montana. Three horses, two mules, and a golden retriever, keep her entertained. By day she brokers lumber and by night she forges ahead with her passion—writing stories about the Western lifestyle and the faithfulness of God.

Join Felice Gerwitz and her guest, Tony Eldridge an author and a marketing expert.   Tony is the author of the action/adventure book, The Samson Effect, that Clive Cussler calls a "first rate thriller brimming with intrigue and adventure" and the Twitter marketing book, Conducting Effective Twitter Contests which helps people find targeted Twitter followers. He also shares his book marketing tips with fellow authors through his blog, Marketing Tips for Authors. You can follow him on Twitter @TonyEldridge

Join Felice Gerwitz and her guest, author Teisha Houston. Teisha is a busy mom, pastor's wife and author who inspires women with her radio show on blog talk radio. Join us today! Author, speaker, business coach and homeschooling mother of 5, Teisha Shelby-Houston (Lady T) has traveled the United States and Europe helping companies train their employees with essential skills. But she started feeling guilty about training people to be better employees while she was enjoying the benefits of being an entrepreneur. And she also knew that even though the employees were putting in lots of skills and long hours, most companies wouldn’t honor their loyalty and would “relieve” employees of their duty for the sake of the bottom line. So she focused her training on helping employees to become entrepreneurs. Today she speaks to women and mom entrepreneurs inspiring and coaching them to return home and start a profitable business based on her gifts. Her motivational workshops and spiritual retreats empower women to live a life of purpose! She has been an invited guest on the Oprah show, is the co-author of Mom Entrepreneur Extraordinaire, she organizes a weekly Women's Power Networking grp and hosts the BlogTalk Radio show, For Powerful Women Only. As a wife and mother of 5 Teisha faithfully serves her husband of 18yrs and enthusiastically homeschools their children in SC.

Join Felice Gerwitz and her guest, author, Krista Dunk. Krista enjoys speaking and writing on various business and faith-based topics, and is the author of the book Step Out and Take Your Place - How to Discover and Live Your Everyday Calling. She also has a personal passion for combining sign language, worship music and dance for offering God heart-felt expression in worship. Krista co-founded an organization for Christian women in business called Koinonia Business Women (also known as KBWomen). KBWomen is an organization "Where Faith, Business & Women Connect, Collaborate & Grow." This is another avenue for her to encourage others to reach their personal potential, and to find their God-given unique gifts and life's purpose. A mother of two and wife of 17+ years, Krista is easy-going with a good sense of humor. From time to time, you may find her working in her robe, dressing Barbies or helping with homework.

Join your host, Felice Gerwitz and her guest Gina Burgess for another episode of Information in a Nutshell Writing and Publishing a show for authors in every stage of their writing and publishing career! Gina Burgess studied journalism in college, took a detour to raise two beautiful daughters, then twenty-five years later graduated Magna Cum Laude from Midwestern State University. Gina’s first love is using her God-given talent to shine a light in a dark world. She is committed to bringing God glory with her writing. She’s been an editor for several publications, including Lifestyles Editor at her home town newspaper the Picayune Item; a weekly column for Studylight.org. She's a book reviewer for several publishers, and has taught Sunday School and Discipleship since 1970. In her new book “Refreshment in Refuge”, she explores the message of the cross, “No stones,” and reflects that God never promised “No storms.” This book echoes a Christian journey through life’s storms, and Gina illustrates those storms with stories bringing to life biblical characters. Check out Gina’s blog, Refreshment in Refuge and her book reviews at Upon Reflection: http://refreshmentrefuge.blogspot.com and http://uponreflectionblog.blogspot.com.   Visit Felice's website for women authors here: http://www.Ultimate-Womens-Expo.com.