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Host Fran Lewis welcomes you to her show called Book Club Discussion. My featured guest for my first show is the author of Indian Summer, Dellani Oakes. Dellani will discuss her writing career, her book and give our listeners a brief summary of the book and her bio. Five members of Red River Writers will be part of our discussion group today. They are: Barbara Ehrentreu, David Wacks, Evelyn Hunter, Mickey Hoffman, and Peggy Greene. I am so glad to have these amazing members of Red River Writers on the show and joining me today to discuss Dellani's outstanding novel. We are also excited to have April Robbins the director and creator of Book Club Discussion Group with us today. This is an innovative and creative show, which will showcase Red River Writer Authors and their outstanding novels throughout the entire world. Please become a fan of our show and invite your friends and family to listen. We want to thank Peggy Greene for stepping in as assistant for this show.

I am excited about March's guest Gail Delaney and Joy Collins. Both ladies are authors as well as publishers. Gail is with Desert Breeze Publishing and Joy's publishing company is Chalet Publishing. I'm happy to say that I've worked with both. Desert Breeze published Scattered Hearts, the valentine anthology that my writers group wrote and Chalet is publishing A Spiral of Echoes, the paranormal romance I co-wrote with Maggie Pucillo. Join me as we find out about these ladies, why they decided to form publishing companies,what they have written and everything in between.

This month, Dellani's guests will be Vonda Skinner Skelton, author of the Bitsy's Mysteries, and Nancy Sanders, who offers some great advice on writing stories for children, getting them published and building a successful writing career! Join us Monday, March 8th at 3:00 PM (CST) for Dellani's Tea Time!

Host Barbara Ehrentreu and Co-Host Freda Roberts welcome as our guests Samuel King and six amazing picture book writers who are participating in an event for Women's History Month which includes three bookstores and a gallery/restaurant. Led by Melanie Hope Greenberg this "creative collective" of picture book writers consists of five more women. They are Miriam Cohen, Selina Alko, Pat Cummings, Aileen Leitjan and Meghan McCarthy. Samuel King has written a novel, several novellas, a screenplay and short stories including "The First Angry 'Man'". He will discuss his writing in science fiction and read an excerpt from his own work. For Women's History Month the six women picture book writers will participate during the entire month of March. Both panel discussions and readings are planned in their local area, Brooklyn, New York. The women will talk about themselves and read an excerpt from their own picture book. Afterwards they will join Samuel King and Barbara for what should be a very interesting and lively discussion. Please join us on Thursday, February 25th at 3PM Central Time for what looks to be another great show!!!

Please join "What's Write for Me" on Red River Writers Live. Host Dellani Oakes interviews writers with different approaches to their craft. Since writing is as individual as we are, what techniques work well for one person may not work for another. On What's Write for Me, Dellani and her Guests explore different avenues to the same goal - perfecting their skills. Her February guests are Laura Elvebak and Mitch Haynes.

Host of this show is Marsha Cook and Abbi Glines will be on the chat lines. Our show this month is about one of the most important components of selling your books and becoming successful. It’s about marketing and getting your book out to the public. The featured guests on this show are very accomplished. They know some of the best secrets and they have agreed to share them. Once you write a book only half the job is done the rest requires a lot of marketing and patience. They have all had success with their writing ability. The four on the panel discussion will be Gary Naiman, a former Vice President of Information Technology at Paramount Pictures. He has written five fast paced exciting adventure books and one of his resources has been Books In Motion, which will be a hot topic on the show. Robin Surface is one of the owners of Fideli Publishing, a very busy Independent Publisher who guides her clients into successful writing careers. Robert Raymond, author of Entrepreneur's Guide To The Universe is a very successful CEO who has written a very entertaining and educational book on how to set up your own empire. His book has just been released. Mark Lichterman who has written three books, one of them, THE CLIMBING BOY has just been optioned by Mechnology to be made into a movie. He is now living his dream. Please join us for a candid discussion on achieving success in your writing career.

It's the month dedicated to love, but my two guest will be talking mystery. Please join me as I talk with Joe Perrone Jr. and Julia Dudek. Joe is the author of Escaping Innocence, an coming of age story set in the 60's and As the Twig is Bent, a mystery thriller set in New York City. Julia is the author of Pieces, a novel that has been called one part mystery and one part romance with a sprinkling of horror. I can't wait to talk with them both.

Host Dellani Oakes, author of "Indian Summer", talks to authors and illustrators of books for children and young adults in this fun filled program. On Monday, February 8th, Dellani's guests will be Devyn Burton of the Five Awesome YA Fans. Also joining Dellani for a round table discussion are authors Michelle Zink, Lisa Mantchev, Tonya Hurley and Ellen Hopkins. We're deviating slightly from our norm to bring an entertaining & enlightening program about online social networking! You won't want to miss it!

On Thursday, January 28, 2010 Red River Writers Live Tales from the Pages presents our first show of the year. January brings a change for the show. Due to increasing demands at home the co-host Lori Calabrisi, who has done a wonderful job of working the phones and chat room needs to give up her duties. She will be missed very much! C. Maggie Woychik has graciously offered to take her place. C. (Chila) Maggie Woychik has over 75 published articles and poems in print magazines including War Cry, Wesleyan Life, Christian Home and School, Woman’s Touch (Leadership Edition), Young Salvationist, Purpose, Seek, Women Alive!, Evangel, Cross & Quill, and others, and ezines such as Christian Women Today (now TheLife.com), Haruah, Digital Dragon, and others. Her first book, I Run to the Hills: Reflections on the Christian Journey, has been released. Maggie will be talking about herself so everyone can get to know her. Our guests for the show are Donna McDine, Lea Schizas, and a mystery guest. Donna is the Marketing Manager for Stories for Children Magazine, has a picture book accepted for publication, and is a member of SCBWI. To learn more about her come listen to the show. We are very excited to visit with oour next guest.Lea Schizas has her own radio show on Blog Talk Radio, The Writing Jungle. She also founded the award winning Muse Online Writing Conference, the MuseItUp Club, Apollo's Lyre, Musing Our Children and has many published articles and books. Her inspiration has helped countless writers to further their writing and with her yearly online conferences she has created a very large and varied writing community. She is into so much it can't all be listed here. Mark this show on your calendars. I can't wait to interview her. Oh, and there might be a mystery guest. Tune in at 3PM Central time to find out who it is.

On What's Write for Me, author/ host Dellani Oakes talks to writers of any genre about their stylistic approach, methods and tips for writing. This month, Dellani's guests will be authors Mickey Flagg - The Champion Chronicles Book 1 Retribution; Rowena Cherry - Knight's Fork and Linore Burkard - Before the Season Ends and other Regency romances. This should be a great show for anyone with a romantic soul! Join us Wednesday, January 27th at 12:00 (CST) for What's Write for Me!

This new show is going to be one you will long remember. Chicago is the place to be. We’re going to have fun. It’s a new year and it’s going to be a good one. We will be having conversations with Publishers, Authors, Screenwriters, Editors, Producers, Directors and Journalists and if that’s not enough you can let us know what you want and we will try to wave our magic wand and your wish is our command. This is a show where if you ask a question we will answer and if we don’t know the answer we will get you one. We’re going to have a great time. Every month we will have interesting guests with interesting stories. So look for us on January 21, 2010 at Noon Central.

I am excited to have as my guests for January, Teresa Thorne and Marian L. Thomas. Teresa is the author of Noah's Wife, a book I enjoyed reading very much. Marian is the author of Color Me Jazzmyne. Please join me as I talk to these two ladies and discover more about their writing lives.

For her first show in 2010, Dellani's guests will be Jennifer Swanson, author of the "Penny and Rio" mysteries. And children's author Janet Ann Collins. Join Dellani, Janet and Jennifer for an exciting discussion Monday, January 11th at 3:00 (CST)

Tuesday, December 22nd at 3PM Central Time Host Barbara Ehrentreu and her co-host Lori Calabrese are pleased to present a very special Christmas show featuring Sally Drumm and the members of Milspeak. Milspeak is an organization consisting of people in the service who enjoy writing. There is a book entitled Milspeak edited by Sally Drumm. Sally will be speaking about the origins of Milspeak and there will be readings by the writers of Milspeak. Please tune in to hear these wonderful writers. There is a possibility that several of them will be reading an entire play. Also there will be individual readings as well. You can find Milspeak, edited by Sally Drumm in all the usual book places including Amazon. We hope you can join us for our first Christmas show. In January the show will again turn back to the original time slot on the 4th Thursday of every month.

My guests for my December show are H. David Blalock and Jennie Halderman. David was scheduled for an earlier show, but illness kept him from talking with me. I am so glad that he will be joining us for the December show. Please come and give a listen as I talk to them and discover what makes them each so unique. Happy 50th wedding anniversary Jennie, just a few days early.