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New Show Lineup – Oct, Nov, Dec. 2007

Posted by Victor Volkman on August 6, 2007 No comments

The new Show Lineup is now fully scheduled through December 2007. Irene and Victor invite you to join them each week as they explore the myriad issues involved in planning the production of your first book AND once you’re done, what to do next.

If you would like to post a question in advance for any of the guest speakers, please contact us at info@authorsaccess.com

Authors Access is where authors get published and published authors get successful.

Air Date	Guest	Topic	Podcast
04-Oct-07	Jacqueline Church Simonds	To Self-publish or not to Self-publish. The Big Question	TBA
11-Oct-07	Patrick Snow	Why Readers Choose the Book by Its Cover	TBA
18-Oct-07	Mark David Gerson	The Myth of Writers Block	TBA
25-Oct-07	Liz Carmack	Tips for Planning and Organizing Research for Your Nonfiction book	TBA
01-Nov-07	Andrea Campbell	Researching to Write About Forensic Science and Criminal Activities	TBA
08-Nov-07	Jo Whittmore	Writing for Teens and Young Adults	TBA
15-Nov-07	Carolyn Howard Johnson	Frugal Book Promotion	TBA
22-Nov-07	Happy Thanksgiving	Writing for Turkeys	TBA
29-Nov-07	Beverly Matherne	Writing and Publishing Poetry	TBA
06-Dec-07	Maryglenn McCombs	Why Should You Hire a Publicist?	TBA
13-Dec-07	Robert D. Reed	Writing and Publishing Nonfiction	TBA
20-Dec-07	Happy Holidays		TBA
29-Dec-07	Happy Holidays		TBA

Shaila Abdullah – Creating a Website That Sells Your Book

Posted by Victor Volkman on August 5, 2007 No comments

On Thursday, August 2nd, 2007 Victor R. Volkman and Irene Watson spoke with Shaila Abdullah, an accomplished web and print designer living in Austin, Texas. She has been in the business of designing for over 14 years and has developed several websites for authors and writers. Being an award-winning author herself, she knows and understands firsthand how a well-constructed website can help advance an author’s career. Shaila shared with us the seven essential things that every author website must have and another seven things which are deadly sins. She also informed us on what questions to ask when contracting out a website and what ancillary activities you can do to drive traffic to your site after its up and running.

Shaila Abdullah’s creative work focuses on the strengths and weaknesses of Pakistani women and their often unconventional choices in life. Her work also deals with the Asian experience in America, the conflict between the two worlds and the culture of her adopted country. She offers her readers a window into the multicultural world through her vibrant characters.

Abdullah was born in Karachi, Pakistan in 1971. She has a bachelors degree in English literature and a diploma in graphic design. She also has a diploma in freelance writing. In 1993 she started writing fiction stories, articles and personal essays for some South Asian publications. She presently works as a media design associate at an educational nonprofit in downtown Austin.Abdullah has been published in Dallas Child, Web Guru, About Families, Sulekha,Women’s Own, She, Fashion Collection and a magazine of the Daily Dawn newspaper called Tuesday Review, etc. Her debut book, Beyond the Cayenne Wall, is a collection of stories about Pakistani women struggling to find their individualities despite the barriers imposed by society.

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CREATIVE WRITING CLASSES

Posted by Victor Volkman on August 3, 2007 No comments

CREATIVE WRITING CLASSES with Life and Writing Coach Jane Saylor

Would you like to:
~ ENJOY writing more?
~ Feel more CONFIDENT with your writing on a personal and business level?
~ CHALLENGE yourself to learn?
~ Never be staring at a BLANK PAGE?
~ LEARN about yourself in a very unique way?

Get:
~ INDIVIDUAL attention; taught one to one
~ Classes set up according to YOUR SCHEDULE
~ A new PERSPECTIVE on writing

In addition:
~ Jane coaches in writing the same way she coaches in life, FOCUS IS ON THE INDIVIDUAL AS AN ENTIRE BEING, including Physical, Intellectual, Emotional and Spiritual.

~ Classes are FUN and always UPBEAT

To set up your INDIVIDUAL creative writing sessions which will take place over the telephone and the internet according to YOUR schedule, email Jane at GrandSchemePress@comcast.net.

A blog will be created with some of everyone’s work so others will have the opportunity to see YOUR CREATIVE BRILLIANCE!

$150 / 6 weeks (can be paid in three easy $50 payments) Use PayPal or check by mail

Jane E. Saylor, Life Coach
Bring your Hopes and Dreams into Your Reality!

Grand Scheme Enrichment Center
Plymouth, MI 48170
734-546-3260
www.JaneSaylor.com

Jacqueline Marcell – How to Get Celebrity Endorsements

Posted by Victor Volkman on July 29, 2007 No comments

On Thursday, July 27th, 2007 Irene Watson and Victor Volkman spoke with Jacqueline Marcell, best-selling author on eldercare, about how to get celebrity endorsements. She shares her secrets of how she obtained more than 50 prestigious endorsements including Hugh Downs, Regis Philbin, John Hopkins Memory Clinic, Duke University Center for Aging, Dr. Nancy Snyderman of NBC News, John D. Rockefeller IV, Leeza Gibbons, Ed Asner, Dr. Dean Edell, and others. Jacqueline says her missions are to: bring attention to the importance of long-term care planning; encourage funding for Alzheimer’s research and heighten early diagnosis awareness; enlighten healthcare professionals how they can better help the families they work with; provide solutions and hope to caregivers; expose elder abuse and exploitation.

Jacqueline Marcell was so compelled by a year of being the sole caregiver to her challenging elderly father and sweet but ailing mother (both with early Alzheimer’s not properly diagnosed for over a year), that once she figured everything out, medically and behaviorally, she gave up her stalled career as a television executive to become an advocate for eldercare awareness and reform. Determination to save others from a similar experience resulted in Jacqueline’s first best-selling book which written with a humorous twist on a serious subject. “Elder Rage, or Take My Father… Please! How to Survive Caring for Aging Parents.” It became a Book-of-the-Month Club selection; is required text at numerous universities for courses in geriatric assessment and management; and is being considered for a feature film.She is a big fan of www.BlurbsForYourBooks.com which is mentioned se
veral times in the show but please use the above link because a lot of people have mistyped it. Thanks

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Emi Battaglia – Facts and Truths from a Top Traditional Publisher

Posted by Victor Volkman on July 21, 2007 1 comment

On Thursday, July 19th 2007, Victor R. Volkman and Irene Watson spoke with Emi Battaglia, Vice-President and Associate Publisher at Grand Central Publishing, a division of Hachette Book Group (formerly known as Warner Books). She directs the entire range of marketing strategy and activities for the company and all books on their lists. Emi spoke with us about how marketing works in “one of the biggest of the small publishers”. With an annual output of 300 new titles per year, GCP has a considerable role in the marketplace. We talked specifically about how a traditional publisher supports the author with marketing, how book and media tours work, how books get placed into a traditional publisher, and how a unique marketing mix can be developed to match the strengths of each title and its author.

Emi works closely with the publisher, authors and editors, and with the heads of sales, advertising/promotion, account marketing, publicity, and online marking. Emi has been in the publishing business since 1984 in various positions at St Martin’s Press, New American Library, Simon and Shuster and other companies. She helpedan launch Martha Stewart Living magazine and has earned two Awards for Excellence from Literary Market Place (LMP). She has personally worked with many notable authors including Jack Welch, Kitty Kelley, Michael D. Eisner, Maria Shriver, Bill Gates, David Baldacci, and Brad Meltzer. She is sharing her unique experience of more than 20 years in the publicity side of the business. Her passion is seeing an author deliver their message successfully through the media to bookbuyers.

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