Authors Access

Victor Volkman will be appearing at the Vermont Veterans Combat Stress Symposium.  Although only working behind the scenes of this event, he is the editor of Beyond Trauma: Conversations on Traumatic Incident Reduction (2nd Ed) and several other books on Traumatic Incident Reduction (TIR).

The Symposium takes place on March 3rd, 2007 at the Capitol Plaza hotel in Montpelier, Vermont.  Featured speakers include David W. Powell, author of My Tour in Hell: A Marine’s Battle with Combat Trauma, Travis Jones, MA, and Ragnhild Malnati, LICSW.

 Hope to see you there!

On February 22nd 2007 at 8PM EDT we speak with Brent Sampson is the president and CEO of Outskirts Press, Inc., at www.OutskirtsPress.com.  Brent will walk us through the bizarre and confusing world of understanding Amazon sales ranks.  Specifically, he’ll talk about how to find your rank, what Amazon claims the rank means, common myths of the sales rank, tips for increasing your sales rank and much more.

Outskirts Press simplifies the publishing process by offering turn-key publishing and marketing packages that combine the best aspects of traditional and independent publishing.  As an award-winning author, poet, speaker, and artist, Brent Sampson understands the mania of the muse and how to infuse success into every creative endeavor.  Brent’s proficiencies with selling, marketing, publishing, and coaching conspired to launch Outskirts Press, one of the fastest growing on-demand publishing companies in America, with a growth rate exceeding 30% per month.  A publishing company is only as successful as its authors; Outskirts Press authors earn up to tens-of-thousands a dollars per month in royalties, thanks largely to the education and coaching available exclusively through the Outskirts Press Marketing COACH, offering Creative, Online Assistance, Coaching, and Help.  The first in a series of Marketing COACH books and workbooks written by Brent Sampson will be published in March, 2007 titled “Sell Your
Book on Amazon.”  Learn how to get a free 14-page “sneak peek” eBook during the show.

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On February 15th 2007 at 8PM EDT we speak with Joyce Scott, IBM Top Sales Leader, executive coach and global firm founder. Joyce defines how to defeat political games and reach specific corporate goals. She’ll be talking with us on critical elements of success in the publishing industry including dodging sacred cows, gamesmanship, playing as a team, and understanding the buyer’s view of your product. Joyce is a nationally credentialed business politics expert with published work, high performance work expertise, and clients and media recommendations. Joyce is CEO of Superb Speakers and Trainers Bureau her own fourteen year old consulting firm featuring expert global speakers, facilitators, consultants, and trainers.

Clients include AT&T,IBM, WITI, Sematech International, 3M, Medtronic, PPDI-Pharmaco, Hispanic and Black MBA Associations members, National Association or Women in Business Association-NAWBO. Joyce Scott is featured in top selling books: Go Girl Guide Surviving Your 20s With Savvy Soul and Style by Julia Bourland by McGraw-Hill and quoted in – How to Act Like a CEO, McGraw Hill and The $100,000 Club both by D.A. Benton, Time-Warner. Joyce’s book on corporate politics, False Labor – Games This Mother Teaches You is in development.

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UPDATE: Our interview was postponed this week due to a medical emergency.  We hope to have Marjaree back in April/May 2007 for this very important show. 

On Thursday, February 8th, 2007 at 8PM EDT we spoke with Marjaree Stapperfenne, managing editor of www.abetterbewrite.com. She shared with us some great “inside” tips on how to get that perfect title that sells your book for you including fitting your title to the genre, preventing buyer disappointment, when to freeze the title, and making the most of synergy.

Ms. Stapperfenne is a mystery-writer in southern New Jersey. Having majored in college in thrillers, having majored in Psychology and Deviant Behavior, with anemphasis on mass murderers prepared her fo rbeing an author of  psycho-thrillers.  Her most recent titles include Cremator’s Revenge, Deadly Duplicates, and  Don’t Go Alone!  She is also a radio personality with her own
talk show on Internet Voices Radio.