Kalynn Amadio, host of Boomer's Ultimate Guide podcast, interviews baby boomers about what they do, and their challenges. She started the show 2 months ago, and already has 90,000 downloads. I shall be on her show today, however, my interview will not air until January, 2015. I shall send a link when it's up on the schedule. As a baby Continue Reading
What Do You Get From Winning a Book Award?
The 2014 Readers’ Favorites Awards ceremony just ended in Miami, Florida. I was lucky to step on stage to receive the "Gold" medal for my memoir, Freeways to Flip-Flops: A Family’s Year of gutsy Living on a Tropical Island The ceremony was held at the Regency Hotel in conjunction with the Miami Book Fair, on November 22nd, Continue Reading
Readers’ Favorite Awards-2014 Gold Medal for My Memoir
I'm on my way to Miami to receive the 2014 Readers' Favorite, "Gold" Medal Award for memoirs. I am very happy, honored and surprised. My biggest joy is to meet my fellow bloggers, authors, and those who have contributed to the "My Gutsy Story" Anthology. Linda Kovic Skov on page 234 of My Gutsy Story® Anthology: True Stories of Continue Reading
Portraying Pain and Survival in Memoir by Amy Friedman
As someone who loves to read and write memoirs, I was inspired by Amy Friedman's life story, and the lessons she offered memoir writers at the California Writers Club-Orange, on Saturday, November 8th, 2014. Her presentation topic, "Portraying Pain and Survival in Memoir," is one that she is intimately connected to herself, with her Continue Reading
Finding Your Book Customers
Dan Poynter is the guru of self-publishing; we all know that, but what you might not know is that Dan is a pilot, skydiver, Master Parachute Rigger, and an aviation historian. He is a world traveler—53 countries and the North Pole. The reason we need to know this is that Dan emphasizes how passion for a specific topic makes it easier to build Continue Reading