June 2007 Writers On Call Schedule

Are you hoping or planning to start a freelance writing business? If so, have you joined Writers on Call yet? These classes contain some great information about becoming a better writer and how to start or operate a freelance writing business. Here’s the schedule for June. You won’t want to miss these classes, so subscribe NOW! http://www.yvonneperry.net/Writersoncall.htm

June 7 - Re-Evaulating Your Goals for 2007

Suzanne Lieurance will be facilitating this class. During this session we'll look back at the goals each of you created for yourself in January. We'll talk about the progress each of you has made, the setbacks you might have experienced, and any other problems you've had moving forward with these goals. If you never created definite career goals for yourself in January, we'll help you do that during this telesession. We'll also look back at some of the telessions we have presented so far this year, to see if any of these other writers have provided a good model for you to follow with any of your writing goals and projects.

June 14th - Group Critique Session

This week, subscribers are invited to submit their query letters, cover letters, etc. for critique and review. Before the session, we'll also review tips for writing effective query letters. Suzanne Lieurance will be facilitating this class.

June 21 – PART 3 of a 6-Part Series on HOW TO START AND MANAGE A FREELANCE WRITING BUSINESS

In this class we will conduct a personal assessment of our strengths and weaknesses. We will capitalize on our strengths, and overcome weaknesses or else learn to work around them. Do you have specialties or niche writing you enjoy? Find out what type of writing best suits your style. Yvonne Perry will be facilitating this class.

June 28 – PART 4 of a 6-Part Series on HOW TO START AND MANAGE A FREELANCE WRITING BUSINESS

How do you know what to charge for freelance gigs and ghostwriting projects? Learn how the pros set prices as Yvonne Perry facilitates this information-rich class.

Jump Start Your Career as a Freelance Writer

Are you trying to start your career as a freelance writer, or do you want to take your writing career to the next level?

Then, here's a great program for you. It's called Writers on Call—a subscription-based weekly teleclass for writers.

Every Thursday night at 7 p.m. Central Time, full-time freelance writers and hosts, Suzanne Lieurance and Yvonne Perry, offer a 55-minute group tele-coaching session. And you don't need any special equipment to take part in these weekly sessions - just a telephone. The classes are recorded so you don’t miss any vital information if you cannot make the call. If you want to participate in the weekly conference classes, go to Write On! Creative Writing Services and subscribe to Writers on Call.

If you want to make money on a program that helps freelance writers, go to The Working Writer's Coach blog and get your affiliate link for Writers on Call. On the Working Writer's Coach blog, scroll down until you see “affiliates - sign in here” in the right column of the homepage. Once you sign in, you should be able to grab your personal affiliate link to the program. However, if you have any problems, email Suzanne at suzanne@workingwriterscoach.com .

TGIF April 13, 2007 Children's Writing Coach is here!

Children's Writing Coach Suzanne Lieurance

Suzanne Lieurance is a professional writer who has a desire to help other freelance writers reach their dreams and goals. Suzanne is known as the working writer’s coach. She is a successful freelance writer whose focus is on assisting writers and authors with the mechanics of writing and the art of networking. Suzanne is Yvonne Perry's guest on Writers in the Sky podcast today!

Suzanne and Yvonne have partnered on several events such as the 40-article challenge and the New Year’s article challenge. Their strategic alliance has proven beneficial to each of them. Their latest endeavor is Writers on Call—subscription-based teleclasses where they teach other writers how to start and operate a freelance writing business.

Click here to listen to the show...

Suzanne has written many books for children which have been published by major publishing houses. During Yvonne's interview with Suzanne, they will talk about Suzanne's coaching programs - both for children's writers and for those who write for adults.

Read more about Suzanne’s children’s coaching program and learn how you can participate at http://www.writingforchildrencenter.com.

Sign up here to receive Suzanne’s two free ebooks - Get Your Freelance Writing Career Off the Ground and Tricks of the Trade: Learn to Write for Children. Every weekday morning you'll also receive The Morning Nudge, a few words to inspire and motivate you to get a little writing done.

Writers trying to Call in

Last night Suzanne Lieurance and I opened our teleclass, Writers on Call, to the members of the New Year's Article Challenge Group. Many of those writers have been participating in a challenge to write 30 articles for article directories in the past 60 days.

When we tried to call in, some of us couldn't connect because our "conference organizer had not arrived." I called Suzanne, our designated conference organizer, on my cell phone to find out what was happening. She was getting a message saying "All circuits are busy." She gave me her organizer passcode and I called in as the organizer which allowed the other callers to join the call. However, Suzanne still couldn't get in. When I tried to piggy-back her into the call using the second line on my home phone, all those already on the call were dropped. It took several tries before we got everyone on the call. Some didn't call back which was unfortunate.

We had never encountered this problem before while using freeconference.com. We were really wondering what was causing the problem. Ask and you shall receive: Immediately after the call ended, I got an email from freeconference.com notifying me that Sprint was blocking access to those using their wireless or long-distance services to connect with free conferencing services.

Hal Manogue, Poet and Author of Short Sleeves A Book For Friends and Short Sleeves Insights has written his quota of 30 articles and was on the call last night. He wrote an interested note on his blog regarding our teleconference last night and I wanted to share it with you. Read Hal's post here....

We plan to have another article challenge starting in May. Do you want to know how to participate in the writing contest and drive business to your blog or Web site via article marketing? See http://www.the-working-writers-coach.blogspot.com/

Do you Need an Editor?

No matter how good a writer you are, another pair of eyes on your manuscript will see things you don't. As writers, we get too close to our work to look at it objectively. That is why it is always a good thing to have someone else proofread your book before you start to publish it. This is especially true for those who are self-publishing or using a POD company that doesn't offer editing services.

Write On! Creative Writing Services is a team of highly qualified writers and copy editors with years of experience in journalism, ghostwriting, book editing, creating ad copy, and writing technical and business documents. This team of writers is able to help authors get their book ready to present to a publisher. We can help you write your query letter or book proposal. If you have a book idea, but don't know how to put the manuscript together, we can coach you or write the book for you.

On our Web site, you may meet the writing team members, see writing samples, view Yvonne Perry's media kit, contact her references, read testimonials, subscribe to the complimentary Writers in the Sky newsletter, podcast and blog, find a writing coach, sign up for writing teleclasses, read about books or review a list of clients the team has served.

Teleseminar Basics

By Barry Stein

Teleseminars is basically the same as teleconferencing. For those who are unfamiliar with either term, teleseminars or teleconferencing involve a telephone call among a group of people who usually all phone the same telephone number to be connected to each other.

Though it is not a new concept, the telephone meeting idea has gone through many technological changes through the years. It started as a simple office conference call among employees in long-distance locations. Today, technology allows the host or presenter to include training sessions, sales and marketing presentations, Power Point Presentations, videos, and much more. They are becoming increasingly popular as people come to realize the cost savings of a teleseminar compared to an in-person presentation. This is especially true of businesses which have locations not only nationally, but internationally as well.

The cost savings in travel alone can more than cover the cost of the equipment and the service itself. One company has a conference call scheduled weekly between their Delaware office and their office in Dublin, Ireland. It would be economically unfeasible for everyone to get together in person to have a meeting on a weekly, or even monthly, basis.

As we look toward the future, teleconferencing will likely evolve into video conferencing. Videoconferencing is being done more and more widely, and it is likely to become commonplace, especially with so many people becoming interested in working at home or wanting less travel with their jobs.

All of this new technology is wonderful, in its place, but teleconferencing cannot and will not replace the in-person seminar or meeting. The telephone will never replace the personal contacts and relationships that are developed through people getting together as a group, nor should it. However, teleconferencing does provide a way to bring people together effectively and inexpensively, and it represents an opportunity for entrepreneurs.

Barry Stein has been making his living online since 1997. He owns http://www.easyteleseminarbasics.com where he offers Teleseminar Basics, which teaches people how to conduct free teleseminars to build their business.

Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Barry_Stein

Are You Ready to Take Your Writing Career to the Next Level?

If you're ready for almost FOUR hours of group coaching each and every month, with information and tips that will help you take your writing career to the next level, then you're ready for Writers on Call.

Have you attended other teleclasses or teleseminars only to be disappointed because they were really just advertisements for more expensive products or services, and didn't provide you with concrete information you could put to use immediately?

Then you WON'T be disappointed when you subscribe to Writers on Call.

Each and every session includes suggested actions and activities you can implement almost as soon as the call ends. And you don't need any special equipment for the class - just a telephone!

So subscribe now and get ready to see your writing career really take off!

NETWORK WITH US March 2007

NETWORK WITH US is a regular feature of Writers in the Sky (WITS) Newsletter.

You may add your announcement or brag about your writing accomplishment; tell us about your book or business; share information and ideas or send articles and advertorials for the next issue. See our submittal guidelines.

Here are the E-nouncements from our readers this month:


CONTESTS:

The King/Lieurance New Year’s Article Challenge is in full swing! Twenty-five writers from all over the world are competing to write 30 articles each by the end of March 2007. Do you want to get in on the action? See our Web site for more information or to join the Yahoo group.

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Those who enjoy a contest will want to know about the $100 cash prize Yvonne Perry is giving as the Write On! Award for the Best Creative Writing of the Year. Yvonne has joined Irene Watson with Reader Views for her annual literary awards and they both encourage you to submit your work.

Criteria: Must have original, imaginative and creative use of words that create vivid mental pictures of scenes and characters.

My award is not the only award being given. A complete list of contests being offered by Reader Views is available at http://www.readerviews.com/Awards.html.

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Win a Weekend in London That Money Can’t Buy:
Author gives away exclusive and glamorous weekend in London to promote book

New York, New York – A weekend in London might not seem unique to many, but the weekend Richard Hains has planned for the winner of his “Win a Weekend in London That Money Can’t Buy Competition,” is not one you’ll find in any travel brochure. “I wanted a bold and innovative way to attract attention to my new novel, Chameleon,” says author Hains, who’s one of London hottest bachelors and knows the nightclub and celebrity scene well. “Book signings seem very 1985 in this fast moving, commercial world.”

The contest, developed with his publishers, Beaufort Publishing in New York, was designed to raise the profile of Chameleon, his racy, award-winning new novel. “Win a Weekend in London That Money Can’t Buy Competition” is the result, and no one knows London’s fast lane better than Hains, a successful hedge fund manager, gold mine developer, and a man well known around the U.K. Recently profiled in an exclusive interview with Tatler Magazine (Dec 2006), where he was flatteringly and perhaps uniquely compared to James Bond, Jay Gatsby and Thomas Crown, Hains is now opening up his fascinating world to one lucky winner.

To help promote the contest, Hains has also done a slick, funky music video filmed around the fabulous sites of London, which is already attracting attention. It can be viewed on YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7geUpWUb04) or on Hains’ Chameleon web site (www.chameleonanovel.com). “In this day and age it doesn’t seem enough simply to have a well-reviewed novel to attract any real attention to it,” says Hains.

Hains’ contest is raising more than the book’s profile, he’s raising a few eyebrows in the publishing world as well. “Most contests lack real imagination,” cites Hains, “I accept that this is bold, but I wanted to give people something worth winning, a fun, exclusive weekend and a chance to step out of their lives, even for only a couple of days.”

Chameleon is an edgy, racy, fast-paced Wall Street thriller written by an insider who’s spent a good piece of his life managing an intensely private hedge fund. “It is difficult to write a highly contemporary book about big money, high ambition and low morals without a solid thread of sex and drugs and rock and roll,” says Hains. So will the weekend be as racy as the book? “No way, it’s a pure fun weekend, with a dash of old-fashioned frivolity in one of the truly great cities of the world.”

The contest includes an all-expense-paid roundtrip ticket to London from anywhere in the U.S., first class accommodation, a personal driver to take the lucky recipient to any of London’s wonderful tourist sites or shopping spots during the day, and two evenings spent with one of London’s fastest-moving bachelors at some of the finest restaurants and most fashionable clubs in London.

Chameleon has been recently optioned by the highly successful producers of the award-winning film, Hotel Rwanda. Hains has recently completed the final draft of the screenplay and the project is currently in pre-production. It will be formally launched at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival.

The contest will begin on Feb. 1, 2007 and the winner will be announced at Book Expo America in June 2007. So where does a playboy take a competition winner? “Everywhere.” Hains smiles flirtatiously, “the hot spots, a combination of the new and the old. I hope,” he adds, “that people will have fun with this. Sure, it’s meant to promote the book, but more importantly, I wanted to have a good time with it.”

Title: Chameleon Author: Richard Hains
Genre: Fiction/Thriller ISBN: 978-0825305108
FMI: www.chameleonanovel.com
You Tube Clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7geUpWUb04

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For those interested in a DVD exploring the complex and compelling face of poetry, Loida Mariano of Bryan World Productions, LLC would like to announce Graffiti Verite’ 6 (GV6) The Odyssey: Poets, Passion & Poetry (UPC: 6 053 610 926 2 8).

GV6 The Odyssey DVD embodies and reveals the intellectual / spiritual truth behind 31 Multi- Ethnic Award -Winning Published and Respected Poets and their Poetic Creations in a seamlessly woven, uniquely honest visual tapestry. Deftly guided by Multi-Award Winning Indie Filmmaker Bob Bryan (Executive Producer / Director of the Graffiti Verite’ Documentary Series, GV6 synthesizes One-on-one Poetry Readings, Graphic Iconography, Creative insights, and fascinating dramatic poignant Interviews.

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GV6 The Odyssey DVD stands as a "Must-See Documentary Presentation" with huge Educational and Creative implications for those drawn to language and literature! Educators and Creative Writing instructors will find GV6 an invaluable tool for awakening students' interest in the thrilling exploration of Poetry.

Decide for yourself what's going on. Those interested in scheduling a screening of GV6 please contact Loida at 323/856-9256 or bryworld@aol.com. Web site: www.graffitiverite.com.

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Exceptional Magazine Teleconference Series: Cash In On That Book Inside You!

If you would like to find time to write, get published quickly, and turn your ideas into money, then you won't want to miss this webinar.

Learn how to become a published author and turn your ideas into cash Guest Speaker, Jo Condrill is a best-selling, award winning author, Founder and CEO of GoalMinds, Inc., Award-Winning Speaker, Consultant, and Team-Builder. Author Jo Condrill will show you how to:

· Generate a manuscript

· Find a publisher

· Market your book

· Sell translation rights

Register today and reserve a space for this informative Teleconference/webinar!

Date: April 25, 2007
Time: 6:00PM - 7:00PM Eastern Standard Time
More teleconference details to follow.
Registration Deadline: April 18, 2007

Click here for more information or to register

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BOOK SIGNING

Blind and physically disabled motivational speaker, poet and author Shirley Cheng will be holding a book signing and donating some of the proceeds to Christian Blind Mission International. The book signing will be held at Borders Books, Music & Cafe (1820 South Road, Wappingers Falls, NY 12590) from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on Friday, March 16.

The books she will sign include her inspirational autobiography The Revelation of a Star's Endless Shine, Dance with Your Heart: Tales and Poems That the Heart Tells, and 101 Great Ways to Improve Your Life, Volume 2, which she co-authored with leading experts like Jack Canfield, Dr. John Gray, and Dr. Richard Carlson. Cheng will also take pre-orders for her book Waking Spirit: Prose & Poems the Spirit Sings, and the latest installment in the bestselling "Wake Up...Live the Life You Love" series, to which she contributed, along with highly notable people including Carla and Lou Ferrigno, TV's the original "Incredible Hulk" and neighbor on the network television comedy show, "King of Queens"; Dr. Wayne Dyer; and Tony Robbins.

For more information, to ask her to speak at your event, or to schedule her for a book signing, contact Cheng via http://www.shirleycheng.com.

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Talk Radio for Authors – Getting Interviews Across the U.S. and Canada, by Francine Silverman, is hot off the press from Infinity Publishing. The book is a valuable resource for authors looking for radio interviews.

There are 40 categories and each listing contains the show’s theme, guest criteria, email address and website, along with host and guest bios providing background information and host opinions on what constitutes the best and worst guests. All this is designed to simplify the process of matching the guest with the show’s specialties and provide an intimate look at each program.

Please visit Fran’s blog at http://booktalkradio.blogspot.com, designed for hosts and guest authors to share their interview experiences.

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New Podcast Novel from Award-Nominated Author Officially Launches

Tee Morris challenged both publishing and audiobook conventions in January 2005 by giving away his fantasy novel, MOREVI: The Chronicles of Rafe and Askana, as a podcast. Done as a serial, each chapter of the novel was made available to mp3 players everywhere. The co-author of Podcasting for Dummies officially returns to the podcast fiction arena with Billibub Baddings and the Case of the Singing Sword, now playing at TeeMorris.com and Podiobooks.com.

“If MOREVI is described as Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon meets Pirates of the Caribbean, then Billibub Baddings is The Lord of the Rings written by Mickey Spillane. Instead of the pirates, swordfights, and swashbuckling adventure of my first podcast, I’m offering an axe-wielding dwarf standing toe-to-toe with the mob in 1929 Chicago.” No one in either the hard-boiled detective or high-fantasy genre is safe in Billibub Baddings, and in this production Morris is bringing a few friends along for the ride. “Billibub Baddings will showcase an international cast, contributing their voices to my novel.” His cast includes podcasters Leann Mabry of Tag in the Seam, Paul S. Jenkins of the U.K. podcast Rev Up Review, and Chuck Tomasi of Technorama. Morris’ voice talents also include award-nominated authors Scott Sigler (EarthCore, Ancestor), J.C. Hutchins (7th Son), and New Zealand author Pip Ballantine (Chasing the Bard); award-winning author Paul Levinson (The Silk Code) and New York Times Bestseller Tracy Hickman (The Dragonlance novels). “Podcasting Morevi was a lot of hard work, but it was also a lot of fun. Bringing friends into this production has just stepped everything up a level, and I could not be happier with the end results.”

Tee Morris launched the Billibub Baddings podcast on St. Valentine’s Day, February 14 and is now available on Podiobooks.com, iTunes, Podcast Pickle, Yahoo! Podcasts and other podcast directories. If you can’t wait to hear the end, the print version is also available at leading retailers, online in digital formats, or directly from the publisher. Regarded as a pioneer of podcasting, Tee Morris was the first author to podcast a novel in its entirety and now hosts The Survival Guide to Writing Fantasy, a podcast about marketing and self-promotion for writers. For more information on the author and the Billibub Baddings Mysteries, visit www.teemorris.com or www.dragonmoonpress.com.

For More Information, contact:
Tee Morris
Phone – 703.565.6977
e-mail – tee@teemorris.com
Skype ID — teemonster

Author’s Corner March 2007

By Yvonne Perry

Oh, where, oh, where has the warm weather gone? Oh, where, oh, where could it be?

I don’t know about the rest of you but I’m finished with winter and it can go away now! Bring on the flowers, sunshine and warm temperatures.

I have made progress while hiding in my winter cave. My manuscript for Right to Recover: Winning the Political and Religious Wars over Stem Cell Research in America is in the facts-checking stage and will go to the copy editor at Nightengale Press by mid-March. The pub date is set for late summer 2007. Thanks to all of you who participated in last month’s stem cell survey. Your anonymous comments will be in my book.

Those who enjoy a contest will want to know about the $100 cash prize I am giving as the Write On! Award for the Best Creative Writing of the Year. I have joined Irene Watson with Reader Views for her annual literary awards and encourage you to submit your work to her. For a complete list of Reader Views contests, see http://www.readerviews.com/Awards.html.

Writers in the Sky Podcast has some exciting guests in March. Barbara Joe-Williams from Amani Publishing will be talking about publishing for African-American writers. Novelist Gigi Minor will discuss her book “The Fallen” on March 9th and Devra Ann Jacobs of Mystic Pop Magazine will be my guest on March 16. Then, I will begin a set of interviews with authors who are working with Author’s Marketing Experts (AME) to promote their books. On March 23rd I’ll have CEO Penny Sansevieri and G.D. Baum, the author of “Point and Shoot”. Mary E. Martin will join me on March 30, 2007 to talk about her book “Final Paradox”.

Suzanne Lieurance and I are enjoying facilitating Writers on Call—our weekly writing teleclasses. We have 16 participants who call in to listen and discuss the topic of the week. I am giving an 8-week course on “How to Write a Book” which has been well-attended. Suzanne has been focusing on marketing and driving traffic to our blogs. These are very informative classes with interactive coaching included. If you are interested in learning more about the classes or obtaining the audio recordings of the sessions, please see www.yvonneperry.net/writersoncall.htm.

We have some great articles, poems and book reviews this month. I look to see more of you submitting pieces for the NETWORK WITH US section next month. Surely there are contests, accomplishments or upcoming events you’d like this writing community to know about. I love to hear from my subscribers so please stay in touch!

Yvonne Perry
www.yvonneperry.net

Going Once, Going Twice, Gone!

Going Once, Going Twice, Gone! HURRY! HURRY!
Sign right up!You don't want to miss the introductory offer of $9.99 per month for Writers on Call--a subscription-based weekly group teleclass for freelance writers.Writers on Call teleclasses take place every Thursday night at 7:00 (Central Time) and last for 55 minutes. Freelance writing coach Suzanne Lieurance facilitates the calls twice a month. Freelance writer and "Networking Queen" Yvonne Perry takes over for the other two Thursday calls each month. All of the teleclasses are recorded, so even if subscribers can't attend the live calls they are given access to a link for the recorded call the next day and never have to miss a single teleclass.Subscriptions to Writers on Call, and the Writers on Call CDs Program, are available HERE!Writers on Call offers writers and writer wannabes the chance to ask questions and receive coaching for:* Promoting a freelance writing business* Writing press releases and articles* Finding lucrative writing opportunities* Operating a successful freelance writing business* Writing books, query letters, and publisher proposalsBut, you must hurry to take advantage of the introductory offer!If you enroll by midnight on January 31, 2007 your monthly price of $9.99 will be locked in for one year. If you miss the cut off, the classes will be $37 per month.A Writers on Call CDs Program is offered for only $67 per month. With this program, subscribers receive access to the teleconferences, class handouts, a perma-link to the audios, and a snail-mailed CD containing the mp3 files of each month's calls.

Suzanne Lieurance, The Working Writer's Coach, is the author of 12 published books and numerous articles for magazines, newsletters, and newspapers. She was an instructor for the Institute of Children's Literature for over 5 years and has been a master teacher at www.universityofmasters.com. She is the author of two free eBooks: Get Your Freelance Writing Career Off the Ground - and - Tricks of the Trade: Learn to Write for Children which are available at her website. Each weekday morning she publishes The Morning Nudge -- a few words to inspire and motivate writers to get a little writing done each day.[Photo]Yvonne Perry is the owner of Write On! Creative Writing Services based in Nashville, Tennessee. She and her team of writers provide ghostwriting for articles, press releases, books, brochures, resumes, and much more. Perry is the host for Writers in the Sky Podcasts, the publisher of a newsletter about writing and publishing, and the author of several books. Her latest book titled Right to Recover: Winning the Political and Religious Wars over Stem Cell Research in America is set to be released in mid 2007 by Nightengale Press. For more information, visit Perry's website.Subscribe to Writers on Call Teleclasses or Writers on Call CD Program and take your writing career to the next level!

Writers on Call Introductory Offer

Here's a great idea from Suzanne Lieurance, my co-facilitator for Writers on Call--weekly teleclasses about how to operate a freelance writing business and how to write a book.

When I worked in advertising years ago, "try before you buy" was a slogan we used often in advertising copy. And for good reason. People usually want to know what they're getting BEFORE they plunk down their hard-earned cash.

Well, writer Yvonne Perry and I realize that many people might want to "try before they buy" our Writers on Call program of monthly teleclasses. Plus, they may want to know more about both of us before signing up for the program, too.

Here's the link to an interview I did with Yvonne last fall for my class called Freelance Writing: How to Jumpstart Your Career. In this interview, Yvonne gives wonderful tips for starting your own freelance writing business. Plus, you'll "get to know" Yvonne and me a little better in this sampling of our teleclasses.

I hope you'll enjoy the interview and then subscribe to Writers on Call today. Yvonne began an exciting 8-part teleclass for Writers on Call January 18th about "How to Write a Book." During this session she talked about "What to do BEFORE You Start Writing Your Book."

Here's the link:

Listen to Part One Now

Listen to Part Two Now

Listen to Part Three Now

The price of these classes will not stay at this low introductory cost forever. Get in on the ground floor while the price is only $9.99 per month.

TGIF, January 19 Kathleen Jacoby

TGIF, January 19 and Yvonne Perry has uploaded a new show to Writers in the Sky Podcast!

Kathleen Jacoby's eclectic interests began as a child when she was exposed to science by her chemist father and to spiritualism by a great-grandfather. She remembers feeling “guided” from a very early age by what she calls her “inner teacher” and many of her life decisions have been framed by this presence which has always helped her to navigate life.

Kathleen is the author of three spiritual books: Vision of the Grail
www.grailvision.com Where You Live Is What You Learn (a guidebook to understanding how the number of your residence affects your life) and A Call To Prayer—an inner guide to help you live a prayerful life.


Click here to listen to Part 1...


Having been both self-published and picked up by a small publisher as a result of the self-published work, Kathleen has some great recommendations for writers interested in self-publishing, and some examples of what to watch out for.


Kathleen is the editor of a quarterly newsletter called Seasons of The Soul and is currently Senior Editor for Children of the New Earth Magazine and a columnist for several online magazines and a newspaper distributed in Southern California and Arizona. Her columns range from monthly numerology projections to reviews, children’s stories, and other articles based on timely topics.



Click here to listen to Part 2... and learn how you may submit articles to Children of the New Earth Magazine.

Need a Writing Coach but don't have much money?

Now Anyone Who is Serious About Developing a Writing Career Can Afford Coaching

When full-time writers and writing coaches, Suzanne Lieurance and Yvonne Perry noticed that coaching programs seemed out-of-reach for many beginning writers they started Writers on Call, weekly group coaching telesessions for only $9.99 per month.

Kansas City, Missouri (PRWEB) January 16, 2007 -- Many people dream of starting a career as either a part-time or full-time writer, but few beginning writers can afford a writing coach. When full-time freelance writers and writing coaches Suzanne Lieurance and Yvonne Perry realized this, they decided to start Writers on Call, a subscription based weekly group teleclass to offer writers and writer wannabes the chance to ask questions and receive coaching for:

* Promoting a freelance writing business
* Writing press releases and articles
* Finding lucrative writing opportunities
* Operating a successful freelance writing business
* Writing books, query letters, and publisher proposals

At only $9.99 per month, now anyone serious about starting a writing career can afford nearly four hours of group coaching and interactive learning per month. Writers on Call teleclasses take place every Thursday night at 7:00 (Central Time) and last for 55 minutes. Lieurance facilitates the calls twice a month and Perry takes over for the other two Thursday calls each month. All of the teleclasses are recorded, so even if subscribers can't attend the live calls they are given access to a link for the recorded call the next day and never have to miss a single teleclass.

A Writers on Call CDs Program is also offered for only $35.99 per month. With this program, subscribers receive access to the teleconferences, a perma-link to the audios, and CDs with mp3 files of all the calls are mailed to them each month.

Suzanne Lieurance, The Working Writer's Coach, is the author of 12 published books and numerous articles for magazines, newsletters, and newspapers. She was an instructor for the Institute of Children's Literature for over 5 years and has been a master teacher at www.universityofmasters.com. She is the author of two free eBooks: Get Your Freelance Writing Career Off the Ground - and - Tricks of the Trade: Learn to Write for Children which are available at her website. Each weekday morning she publishes The Morning Nudge -- a few words to inspire and motivate writers to get a little writing done each day.

Yvonne Perry is the owner of Write On! Creative Writing Services based in Nashville, Tennessee. She and her team of writers provide ghostwriting for articles, press releases, books, brochures, resumes, and much more. Perry is the host for Writers in the Sky Podcasts, the publisher of a newsletter about writing and publishing, and the author of several books. Her latest book titled Right to Recover: Winning the Political and Religious Wars over Stem Cell Research in America is set to be released in mid 2007 by Nightengale Press. For more information, visit Perry's website.

Subscriptions to Writers on Call, and the Writers on Call CDs Program, are available online HERE.

This press release was posted on PRWeb Tuesday, January 16, 2007 http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/1/prweb496751.htm

TGIF Jan. 12 Janet Grace Riehl

TGIF January 12 and Yvonne Perry has uploaded her interview with Janet Grace Riehl

Janet Riehl is an award-winning author, speaker, and creativity coach. Her poems, stories, and essays are widely published in national literary magazines. Janet’s work appears in three anthologies. She is 2006 finalist for Poet Laureate of Lake County, California. Her memoir of six generations told in story poems is Sightlines: A Poet’s Diary.

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In our interview on Writers in the Sky Podcast, Janet and I discuss how she got started as a writer and how she published her book of poetry through a print-on-demand POD.

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Crocus
by Janet Grace Riehl

I offer her the first crocus.
Purple in a red-orange vase.
“That was Mom’s,” she said.
Yes. Francoma.
Cousin Cynthia showed me how to spot it.
Highly collectible.
An amphora crested with spring.

She draws closer to inspect it.
Tips it up to drink the water.
She starts to nibble the leaves and blossoms.
Flowers, Mom. To look at.

But, what if essence of crocus
surging through her bloodstream
is exactly what she needs?

Learn how Janet started writing poetry after the tragic death of her beloved sister, and how she published her book through iuniverse.com. In Part 2, you will enjoy hearing Janet read a selection of her poetry.
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TGIF January 5 Peter Bowerman Show Uploaded

TGIF January 5 and Yvonne Perry has uploaded her interview with Peter Bowerman!

In 1993, after a 15-year career in sales and marketing, Peter Bowerman turned his sights to freelance commercial writing. With no industry experience, no previous paid writing experience and no writing background, he built a commercial freelancing business in Atlanta, Georgia from fantasy to full-time in less than four months.

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His corporate client list has included The Coca-Cola Company, MCI, BellSouth, IBM, UPS, Holiday Inn, Cingular Wireless, DuPont, American Express, Mercedes-Benz, The Discovery Channel, Junior Achievement, Georgia-Pacific, The Cartoon Network, the CDC, The American Heart Association and many others.He has published over 250 articles and editorials, leads seminars on writing
and is a professional coach on both commercial freelancing business start-up
and self-publishing.

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In 2006, he released The Well-Fed Self-Publisher: How to Turn One Book into a Full-Time Living. This eagerly anticipated how-to guide to making your book a commercial success – minus the big publisher or hefty marketing budget – chronicles his own successful self-publishing path, where he indeed created a full-time living for more than five years (and counting). For more details, visit: http://www.wellfedsp.com/.

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TGIF December 29, 2006 - Jessica Dockter

TGIF December 29 and I've uploaded a new show to my podcast Writers in the Sky!

Jessica Dockter is a graphic artist and book designer and a member of the Write On! team. She is also the owner of L.E.E. Design.

Jessica’s expertise is in building Web sites, creating company logos, designing book covers and interior layout for eBooks. She is a writer’s dream come true. I didn’t know how much I needed her until she took ten hours off the time I was spending to create my newsletter each month. She was able to set up a template that would allow me to archive my past issues and have the current issue available on the page without having to manually input the new material each month.

She will be sharing with us all the ways a writer needs a graphic designer from illustrations to html newsletters, Jessica can do it all at an affordable price and she is ready to help writers "brand" themselves into the publishing marketplace.

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TGIF December 22, 2006 - Zach Everson

TGI Friday and I have uploaded a new show to my podcast.

Zach Everson is a freelance writer, editor, public speaker and consultant in Washington, DC. He is also a very entertaining podcast guest.

Zach has written for the Greensboro News & Record and the Reading (MA) Times Chronicle. He recently published an article in Backstreets, a magazine that focuses on Bruce Springsteen and related Jersey Shore artists. Zach graduated cum laude from Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC with a Bachelor of Arts in English, and a minor in Journalism.

In Part One of our interview we discuss how Zach started his writing and editing career from the proceeds of a real estate investment.

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In part two we discuss Zach’s why he decided to become a Toastmaster and how his public speaking experience has been helpful to him as a writer.

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To learn more about Zach, please visit www.zacheverson.com

You may listen to Writers in the Sky Podcast here: http://yvonneperry.blogspot.com.

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