Sunday, April 27, 2025

Book Marketing Announcements: The Authors Show® Lineup For The Week Of April 28, 2025


The Authors Show® serves as a resource for authors and allows members to engage in promotion and publicity for marketing purposes. The site offers professionally produced radio interviews that are broadcast worldwide.

Don McCauley has announced The Authors Show® broadcast schedule for the week of April 28, 2025. The new show schedule is available at The Authors Show® site.

For those who hope to sell books on the Internet, the challenge can be daunting. It can be confusing difficult, time consuming and expensive. The Authors Show® helps authors overcome these challenges by providing opportunities for greater visibility.

The Authors Show® shows offer professionally produced radio interviews that are broadcast worldwide.

The Authors Show® lineup for the week of April 28, 2025

Apr 28  
Channel 1     Larry Lockridge (USA)
Channel 2     Peter Ticktin (USA)
Channel 3     Jody Sharpe (USA)
Channel 4     Jeff Richards (USA)
Channel 5     A.L. Tayler (United Kingdom)
Channel 6     Anthony J. Mohr (USA)
Channel 7     Elizabeth A. Carter, PhD (USA)

Apr 29  
Channel 1     Donna Louis (USA)
Channel 2     Laura Moss White (USA)
Channel 3     Dante - (USA)
Channel 4     Jeffrey Marshall (USA)
Channel 5     Anne Wedgwood (United Kingdom)
Channel 6     Rosanne D'Ausilio, Ph.D (USA)
Channel 7     Joni Marie Iraci (USA)

Apr 30  
Channel 1     Eleanor Lawrie (Canada)
Channel 2     Jody Sharpe (USA)
Channel 3     Elisabeth Haggblade (USA)
Channel 4     John Mahaffey (USA)
Channel 5     Lisa Norman M.D. (USA)
Channel 6     Sue Tabashnik (USA)
Channel 7     Pam Ostrowski (USA)

May 1  
Channel 1     Victoria Gail Oltarsh (USA)
Channel 2     Nancy Hicks Marshall (USA)
Channel 3     Allen Gutwirth (USA)
Channel 4     Jeanne Buesser (USA)
Channel 5     Penny Orloff (USA)
Channel 6     Art Young (USA)
Channel 7     Jordan Eilbert (USA)

May 2 - May 4  
Channel 1     Tom Strelich (USA)
Channel 2     J.D. Mitschke (USA)
Channel 3     Craig Snyder (USA)
Channel 4     M.J. Polelle (USA)
Channel 5     A.L. Tayler (United Kingdom)
Channel 6     Katherine MK Mitchell (USA)
Channel 7     Grace Blair (USA)

Profile:

The Authors Show® is a professional interview podcast created in 2005 that offers participants multiple benefits that authors who are serious about marketing their work need to consider, especially inasmuch as these benefits have long lasting effects. The Authors Show broadcasts interviews on multiple channels, each featuring one individual author for a full 24hrs Monday through Thursday, and 3-day weekends, Friday through Sunday.

Contact:

Don McCauley
The Authors Show®
https://theauthorsshow.com

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Thursday, April 24, 2025

Assisted Living: What You Need To Know Before You Make A Decision - Bestselling Author Frances Fuller Addresses Politics In An Elder Care Community


Best-selling author Frances Fuller offers an insider's view of assisted living and a unique outlook on aging, based on her own experience. Her insights are penetrating and deal with issues that many seniors and their families are concerned about.

We might not believe it, but a move to an assisted living facility is not an end or a form of withdrawal. Most people in assisted living facilities remain deeply engaged with the world around them, driven by a sense of personal responsibility and a passion for their beliefs and causes. Their opinions, and concerns, now matured and tempered by decades of experience, bring a unique perspective to the table. While they might be retired from their jobs or careers, they are in no way retired from civic life.

Frances Fuller, author of the bestselling book on aging, 'Helping Yourself Grow Old', addressed this subject in a blog post on her site at https://FrancesFullerAuthor.com. In that post she wrote in part:

Jack rides his bike for exercise, as well as to the P.O. for some stamps and to the polling station on election day.

Mary is sad about the state of the world and fears she will not live to see it get better.

Lori still drives her car, still wears her politics on her lapel and goes to rallies.

Julie has spent many hours writing cards, reminding people to vote.

Dot feels the need to talk about the country’s issues, but she is afraid of offending someone. This makes her feel lonely.

Susan and her husband Zeb have organized a discussion group, involving like-minded people. They know that Dot is not the only one.

Al walks with the aid of his rollator and voted the way he has always voted, still convinced it is right.

Roberta is upset, because she thinks she voted wrong.

Ted can explain any mess and tell you in advance how it will all turn out.

But Ted doesn’t have a clue that Kathy cries because her family is divided and she is caught in the middle.

Most people avoid such subjects at the dinner table, limiting complaints to the temperature of their soup.

All of these people live in one elder care home. They are not unusual; they are just typical old people. They have gray hair and limps and bent backs. They also have strong opinions and a sense of personal responsibility. What we can learn from them is that elderly Americans have not retired from caring about their country and their world, or their beliefs and causes.

The institutions where they live are normally neutral. There are no political speeches, no banners or promotions. But the residents are free. They can still be devoted to causes, opinionated and involved. And they are all kinds of people, all backgrounds, all concerns, all political persuasions.

The full post is available at https://www.inborrowedhouseslebanon.com/politics-in-the-elder-care-community/.

In 'Helping Yourself Grow Old, Things I Said To Myself When I Was Almost Ninety', Frances provides readers with a closeup view of what it means to age well.

Unable to find a guidebook for aging, Fuller decided that she must figure out for herself how to live wisely through the puzzles and possibilities of aging, and while she learned she wrote. The result is thirty-eight personal essays, most of them resolves, promises she is making to herself and her family. In them she deals with such issues as grief, loneliness, physical limitations, fears, duties, and with the significance of her own life story. Guided always by her Christian faith, she tries to make sense of her own past and to understand her responsibility to younger generations. In the process she shares her daily life, enriched with memories from her fascinating experiences. Her stories and her voice---fresh, honest, irresistible---keep the reader eager for more. Her questions are universal. Her answers create a map through the challenging terrain of old age.

Frances Fuller's book is unique among the many books on aging, because it is personal, while most such books are written from an academic point of view. Most are penned by sociologists, doctors, gerontologists, even the CEO of AARP, and one by a Catholic nun, Joan Chittister. Chittister's book, 'The Gift of Years' is beautifully written, focusing on spiritual values and finding meaning in life. Chittister admits in the preface that she was only 70, which is the front edge of aging, and her book is somewhat abstract.

Atul Gawande’s book, 'On Being Mortal', relates medicine and old age, It enjoys high Amazon rankings, in the category of “the sociology of aging.” It contains a great deal of valuable scientific information and shows understanding of the physical and emotional needs of the elderly.

Frances Fuller’s book, 'Helping Yourself Grow Old, Things I Said To Myself When I Was Almost Ninety', is an up-close and very personal encounter with aging. It is an uncontrived and firsthand look at her own daily experiences: wrestling with physical limitations, grief, loneliness, fears, and the decisions she has made about how to cope with these and keep becoming a better person. She faces regrets and the need to forgive herself and others and is determined to live in a way that blesses her children and grandchildren.

Frances deals with many common, universal but sometimes private issues in an open, conversational tone. Her confessions and decisions invite self-searching and discussion. She tries to make sense of her own past and to understand her responsibility to younger generations. In the process she shares her daily life, enriched with memories from her fascinating experiences. Her stories and her voice — fresh, honest, irresistible — keep the reader eager for more. The end result is a book that helps create a detailed map through the challenging terrain of old age.

The result of this intimate narrative is that readers laugh, cry and identify with her mistakes and problems. Reviewers have called the book, “unique,” “honest,” “witty,” “poignant,” “challenging” and “life-changing.”

For these reasons it is a book unlike any other book on aging you will ever read. The book can serve as a primer on what lies in store for all of us, from someone who is working through many of these issues. While the book is a perfect fit for book clubs, there are many other individuals and groups who could benefit from the information and ideas in the book:

Those approaching retirement
People who are currently retired
Children of aging parents
Those who have lost a spouse
Retirement community discussion groups
Counselors
Educators
Life coaches
Church groups (men and women)

and a host of others. For group discussions, Fuller has made a set of discussion questions available at her website at http://www.FrancesFullerAuthor.com.

Readers have lavished praise on the new book. One Amazon review stated, "I find myself thinking,'I need to read this again and take notes!' It’s full of wisdom, humor, and grace. I also have committed to rereading it annually - it’s that important!" Another said, "There is valuable life experience in this book. Helping Yourself Grow Old is truly is a book for all ages, and one not to be missed." Another stated, "Beautifully written book telling timeless truths, for both the old and the young. Highly recommend this book for anyone who loves to laugh, cry, and learn wisdom from someone who has lived so much life."

Frances' prior work, 'In Borrowed Houses', has taken three industry awards and has achieved Bestseller status. Frances Fuller was the Grand Prize winner in the 2015 '50 Great Writers You Should Be Reading' Book Awards. It received the bronze medal for memoir in the Illumination Book Awards in 2014. Northern California Publishers and Authors annually gives awards for literature produced by residents of the area. In 2015 'In Borrowed Houses' received two prizes: Best Non-fiction and Best Cover.

Critics have also praised ‘In Borrowed Houses.’ A judge in the 22nd Annual Writer’s Digest Self-Published Book Awards called 'In Borrowed Houses' “ . . a well written book full of compassion . . . a captivating story . . . ”. Another reviewer described the book as “Wise, honest, sensitive, funny, heart-wrenching . . .”. Colin Chapman, lecturer in Islamic Studies at the Near East School of Theology in Beirut said, “ . . . western Christians and Middle Eastern Christians need to read this story…full of remarkable perceptiveness and genuine hope.”

Frances has shared stories about her life in an interview with Women Over 70, and a recording is available on their Facebook page.

Frances Fuller is available for media interviews and can be reached using the information below or by email at frances0516@att.net. The full text of her latest article is available at her website. Fuller's book is available at Amazon and other book retailers. A free ebook sample from 'In Borrowed Houses' is available at http://www.payhip.com/francesfuller. Frances Fuller also blogs on other issues relating to the Middle East on her website at http://www.inborrowedhouseslebanon.com.

About Frances Fuller:

Frances Fuller spent thirty years in the violent Middle East and for twenty-four of those years was the director of a Christian publishing program with offices in Lebanon. While leading the development of spiritual books in the Arabic language, she survived long years of civil war and invasions.

Contact:


Frances Fuller
frances0516@att.net
http://www.francesfullerauthor.com

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Sunday, April 20, 2025

Book Marketing Announcements: The Authors Show® Lineup For The Week Of April 21, 2025


The Authors Show® serves as a resource for authors and allows members to engage in promotion and publicity for marketing purposes. The site offers professionally produced radio interviews that are broadcast worldwide.

Don McCauley has announced The Authors Show® broadcast schedule for the week of April 21, 2025. The new show schedule is available at The Authors Show® site.

For those who hope to sell books on the Internet, the challenge can be daunting. It can be confusing difficult, time consuming and expensive. The Authors Show® helps authors overcome these challenges by providing opportunities for greater visibility.

The Authors Show® shows offer professionally produced radio interviews that are broadcast worldwide.

The Authors Show® lineup for the week of April 21, 2025

Apr 21
Channel 1     Tom Strelich (USA)
Channel 2     J.D. Mitschke (USA)
Channel 3     Nicholas Anderson (United Kingdom)
Channel 4     James D Paulk (USA)
Channel 5     Joseph Ganci (USA)
Channel 6     Eric Madeen (Japan)
Channel 7    Richard McMaster (USA)

Apr 22
Channel 1     Donna Louis (USA)
Channel 2     Richard Trayler (USA)
Channel 3     Carol Jean Wilson Allen (USA)
Channel 4     Richard Trayler (USA)
Channel 5     Nancine Meyer (USA)
Channel 6     Philippa Rees (United Kingdom)
Channel 7     S.G. Blaise (USA)

Apr 23
Channel 1     Don Baldwin (Ireland)
Channel 2     B.D. Lawrence (USA)
Channel 3     Nancy Hicks Marshall (USA)
Channel 4     Elsie McKenney (USA)
Channel 5     Rene Vecka (USA)
Channel 6     Jody Sharpe (USA)
Channel 7          Alfred James Dansbury, Sr. (USA)

Apr 24
Channel 1    N Cooper (United Kingdom)
Channel 2    Cynthia A. King (USA)
Channel 3    Robert Lloyd Russell (USA)
Channel 4    Kirsten Pursell (USA)
Channel 5    Valerie Doherty (USA)
Channel 6    Thomas Fargnoli (USA)
Channel 7    Bill Yarborough (USA)

Apr 25 - Apr 27
Channel 1     Douglas Norman (USA)
Channel 2     Mike F Elliott (USA)
Channel 3     Elisabeth Haggblade (USA)
Channel 4     Dr. Kixx Goldman (USA)
Channel 5     Joseph M Lenard (USA)
Channel 6     Alphonsus Obayuwana, MD, PhD, CPC (USA)
Channel 7     G. R. Boden (USA)

Profile:

The Authors Show® is a professional interview podcast created in 2005 that offers participants multiple benefits that authors who are serious about marketing their work need to consider, especially inasmuch as these benefits have long lasting effects. The Authors Show broadcasts interviews on multiple channels, each featuring one individual author for a full 24hrs Monday through Thursday, and 3-day weekends, Friday through Sunday.

Contact:


Don McCauley
The Authors Show®
https://theauthorsshow.com
 

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No Charge Download Of Bestselling Literary Fiction Ebook By Author Eric Madeen, Available In Ebook Form At Amazon April 23 and 24, 2025


‘Water Drumming In The Soul’ has been called a "modern-day classic" that redefines traditional narratives.

Bestselling author Eric Madeen has announced that his bestselling literary fiction ebook, 'Water Drumming In The Soul: A Novel Of Racy Love in the Heart of Africa', will be available at no charge in e-book format April 23 and 24, on Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/stores/Eric-Madeen/author/B08VGRNJVW?.

Eric Madeen is an award-winning, bestselling author of six books. His writings have landed in executive suites of publications, from senior to junior worldwide.

Elizabeth Montano, author of The Eternal Dawn Trilogy, called 'Water Drumming' " a novel so beautifully and realistically written I found it on par with works by whom we consider masters … Hemingway definitely comes to mind."

Like wunderkind best-seller Paul Theroux, Eric Madeen will always think of himself as a Peace Corps volunteer, one who, just after graduating from the University of Arizona, constructed in Francophone Gabon, Africa a primary school complex in an equatorial village surrounded by rainforest … where he got lost for three days while hunting monkeys for the cooking pot … and where notably he fell in love, giving his first novel, 'Water Drumming in the Soul' a vigorous fictional reality.

In this fiery tale set in steamy equatorial Africa, Peace Corps volunteer David Fields is on mission: to build a medical dispensary in a village where spells are cast on enemies and fear of a geek-shaman reigns. David seldom has his bearings – cultural or geographical – and must fight a cocktail of tropical maladies as well as social taboos as he throws himself into work. Until... he meets Assam. Captivated by her water drumming, her playing the stream as a drum, David is drawn to her early on and becomes the hunter captured by the game. And what a rollicking game of love it is - with a tension or excitement between them that never dissipates, … until the haunting end.

Readers and reviewers have expressed high praise for 'Water Drumming In The Soul'. Zaheer Baber; Professor of Sociology; University of Toronto, said, "Madeen's storytelling prowess shines through and resonates with authenticity. The characters, particularly Assam, are beautifully developed, challenging traditional stereotypes as in presenting a more nuanced and genuine portrayal of African culture.”

One Amazon reviewer said, "Water Drumming in the Soul not only tells a passionate love story, but it also delves into thought-provoking themes like culture, identity, and the power of human connection. It's a rollercoaster of emotions that'll have you laughing, crying, and everything in between. This isn't your typical love story! This novel is well-written and full of unexpected twists that keep you flipping those pages. Plus, the characters are so well-developed that you'll feel like you've known them forever. So, if you're ready for a wild and adventurous ride, grab a copy of this modern-day classic ASAP!"

Eric Madeen writes cross-genre, and is the author of a number of books:

Tokyo-ing! - This is an apt word for this bestselling trio of tales chiming with anyone even slightly interested in Asia’s most dynamic metropolis and its glazing of layers – be they cultural or taking-wing exuberant. Madeen does deep dives in three fascinating directions and voices, including the persona in first-person female. Then doesn’t let readers come up for air because they don’t want to -- until the delicious end.

Asian Trail Mix: True Tales From Borneo to Japan, a bestselling travelogue mixes it up on the Asian Trail in a voice that's by turns personal, passionate and ohhhh so very soulful. "So I get up at dawn and marvel at fog burning off into mist tumbling down like the finest mosquito netting of silk. The hills beyond the rivers' confluence, like shoulders of a woman undressing, the way the misty shroud lifts off feminine curves, higher and higher ... I tingle all over, feeling there on Borneo the dream tug of Joseph Conrad's fiction, notably Lord Jim." By turns literarily pathbreaking and intimate, this smorgasbord of travel essays scales down the sprawl of Asia by focusing on the unique and revelatory in gemmy prose. See up close and personal the razzmatazz of novice monks at play in northern Laos, the bonding with hustling pedicab drivers in Ho Chi Minh City, the rainforests blazed on gutsy treks across Borneo and Thailand's Elephant Island and novel things Japanese. Served up nice and spicy, Asian Trail Mix is slathered across 12 rocking-it essays plus a tall tale at its glorious ending, making for a baker's dozen of sumptuousness.

Tennis Clubbed, Snubbed and Rubbity-Dub Dubbed - In historically rich Yokohama, where Captain Perry and his Black Ships cracked open Japan, the wicked shiver of the tennis snub in the postmodern present pits David Adams against K: a puffed-up xenophobic tyrant who rules over the courts of a club that has as its anthem, ironically, the promotion of international friendship.

'Water Drumming In The Soul: A Novel Of Racy Love in the Heart of Africa' will be available at no charge in e-book format April 23 and 24, 2025 on Amazon.

Eric Madeen is available for media interviews and can be reached at ericsan@gol.com. All of his books are available at Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/stores/Eric-Madeen/author/B08VGRNJVW?. More information is available at his website at https://ericmadeen.com/.

About Eric Madeen:

Eric Madeen is a recently retired associate professor of modern literature at Tokyo City University and an adjunct professor at Keio University. He's an award-winning author of six books, and his writing has been published widely -- in Time, Asia Week, The East, Daily Yomiuri, Tokyo Journal, Kyoto Journal, Metropolis, Mississippi Review, ANA's inflight magazine Wingspan, Peace Corps Worldwide, Japanophile, Yomimono, The Pretentious Idea, Tombstone Epitaph, several anthologies, academic journals, therein his seminal essay "Under Western and Eastern Eyes" jointly published by the Ministry of Education of the Western Federation, Russia, and the Joseph Conrad Foundation, USA, and so on.

Madeen has been featured in several radio interviews (9 in the USA and 1 in Japan) and various print media. He once made his living copywriting for then-world's largest ad agency Dentsu for clients as diverse as Mazda, Subaru, Canon, Konica, Nikko Hotels International and Sony.

He was a Peace Corps volunteer in Francophone Gabon, Africa, where he built a primary school complex in an equatorial village surrounded by rainforest, a mind-blowing experience which inspired his first book.

Contact:


Eric Madeen
https://ericmadeen.com
ericsan@gol.com
 

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Tuesday, April 15, 2025

What Does Trump Love More Than Money? Power, Says Bestselling Author Elizabeth Graham


Kirkus Professional Book Reviewers said: "Graham's new book is an intriguing and informative ‘must read’ from a woman who is probably the best-informed American on the terrifying realities concerning Vladimir Putin's motivations and his control over Trump.”

Bestselling author Elizabeth Graham is an American who became a Russian and then returned to the U.S. with a warning for all Americans. The ebook version of her top-selling book, from 'Democracy to Democrazy', will be available at Amazon at no charge April 18 and April 19, 2025.

In a recent article posted on Substack, she wrote:

Wall Street has lost eleven trillion dollars due to Trump’s preposterous tariffs. Reciprocal tariffs would strike a fatal blow to the global trading system. And while Mr. Trump is scheming and playing golf, Mr. Putin is sitting in the Kremlin laughing. Countries worldwide, who issued sanctions against Russian state-owned banks and against Russian assets, which froze up to at least one trillion dollars - are now caught up in the Trump-Putin planned global tariff scam. Putin is the man behind the man.

Just suppose that Trump is not responding to this economic crisis, because he deliberately created it for another purpose. "Trump recently declared a national economic emergency under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) - granting himself sweeping authority over international trade. By declaring a national emergency, Trump unlocked access to over 120 statutory powers scattered throughout federal law. Many of these powers have nothing to do with trade and everything to do with expanding presidential authority." (anonymous)

Power is an aphrodisiac and it fuels many men especially those with a mental disease named narcissistic personality disorder (NPD). Disease symptoms include an excessive need for admiration, disregard for others’ feelings, an inability to handle any criticism, and a sense of entitlement. Trump shares this distinction with Adolph Hitler – a man who brainwashed an entire nation with his lies, fraud, rip-offs, and criminal delusions. All of Germany - many people had already fled the country - became mass murderers and killed six million Jews in Europe. When Hitler invaded Poland, WWII began, resulting in civilian and military deaths that exceeded 50 million souls. Today, Trump is committed to invading – by force if necessary – the countries of Greenland, Panama, Canada, and Gaza.

Trump – with assistance from Musk and Putin - is fleecing the entire world’s economy and at the same time, thousands of people in Africa are dying due to TB, HIV, and other diseases because Trump/Musk cut off funding to the USAID PEPFAR program that supplied their medications. This action has fueled a genocide and is now a “crime against humanity.” Trump doesn't give a damn.

Why does this matter? Even when legal domestic powers are limited, a national emergency lets the president:

- Frame the issue as a national security crisis, justifying aggressive action.

- Bypass Congress and the courts by acting unilaterally.

- Sway public opinion using fear, urgency, and patriotic rhetoric is focused on foreign threats.

Once the emergency is declared, the president taps into a hidden arsenal of “domestic control powers.” What began as a trade issue could quickly shift into civil liberties restrictions, mass surveillance, or even crackdowns under the legal shield of an “emergency.” This isn’t just about tariffs. It’s about redefining the boundaries of executive power. At the speed of light, Mr. Trump is now a dictator on the same scale as Hitler was 100 years ago. By creating a "crisis" he cleared the legal path to unbridled power – which could have been his goal all along!

Graham's book, 'From Democracy To Democrazy’, is now available at Amazon. The ebook version will be available at no charge at Amazon April 18 and 19th, 2025. Her new book titled ‘Survival’ will be published by the end of May 2025. More information is available at her website at https://democrazy2020.org/ or her Substack at https://egraham.substack.com.

About Elizabeth Graham:

Elizabeth Graham lives in a quiet rural city in northern Arizona. She had 4 children and has 3 grandchildren. Her oldest daughter died July 16, 2016 - three months before the U.S. 2016 election and while living/working in Japan. The Tokyo Police ruled her death a homicide by an unknown substance – possibly a poison - which is the signature lethal method used by Russians. There is more about her death and Elizabeth’s life in “From Democracy to Democrazy.”

Contact:


Elizabeth Graham
https://democrazy2020.org
graham1elizabeth@aol.com

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Sunday, April 13, 2025

Book Marketing Announcements: The Authors Show® Lineup For The Week Of April 14, 2025


The Authors Show® serves as a resource for authors and allows members to engage in promotion and publicity for marketing purposes. The site offers professionally produced radio interviews that are broadcast worldwide.

Don McCauley has announced The Authors Show® broadcast schedule for the week of April 14, 2025. The new show schedule is available at The Authors Show® site.

For those who hope to sell books on the Internet, the challenge can be daunting. It can be confusing difficult, time consuming and expensive. The Authors Show® helps authors overcome these challenges by providing opportunities for greater visibility.

The Authors Show® shows offer professionally produced radio interviews that are broadcast worldwide.

The Authors Show® lineup for the week of April 14, 2025

Apr 14  
Channel 1     Douglas Norman (USA)
Channel 2     Peter Ticktin (USA)
Channel 3     L. D. Wenzel (Norway)
Channel 4     M.J. Polelle (USA)
Channel 5     Penny Orloff (USA)
Channel 6     Linda Maria Frank (USA)
Channel 7     Jordan Eilbert (USA)

Apr 15  
Channel 1     Deb Lewis  (USA)
Channel 2     Laura Moss White (USA)
Channel 3     Michelle L. Clifton (USA)
Channel 4     Tomeko Brown (USA)
Channel 5     Judith Umlas (USA)
Channel 6     Alphonsus Obayuwana, MD, PhD, CPC (USA)
Channel 7     Grace Blair (USA)

Apr 16  
Channel 1     Eleanor Lawrie (Canada)
Channel 2     Jody Sharpe (USA)
Channel 3     Sharman Apt Russell (USA)
Channel 4     Steve Bassett (USA)
Channel 5     Valerie Doherty (USA)
Channel 6     Donna Louis (USA)
Channel 7     John Schoneboom (United Kingdom)

Apr 17  
Channel 1     Victoria Gail Oltarsh (USA)
Channel 2     Mike F Elliott (USA)
Channel 3     Craig Snyder (USA)
Channel 4     Dr. Kixx Goldman (USA)
Channel 5     Deborah Wynne (USA)
Channel 6     Linda Maria Frank (USA)
Channel 7     David Rich (USA)

Apr 18 - Apr 20  
Channel 1     Norman Brewer (USA)
Channel 2     Nancy Hicks Marshall (USA)
Channel 3     James Vogelzang (USA)
Channel 4     Steve Bassett (USA)
Channel 5     Shawn Lee (USA)
Channel 6     Linda Maria Frank (USA)
Channel 7     Wytisha Williams (USA)

Profile:

The Authors Show® is a professional interview podcast created in 2005 that offers participants multiple benefits that authors who are serious about marketing their work need to consider, especially inasmuch as these benefits have long lasting effects. The Authors Show broadcasts interviews on multiple channels, each featuring one individual author for a full 24hrs Monday through Thursday, and 3-day weekends, Friday through Sunday.

Contact:


Don McCauley
The Authors Show®
https://theauthorsshow.com

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Friday, April 11, 2025

No Charge Giveaway For Hilarious Best Selling Show Business Ebook, Jewish Thighs On Broadway, Available April 14 At Amazon


Penny Orloff's book, based on her own misadventures in Show Business, inspired a sidesplitting one-woman show performed all over the United States.

Bestselling author Penny Orloff recently announced that her comedic novel, ‘Jewish Thighs on Broadway: Misadventures of a Little Trouper,’ will be available in ebook form at no charge April 14 at Amazon.

The ebook version of 'Jewish Thighs on Broadway' has achieved bestseller status in a number of categories: Comedy, Biographies of Comedians, Humorous Literary Fiction, and Theatre Biographies.

Orloff's novel is populated by an oddball immigrant family, on-again-off-again lovers, diets from Hell, and a Rogue's Gallery from the Showbiz underworld; and every scene has readers laughing out loud.

“Jewish Thighs is a quirky, funny, first-person story, based on slightly fictionalized true events–the names have been changed to protect the guilty!” Penny said. “Like The Devil Wears Prada, it’s a love-hate mixture of celebration and revenge, leveled at a very sparkly profession with a very dark underside.”

Abigail Paine, born Miriam Rosen, has been in love with Showbiz and the performing arts since childhood, perpetually fantasizing herself as the Little Trouper Who Finds Stardom and True Love by the end of the movie. After a hundred shows and a hundred one-night stands, love and fame still elude her, and she'd rather eat cyanide than face another audition. Complicating her search for the Busby Berkeley ending is her primitive alter-ego: The Beast. This creature can track, kill, dismember, and devour an entire cheesecake; and kick the stuffing out of smaller muggers on the sidewalks of New York. When Abigail finds love at long last, she is faced with an agonizing choice: Showbiz or The Guy. As she laments, “Breaking into this Business is like breaking into Fort Knox; breaking out, we're talking Alcatraz.”

Orloff’s one-woman show, inspired by the novel, played to standing ovations and critical acclaim, including sold-out houses and rave reviews for its premiere in the Seattle Fringe Theater Festival in March, 2000. The show toured the U.S. for a decade, including a successful off-Broadway run in 2005.

The ebook version of the novel will be available free of charge April 14, 2025, at Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/Jewish-Thighs-Broadway-Misadventures-Trouper-ebook/dp/B0DTC15NGZ/ref=sr_1_1?.

Metropolitan Opera Leading Tenor Jacques Trussel called 'Jewish Thighs on Broadway', "Ravishingly descriptive and continuously entertaining... the best book I have ever read on this subject... incredible warmth, wit, charm... Brilliant!"

Theater Puget Sound’s review said, " . . . passionate. . . Wonderfully evocative language, lots of humor, tears where they belong...thoroughly enjoyable."

One Amazon reviewer wrote, "Fun book! I highly recommend it. Characters are bigger than life, and delightfully screwball. Everyone's Jewish family nightmare! Lots of laughs." Another stated, “No doubt the most fun I’ve had reading for many years. Read it and laugh!"

Penny Orloff is available for media interviews and can be reached at Penny@pennyorloff.com. More information is available at her website at https://pennyorloff.com.

About Penny Orloff:

Penny Orloff was a working actor/dancer in Los Angeles when a Juilliard scholarship took her to New York. She had featured roles on Broadway, working for such directors as Harold Prince and Joseph Papp, and sang more than 20 Principal Soprano roles for New York City Opera under Julius Rudel and Beverly Sills. In a 50-plus year career in the performing arts, Penny Orloff played major roles in classic musicals such as Fiddler On The Roof, Guys And Dolls, Camelot, and My Fair Lady. She starred as Aldonza in five different productions of Man of La Mancha, including an extensive tour throughout the United States. In 1981 she was featured in the first American production of Kurt Weill’s Silverlake, directed by the late, great Harold Prince at New York City Opera. With the success of that production, Harold Prince invited her as an original cast principal in his 1982 A Doll's Life, by legendary writing team Betty Comden and Adolph Green. Having outlived most of her early competition for film roles, since 2012 she has enjoyed acting in a range of interesting shorts, Indie, and feature films.

Contact:

Penny Orloff
Penny@pennyorloff.com
https://pennyorloff.com

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Thursday, April 10, 2025

Bestselling Young Adult Fantasy Ebook, Big Ears Jack and Friends, The Perfect Easter Gift, Available At No Charge April 14 Through April 16, 2025


The book is a collection of tall tales featuring extraordinary animals and plants from the Sonoran Desert of Baja California. It is a literary experience for young readers that can help ignite a passion for the natural world.

Award-winning author Earl Vincent de Berge's bestselling young adult fantasy ebook, ‘Big Ears Jack and Friends’ will be available at no charge on Amazon April 14 through April 16, 2025. The book is the perfect Easter gift for readers age 12 and up.

This bestselling book is an enchanting young adult fantasy book that will captivate young readers' imagination and take them on a journey like no other. A collection of 15 fascinating short fantasy stories, the book celebrates the wild animals and plants of the hottest desert in the Americas, on the world's narrowest peninsula, Baja.

The hero of the story, Big Ears Jack, is a jackrabbit with huge ears and magical powers that he uses to help his fellow desert friends. Jack is a loyal friend, and the star of this wildly entertaining new book.

Jack and his friends embark on a series of magical adventures as they outsmart coyotes, race dragonflies, sing with kangaroo rats, and even dance with dust devils. Along the way, readers will meet Nosey and Wag, mischievous coyote brothers; Blue Dasher, a racing dragonfly; the Kangaroo Rat Chorus; tree-lizard Boris; Giro the dust devil; Hawk Conchita and the red ants; Lady Treble Clef, a watchful cactus; Paulina, the puma poet; Diana the musical tarantula; Lady Chrona, a sea lion who dreams of flying; a scheming sea gull named Swindler; the beautiful bobcat Miss Mucha Purrs; Young Red Fox and his sweet love, the lovely rabbit Adorna; Mr. Shellie the chatterbox tortoise and others.

De Berge’s enchanting new book is the perfect gift for young people who will love to read stories and learn about coyotes, foxes, jackrabbits, and other desert animals. The book strikes a balance between captivating storytelling and charming illustrations. School librarians will be interested in adding the book to school catalogs, as it is both entertaining and informative.

The ebook version of 'Big Ears Jack and Friends' will be available -- at no charge -- April 14 through April 16 at https://www.amazon.com/Ears-Jack-Friends-Earl-Berge-ebook/dp/B0DM6PR8HW.

A recent review of the book by AWA stated, "One of the book’s greatest strengths is its world-building. De Berge weaves the flora and fauna of Baja California into the narrative, making the setting feel like a character itself. Talking cacti, dust devils playing tag, and wise desert tortoises enrich the stories, placing readers in an enchanting ecosystem where the line between reality and fantasy blurs.

"The themes of community, creativity, and environmental respect run throughout the collection. Young readers will enjoy the magical adventures and witty dialogue, while adults will appreciate the underlying messages about cooperation, individuality, and harmony with nature."

Earl Vincent de Berge is also the author of 'A Finger of Land on an Old Man’s Hand'. This coming of age memoir is more than just another adventure story; it’s a meditation on resilience, friendship, and the inescapable pull of self-discovery. Each challenge -- be it physical or emotional -- becomes a steppingstone in the explorers’ evolution, perhaps reminding readers of their own capacity for growth. It offers a compelling testament to the human spirit's capacity for transformation.

The Baja Peninsula serves as both a backdrop and a mirror. It immerses readers in four explorers' transformative journey through Baja California in 1962 and 1964, inspired by 'The Forgotten Peninsula' by Joseph Wood Krutch.

Photography enthusiasts will be thrilled to know the book offers a treasure trove of previously unreleased vintage photographs of Baja, the second-longest peninsula in the world.

One reviewer called the book, ". . . a beautifully written, fabulous tale of an incredibly brave and daring journey." ReaderViews, in their 5-star review said, "A Finger of Land on an Old Man’s Hand by Earl Vincent de Berge is the stark, witty, and profound memoir of four college students testing their limits on the Baja Peninsula in the summer of 1962. One could think of this as the classic literary assignment, 'How I Spent My Summer Vacation.' Only to do so would be to grossly underestimate this narrative."

Earl’s adventures in Baja deepened his youthful fascination with the Sonoran Desert and its plants and animals and inspired him to write a collection of charming stories for young readers. The main characters are Big Ears Jack – a huge magician jackrabbit – and other animals, birds and plants of the Sonoran Desert and its coastal regions. 'Big Ears Jack and Friends,' is now available on Amazon in both print and e-book formats and would be a unique and delightful addition to anyone’s Easter basket.

‘Big Ears Jack and Friends’ took Best In Category 2024, Nonfiction, from the Arizona Authors Association.

To date, Earl has also published three collections of his poems, 'Allegro to Life,' 'Swans to Carry Me,' and 'Wind in the Elephant Tree,' which touch on nature, human nature, love, desert silence, and life in Guatemala.

All of de Berge's books are available at Amazon and other online book retailers. More information, including an excerpt from the book and a PDF of selected photos from 'A Finger of Land On An Old Man's Hand', with insider details revealing Baja in the 1960s, is available at his website at https://www.earldeberge.com/.

About Earl Vincent de Berge:

Author Earl Vincent de Berge is an Arizona native, writer, photographer, and poet. With a master’s degree in political science from the University of Arizona, he founded Behavior Research Center, Inc., and created the respected and widely published Rocky Mountain Poll (RMP), of which he was Editor for 35 years. Earl’s photographs, logbooks, and essays reflecting on life experiences serve as foundations for his prose and poetry. He has recently published three collections of his poems, 'Allegro to Life,' 'Swans to Carry Me,' and 'Wind in the Elephant Tree,' which touch on nature, human nature, love, desert silence, and life in Guatemala.

Earl has just published “Big Ears Jack and Friends,” a book of young reader stories in which the main characters are animals and birds of the Sonoran Desert and coastal regions of Baja and he is currently assembling 'The Man Who Ate His Dreams,' a biography of a rags-to-riches businessman, artist, and poet.

Earl and his wife Suzanne split their time between Arizona and Guatemala where they founded the nonprofit Seeds for a Future to help disadvantaged rural women improve their families’ access to adequate food and nutrition (https://seedsforafuture.org).

Contact:

Earl Vincent de Berge
https://www.earldeberge.com/
edb1326@hotmail.com

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Sunday, April 6, 2025

Book Marketing Announcements: The Authors Show® Lineup For The Week Of April 7, 2025


The Authors Show® serves as a resource for authors and allows members to engage in promotion and publicity for marketing purposes. The site offers professionally produced radio interviews that are broadcast worldwide.

Don McCauley has announced The Authors Show® broadcast schedule for the week of April 7, 2025. The new show schedule is available at The Authors Show® site.

For those who hope to sell books on the Internet, the challenge can be daunting. It can be confusing difficult, time consuming and expensive. The Authors Show® helps authors overcome these challenges by providing opportunities for greater visibility.

The Authors Show® shows offer professionally produced radio interviews that are broadcast worldwide.

The Authors Show schedule for the week of April 7, 2025

Apr 7  
Channel 1     Deb Lewis  (USA)
Channel 2     Nancy Hicks Marshall (USA)
Channel 3     Jody Sharpe (USA)
Channel 4     Dr. Kixx Goldman (USA)
Channel 5     Shawn Lee (USA)
Channel 6     Thomas Fargnoli (USA)
Channel 7     Alfred James Dansbury, Sr. (USA)

Apr 8  
Channel 1     Don Baldwin (Ireland)
Channel 2     Terry M. Iverson (USA)
Channel 3     Elisabeth Haggblade (USA)
Channel 4     Kirsten Pursell (USA)
Channel 5     Joseph M Lenard (USA)
Channel 6     Katherine MK Mitchell (USA)
Channel 7     Wytisha Williams (USA)

Apr 9  
Channel 1     Larry Lockridge (USA)
Channel 2     Terry M. Iverson (USA)
Channel 3     Theo Boyd (USA)
Channel 4     Jeff Richards (USA)
Channel 5     Anne Wedgwood (United Kingdom)
Channel 6     Rosanne D'Ausilio, Ph.D (USA)
Channel 7     Bill Yarborough (USA)

Apr 10  
Channel 1     Norman Brewer (USA)
Channel 2     Ricardo Jose Gonzalez-Rothi (USA)
Channel 3     L. D. Wenzel (Norway)
Channel 4     Jeffrey Marshall (USA)
Channel 5     A.L. Tayler (United Kingdom)
Channel 6     G. R. Boden (USA)
Channel 7     Elizabeth A. Carter, PhD (USA)

Apr 11 - Apr 13  
Channel 1     Donna Louis (USA)
Channel 2     Cynthia A. King (USA)
Channel 3     Saverio Monachino (USA)
Channel 4     John Mahaffey (USA)
Channel 5     Lisa Norman M.D. (USA)
Channel 6     Sue Tabashnik (USA)
Channel 7     Pam Ostrowski (USA)

Profile:

The Authors Show® is a professional interview podcast created in 2005 that offers participants multiple benefits that authors who are serious about marketing their work need to consider, especially inasmuch as these benefits have long lasting effects. The Authors Show broadcasts interviews on multiple channels, each featuring one individual author for a full 24hrs Monday through Thursday, and 3-day weekends, Friday through Sunday.

Contact:

Don McCauley
The Authors Show®
https://theauthorsshow.com

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Tuesday, April 1, 2025

Seven Ways Women Can Build Resilience And Self Esteem Offered By Bestselling Author Barbara Becker Holstein


In the tradition of authors like Judy Blume, Dr. Holstein pushes the envelope in covering the challenges girls really face, without sugar coating it or downplaying the feelings or passions young girls experience, regarding things that are important to them at this stage of their development.

Building resilience and self-esteem is absolutely crucial for girls, and for women of all ages, as it empowers them to navigate challenges and setbacks with confidence, fostering mental and emotional well-being. High self-esteem enables women to advocate for themselves and their rights, breaking down barriers and stereotypes. Resilience helps women to bounce back from adversity, making them more adaptable and better equipped to pursue their goals and aspirations.

In a recent article on her site, bestselling author Dr. Barbara Becker Holstein offered 7 ways girls and women can develop these all-important traits. In that article, she said in part:

Intuition. We all are intuitive at times. Research suggests that our brain has picked up on a lot more information outside of ourselves than we realize. So if your gut feels uncomfortable at times, you may want to further check what the circumstances are that you are dealing with. Of course only you know when something is exactly right for you, so it is questionable decisions that I am suggesting you listen to your own feelings when necessary. After all, who is your best friend? You are.

Staying alert. Recognizing your talents and potential even if you are the only one doing so. Never give up on your own talents and potential. Take time every once and awhile to sit down with yourself and think about all the talents you have even if they are not developed and your untapped potential. You may be amazed at all you can still do even if some doors are closed. For example you may not be able to ski anymore, but you can still enjoy watching the sport or maybe giving pointers to children about skiing.

Overcoming fears. We all get scared about new things to do or changing our behaviors in any way. Welcome to being human. Best to try to be less afraid so you don’t spoil chances for yourself. There are endless suggestions on the web as how to be more courageous and of course there are many mental health professionals who can help you feel stronger about yourself and your decisions.

Take advantage of help, as in reality you are unique. Just think about this: Kleenex may never have been invented if the inventor wasn’t willing to get a patent on it. After all, hankerchiefs had been good enough for hundreds or thousands of years. I sure glad someone had the courage to patent Kleenex.

Being generous and sharing. We all have had something happen when we were in the dumps that made us feel better. Let’s never forget to pass on goodness and kindness to others. It is so easy to do so. Most people admit that once they do a good deed even when in a bad mood they feel better. So join the crowd.

Believing in what you have to offer the world. This is a tough concept. Usually us women put ourselves down and see ourselves not in the best light. Believing in ourselves means we understand that all of us struggle to meet and handle the issues that come up in our lives. Men often hold in to themselves more of their difficulties than women do. We often have friends or family members where we will share our problems. But the truth is we bring just as much to the table of success as men do. In the end of all difficulties, some are solved and some remain failures of a sort, no matter who we are. We can only offer to do the best we can. So practice seeing yourself in a positive light. it will bring you pleasure and a more honest positive look at your offerings to the world.

Realize there is enough success to to go around for all. My dad always said that there is enough success to go around. I believe he was right. Every time one person opens the door to success then there are more doors that need to be opened to make another dream come true. So don’t lose out on your chance for your dreams to come true.

In 2015 my first selfie film, A Short Film, was selected to be shown at the Garden State Film Festival. It won an award for the best song, written by Critelli and sung by Lindsay Lucas. That was the start of an amazing part of my life. I have added Filmmaker to my resume. It took another few years and more selfie films to have the joy of experiencing almost all of my films being accepted wherever I sent them and many of them to win awards of one sort or another.

As the calendar enters the year 2025, I can account for more than 200 times that a film of mine was accepted somewhere and/or won recognition beyond being accepted. It took another few years and more selfie films, documentaries, fantasy films and Zoom films to have the joy of experiencing almost all of my films being accepted wherever I sent them and many of them to win awards of one sort or another.

What does my success have to do with your success?

The full text of the article is available at https://www.enchantedself.com/seven-ways-women-can-build-resilience-and-self-esteem/.

Dr. Holstein hopes to bring parents, teachers, librarians, grandparents and media together to accomplish one goal: Change in the lives of young people who suffer from anxiety and a growing sense of hopelessness and despair, and help women of all ages build resilience and self esteem

Dr. Holstein wraps Positive Psychology concepts in forms of media that people find engaging, relatable and inspiring. These include:

Four bestselling, award-winning books (perfect for school libraries)

Four self-esteem workbooks for girls 8 and up

Award-winning films and coming of age selfie films

Podcasts

Dedicated websites

Stage plays

A library of articles

Ted-style talks

As a school psychologist and in her private practice, Dr. Holstein has worked with many children and parents, helping them to develop life skills in decision-making, recognition of their own talents, feel more courageous, and helping both kids and parents develop more successful inter-generational skills. Her last book, ‘Conflict and a Bit of Magic’, helps kids build self-esteem though reading the journal of a girl, identifying with the girl, and understanding they have more courage and resiliency than they thought they had. The book is based on the experiences of the already famous “girl” from 'The Truth, Diary of a Gutsy Tween' and 'Secrets, Diary of a Gutsy Teen', and achieved bestseller status in the multi-generational families category.

Dr. Holstein’s latest workbook for kids, ‘Secrets’ achieved bestseller status in the ‘Teen & Young Adult Nonfiction on Depression’ category.

Dr. Holstein's cutting-edge presentations, most recently based on the Covid-19 pandemic issues, can be found on both YouTube, Vimeo and on the Roku channel and Amazon Fire TV, titled as 'The Enchanted Self Presents'.

Dr. Holstein recently created The Selfie Showcase, a new project emerging from The Selfie Project, that allows young people to voice their opinions on subjects that matter to young people, including the pandemic.

The Selfie Showcase allows kids, teens, and young adults ages 13 to 18 to candidly express their concerns, worries, observations and possible solutions by creating selfie videos or films around important subjects using a smartphone. Dr. Holstein's mission is to help rectify, in several ways, some issues young people face by giving them a chance to engage with others in meaningful ways about the anxiety and stress they must grapple with constantly.

Dr. Holstein is available for media interviews and can be reached using the information below or by email at barbara.holstein@gmail.com.More information about the Selfie Showcase is available at http://www.selfiefilmmakers.com. Selfie videos and selfie films can be uploaded at the site. Potential podcast guests can contact Dr. Holstein by email. More information is available at her primary website at http://www.enchantedself.com.

Profile:


Dr. Barbara Becker Holstein, internationally known Positive Psychologist is the creator of The Enchanted Self ®, a positive psychology method for happiness and a pioneer in Selfies as Film. Dr. Holstein's Enchanted Self website was included as one of the best websites in positive psychology. She is in private practice in Long Branch, New Jersey with her husband, Dr. Russell M. Holstein.

Dr. Barbara can be found on the web, interviewed, writing articles and posting video 'TED' style talks on Happiness, Positive Psychology, Relationships and Parenting. Her Roku channel is: The Enchanted Self Presents.

She has been a contributor to Your Tango, Heart and Soul, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Honey Good, Cosmopolitan Magazine, Redbook, Real Simple, Women’s World, The Wall Street Journal, Psychcentral.com, Time online, Readers Digest, Parade, the Today Show and Family Circle Magazine.

Contact:

Dr. Barbara Becker Holstein
barbara.holstein@gmail.com
http://www.enchantedself.com

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