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AIRED: Sept 14, 2009
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http://www.talkshoe.com/tc/19487 Episode 113
ANNOUNCING DETAILS ABOUT THE
2009 MILITARY WRITERS SOCIETY OF AMERICA
2009 Annual Conference
And the "People Choice Awards"
People on the Internet will Vote For the Winners!
October 9-10 Orlando, Florida
www.militarywriters.com
Several MWSA members will be interviewed on this Sept 14th program.
Board member Eddie Beesley and Event Planner Lynn Salsi will talk about the upcoming Conference. Webmaster John Cathcart will discuss how folks will be able to vote for the People’s Choice Award winner. MWSA member Frank Evans will discuss the OPEN MIC and how he plans to use it to promote his book. Paul Sninchak will discuss our plans to broadcast the event through streaming video. All of the interviewees will also discuss their books. Bios and Pics will be posted below.
SEE THE BOOK AWARD WINNERS AND THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD FINALISTS AT THE END OF THIS TALK SHOW PAGE!
Talk Show Host: Bob Calvert
Guests:
Joyce Faulkner
President for 2009-2010
Military Writers Society of America
www.militarywriters.com
Joyce Faulkner lives in Pittsburgh, PA. She published her first article in high school back in 1965. Her writing credentials include many magazine, newspaper & web articles. She also wrote columns -- "The History of Aerial Applications" for AG Pilot International and one on writing topics for webzine "Scribe & Quill." She is a ghostwriter, an editor and a web, newspaper & book designer. Her published books include "Losing Patience" (a Collection of Short Fiction), "The Complete Writer: A Guide to Reaching Your Full Potential" (with coauthors), "In the Shadow of Suribachi" (2006 MWSA Gold Medal for Historical Fiction), "For Shrieking Out Loud" (a collection of humorous creative non-fiction essays), "Sunchon Tunnel Massacre Survivors" (with Pat McGrath Avery, Non-fiction). Two of her stories -- "Part the Horse's Mane (fiction) and "Rosa" (nonfiction) are available as Amazon "Shorts."
Her educational background includes a Major in Writing at the University of Arkansas (3 years) in the 1960s, an Associates Degree in Engineering Science, a BS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh and an MBA from Cleveland State University. She worked in the Gas Industry for many years...first as an Engineer and then as a Supervisor of Gas Supply and then Manager of Information Services. When she left industry in 2000, she was the Director of eCommerce with many years experience in web development and design.
She has been a member of MWSA since 2006 and has served as Secretary and MWSA Webmaster since January of 2008. Her skills include Management, Project Management, Web Site Design, Writing and Layout. She volunteered for the Cleveland Rape Crisis Center for several years and has led various corporate, community and volunteer committees & organizations. Her goal is to help veterans record their piece of history -- for themselves, their families, their communities -- and our country.
"It all started when I wrote 'In the Shadow of Suribachi'," she says. "It's basically the story of my father's experiences as a young Marine at the Battle of Iwo Jima. That book has my heart. It was also the beginning of my working to get veterans' stories written and published. Working with MWSA is an extension of that dream...to make sure that all of our history is recorded and recognized.
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Paul T. Sninchak - www.betterbookvideos.com
Paul lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado with his wife Bev, two stepchildren and four
felines.
Paul’s dad served in the U.S. Navy, as did his cousin, Tim. In addition, Paul has numerous close friends who’ve served in the Army, Navy, Marines and U.S. Special Forces. When Paul was growing up, he considered being an Air Force pilot, but never pursued that route due to bad knees and asthma.
Paul is a veteran videographer and video editor with six years of professional work
under his belt with Aztec Media in Colorado Springs, CO. He now works as a contract videographer and video editor, offering authors and other creatives affordable, broadcast-quality promotion videos. His work samples may be viewed at http://
www.betterbookvideos.com
or http://www.myspace.com/paulspromos
Paul may be reached at paulspromos@gmail.com
Paul Sninchak
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Bev Sninchak
Bev has been a professional writer/author for the past 12 years. She's published hundreds of pieces on a variety of subjects and written four books: Sun Signs for Writers, Mending Fences, Hidden Fire and The Complete Writer: A Guide to Tapping Your Full Potential, co-authored with Joyce Faulkner, Mindy Phillips-Lawrence and Pat McGrath Avery.
Bev is a member of The Authors Guild and is represented by the Meredith Bernstein Literary Agency in NYC.
Bev Sninchak, writing as Bev Walton-Porter
Author/Editor/Writing Coach
http://editrix.homestead.com
Blog: http://elementalmusing.blogspot.com/
Bev Sninchak
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E. Franklin Evans - Vietnam Veteran
Decorated, retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel
Owner Franklin Morrison Publishing, LLC
http://www.efranklinevans.com
E. Franklin Evans is a decorated, retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel who fought as an infantry platoon leader in Vietnam. Frank served in the United States Army for over twenty-six years. He entered the Army as a private in 1966, completed
Officer Candidate School and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant of Infantry.
Following a tour with the Ranger Department at Fort Benning, Georgia, he departed for Vietnam in 1968. Although primarily an infantry officer, Frank served as a Counterintelligence Special Agent for a brief period. His military service was
primarily in the Pacific and the continental United States.
His military service and travels have taken him to Vietnam, Panama, Korea, Hawaii, Australia, Japan, Guam, Saipan, American Samoa, and Alaska as well as all over the continental United States.
Following military retirement, Frank was an Executive with the Boy Scouts of America for two years. Most recently, Frank was employed as the lead analyst and program manager overseeing computer simulations for a major U.S. Army Battle
Laboratory. During this period he was responsible for evaluating leading edge technologies in war fighting equipment and military combat command and control systems.
As an adjunct college professor, he has taught courses in Microcomputer Applications at a local community college for over eleven years. His current book, Stand To…A Journey to Manhood, chronicles his combat service and growth during the conflict in Vietnam. He has authored several short stories and continues to write stories covering a divergent genre.
He is currently working on two books, including his first fictional novel which will be published in the Spring of 2009.
Recently, he has begun a new business, Franklin Morrison Publishing, LLC.
Visit his web site and see a video review of his book at
http://www.efranklinevans.com/
Frank has a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice from Columbus State University, a Master of Arts in Management and a Master of Arts in Computer Resources Management from Webster University in Saint Louis.
He is the widowed father of three grown children; two sons and a daughter, and lives in Georgia.
E. Franklin Evans
Stand To…A Journey to Manhood
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John Cathcart, Lt. Col., USAF (Ret.)
MWSA Webmaster & Reviewer
Author of Delta 7
http://www.delta7book.com/
John Cathcart spent 20 years in the USAF, retiring in 1998 as a Lieutenant Colonel. During his career he flew the B52, F-111 and the twin-engine prop C-12. He later served as a military attaché, in Colombia and Venezuela.
For the remainder of his military career, he worked in a series of staff assignments, including the Office of the Secretary of Defense (Special Operations & Low-Intensity Conflict) at the Pentagon and the US Southern Command (both in Panama and in Miami).
In 1999 was hired by American Airlines and is currently flying the 737.
He is the author of Delta 7, a fictional thriller based loosely on his experiences as an attaché. John has also been serving as a reviewer and webmaster for the MWSA since this past January.
http://www.delta7book.com/
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Miguel Vargas-Caba
Author of BEAR Flight to Liberty
www.bearflighttoliberty.com
Miguel Vargas-Caba. Born in Dominican Republic, moved to NYC in the mid-70s. Author of "BEAR Flight to Liberty", a novel about the defection of the crew of a Soviet Navy long-range reconnaissance aircraft TU-95 Bear D, from the USSR to Canada. Presently researching for his second novel, also set during the Cold War period.
Has written, translated, and published several articles about the activities of the Soviet Armed Forces, among them "Viktor Belenko: Hero or Traitor?", about Viktor Belenko, the Soviet pilot who defected to Japan in a MiG-25 Foxbat jet fighter; "The TU-95 RTs (BEAR D) and TU-142 (BEAR F) in Cuba", about the activities of the Soviet Naval Aviation on the American Eastern Coast from bases in Cuba. "From the Other Side of the Camera", a photographic collage of Soviet crew’s views of NATO aircraft and carriers.
Professional technical-literary translator, polyglot in 6 languages: Spanish, English, French, Portuguese, Italian, and Russian. Knows 6 more languages not so fluently. Works as I.T. Manager for an energy company in Westchester County, NY. Resides with his family in The Bronx, New York.
Miguel
www.bearflighttoliberty.com
(646) 258-2047
Miguel Vargas-Caba
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Here's the Book Award Winners List:
Anthology:
GOLD -- Jeffery Hess -- Home of the Brave
SILVER -- Gail Chatfield -- By Dammit, We're Marines!
1st Runner Up -- Andy Luben, et. Al. -- Uncle John Salutes the Military
Children:
GOLD -- Thea Zitzow, et. al. -- You and your Military Hero
SILVER -- L. M. Romognoli -- Memories of Me
1st Runner Up -- Sandra Miller Linhart -- The Elementary Adventures Books 1-4
2nd Runner Up -- Mary Sullivan and Autumn Rayne Sullivan -- If I had a Daddy
Fiction:
GOLD -- John Takacs -- The Take-Us
SILVER -- Michael Angley -- Child Finder
1st Runner Up -- David Lucero -- The Sandman
2nd Runner Up -- D. H. Brown -- Honor Defended
Historical Fiction:
GOLD -- Erin Rainwater -- True Colors
SILVER -- Kathleen Rodgers -- The Final Salute
1st Runner Up -- Margit Liesche -- Hollywood Buzz
2nd Runner Up -- Jack Woodville London -- Virginia's War
Memoir:
GOLD -- Virgil Erwin -- Cat Lo: A Memoir of Invincible Youth
SILVER -- Del Staecker -- The Lady Gangster: A Sailor's Memoir
Music CD:
GOLD -- James Jellerson -- Goin' Home
Non-fiction:
GOLD -- Tom Ruck -- Sacred Ground: A Tribute to Veterans
SILVER -- Ray Morris -- The Ether Zone
1st Runner Up -- Lee Kelley -- Fire in the Night
2nd Runner Up -- Raymond Scurfield -- A Vietnam Trilogy
Poetry:
GOLD -- Jim Greenwald -- Tears for Mother Earth
SILVER -- James Jellerson -- Poems of Passion and Songs for the Soul
1st Runner Up -- Jim Greenwald -- Sugar, Zeroes, and Lemon Drops
Reference:
GOLD -- Dwight Zimmerman -- The Book of War
SILVER -- Phillip W. Stewart -- America's Film Vault
Spiritual:
GOLD -- Charles Sasser -- God in the Foxhole
SILVER -- Larkin Spivey -- Battlefields and Blessings
1st Runner Up -- JM Barnes -- Bible Promises for Soldieres
2nd Runer Up -- Derek W. Clark -- I Will Never Give Up on God Again
Army:
GOLD -- Latoya Lucas -- Immeasurable Spirit: Lessons of a Wounded Warrior
Navy:
GOLD -- Tommy Thomason -- Strike from the Sea: U.S. Navy Attack Aircraft from Skyraider to Super Hornet, 1948-Present
Air Force:
GOLD -- Dennis Jenkins and Tony Landis -- U.S. Air Force Prototype Jet Fighters Photo Scrapbook
Marines:
GOLD -- Wesley Gray -- Embedded: A Marine Advisor inside the Iraqi Army
Congratulations to the winners! I hope to see you in Orlando to shake your hand and have my photo taken with each of you! They will be keepsakes that I will treasure my whole life.
Now, for the People's Choice Award Finalists. Like the Book Awards, the judging went on for several days -- and the list changed constantly as the various pieces were scored and ranked. The very nature of trying to winnow the works down to a workable number means that some excellent work cannot appear among the finalists.
Peoples Choice Award Finalists
Mindy Phillips Lawrence -- Calling
Jack L. Wells -- Six Bronze Men
James R. Jellerson -- Freedom isn't Free (MP3)
Jerry Yellins -- Iwo Jima, August 14, 1945
Bonnie Bartel Latino -- A Rush of Butterflies
John Cathcart -- Flag from a Grateful Nation
Marlyce Stockinger -- The Choice We Make (MP3)
Jeff Senour & CTS -- Way Back Home (MP3)
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