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Former business owner of a shave ice shop, Georgina Donovan ’s connection with Hawaii goes back many years including frequent visits to friends on Oahu. Long appreciation of the Islands has brought her a profound love of the aloha spirit and the magic that is unique to Hawaii. She has worked as a writer for newsletters, plays, anthologies, fan magazines and online works. As a member of Sherlock Holmes and literacy societies she has lectured at symposiums on books and literature.

Synopsis: On her trip to Hawaii, bookstore owner Haley Wyndham is
tangled up in disappearances and murders. An old ships log, a kahuna, and an ancient myth of a secret island complicate her efforts to solve the mysteries. Along with a local detective she discovers life can be more dangerous than anything on the shelves of her shop! Then the magic begins.

Topics of conversation:

• The enchanting island of Hawaii, and how it is a critical element in Reads Like Murder.
• How heavily Pop Culture has influenced Donovan's writing, Hawaii Five-O, etc.
  
• Ideas, imagination, writing, and perfecting your craft.
  
• Novel writing as a natural progression after years of writing other formats - scripts, magazines, short stories, etc.
• Advice for aspiring authors, tips Donovan has learned along the way.
  

Listen to interview with Georgina Donovan

Experts share their secrets
Authors Access is a joint project of Loving Healing Press and Reader Views. Each week we bring insightful interviews from people around the world who can help you get your work published, and if already published, noticed! The forum is geared for writers, both published and unpublished. Your hosts are Victor R. Volkman, owner/publisher of Loving Healing Press and Irene Watson, Managing Editor of Reader Views. See the lineup for future presentations and listen to previous podcasts.

On November 19th, 2009 Victor R. Volkman and Irene Watson interviewed media release guru Paul Krupin about whether Press Releases are still revelant to marketing your books in 2009. Krupin is the author of numerous books about publicity, search engines, and other topics.  His latest book Trash Proof News Releases is also available as a free eBook download. We covered a wide-range of talking points, including

• So What Exactly Is A News Release?
• Why Is This So Hard To Do? What Makes This So Special?
• So What Exactly Do Media People Look For When They Receive A News Release?
• So What Do You Need To Do To Write A News Release That Really Works & Truly Gets Media Attention?
• How do you know when you’re ready?
• What Specifically Should Authors Do To Create This Galvanizing Candy – This Magic Script .
• What is the Magic Formula (DPAA+H)? (“Dramatic Personal Achievement in the face of Adversity, plus a little Humor”)
• Which Are Better For Authors To Aim At - Book Reviews Or Feature Stories & Why?
• How do you know when you achieve success with a news release?
• So once you have a trash proof news release, what do you do with it

Paul J. Krupin is a former US government scientist and once-upon-a-time lawyer (best kind) would much rather be fishing on the Columbia River, which is less than a mile from where he lives in Eastern Washington State. He’s has hundreds and hundreds of publishing clients who range from NY Times best sellers (like Dan Brown, Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen and Andy Andrews) to first timers and seasoned self publishers and small press publishers we know and talk with on all of the online discussion group lists.Favorite Quote - You reach happiness and success when you help the people you can help the most and get rich at the same time.

Listen to Paul J. Krupin: Are Press Releases an Effective Way to Market?

Next show: Authors Access will interview Deborah Heard - Writing & Publishing Erotic Romance Novels