Talking With Heroes-113 Military Writers Society

Hosted by: TalkingWithHeroes
Title: EPISODE113 - With Military Writers Society of America

Time: 09/14/2009 09:00 PM EDT
Episode Notes: Talking with Joyce Faulkner, Paul T. Sninchak, E. Franklin Evanswith and More all with www.militarywriters.com talking about their and Oct 9th and 10th Annual Conference LIVE from Orlando, Florida including their Online Peoples Choice Awards

Several MWSA members will be interviewed on this Sept 14th program.

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.

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.

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