Radio Writing Begins With THE PITCH-Hillary Frank

The interview with Hillary Frank has been posted at Wauktown Radio.

 

 

 

Breaking into radio, as a writer or a producer, is easy. All you have to do is be able to dance backwards beautifully…..and in high heels…

It’s an old joke. But put some sound to the idea, and you have a good example of how competitive it is to get into radio. But, it’s just as compelling as it is competitive.

Hillary Frank, author/illustrator/and independent radio producer, said she got lucky with having an unsolicited story accepted by This American Life.

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Say Yes to Self and Whitman-Galye Brandeis

The interview with Gayle Brandeis has been posted at Wauktown Radio.

Gayle Brandies’ new novel Self Storage begins with the words, “I celebrate myself,” the opening line from Walt Whitman’s poem Song of Myself.

“I just can’t do it,” the narrator and main character Flan (short for Flannery) says. But Flan is not a victim. She’s not whining. Or defeated. She is on a search to find herself and what will make her say “yes” in her life. If you are part of a book group, this is the book to use to expand horizons.

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Fiction Binds Research and Imagination-Chris Bohjalian

Listen to the full interview on Wauktown Radio and hear Chris Bohjalian tell how the idea began for his newest book.

 

 

Chris Bohjalian’s most recent book, The Double Bind, is the result of extensive research and combining reality with fantasy.

The book began with a newspaper article Chris wrote in a Sunday column for the Burlington Free Press. The newspaper article was about Bob Campbell, a real life photographer who was once homeless. The man died after moving from the streets into an apartment that the Burlington, Vermont Committee on Temporary Shelter found for him. Campbell left behind black and white photographs of some of famous people from over 40 years ago.

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Family Story Scores A Home Run-Gary W. Moore

The audio interview has been posted at Wauktown Radio.

Gary Moore’s book Playing with the Enemy: A Baseball Prodigy, a World at War, and a Field of Broken Dreams is the kind of story Hollywood might have dreamed up.

The behind the scenes story and what happened after publication is just as spell-binding.

The best part is–it’s all true.

Gene Moore, a young boy from Southern Illinois, wants to be a major league baseball player. He gets the nod, only to have it derailed by World War II. Instead of playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Gene uses his skill to guard prisoners and teach them the sport. Years later, Gene’s son Gary son writes his dad’s story. It’s published in a book and an Academy Award-winning producer is turning it into a movie.

Guess who will star in the film?

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The Power to Motivate-John Powers

In his motivational speeches and new book, John Powers combines stories from his own life with the wisdom he’s learned from others. “We are all teachers,” John says. We are all students, too, if we take the time to learn from those around us.

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Writer’s Conference Connections Have Plenty of Spark

A writer’s conference provides the opportunity to meet with other writers and get up close and personal with editors, agents and publishers. It’s making a connection and leaving a favorable impression.

Our guests are Editor Julie Romeis , agent Stephen Fraser, and SCBWI member Kim Winters.

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Be On the Radio!

Everyone has a story. What’s the story you have to tell?

Is it fact, funny, fiction or a personal essay? We’d like to have you read your story on our Internet radio show.

Type your story up and mail it out to us at Writer’s Webcast and you may have the opportunity to read it on the air …have an audience…share your words with the listeners at Wauktown Radio and Writer’s Webcast.

Please keep your submission to about 600 words and include your name, email address and phone number and something about yourself and the story. Our address is Writer’s Webcast, WaukTown Radio, 128 North West Street, Waukegan, Illinois 60085. Or by email to me at chriswangelos@hotmail.com.

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The Up Side of Mailings-Brent Brotine

Unsolicited mail? Brent Brotine knows there is an upside to all the print and Internet mailings being sent out. The pieces are being sent more frequently, are longer in length, and are more plentiful. That means more words.

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New Shows Up Soon

After the recording stops, and the show officially ends, there’s always more to say. Sometimes our guests stay in the studio and we talk of cabbages, kings, and all manner of things. Othertimes, there’s a mention of something in the interview and we need someplace to collect the additional information.

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Behind the Scenes for Sept. 2 Show

Saturday is a new show and I’m looking forward to talking with the guests. We record in the Waukegan studios of TOWN and then the show is uploaded over the Internet, thanks to the magic of Tony and Frank.

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