Listeners who tune into the one-hour feature interview will learn about new trends impacting the book industry and proven marketing strategies they can use to grow their sales. "Off The Shelf" listeners will also learn about the impact that their own life experiences have on their fictional writings, a fact that writers can access to strengthen their stories and gain more readers.
"Charles Chatmon is the executive director for the Los Angeles Black Book Expo, an event that is going into its sixth year," Turney shares. "Charles is an educator and an author. Because of that he knows the book industry from the executive's and the author's point of view," Turney adds.
In addition to working as an educator a literary business leader, Charles Chatmon is also the author of the books The Depths of My Soul and The Voices of South Central. He is a co-founder of the California Writers Collective (CWC).
"I encourage listeners of Off The Shelf to write down points that Charles Chatmon shares during the interview that resonate with them. This will allow them to build a body of valuable tips, advice and insight from proven literary professionals as they continue to tune into the show," Turney advises. "The amount of time and money this can save a writer may well be immeasurable," Turney confides. "Points shared on Off The Shelf can help writers around the world to move their own literary careers forward."
Denise Turney is the author of the books Portia, Love Has Many Faces, Spiral, Long Walk Up and Love Pour Over Me (due out early 2010). Turney is also the founder of The Book Lover's Haven, the international literary periodical that spotlights new, established and seasoned writers, editors, literary agents and other movers and shakers in the literary industry.
Using her personal finances, Denise Turney started the Annual Chistell Writing Contest. Now in its 10th year, the contest is open for submissions through Chistell Publishing (http://www.chistell.com).
Last month Denise Turney founded The Book Lover's Haven Network (http://booklovershaven.ning.com) to allow writers and book lovers to connect directly with each other, learn about job openings and post information about their books and upcoming events. Membership in the Network is free and open to writers and readers around the world.
On Saturday, February 6, 2010 beginning at 11:00 a.m. (EST) Charles Chatmon and Denise Turney will connect for an hour during the live on-air feature radio interview at "Off The Shelf." Listeners can connect to the interview live by dialing 347-994-3490. They can also connect to the live feature interview thru the Internet at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Denise-Turney-
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