Red River Radio Tales from the Pages - Appearance - Donna McDine - September 27 @ 4 pm EST

I'm over the moon to announce my appearance on... 

Blog Talk Radio Show... Red River Radio Tales from the Pages 

hosted by Barbara Ehrentreu on 

Thursday, September 27 at 4-6 pm EST!!!

My interview portion begins at 4:30 pm EST - please join us!

If so inclined, please visit or 

call in at 646-595-4478 

to speak to the host, guests and ask your questions.

A bit about the show and my fellow authors...

Please tune in on Thursday, September 27, 2018 to Red River Radio Tales from the Pages when Host Barbara Ehrentreu presents...

• Author and award winning poet, Daniel Ari
• Award winning children's author, Donna McDine
• and a very unusual and special guest author, Nataly Restokian

Daniel has written One Way To Ask, which is filled with poems in the form of a querons a poem form the author has created himself as well as illustrations from many different artists for each poem.

Donna is a longtime friend and children's author who has written several award winning children's picture books. Her latest book is called Dee and Deb Off They Go --Kindergarten First Day Jitters. Filled with adorable illustrations and excellent writing the book shows twins Dee and Deb during their first day of kindergarten.

The third author joining the show is someone who came into the host's life through a chance meeting on Linkedin.

Her book,  Masks is based on her amazing journey in life with the character bearing a strong resemblance to Ms. Restokian. She will talk about what caused her to write this book. She was once a TV and radio personality in her native country of Lebanon but circumstances caused her to leave this glamorous and lucrative life to follow her heart. She speaks of what life is really like for people in her country.

This is a very full show and should be an amazing one.

If you miss it live you can always click on the link to hear it in the archives.

The chat room will be open for listeners who might have a question for any of the guests. You are urged to share this link, since many people will want to hear this show. Also, as longtime listeners of this show know, anything can and will happen here including a live parrot.

Thank you for your interest!

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Best wishes,
Donna M. McDine
Multi Award-winning Children's Author

Ignite curiosity in your child through reading!

Connect with Donna McDine on Google+

Dee and Deb Off They Go Kindergarten First Day Jitters ~ December 2015 ~ Guardian Angel Publishing, Inc. ~ 2016 Purple Dragonfly Honorable Mention Picture Books Five and Under and Story Monster Approved
A Sandy Grave ~ January 2014 ~ Guardian Angel Publishing, Inc. ~ 2014 Purple Dragonfly 1st Place Picture Books 6+, Story Monster Approved, Beach Book Festival Honorable Mention 2014 and Reader's Favorite Five Star Review
Powder Monkey ~ May 2013 ~ Guardian Angel Publishing, Inc. ~ 2015 Purple Dragonfly Book Award Historical Fiction 1st Place, Story Monster Approved and Reader's Favorite Five Star Review
Hockey Agony ~ January 2013 ~ Guardian Angel Publishing, Inc. ~ 2015 Purple Dragonfly Book Award Honorable Mention Picture Books 6+, New England Book Festival Honorable Mention 2014, Story Monster Approved and Reader's Favorite Five Star Review
The Golden Pathway ~ August 2010 ~ Guardian Angel Publishing, Inc. ~ Literary Classics Silver Award and Seal of Approval, Readers Favorite 2012 International Book Awards Honorable Mention and Dan Poynter's Global e-Book Awards Finalist

Donna McDine, Guest Author at Red River Writers Live Tales from the Pages

I'm excited to announce...I will be a guest (along with Lea Schizas) at the Red River Writers Live Tales from the Pages:

Hosted by Barbara Ehrentreu

Thursday, January 28th at 4 pm EST

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/robinfalls

Call-in #: 646-595-4478

Hope you can tune in.

Two Writers Burst Through Cyberspace and Meet In-person for the First Time

Thanks to the Muse Online Writers Conference writers from all walks of like have the opportunity to meet without leaving home. Many times the friendships developed have no barrier of distance. And other times a pleasant surprise may drop in your lap of connecting with a writer from your own neck of the woods. This happened to me at the 2009 conference. Even though Barbara Ehrentreu and I had met before through cyberspace, neither of us ever asked the other "where do you live" until in a chat room at the 2009 Muse Online Writers Conference. We were both pleasantly surprised and delighted to learn we lived about 30 minutes from each other. It took us to overcome a few scheduling conflicts, illnesses, the holidays, and Barbara's displacement from an apartment fire next to hers. Don't worry she and her family made it out safely. To read about her very personal account visit her blog http://barbaraehrentreu.blogspot.com/.

Now on to our wonderful in-person meeting at where else a Starbuck's (located in Briarcliff Manor, NY). As we easily hit it off in cyberspace we did so in-person. Hugging each other like long time friends. We chatted about everything under the sun. Our families, our experiences in writing, what we did prior to our writing, etc. Our time together flew by with our easy conversation and our wishes to meet again soon rather than later.

A heartfelt THANK YOU to the creators of the Muse Online Writers Conference, Lea Schizas and Carolyn Howard-Johnson. For without such a wonderful forum we may have never met in-person.

Be bold, when you connect with a fellow writer on-line ask them where they live. Even though you may think you are chatting it up with someone far away, you may be as surprised as we were actually be from the sane area.

I'd love to hear how you have made connections with fellow writers and what you do to keep the friendship going.

Till then...wishing you all a blessed day!