The Muse Online Writers Conference

The ONLY online conference of its kind!

Meet some of our Presenters.

 

 


The MuseItUp Club
welcomes you to our
2009 Online Virtual Writer's Conference!


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PRESENTERS D - G

PRESENTERS H - J

PRESENTERS K - M

PRESENTERS N - Q

PRESENTERS R - S

Below are Presenters T - Z


Patrika Vaughn 

Write Better-Get Published
with your Author's Advocate
A Cappela Publishing
http://www.acappela.com

Her 25 years of experience include every aspect of the trade:

Awards:

Order of Excellence, Who's Who in the 21st Century,
Also listed in Outstanding People of the 21st Century
 
Professional Writer Columnist and feature writer.

Articles published in more than 100 national journals and magazines.

Listed in The International Authors and Writers Who’s Who

Ghostwriter: Books of both fact and fiction for industrialists,

psychiatrists and psychotherapists, world travelers and international

executives

Editor: Editor for national trade and consumer publications

Publisher: President of A Cappela Publishing

Literary Agent: Placed writers with Prentice-Hall (Simon & Schuster),

McGraw Hill Publications, Harcourt Brace Jovanovitch,

Cahners Publications, Conover Mast Publications,

Advisory Enterprises, Inc., Larkin Publications and others.
Public Relations &  Marketing Consultant  

To business, industry and non-profit corporations;

former media coordinator for Habitat for Humanity in

San Diego / Tijuana
Lecturer, Seminar leader,

On-line instructor University and community college levels.  

Also online courses on www.acappela.com

 
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JAN VERHOEFF

Author of EASTER MENU & RECIPE COOKBOOK,REAL AUTO MAINTENANCE FOR REAL PEOPLE

 


Lights, camera, action! Focus on life, as Jan Verhoeff, creator of the Breken Ridge Adventure Series does and you�ve got all the action you need to fill up three or four books. Inspired by her not-yet-teenaged boys, Jan began to understand the need for books that related to children of single parent homes when her own sons delved into the Hardy Boys Mystery Books and came up wondering how it would be if their father were a Detective. With big sis, criminal justice major, Brenna Verhoeff in the mix, it wasn�t a big jump to move directly into writing the mystery-detective style novel the boys loved.
 
Jan's history of business writing, psychology, and techno-jargon set the stage while she continued to pursue goals of business development and promotion. Power-driven action based writing continues to be her direct style. A copywriter with more than 20 years of experience marketing business prototypes, Jan's understanding of life as a single parent and children presents fascinating reading.
 
Many of their adventures found resources in education as Jan taught her children about life and living through home schooling. Tatia, Sean, and Kenton weave their webs of intrigue daily inspiring their mother's latest tales.
 
Jan's work promotes family, achievement, and integrity with strong family relationships as a foundation. You won't want to miss a thrilling moment of her version of life on the Ridge.
 
Currently available books can be found at
http://lulu.com/janverhoeff. Visit her website at http://janverhoeff.com for more information and business interests.

 

 

DAVE WEBB

A fit of mischief landed J. D. (Dave) Webb in a high school creative writing class as punishment.  It sparked a writing interest and also increased the tendency toward mischief.  A lifetime dream was finally realized when a shutdown of Dave's shoe repair business in 2001 forced early retirement.  So Dave, the short story writer, became J. D. Webb, the novelist.  
 
J. D. Webb hits a bull's-eye with his new novel Shepherd's Pie out October 1, 2006.  Here's what one reviewer says:
Meet Mike Shepherd, Chicago's pie-loving P. I., whose on-again, off-again relationship with lady friend Diana rivals that of Spenser and Susan.  When former cop Mike's longtime nemesis, madman Ferlin Husky Lewis, kidnaps Diana with murderous intent, the chase is on,”but just who's chasing whom?  The action never lets up in a pulse-pounding game of cat and mouse as Lewis toys with his prey and wrecks havoc with Mike's colleagues and neighbors.
 Judith K. Ivie, Author
Waiting for Armando
 http://www.judithivie.com/
 
 
Watch for his next page-turner Moon Over Chicago due out March 1, 2007 from  http://www.wings-press.com/
            Amateur sleuth and cobbler Fulton Moon (yes, his nickname is Full Moon) encounters beautiful and sinister Lucinda Mathews.  Lucy, wife of prominent florist Arthur Mathews, wants to escape an abusive husband and Moon only wants to help.  It isn't that simple.  Helping results in muggings, kidnapping, blackmail and, oh yes, even murder.
            Moon's adoptive father and mentor Benjamin Franklin Washington, proudly African-American, provides guidance, but no matter which way Moon, a devout Caucasian, turns, it's the wrong way.  And Benjie lets him know.   

Visit http://www.jdwebb.com/ for more information and a free read of chapter one.  And while you're there download some free e-books.  I'll even tell you how to get more.



TERRY WHALIN

As an editor and a writer, W. Terry Whalin understands both sides of the editorial desk--as an editor and a writer. He worked as an editor for Decision and In Other Words. His magazine articles have appeared in more than 50 publications including Writer's Digest, The Writer and Christianity Today. He is the creator and webmaster for Right-Writing.com.

As a literary agent, Terry champions his authors in the same manner he helped them as an acquisitions editor except working with many different publishers. He handles a wide range of adult nonfiction and fiction projects for the Christian and the general market.

Terry has written more than 60 nonfiction books and his latest is
Book Proposals That Sell, 21 Secrets To Speed Your Success (Write Now Publications). This book helps new and seasoned writers to shape their proposals to locate the best publisher. Another recent book is Running On Ice: The Overcoming Faith of Vonetta Flowers (New Hope Publishers). See more about his writing and purchase books at: Terry Whalin's Bookstore.
For more than 12 years Terry was an ECPA Gold Medallion judge in the fiction category. He has written extensively about Christian fiction and reviewed numerous fiction books in publications such as Faithful Reader.com and BookPage. He worked as an acquisitions editor in the book divisions of Cook Communications and Howard Books for over five years. On a regular basis, he writes about issues and insights about publishing called
the Writing Life which includes over 580 searchable entries. Terry and his wife, Christine, live in
Scottsdale, Arizona.

 

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of FREE Ebooks with your subscription: http://www.right-writing.com/newsletter.html

 

 


WILD CHILD PUBLISHING

Wild Child Publishing, a mainstream publisher and parent company of Freya’s Bower, has been online since September 1999. Since its inception, Wild Child Publishing’s goal has been to offer high quality, entertaining reading material. We love a well-written, fast-paced story that compels us to finish the tale to find out what happens.

We focus on quality, and our catalog reflects that. While not large, it’s growing, and our readers are very happy with our books. Willing to take a chance on good material, you won’t find what we have anywhere else. Exciting, fresh, frightening, gripping are just a few of the adjectives used to describe our books. Step into our world – the world of the wild child.

 

 

 

 

JAMIESON WOLF


Jamieson has been writing since a young age when he realized he could be writing instead of paying attention in school. Since then, he has created many worlds in which to live his fantasies and live out his dreams.

He is the author of many best selling books which include Valentine, Valentine’s Labyrinth, The Hunted Series, The Ghost Mirror, Letting the Mind Wander, Witches: The Written Word Book One and Silent Communication: The Written Word Book Two.

He currently writes book reviews for Linear Reflections, The Gotta Write Network and his book review web site The Book Pedler and writes non fiction pieces for The American Chronicle.

Jamieson is also an accomplished artist. He works in mixed media, charcol and pastels. He also runs a book trailer design company titled Night Wolf Design.

He currently lives in
Ottawa Ontario Canada with his husband Robert and his cat, Mave, who thinks she's people.

More information about Jamieson can be found at his web site www.jamiesonwolf.com  or his blog www.jamiesonwolf.blogspot.com