Barbara's Meanderings

Why am I telling you all this? It happens that today on my monthly Blog Talk Radio show I have as my guest a man who lived almost his entire life with symptoms of thyroid disease without doing anything about them. When he almost died that is when he decided to take care of himself. Not only did he turn his life around, but he founded a foundation, The National Thyroid Foundation and he wrote a book, Why Am I Anxious? His name is Clay Ballentine and I learned of him through my good friend and amazing author, Fran Lewis. So it is right that Fran Lewis, author of children's books: My Name is Bertha, Bertha Speaks Out, and Bertha Fights Back. In addition, Fran has written two non-fiction books: Memories Are Precious: Alzheimer's Journey:Ruth's Story and Sharp As A Tack or Scrambled Eggs:Which Describes Your Brain?

Please listen in and it would be wonderful to have some callers for this show. You can also participate in the chat room during the show. Be sure you are signed into Blog Talk Radio. Here is the show's page and the call in number:

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Danica Davidson examines this idea in her article as a guest on Guide to Literary Agents:

"For many writers, writing isn't a choice. It's what we do and what we have to do. I've been writing since a young age and these days I'm working hard as a professional writer. I'm successfully working as a freelancer, but since my real goal is to become a novelist, I'm doing what I can to make that happen. I was honored to be able to write a guest column for the very popular site Guide to Literary Agents about seven things I've learned about writing. I hope what I wrote is helpful for anyone else on the writing path. Carry on, fellow writers!"

or you can click on this link:
http://www.guidetoliteraryagents.com/blog/7+Things+Ive+Learned+So+Far+By+Danica+

Thank you to anyone who read about me on The MuseItUp Publishing blog on Monday and left comments on Facebook. I hope you got to read some of the other authors who also talked about themselves and their writing. Many of the Muse authors are continuing the discussion on The MusePub_Readers group. It's on Yahoo and anyone who loves to read may join. Here you can join the discussion with other readers and the authors of Muse. Think of it as an online reading group where you don't have to read the books to join, but it's a lot more fun. Also, MuseItUp Publishing has a new logo and I am proudly displaying it on the side of this blog. Click on the banner and you will be at our bookstore. There you will be able to browse through the many selections of books we have. Here you can reserve your copy of upcoming books. My book, If I Could Be Like Jennifer Taylor, is coming in September. When I have a cover you will be some of the first to see it. I can't wait until April.:)

Next week is my show for January on RRWL Tales from the Pages. My guests will be Fran Lewis, who is a repeat guest on the show and Clay Ballentine, who has written a book called Why Am I Anxious. The book examines the possibility that if you have various symptoms you might have undiagnosed thyroid disease. Written in semi-autobiographical style the author relates his own experiences and tries to make sense of all of them. Clay Ballentine is the Chairman of the National Thyroid Foundation which he and his wife founded after his own near death experience. Please join us on Thursday, January 27th at 3PM Central, 4PM EST for a show which promises to be extremely lively.

Until the next time welcome to the new people who are now reading this and of course thanks to all my readers who continue to enjoy reading these meanderings.:)