Several fine authors featured on Global Talk Radios A Story to Tell for the week of Aug 8 2005



> Several fine authors featured on Global Talk Radio's 'A Story to Tell' for the week of Aug. 8, 2005

Global Talk Radio is pleased to announce interviews with John Roynesdal, Pamela deLeon-Lewis, Joe Wellman, Sarah Richard, and Shirley Cheng in this week's edition of 'A Story to Tell.'

August 8, 2005 -- Global Talk Radio (http://www.GlobalTalkRadio.com) is proud to announce interviews with several fine authors in this week's edition of "A Story to Tell."

First, we spoke with John Roynesdal from Hawaii, who began writing 15 years ago.

Some of his stories have appeared in various journals The Chaminade Literary Review of Chaminade University, The Silhouette of Shawnee State University, Evergreen Chronicles, The Vincent Brothers Review, and The Aguilar Expression. He has also earned awards for writing: in 2001, Runner-Up and in 1987 Honorable Mention in Honolulu Magazine's annual Fiction Contest; and in 1988, he won 4th prize in the Office of Hawaiian Affairs "Year of the Hawaiian" contest. He is also becoming known for his mystery series, The Phillip Michael Carnegie Mysteries, which include The Last Death, The Curse and Living in Darkness. In this series, we follow the four detectives of the Special Division Detective Team, Honolulu Police Department, as they face the darker passions that motivate Man - obsessive love, greed, the fatal attraction, hate, deception, fear, revenge, drugs, all ingredients that make up a classic tragedy and, also, a good mystery read.

Pamela deLeon-Lewis joined us to discuss her inspirational book, "Smiling Thru The Tears - A Breast Cancer Survivor Odyssey." Originally born in Trinidad, she moved to the United States in 1970. She has written poetry and short stories since the age of 11, and grew up playing duets on the piano and organ with her aunt. She worked as a consultant on Wall Street for many years, but was downsized in 2002. After all the stress of her father dying, the terror of 9/11, and with coworkers and friends dying, she was traumatized. Further, one night in January 2003 she had a dream that she had breast cancer -- it turned out to be a prophetic dream. She went to the doctor and after several months of trying to convince her that she might have cancer, she was referred for a biopsy and the results as you have guessed by now were positive. "Smiling Thru The Tears" is a heroic account of how Pamela fought and beat the cancer, and how she turned the pain and agony of suffering into a victory which many celebrate to this day.

Joe Wellman also stopped by to discuss his new book, "The Private Lives of Teachers". This is the story about a small group of people who are in front of us fourteen to 18 years of our lives. This is a story about teachers. We think we know them, but all we mostly know is an image. This is a story of teachers and their lives, their personal lives; the lives one rarely reads or hears about because most fictional stories about teachers feature situations in which the lives of students are the focus. This fictional story, set in a suburban high school, focuses upon the lives of teachers beyond the classroom as the reader follows them into their lounge, their relationships, their pasts, and their secrets.

Next, we visited with Sarah Richard, whose new releases include "Shadows Around Us" (for young adults) and "House of Shapes" (for young children). Originally from New Orleans, Sarah now lives in Baltimore, Maryland. She completed some graduate work in general and special elementary education, and will begin teaching special education this fall. She is a mother of twins and has coined the phrase "double trouble" for some of the amazing stories she has published about raising two 3-year-olds. Sarah's children's stories teach shapes or counting through DiskUs Publishing; they are available in print or download format, and the print orders include a box of 8 crayons which make for a wonderful activity package for young children. Her latest release, "Shadows Around Us," is an after-life/paranormal romance story about Chad, who enters the after-life and tries to reconnect with the people he left behind. Her story also deals with the issue of domestic abuse.

Finally, we had a very special interview with Shirley Cheng, a 22-year-old blind and disabled author and poet. You may know of her from the 1990 custody case that received international attention. She has already published 3 books, including "Daring Quests of Mystics,"Dance with Your Heart: Tales and Poems That The Heart Tells," and "The Revelation of a Star's Endless Shine: A Young Woman's Autobiography of a 20-Year Tale of Trials and Tribulations." Complete with 50 photographs, "The Revelation of a Star's Endless Shine" unveils the gripping, never before told tale of a child prodigy Shirley Cheng - a blind and physically disabled victim and survivor of severe juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) and more so of a falsehood in the American medical system. Enter a world of terrors, struggles, dreams and triumphs in this true life story spanning twenty years as mother and daughter travel the world seeking care and compassion. Experience her inexhaustible fortitude, sheer strength, and tenacious spirit as she reveals her endless shine.

All five interviews can be heard on-demand at www.GlobalTalkRadio.com/shows/astorytotell.

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Several fine authors featured on Global Talk Radios A Story to Tell for the week of Aug 8 2005