Write On Four Corners Author Carolyn Howard Johnson to Give Talk

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Author to Advise Boomers Seeking New Careers

Author advocate Carolyn Howard-Johnson will appear with Paul Bruno on his Career Czar talk radio program on January 30, 2009. This unique Internet talk radio program focuses on all aspects of the world of careers.

The two will chat will about something dear to the hearts of baby-boomers--reinventing yourself at retirement. The subject will be writing. Howard-Johnson was selected because her writing career spans everything from journalism to poetry and writing movie reviews to writing novels. The first segment of Paul's hour-long show will be about careers in freelance and journalism. The second segment will be about forging a career in fiction (novels and short stories). The third segment will cover the joys of poetry. And the fourth segment will be about nonfiction. It will include how Howard-Johnson's nonfiction books for writers have helped her career and those of others and how some similar how to books or books of inspiration can work for yours.

The Career Czar, dedicated to discussing the world of careers and work in an informative and entertaining way, premiered on Alltalkradio.net on October 26, 2007. The show, is hosted by Paul Bruno, and certified career coach Christine Wunderlin, and produced by Millian. It focuses on helping listeners improve their career choices by providing information on various careers, how to choose a career, searching for a job, life skills such as financial management, and tips and techniques that will help listeners balance work and play.

Howard-Johnson instructs at UCLA Extension's world renown Writers' Program. Her first novel, This Is the Place, won eight awards. Her second book, Harkening: A Collection of Stories Remembered, creative nonfiction, won three. She is also an award-winning poet. Her how-to book for writers, The Frugal Book Promoter: How to Do What Your Publisher Won't is recommended reading for her classes, was named USA Book News' "Best Professional Book" and is an Irwin Award winner. Her second book in the How To Do It Frugally series is The Frugal Editor: Put Your Best Book Forward to Avoid Humiliation and Ensure Success. It, too, is a USA Book News award-winner as well as the winner of the Reader View's Literary Award.

She is the recipient of both the California Legislature's Woman of the Year in Arts and Entertainment Award and the Glendale American Business Women's Association's Woman of the Year award. Her community's Character and Ethics Committee honored her for promoting tolerance with her writing. She was also named to Pasadena Weekly's list of 14 "San Gabriel Valley women who make life happen." She is a popular speaker and actor.

Check out the show’s websites at www.alltalkradio.net\careerczar and www.careerczar.com.

After the broadcast, the show will be available for download to those thinking about a career change at www.alltalkradio.net\careerczar\career013009.mp3 or at www.careerczar.com by clicking on the download show button.


Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com

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