July 2009

Pearlsong Conversations About Fat Friendly Fiction

Join me and several Pearlsong Press authors in two free teleconference calls at noon Eastern/11 a.m. Central Wednesday, July 8 & Wednesday, August 12, 2009 as we discuss creating and publishing fat friendly fiction.

We'd love to hear from YOU as well! This is your chance to let us know what YOU want to read.

Featured Conversationalists will include:

Lynne Murray, author of the Josephine Fuller mystery series, whose new book Bride of the Living Dead will be published by Pearlsong Press; Pat Ballard, Queen of Rubenesque Romances and author of 10 Steps to Loving Your Body (No Matter What Size You Are); Frannie Zellman, author of FatLand and editor and co-author of Fat Poets Speak: Voices of the Fat Poets' Society; Charlie Lovett, author of The Program; and Ellen Frankel, author of Beyond Measure: A Memoir About Short Stature & Inner Growth and co-author of The Diet Survivors' Handbook &
Beyond A Shadow of A Diet.

Clockwise from left to right:
Pat Ballard, Lynne Murray, Charlie Lovett,
Frannie Zellman & Ellen Frankel

Topics to be discussed will include why these authors decided to write about fat characters, any challenges in writing fat characters, and reactions from readers.

If you don't feel comfortable speaking up during the teleconference―which will be recorded―then email your questions or comments to me at peggyelam@pearlsong.com.

Email pearlsongconversations@pearlsong.com for the details (teleconference phone number & access code) and call the teleconference line at noon Eastern (11 a.m. Central) to listen and/or participate in the hour-long Conversations. You can participate in one or both calls.

The line will handle up to 96 participants―first come, first served. There's no cost for the calls other than your usual long distance charges.

More info on Pat Ballard | More info on Lynne Murray | More info on Charlie Lovett
More info on Frannie Zellman |  More info on Ellen Frankel

More info on 10 Steps to Loving Your Body | More info on the Josephine Fuller mysteries
More info on The Program | More info on FatLand | More info on Fat Poets Speak
More info on Beyond Measure

We are recording these Pearlsong Conversations and making them available for listening online or downloading after the calls. You can find links to the previous Conversation recordings on the Pearlsong Conversations webpage.

See http://www.pearlsong.com/pearlsongconversations.htm for more info. Request the call-in number & access code (which will be the same for both calls) by emailing pearlsongconversations@pearlsong.com.

I hope I'll hear your voice―or at least you'll hear ours―on July 8 & August 12!

In Joy,

Peggy Elam
Psychologist, Editor & Publisher
Pearlsong Press

"A book, too, can be a star,
'explosive material, capable of stirring up fresh life endlessly.'"

Madeline L'Engle
in her acceptance speech for
the Newberry Award for A Wrinkle in Time,
quoting astronomer Fred Hoyle
 

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