June

A LOT has been happening and a lot is coming up. Don't miss a thing and click and join the list on my Home Page. As soon as I know about something, I'll share it with you. So if you are an author, a reader, a family member, send me your email address. Your email address will remain in my private address book.

Outspoken with Karon (To play a segment of the show, click on the picture below.) Pictures from the show are up in the gallery.

The TV Show is called OUTSPOKEN WITH KARON and is seen on Comcast Cable in the Chicago Suburbs. The Western Suburbs air it

on Comcast Channel 19 at 7:30 on Weds evenings; the southern suburbs air it on Comcast Channel 19 on 7:30 on Thursday evenings; the City of Chicago airs it on Thursday nights at l0 p.m. on Channel 25 and again on Friday nights at 9:30 p.m. on Channel 25. It is also seen on Naperville and Wheaton Community TV. NCTV airs at 11 pm on Tuesdays and 11 am on Friday nights on Channel l7. Comcast in McHenry airs on Monday nights.

The great thing about our show is not only broadcast live enabling
callers to speak with the guest, but it is also syndicated on SEVEN
other networks, it is archived for free listening at any time, and also
podcast.

Our guest list reads like a who's who in the literary world
with everyone from Dr.Phil, Deepak Chopra, Elizabeth-Kubler Ross, Ken
Blanchard, Brian Tracy, Barbara DeAngelis, Allison DuBois, Richard
Nelson Bolles, Susan Jeffers, Mark victor Hansen, Jean Chatsky, Art
Linkletter, even Kate White (Cosmo Editor) and hundreds more.

Tune into the radio program, Starstyle®-Be the Star You Are! with host
Cynthia Brian, on Wednesday, June 28 from 5-6 pm PST where I'll be
interviewed live about my book and the topic of Falling Roses. You
can listen from your computer by going to
http://www.worldtalkradio.com/show.asp?sid=118. We would love for you
to call in and talk to us, toll-free at STUDIO A: 1-866-613-1612. If you
miss the live show, you can find it archived at that site or listen live from another
of the syndicated radio shows listed at
http://www.star-style.com/radio/index.htm

To view more highlights of the show scroll down to June 28 and click on the picture of my book at this link http://www.worldtalkradio.com/show.asp?sid=118

To View the Article in the Downers Grove Reporter 6/23/06 "Book Nook" Click Here

(There is a slight difference in the 2 articles above, and the links are correct.)

To View the Article in the Downers Grove Sun 6/23/06 "Community Briefs" Click Here

I never said "Well, I don't have this and I don't have that." I said, "I don't have this yet, but I'm going to get it." --Tina Turner

Think less of someone else's thought and more of who you really are! --Emily Bronte, Author

Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart . . . Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens. --Carl Jung

These two are my favorite one's of all---Don't just hope for a better world or life--make it happen. AND Your passion is waiting for your courage to catch up.

And the penny went in and went all the way down. This isn't the actual x-ray of Nicki. His penny was in his stomach already when his x-ray was taken. It was pretty cool to see the penny in his stomach. He's still waiting to claim his souvenir.

Personally, I think it's out and he just wants to get another x-ray taken. To read more about children swallowing pennies and how dangerous it may be please click on the picture.

Authors of the AMG have donated books for a silent auction to raise money for the American Cancer Society. A representative from the AMG will mann the booth on Friday, June 16 from 6-10:30 pm. (I attended from 4:30-10:30.)

Relay for life is a community gathering where everyone can participate in the fight against cancer. Teams of people camp out at a local high school, park, or fairground and take turns walking or running around a track or path. Each team is asked to have a representative on the track at all times during the event----because cancer never sleeps. Relays are an overnight event, up to 24 hours in length.

How'd we do? Before Jim had arrived, I got stung by a bee, right in the left wrist. My hand went numb for about a minute, but then I was otay. I think it was a lucky bee sting, because I sold my book for $15.00, I had 3 bids. We started the bids at $5.00. My kids ran to each woman who walked by and handed them a bookmark, (some men wanted one too,) and when I was out of those, my kids started handing out my business cards. I reached about 200 people that way.

So, it was fun, it was for a good cause, and I was there to support the AMG as well as the American Cancer Society. And I stopped smoking for 6 1/2 hours.

The public is invited to attend. The event will be held at: Schaumburg Township District Library, 130 South Roselle Road, Schaumburg, IL 60193. Please come and visit me. I’ll be on the romance panel from 11:30 – 12:15 with Sheila Peele-Miller and Avon Romance Authors Melody Thomas and Jenna Peterson. Then, I will be selling Falling Roses from 1:00-2:00. I’ll be giving away calendars, new business cards, as well as autographed bookmarks. So far, I’ve had a chance to communicate with many of the authors and they all seem to be absolutely wonderful!! Click Here

I have a new Author Representative with my publisher and she seems to be very cool. I'm looking forward to working with her.

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Now sometimes when Nicki's a wild child we call him Nicodemos, but that's not what we're talking about here. I have had a demon for 22 years and Author Joan Uptown Hall has explained to me that these words that I memorized as a child are helping verbs. First read her tips on Active/Passive Voice and then see info on my demon below.

Do demons bedevil your writing? Similar, confusing words? Grammar, punctuation, or capitalization rules? “The Demystifier” will clear up the mystery (primary reference unless otherwise noted: Garner, Bryan A. Dictionary of Modern American Usage. N.Y.: Oxford University Press). Address questions and comments to freelance editor, Joan Upton Hall, PO Box 179, Hutto, TX 78634, or email: jmuHall@aol.com. More problems like the one above are demystified in the booklet, 50 Writers’ Tips. Find a few of them at “books, etc.” on website: www.JoanUptonHall.com.

It's funny because all my life I remember this saying that I learned in fourth grade and I still don't know why it was so important to remember this phrase for the rest of my life:

Be, Is, Am, Are, Was, Were, Been, Have, Has, Had, Do, Does, Did, May, Might, Can, Could, Should, Would, Shall, Will, Must, Being

Good grief! I can't imagine having a little kid memorize such a thing-- especially if she doesn't know what it's for.

What they have in common is that all CAN serve as auxiliary (helping) verbs, but some can stand alone as the main verb in the sentence. Here's what I mean:

1. Only the first seven and the last one on your list are be-verbs, meaning a form of "to be": be, is, am, are, was, were, been, being. These can stand alone to link a subject and complement (linking verb with predicate adjective or predicate nominative), as in: "She is pretty; he was our president." Or they can be helping verbs.

2. Some can mean something else when not used as helping verbs, as in: "I have a penny; she has a quarter; they have a dollar," instead of (helping an action verb) "She has given a donation."
Or: "I do math; he does the dishes; they did try," instead of (helping an action verb) "I do want this; he does love cobbler; they did prosecute the criminals."

That's probably more than you wanted to know, but take what makes sense out of it, and I hope you can put that worry to rest now. I believe you said you wanted to order my "RX FOR YOUR WRITING ILLS" from Amazon.com. The first chapter explains how be-verbs drain your writing of vitality and show what to do about it. I call it the "BVDS" or "be verb dependency syndrome."

Best,
Joan

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