Author Fran Orentsein joins
the May ‘12 World of Ink Virtual Tour
The World
of Ink Network will be touring author Fran Orenstein contemporary woman’s novel with paranormal
overtones, Gaia’s Gift published by Word Castle.
Gaia's Gift is about Rachel Wells, who loses everything she cherishes in a brief
summer storm off the coast of Florida.Haunted by the ghosts of her past and survivor’s guilt, Rachel turns her back
on the world behind an impenetrable veil of pain.When she receives a gift from
the sea and allows the world to intrude, Rachel learns too late that some gifts
are not meant to be kept forever.
About the author:
Fran Orenstein, Ed.D., award-winning author and poet, wrote
her first poem at age eight and submitted a short story to a magazine at age
twelve. Her published credits include a ‘tween mystery series, The Mystery Under Third Base and The Mystery of the Green Goblin, a
fantasy series for ‘tweens, The Wizard of
Balalac and The Gargoyles of
Blackthorne, a ‘tween fiction novel dealing with childhood obesity,
self-image, puberty, and bullying, Fat
Girls From Outer Space, (Sleepytown Press),
and two young adult historical
romances, The Spice Merchant’s Daughter
(Whiskey Creek Press), set in France and
Prussia between 1685 and 1703 and The
Calling of the Flute (Sleepytown Press)
set in Lithuania in 1897.
Moving into literature for adults, prize-winning short
stories and poetry have appeared in various anthologies. A book of poetry for
adults is currently in the works for publication in spring 2012. Her poetry
book for young children, Five, Six,
Pick-up-sticks is out-of-print, but she plans to reissue it with additional
poems.
Fran’s first contemporary novel for women, Gaia’s Gift from World Castle
Publishing, is set in Southwest Florida,
Gaia’s Gift deals with love, loss,
and survivors guilt, until an unexpected gift from the sea tosses Rachel Wells
into the stormy waters of lies and deceit that could very well bring her
redemption, or destroy her in the end.
All Fran’s books are available in Ebook and paper back
format.
Fran has been a teacher, written professionally as a
magazine editor/writer, counseled people with disabilities, and also wrote
political speeches, newsletters, legislation, and promotional material while
working for New Jersey State Government for 22 years. She has written
academically and wrote professional papers on gender equity and violence
prevention, which she presented at national and international conferences. Fran
managed programs for women in gender equity, early education, and disabilities,
as well as serving as Special Projects and Disabilities Officer for the
AmeriCorps Commission in New Jersey.
She has a BA in Early Childhood Education, a MEd in
Counseling Psychology, and an Ed.D. in Child and Youth Studies.
You can find out more about Fran Orenstein’s World of Ink Author/Book Tour at http://tinyurl.com/6wspudw
There will be giveaways, reviews, interviews, guest posts and more. Make sure to stop by and interact with Fran Orenstein and the hosts at the different stops by leaving comments and/or questions.
In addition, come listen to Blog
Talk Radio’s World of Ink Network show: The Writing Mama at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/worldofinknetwork. The hosts VS Grenier and Irene Roth will be chatting with Fran Orenstein about her recently released book Gaia's Gift, writing, the publishing industry and
her other works.
The Writing Mama show
will air live, May 14, 2012 at 2pm EST. Tune in at the BTR World of Ink
Network site at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/worldofinknetwork.
You can listen/call in at (714)
242-5259. (Note:
if you can’t make the show, you can listen on demand at the same link.)
Learn more about the World of Ink Tours visit at: http://worldofinknetwork.com
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