Maureen Petrosky, author of the new book, Wine Club: A Monthly Guide to Swirling, Sipping, and Pairing with Friends is my guest in this episode.

You can find out more about Maureen at her website, MaureenPetrosky.com.

I am so excited to introduce this podcast episode.

What better summer topic than wine (and chocolate tasting)

PLUS: If it is your goal to write a 'specialty book' you will learn Author Maureen Petrosky's publishing story. She is an author of several books.

This latest release, Wine Club: A Monthly Guide to Swirling, Sipping, and Pairing with Friends, is an updated version of a successful book she first published in 2005, The Wine Club: A Month-by-Month guide to Learning about Wine with Friends. What an interesting story. The new release is set up in a month by month format that suggests wines and food pairing. Everyone learns and everyone is introduced to great food and great wine.

As a community, we are socializing more and more. What a fantastic and fun way to get together.

In the interview Maureen, Master Sommelier and Trained Chef, shares:

• Tips on selecting and tasting different wines
• How wine, food and chocolate work together to form a complete tasting experience
• The one element you need to easily form a wine club with your friends
• What "leggy" means
• Tips for lifestyle authors on publishing and marketing
• and much more

Find Maureen Petrosky at her website and her new book, Wine Club, wherever books are sold.

Thanks for listening. If you like what you hear, leave me a rating!

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Is Joining a Writers Group a Good Idea for Aspiring Writers?
(or a great starting point/)

Join authors Linda Wisniewski, Sandra Carey Cody, and Susan Wagner in a fun, illuminating conversation about Women's Writing Groups. All the women are part of a writer's group created through their connection with the Pearl S Buck House in Bucks County, PA. Not all writers groups are created equal and I was curious about how the groups work and how joining one be might advantageous for writers.

Linda, Sandy and Susan share:

• their individual writing and publishing stories
• how writer's groups help them personally
• how they cope with critics
• why they write
• advice for the aspiring author on publishing
• resources that have helped them through their careers
• and much, much more.

Find out more about these authors and their books at their websites:

Linda Wisniewski at Lindawis.com

Sandra Carey Cody at SandraCareyCody.com

Susan Wagner at SusanEWagner.com

Meet the authors! If you are local, the authors will be attending the Flemington Summer Book Fest being held May 26th thru May 29th from 10-6.

If wish to explore memoir writing, Linda Wisniewski offers a class that starts today. Check it out if you are interested, she may have room for you.

Other resources that the ladies mention in the broadcast:

StoryCircleNetwork.org

International Women's Writing Group

MeetUp.org

International Women's Writing Guild

International Poets

Sisters in Crime

Author's Guild

Pearl S. Buck Writing Center

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Author and Influencer, Kelly Hopkins-Jones, is our guest this week. We chat about her popular Instagram site, @hillside-farmhouse, her book, Someday - a love letter to parents experiencing infertility, her publishing experience, and her baby daughter.

Kelly reveals how she went from advance practice nurse to Instagram influencer. Her Instagram site, @hillside-farmhouse, has over 13,800 followers. Kelly explains how she started to post pictures of her farmhouse remodel in Bucks County and then added posts that paralleled what was going on in her life.

She features fabulous pictures and video on her Instagram about her home renovations (two homes), her struggle with infertility, her fabulous product finds and her baby daughter, as well as products for baby and mom! She offers her advice on how YOU could do the same on your social media:

Consistency, Flexibility, and Connection are key.

Kelly's heartfelt journey to new motherhood through unexplained fertility is shared. She describes the role that writing and publishing her book, Someday, played in that journey.

You can find Kelly's book, Someday, at the link.

Thanks for listening. You can find me at @claudinewolk on Instagram - I need to catch up to Kelly's followers. As if...

Claudine Wolk Substack: Get Your Book Seen and Sold
Claudine Wolk Website: ClaudineWolk.com
Claudine's Instagram - @ClaudineWolk