Our featured interview this week is with Christopher Meeks, author The Middle-Aged Man and the Sea, a collection of short stories, and the play Who Lives?.

Also in this podcast, Mur Lafferty talks about the importance of reading to the craft of writing.

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This week's podcast has two interviews. First, I talk to Stacey Cochran, author of Amber Page and the Legend of the Coral Stone, about how to organize meet-ups and other regional events for Lulu authors.

Next, Rich Burk interviews award-winning journalist Michael Jones about his book Second-Hand Stories, which collects many of his articles about his hometown of Louisville, KY.

Finally, Mur Lafferty brings us advice on how to deal with rejection from publishers.

This week our featured interview is with Joanne Baldwin DVM, co-author of The Havanese. Take a look at the H.E.A.R.T. storefront for books and calendars featuring Havanese dogs.

This show also features the debut of Mur Lafferty's new weekly column on tips and advice for writers--both novice and experienced. Mur is the host of two popular podcasts, I Should Be Writing and Geek Fu Action Grip, and published some of her own writing at Lulu - www.lulu.com/geekfu.

This week's column focuses on three key steps for the beginning writer.

1. If writing is high priority, make time for it!
2. Get you butt in a chair and start writing!
3. Turn off the Internet!

If you have any writing questions you would like Mur to answer, or have any other suggestions or comments, please write us at radio@lulu.com.

For our first podcast of 2007, we bring you an interview with Terri Schinazi, one of the co-authors of Finding the "CAN" in Cancer. For more information about this inspirational book visit the storefront at www.lulu.com/canincancer.

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Happy New Year!