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Acworth, GA, United States, 03/17/2008 - 'The Spirited Southerner' discusses ways for authors to promote their books, and shares how she has promoted "Edgewise: An Assignment to Remember" March 29th, 9:15-9:45 AM.
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Darlene Ford Wofford, rape victim turned fiction author has attracted international attention to her writing, in addition to generating local interest by the Atlanta media. Her presentation is entitled” From Toastmistress to Weekend Marketing Warrior: How I Made It to the Morning TV News.” The spirited southern novelist is the multi-award winning author or “Edgewise: An Assignment to Remember,” the first of three novels planned for her “Edgewise” series. She acquired her nickname as “The Spirited Southerner” after co-hosting a weekly Saturday morning talk show on Atlanta radio. An award-winning speaker with Toastmasters International, her presentations are always enlightening and inspiring. She will share how she has been promoting her book and herself on Saturday morning, March 29th from 9:15-9:45 AM at the GA World Congress Center’s Spring Book Show. For more information call 770-938-0289 or visit anvilpub.net
If the name Darlene Wofford sounds familiar, it may be because she and Carl, her husband of 40+ years, stay mighty busy with her book-signings and speaking engagements. Books-And-Authors.Net recently named her "2007 Author of the Year" while recognizing "An Assignment to Remember" their "2007 Best Autobiography." She has been featured on TV FOX 5 Good Day Atlanta, when she was interviewed about the events which led to her writing the book. Certified Image Consultant and President of Imagize Consulting Services, she is a graduate of the London Image Institute and their Graduate Division Director. She is an officer of the AICI Atlanta Chapter (Association of Image Consultants International), as well as an officer of Toastmasters International's Marietta Chapter. Every Saturday morning in 2006 from 10-11:00 am, she co-hosted an hour-long Atlanta radio talk-show called "Your Inner Voice," and she has been interviewed regarding her novel on several Atlanta radio stations.
The term "Edgewise" is used to describe the book's protagonist as a young Atlanta woman whose mind has shut down to block out back-to-back traumatic events, however other memories of her life are blocked, as well. Told through the eyes of the author's alter ego, "An Assignment to Remember" is not as much about the events as it is the inspiring story about triumph over tragedy, her healing progression and the prevailing strength of unconditional love. Based on true events in the her life, "An Assignment to Remember" is the first of three novels in the author's "Edgewise" series, with "Seven Years 'Til Sunrise," scheduled for release later this year, followed by the third in 2009-10. Recognized as "2007 Author of the Year" and awarded "2007 Best Autobiography" by Books-And-Authors.Net, the author has told "An Assignment to Remember" through the eyes of her alter ego. To quote Page One Lit literary newsletter, "Wofford is a wonderful writer whose personality and charisma is vivid in every word and sentence in her new book, 'Edgewise: An Assignment to Remember.' This is the most honest, heart-inspiring book of the year." Jim Cox with The Midwest Book Review describes the novel as, "An inspired tribute to the strength of the human spirit, and of working through a process of recovery to overcome the wounds that life can inflict upon us without warning." Denna Shelton of Twenty Gems sums it up nicely in her review, "Edgewise took me on an emotional journey of laughter, sorrow and hope."
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