Kitty Schooley, achievements

Kitty Schooley

SUMMARY

A multi-media talent with experience in writing, songwriting, visual arts and web design.

ACHIEVEMENTS

• RADIO INTERVIEW of February 12, 2003, with Emmy Award Winning news anchor, Chuck Englund, available through www.ladybuglive.com/insdbooks.htm. Guest spots on KTOK, Oklahoma City, OK, with Sonya Vaughn; guest on Bloomfield Access TV, Bloomfield, CT, with Cynthia Berkowitz; guest on WEIR, Weirton, WV, with Mike Donovan; guest of Brian Jud on The Book Authority on Nutmeg TV.

• Salvation made play list of Estrogen Nation, host Anna Creech, heard every Monday afternoon on WRFL, 88.1 FM, in Lexington, KY, radio station of University of Kentucky. Past play list are found at http://www.eclecticlibrarian.net/estrogennation/.

• Guest speaker for November CT Authors and Publishers Association meeting. Topic “How I obtained copyright permission for lyrics used in my novel.” See http://www.aboutcapa.com/Novcapa.html.

• Guest spots on Back2Back with Ken Coleman on WQBH, Detroit, and WSMB with Ed Clancy in New Orleans, WLIE Island talk with Ed Till, and WFAD Morning Dialogue in Middlebury, VT, with Jerry Germaine and on KOA 850, Denver, CO, with Rick Barber.

• Wrote column on Boats, Books and Brushes for September, 2002, The Authority, CAPA’s newsletter. See http://www.geocities.com/kittysong2000/bbbarticle.htm.

• Wrote Meet a Member column on Ahlam Shalhout for September, 2002, The Authority, CAPA’s newsletter.

• Broken Shell meditation submission to Skinner House Books accepted for publication in How We Are Called anthology published December, 2002. See http://www.geocities.com/kittysong2000/brokensh.html.

• Negotiated book signing with Barnes & Noble, Glastonbury, for September 21, 2002, First Annual New England Book Festival.

• Completed multi-media web site to promote novel Forever Retro Blues, and songs, Salvation and Stay with Me I’ll be Your Man at

• Interviewed on WHUS on June 8, 2002, by Dr. J. Now downloadable and stream-able through www.changesurfer.com/eventhorizon/shows/2002.html.

• Designed and wrote promotional materials such as sell sheet, press release kit, bookmarks and business cards for Forever Retro Blues.

• Book, Forever Retro Blues, published on June 6, 2002, by Writers’ Club Press, iUniverse, Inc.

• Arranged book signing for September 8, 2002, through CT Authors and Publishers Association and Sail New London for the Maritime Festival of Boats, Books and Brushes.

• Designed cover art for Forever Retro Blues.

• Wrote Sailing into Publicity for the May, 2002, issue of The Authority (CAPA’s newsletter). This covered the presentation by Nancy Tyler at the previous month’s meeting.

• Negotiated permission to use lyrics from Beautiful Brown Eyes, Slow Down, Kansas City, and Leaving on a Jet Plane for use in Forever Retro Blues.

• Wrote For the Love of Small Press for the December, 2001, issue of The Authority (CAPA’s newsletter). This covered the presentation by Faith Vicinanza at the previous month’s meeting.

• Wrote A Delightfully Delicious Adventure for the April, 2001, issue of The Authority (CAPA’s newsletter). This covered the presentation by Judy Sulick at the previous month’s meeting.

• Salvation registered with BMI, March 1998.

• Music publishing contract for Salvation with Artistic Noise, December, 1997.

• Salvation received CSA recognition award and is included in Best of CSA,/Vol. 6.

• Stay with Me I’ll be Your Man received CSA recognition award and is included in Best of CSA,/Vol. 6.

AFFILIATIONS

Connecticut Songwriters Association (www.ctsongs.com)

Two recognition awards.

Connecticut Authors and Publishers Association (www.aboutcapa.com)

Contributor to The Authority.

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