by Joni M Fisher | Feb 28, 2020 | Featured In
Authors on the Air Global Radio Network host Pam Stack interviewed author and aviator Joni M. Fisher. March is Women’s History or HerStory Month, celebrating women. The Authors on the Air Global Radio Network is an international digital media corporation. It...
by Joni M Fisher | Feb 22, 2020 | Aviation
Congratulations to Jack Brown’s Seaplane Base in Winter Haven, Florida, for 40 years of flight training in Piper aircraft. It’s likely that Brown’s Seaplane Base has trained more people to fly seaplanes than any other flight school in the world, at 500 students a...
by Joni M Fisher | Feb 16, 2020 | Book News
Amid the morass of junk mail offering to enhance body parts I don’t have, refinance my home, and help a Nigerian Prince move vast sums of cash out of Africa, a sweet message arrived from the good folks who run the Chanticleer International Book Awards (CIBAs)....
by Joni M Fisher | Feb 15, 2020 | Book News
A limited number of signed copies of the first book published in the Compass Crimes Series are being given away through a Goodreads Giveaway. Readers in Canada and the U.S. are eligible to win. If you love to read, Goodreads is the place to find great books, amazing...
by Joni M Fisher | Dec 12, 2019 | Writing Life
For five years, I watched for a certain homeless man like others, anticipating the first robin in springtime. He came out with the perennials in downtown New Orleans, Louisiana. A frail, aging black man dressed in thrown-away clothes, he stood for hours on the lawn of...
by Joni M Fisher | Oct 20, 2019 | Book News
The gathering of the Florida Writers Association in Altamonte Springs this year meant long days, catching up with friends, and receiving an award for my third book. This year’s theme was Writers at Work. Funny that most of us took off work to attend. I...
by Joni M Fisher | Sep 1, 2019 | Book News
Goodreads.com is Facebook for readers. If you love to read, this is the place to learn about all the upcoming books in your favorite genres. In fact, many authors giveaway books to Goodreads readers to build readership and gain reviews–that word-of-mouth buzz...
by Joni M Fisher | Aug 26, 2019 | Writing Life
Caryn and Paul Frink helped me tremendously during the research phase of my third book. They hosted me on their Nordic Tug and answered hundreds of questions. Their answers and suggestions helped shape the story of West of Famous into a suspenseful tale that involves...
by Joni M Fisher | Jul 14, 2019 | Writing Tips
We’ve all slogged through novels with boring, predictable, or chit-chat dialogue. In many genres, dialogue makes up half of the novel, so dialogue can make or break your bond with readers. You can learn how to craft purposeful, quotable dialogue, by discovering and...
by Joni M Fisher | May 1, 2019 | Writing Life
Meet Kim Russo. She’s the Director of America’s Great Loop Cruisers Association (AGCLA). I called her out of the blue over two years ago to ask questions about the AGCLA or Loopers. The questions could not be answered by browsing their website. I needed to know more...