Author, Publisher, Publicist, Poet, Speaker
Ever since I won a poetry contest in the high school paper when I was 13, I have loved to write. Words are magical, and books can open your mind to new places and ideas.
Background: After focusing on missions and teaching in my 20's, I switched to a successful career in sales working for such companies as the Southwestern Book Company, Comdata Networks and Ramada Inns, I made the decision to leave the bigger money for a more fulfilling career when I returned to ministry working with Youth For Christ. I have second-guessed myself many times since then but never been sorry for my change in direction.
Nashville Youth for Christ: As Director of Development for Nashville Youth for Christ, I learned the ins and outs of event planning for concerts, banquets, and other events while I pursued fund raising for the organization. It was in while trying to raise funds and awareness for the YFC that I became aware of the need for a non-denominational Christian publication that would give ministries and churches a stronger voice in the Nashville community. This led me to start the Koinonia Concert Calendar at Koinonia Bookstore in the late 1980s.
ChristianActivities.com:
After I left Koinonia, a friend at the William Morris Agency suggested I take the knowledge and information I developed publishing the Koinonia Concert Calendar and start a monthly magazine for Nashville, so in 1992, Christian Activities Magazine was born. ChristianActivities.com website launched in 1996. ChristianActivities.com now boasts around 100,000 unique visitors a month.
Publisher: I have written and compiled several books through the years starting with "The Creative ReSource Directory" for Nashville's Christian music industry, to several "Anthology of Christian Poetry" editions, to the A Tribute to Mayberry poetry books.
My newest book, How to Promote Your Book on a Shoestring Budget, a book to help authors market and sell their self-published books, was just released in September of 2008.
A Tribute to Mayberry is a heart-warming collection of poems by various writers from across the country with one thing in common - they all love "The Andy Griffith Show." New version coming in two weeks!!!
Order A Tribute to Mayberry
Mayberry Book Signings -- Available for book signings for the 2008 edition of The Mayberry Poem - A Tribute to Maybery.
Poet: My poems have been featured in Silver Leaves - the Journal of the White Tree Fund, In Fellowship - the Journal of the Tolkien Gathering, Christmas Tyme in Rhyme, Christian Poet's Pen, The Anthology of Christian Poetry, Moody Broadcasting Network, and more.
Speaker: I am available to speak at seminars and conventions on book promotions for authors on a tight budget.
If you are not ready to keel over from boredom yet, I have a website at Kathryn E. Darden
My blog at Blogspot is: Kathryn's Perspective
See my 2008 Dove Award photos at: 2008 Dove Award Winners
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