The Author and Artist Hour, March 21, 2021
Radio Toni A Conversation with Kez Wickham St George and Toni Lontis
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Welcome and intro – Listening live on FB, LI we have my EVA Pao ready and waiting to respond to your comments and questions with website links etc, like subscribe and email, radiotoni.com bbsradio.com/radiotoni, big shout out and thankyou.
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This is the first show of a new show series focused on authors and co hosted with my amazing new co host Kez Wickham St George
We are all Unique Walking Stories Just Waiting to be Told
Kez Wickham St George is the driver of her own creativity and her passion is to inspire and nurture others to tell their stories. Her values are simple; when you touch a heart; we can change a life. By encouraging you to write or journal her belief is, it will only add value to your life. Traveling extensively including the width and breath of Australia, she has collecting stories and experiences. Now with nine novels published, the first three Adventures in the outback published internationally, three nationally. Two children’s books now reside in many different countries and with two Royal families. Beginning of 2019 her first book of poetry, Entwined was published, forming a corridor between the City of Rockingham and Ako, its sister city, in Japan to bring the poets and artists together. Plus an invitation to be a guest speaker at a writer’s retreat at Crom Castle Dublin Ireland late November 2019. And in 2020 Kez novel Metal Mermaid became a number one best seller in her category of adventure caravanning. Kez is also a popular speaker at many local events; ever the storyteller. However mentoring and consulting to assist others to tell their stories has become a large part of her life, running effective creative writing workshops plus creative journaling workshops for those that have a story to tell. Encouraging people to do what they love has resulted in four of her writing protégés from 2018/19 being published authors.
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When did you start writing?
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Why did I begin to write?
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What is my Muse when you write?
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How do you find a publisher?
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Is it expensive to publish?
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What can you tell the listeners about self-publishing
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What are your books about?
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What are some of the challenges you face writing?
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What do you do when you aren’t writing?
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How do you mentor authors?
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Are there other genres you’d like to explore?
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What’s next for Kez?
After 35yrs in nursing across many specialties and levels of heath, Toni sat down in 2018 to write about her life after being encouraged to do so during her healing and self-discovery processes.
Resilience - Memoir of a Broken Little Girl discovering a woman of strength and beauty, was published in January 2019. In her book Toni talks candidly about her colorful life. This powerful account is an unexpected page turner that has you on the edge of your seat wondering what happens next. From her early childhood battle with a congenital facial defect, through debilitating battles in school to her traumatic entry into adult world. It details her struggle with anxiety and depression, low self-esteem and a longing for love and happiness.
After publishing her memoir Toni embarked on a marketing strategy that included working with and on social media, increasing her social media presence and creating networks of people. During this time, she also produced the audio book and was introduced to the power of the spoken word. This led to a conversation about podcasting, a phone call about online radio and its difference to podcasting and Radio Toni was born.
Toni now has multiple live streaming TV radio shows on different platforms based in the USA and broadcasting to the world, including her own channel on Binge TV Networks. She delivers collaborative co-hosted business shows that create brand awareness and helps companies leverage the power of live streaming media. She uses the power of the spoken word to tell the stories that the world needs to hear. Believing that everybody and every business has a story, everyone has something to say and she is determined to help you say it.
1 . What drew into being a radio host.
2. What are your goals as a radio host.
3. Why is important for the public to have a voice
4. What was the drive behind writing your memoirs in your book
5. What advice would you give to a young Toni.
6. What are your professional goals in 2021.
7. If you could sit with your future Toni what would you ask.
8. What is your dream Toni
My BGAH
To provide an opportunity for all those that have the courage to rise above their individual trauma to actualise their dreams denied to them by injustice.
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Successful business inspiring, empowering, educating and helping people
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Philanthropic goals and charity – UN sustainable development goals in particular Goal 5 – Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls, Goal 9 Innovation, Industry and infrastructure Goal 10 Reduce inequalities, Goal 16 Peace and justice Goal 17 Partnerships to achieve the Goal
https://kezwickhamstgeorge.com/
https://www.mmhpressgroup.com/product-page/metal-mermaid
https://www.amazon.com/kindle-dbs/entity/author/B07DTBCN1T
https://www.facebook.com/KezwickhamSTgeorge/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kez-wickham-st-george-09094418/
https://www.pinterest.com.au/KezwickhamSt/_saved/
The Author and Artist Hour
Kez is ever the storyteller and a popular speaker at many local events; However mentoring others to tell their stories has become a large part of Kez’s life, running creative writing workshops for those that have a story to tell.
Encouraging and mentoring others to follow their passion for writing has resulted in four of her writing protégés becoming published authors. Kez also invites published authors in fiction to contact her, as she enjoys introducing their work to Facebook and Instagram by video.
