In the Author's Corner with Etienne

Enrique “Rico” Corneiro was born and raised on the island of St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands. His family’s history on the island dates back more than 200 years, back to a time when the islands were called the Danish West Indies. For almost 250 years Denmark ruled over the Virgin Islands. As a young child, Rico heard many stories about what life was like back in the old Danish days when pirates roamed the seas and sugar cane was the king crop. An alumnus of the Ivanna Eudora Kean High School on St. Thomas in 1985, he enlisted in the United States Air Force where he worked as air traffic controller. While in the military, he continued his education and received three Associates Degrees from the Community College of the Air Force and in 1995.  He currently works in the financial services industry and is married with one daughter. Over the years, his passion for learning about his family’s history and the history of the islands has led him to write several books. The most recent one, The Danish West Indies in Black and White. Almost 300 black and white images depicted what life was like on the islands 100 years ago. His other works include Rescuing Virgins: A Guide to Virgin Islands Sports Collectibles while his first book detailing his family’s 200+ year history in the Virgin Islands is entitled I Born Here: The Story of My Virgin Islands Family.     

My friend, Dr. Daphne Clarke-Hudson, Ph.D., just published a new discounted Registration to the one-day LIVE EVENT called GROWCON™ Experience, created to help Entrepreneurs & Women Business Owners 25-60 Years Old just like you who want to grow their BUSINESS & gain revenue increase, by Getting higher-paying clients, & now see themselves as experts in their industry. It also reveals how every Emerging Women Entrepreneurs can understand NO! More burnout & they will enjoy an improved lifestyle. In fact, here's just a sample of how attending will help you: * increase your profits with confidence. * establish your Credibility as an Expert in your field. * take advantage of Joint Venture & Collaborations options. * understand what it takes to increase your profits easily & confidently. * avoiding failure in their business completely. And much, MUCH More! Tom Garner:"There are @ things EVERY business owner wants. First, they want to generate more leads, attract more clients & make more money so they can eliminate any current financial distress they find themselves in. Second, they want to reach $1 million in annual revenues so they can begin to live the life they have always dreamed of having & so richly deserve." Tom's E-Learning Marketing System was specifically created to provide all small business owners with the tools, resources, & support they need to accomplish both of these goals. How? First, Tom helps you target your ideal client, understand exactly what they want when they make their decision to buy, & create compelling marketing messages that enable you to out-market and out-sell your competition. Tom even provides you with "done-for-you" marketing & advertising examples that are proven and tested to get real-world results.

Nothing but reviews! That's how good Susan's writing is. Likewise for the cast's acting. "Went to the World Premiere last night of "Catch & Keep". This is such a terrific play about our island here of St. Thomas. WAPA, taxis, roosters, teeth-sucking, manners, mosquitoes, rum. It covers it all AND it's VERY funny. Looking for something to do? GO and enjoy this well-written & exceptionally well-acted local play. A MUST SEE! AND a BIG shout out to Susan Hunter, the writer, the cast, producers, & director of "Catch & Keep" now running at Pistarckle Theatre. Till Sunday! 340-775-7877" - Mick Kollins, May 6, 2017 Here's what Catch & Keep playwright Susan Hunter wrote after attending opening night on May 4th: "I was thrilled at the audience's reception. One person told me she felt "nourished" by the positive messages and it was the best time she's had on St. Thomas in years. THAT is a marvelous review! Thanks to the stellar cast and fine direction, this is a play for everyone to enjoy. My appreciation to all who packed the house last night...your enthusiasm was astounding!!" Visit Pistarckle Theater's here: j.mp/2poqqMM

Dr. Daphne Clarke-Hudson, Ph.D., published Registration to the one-day LIVE EVENT called GROWCON™ Experience, created to help Entrepreneurs & Women Business Owners 25-60 Years+ who want to grow their BUSINESS & gain revenue increase, by Getting higher-paying clients, and now see themselves as experts in their industry. It also reveals how every Emerging Women Entrepreneurs can understand NO! More burnout & they will enjoy an improved lifestyle. In fact, here's just a sample of how attending will help you:    * increase your profits with confidence.    * establish your Credibility as an Expert in your field.    * take advantage of Joint Venture and Collaborations options.    * understand what it takes to increase your profits easily & confidently.    * avoiding failure in their business completely. And much, MUCH More! Lynette Reddix: From Shreveport, Louisiana, now resides & works in Houston as Chief Executive Officer at her non-profit organization, No Sister Left Behind, Inc., & Chief Executive Officer at Rosenberg CMHC, Inc., 2 outpatient community mental health clinics serving veterans & others. Lynette owns & operates 2 Community Mental Health Centers in the state of Texas. With a 24-year history in the healthcare profession, serving her community is her passion that she holds highly. Her goal encourages her to partner with various entities to develop greater research & advocacy for families, friends, & community. A National Awareness of Mental Illness (NAMI) sponsor, Lynette & her staff joined in the Walk to Raise Awareness. Visit No Sister Left Behind, Inc, Inc. at www.Facebook.com/NoSisterLeftBehindInc/

Dr. Daphne Clarke-Hudson, Ph.D., published Registration to the one-day LIVE EVENT called GROWCON™ Experience, created to help Entrepreneurs & Women Business Owners 25-60 Years Old just like you who want to grow their BUSINESS and gain revenue increase, by Getting higher-paying clients, and now see themselves as experts in their industry. It also reveals how every Emerging Women Entrepreneurs can understand NO! More burnout and they will enjoy an improved lifestyle. In fact, here's just a sample of how attending will help you: increase your profits with confidence.establish your Credibility as an Expert in your field.take advantage of Joint Venture and Collaborations options.understand what it takes to increase your profits easily and confidently.avoiding failure in their business completely. And much, MUCH More! Now, drop-by, call-in to get the latest developments! Call Dr. Clarke-Hudson directly at (646) 721-9611.

My friend, Dr. Daphne Clarke-Hudson, Ph.D., published a new one-day LIVE EVENT called GROWCON™ Experience. It was created to help Entrepreneurs & Women Business Owners 25-60 Years Old who want to grow their BUSINESS, increase revenue, gain higher-paying clients, & see themselves as experts in their industry. It also reveals how Emerging Women Entrepreneurs can understand how to avoid burnout & enjoy an improved lifestyle. In fact, here's just a sample of how attending will help you: increase your profits with confidence; establish your credibility as an expert in your field; take advantage of joint-venture & collaborations options; understand what it takes to increase your profits easily & confidently, avoid business failure completely. And much, MUCH More! Dr. DeLores Pressley: DeLores, International Keynote Motivational Speaker & Executive Life Coach, is dedicated to helping people take action to launch bold, confident, & courageous lives. As the CEO of DeLores Pressley Worldwide & the Founder of the Global Up Woman™ Network, a network & movement to empower & elevate women in business, DeLores stays busy. As a former elementary school teacher & a pioneer of the plus-size fashion & modeling industry, DeLores has inspired & helped motivate thousands to leverage their leadership voice, have a powerful presence, & live confidently. DeLores is the author of several books: Clean Out the Closets of Your Life, Believe in the Power of You, Empower, and Co-Author of Oh Yes You Can! A contributing writer for Smart Business Magazine, DeLores has received many awards & recognition for her work including Top Ten Business Owners by the National Assn. of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) & Key Bank Corporation, to name a few.

My friend, Dr. Daphne Clarke-Hudson, Ph.D., published a new discounted Registration to the one-day LIVE EVENT called GROWCON™ Experience, created to help Entrepreneurs & Women Business Owners 25-60 Years Old just like you who want to grow their BUSINESS and gain revenue increase, by Getting higher-paying clients, and now see themselves as experts in their industry. It also reveals how every Emerging Women Entrepreneurs can understand NO! More burnout and they will enjoy an improved lifestyle. In fact, here's just a sample of how attending will help you: * increase your profits with confidence. * establish your Credibility as an Expert in your field. * take advantage of Joint Venture and Collaborations options. * understand what it takes to increase your profits easily and confidently. * avoiding failure in their business completely. And much, MUCH More! Marina Angelica Coryat: Marina, the Principal for Refined Communications, is an innovative, strategic, & results-driven business-relations leader with extensive experience in public relations & community affairs in corporate, non-profit, & governmental arenas. Her solid track record: to lead & inspire by positively creating strategies, developing programs & building strong relationships for entities such as Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Texas, McDonald’s franchise owners, & the City of Houston. As a goal-oriented advocate of continuous improvement, Marina solves problems creatively to exceed expectations, generate revenue, minimize expenses, & contribute to overall company growth & morale. Besides to her work, Marina is a Lifetime Member & Ambassador of the Greater Houston Partnership. Her desire is to see individuals grow to their fullest potential & reach their destiny. 

My friend, Dr. Daphne Clarke-Hudson, Ph.D., just published a discounted Registration to the one-day LIVE EVENT called GROWCON™ Experience, she created to help Entrepreneurs & Women Business Owners 25-60 Years Old who want to grow their BUSINESS and gain revenue increase, by Getting higher-paying clients, and now see themselves as experts in their industry. In fact, here's just a sample of how attending will help you: * increase your profits with confidence. * establish your Credibility as an Expert in your field. * take advantage of Joint Venture and Collaborations options. And much, MUCH More! The FULL investment for the one-day LIVE EVENT is $397.00.  Because you're invited by Etienne A. Gibbs, the host & Executive Producer of In the Author's Corner with Etienne, you PAY Only:  $107.00 between April 18th–25th 9:00 am Eastern Standard Time. After 9:00 am April 25th, 2017 price go up. Click & Be on your way to success & discover what makes you unique & valuable.  Get in on this amazing 7-day SALE for the GROWCON™ Experience before April 25th! http://bit.ly/2pBbrzo Dr. Daphne’s presence goes way beyond a nationally-recognized empowerment specialist & professional keynote presenter. She’s also an insightful author with multiple accredited works, an award-winning TV & radio personality, & a certified transformational coach with 20+ years’ experience helping others create the lives they envision. When Dr. Daphne was just 14, her mother passed away. But her dreams for her daughter – happy, educated, and successful – lived on. Dr. Daphne shares them with a passion.

Dr. Watts' professional goals are to assist schools in need of improvement to identify and implement programs. But that's not all. The programs that she would like to see schools implement must be ones that will contribute to an increase in student performance both in reading and writing. And how to most effective ways to increase student performance in reading and writing? Well, the Dr. has a plan. The most effective ways to do so are via workshops, professional development sessions, & job-embedded professional development and coaching. After 4 years of utilizing and introducing the process to teachers in other districts, the results were positive. In 2013 the Dr. Watts expanded the Writing to Respond process to include writing in response to test prompts, & after 3  years of usage with a diverse group of students, the results were eye-opening. Dr. Watts has published resources to facilitate the use of the process at schools or home.  That's a lot, but the Dr. wants a lot for our schools, teachers, parents, & students! Join us as we speak with Dr. Watts, the author & educator, about how she has developed writing materials to help students accomplish her well-intended goal. When she realized that the first edition of her book did not sufficiently meet the needs of high school students, author Martha Joseph Watts began working on Writing to Respond to Text and Tests, a revised edition that stressed the academic vocabulary addressed at each step & ensured that students were obligated to write responses . . .  Visit Dr. Watts at: http://buddinwriters.com/

Mr. Mitchell Levy, an accomplished Entrepreneur, has created 20 businesses in Silicon Valley including 4 publishing companies that have published over 800 books. Mr. Levy is The AHA Guy at AHAthat & the CEO of THiNKaha. A bestselling author with fifty-six business books, he is also a contributor at Entrepreneur Magazine. In addition to these accomplishments, Mr. Levy has provided strategic consulting to over 100 companies, advised over 500 CEOs on critical business issues, and has been chairman of the board of a NASDAQ-listed company. Mr. Levy and his team make it easy for corporations to easily create compelling content that help turn their experts into recognized thought leaders. THiNKaha services include the AHAthat, thought leadership interviews via Google Hangouts, creating content portals, book publishing, webinar publishing, social media, traditional media coaching and vetted referrals, thought leadership mentoring/coaching, and many other thought leadership services, including the creation and support of corporations’ thought leadership blueprints. Need Content to Grow Your Thought Leadership? If you need new content to grow your thought leadership status and don’t know where to start, THiNKaha can help you increase your influence with a few of our select products and services. Visit Mr. Mitchell Levy at www.MitchellLevy.com/.

Like Precious Jones, an illiterate sixteen-year-old, in PUSH, the 1996 debut novel of American author, Sapphire, Ms. Tee was dealt an injurious hand in life. Ms. Tee's Daughter tells the tale of the infamous jewelry-wearing, broken-in-spirit con-artist mother she had. Ms. Tee's daughter, herself, discovers her mother had dreams, hopes, and goals of wanting to do what was right in life. As Ms. Tee's daughter discovers the truth about the woman she felt she never knew, she's now faced with the question, "Will she continue the cycle or BREAK the Cycle of Abuse?" Mrs. Sunshine Sims, an author who is also a married, homeschooling mother of four offsprings, enjoys teaching people about God's Kingdom Good News. She also enjoys singing, reading and spending time with her family. According to Mrs. Sims, "All of us have thoughts, opinions, feelings, and emotions; writing helps me to express those thoughts. Bringing like-minded people together is what I hope to do. My Blogs are written to help people who may be going through similar situations that the blogger has experienced. Many say silence is golden, but there is also a time to speak. I want to stand up and speak out because we never know who we might inspire." Visit her at www.SunshineSims.com/.

Richard S. Braddock III, later to be known as “Ricky,” was marked for the legal profession before he was conceived in his mother’s womb. His grandfather, Richard S. Braddock, was a war hero who began his career as a lawyer in Huntsville, Texas. Ricky’s parents, Richard S. Braddock, Jr. and Elizabeth Braddock, both of whom were regarded by their clients and peers as exceptional lawyers and human beings, followed in his footsteps. The natural inclination was that their one and only son would continue their tradition. However, while he was a budding elementary school student, Ricky attended a baseball game at the Astrodome in Houston. There he was smitten by the baseball bug, and after that, the lives of the Braddock family were forever changed. It soon became evident to his parents that once Ricky made his mind about something, it soon became his reality. Baseball became his life, and the pursuit of becoming a major-league All-Star became his obsession. However, life has a way of throwing its own curveballs, as Ricky found out at a high point in his career when he ran into what seemed to be an insurmountable roadblock. Roadblocks is a modern-day novel with an old-fashioned flair about a hometown boy that almost made it to the top of his game. Will he recover or become the “quitter,” he’s been so readily labeled by the town folks after tragedy knocks him off the pitcher’s mound? The answers can only be found in the pages of this invigorating novel by Bob Malinak. About the Author: Bob Malinak, a native Texan, graduated from Temple High School in 1954. He received a B.A. degree from Rice Institute in 1958 and a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Texas School of Law in 1961. He joined the Baker Botts law firm in Houston in 1961 and retired as a senior partner in 1999.

This Jamaica native has been residing in Canada for almost 25 years. Michelle Saldeba-Alexander is a mother of 2 beautiful children, daughter, Kiah, and son, Zion, along with being the wife of Glen Alexander, an evangelist at heart. Aunty Michelle, as she's called by the kids and adults at her home church, devotes her heart and time nurturing the spiritual life of children. Aunty Michelle is currently the Director of Children's Ministry at Calvary Worship Center and holds a Bachelors of Pastoral Theology degree and Masters of Christian Counseling. Atop all that, Aunty M is the author of The Jamaican Woman at the Well. She shares with us, "For those of you who do not believe in the power of God and to those who have ever questioned His grace, love, or existence, I hope my story, a 'God Story', will be an inspiration and blessing to you. It will show you just how REAL, good and merciful God is.  I want you to ponder over these pages and envision them as your own story as well as looking deeply at your own life and believe, "Is there really anything at all too big for God"? Search your heart, reflect on your life, all of your fears, concerns, joys, frustrations, anxieties, doubts, worries, mistakes, decisions, family, friends, co-workers and even ministry.  My desire is that as you see the wonders of God throughout these pages, you will consider Him in your life and know that you are truly loved by Him." Visit Aunty Michelle at: www.Facebook.com/AuntyMichellesa/ or at www.MichelleSaldeba.com/

Amidst the trials and tribulations, author Sids Ahky Stevens went through, she examines the different stages of her life. By owning her truth, she has become more appreciative and thankful for the things that really does matter, which are her family and her supportive friends. Sids Ahky Stevens is a product of single-family household that consists of a very strict mom. With a father who did not want to have anything to do with her, Sids became a troubled kid. With her mother's permission, Sids was raised later by an amazing grandmother. Later on she pursued her master’s degree, established her faith, found love, and had two children. She lost her son to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). After his death, Sids worked harder on her marriage, and they were blessed to have their beautiful daughter. As she had gotten older, Sids wanted to achieve more attainable goals and serve her community. Most of all, she wants to show her daughter that, although she is a Mommy, she can be amazing too. In her new book, Own Your Stupidity, she shares her inspiring story. Visit Sids at www.OwnYourStupidity.com/

According to Denise, "When you work personally with an expert who knows the path to writing a successful book, the journey is much easier. You have an experienced guide on your side who’ll make suggestions to bring your book to a higher level and make it even better than you imagined. You’ll actually save time doing it right rather than doing it over and over." If you're thinking about writing a book, whether it be your first or your twenty-first, Denise recommends that you schedule a time to talk about your book vision. And to do so, simply go to the Contact Page of her website at http://j.mp/2km9Jjv. She'll discuss what you’ve done so far and how she can best help you. She’ll answer all your questions and share her fees with you at that time so you can make the best decision for you. Now, Denise intends to take your book-writing journey several steps forward. She's inviting a small number of authors to join her in a transatlantic book-writing journey, literarily and figuratively. Today, Denise will share all the specific of this new venture. Be here! You won't want to miss this opportunity!