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Next Up on Virtual Author Tours Live Radio Show: H. Reese Butler II, founder and President of suicide prevention hotline, National Hopeline Network - Thursday, February 8, 2007 11 AM PST/ 2 PM EST

Today, I'm delighted to have the opportunity to interview H. Reese Butler II, the founder and President of the suicide prevention hotline, National Hopeline Network 1.800.SUICIDE and the Kristin Brooks Hope Center on my Virtual Author Tours Live Radio Show on Blog Talk Radio.

Butler had a very successful career as a businessman building telecommunication and national newspaper companies, when life changed in an instant in 1998 with the loss of his wife, Kristin Brooks Rossell, to suicide. After this tragedy, Butler turned his focus to the prevention of suicide and founded the Kristin Brooks Hope Center and the National Hopeline Network 1.800.SUICIDE.  He is a survivor, mental health advocate and a champion for moms who suffer with postpartum depression.

Reese Butler II has just kicked off the 6th Annual Take Action! Tour -- a seven week, 45-city tour that reaches at-risk youth through a live music tour combined with a Take Action Volume 6 2CD/1DVD set which contains music and suicide prevention resources and training materials.

When: Thursday, February 8, 2007  11 AM PST/ 2 PM EST

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Today's Guest on the Virtual Author Tours Live Radio Show: Brad Listi, author of bestselling novel, "Attention. Deficit. Disorder." Thursday, Jan. 25 5pm PST/ 8pm EST

Join me this evening on my Virtual Author Tours Live Radio Show at 5pm PST/ 8pm EST for this lively interview with Brad Listi, author of the Los Angeles Times bestselling novel, Attention. Deficit. Disorder. (just released in paperback by Simon & Schuster).

In this book, Listi takes a look at the effects of our ADD-like culture through his character, Wayne Fencer, a recent film school grad, who struggles to find meaning in his life while trying to make sense out of his ex-girlfriend's suicide and the startling news that she was pregnant with his child.

From Simon & Schuster:
"Desperate to understand and haunted by regret, Wayne begins a journey that takes him up and down the East Coast (on foot) and across the American West (in an RV), finally arriving at the Costco Soulmate Trading Outpost in the middle of the Black Rock Desert. Along the way, Wayne's journey becomes a series of meditations on modern life, drawing on everything from the ancient philosophy of Siddhartha Gautama to a visit with Gregorio Fuentes, Hemingway's fishing guide and inspiration for The Old Man and the Sea.

A dazzling exploration of love, death, escape, home, and maturation set in the era of information overload, Attention. Deficit. Disorder. is highly original and exhibits an unforgettable voice that is Listi's alone."

In addition to being a bestselling novelist, Brad Listi teaches creative writing at Santa Monica College in Los Angeles, maintains one of the Top 50 most popular blogs on MySpace--The A.D.D. Blog, and is the founder of THENERVOUSBREAKDOWN.COM, a daily blogzine that features creative nonfiction from a variety of talented writers from around the world.

So, join us tonight at 5pm PST/ 8pm EST. You can LISTEN LIVE through the web. Even better, CALL IN at 1-646-915-9813 to ask Brad your questions about writing, the writing life, his novel and what it's like to write and promote a bestselling novel!

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