the very special Linda Radke, an award-winning author and
the president & publisher of Story Monsters Ink Magazine, geared for youngsters..a return visit for us…YOU
CAN GO TO LINDA’S WEBSITE BY SIMPLY TYPING IN HER NAME…she’s got a great background…
sample questions— Did you start your working career as a special education schoolteacher?
How long have you been active in the literary world?
Where did you start?
Did you always have literary talents?
Tell us a bit about the book you wrote that earned you an IRWIN Literary Award from
the Book Publicists of So. Calif. for Best Book Marketer of the Year
You really have scored great success as the founder several years ago of the wonderful monthly
Story Monsters Ink Magazine–what are some of the secrets of your magazine’s continuous success?
I understand you really get some great adult literary figures to write articles for the magazine?
Who’s the biggest you’ve every gotten? Who are some of the literary giants to have graced the cover
of the magazine?
You’ve been quoted–“You can’t compromise on quality. Do it right or don’t do it all!”–tell us more
these words of wisdom…
No question that you are very passionate about your work–did your own children have a
great influence on you in your career as a publisher? Did your hobbies help?
Tell us about the growth of literacy in America…at what age do we start getting kids interested
in reading? Should expectant mothers read to babies in-the-womb?
Evidently you’ve always had printer’s ink in your veins–do you still find time to write? Who are
some of the celebrities you have worked with?
What can each individual listening to us right now do to advance literacy in America?
Is there a writer in all of us? What are the secrets of being an effective story-teller?
How can listeners subscribe to your magazine, Story Monsters Ink?
What is your website?