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Do You Want to Write a Book? (What You Need to Know)

March 23, 2011
Katonah Library, 7:00pm
 Do You Want to Write a Book?
(What You Need to Know)

Most people have a book in them, just waiting to come out. In this workshop you will learn the steps required to produce a really good book. Writing a book is one of the most joyful things to do, because it’s a creative act; but a good book requires more than inspiration, it also needs perspiration and organization.
 The program will be interactive in nature, allowing for Q and A. And, since you may not want to do it all alone,  we’ll be providing resources that could prove invaluable.

Who Should Come: Anyone itching to write a book, on any number of topics.

Guest Speakers: (Bio's below)

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Mark Banschick, MD: author of the The Intelligent Divorce series.

David Tabatsky: author/editor of many books from The Chicken Soup for the Soul - The Cancer BookChildren’s Letters to Obama and Marlo Thomas’ The Right Words at the Right Time.

Penny Cohen, MSW: author of Personal Kabbalah: 32 Paths to Inner Peace and Life Purpose  

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Mark Banschick, MD - is a member of the American Psychiatric Association and the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and is a Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.     He has served as an expert witness in court for custody disputes for many years.  Since 1998, Dr. Banschick created and taught The Intelligent Divorce – a preventative healthintervention designed to protect the children of divorce. He is the author of a book series by the same name and is developing aninternet based course for divorcing parents. For more information is available online at: www.TheIntelligentDivorce.com.      

Dr Banschick co-founded the Katonah Study Group for Integrative Medicine (KSG), which is a think tank in Westchester, New York that is devoted to a pragmatic dialogue between modern western medicine and non-western medical practices.   Onlineinformation about KSG and its activities can be foundat www.katonahstudygroup.org.     

Dr. Banschick has appeared on CBS’ The Early ShowThe CBS Morning News and The Ricky Lake Show.Dr. Banschick is an adjunct professor at Hebrew Union College in New York City. His private practice is in Katonah, New York where he works withchildren, adolescents and adults.      Dr. Banschick lives with his wife, Josefa and his children, Gabe, Micah and Chaya.  

David Tabatsky is a book author, editor, teacher, director, and performing artist.        

David is the coauthor and editor of The Cancer Book: 101 Stories of Courage, Support and Love, from the Chicken Soup for the Soul series (2009). He is the coauthor, with Bruce Kluger, ofDear President Obama: Letters of Hope from Children Across America (2009). He has collaborated with Dr. Mark Banschickon The Intelligent Divorce: Because Your Kids Come First (Intelligent Book Press 2010 and 2011). David wrote The Boy Behind the Door: How Salomon Kool Escaped the Nazis (KTAV 2009). He was the Consulting Editor for Marlo Thomas and her New York Timesbestseller The Right Words at the Right Time, Volume 2: Your Turn (2006). He has published two editions of What’s Cool Berlin, a comic travel guide to Germany’s capital, and has written for The ForwardParenting, and Sesame Street Parent, among others.            

David has worked professionally in theatre and circus as an actor, clown, and juggler, appearing in New York at Lincoln Center, Radio City Music Hall, the Beacon Theatre, and throughout the United States, Europe, Russia and Japan, including his critically acclaimed solo performance at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. He played a significant role in the resurgence of the Variete movement in Germany, with original shows at the Chamaleon in Berlin and theSchmidt in Hamburg, among others. He directed KinderzirkusTaborka at the renowned Tempodrom in Berlin.  Please visit www.tabatsky.com.

Penny Cohen, LCSW is a transformational psychotherapist, life coach, and author who has been counseling and conducting workshops internationally on personal, relationship, career andspiritual development and Kabbalah for the past twenty years.  More recently she has been offering trainings for psychotherapists,healthcare professionals and educators on integrating spirituality and psychotherapy.
       Penny is the author of Personal Kabbalah:  32 Paths To Inner Peace And Life Purposeand writes a blog:  PennyCohen.com/blogand the Love-n-Life Newsletter and is currently writing a book on the search for self, love and the best of life.  Her private practice is in Pound Ridge, NY.  She works in her office, onsite or on the telephone.  She can be reached at:  Penny@PennyCohen.com  914-764-1708 or visit her on www.PennyCohen.com 


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We look forward to an exciting year of learning and networking with you.

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