Iggy Garcia and WithInsightsRadio welcomes Sammi Soutar

She is a writer, freelance journalist, public relations and marketing specialist and a student of core shamanism She facilitates a writers group that meets weekly on the far east side of Columbus She is working on the final revision of her first novel, a fantasy spoof -- working title: GUILTY AS CHARMED -- which is also the first in a trilogy about fairy godmothers “with issues.” She has won writing awards for creative writing and journalism; also awards in public relations and graphic design She is the founding president of Able Management Solutions Inc., an accredited association management company that manages nonprofit trade associations and professional societies She was born in Okinawa but became a naturalized citizen at the age of 5. She attended Stephens College for her bachelors of fine arts and studied with Toni Morrison while there; and attended the University of Missouri School of Journalism for her masters and once nearly ran down Andy Roony on the way to his lecture. He spoke of his harrowing experience during his talk and her roommates leaped up to finger her in the audience. She has traveled extensively and been on every continent but Antarctica and Australia, and has had several narrow escapes She is a student of shamanism and has traveled with Peter Gorman, former editor of High Times, in the upper Amazon river basin and Andes. This will be her fourth year participating in the National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), which begins today and goes through Nov. 30. http://sammisoutar.wordpress.com/ http://www.ablemgt.com/