Becky Ringler, Eliza Cahill and Frances Titosky will be featured during Kona Stories Book Shop’s Words and Wine event at 6 p.m. Tuesday in Keauhou Shopping Center.
Becky Ringler is a dating and relationship coach, author, blogger, inspirational speaker, retreat leader, happiness entrepreneur, former licensed California Marriage and Family Therapist, one-time New York City actress, and Hawaii wedding officiant and owner of Simple Kona Beach Weddings. Having dated from coast to coast and around the globe for nearly 18 years, and happily married now to her own Mr. Right, Ringler is passionate about helping people find and keep their perfect mates. She holds a bachelor’s degree in communications and a mastsrs of counseling psychology. She currently resides in on the Big Island.
Ringler’s book, “Realing Him In,” features entertaining and effective exercises based on the Law of Attraction and personal experience. Ringler (AKA The Love Sensei) will not only help readers realize and celebrate the amazing catch they are, but will also show them how to reel him in.
Cahill is a writer, creative director, and designer. She self-published her first poetry book, “Paper Life Vest” in 2014, followed by its sequel, “Words Float,” in 2015. The poems reflect a surreal combination of her childhood immersion in nature, the underground hip-hop revolution and an afterglow of the feminist movement.
“Words Float” is an eloquent goodbye to childhood, coupled with poignant last walks down memory lane. This book explores the authors love, life and woes with tender honesty and razor-sharp insight.
Born in Italy, Cahill grew up in the Sierra-Foothills of California. At age 9, she met the experimental poet Eric Nightingale who took her on as an apprentice, helping hone her craft. By 16, she began performing her poetry at venues in Santa Cruz and San Francisco. She has received multiple awards for her poetry, most recently in the Big-Island-National-Spoken-Word-Competition, where she took home the 2014 title of “Big Island Slam-Champion.” She currently coaches creative writing workshops, co-facilitates the Waimea Writers Group, and serves as a writer/director in the Waimea Community Theatre.
Titosky, born in Canada, holds a Post Baccalaureate in Film from Simon Fraser University in British Columbia. After 15 years working in the technical world of digital media, she is now a co-author with six other women of “Hawaii Sip ‘n’ Swim Club, Lessons Learned at the Edge of the Pool.” She currently lives in Waimea.
The book includes a collection of true stories recounting the vastly different lives of seven women, spanning over 40 years, who met in a water aerobics class in Hawaii. The women of the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel’s water aerobics class often find themselves answering this question. Arriving in Hawaii at different times, from different countries, each has her own fascinating tale to tell.
One woman survived the horror of the London Blitz, while another almost drowned at the hands of a murderous husband. One learned to survive in the backwoods in the “Dirty Thirties,” while a fourth had a close encounter with a mob boss. One grew up in the north of Canada; another learned to swim in the English Channel. All of the stories uniquely trace how fate inevitably led each woman to live on a tiny island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
Following a more formal book presentation from each author there will be a Q&A session. The event concludes at 8 p.m.
Info: Brenda or Joy, 324-0350.