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Katy Koontz is an award-winning freelance writer, author, and editor who specializes in women's health (including mind/body), spirituality, travel, and lifestyles.
She writes trend stories, service articles, and first-person essays--in addition to doing ghostwriting, editing, and book doctoring.
I’m thrilled to announce that my family guidebook to the most visited national park in the country, Family Fun in the Smokies: A Family-Friendly Guide to the Great Smoky Mountains, published by the Great Smoky Mountains Association, is now available in stores and online.
This fun and informative guide includes everything a family would ever need to know about the park, from the pre-trip planning through the visit itself. Filled to the brim with colorful maps, photos, games, fun facts, and fun activity suggestions, the book details scenic drives, junior ranger programs, day hiking, picnic sites, waterfall trails, biking, horseback riding, camping, wildlife watching, hayrides, museums, and much more. Check out the GSMA’s video on the book here.
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My first children’s picture book, The Banana Police, will be published later this year by Willow Moon Publishing. Stay tuned for more news about this delightful children’s story. Here’s the jacket blurb:
Deep in the jungle is a sweet little town where people happily co-exist with elephants--until the townspeople become increasingly annoyed with their lovable, lumpy, neighbors. After all, they snore loudly, hog the best seats at the movies, and block all the aisles in the supermarket. Who needs that?
When Mayor McFroontz calls on the Elephant Police to devise a clever scheme to get the elephants to leave, the town ends up buried in all the extra bananas the beasts usually eat. The Mayor then calls on the Banana Police to deal with all the bananas, but it’s the townspeople themselves who (burp!) finally get rid of them. Everyone ends up learning--immediately if not sooner, as Mayor McFroontz is known to say--just how vital those pesky pachyderms really are.
The unspoken message is about the value of peaceful co-existence and cooperation between inherently different groups.
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I recently helped Christiane Northrup, M.D. update the latest editions of her bestselling books, The Wisdom of Menopause and Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom.
My updated version of The Insiders’ Guide to the Great Smoky Mountains, published by The Globe Pequot Press, is available in bookstores nationwide.
What’s New:
My travel app for the iPhone is now available on iTunes! To get Smoky Mountain Travel Guide, search for “Smokies” in the iTunes Store, or just use the following link:
http://itunes.apple.com/app/smoky-mountain-travel-guide/id531807410?mt=8
The Android version of my app will be available soon.
With the Smoky Mountain Travel Guide app, you can:
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*get the real insider’s scoop on what to see and do in the Smokies, including attractions and activities, restaurants, accommodations, shopping, and more
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*sort entries you want to read by geographic area, by price, or by category
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*view more than 2,400 images
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*get prices, rates, and hours for each entry
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*link directly to an entry’s webpage (or call its phone number from an iPhone)
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*get turn-by-turn directions and see it on a map
Smoky Mountain Travel Guide
from Sutro Media
photo credit: Colby McLemore; www.colbysphotography.com
