Janice is also the author of Open Your Heart with Pets: Mastering Life through Love of Animals, published by DreamTime Publishing. It is endorsed by wildlife expert, Jack Hanna.

The author is available for interviews and book signings on the following subjects: Janice Phelps Williams is a book editor, illustrator, and publisher who has worked with more than 200 authors and publishers on a wide variety of books.

She is the illustrator of: Still Her Spirit Sings by Robert Kurkela, published by Kidzpoetz Publishing (2010). This childrens picture book will be available for sale in the spring of 2010 at www.kidzpoetz.com. She is also the illustrator the drawings within They Called Me Beautiful by Claire Starr (2002). This book is a contemporary retelling of the clasic story Beautiful Joe by M. Marshall Saunders.

She is the author of: Open Your Heart with Pets: Mastering Life through Love of Animals, published by DreamTime Publishing (2007). It is endorsed by wildlife expert, Jack Hanna; Wham! Bam! Publishing: The Strategic Marketing Plan for Authors and Publishers (2004); and What Saved Me: A Dozen Ways to Embrace Life (2002). What Saved Me has found its way into women's shelters, prison reading groups, and the hands of special education teachers and parents of kids with special needs, as well as women going through divorce.

The author is available for interviews and book signings on the following subjects: how pets enhance our lives and bring us happiness, choosing a pet, parenting a special needs child, how to embrace life when the going gets rough, how to publish or self-publish a book, introducing children to the job of an illustrator and/or publisher; creating Artist Trading Cards; creating Altered Books. Janice has spoken at the Ohio Library Council's annual conference; given workshops through Art of Ohio; spoken at a continuing education conference day for teachers; at a luncheon for early childhood educators; and before The Writer's Bloc which meets at Thurber House in Columbus, Ohio.

When not editing, designing and illustrating books for authors and publishers, Janice works on a novel, in updating What Saved Me, and in building her publishing company and promoting the authors of Lucky Press (www.luckypress.com). Lucky Press's latest book is "There Are No Words" -- a YA novel by Mary Calhoun Brown featuring a girl with autism. She is also involved in arts and crafts and blogs about creativity.

Janice's website: www.janicephelps.com

Janice's blog: www.appalachianmorning.blogspot.com

Lucky Press, LLC: www.luckypress.com

Janice's artwork: www.gallery.janicephelps.com and www.cafepress.com/janicephelps