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In 1995 Georgia Jones founded LadybugPress, a book publishing company that focuses on the needs and interests, and on the voices of women. As publisher of LadybugPress she has traveled around the world, giving workshops and talking to groups of writers about getting their work out where others can see it. In 1998, Georgia Jones turned the editorial decisions of LadybugPress over to a board of editors but she continued to serve as publisher, to direct the day-to-day operation of the business, and to reach out to new voices in world literature.
Recently, LadybugPress has expanded and become two separate companies: LadybugPress and IA-Connections™. And LadybugPress has aquired a new owner. Along with Georgia Jones, Irma Hudson is now guiding LadybugPress.
Since 1994, Georgia Jones has been known as an Internet Pioneer, beginning with some of the earliest online workshops for poets and authors. In 1995, she was the leader of the Master Class series for a writing workshop held in Sonora, California, USA (where she recently relocated) that attracted attendees from all over the United States. In 1998, she was a keynote speaker and the poetry workshop leader for the International Forum for Literature and Culture Conference in Haifa, Israel. She was invited back to Israel in 1999.
She is editor of the poetry collection Women on a Wire, both volumes I & II, and has authored a book on writing, Write What You Know, based on the online writing workshops she has developed and led since 1994. Write What You Know was described by one reviewer as "a book that can be used and enjoyed by the new writer looking for guidance, or is a book for the seasoned pro in search of a fresh outlook." Georgia Jones is author of A Garden of Weedin', a collection of original poetry, art and essays. Her poetry was compared by one reviewer to that of Alanis Morrisette
Georgia Jones has been a journalist whose work since 1970 has included feature articles, science, self help, and articles and reviews on the arts. She has interviewed well known political and feminist figures, including Gloria Steinem, Bella Abzug, and Betty Friedan. Her article documenting the first person experiences of women using the Dalcon Shield and Copper 7 IUD's was one of the earliest on this important subject, and was adapted for broadcast by WAER Radio in Syracuse, New York.
From 1994-1997 Jones authored a weekly column for Women's Wire® (later on CompuServe®).
In 1992 two of her plays, "A Stitch in Time" and "The Usual Suspects", were produced for
radio through Shoestring Radio Theatre, distributed nationally to NPR affiliates through
Radio Works and Audio Services for the Blind. Prior to that production, A Stitch in
Time and a musical, "The Porters", which she wrote with composer Lewis MacAllister,
were produced by local amateur stage companies.
In 1995 Jones' novel In Line at the Lost and Found placed in the National Association of Writers novel awards. That same book was commented on by Push Cart Prize nominee Eva Shaderowfsky: "I love the way you keep this whole thing on the edge of madness. Well done! . .I smile as I read on breathlessly. . .It's black humor at its best!" A reader on Amazon.com called her a "dark Neil Simon."
Jones' published work also includes the non-fiction book The Real Dirt on the American Dream: Home Ownership and Democracy under the pen name Adrianna Long. Her interview with Beat Poet and artist, Elizabeth Case, was a featured story for the Winter 1998-99 issue of Crone Chronicles magazine.
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