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Ray Palla

Ray Palla

About

Ray Palla worked twenty-seven years, from the age of fifteen as a broadcast news reporter for several top-rated Texas radio stations including KVET/KASE in Austin and KIKK AM/FM in Houston. In 2016 Ray was nominated for inclusion in the Texas Radio Hall of Fame. 

Palla began programming computer software applications in 1988. In 2001 he founded INSONA Corporation, a consulting firm for the information technology industry. In 2015 INSONA began hosting Palla's creation, INSONA Author Alliance Network, a collaborative platform for authors, editors, cover artists, illustrators, video producers, and publishing professionals in the field of literature self-publishing. 

During his journalism career Ray interviewed astronauts who walked on the moon like Edwin (Buzz) Aldrin and the late Neil A. Armstrong; U.S. Senators, Governors, Lieutenant Governors, and a host of other influential notables including: musicians, actors, comedians, sports legends, and every day people. He also boasts awards for several national advertising campaign jingles for customers that include: Ford, Purina, and Exxon. 

My Fingerpaint Masterpiece Coloring Book

My Fingerpaint Masterpiece Coloring Book

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<p>Have you ever seen a &quot;work of art&quot; worth millions, which looks like something your child just brought home from school?</p><p>The dual perspective of &quot;Beauty Is in the Eye of the Beholder&quot; and just a little bit of &quot;The Emperor's New Clothes&quot; is evident in this clever artwork story of a child who paints a fingerpaint print in class and then loses it in the wind on the way home.</p><p>Illustrated from the point of view of a child, whose identity is left to the imagination of the reader since all of the illustrations are what the child sees, the fingerpaint print is interpreted by official &quot;judges&quot; as well as by bystanders. Should people be influenced by what others see, or use their own self-esteem to make their own judgments? This coloring book version allows children to illustrate their own version of the book, and even to create a &quot;masterpiece&quot; of their own!</p><p>This is the fourth rhyming children's coloring book by this award-winning author, whose other bestselling books include David's ADHD, My Little Angel, The Golden Rule, Mice &amp; Spiders &amp; Webs...Oh My!, Manner-Man, Gimme-Jimmy, The Magic Word, Peter and the Whimper-Whineys and Santa's Birthday Gift.</p><p><strong>About The Author:</strong> Former teacher Sherrill S. Cannon has won over 100 awards for her previous rhyming books and coloring books, and is also the author of 7 published and internationally performed plays for elementary school children. She has been called &quot;a modern day Dr. Seuss.&quot; - GTMA Review</p>

Story Behind The Book

I had to write this novel if for nothing more than to clear my conscience about something that happened when I was 18 years old working as a news reporter in Austin, Texas. When I was young and impressionable I saw some things that permanently changed me, changed my mind, and altered life even as I live it today. Things that are defined by standards are often that impactful. The world would surely be a terrible place without them though—standards I mean; you've got to have them. Too much of a good thing on the other hand is also impacting. Relative to where you stand, the impact can be deadly.

Media Links

Taylor Press

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KOKE-FM

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Reviews

<p><span style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;line-height:normal;">&quot;Writer to watch.&quot; --Marsha Wright, BBC</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;line-height:normal;">&quot;Personalities rise up from the page.&quot; --Derrill Holly, Texas Radio Hall of Fame Inductee and Washington, D.C. Journalist</span></p> <div style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;line-height:normal;"> <div>Ray Palla's SIMPLE TRIPLE STANDARD is about radio, Texas, the music scene, and a city called Austin that's as famous for bringing out the craziness of all three as it is for being a stomping ground for colorful politicians. SIMPLE TRIPLE STANDARD is more than just another &quot;See what happened was&quot; story about rednecks, long necks and college interns. It's a tale spun from the heart that brings it all together and makes the <i>personalities rise up from the page</i>.</div> <div><br /> &quot;A brimming time capsule of '70s Austin, TX nostalgia.&quot; --Jay Levine (Former KOKE-FM DJ - &quot;Country Jay&quot;), Emmy Winning Hollywood Sound Editor</div> <div>Austin is a liberal jewel in a conservative state, and great place to live, then and now. Ray has captured the essence, sounds, and personalities of radio wars, music, &amp; people of the '70s that put Austin on the path to become a world-class hub of culture. I was lucky enough to be a deejay on KOKE-FM, 'Super Roper Radio,' from 1973-76. Palla tells it like it was when Austin's unique culture first began to bloom.</div> </div> <div style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;line-height:normal;"> <div><br /> &quot;A fascinating, humble player on a huge stage.&quot; --Wes Chick, Playwright</div> <div>Following Bryant L Herman through the world of radio so many years ago grabbed my attention and was truly <i>fascinating</i>. I highly recommend SIMPLE TRIPLE STANDARD.</div> </div>