Indies Unlimited just featured the second trailer for
Climbing Maya by Ken La Salle!
Monday, September 30, 2013
Sunday, September 29, 2013
Words from Pep - Wonder & Awe
Words from Pep
Wonder & Awe
The atmosphere filled with gold as
light forced its way between wind driven clouds low in the western sky. I
reached with cupped hands and drew the Spirit of this air to my face. The
windows through which I considered the scene became moist with gratitude. Here
was the tangible presence of God. . . . . . Where do we find wonder and awe?
How is the spirit of humankind astonished, uplifted? From where does the divine
spark flare out and cause you to marvel? . . . . . I pondered this as I knelt
in the fallen leaves secretly watching a family of Teal dabbling the surface of
a small back bay. Here in this protected cove the thought occurred to me, if I
could say anything to the universe it has to be, “thank you.” . . . . . The
downside of technology, power and urbanization has been the isolation of modern
man from what is real, from what is transcendent. We are starved for the
Creative Presence. Our capacity to experience the sublime in creation is being
lost as the virtual world of the artificial dominates our lives. In your center
you know this to be true. . . . . . Shadow flashed across the water and the
Teal family was startled to attention. Osprey was on the wing, an airborne
glider with talons hunting in the gold. This family of six scurried to the
reeds, hidden and safe while colored leaves, sailboat like in the sky, floated
on the wind above them. . . . . . Here was wonder and amazement at the
perfection of Creation’s complex workings. It was here, within Creation’s
garden of serenity and fearsomeness, within the mysteries and questions, that
the ecstasy of awe was first birthed in the heart of humankind. There is a
mystical component to our being. We were fashioned to inhabit the golden light
of God’s magnificent splendor portrayed in creation. Bend a knee in the temple
of the universe and childlike astonishment will rise again. This shall be your
praise.
--
ONE WORLD - ONE FAMILY OF MAN - ONE CREATOR OF ALL
ONE WORLD - ONE FAMILY OF MAN - ONE CREATOR OF ALL
Paintball Words By Brandon Loiacono
Paintball Words
By Brandon Loiacono
‘I love you’ ‘Thank
you’ ‘You’re welcome’
Now a days,
words are almost meaningless --thrown around, shot, and suddenly harmless.
People used to understand; only used those words when they meant them -- now
rendered careless. Careless in the part of which care is opposed, but later
changed to a smaller meaning of not focused, unconsidered, care-‘less’. We
should consider the true power of words, get to actually know them, those
misunderstood bullets of kindness.
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Countenance gets 5 stars in a New REVIEW from The Paranormal Romance Guild!!!
Countenance gets 5 stars in a New REVIEW from The Paranormal Romance Guild!!!
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5*****Stars
Book: Countenance
Author: Joy Ross Davis
Publisher: Ecanus
Publishing
Genre: Paranormal/Mystery/Ghosts
Rating: Adult
This is a book you don't
want to put down until the end. It is full of surprises, suspense, secrets,
ghosts, demons, and angels, so what's not to love. From the first page, it
holds your interest with a cast of characters you can't help but love. There
are moments when you have tears in your eyes and others when you have a smile
on your face.
Thirty-eight year old
Nealey's life as she knew it came to a halt the day her ex-brother-in-law,
Brian, shot and killed her husband and her two children, then her sister and
himself. Although injured, Nealey survived physically, but definitely not
mentally. When her Aunt Sylvie Wolcott found out what happened she immediately
went to Nealey to give her help. After a year, Nealey sold her home, quit her
job and went to live with her aunt at The Playhouse Inn in the mountains of
Tennessee.
Just before her death
Nealey’s mother begged her never to return to the Playhouse, however, Nealey
finds herself living there once again. Thirty years ago, something frightened
her mother so badly, she never returned. From that day on her mother was never
the same, and it was Aunt Sylvie who put food on the table and made sure that
Nealey and her sister, Naomi, were cared for.
Sylvia is a well-known and
popular cookbook author, and she surrounds herself with some very unusual
characters. Noble and Worthy brothers stay at the Inn, as does Benton, her very
tall and handsome custodian. And not to be left out, Lulu the most loveable
Irish Wolfound. However, while Nealey is trying to come to terms with her new
life and the people around her, a new guest named Max makes an appearance. Max
is a man who has a great many secrets; he is definitely not what he appears to
be.
Aunt Sylvie gives Nealey
half ownership of the Playhouse; now she has to learn how to run a B & B.
At least now she has something to take her mind off the horrors that happened
one year ago, or does she? It doesn't take long before strange things happen,
voices and two small twin girls who pop up at breakfast saying they are hungry.
It seems that there are a great deal of secrets involved with the Playhouse and
apparently, ghosts are one of them.
There is a lot about her
life and her family Nealey needs to learn about, some good and some scary.
There is evil living in the house. It wants something or someone; it will stop
at nothing to get it. Someone is in danger, but who? Why are there ghosts
living in the house? Why didn't they pass over? There is also a connection
between Benton and Nealey, but is it something that can have a happy ending?
Benton, Worthy, and Noble all have secrets and are also more than they appear
to be. Everything at the Playhouse is a mystery. Although this book is
paranormal, there is still a lot of mystery, which should appeal to anyone who
loves that genre.
This was Joy Ross Davis'
debut novel, which I found very hard to believe.
Reviewed by: Linda Tonis
Member of the Paranormal
Romance Review Team
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Aberration by Lisa Regan is #37 in Amazon's Top Rated
Police Procedurals Based on Customer Reviews!
FBI agent Kassidy
Bishop is brutally attacked by a serial rapist she had arrested two months
prior, who had gotten off on a technicality, and decided she would be next.
Someone unties her hands when he is out of the room and places her 9mm in her
hands telling her, “He’s coming. You have to do this. Listen for him.” Forty-five degrees. Upward one foot. His body hit the floor.
Five years later, corpses
start materializing with “For you” stuck to their cadavers. Assigned to the
cases as they came up, Kass sees a pattern forming but does not connect the
dots until it is almost too late. She is the “you”; saved by the one
man who is obsessed with her; keeps killing… for her.
Aberration will keep you gasping
for air.
In the Blink of an Eye by Elena Pantelakis
In the
Blink of an
Eye
by Elena Pantelakis
In the time it takes for a child to
become an adult, to become a mature, independent thinker, how many
advertisements is he or she exposed to? More importantly, how do the ads
influence decision-making and self-image? Although child-rearing happens
quickly, and parents strain to instill their morals in their children,
seemingly simple advertisements easily shape and mold the core values, beliefs,
and societal "norms" which children carry through adulthood.
Two advertisements in the September 2013
issue of Cosmopolitan display polar opposite products, even though they
are both drinks. The clever choice of color, font, wording, objects, and models
promises the target age groups fulfillment by drinking the beverage advertised.
The first, selling "Pucker Watermelon Flavored Vodka," features a
red-capped, tall, thin, clear bottle against a black background. In the center
of the page are huge, wet, red lips with the words "juicy" and
"audacious tastes delicious" in front of them. The "e" in
the brand name, "pucker" is shaped like a pair of lips. Deep shades
of red and purple are used throughout to evoke a sense of mystery. Advertisers
carefully chose these colors, shapes, and objects to appeal sexually to both
men and women. Women feel the need, pushed further by American culture, to be
skinny and flawless; this ad reflects and encourages that need. The wet, red
lips are full, shapely, and smooth, and the bottle itself is slim and shiny.
Studies have reported that women told to look at thin, tall vases or bottles
tend to feel more confident than those shown short, wide containers (Journal of
Personality and Social Psychology, 2007), so it’s no surprise a sleek bottle
was chosen for this product. Although consumers' eyes are first caught by the
lips, the lips represent a deeper problem that permeates advertising. The use
of only lips and not the entire body of a woman indicates a societal
issue in advertising today and the past: objectifying women. Often times, only
parts of a woman are shown in order to catch a man's attention. This tactic
does work, yet it pressures women to take a second glance at every part of
their bodies and contributes to a rise in domestic violence towards women when
they are merely seen by men as tools for pleasure (Kilbourne 1987). This ad
allows for further imagination and desire by men with word choice. For example,
the name of the drink is "Pucker." The words "juicy,"
"audacious," "tastes," "delicious,"
"wow," and "boldly" all bring sexual acts to mind. The
slogan "audacious tastes delicious" suggests that buying the vodka
will produce rewards. The definition of the word "audacious" builds
on this idea: "fearlessly, often recklessly bold; unrestrained by
convention or propriety; spirited and original" (thefreedictionary.com).
This word choice shows the reader a cause and effect scenario: if one is
fearless (by drinking the beverage) they will reap "delicious"
rewards (sex). It also challenges the reader and flatters the beverage: one has
to be bold enough to buy something that tastes so good. The word
"juicy" is not only sexual; it makes one thirsty and is used to
describe watermelon, the flavor of the vodka. In this sense, the ad appeals to
a necessity: having adequate food and staying hydrated. The use of lips in the
ad was a smart move because lips have many functions, among them kissing and
drinking. In addition to all of these elements, the black background alludes to
night life, summarizing the product by saying that using this product will
produce an exciting night. Adults, men and women, long for love and
affection and are vulnerable during the age where marriage rates are high,
which is the age this product targets as it is an alcoholic beverage.
Advertisers know this, using sex and emotion to drive their campaigns.
The second ad, for Kool-Aid, is aimed
towards children. This aim is clearly featured through bright colors, a
clear-blue sky, whimsical fonts, smiling faces, and flowers. The Kool-Aid man
himself is red, a color which invokes feelings of warmth and comfort; feelings
which young children greatly desire. A clear sky to children means a
"play" day; moods are lifted and activities transpire such as sports,
exploring, and swimming. Also, one can tell it is a warm day because a girl in
the corner is wearing short sleeves and the Kool-Aid man has condensation
dripping from his body. A warm day allows for more outdoor events and reminds
the viewer how refreshing Kool-Aid is. The youthful font flows with the picture
and varies in size, as if written by a child, and emphasizes words which catch
attention such as "cherry," "hopes," and
"dreams." The Kool-Aid man stands at the bottom center of the page,
deciding on which flowers to purchase at a floral stand. The employee at the
stand is a smiling gray-haired man who looks like a sort-of grandfather figure
to a child. Another customer shops nearby, a teenage girl, reminding children
of an older sibling, cousin, or babysitter. The use of these models tells
children that adults they trust like Kool-Aid and they should too. One cannot
help smiling when seeing the beautiful flowers, and the smile grows when
reading the words above the stand: "I'm more than just a big jug of cherry
goodness. I’m full of hopes, and dreams, and some pretty big ice cubes."
These words further personify the Kool-Aid man, stating his feelings, and
saying that there's more to him than meets the eye. Everyone feels the
way he does, hoping to be seen clearer on the inside than out. The words also
add a touch of humor when the Kool-Aid man says that he's “full of pretty big
ice cubes”; this humor solidifies his credibility as a friend. He is also
smiling and round, almost chubby as if he were a real person. The environment
in which the Kool-Aid man has been placed not only suggests a good day when
drinking the beverage, but it also compliments the taste; the Kool-Aid man is
at a floral stand, one with fresh flowers and a sign that says “fresh produce”.
If the Kool-Aid man himself only desires fresh products, advertisers are
telling the viewer that Kool-Aid has a fresh and revitalizing taste, especially
during the summer. This idea of “refreshing” conveys that one's life will be
improved by Kool-Aid. The latest fashion trends exhibited by the teenage girl,
the smiling face of the employee, and the buildings in the background all tell
the reader that everyday life can be exciting and refreshing by drinking
Kool-Aid. In the bottom right-hand corner, as in the Vodka ad, is the brand
name. It says "Smile, its Kool-Aid" as a parting reminder of what the
product is as the reader turns to the next page, and further implicates that
one will be happy when drinking the beverage. The last element, and most
important, is the Kool-Aid man. By making their product into a “person,”
advertisers can go as far to say that children love the product like a person.
Although children will never meet the Kool-Aid man because he does not exist,
they still have an instant bond with him, as they do with favorite characters
on television. This phenomenon can be seen throughout advertising in America,
especially with food; there’s almost always a company mascot that’s happy,
kind, and loving. For example: Ronald McDonald, Chick-fil-A’s cow, and
Chucky-Cheese’s mouse. The bottom line is that advertisers use children’s susceptibility
to friendship and trust in order to sell products.
While the first ad appeals to men,
objectifies women, and is mysterious, the second ad has a happy, colorful,
personable, and playful atmosphere. Both persuade viewers to buy their products
through clever use of colors, fonts, wording, objects, and models.
Surprisingly, neither actually uses fruit to advertise their product; the first
is watermelon flavored, the other cherry. However, both claim to be worth
drinking: Pucker "tastes delicious" and Kool-Aid is "cherry goodness".
Both carry the same message though, that this culture, the culture of America,
is one which begs for belonging-- whether it is only for one night or a
life-long friendship. These two ads target different age groups, but eventually
the vodka ad could be used towards the child who first saw the Kool-Aid ad in
his or her youth. The message of belonging persists across age groups, but is
twisted to fit what advertisers believe is how Americans should act and feel at
a certain age. In the blink of an eye, children grow up, but the advertising
follows them, toying with the desires of each heart.
Monday, September 23, 2013
This review of Rose
Bush by Stephen Doster made my day!
5.0 out of 5 stars A Must Read, September 20, 2013
By
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This review is from: Rose Bush (Kindle Edition)
I skimmed reviews of this book and saw all 5 stars. I thought
no way can a book be this good. I was so wrong. Stephen Doster takes you into a
small southern town in Georgia called Sprite. It starts with a chemical
engineer, Dudley, moving to this small town as a contractor for a paper mill.
He had lost his wife and needed to get away from where he lived. Stepping into
this town there are places he will go and feel like he stepped back in time to
before the Civil War. I don't want to give the book away so I will just say he
meets two men Charles and "Q" who will change his life and turn into
great friends who have many adventures. In this book you will learn about paper
mills, politics, religion, the south, love and forgiveness. It will make you laugh
and cry. This is honestly one of the best books I've read. Give it a try, I
promise you will love the experience!!!
Countenance has a new “countenance”; revamped cover!
Countenance has a new “countenance”; revamped cover!
Countenance, Joy Ross Davis’ paranormal mystery
set in the beautiful mountains of Tennessee has a new look --- a new ‘countenance’
as you will see….After many comments and questions, publisher Darren Humby of
Ecanus Publishing decided to revamp the cover art making it brighter and the
angel a bit clearer. So if you have the old cover version, you now have a
collector’s item! If you would like this copy, check the online book stores to
see which version they have available. www.ecanuspublishing.co.uk
Thirty-eight-year-old
Nealey Monaghan’s life is turned upside-down one night when her sister’s
estranged ex-husband kills nearly everyone she loves in one fell swoop.
Numb
to the world, Nealey is taken in by her charmingly eccentric Aunt Sylvie,
cookbook author and proprietress of the Playhouse Inn Bed and Breakfast in the
hills of Tennessee. Hoping to help her niece find purpose and meaning in her
life again, Sylvie makes Nealey a co-owner and begins teaching her the tricks
of the trade … and the secrets of the house.
Unbeknownst
to either of them, nor to the ghost relatives who have lived there since they
were murdered in 1889, there is a common thread running through their veins,
and a deep secret that is dying to come out…
Davis
is of Irish descent and a student of the lore and magic found in the hills of
Tennessee. After a twenty-five year career as a college English professor, she
traveled to Ireland and worked as a writer and photographer, publishing
numerous travel articles and photos for Tourism
Ireland. She holds a Ph.D. in
Creative Writing, is a contributing feature writer for a local newspaper, and
has published short stories in the Southern literary magazine Muscadine Lines. She has worked as both editor and co-author of a textbook
for Delmar Publishing. www.joyrossdavis.com
Either way, GET IT! What a great book
to read as it is Autumn and close to Halloween!
Sunday, September 22, 2013
Deer Hawk Publications acquires two Sidney Archer novels!
Deer Hawk Publications acquires two Sidney Archer
novels!
In a fantastic deal, Deer Hawk Publications has
taken on Redemption and Whited Sepulchres by Sidney Archer. www.deerhawkpublishing.wordpress.com
Shocking, appalling, riveting, and … believable.
Whited
Sepulchres – The story starts out with Shannon
being found dead by her best friend. Suicide, I think not.
This deeply emotional novel is about a young woman
who grew up diagnosed as having a bipolar disorder, was emotionally and
sexually abused by her siblings, and ignored by her mother. Her father was the
only one who truly loved her but was unable to stand up to the rest of the
family. Believed to have committed suicide by everyone but her best friend,
Evie, Shannon left three spiral notebooks whose contents hold the truth of her
family who has hidden behind their wealth and the local church for over 40
years. This book will make you catch your breath with each turn of the page,
exposing some suppressed feelings from your own past that you thought were
locked away forever.
This is a “must read”. How many out there have
experienced molestation as a child? Kept it hidden out of fear? Suppressed it
to the deepest part of their subconscious just to survive and try to live a
“normal” life? Thought and action provoking, it will never leave you.
Those who read this will only touch the tip of the
mental illness iceberg, of which only some is hereditary…
And
Redemption
– A suspenseful drama that addresses the ever- present issue of domineering
religions and the adverse effects forced upon the children born, raised, or
deceptively recruited into their “families”. Think of Waco, Warren Jeffs, Tom
Green. It is a story of abuse and courage,
hate and forgiveness.
The judgmental church, the abusive father, and the
sexually terroristic, obsessive, possessive husband defy human existence. The
only shining light in her life is but temporary until she finds that she must
love herself and accept the Beauty within. Annabeth's finding out that God
loves her unconditionally, and her mother does too, makes this a wonderful
testimony to the Strength we all possess inside.
Those who read this will feel Annabeth’s desperation
and need to flee, making your heart race. It is incomprehensible to think this
happens in real life.
Recently Archer was published by Ecanus Publishing: Desolate
Heart (2012). She has four novels listed under Kathaleen Burr and
published by Avalon Books: Home
is the Heart (1991); Wintersong (1991); and Rainbow Dreams (1992). Under
the name Kathaleen McCrite: Ozarks
Farmer, Country Preacher: The Life of Paul Wesley Buchanan, (High Hill
Press, 2008). Under KD McCrite, published by Thomas Nelson/HarperCollins: Confessions
of April Grace: In Front
of God and Everybody (2011), Confessions
of April Grace: Cliques,
Hicks, & Ugly Sticks (2011), and Confessions
of April Grace: Chocolate
Covered Baloney (2012), Also under KD
McCrite, published by Annie’s Publishing (formerly DRG Publications): The
Deed in the Attic (2011), The Unfinished Sonata (2012), A
Stony Point Christmas (2012), The Ring in the Attic (2013), Raven Threads (2013). She has penned
one other novel under KD McCrite, Eastgate Church Keeps On Singing. She
has had short stories published in The
Storyteller, Woman’s World, and Kansas City Voices as well as several
articles published in Ozarks Mountaineer,
Ozarks Reader, and Ozarks Magazine. McCrite writes a monthly column for Christian Fiction Online Magazine, a
publication that recently garnered over one million hits since its beginning in
2008. www.sidneyarcher.com www.kdmccrite.com
LLA welcomes WORMHOLE by RH Lewis
Wormhole
Fifteen-year-old Keith Roberts’ life has spiraled
into an abyss since his father, a Navy Seal, disappeared three years ago, along
with Natalie Hill’s parents, scientists, in search of wormholes in the Bermuda
Triangle. Natalie’s brother, Logan, is a physicist bent on finding them and
bringing them home. While Logan is running an errand, Natalie accidentally
triggers a wormhole that sends her back to ancient Greece. Keith bungles a
rescue attempt and is also transported to her location. Together they must find
a way home despite all odds in their dimension,
and all others, against them.
Lewis is also represented for his two
other mid-grade novels Run
For Your Life and Secrets
of Bayboro Mansion. He was born in a small New Jersey
town. After several torturous years, he, along with his mother and two
brothers, escaped to Massachusetts. Much of his novel, Run for Your Life, is
based on his early years. Married with two grown daughters and four
grandchildren, he now resides in Florida. His life has always been dedicated to
enriching lives. As a Youth pastor, teacher and coach it has always been his
belief that within each person are planted the seeds of greatness and that it
is his job to cultivate those seeds. He currently teaches middle school math
and for 21 years has coached winning Mathcounts teams. In all, his teams have
won over 1000 awards. Mr. Lewis has been recognized as teacher of the year,
Math coach of the year, Mathcounts coach of the year, and Prism teacher of the
year. As a writer, he loves weaving tales of mystery, suspense, and
adventure with real life. When Mr. Lewis isn’t writing or teaching he enjoys
cartooning, oil painting, sculpturing and playing with his grandchildren. www.rhlewisbooks.weebly.com
Friday, September 20, 2013
I’ll Sleep When You’re Dead by Ed Aymar’s release date November 23rd!
I’ll
Sleep When You’re Dead by Ed Aymar’s release date
November 23rd!
Put November 23rd on your list for a
thriller as strange as the title. I’ll Sleep When You’re Dead…
Tom Starks has spent the three years since his
wife’s murder struggling to single-handedly raise their daughter, Julie, while
haunted by memories…and thoughts of vengeance. When he learns that the man convicted
of her murder, Chris Taylor, has been released from prison, Tom hires a pair of
‘hit men’ to get his revenge.
But then the tables are turned, Tom is inadvertently
pulled into their violent world; trying to stay one step ahead and keep himself
and his daughter alive, and the hunters and
the hunted become the prey…
http://www.eaymar.com
Thursday, September 19, 2013
The Reign of Spirit
Words from Pep
The Reign of Spirit
By
James Washburn
Our first rain in three weeks had
fallen in the night healing a thirsty earth. I stepped out of my tent and
inhaled the cool, fresh, clean humidity of washed morning air. Here in a stand
of mature maple and oak, the dark, damp crevasses revealed in their bark called
me closer. I approached an individual and drew my hands over the texture of its
skin. Rough, calloused, with deep furrows, yet made fragile by the rain.
Crumbs, like spent coffee grounds, rubbed off on my palms. . . . . Here within
these trees was patient life, waiting, standing, absorbing their moment in
time. Here in these trees was an expression of the nature of Spirit – strength
and power, delicate and sensitive, malleable yet indestructible. . . . . . I
pulled myself closer pressing my cheek against this “being”. Its breath mingled
with mine and for a moment we seemed to commune in praise and delight. For a
moment we knew one another and shared existence. . . . . There are those who
judge my activity in these things peculiar, a fantasy, even refer to them as
mild insanity. So be it, for there was another insane One who claimed the
“trees sing for joy and clap their hands”, “the mountains and hills shout,” and
“even the stones cry out”. Let this insanity rule I say. This is what is
needed to heal the earth and the mind of humankind. Let Spirit reign and wash
away blindness, deafness, lack of sensitivity and the ignorant fear that
separates us. Do not be afraid of looking foolish. Press your hands, cheek and
heart against the bark of Spirit and let the healing of a thirsty earth begin.
--
ONE WORLD - ONE FAMILY OF MAN - ONE CREATOR OF ALL
ONE WORLD - ONE FAMILY OF MAN - ONE CREATOR OF ALL
Pep Washburn
Tuesday, September 17, 2013
A Surprise for Pepper Potts…
A
Surprise for Pepper Potts….
You would
not believe what has happened today...
The FEDEX truck rolls up and I am thinking it is something for my mad scientist husband, Tony Stark. But no, it is for me, Pepper Potts! A box of six LARGE chocolate-covered strawberries from Joy Ross Davis with this note:
Jeanie,
Just wanted you to know that I'm grateful for all you've done. I owe you so much, and I am richly blessed to have you as my super agent. Joy
Now this is so funny because just yesterday we were all Facebooking about losing weight, praising KD McCrite about her phenomenal loss and how good she looks. LOL I am not at a loss of words, though. How could I be? I am a literary agent of all things! No, this calls for a poem...
Roses are red
Violets are (purple) blue
Strawberries and chocolate are naughty-good
And so are you!
The FEDEX truck rolls up and I am thinking it is something for my mad scientist husband, Tony Stark. But no, it is for me, Pepper Potts! A box of six LARGE chocolate-covered strawberries from Joy Ross Davis with this note:
Jeanie,
Just wanted you to know that I'm grateful for all you've done. I owe you so much, and I am richly blessed to have you as my super agent. Joy
Now this is so funny because just yesterday we were all Facebooking about losing weight, praising KD McCrite about her phenomenal loss and how good she looks. LOL I am not at a loss of words, though. How could I be? I am a literary agent of all things! No, this calls for a poem...
Roses are red
Violets are (purple) blue
Strawberries and chocolate are naughty-good
And so are you!
Two of Tony Moral’s Hitchcock books have been nominated for the Theatre Library Association Awards 2013.
Two of Tony Moral’s Hitchcock books
have been nominated for the Theatre Library Association Awards 2013. Finalists
will be announced in January.
Alfred
Hitchcock's Movie Making Masterclass, (Michael Wiese Productions, 2013) http://www.amazon.com/Alfred-Hitchcocks-Moviemaking-Master-Class/dp/1615931376.
http://www.alfredhitchcockfilms.com/
The Making of Hitchcock’s The Birds (Kamera
Books, UK, 2013) http://www.amazon.com/Making-Hitchcocks-Birds-Tony-Moral/dp/1842439545/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1375738052&sr=1-1&keywords=THE+MAKING+OF+HITCHCOCK%E2%80%99S+THE+BIRDS,
and Hitchcock
and the Making of Marnie (second
edition; Rowman & Littlefield USA, 2014).
Monday, September 16, 2013
Meet Joyce Zeller and get an autographed copy of Maddie's Choice!
Meet
Joyce Zeller and get an autographed copy of Maddie's Choice!
Saturday
October 5, 2013
4-7pm
The Book Nook - Pine Mountain Village, Hwy 62, Eureka
Springs, Arkansas
www.camelpress.com
Kathleen Rodgers' blog - Military Writers Society of America
Kathleen Rodgers' blog - Military Writers Society of America
Sunday, September 15, 2013
Loiacono Literary Agency welcomes Kathleen Rodgers and her novel, Johnnie Come Lately!
Loiacono
Literary Agency welcomes Kathleen Rodgers and her novel, Johnnie
Come Lately!
Kathleen
Rodgers and Jeanie Loiacono
Kathleen
Rodgers’ work has appeared in Family Circle Magazine, Air
Force, Army & Navy Times, Family: The Magazine for Military
Families, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Albuquerque Journal, Clovis
News Journal, and in the following anthologies: "Because I Fly," McGraw-Hill,
"Lessons From Our Children," Health Communications, Inc., "Stories
Of Faith And Courage On The Home Front,” AMG Publishers, Inc., and
"Home of the Brave: Somewhere in the Sand" Press 53. Her
essay, “Remembering Forgotten Fliers, Their Survivors” will be published in a
new anthology forthcoming spring 2014 from University of Nebraska Press
(Potomac Books).
Her
debut novel, The Final Salute, (Leatherneck Publishing,
2008) was selected in 2009 by Army Wife Network as their July book club pick
and Military Writers Society of America awarded it the Silver Medal. In 2010, USA-Today, The
Associated Press, and Military Times ran stories
about the author’s sixteen-year journey to bring the novel to life. The novel
soared to #2 on Amazon’s Bestselling Military Aviation paperback list. In 2011,
Navigator Books released the Kindle edition and the novel hit #1 on Amazon's
Top Rated War Fiction the following year. www.kathleenmrodgers.com
Johnnie
Come Lately
He
was her savior and she was his saint. But sometimes, even saints kept secrets.
In
an effort to save her son, Johnnie Kitchen exposes a deeply hidden secret that
tears her family apart. Still haunted by her mama’s disappearance and her
father’s death in Vietnam, she turns to the comfort of her journal, penning
irreverent letters to the missing… and the dead. Her youngest son enlists in
the military as the United States is involved in two bloody wars; fear grips
her soul on all fronts. Rebuffed in her efforts to repair the damage she’s
inflicted on her marriage, Johnnie finds herself trapped in a terrifying
emotional spiral that threatens to trigger a relapse of the bulimia that almost
killed her. Amidst sightings of her mysterious mama, an odd new neighbor, a
granny who knows all yet tells nothing and Bubba Dog who is her constant
companion and best friend, will Johnnie succumb or survive?
JOHNNIE
COME LATELY is a thoroughly compelling story of a family in crisis.
Rodgers has combined humor, tragedy and ultimately love, in what is an
uplifting story of the human spirit. There were times that I laughed and cried
and shouted for joy, and I am not ashamed to say it.”
-- Dwight
Jon Zimmerman, New York Times #1 bestselling writer
Finding Claire Fletcher by Lisa Regan is now available at Wal Mart!
If you have not read Finding
Claire Fletcher or Aberration by Lisa
Regan, GET THEM! Read them and then please go to the link below and do a
review. Copy n paste it to Amazon, B&N, BAM, Goodreads, Facebook and all
your social media. They are that good...
Finding Claire
Fletcher -15 year old Claire Fletcher is abducted in
1995 by a psycho pedophile. Ten years later, she has survived the most
hideous of tortures only to be bound by invisible chains of fear; not for her
own safety, but for her family and anyone she tries to contact for help.
The last person she reached out to was a police detective whose obsession with
finding Claire Fletcher unearths horrific cold-cases and disappearances of a
dozen children over the span of 20 years.
This is a must read to
understand what children who are abducted in real life go through, and what it
is like for those reunited with their families after their rescue. Compared to
the Jaycee Lee Dugard case, it is made ever more real. You never know who this
may help to accept what was done to them, what was done to their loved one,
solve a case, or prevent one from happening. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l60h452gphw
Aberration - FBI agent Kassidy Bishop is brutally attacked by a serial rapist
she had arrested two months prior, who had gotten off on a technicality, and
decided she would be next. Someone unties her hands when he is out of the room
and places her 9mm in her hands telling her, “He’s coming. You have to do
this. Listen for him.” Forty-five degrees. Upward one foot. His
body hit the floor.
Five years later,
corpses start materializing with “For you” stuck to their cadavers. Assigned to
the cases as they came up, Kass sees a pattern forming but does not connect the
dots until it is almost too late. She is the “you”; saved by the one man who is
obsessed with her; keeps killing… for her.
Aberration will keep you gasping for air.
Lisa Regan, Author of Finding Claire Fletcher & Aberration
From the darkness of
the past, fear comes calling.
Saturday, September 14, 2013
Words from Pep September Light By James Washburn
Words from Pep
September Light
By
James Washburn
Looking
across the field a different spirit baths the scene as mid-September slips
above the horizon. The light has changed, become softer. It is the Light of the
World that urges my relations to ready for winter. Squadrons of swallows skim
the ponds. Bear raid hives and squirrel caches devour berries. A gardener
wearing a mask secretly harvests corn at night and the last skins are shed as
our armless, legless, friends slither through the duff seeking entrance to
south facing hillsides in order for sleep to come gently in the warm earth. As
days get shorter and shadows longer, it is the light that directs these lives.
It is the light that washes over our sphere, giving, instructing, guiding life
in its cadence of perfection. . . . . . It is the Light that can direct our
lives if we will but stand in It, let It fill our being, renew our mind, expose
the love hiding in our shadows. . . . . . Every human, no exceptions, you are a
creation from birth bathed in the Light. Yes, misunderstanding, deceptions, and
wrong indoctrination may veil, even eclipse the Light of Love that is you but
ultimately Love rises, Love wins. Let this Light throw off the lie of that need
for self-protection. Dwell in the Light of the World and It will tow out of you
a life that changes the earth. It will drag out of you peace, grace and a love
that cannot help but give itself away. You shall be as the light of the
morning, swallowing the darkness, igniting the eyes of those captured in gloom.
. . . . . The Spirit of mid-September Light speaks of rest to come with
resurrection to follow. This Light speaks of faithfulness. We can trust It,
follow It, let It lead. Our relations know this and teach us. They have been
guided by It from forever.
ONE WORLD - ONE FAMILY OF MAN - ONE CREATOR OF ALL
Pep Washburn
Friday, September 13, 2013
Stephen Doster and The Southern Festival of Books
Stephen Doster and The Southern
Festival of Books
Stephen Doster will be a panelist at
the The Southern Festival of Books Friday, October 11, 2013, 12:00-1:00 pm, Conf. Room III,
Library
Doster is the author of Lord Baltimore and Voices
From St. Simons (John F. Blair), Georgia Witness, Shadow
Child, Rose Bush and, soon to be released, Jesus Tree (Deer Hawk
Publications) www.sdoster.com www.loiaconoliteraryagency.com http://deerhawkpublishing.wordpress.com/new-releases/ http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=stephen+doster
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