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1. Brother Half Angel - 2012-07-27 03:57:30-04
   Martin Roth is a veteran journalist and foreign correspondent whose reports from Asia have appeared in leading publications around the world, including the Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune and Baltimore Sun. He is the author of many books. The first four books in his Military Orders series of international thrillers are “Brother Half Angel,” “The Maria Kannon,” “Military Orders” and 'Festival in the Desert." He is also the author of the Johnny Ravine private eye series, with “Prophets and Loss,” “Hot Rock Dreaming” (Australian Christian Book of the Year finalist) and “Burning at the Boss.” He lives in Australia with his Korean wife and three sons.
   
2. The Anne Boleyn Collection - 2012-07-27 03:58:22-04
   Claire Ridgway, author of "The Anne Boleyn Collection" and "The Fall of Anne Boleyn: A Countdown", is a writer, researcher and Tudor history buff with a deep knowledge and love of everything about the Boleyn family and the time of the Tudors. She is well known and respected for her two Tudor websites, The Anne Boleyn Files and Elizabeth Files, which contain in-depth research about the period and which promote historical authenticity. Claire likes to think of them as communities of history lovers, rather than websites, and loves nothing better than chatting to, and debating with, her visitors. History is fun! Claire currently lives up a mountain in Southern Spain, but grew up near to Stratford-upon-Avon where she was surrounded by Tudor history. Claire is Tudor obsessed, and makes no apologies for it. She likes Rioja, chocolate and Camembert cheese. Claire is married and has three children, two dogs and two cats. Claire and her husband, Tim, have also compiled a collection of interviews with 34 top indie authors to help inspire other indie authors and aspiring writers. The book is called "Interviews with Indie Authors: Top Tips from Successful Self-published Authors".
   
3. Interviews with Indie Authors: Top Tips from Successful Self-Published Authors - 2012-07-27 04:02:01-04
   Claire Ridgway, author of "The Anne Boleyn Collection" and "The Fall of Anne Boleyn: A Countdown", is an indie author, researcher and Tudor history buff with a deep knowledge and love of everything about the Boleyn family and the time of the Tudors. She is well known and respected for her two Tudor websites, The Anne Boleyn Files and Elizabeth Files, which contain in-depth research about the period and which promote historical authenticity. Claire likes to think of them as communities of history lovers, rather than websites, and loves nothing better than chatting to, and debating with, her visitors. History is fun! Claire currently lives up a mountain in Southern Spain, but grew up near to Stratford-upon-Avon where she was surrounded by Tudor history. Claire is Tudor obsessed, and makes no apologies for it. She likes Rioja, chocolate and Camembert cheese. Claire is married and has three children, two dogs and two cats. Claire is committed to sharing her journey into self-publishing, and the tips she learns on the way, and regularly blogs at http://www.interviewswithindieauthors.com.
   
4. economics: a simple twist on normalcy by Kersten L. Kelly - 2012-07-28 01:55:10-04
   Kersten L. Kelly is a self-published author of narrative non-fiction and semi-fiction books. She grew up in Munster, Indiana, and currently works in a sales role based out of Chicago, Illinois. She started writing at an early age and graduated from Indiana University with a dual Bachelor’s Degree in Economics and Communication & Culture. She then went on to earn a Master’s in Business Administration from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University. She has a passion for learning, teaching, and writing as well as international travel in her spare time.
   
5. The Blood of Cowards - 2012-07-31 21:31:42-04
   Matt Cole was born in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1967. He earned a undergraduate degree in kinesiology at the University of British Columbia and a graduate degree in exercise physiology the University of Victoria. He was first inspired to write speculative fiction while in college, during a speculative fiction literature course. Since then, Matt has tried his hand at writing in screenplay form, a graphic novel script as well as short stories. Matt enjoys the company of exotic, smart, confident, & funny women; red wine (or the nectar of the Gods as he believes it to be); IPSC competitions; keeping physically fit; and writing speculative fiction in various forms. He currently resides in Burnaby, British Columbia.
   
6. A Lonely Tear by Bryan O’Connor - 2012-07-31 21:32:32-04
   With a strong connection and patriotic views towards Canada, the country from which he was born, the Torontonian Bryan O’ Connor has had the pleasure of living abroad in Indonesia and Singapore. With a fascination to travel, he has taken numerous vacations crossing the globe, broadening his international background and knowledge on various cultures. “I love to travel, however regardless of where I go, Canada has always and forever will be, the one place I call home,” he declares. “My passion for writing and conveying emotional messages, led me to writing my first book – A Lonely Tear. In my opinion, if I have managed to shine more light on our Country’s brave heroes, their acts of selflessness and sacrifice, and allowed for my readers to open their hearts and minds a bit more, to the difficulties faced for soldiers and their families when deployed; then I as a writer feel that I have accomplished my mission,” he says. With a hard working and humble characteristic side to him, whatever he has in life; he’s earned and whatever he wants in life; he works for. However, he sees this novel as being only the beginning, and certainly not the end, of his passion to write. Already in the works of a second novel, he states, “I feel as though I have opened a door to a side of me I never knew existed until recently. And I dare to discover first hand, what lay in store for me on the other side. In my opinion, you don’t choose the stories you write… The stories choose you.”
   
7. Death for Beginners: Your No-Nonsense, Money-Saving Guide to Planning for the Inevitable by Karen Jones - 2012-07-31 21:33:21-04
   Author, educator and broadcast journalist, Karen Jones holds degrees in English and Education from the University of Virginia. Jones' first novel, Kingdom of Hearts was published in 1997 by the duplicitous and financially corrupt Commonwealth Publications in a disaster of epic proportions. The resulting scandal helped inspire former FBI agent Jim Fisher’s book Ten Percent of Nothing The Case of the Literary Agent from Hell. Her second book, Up the Bestseller Lists, Adams Media, 2001, co-authored with Kathleen Brehony offers hands-on advice and guerilla techniques for authors who want to aggressively and successfully promote and market their work. Her third book, Death for Beginners, a nonfiction how-to book, is a practical guide for arranging a graceful exit written with baby boomers in mind has been published by Quill Driver Books. Her most recent work, The Highland Witch is on Kindle. Jones has fifteen years of experience in television news at WVEC, an ABC affiliate, as an on-air anchor and feature reporter. In addition, working as a series producer she wrote and hosted the long-form series “The Haunting of Virginia” which won an Associated Press Award. She also collaborated with the BBC on its award winning series Pocahontas. Karen’s media experience also includes stints as an on-air personality at WNOR, WAFX, and WNIS, in both the talk-radio and rock-n-roll radio format. She directed the Virginia Writers Conference for five years, is an advisor for the Bay School for the Arts, and is a member of the National League of American Pen Women and The Authors Guild. Karen has worked for ten years as an educator in the public schools, both teaching and writing curriculum. She has taught writing workshops and seminars at Louisiana State University, Austin Peay University, Old Dominion University and has taught courses in romance novel writing at the University of Richmond and Christopher Newport University. Karen is currently shopping her fifth book, The Marcell Glide, a southern literary fiction coming of age story
   
8. In For A Penny by Maggie Toussaint - 2012-07-31 21:33:55-04
   Southern author and life-long fan of the phrase “Kiss my grits,” Maggie Toussaint is a multi-published, award-winning writer. Her latest romantic suspense is MUDDY WATERS, a coastal Georgia treasure hunt, and her latest mystery is DEATH, ISLAND STYLE, a stand-alone mystery set on a sunny coastal island. Her eight published books blend mystery and romance with a liberal splash of the deep South.
   
9. Army of Me - 2012-07-31 21:34:40-04
   N. Lamont Weaver has a degree in Anthropology, but has been a small business owner for most of his life having had a Mountain Bike Touring business and a Surf shop in Cabarete, Dominican Republic. He has lived in the Dominican Republic for almost twenty years. He currently lives in the small fishing village of Bayahibe on the Caribbean side of the Dominican Republic. He and his wife Yumiko own a Stand Up Paddle Boarding tour and rental business and are trying to teach their Dominican beach dog, Bailey, how to Paddle Board.
   
10. Truths and Roses by Inglath Cooper - 2012-07-31 21:35:18-04
    Inglath Cooper fell in love with reading as a little girl, devouring most of the books in her elementary school library. At some point, she decided she wanted to write stories that did for others what her favorite books have done for her. “I love character-driven books that leave me feeling as if I’ve really known these people and make me wish I didn’t have to turn the last page.” “Women’s fiction has always appealed to me because it deals with so many of the relationships in a woman’s life. Not only the love of her life, but often her relationship with her mother, sister or best friend. There’s so much room in this type of book to explore many of the meaningful moments and transitions in women’s lives.” Inglath most often writes stories about love and life that are set in small Virginia towns like the one where she grew up. “I like to think the flavor of my hometown shows up in my books both in their setting and through the characters who people it.” Inglath is a winner of the RITA Award for best long contemporary romance novel given out each year by Romance Writers of America. Her books have been described as a combination of Danielle Steel meets Luanne Rice. Outside of writing, Inglath is actively involved in dog and cat rescue, working with The Franklin County Humane Society to place dogs and cats in need of rehoming.
    
11. Some Hidden Thunder by Jeffrey Marks - 2012-07-31 21:35:55-04
    Jeffrey Marks is a long-time mystery fan and freelancer. After numerous mystery author profiles, he chose to chronicle the short but full life of mystery writer Craig Rice. That biography (Who Was That Lady?) encouraged him to write mystery fiction. His works include Atomic Renaissance: Women Mystery Writers of the 1940s/1950s, and a biography of mystery author and critic Anthony Boucher entitled Anthony Boucher. It has been nominated for an Agatha and fittingly, won an Anthony. He is currently completing a biography of Erle Stanley Gardner. He is the long-time moderator of MurderMustAdvertise, an on-line discussion group dedicated to book marketing and public relations. He is the author of Intent to Sell: Marketing the Genre Novel, the only how-to book for promoting genre fiction. His work has won a number of awards including the Barnes and Noble Prize and he was nominated for a Maxwell award (DWAA), an Edgar (MWA), three Agathas (Malice Domestic), two Macavity awards, and three Anthony awards (Bouchercon).
    
12. Amy Weber – Making it in Show Business – Author Interview - 2012-08-01 10:42:53-04
    Hollywood personality Amy Weber joins BookGoodies host Deborah Carney to discuss her recently published a guide to Making it in Show Business aimed at helping newcomers avoid some of the potentially dangerous traps lurking just behind the scenes of this glamorous industry. The book is based on lessons she learned, both as a model, and [...]
    
13. Candidate Without a Prayer An Autobiography of a Jewish Atheist in the Bible Belt - 2012-08-01 16:02:01-04
    Born in Philadelphia, Herb Silverman received his Ph.D. in mathematics from Syracuse University and is Distinguished Professor of Mathematics at the College of Charleston. He has published over 100 research papers in mathematics journals, a couple of books on Complex Variables, and is the recipient of the Distinguished Research Award. In 1990, a colleague pointed out that atheists were ineligible to hold public office in South Carolina. After an eight-year battle, Herb won a unanimous decision in the South Carolina Supreme Court, which struck down this religious test requirement. He founded the Secular Humanists of the Lowcountry in Charleston, SC, and is founder and faculty advisor to the College of Charleston student Atheist/Humanist Alliance. He is a board member of the American Humanist Association, advisory board member of the Secular Student Alliance, and member of the Advisory Council of Americans United for Separation of Church and State. Herb has appeared in a number of debates, including one at the Oxford Union in Oxford, England on the topic: Does American Religion Undermine American Values? He has spoken at numerous freethought conferences and given sermons at Unitarian churches. He has had many articles in freethought publications, writes for Secular World, has a book chapter called "Inerrancy Turned Political" in The Fundamentals of Extremism, and is an "On Faith" panelist for the Washington Post online. Herb's new book is titled Candidate Without a Prayer, An Autobiography of a Jewish Atheist in the Bible Belt.
    
14. Hope in Small Doses by Nikki Stern - 2012-08-02 00:11:50-04
    Nikki Stern writes political, social and cultural commentary with what NPR host Kurt Andersen has described as “even-keeled grace, tolerance and common sense.” Her first book, Because I Say So: the Dangerous Appeal of Moral Authority, details her experiences as a 9/11 widow and looks at the larger cultural context that supported (and still supports) unequivocal moral certainty. Hope in Small Doses is her latest book and is available from Humanist Press (see Hope in Small Doses, above, or click here). Nikki has written pieces for the New York Times, Newsweek, USA Today, Humanist Magazine, Princeton Magazine, and online at Salon, TruthOut, and Talking Writing. She has appeared on NPR’s “All Things Considered” and CBS Sunday morning, among others. Nikki served as the first executive director of Families of September 11 (FOS11), a national advocacy and outreach organization. Under her leadership, FOS11 received an award from the conflict transformation group Search for Common Ground. An experienced public speaker, Nikki is a member of the Center for Inquiry’s Speakers’ Bureau.
    
15. Portrait Of Murder - 2012-08-02 00:12:28-04
    I live with my wife, Mary Lynne, in southeastern Wisconsin. I spent thirty-two years as a Milwaukee police officer: Seven years doing undercover narcotics investigations and twenty-two years as a major crimes detective. Writing and reading have been lifelong passions; I began by writing short stories more than thirty years ago. Of course, police work provided both the insight and inspiration for my PI mystery novel, Portrait Of Murder. Two additional novels that feature my main character, Private Investigator Jack Blanchard, have been completed.
    
16. Damned Good Company: Twenty Rebels Who Bucked the God Experts by Luis Granados - 2012-08-02 00:13:29-04
    I am a 58 year old Washington attorney and a student of the history of organized religion. I publish a weekly article on www.luisgranados.com/blog relating a current headline to an episode from religious history, demonstrating how little things change from religion to religion, from century to century. These articles are now carried also by Secular News Daily and Rant & Reason, the blog of the American Humanist Association. My longer magazine articles on religious history have appeared within the last year in Secular Nation, Free Inquiry, and The Humanist. I am not an atheist. I am more of an agnostic/deist: a suspecter, not a believer. But I resent being told what to do by people no better than I am who claim to speak for God. A large portion of what is wrong with the world, for a long time, has been caused by giving these frauds more credit than they deserve. I want to embolden people to follow in the footsteps of the heroes of Damned Good Company, that the world may be run more on principles of “What makes sense?” than on principles of “What did God say about that?” Since 2005, I have practiced law on a half-time basis, while devoting the other half to the study of the scandals of organized religion.