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1. Crossword by Alan S. Bricklin - 2013-02-15 19:12:04-05
   Alan has practiced as a surgical Pathologist for many years, starting in Philadelphia and ending up in California. He began to write fiction a number of years ago, possibly challenged to do so by competition from his brothers, both of whom have written numerous books and articles in the fields of Psychology, Health, Humor and Fitness. Alan has written two screenplays, several short stories and is working on a second novel. Enjoying the great outdoors in California by hiking and off-roading has been a source of great pleasure and inner peace for him.
   
2. The Athletic $cholarship Eligibility Coach: A How-To Guide for the Eligibility Certification Game by Marlynn R. Jones, Esquire - 2013-02-16 01:33:07-05
   Marlynn R. Jones, Esq. is fiercely committed to guiding parents, high school coaches and guidance counselors to achieve admissions and eligibility certification for prospective collegiate student-athletes. Knowing that one simple mistake can turn a scholarship celebration into a frantic search for $15,000-$60,000 to finance the first year of college, Jones serves as a personal coach through the maze of legislation involved in acquiring an intercollegiate athletic scholarship. Bit by the journalism bug in high school when named a teen columnist for the Durham Morning Herald, Jones continued to develop her writing skills at the University of North Carolina’s Journalism School receiving her bachelor’s degree, and at Virginia Commonwealth University’s [VCU] Graduate School of Mass Communications earning her master’s degree. She was able to marry her love of journalism with her passion for sports as a graduate assistant in the Office of Sports Information at VCU. This position led to her first full-time job in athletics at the National Collegiate Athletic Association where she served as the first advertising manager for The NCAA News. After being named 1999 National Outstanding Law School Student of the Year, graduating from the University of Miami, and working for five universities, the Orange Bowl Committee, and the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games, Jones has settled back home in Durham, NC, where she resides with her daughter Faith [5]. Her company’s blog is located at www.eligibilitycoach.com. For regular updates on eligibility and certification news, follow Eligibility Coach on Twitter @eligibilitycoac, and “like” Eligibility Coach on Facebook.
   
3. The 11 Pillars of Relationship Success - 2013-02-16 02:02:26-05
   18 months ago I was extremely underweight, jobless, living in a really old apartment, broke, and drunk on every day that ended with a 'y'. Today, instead of doing 12 oz curls on a regular basis, you'll find me in the gym. I make an excellent income through writing and co-writing books, training, and teaching others. I want to show you how YOU can take it to the next level. There is untapped potential and greatness inside each one of us. Let me know how I can be of service.
   
4. Wake Up To Your True Identity: Becoming Who God Predestined You To Be - 2013-02-16 02:43:50-05
   "You Will Never Discover Who You Are, Until You Discover Who You Are Not" - Maurice Lindsay God fearing, tattooed, ambitious, laid back, yet still outspoken and full of passion, Maurice Lindsay, is definitely a unique individual. But he wasn't always so unique. Growing up, Maurice spent the majority of his childhood trying to fit and be like everybody else. He did everything he could to be accepted by his peers. Which lead him to a life of drug dealing, marijuana addiction, and jail. This self-destructive path also continued well into his adult years, until one day, an experience with God changed his life forever. An experience in which Maurice claims to be "the moment that woke me up to my true identity" in his book "Wake Up To Your True Identity". (Available for purchase right now... download it now) Maurice Lindsay is an entrepreneur, personal development blogger and author. What separates him from other digital and online publishers is his ability to explain complex topics in a no-nonsense, straightforward manner, consistently delivering step-by-step strategies you can immediately implement to better your life. He never claims to have all the answers, but He says Jesus does, and he is 100% convinced that Jesus is the only way to Heaven. His mission in life is to help one million people, directly or indirectly wake up to their true identity and give their life to Jesus. Maurice's blog, MauriceLindsay.com, is one of the fastest-growing christian personal development blogs on the web and a well-respected resource for bloggers and growth seekers, receiving thousands of visitors to his website each month.
   
5. Quexistence: The Quest for the Meaning of Existence: Time Dreams - 2013-02-16 02:57:41-05
   Tom Stafford arrived on this planet many years ago. He has been haunted by nightmares of flying monkeys for most of them. He studied at the University of Iowa, where he first had visions of writing "Quexistence: The Quest for the Meaning of Existence". He was blessed with two daughters, before God sent him an angel, along with her three daughters. They were married with five little girls standing at their sides. And now, his five daughters have grown into beautiful women, and they have blessed him with eleven grandchildren. "Quexistence: The Quest for the Meaning of Existence: Time Dreams" is now avaiable.
   
6. Dollars & Diamonds - 2013-02-16 10:33:22-05
   I love to write and so write poetry on a daily basis. Some of my other interests are dogs, I enjoy watching and partaking in dog shows , hill walking and healthy living. I find the raw food diet so interesting and the fascinating fact that we really are what we eat.
   
7. Escape From Consecration by Hunter Byrd - 2013-02-16 17:24:27-05
   Escape from Consecration is my first published novel. I'm a professor of cultural history, an area which has allowed me to explore the heights - and depths - of human creativity and endeavor. I've explored other aspects through writing a weekly sex-and-intimacy column in a local alternative paper. I'm fascinated by the unlimited possibilities of gender and sexuality as they unfold in the future. Ursula K. Le Guin, Octavia E. Butler, and Margaret Atwood all leave me feeling a deeper understanding of love and life. My husband - and best friend of many years - and I enjoy skillfully-written erotica as a source of pleasure and wonder as we continually create our own future together.
   
8. Boxcar to Board Rooms - 2013-02-17 01:25:25-05
   Mannie Jackson is currently Chairman of Boxcar Holdings, LLC, a collection of business initiatives that include sports properties, real estate holdings and supply-chain management. As former Chairman Owner of the Harlem Globetrotters, Mannie Jackson achieved a dramatic corporate turnaround restoring the Hall of Fame basketball team to its status as a global icon. A former Globetrotter player, Jackson purchased the team in 1993 and revived the near-bankrupt organization into one of the most admired and publicized teams in the world, while increasing revenue five-fold and rebuilding the fan base to near record levels. Before a national television audience, the team confirmed its status as one of the best and most influential basketball teams in the world when Jackson and the Globetrotters were the just the fifth team inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on September 27, 2002. In fact, the team was recognized a record seven times in a ten year period under Jackson's ownership by basketball's most prestigious barometer of success. Jackson stepped into the history books when he purchased the team in 1993, as the first African-American to own a major international sports and entertainment organization. The conclusion of the team's 2005 North American Tour in April 2005, marked 12 consecutive years of double-digit growth. Jackson amassed an impressive list of national sponsors, expanded countries visited to 118 with attendance of over two million annually, and topped the Sports Q ratings as the most liked and recognized team in the world in 1999, 2000 and 2002. Jackson has served on the Board of Directors of six Fortune 500 companies and has served on the Board of Governors for the American Red Cross. He was among 12 distinguished nominees for the Archbishop Desmond Tutu Award for Human Rights in recognition of his work in South Africa. In May 2005 during the Kentucky Derby weekend celebration, Jackson was named 2005's Man-of-the-Year by the Winner's Circle for Children Inc. in Louisville, Ky. Recognizing years of promoting human rights throughout the world. The National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, Tenn. presented their inaugural International Award to Jackson in January 2006. In July 2006, the African-American Ethnic Sports Hall of Fame in Harlem, N.Y., honored Jackson's corporate achievements with the prestigious Basketball Entrepreneur Award.
   
9. Goodbye Junie Moon - 2013-02-17 01:57:22-05
   June Collins made international news headlines in 1969 when she became a whistle-blower and testified before a U.S. Senate Committee. She pointed the finger at a group of corrupt American Army sergeants who had made millions in Vietnam by demanding kickbacks from all booking agents and sales people. June had provided entertainment groups to the US military camps during the war. The Khaki Mafia, a slightly fictionalized account of the events, was co-authored with Robin Moore (The French Connection.) During her many years living in Asia, June had become appalled by the plight of the abandoned street children. In her home country, Australia, adoption was near impossible. Therefore, she chose to remain in the USA. Over the next few years she married an Alaskan King Crab fisherman and together, they adopted six children from India, Korea, Columbia and the USA.
   
10. Heaven is for Heroes - 2013-02-17 02:45:50-05
    PJ Sharon is author of several independently published, contemporary young adult novels, including Molly finalist, HEAVEN IS FOR HEROES, FAB Five finalist, ON THIN ICE, and SAVAGE CINDERELLA, a finalist in both the Sheila and the Florida Romance Writers Golden Palm contest. She is excitedly working on The Chronicles of Lily Carmichael, a YA Dystopian trilogy. WANING MOON, Book One, is now available on Amazon, B&N, and Smashwords. Writing romantic fiction for the past seven years and following her destiny to write Extraordinary Stories of an Average Teenage Life, PJ is a member of RWA, CTRWA, and YARWA. She is mother to two grown sons and lives with her husband in the Berkshire Hills of Western MA.
    
11. Triangle: False Mirror by D. G. Speirs - 2013-02-17 02:49:42-05
    D. G. Speirs is a writer and adventurer currently living in Lakeland, Florida. Born in New York, raised in California, he’s been a traveler all his life. A former Navy sailor, sailor, he was the top graduate from the Navy’s toughest enlisted school – Naval Nuclear Power School (Honorman, Class 8704). But he can’t talk much about it, as most of that stuff was classified. He served for thirteen years in the Navy, including tours of duty: - Aboard a ballistic missile submarine, - On a nuclear aircraft carrier during a major overhaul; - At an overseas supply depot in Japan during a major international confrontation with China; and - With a submarine patrol air wing. This varied service allowed D.G. to interact with a wide range of service people in all aspects of how the Navy operated. Injured during his final tour, he was discharged and now is a retired disabled veteran. D.G. has also enjoyed a long career as an entertainer. Before he joined the Navy, he was one of the original staff members for the Eastern Onion Singing Telegraph Company when they first came to the Los Angeles area. While in the service, D.G. and his family were featured in a Defense Department video used to train families on what to expect when they first arrived at the airport in Japan. He also was one of the stars of JaPUN, a long running musical comedy revue that toured military facilities throughout Japan, poking fun at the experience of service members trying to adjust to life overseas. In the Seattle area, D.G. appeared in the film Shuffle, starring Denis Arndt and Aron Michael Thomas. On stage, he worked with Peg Phillips (of Northern exposure fame) in productions of Mame and Guys and Doll. In 2006, he starred as Kris Kringle in a regional production of Miracle on 34th Street, which has since led him to another favorite pastime. Every year, D.G. is a professional Santa Claus, having entertained at children’s hospitals, private homes, corporate parties, SeaTac airport, and for the last two years, CenturyLink Field in Seattle as the official Santa for the Seattle Seahawks Blue Thunder Drum Line Nowadays, D.G. spends most of his time writing and exploring Walt Disney World, which he visits regularly. He also still sings and dances occasionally, .specifically as a writer and performer with the sketch comedy troupe Some Sort of Show in Tampa, Florida. D. G. is also a huge fan of television animation. In some ways, he’s never really grown up from those Saturday mornings watching H.R Pufnstuf, The Superfriends, Scooby-Doo and all the gang. He’s a big fan of the show Kim Possible, which he considers one of the best things ever done by Disney, and occasionally appears at cosplay events as “the world’s most dangerous golfer.” (look it up). He ‘s 51 years old, divorced, has two beautiful daughters, one grandson, and a cat with a foot fetish named Houdini. D.G. will be the featured guest on the AuthorsFirst Radio program on ArtistsFirst Radio this coming Tuesday, Feb 19, at 7 p.m. Eastern Time (4 p.m. Pacific) To find out more about future books and appearances by Mr. Speirs, visit his website, www.dgspeirs.com. He blogs regularly about writing, life and stuff there. He also posts on Twitter as @DGSpeirs, and has an author’s fan page on Facebook and Goodreads.
    
12. Solomon vs. Lord by Paul Levine - 2013-02-17 03:20:47-05
    The author of 16 novels, Paul Levine won the John D. MacDonald fiction award and was nominated for the Edgar, Macavity, International Thriller, and James Thurber prizes. A former trial lawyer, he also wrote more than 20 episodes of the CBS military drama "JAG" and co-created the Supreme Court drama "First Monday" starring James Garner and Joe Mantegna. The critically acclaimed international bestseller "To Speak for the Dead" was his first novel. He is also the author of the "Solomon vs. Lord" series and the thrillers "Illegal," "Ballistic," and "Paydirt." His most recent novel is "Lassiter." More information at paul-levine.com
    
13. Sarah Of The Moon - 2013-02-17 05:22:48-05
    I have been writing poetry and short stories since I was a teenager. Some of my writing has been featured in local newspapers and magazines. I am a Vietnam veteran and member of the Military Writers Society Of America. I have written four novels. All are available on Amazon.com and other venues. The Boys of Northwood is a book of short stories about growing up in the 1960s. My fictional novel, Sarah Of The Moon, is a love story with a touch of mystery and adventure, that takes place in San Francisco during the summer of 1967. My Short story,Eternal, has been published by Sleeping Cat Books in the anthology book, The Storm Is Coming. My award nominated novel, Letters From Long Binh, is based on the letters I wrote home to my wife while an MP in Vietnam. My novel, Swan Loch, is a suspense thriller, a mystery, and a story of love and hope. I recently wrote a novella, Morning Star, about a child, a horse, and a miracle.