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1. Heart-Strong, by Bonnie McCune - 2013-05-08 05:33:58-04
   Bonnie McCune Biography Bonnie McCune has been writing since age ten, when she submitted a poem about rain rushing down the gutter to the Saturday Evening Post (it was immediately rejected). This interest facilitated her career in nonprofits doing public and community relations and marketing. She’s worked for libraries, directed a small arts organization and managed Denver's beautification program. Simultaneously, she’s been a free lance writer with publications in local, regional, and specialty publications for news and features. She is co-author of a book, Recruiting and Managing Volunteers in Libraries (Neal-Schuman Publishers, 1995). Her civic involvement includes grass-roots organizations, political campaigns, writers' and arts' groups, and children's literacy. For years, she entered recipe contests and was a finalist once to the Pillsbury Cook Off. A special love is live theater. Had she been nine inches taller and thirty pounds lighter, she might have been an actress. For reasons unknown (an unacknowledged optimism?), she believes that one person can make a difference in this world. Her true passion is fiction. Her credits include: • “The Prophet” short story in Infective INk, April 2013, free online, http://infectiveink.com/?p=1028 • A novella, “Heart-Strong,” Prism Book Group, February 2013. • Publication of Best New Writing Anthology 2013, includes her finalist entry, short story, “Hot Tubbing.” Available through online book sellers and book stores. • National Tom Howard short story contest 2012, second place winner for “Neighborhood Pig.” Free online. http://winningwriters.com/contests/tomstory/2012/ts12_mccune.php#.UQnSW_VBnkd • “A Solo in Two-Part Harmony,” short story, 12/20/12, Downstate Story. Free download. http://www.downstatestory.com/mccune/ • “The Desk,” short story, 8/3/12. Short Story America online, plus in collection, Short Story America, Volume Two. http://www.shortstoryamerica.com/2012_desk/ • A novella, “Irish Episode,” Set in the early 1970s, An Irish Episode immerses an American woman in the life and times of a struggling Irish musician. Tinyurl.com/IrishEpisode • “The Wild Kids,” Metro Fiction, April 23, 2012, free online. http://metromoms.net/2012/04/22/the-wild-kids-by-b-f-mccune/ • “An Afternoon at the Louvre,” short story online, published by Infective INK in February 2012. http://infectiveink.com/?p=409 • A novel, A Saint Comes Stumbling In, Prism Book Group, January 2012. • “The Singer,” Calliope, 18th anthology, second place winner, 12/11. Short story. Purchase anthology at Amazon. • Three short stories: “Curtis, Alone and Aging,” “The Desk,” and “The Incident at Mister Burger,” all on Alfie Dog, www.alfiedog.com. Revolutionizing the publication of short stories for the internet age, online publisher Alfie Dog Limited has brought together quality stories from current writers across the globe. Download for a small fee. • “Corazón de Mi Vida, St. Teresa” [Heart of My Heart, St. Teresa], On the Premises, first place short story winner, 11/09. http://www.onthepremises.com/issue_09/story_09_1.html She has a husband, two adult children, and three grandchildren. For reasons unknown (an unacknowledged optimism?), she believes one person can make a difference in this world. McCune lives in Colorado. Visit her at www.BonnieMcCune.com
   
2. Strega - 2013-05-08 06:21:17-04
   Richard Bamberg grew up in a small town in the heart of Alabama during the 60s. He started work as a logger and truck driver, entered the Air Force as a radio operator and did a little duty as a forward air control operator in a small Southeast Asian nation. After graduating from Texas Tech University, he returned to the Air Force as an electrical engineer where he spent most of his time at the Air Force Weapon's Lab and at the Tactical Air Warfare Center. He currently lives with life partner, wife, and best friend - Joy in Huntsville, AL, where he works on the national missile defense system. His writing leans toward thrillers with a touch of science fiction and horror. Strega is his fifth novel.
   
3. Copper to Red by Ceri Bladen - 2013-05-08 07:20:17-04
   Ceri Bladen was born 1970 in Caerleon, Wales. The village that she grew up in is a well known Roman town (Isca) and while playing and learning about the ruins, she developed a great love of history and stories. After realising that she wanted to become a Primary school teacher, Ceri moved to Swansea, another Welsh place steeped in History. During her college years she met her husband and settled in Swansea, teaching in various Swansea schools. After a set of twins and another, seventeen months later, Ceri decided to take a break from teaching to become a full time Mum. A couple of years later, and wanting to spend more time as a family unit, Ceri and her family moved to Turkey. She lives there now looking after her family and plenty of street animals! The lifestyle in Turkey is simple, allowing her time for her loves: writing, drawing, painting, travelling and generally enjoying life. The Turkish school holidays (three months) allow the family to throw a tent in the car and camp around the world; East and West Europe, Australia and America this summer. Ceri is hoping to put all this love of history and travel in her future books.
   
4. Confessions – Ten Fragments - 2013-05-08 11:46:47-04
   Inge has been writing since she was in grade school. Her short stories have been published in numerous literary and other magazines and have been broadcast on radio. She received First Prize in the 1986 Annual Writers' Digest Short Fiction Competition, out of thousands of entrants. She studied creative writing at the University of Alberta, working with such writers as Governor General's Award Winner, Rudy Wiebe. On a more personal note, Inge has lived in Austria, England, and in several areas of Canada including the Northwest Territories. Currently she resides in Fort Erie, Ontario. She enjoys nature, horses, art, reading, and, of course, writing.
   
5. Daddy Issues by Howard McEwen - 2013-05-08 14:54:58-04
   Howard McEwen is a husband, father, financial advisor, writer, beekeeper and bartender living in Bellevue, Kentucky. Howard's first novel was Wrath - the life and death of a United States Governor. The book is a fictional telling of the life of William Goebel, the only U.S. governor to be assassinated in office. He also writes a series of novelettes in various genres called The Prescott Carmichael Jaunts. These encompass everything from ghost stories to farce. When not being a husband, father, financial advisor or writing, Howard keeps bees in Kenyan Top Bar Hives and bartends at a local cafe hosting cocktail nights featuring drinks from the classic era.
   
6. Finding Your Way: Lessons from Life by Valerie Galante, Ph.D. - 2013-05-08 14:55:22-04
   Building upon her background as a highly experienced Licensed Clinical Psychologist and ordained Interfaith Minister, Dr. Galante uses humor, cultural references, and every day events to enlighten readers about the nature of being human and how to live their lives with meaning and fulfillment.
   
7. The Terminus Project - 2013-05-08 14:56:16-04
   I'm a writer living in Ohio, or fly over country for those living on the coasts. I've been writing on and off for about 30 years. I have 2 kids, 3 annoying cats, and a dog who thinks he's a kid. I like to write in the evenings when the chaos that is my daily life has calmed. I write the sort of things I like to read. I like Sci-Fi and Fantasy. One day, when I work up enough nerve, I'm going to write something huge and epic, think Tolkien. That day is in the future and I'm not sure when I'll get there.
   
8. Stop Emotional Eating, Fix Food Cravings, Find Your Metabolism and More - 2013-05-08 19:09:04-04
   Beth Castle - Dietary Technician, Author, & Speaker. I wrote this audio and book to help lessen the pain associated with food. I could not stand by and feel the pain that others felt when I knew I had THE tool to stop the pain! When I was 14-years-old, my best friend was diagnosed with diabetes. Being a compassionate, caring friend, I tried to support her. She only pushed me away, and along with other teen challenges, our very close friendship became distant and strained. My best friend took one path in life and I chose another. Even though I had my own issues and struggles, my best friend chose a path that seemed more difficult than mine. She chose to find help elsewhere. Even after I lost touch with her, I was influenced to help people like my friend by entering the health field. Unfortunately, I don t see my friend very much anymore, but I am grateful for the influence that she had on my life. When I meet with new clients, I am reminded of my former best friend s sadness and that reminds me about why I try to help. I graduated in 1986 as a Dietary Technician. In the ensuing years I worked with a local health region and Alberta Agriculture, helping people with food issues. Since 1993, I ve coached hundreds of people helping them eat right, lose or manage their weight, and generally feel better about themselves. I ve successfully coached strangers as well as people personally close to me. Whenever my clients told me, You know what is working the best for me...? I would encourage them to write down all of those things that they noticed about themselves and their relationship with food. In the long run, writing down the things that they perceived as contributing to their success would be the very ideas that would ensure their success for the future. Especially what was going on for them with regards to Emotional Eating! Great idea or what! I told my clients that if they would write their ideas about what worked for them in controlling their relationship with food, it would be like their own little weight management bible, written by them, just for them, and exclusively about them. It would help them understand how they tick almost like an owner s manual that each person would write for himself or herself.
   
9. Deception Peak (The Ian’s Realm Saga Book I) Dianne Lynn Gardner - 2013-05-09 01:05:55-04
   Dianne Gardner, an award winning author, is also an illustrator living in the Pacific Northwest, USA. She's an active member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, and the National League of American Pen Women. Dianne is an award winning portrait and plein air painter, using her talents to illustrate her stories. Besides The Dragon Shield and Rubies and Robbers, the second and third books in the Ian's Realm Series she boasts authorship to Deception Peak and four short stories in the A Tale of the Four Wizards series. She writes for middle grade and young adults targeting boys and adventure loving girls, and the young at heart.
   
10. RUTH’S REDEMPTION - 2013-05-09 01:11:42-04
    Cynthia Hickey is the best selling author of the Summer Meadows mystery series. She lives in Arizona with her husband and their youngest son. She has been making up stories since she learned to read.
    
11. My mother in law’s lover - 2013-05-09 01:15:00-04
    S M Mala, author of adult contemporary fiction, exploring relationships, both emotionally and physically from both the female and male perspective. Often funny, sometimes sad, enjoy the trials and tribulations of falling in love and keeping relationships going ... when faced with major obstacles. The books are mainly based in London, where the author was born, and tries to convey the multi-cultural diversity of the people who live there. The main characters are not your usual mix of heroes, they have flaws and it's how they deal with the situations around them when their emotions expose their vulnerabilities. But always with good humour and sincere intent. Read and enjoy the books. There's a little piece of us all on the pages.
    
12. The Darkening - 2013-05-09 01:25:44-04
    Cynthia Melton is the pen name for Cynthia Hickey. She is the best-selling author of the Summer Meadows mystery series. She lives in Arizona with her husband and their youngest son.
    
13. Kissing Frogs: Tall Tales and Insights from the Dating Pond - 2013-05-09 01:30:35-04
    Kris Anderson, a top-producing realtor, speaker, and author of the book KISSING FROGS- TALL TALES AND INSIGHTS FROM THE DATING POND brings a critical message to the world. There are 95.9 million unmarried people. 53% of those unmarried people are females. Most of those unmarried females date, almost with a fever, in search for their Prince Charming. Female dating stories are pathetically hilarious and need to be shared... Female readers the world over want to know: ? That other women in the dating pond also have terrible experiences and actually find some sense of normalcy in hearing about dating stories. ? How a woman can develop ?TOAD-AR? (the ability to recognize toady behavior). ? The three things a woman must do immediately when entering the dating pond. ? How women can prevent future dating catastrophes. ? The five most important dating guidelines for the single or divorce woman in the dating pond. Much different than Kara King's, "The Power of the Pussy"... "KISSING FROGS- TALL TALES AND INSIGHTS FROM THE DATING POND features 21 chapters that highlight the good, the bad, and the ugly in the dating pond. Every woman hopes that one frog will eventually show prince qualities. Kris Anderson, a native Arizonan, can explain her stories and insights from dating over 412 frogs in over 5 years in search for Prince Charming. Dating is a numbers game. The dating pond is a necessary evil where women must kiss a lot of frogs to find their one valiant prince.
    
14. Tap and Grow Rich - 2013-05-09 01:35:28-04
    Helen Vella was born in Scotland, UK to poor working class parents. She is the eldest of 6 children and her childhood was far from happy. Her mother being physically and emotionally abusive did nothing for her self esteem or self worth. Growing having money, nice things, cars or even a phone was like flying to the moon as far as she was concerned. Throughout her life she was determined to break out of the poor neighborhood and lifestyle and make something of herself. She moved to Australia in her teens and started her own business which she sold 5 years later for a very nice profit. Helen learned how to love herself and start building on her self esteem with the help of an amazing mentor and very good friends. Throughout her life she has strived to be better and better every day and continues to learn and grow to-day. When she became a Mother she made sure that she did not treat her daughter the same way she was treated by her mother. Being a grand mother is one of her favorite things in life. EFT, Law of Attraction, NLP and a host of other amazing tools are now part of her every day life and when she discovered how all of these tools helped her manifest a great career, vactions, etc ,etc she wanted to share this with everyone. When she moved to the states in 2005 she started to write her first book ‘from Negative to Positive’ which is part memoir, part self help explaining how she managed to get out of poverty and into abundance. Unfortunately due to an accident Helen was confined through a major back injury and lost everything she made. This has not stopped her. She went from not being able to walk for almost 9 months to writing several books, running workshops, seeing clients and using all the tools she teach’s manifesting her abundance again. Using all her Holistic tools to gain full health again Helen speaks and teach’s how others can do the same. Through personal sessions, phone, skype, email, group sessions and seminars. Also through all of her self help books which are all available on Amazon.com
    
15. Wits Beyond Measure - 2013-05-09 01:42:42-04
    I am a seasoned blogger and writer. I love writing fan fiction story and one of my favorite fanfiction is harry potter.
    
16. Empty Roads & Broken Bottles; in search for The Great Perhaps - 2013-05-09 01:43:24-04
    After one single reaching #2 on the Swedish Itunes-chart, 20,000+ followers on twitter, praise from media & blogs from all over the world & 4 critically acclaimed albums; she packed her life in a guitar case and spent a year homeless on the road, with nothing but a dream and a longing for something more. This is the story about the girl who left everything she knew to dedicate her whole life to her art. The story of The Glass Child, Charlotte Eriksson, is one of those you usually see on movies. Only 18 years old she left everything she had and knew in Gothenburg, Sweden, and moved to London to dedicate her whole life to her music and art. A vague dream about reaching out turned out to be an extraordinary fight for true and real art. A journey about self-discovery, learning solitude, the difference between having a home and feeling at home and how she finally found a home in herself, in her music, in her words. Charlotte spent a year homeless on the road, sleeping at friends’ and fans’ floors, learning and searching. An ordinary girl created a community of over 20,000 admiring fans online, and all alone with nothing but hard work and determination she managed to build a life on her art, being a true inspiration to so many people, showing that you can achieve and become exactly who you want to be, if you just want it bad enough. ”I wanted to turn my life into art. My very existence into a poem. This is my story - it’s been a beautiful fight. It still is.”
    
17. Baby Animals Book: Baby Animals & Moms (For Ages 2 – 6 years old) - 2013-05-09 01:44:51-04
    The author, Rachael Poole was inspired to create children's books by her daughter's love of reading. Weekly trips to the local library and reading stacks of books each week to her daughter instilled the bug for writing. She enjoys combining creative and colorful graphics with cheerful stories and educational photos to create books that are both fun and educational.
    
18. Guttting the Monkey - 2013-05-09 01:55:30-04
    John Iverson John is a practicing Taoist that values knowledge and experience over anything material. His passion to explore began as a Recon Marine while stationed abroad in Africa, South America and Asia. He is a former bodyguard, no holds barred fighter and currently an expert in the ancient Greek Fighting Art of Pankration. He continually strives to balance his extreme physical nature with a more cultural and spiritual side. By borrowing from the philosophy of the samurai warrior – Myamoto Mysashi, he strives to be true to the way of the poet/warrior “pen and sword in accord.” He also holds close to the ideals of his ancestors so as to someday become an equally dedicated environmentalist. James Iverson is a father of three and an avid fossil collector who teahes his children the value of staying close to the earth. He is a passionate student of Ojibwa and early European history in North America. Both John and James continue to travel in pursuit of interesting people and places. James was the co-writer of the recently published “Hunters and Hearts” as well as the upcoming “Monster Wall”. He is also currently training to compete in his first marathon. Philippe Farcy Philippe is the proud father of a son and a business consultant in Chicago. He is an enthusiastic student of history, ancient mysteries and mystical lore. He also enjoys and practices MMA, boxing self defense techniques as well as art research, art forensic sciences and Screenwriting.
    
19. Altered Life - 2013-05-09 02:15:33-04
    Keith Dixon has been writing fiction since he was a teenager and has learned that, unsurprisingly, stories with strong characters and compelling plots are what readers look for. After drifting from job to job when young, he went on to earn Masters degrees in 20th Century English Literature and Organizational Psychology, and subsequently worked as a lecturer, proofreader, copywriter and business consultant. This experience naturally qualified him to write a series of novels about a tough British Private Eye, Sam Dyke.
    
20. Sight Unseen - 2013-05-09 02:45:05-04
    "Kathy Clark has had 23 romance / women’s fiction novels published by several publishers, including Harlequin and Dell which have sold more than 3 million copies globally in at least 11 different languages. Her books have appeared on the New York Times and USA Today Best Seller lists and she has received numerous industry awards including Romantic Times Readers’ Choice Awards. In 2013 two of her books won first place in The Best Indie Books of the year for Young adult and suspense. After spending several years writing screenplays she has returned to writing novels and has branched out into suspense, mainstream and young adult genres. She has enjoyed co-writing these latest books with her husband Bob Wernly under the pen name of Bob Kat. Kathy’s latest and 24th book published was After Midnight, a suspense set in Denver and is the first of a trilogy called Denver After Dark. It has been well received and reviewers, across the board, have rated it 4 and 5 stars. The trailer for that book can be found from my website at www.nightwriter93.com or directly on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxSkqqaD-2Q Bob Kat became active in 2012 with two projects published. First was the mainstream novel, Life’s What Happens, a fictionalized treatment of the 1969 to early 1970 anti-war movement as it played out at Kent State University. Bob Wernly was there, and the characters and thoughtful telling of the story was a fascinating insight into the era. The reviews have been amazing. The direct link to the YouTube trailer can be found at the following http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQBnqNNNHUE&feature=plcp But after several years of contemplating where to take their newly launched co-writing career, they concluded there was a mutual and burning passion to spend their time writing for young adults. The passion stems from the many real-life stories of teen suicide, bullying, runaways, abuse and drugs. Add to that, the caustic nature of the television and film content that most certainly weighs on this age group’s ability to maintain a positive healthy outlook as they mature into their twenties. The CUL8R time travel action adventure series was inaugurated in December, 2012. There are many unique features of this series, and the positive message it will send to its readers will be awesome! That’s right, awesome! Really. Actually, it will be epic! The series website is www.cuul8rseries.com Book #1, OMG was published in eBook and paperback in time for Christmas. And no zombies or vampires were killed in the making of the series! "
    
21. Viewer - 2013-05-09 02:55:36-04
    Scott is currently finishing his techno-thriller, Digital Blood, and co-authoring another Young Adult novel, Shadow of Death, which combines horror and martial arts. Scott is a fifth degree black belt in traditional Japanese karate, and collects dinosaur footprints.
    
22. Shadow War, book 1 Innocence - 2013-05-09 03:07:48-04
    Mana likes hopping rocks on the Black river and playing with her imaginary cats. She lives in the US and keeps herself busy with family and friends, all of whom have been supportive while making this dream come true. Catherine likes to surf the web and talk to friends in between chasing her -- not imaginary -- cats away from her keyboard. She lives in the middle of nowhere, Quebec, and builds muscles shoveling snow six months out of the year. The authors met through the fan forum dedicated to Lindsay Buroker’s The Emperor’s Edge series. Soon afterwards, they started collaborating on several short stories. It was during one of these that the idea for a novel first bloomed. And, as they say, the rest is history.
    
23. Across Eternity - 2013-05-09 03:10:28-04
    Aris Whittier broke into the romance genre when her debut novel, Fatal Embrace, cracked the pages of Cosmopolitan Magazine, featured as a “Red-Hot” Read. She hasn’t stopped writing since. Secrets, is her latest romantic suspense.
    
24. The Good Daughter - 2013-05-09 03:48:33-04
    Native small town Texan Diana Layne is an award-winning author and an RWA® Golden Heart® finalist. She's a homeschooling mom of six kids who grew up riding horses and motorcycles, practicing the piano and reading every chance she could. As an only child she kept herself entertained with imaginary playmates and now writes in multiple genres from historical romances to mainstream suspense thrillers to small town love stories--and always has two or three novels in progress.
    
25. Cremator’s Revenge - 2013-05-09 03:53:55-04
    Margaret M. LeNois currently resides in New Jersey. Ms. LeNois is a published and accomplished writer of psycho-thrillers, having majored in Psychology; a pleasure, and quiver in Deviant Behavior; and with an delightful emphasis on mass murderers. She is a current member of the Red Hat Society, the National Organization of Sisters in Crime, SinC, and the National Association of Writers.
    
26. Knowing His Secret - 2013-05-09 04:35:38-04
    K.C. Falls is a native of New York who traded the Big Apple for Big Sky country. Her Montana ranch is home to a menagerie of animals including one human male she shamelessly uses for inspiration. Her tales are sharp-edged stories with strong sexy heroes and the women they can't resist. K.C. finds time to feed the chickens, study Native Americana (she's part Cheyenne--that's what the 'C' stands for) and cook incredible food because there isn't a restaurant around for many miles. She writes in between bites. K.C. loves to hear from readers, so please feel free to follow her on any of her social media channels. And don't forget to check out her website. You can sign up to her mailing list there, to hear about new releases and any promotional sales coming up. You can also find some backstory for her current and future works.
    
27. The Fire Crystal - 2013-05-09 04:38:14-04
    Full time Fiction Writer
    
28. INZARED Queen of the Elephant Riders (Book One) - 2013-05-09 06:21:19-04
    L.Leander is a best-selling author, freelancer and award-winning songwriter. Her first novel, Inzared, Queen of the Elephant Riders was published in June of 2012. The second book in the series, Inzared, The Fortune Teller (Book Two) is now available. The author has also published a short non-fiction series titled 13 Extreme Tips for Writers, targeted to the beginning writer. Ms. Leander manages a blog titled L.Leander’s Reviews and Interviews that offers book promotion to Indie Authors. The author currently resides between Wisconsin and Mexico.