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1. The Queen’s Blade VI – Lord Protector by TC Southwell - T. C. Southwell was born in Sri Lanka and moved to the Seychelles when she was a baby. She spent her formative years exploring the islands – mostly alone. Naturally, her imagination flourished and she developed a keen love of other worlds. The family travelled through Europe and Africa and, after the death of her father, settled in South Africa. T. C. Southwell has written over thirty novels, ranging from fantasy and science fiction to romance and adventure, as well as five screenplays. Her hobbies include motorcycling, horse riding and art, and she is now a full-time writer.
   
2. Death Ain’t But A Word: A Supernatural Hot Mess - After years of writing short fiction under different pen names in different Internet venues, Zander Marks has finally completed a full-length novel he is willing to share. Marks lives in Dallas, Texas, where he has experienced some, but not all, of the situations depicted in Death Ain't But A Word.
   
3. HOMESCHOOLING – An Essential Guide for Parents and Teachers - Wells Emery is a teacher with a major in Elementary and Special Education.
   
4. The Deadly Dog Show by Jerold Last - The author is a scientist on the faculty of the University of California and a big fan of mystery novels. This is the seventh book in a series. The settings and locales for the preceding novels, including The Ambivalent Corpse, The Surreal Killer, and The Matador Murders are authentic; the author lived previously in Salta, Argentina and Montevideo, Uruguay for several months each, and selected several of the most interesting locations he found for Roger and Suzanne to visit. Jerry and his wife Elaine live in Northern California, where Elaine breeds prize-winning German Shorthaired Pointer dogs and enjoys being a grandmother to two (almost three) granddaughters and a grandson. Elaine's dog-breeding, showing, and training expertise serves as the background for "The Deadly Dog Show". A blog describing the background and birth of Jerry's books; Jerry, Elaine, and the dogs' lives; and all things mysterious can be found at http://rogerandsuzannemysteries.blogspot.com. Please visit it and take a look.
   
5. Diary of a Heretic by Kathleen Maher - I am a lifelong writer with short fiction published in a number of literary journals. Diary of a Heretic is my first published novel, and I am working on a couple of others. I live with my husband, Manny, amid jackhammers and cement trucks in downtown New York City, where we moved after raising two wonderful children in the suburbs. (We both grew up in and around Chicago.) Diary of a Heretic had a long, strange birth: I woke up one New Year’s morning in the late 1990s and told Manny that a twenty-five-year old gay man was in my head. That's not as fanciful as it may sound. Malcolm Tully, the main character, came to me as a full-blown creative force, not a dream, not a hallucination. The idea that he was complete—I needed only to listen to him—did not make writing Diary of a Heretic easier. It took me 15 years to cast and recast the story so that it moved at an enjoyable pace. (The first draft took me five years to write, in between driving the kids to soccer games and music lessons and all the rest.) For a couple of years, I sent Diary of a Heretic to agents and publishers but they all rejected it as completely unmarketable. In January this year, Manny decided he wanted to read it again. Reading the latest version, he laughed out loud on nearly every page. “What’s so funny?” I’d ask and he’d quote a line or two. Some of these I’d forgotten. Others I could recite word for word. He enjoyed it so much that we decided to put it on Kindle. P.S. For a while I posted chapters of Diary of a Heretic on a blog with the same name. Then I began posting all my work in progress as a way to keep myself from rewriting stories to death. You can still visit the blog, now called "Pure Fiction" (www.diaryofaheretic.com), where you will find a gumbo of short fiction, unpolished serialized stories, and various ephemera. Leave a message! I love to hear from readers.
   
6. The small group vision manual - Richard Spinos, “Rick” as he prefers to be called, was born and raised in a small denomination called the Apostolic Christian Church founded by Samuel H. Froehlich from Switzerland in the 1800's. He was baptized at the age of 14. Rick was born in a Christian family and as a small child was taught that he was a sinner and needed to have his own spiritual life. On December 31 1973, he felt moved by an evangelistic sermon that spoke to him that he was not ready for the Lord's return. He was too nervous to go forward for the altar call so he left the building weeping and went outside to the car. In less than a minute, his father got in the car and led him in a prayer and he became born again right then and there. As a young teenager with the encouragement of his father, he developed healthy Bible reading and study habits. Soon he began teaching Sunday school and became the youth group leader. He soon discovered that his spiritual gift was in the area of teaching. In December of 1983, the Apostolic Christian Church Foundation sent him as a missionary to Brazil to work with an organization called Project Amazon. He worked in a boat factory as manager and factory supervisor and oversaw the construction of over 40 houseboats, 1 yacht, and a Catamaran Hospital boat for church planting use along the Amazon River. He married his wife Sandra who is a Brazilian national in July of 1985 and they assumed the pastorate of one of the Project Amazon churches in 1988. In 1990, Project Amazon sent Rick and his wife as church planters to the state of Amapá, where they planted three churches for Project Amazon. In 2008, they affiliated themselves with the Vine International and the last church that they planted became one of the Churches under the care of this organization. In December of 2009, The Vine International invited them to join a church planting endeavor in Southern Florida. They accepted the invitation and turned the last church in Brazil over to the Brazilian Nationals in March of 2010. In Brazil, Rick has written extensively in the Portuguese language in the area of Christian worker training. He has written Bible study guides, evangelistic tracts, and hundreds of small group lesson guides. From June 2009-2010 he hosted a highly successful Christian radio program with his wife called "Overcomers on the air". He has just started freelance activities since he arrived in the U.S. at the end of 2010. Rick has written several articles for Christian e-zines. Rick maintains a Facebook page with a little over 1,850 fans called "Why be Holy if Salvation is by Grace" http://www.facebook.com/why.be.holy and a blog called Vinebrancher http://vinebrancher.com.
   
7. Spiritual Maturity – Spiritual Growth for Reigning in the Kingdom of Heaven - Richard Spinos, “Rick” as he prefers to be called, was born and raised in a small denomination called the Apostolic Christian Church founded by Samuel H. Froehlich from Switzerland in the 1800's. He was baptized at the age of 14. Rick was born in a Christian family and as a small child was taught that he was a sinner and needed to have his own spiritual life. On December 31 1973, he felt moved by an evangelistic sermon that spoke to him that he was not ready for the Lord's return. He was too nervous to go forward for the altar call so he left the building weeping and went outside to the car. In less than a minute, his father got in the car and led him in a prayer and he became born again right then and there. As a young teenager with the encouragement of his father, he developed healthy Bible reading and study habits. Soon he began teaching Sunday school and became the youth group leader. He soon discovered that his spiritual gift was in the area of teaching. In December of 1983, the Apostolic Christian Church Foundation sent him as a missionary to Brazil to work with an organization called Project Amazon. He worked in a boat factory as manager and factory supervisor and oversaw the construction of over 40 houseboats, 1 yacht, and a Catamaran Hospital boat for church planting use along the Amazon River. He married his wife Sandra who is a Brazilian national in July of 1985 and they assumed the pastorate of one of the Project Amazon churches in 1988. In 1990, Project Amazon sent Rick and his wife as church planters to the state of Amapá, where they planted three churches for Project Amazon. In 2008, they affiliated themselves with the Vine International and the last church that they planted became one of the Churches under the care of this organization. In December of 2009, The Vine International invited them to join a church planting endeavor in Southern Florida. They accepted the invitation and turned the last church in Brazil over to the Brazilian Nationals in March of 2010. In Brazil, Rick has written extensively in the Portuguese language in the area of Christian worker training. He has written Bible study guides, evangelistic tracts, and hundreds of small group lesson guides. From June 2009-2010 he hosted a highly successful Christian radio program with his wife called "Overcomers on the air". He has just started freelance activities since he arrived in the U.S. at the end of 2010. Rick has written several articles for Christian e-zines. Rick maintains a Facebook page with a little over 1,850 fans called "Why be Holy if Salvation is by Grace" http://www.facebook.com/why.be.holy and a blog called Vinebrancher http://vinebrancher.com.
   
8. Her Father’s Daughter by Cathy Mansell - Cathy Mansell Author bio Member of Leicester Writers’ Club, Just Write workshop, Life President of Lutterworth Writers’ Group, Member NAWG, Member Romantic Novelist Association and past president of Riverside Speakers club. Cathy is an experienced writer of romantic fiction. Her early work was competition short stories and articles published in national magazines. She was Editor in Chief of the Leicestershire Anthology, ‘Taking Off’, a book promoted and supported by Arts Council UK. In recent times, Cathy has turned to writing full-length novels that are set in Ireland/England. Her debut book, Shadow Across the Liffey, a 2013 contender for the Romantic Novelists’ Association’s Joan Hessayon award was published in February 2013 by Tirgearr Publishing. Her Father’s Daughter, Cathy’s second book, has been contracted by the same publisher. She was a recent contestant on the TV show Food Glorious Food. cathy.ashbymagna@zen.co.uk www.cathymansell.com www.facebook.com/cathy.mansell4 twitter.@cathymansell3 www.linkedin.com/pub/cathy-mansell/46/B50/550 Buy links: www.tirgearrpublishing.com www.amazon.co.uk www.amazon.com www.amazon.com/tirgearrpublishing
   
9. Start Your Music Business - Audrey K. Chisholm, Esq. is the founder and senior partner of Chisholm Law Firm, LLC. She is a nationally renowned attorney and represents individuals in the music business in entertainment, corporate, litigation, and intellectual property (copyright and trademark) legal matters. She is a member of the Florida Bar Association. Her clients include record labels, songwriters, music publishers, producers and artists whose works have been featured on MTV®, American Idol®, and more. She is the published author of “Start Your Music Business™” and “Run Your Music Business™”. She is a sought after speaker at conferences and events and has spoken to audiences of over 13,000 people. She resides in Orlando, Florida with her husband, financial author Dr. Juan Chisholm. Visit www.StartYourMusicBusiness.com or Twitter.com/AttorneyAudrey for more information Show less
   
10. THE LAZY PERSON’S WAY TO WEALTH & SUCCESS - Retired and living in Vanuatu. Spend my spare time helping newbie authors. Built a webpage for this - http://www.mindtech.com.vu/PROMO.htm Seems to be popular and has helped a lot of start-up authors over the past year.
    
11. The Alzheimer’s Disease Prevention Blueprint - Catherine Levenstein is a medical and psychological author, mother of 4 children. She has spent the last 9 years studying the various alternative and non-standard approaches to prevention, delaying and halting the onset of Alzheimer's. In her spare time she enjoys drawing, hiking and cycling with her family and Southern style home cooking.
    
12. A Bloody Bloody Mess in The Wild Wild West by Justin Bienvenue - My name is Justin Bienvenue, I was born in and reside in Massachusetts. I am a friendly and outgoing person. Always enjoy meeting new people. I graduated high school in 2006. Since then I have held two jobs before working full-time at home as an author. I am also currently looking work aside from writing. As an author and poet. I have two published books, A book of Horror Poetry entitled “The Macabre Masterpiece: Poems of Horror and Gore” published in 2010 and a Western Horror “A Bloody Bloody Mess In The Wild Wild West” just recently published. While I mainly enjoy writing poetry I have recently expanded my horizons and started writing stories, narratives and short stories. I enjoy writing and it always makes me satisfied to have others enjoy my work. I like to be creative and different, always trying new things. I have a background in creative writing which really helped me develop my writing and expand my imagination. When I’m not writing I also enjoy playing games and watching sports such as football, baseball and basketball. I am a big football fan and my favorite team is The New England Patriots. I also enjoy the outdoors, always playing sports whenever I get the chance and going for walks to gather my thoughts looking for my next best creative idea.
    
13. The 13th Prophet - T. Lucas Earle is a writer, filmmaker, and amateur statistician He lives in LA, a comfortable 60 meters above sea level, where only three out of every 100,000 people are murdered. T. Lucas has a degree from Emerson College, which makes for a terrific placemat. He spends his days reading terrible scripts - a job for which he receives nominal remuneration. Like many slightly brain-damaged children of hypoxic former left-wing political cult members of the 1970s , he will review almost anything. T. Lucas has written several short stories, a screenplay or two, and is working up the courage to write a note to the fetching young lady who works at the Starbucks on Glendale Ave. His science fiction has been published in Electric Spec and The Colored Lens. Currently, he is working on a film about alien abductions called, not surprisingly, Abduction. T. Lucas also writes numerous blogs filled with hidden SOS messages, in the hopes that one day someone will find him and rescue him from the Internet.
    
14. Marrying Cade - Sally Clements writes fun, sexy and real contemporary romance, partnering hot heroes with heroines who know what they want, and go for it! She lives in the Irish countryside, and when she isn’t writing can usually be found in traffic, driving ‘Mum’s taxi’. Always a voracious reader, she considers writing for a living the perfect job—the only downside is saying goodbye to her characters at book’s end!
    
15. Guardian Of Fate (Fate Series, #1) - L.J. Kentowski is the author of the Fate series. Living in the Midwest with her husband, son, & dog, working diligently on more hypnotic urban fantasy and paranormal romance novels. Her next book, Angel Of Fate, Book #3 in the Fate series is scheduled to be out in early 2014, if not before.
    
16. Ass Kickin’ Productivity: 12 Days to Getting More Things Done Than You Ever Thought Possible - Chris Ervin is dedicated to helping people master time management skills. Author of The Big 5 Time Management System, he takes pride in providing people information that they can use immediately to take control of their time. He currently resides in Texas. Note from the Author: My ultimate goal is to help people lead happier more fulfilled lives. I will accomplish this through teaching people how to have less stress in their lives through better productivity and time management strategies. Please visit my website at www.chriservin.com for my latest blog posts. Thank you! Chris Ervin
    
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18. Low Justice - David VanDyke is a former US Army Airborne enlisted soldier and, later in life, a US Air Force officer. He served in and out of combat zones all over the world in the 1980s through the 2000s. He lives on the East Coast with his wife and three dogs.
    
19. Children’s Book: “Mommy, do you really love me?” - Sari Barel wrote Children's Book: "Mommy, do you really love me?"
    
20. The Tiger Princess by Sarah Renee - Sarah Renée has loved writing from an early age. At the age of 10, she came up with the idea for The Tiger Princess and wrote the novel when she was 12. She is fascinated with wild animals and the wild world outside her home, and has an obvious great love of tigers. She enjoys spending time with her cats, reading, drawing and playing her violin when she is not writing. In her free time, she is constantly daydreaming about her many characters, creating new ones, and coming up with interesting adventure story ideas. She is 17 years old.
    
21. Creating Transcripts for Your Unique Child: Help Your Homeschool Graduate Stand Out from the Crowd - Lee Binz is The HomeScholar, www.TheHomeScholar.com. Her mission is "helping parents homeschool high school." Lee and her husband Matt homeschooled their two boys from elementary through High School. Upon their graduation, both boys received four-year, full-tuition scholarships from their first choice university. This enables Lee to pursue her dream job - encouraging parents to homeschool their children through high school. Lee is the author of Setting the Records Straight: How to Craft Homeschool Transcripts and Course Descriptions for College Admission and Scholarships, and The Easy Truth About Homeschool Transcripts (Kindle Book). Her help with homeschool transcripts and course descriptions teach parents how to create high school transcripts for every homeschooling style. Lee offers individual consultations and her online Gold Care Club is the world's most convenient high school support group. She loves speaking at homeschool conventions and her dynamic presentations leave parents feeling confident and capable. Lee has a variety of free resources available to everyone, with support to match any parent's learning style. She has a free monthly newsletter, free weekly office hours, free daily blog posts, and free mini-courses and webinars. Her articles are free for use by homeschool support groups, so they can encourage other parents to homeschool through high school. You can find Lee online and on Facebook. For help, please email Lee@TheHomeScholar.com.
    
22. Betty’s Dream Party - My name is Yael Aharoni I was born in October 1967 in Haifa city, The capital of northern Israel. I am happily married since 1990 A mother of two beautiful daughters. Lives in Kiryat Haim, a suburb of Haifa. My profession is accounting and medical secretary. I quit my job at “Rambam Medical Center”,Located in the port city of Haifa, I wanted to do something I love. My love for books is from childhood. When I became a mother my love has increased. When the girls were babies I read them a lot of books, they liked the content of the stories and really liked the illustrations in the books, Even to direct and to present them. I think reading from a young age is beneficial for the development of the child. Very important for parents and children read books in order to enrich the language, knowledge and eloquence. I began to write books for children and suddenly I discovered what I really love to do. I really enjoy the work of editing my books. I want to thank my dear husband for his help and support in this activity, and to my precious daughters. Hope you enjoy the books I've made so far and hope to write many other books for children. Thank you for visiting my author page Love Yael
    
23. Double Crossed: Countess in the Crosshairs - Chris DeSantis was born in Westchester County, NY and has resided in New York City for over 20 years where he writes and works as an attorney. Mr. DeSantis is the author of two books which have received favorable reviews and press. His first book, Clocks of New York, provides a unique and untold examination of the history of New York City and its inhabitants. Double-Crossed: American Countess in the Crosshairs, based on the life of his great-aunt, is a truly fascinating account of the life of Countess Marjorie de Aguirre. Coming soon is a third and uproarious book titled, 3Rs: Reading, Writing & Rated R.
    
24. Terry Treetop and the Lost Egg - Tali Carmi spent her childhood in a small town in the desert. She memorized and knew by heart many books that her parents read to her when she was very little. She played with words and rhymes and wrote her first book of songs at the age of 10. After many years of turning to other hobbies and maintaining a successful career, she now writes again to young children. Tali is the CEO and founder of a software company, and a business coach, focused on the fast growth and success of small businesses. She holds Bsc in food science and Msc. in Biotechnology, and graduate of Team Management and Leadership Program.