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1. How to Homeschool Your Child From Preschool Through High School by Rosanne Muncy - Rosanne Muncy is a Christian mother to nine children. She earned her B.A. in Comparative Literature from the University of California, Irvine, married after college, and became an at-home mom. She has homeschooled her nine children for over 20 years. Rosanne also owns an organic soap company, Bare Body Soaps Organics, and works out of her home. Her children help with the business and have learned valuable business and life skills in the process. Rosanne's interests include organic gardening, reading, fitness, spending time with her family, fishing, and hiking.
   
2. LEARN TO MEDITATE AND RELIEVE STRESS – In only 20 minutes!! By James F. Coyle - Retired and living in Vanuatu (near Australia). Spend my spare time helping newbie authors.
   
3. The Women of Block 12 (Voices From a Jail Ministry) - Linda Pischke is a freelance writer who lives in Wisconsin. She is an active member of the St. Vincent de Paul Jail Minsitry where she has mentored women offenders since 2002. Linda writes non-fiction books and articles on jail and prison ministry. Her articles have appeared in "The Catholic Herald" and "The National Catholic Reporter". In 2007, Linda received the Christian Stewardship Foundation's "Faithful Servant Award" for her work with prisoners. She speaks to groups and organizations about the needs of women offenders both during and after incarceration.
   
4. I Love Taking A Bath - Jacob is a sweet boy, but he doesn't like to take a bath. Every night he complains and whines. Until one night something unexpected happened .... Are you curious? Well, children, you'll just have to read the book to find out what happened.
   
5. Losing Control - Desiree Wilder was born in South Dakota and grew up in a small town where she thrived in school and developed a love for reading and writing. Her younger days were filled hanging out with her older brother and younger sister riding bikes, playing board games and watching General Hospital. As a teen she became less interested in learning academics and became more interested in learning how to get into mischief without getting caught.
   
6. Amethyst, a YA paranormal romance/fantasy - Heather Bowhay lives in Washington with her husband, Dan, their two children, Dawson and Laci, and their three cats, Lyon, Maci, and Tyger. She graduated from WWU with her teaching certificate and has found that substitute teaching gives her the best balance: time for family, exercising, cooking, reading, and of course, writing. Guest teaching in different classrooms allows her to promote a fun learning environment but without the lesson planning. She loves cookie dough ice cream, Thai food, and the Denver Broncos. Amethyst is her first novel in the Guardian series, followed by the sequel, Linked, and now Dentelle which was just published August 5, 2013. They are all available in eBook format.
   
7. The Assassin and the Disciple - Virginia Austin is a veteran of the Chicago writing scene. When not writing, the author works as an engineer in the nuclear industry turning out designs and calculations. The short story “A Sort Of Homecoming” from Austin's novel "The Assassin and the Disciple" was a recent Honorable Mention selection in the Darker Times Fiction (UK) short story competition. “The Assassin and the Disciple” is Austin’s seventh book.
   
8. The Ultimate Crystal Astrology Location Guide – The Knowledge of Positioning your Gemstones and Crystals for Your Purposes (The Ultimate Crystal Astrology Guide, Crystal Astrology, Birthstones) - Hi, I'm Michael Sweary. I've learned some a lot in many different fields. Astrology strikes me as one of the most interesting sciences in human era. We are practically run by planets and stars the frequencies; and we control those very planets, stars and frequencies.
   
9. Make Money Cupcake Decorating at Home – Delight Your Clients With Your Specialty Cupcakes, Cake Pops, Cookies and Sweet Treats - Thea's background is Scandinavian and comes from a family steeped in the crafts. She has been involved in many different types of craft from cake and cupcake decorating, quilting, knitting, crocheting, embroidery, paper crafts and jewelry. Thea realised very early on that having the freedom to do what you love is very important so studied many aspects of business to free herself from her day to day 9 to 5 job. One of the aspects of business that she finds most critical in getting your business off to a running start and keeping it growing is the art of marketing. She has a real passion to reach out to people everywhere with her marketing message. Thea is also a keen advocate of healthy eating and lifestyle, she's a keen skier, loves swimming, reading, writing, being involved in her crafts and photography.
   
10. The First Date Guide Just For Women – Make A Guy Go Crazy Over You On The First Date - Amanda Jones - Writes about relationships and dating. She helps people all over the world with dating advice.
    
11. The Diary Of An Expectant Father - Pete is 32 and lives with his wife, Lucie, and their pet sofa, Jeff. He's been writing for just under three years and they've been pretty eventful; well, more eventful than he thought sitting on Jeff, typing, would be, anyway.
    
12. Safari Stanley’s Ocean Animals - Christopher Biggs is a children's book author and illustrator from Oxfordshire, England. When he's not out on one of his fantastical adventures with his animal friends, he spends most of his time with his wife and 4 sons - often embarking on equally fantastical flights of fancy.
    
13. Mister Porkpie’s Corny Joke Book for Kids #1 - Andrew B. Remnet was born and raised in Southern California. During his early years, school was always a struggle for everyone involved. It wasn’t until he was out in the “real world”, that age and experience started working in his favor. Now he has a renewed thirst for knowledge that spreads into every aspect of his life. Andrew now uses his self taught skills to perform educational magic shows for preschools throughout the Southern California area. In addition to his educational programs, he also performs as Mister Porkpie, a campy comedic magical entertainer who stops at nothing to bring joy and delight to audiences ranging from under one to over one hundred years of age. When he is not performing, writing books, or teaching magic to youngsters, he can be found traveling the United States with his wife and three children.
    
14. Black Gold, Time Tripping Adventures #1 by J. Naomi Ay - Naomi lives in the north Olympic Peninsula and is mom to 3 and a Pomeranian. She has always been a fan of historical fiction, fantasy and science fiction and is known for having waited in line for seven hours for the opening of both the original Star Wars and Star Trek films. Having been an accountant for more than twenty-five years, Naomi is now turning her attention full time to continuing The Two Moons of Rehnor series and the Time Tripping Adventure series as dreaming of fictional people is far more interesting than reconciling ledgers.
    
15. Master Photo Shutter Speed - I'm Dan Eitreim and I worked as a professional photographer running my own photo studio for over 20 years. I've never apprenticed or worked for any other photographers. Because of this, I've had to learn and develop my photography skills on my own. My first attempts were dismal to say the least...so I studied, practiced and developed my photo skills and along the way I not only learned how to put the "wow" into my photos, but I've also learned how to teach others to do the same! To that end I've compiled a 23 volume series of photo training lessons that I've titled: "On Target Photo Training". I enjoy creating e-books and expect to be developing more!
    
16. Coping With Infidelity: Making Smart Decisions by Leigh Richwood - What To Do When Your Spouse Cheats and the Coping With Infidelity Series is written by Leigh Richwood to help people struggling to recover from their spouse's affair. Leigh's writings are compilations of helpful resources that can help anyone dealing with the anger and pain of infidelity in their marriage. Leigh is a wife and mother who has dealt with a fair amount of difficulty in her marriage. Her husband had an affair several years ago. Leigh says about that time, "I thought I wouldn't recover, but I did. We did." Leigh has managed to keep a sense of humor and she no longer takes everything so seriously. There was a time when she was unable to see humor in anything. Time has helped soften the jagged edges, but finally getting to a place where she no longer felt vulnerable and exposed was the path to truly being able to lighten up and enjoy life again. This event in her life affected her deeply and made her stronger. She says that she appreciates what she has more than ever before. Life in her family is finally good again! Now Leigh helps other people who have spouses involved in infidelity. "I believe one of the most important ways to recover is to take up for yourself and get all the facts - but do it from a position of power. That's what I teach people how to do," says Leigh. Leigh hears from people every day who thank her for being there and for sharing her story. The ability to help others is very rewarding for her and she says she feels blessed to have a platform to share her story.
    
17. Passive Income: Steve Pavlina’s Life Changing Guide to Creating Wealth Through Passive Income - This passion for books developed into an even greater passion for writing. My formal educational pursuits allowed me to delve deeper into writing and I always gravitated toward the writing based courses. As I entered the workforce in my early 20′s, I quickly began receiving writing assignments from my bosses that ranged from white papers to producing submissions to the Board of Directors where millions of dollars in funding was being requested. My ability to write clearly, concisely and under time constraints was a huge confidence booster for me. It is now natural for me to take this approach when writing for clients. Speed and quality are two huge components of my work.
    
18. Being Sam, No Matter What by Marta Tandori - By the time Marta Tandori reached fifth grade, she was an avid reader and writer with a stack of short stories collecting dust in a box under her bed but it wasn't until she began studying acting in her early twenties at the prestigious American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York that Marta realized acting wasn't really her passion - writing fiction was. What followed was years of writing workshops as well as correspondence courses in writing for children through the Institute of Children's Literature in Connecticut. She credits the award winning author, Troon Harrison, as the instructor who helped her find her literary voice. Marta's first work of juvenile fiction, BEING SAM, NO MATTER WHAT was published in 2005, followed by EVERY WHICH WAY BUT KUKU! in 2006. With her more recent endeavors, Marta has shifted her writing focus to "women's suspense", a genre she fondly describes as having "strong female protagonists with closets full of nasty skeletons and the odd murder or two to complicate their already complicated lives". To learn more about Marta, visit her website at www.martatandori.com.
    
19. The Buggy List - Courtney Rice Gager lives in the Philadelphia suburbs with her husband and daughter. She is the author of The Buggy List and He Loved The Game First: Why sports widows don't exist & other must-know secrets for loving (and accepting) your sports fan.
    
20. Return To Cardamom - Julie Anne Grasso is an Australian author with a background in paediatric nursing. She spent many years literally wrapping children in cotton wool. Every day she witnessed great courage and resilience from the tiny people she cared for, which inspired her to write stories about a little girl elf just like them. Add in some very funky technology, her love of science fiction and desire to impart great values through her little girl elf named Caramel and there you have it, the Adventures of Caramel Cardamom Trilogy was the result.
    
21. Last Hope - Having originally been born and bred in Minneapolis, I am now quietly living the life of an ailurophile in New England. Buttressed by my feline companions and badgered by my Muse, I spend a great deal of time conjuring fanciful concepts and mythical plots.
    
22. A Taste of Sin (Sarah Woods Mystery Series) - Jennifer L. Jennings is the bestselling author of The Sarah Woods Mystery Series on Amazon. She was born in Chicago, Illinois but has spent most of her life living in Maine. She was a massage therapist for fifteen years, and worked as a glass artisan for many years as well. She enjoys spending time with family and friends, traveling the world, playing guitar with her son Blake, reading, writing and doing all things creative.
    
23. Alone (The Serenity Series, Book One) - Marissa Farrar is a multi-published fantasy and horror author. She was born in Devon, England, has travelled all over the world, and has lived in both Australia and Spain. She now resides in the countryside with her husband, two children, a crazy Spanish dog, two rescue cats and six hens and ten goldfish. Despite returning to England, she daydreams of one day being able to split her time between her home country and the balmy, white sandy beaches of Spain. Even though she's been writing stories since she was small and held dreams of being a writer, her initial life plan went a different way. In her youth, inspired by James Herriot, she decided to become a vet, and would regularly bring home new pets to her weary parents. Upon discovering her exams were never going to get her into a veterinary degree, she ended up studying Zoology. Once she completed her degree and realised she'd spent the majority trying to find time to write, she decided to follow her dream of being an author. Seven years later, she was published and two years after that she was able to say goodbye to the day job. However, she's continued to collect animals! Marissa is the author of four novels, including the dark vampire 'Serenity' series. Her fifth novel, Underlife, a dark fantasy set beneath the streets of London, will be published August 2012. Her short stories have been accepted for a number of anthologies including, Their Dark Masters, Red Skies Press, Masters of Horror: Damned If You Don't, Triskaideka Books; and 2013: The Aftermath, Pill Hill Press. If you want to know more about Marissa, then please visit her website at www.marissa-farrar.blogspot.com. You can also find her at her facebook page, www.facebook.com/marissa.farrar.author or follow her on twitter @marissafarrar. She loves to hear from readers and can be emailed at marissafarrar@hotmail.co.uk.
    
24. Pactum - Nicholas was born and raised in Denver, Colorado. He didn't want to write until October of 2007. While he was driving around with a friend and said "hey, I wonder if I can write a book." So he thought he would try and write outline and see what happens.
    
25. The Colour of Mud at Night - Educated at universities in Britain and California, Ian Roberts is a former teacher of English and a keen rugby fan, with one novel in print and three books on sale on Amazon Kindle, to excellent reviews. He is an avid reader, across a wide range of topics and genres, with an irrepressible sense of humour. He has twice crossed the Sahara Desert, by Land Rover, when journeying in North Africa, through Morocco, Algeria and Niger. When attending university in California, he spent time travelling and camping in Mexico.
    
26. The Easy Candida Cure: Effective, All-Natural Solutions to Overcome Candida Infection within 30 Days - This passion for books developed into an even greater passion for writing. My formal educational pursuits allowed me to delve deeper into writing and I always gravitated toward the writing based courses. As I entered the workforce in my early 20′s, I quickly began receiving writing assignments from my bosses that ranged from white papers to producing submissions to the Board of Directors where millions of dollars in funding was being requested. My ability to write clearly, concisely and under time constraints was a huge confidence booster for me. It is now natural for me to take this approach when writing for clients. Speed and quality are two huge components of my work.
    
27. Legon Awakening - Nicholas was born and raised in Denver, Colorado. He didn't want to write until October of 2007. While he was driving around with a friend and said "hey, I wonder if I can write a book." So he thought he would try and write outline and see what happens.
    
28. Relationship Advice for Couples: The Ultimate Red Flag Guide on Knowing When to End Relationships - This passion for books developed into an even greater passion for writing. My formal educational pursuits allowed me to delve deeper into writing and I always gravitated toward the writing based courses. As I entered the workforce in my early 20′s, I quickly began receiving writing assignments from my bosses that ranged from white papers to producing submissions to the Board of Directors where millions of dollars in funding was being requested. My ability to write clearly, concisely and under time constraints was a huge confidence booster for me. It is now natural for me to take this approach when writing for clients. Speed and quality are two huge components of my work.
    
29. Selected Short Stories Featuring Analog Memory - Nicolas Wilson is a published journalist, graphic novelist, and novelist. He lives in the rainy wastes of Portland, Oregon with his wife, two cats and a dog. Nic has written eight novels. Whores: not intended to be a factual account of the gender war, and Dag are currently available for e-reader, and will soon be available in paperback. Nexus, The Necromancer's Gambit, Banksters, Homeless, The Singularity, and Lunacy are all due for publication in the next two years, as well as several short story collections. Nic's work spans a variety of genres, from political thriller to science fiction and urban fantasy. For information on Nic's books, and behind-the-scenes looks at his writing, visit nicolaswilson.com.