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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Release Date: <u><strong>Nov. 2016 (First edition/Collectors item)</strong></u></span></div>
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Buy Link(s): Amazon.com <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Gods-Silver-Soldiers-Origin-Issue/dp/1888092300/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1482938375&sr=1-1&keywords=God+Silver+Soldiers">https://www.amazon.com/Gods-Silver-Soldiers-Origin-Issue/dp/1888092300/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1482938375&sr=1-1&keywords=God+Silver+Soldiers</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><strong>Truthmonger Comics, is a creative entity whose mission is to bring the much-needed messages of morality and spirituality to today's youth through the medium of comic books. Joining creator/editor/writer Art Greenhaw for this new line of Truthmonger Comics and its flagship title, </strong><em style="position: relative;"><strong>God's Silver Soldiers</strong></em><strong>, are superstar comic book artist Ben Dunn, writer Rebecca Dunn, and graphic designer Josh Knight. Truthmonger Comics is additionally inspired by Art's friend of many years and biggest literary influence, Stan Lee.</strong><strong>Creator/editor/co-writer Art Greenhaw s comic book roots run deep, Art having enjoyed a 20 -year friendship with Stan Lee and a lifetime apprenticeship.</strong></span></div>
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The smoke is clearing on the lawn of Angelica’s newly blown up home. We see that the center of the home is completely missing, but the further away from the blast site there’s less and less damage. <br />
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The soldiers, who have been blown in different directions and have various stages of injuries, are getting up or waking up from being knocked out from the blast.<br />
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John is helping Becky up. <br />
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<b>Moses</b>: How ya doin’, girl? <br />
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<b>Becky</b>: What happened?!!<br />
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Soldiers have come together on the lawn. There’s holes and burn marks on their uniforms. One of them is holding pressure on a pretty bad cut on another’s arm.<br />
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<b>John:</b> Is everyone OK?<br />
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<b> David:</b> Define “OK”!! <br />
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<b>Cecilia: </b> Where’s Angelica?<br />
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<b>Samson:</b> Last I saw, she was being dragged off to that helicopter by what I can only describe as demons from hell! I mean, did everyone else see what I saw?<br />
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<b>Moses talking, but with a memory bubble of the demons attacking.</b><br />
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<b>Moses:</b> Oh, I saw them, all right! Pretty much the scariest moments of my life!<br />
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All are looking puzzled.<br />
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<b>Becky to Cecilia (or the group):</b> Why did they zero-in on Angelica? Why not<br />
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any of us?!<br />
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<b>David is speaking to the group. </b><br />
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<b>David:</b> I think I can answer that one, though I’m not sure how…!<br />
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<b> John</b>: What do you mean? Did you overhear them or something?<br />
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<b> David</b>: No. I mean, I know “why” they took her, but no one told me. It was like I<br />
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could read their minds...but even “more” than that. It was like I could just feel their intentions!<br />
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Soldiers are looking at each other skeptically.<br />
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<b> David</b>: Look, I know what you’re thinking. I’m not crazy, OK?! I can’t explain<br />
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it to you, but I’m telling you the truth!<br />
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<b> Samson</b>: (quietly) Look man, we’re not judging you. ALL of this is just a little<br />
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<b> Moses:</b> Totally!! I mean, did you see those things?! THEY WERE DEMONS! <br />
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I was like, “Oh no you didn’t...!!!” when that hell-spawned, head monster grabbed Angelica!</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #464760; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Author Bio</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #464760; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">:</span><span style="color: #464760; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Creator/editor/co-writer Art Greenhaw's comicbook roots run deep, Art having enjoyed a 20-year friendship with Stan Lee and a lifetime apprenticeship studying the works of his biggest comicbook influences including Stan, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, Al Hartley, and Ben Dunn. Art was a National Council of Teachers of English literary competition award winner and was the Optimist Club's oratory contest winner. He has studied art at the Dallas Museum of Art and co-created and co-wrote stories and songs with pop culture icon Ed "Big Daddy" Roth, who proclaimed Art "The Voice of Rat Fink". Art is a Grammy Award-Winning artist, producer, arranger, and mixing engineer and holds a Grammy record for most Grammy Nominations (eight) by a group in his particular category of Gospel-Christian music. Among the legendary artists who have recorded the songs and stories of Art include Ann-Margret, Engelbert Humperdinck, Trini Lopez, The Jordanaires, James Blackwood, The Light Crust Doughboys, The Ventures, the Southern Methodist University Mustang Band, and many more. It is Art's lifetime mission to bring much-needed messages of morality and spirituality to today's youth through his favorite literary medium: comicbooks. Art owns and manages the iconic #1 Texas legacy country band, The Light Crust Doughboys.</span><br />
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Website: <a href="http://www.godssilversoldiers.com/">www.GodsSilverSoldiers.com</a><br />
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Facebook Discussion Group: Truthmonger Publishing; <a href="https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=Truthmonger%20publishing">https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=Truthmonger%20publishing</a><br />
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Book Genre: Tween Fantasy Adventure<br />
Publisher: AZ Publishing Services<br />
Release Date: June 15, 2015<br />
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Dani is a young orphan girl, living on the streets of a medium-sized border town. Her only friend in the world is a dragon. At fourteen years of age, she should be starting her apprenticeship, but all her schooling has come from a dragon. The same day he promises she can some day become a dragon herself, a Mage finally comes looking for her. But is he there to help her, or control her?</div>
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<span style="color: #464760; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Welcome to BK Walker Books Etc. I'm so happy you could join me </span><span style="color: #464760; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">today in Chandler, Arizona.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #464760; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">BK: Looking out the nearest window, describe the scene you see.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #464760; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Palm and mesquite trees dot the landscape surrounding a six-lane highway </b></span><b style="color: #464760; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">which is always busy.</b><br />
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<span style="color: #464760; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">BK: Tell us about your office. Is it a mess like mine, or is everything in </span><span style="color: #464760; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">its place?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #464760; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>The room is an organized mess, especially the desk. Occasionally a sudden </b></span><b style="color: #464760; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">desire for orderliness will inspire me to reorganize and remove no longer </b><b style="color: #464760; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">necessary items.</b><br />
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<span style="color: #464760; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">BK: What is a must-have, such as coffee or a favorite pen, that you </span><span style="color: #464760; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">need to write?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #464760; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Nothing so esoteric is required for me to write. I simply have to be in the write </b></span><b style="color: #464760; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">mood.</b><br />
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<span style="color: #464760; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">BK: Do you like to write in silence, or do you need music or </span><span style="color: #464760; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">background noise?</span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #464760; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">I definitely have to have some sort of background music. I usually play a </span><span style="color: #464760; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">compilation of artists such as They Might Be Giants, Weird Al Yankovich, </span><span style="color: #464760; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Lightning Seeds, and/or R.E.M.</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #464760; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">BK: Tell us a bit about your hero/heroine, and their development.</span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #464760; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Danielle Dwyer begins her journey as a young orphan on the streets of a small </span><span style="color: #464760; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">town on the edge of the kingdom. Her only friend in the world is a dragon and on </span><span style="color: #464760; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">her fourteen birthday, she is promised that she too can one day become a </span><span style="color: #464760; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">dragon. On the same day, a mage who has his own plans for her future, but he's </span><span style="color: #464760; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">not the only one looking for her.</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #464760; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">BK: As a writer myself, I'm always curious how other writers get </span><span style="color: #464760; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">through stumble blocks. When you find a story not flowing, or a </span><span style="color: #464760; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">character trying to fight you, how do you correct it?</span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #464760; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">I usually use the methods of Blake Snyder in mapping out the storyline. He </span><span style="color: #464760; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">describes the fifteen beats of almost every great story. By filling out the beats I'm </span><span style="color: #464760; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">able to identify, it usually makes the missing beats easier to fill in. It also helps to </span><span style="color: #464760; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">know where in the story I'm at so that I know what should come next and whether </span><span style="color: #464760; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">I've left out any foreshadowing or statement of the theme.</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #464760; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">BK: Using the letters of your first name as an acronym, describe your </span><span style="color: #464760; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">book...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #464760; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">BK: How did your writing journey begin?</span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #464760; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">A second-grade project titled: Death of a Murderer was my first book. The killer </span><span style="color: #464760; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">faked his own death to look like one of his own victims to throw off the police. I </span><span style="color: #464760; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">haven't stopped writing since.</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #464760; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">BK: Using the letters from the word, Summer, how would friends and </span><span style="color: #464760; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">family describe you?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #464760; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">BK: What is the craziest thing you've ever written about, whether it </span><span style="color: #464760; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">got published or not?</span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #464760; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">There are two ways to describe crazy things I've written. I'll leave the other one of </span><span style="color: #464760; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">print and focus instead on how elements of Conspiracy Rising have been coming </span><span style="color: #464760; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">true. I wrote a scene where the Pope gathered the leaders of all Christian </span><span style="color: #464760; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">religions for a unity conference. A few years later, in June of 2016, the Pope </span><span style="color: #464760; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">actually held a conference of all Orthodox religious leaders to promote unity. It </span><span style="color: #464760; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">isn't the only element of the book that has come true.</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #464760; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">BK: Tell us one thing you've done in life, that readers would be most </span><span style="color: #464760; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">surprised to know.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #464760; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>While my minor in college was Creative Writing, I majored in Physics.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #464760; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">BK: What can we expect from you in the future?</span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #464760; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">There are definitely more books coming in the Dragons' Bane Chronicles, as well </span><span style="color: #464760; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">as more books in the Warriors & Watchmen series. I'm also developing the </span><span style="color: #464760; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Cyborg Chronicles as well as other book series.</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #464760; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Fantasy or Mystery? <b>Both. In the same story if I can manage it.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #464760; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Pen/Paper or Computer? <b>Usually Computer, though sometimes it </b></span><span style="color: #464760; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>takes pen and paper to work it out.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #464760; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Pizza or Burger? <b>Neither, at the moment.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #464760; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Rock or Country?<b> Alternative</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #464760; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Chocolate or Vanilla? <b>Definitely chocolate</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #464760; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Beach or Mountains? <b>Depends on my mood.</b></span><br />
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Author Bio: Simon Driscoll has published several books, including the Dragons’ Bane Chronicles, and the Warriors & Watchmen series. Writing is his passion, as well as his hobby. He studied creative writing in college to learn the mechanics of written stories. He has been influenced in his writing by great authors such as Sir Isaac Asimov, Terry Brooks, and Orson Scott Card, to name only a few.<br />
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Simon has been a student of the scriptures all his life, and feels passionately about helping others understand them better. The most difficult aspect of scriptures to comprehend is prophecy. That is why Simon has combined his passions for writing and the scriptures to create a fictional account of the fulfillment of End Times Prophecies. The first book in the Warrior and Watchmen Series was published in 2015.<br />
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Website: <a href="http://grendelmen.com/" style="color: #945fc3; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://grendelmen.com/</a><br />
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Smooth stones shifted beneath my feet as I limped toward the dragon’s cave. Anger buzzed in my head with no outlet. Two miles of walking on a sprained ankle hadn’t helped my mood, or the injury. In addition to the ankle, which continued to complain with every step, my left eye felt swollen from a recent blow. The blow itself didn’t bother me so much. Instead, I was concerned by why she hit me and how I got away.<br />
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Two miles south lay Barrington, a village sandwiched between the kingdom of Puji and the mountains of Goldoon. Almost five thousand people lived in the village, including the families who had taken me in. Every winter for the past six years one family or another had taken me in as a housekeeper or cook, and shared what little food they had with me; rarely enough to truly satisfy me, or them. Eventually they would start to resent having me there. Thus every year, around the start of spring, I would find some reason to leave.<br />
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This year, the reason had reached out and grabbed me by the throat, literally. There was no real love for me there, and hadn’t been since my nanny died almost six years ago. Why should they care about a little orphan girl?<br />
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The cave before me wasn’t the adventure others might see. I wasn’t here in a vain attempt to gain treasure or impress someone with my bravery. No one else in the village knew there was a dragon nearby. For me, this was my one escape from the cruelty of the world. The only place left where someone showed me kindness instead of hatred and violence.<br />
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The last few feet were the trickiest of all and my injured ankle gave out. I scraped my hand on the cliff in a failed attempt to stop my fall.<br />
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“Cortiban’s bones!” The curse escaped my lips. Frustration boiled over and I had to close my eyes to contain the anger. Pulling myself up by grabbing the face of the cliff before me, I put all my anger to the task of overcoming the pain. I kept my eyes shut as I limped through the protective magic hiding the mouth of the cave. If someone watched as I entered, they would see me walk through solid rock. A protective spell hid everything inside. Now the magic hid me as well.</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 9.5pt;">1. What inspired you to write about political candidates?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9.5pt;">I completed a BS degree in Political Science because of my interest in the political process. My career in business required me to delve behind the scenes into the root causes of issues I faced. Upon seeing how vehemently candidates promoted one set of positions or another, I decided to dive in and do some fact-checking. What I found was that neither party nor any of the candidates got it right. That likely explains voter frustration with the process. That prompted me to write up my findings so that others could examine the same discrepancies I found between what candidates said and what has actually worked. It’s one thing to say they want to raise or lower taxes. It is quite another to connect their wish list with how that will actually benefit voters. That’s where the candidates miss the mark.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 9.5pt;">2. What is your perspective on this year's electoral season?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9.5pt;">Probably more than any other election over the past 25 years, this election is about radically different solutions to issues and yet the candidates seem hard-pressed to stick to the issues instead of name-calling. Perhaps, as I’ve uncovered, they realize that the plans they put forward won’t have the positive effects that they say will come. “Vote for me and trust my word.” If this cantankerous politicking continues, it could undermine our democracy. It would better serve voters to lay out the issues, recommendations, and the side effects of those plans, but the process is geared toward the candidates pursuing power more than to voter needs.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 9.5pt;">3. If you were running for President, what is the first thing you would change?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9.5pt;">Running for president is about issues, character, and credentials. The book <i>Side Effects</i> deals with the issues by examining what history has to tell us about policies that are promoted. I would lay out what policies I supported with a similar attempt to support those policies based on the facts, rather than on some mythological notion of liberal and conservative. In other words, forget rhetoric, what outcomes can we expect these policies to have and with what side-effects.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9.5pt;">On the question of character, it seems that we have descended to one of the lowest levels in American politics in promoting candidates of questionable character to lead both major parties. To some extent, this is a product of communication technology in that we know more about candidates than ever before. Would Lyndon Johnson have been able to stand up to the scrutiny that Trump or Clinton faced this year? We can’t muzzle this technology and even if we could, we would question whether muzzling free communication is desirable. Unfortunately, this scrutiny is having the effect of keeping very good candidates from running for office, leaving that role to the ego-driven types we perhaps would rather didn’t run.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9.5pt;">On credentials, there’s no question that Secretary Clinton has stronger credentials on paper. However, if we were to elect solely on credentials, any prior president would have better credentials than she has. Electing a candidate with great credentials who would take the country in a direction you don’t believe in is not a good choice.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9.5pt;">Seems to me, the major parties and elected officials in Washington need to take a hard look at how we can promote fair elections, drawing on the best candidates for both parties, while maintaining the legitimacy of the process. We spend entirely too much on campaigning. We could look at spending limits, limiting Super-Pac’s and other groups that collect money in support of candidates, and other approaches to limit campaign spending and “buying” the presidency. However, that would not curb the influence of the major media outlets who can sway public opinion toward candidates they favor. It also doesn’t curb the influence of extremist showmanship in the new widespread prevalence of instant communication.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9.5pt;">We might ask ourselves if the most popular candidate is the best candidate. That challenges our notion of democracy, but if democracy calls forth the demagogue and silver-tongued haranguer over the candidate with the best character, credentials, and issues, are we well served by the process. In short, I have more questions than answers at this point, but the path forward it best illuminated by at least having the right questions.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 9.5pt;">4. What is one piece of advice you would offer to both Trump and Clinton?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9.5pt;">I would ask both to read my book. I’ve sent them both a copy and surprise … I doubt they’ve looked at it. To both I would ask that they have someone outside their ideological hardliners take a look at their proposals from a historical perspective. We’ve had entirely too much on-the-job training over the past 100 years. We now have history and experience of the impact of many proposals made by both sides. Why don’t we avail ourselves of what we can know instead of experimenting with American lives and livelihoods? As an example, the implications of getting into Iraq and getting out of Iraq the way we did should not have been a surprise to anyone. Yet evidently it was to our leaders at the time. We can’t afford another 4 years of on-the-job training as both candidates propose actions at odds with history.</span></div>
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Isn’t it about time for us to talk about issues based on facts and data instead of oft repeated mantras that take on a sacred quality? These mantras are repeated phrases that may or may not have any basis in fact or reality but tend to sway our thinking. To say “There’s no place like home” (from the Wizard of Oz) is harmless and based on valid experience. The statement that we only use 10% of our brains has been debunked, yet was the premise of a recent movie which was otherwise great fun. Political mantras, on the other hand, can be quite dangerous when they are based on false beliefs.</div>
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For those of us lucky enough to live in a democracy, we have elections every couple of years. Actually, the United States is a republic, since we elect representatives rather than have each voter show up in Washington to decide on every issue. If nothing else, there aren’t enough hotels or even barns in Washington to house everyone. In lieu of that, our representatives create laws on our behalf, which gives them considerable power over us and significant incentive to covet positions in Washington.</div>
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In anticipation of elections, candidates promise us gorgeous beaches and forget to tell us about the sharks. They know that most people just want to be left alone to live their lives without fear of interference from outsiders, neighbors or the government.</div>
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Candidates take advantage of our distraction by coming to us every two to four to six years with sound bites, mantras, and pleas to get our votes. They appeal to our emotions rather than to our intellect since that is the quickest way to our hearts. Then many return to doing whatever they planned to do, hoping we won’t peek behind the curtain to see what they’re really up to. We get climate deniers and economic deniers, both of whom deny the facts. They should be embarrassed at being exposed, yet typically they are not.</div>
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We try to get them to tell us what they would actually do if we gave them the power, and what the side-effects would be. But candidates don’t get elected by telling us the pain associated with their promises. Instead, they spin myths and withhold the effects of their plans as they promise us all gain and no pain.</div>
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In order for democracy to function well, it requires informed citizens who see through this bombardment of myths and misinformation. Unfortunately, some topics are hard to understand and may seem counter-intuitive. If you’re looking for easy answers, there often aren’t any, which is one of the most important things candidates don’t tell us. They hope we won’t dig.</div>
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So, let’s peal back a few layers of the onion to see what’s going on.</div>
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History doesn’t repeat itself, but it does illustrate human behavior over time. If we choose not to learn from history, if we bury our heads, then we tend to repeat the mistakes of the past.</div>
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Here’s a mantra: We live during tough times. Yet it was hard for the first immigrants who set foot on this land. It was dangerous for those on the wagon trains heading west. It was rough for the farmers when they left their homes and moved to the cities in search of work. We perceive our times as tougher because we’re living through them and we don’t know how this will turn out.</div>
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We tend to forget that America became great by individuals and groups overcoming adversity. Perhaps part of our angst comes from not having to face the clear hardships that our ancestors did, where there was no turning back. When they lost their jobs or the dustbowl took their farms, there was no safety net. They had to move on and do the best they could. Hardships gave their lives clarity and straightforward direction we often find lacking today. Few of us would want to return to what they faced but perhaps we can learn from their experiences.</div>
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It’s true that today’s events seem to happen faster than ever, yet is that any more disruptive than when our ancestors got on a boat, crossed the ocean, and faced an uncertain future in a new land? They did so because often they saw no better option. They were motivated to take personal risks. They plunged into uncertain futures.</div>
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Indeed, times have changed. We live in a global society with rapid communication that bombards us daily with terror and dismay. It tempts us with toys and wealth, if only …</div>
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Most Americans live much better than their counterparts 100 years ago, with indoor plumbing, air conditioning, refrigeration, vehicle transportation, cell phones, and countless appliances to make our lives easier. Yet, we are enticed to want more than we can afford, which leads us to despair. Our ancestors crossed oceans for less than we have today. Yet many of us today would not consider moving twenty miles for a better opportunity.</div>
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We lose faith in the future and become fearful, pining for a past shrouded in myth, a past that never was, when life was simpler and we didn’t have the problems we face today. We the people look for answers while those who represent us announce that they have the cure to what ails us. In fact, they tell us that what ails us is what they have a solution to.</div>
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“Vote for me and I’ll make your worries go away.” <i>Just don’t ask too many inconvenient questions.</i></div>
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To collect our votes, many candidates appeal to our fears, hoping we’ll see the world in their stark vision of black and white. It often sounds as if they’re offering us a crystal clear choice in which we can sever our right hand or our left in order to serve their needs—to serve them instead of them serving us.</div>
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As an example, consider coal. Since coal is not a clean, green energy source, some people demand shutting down all coal production while others deny that there’s a problem. Yet, if we think outside the box, there could be other choices, such as developing technologies to provide cleaner ways to use the coal we have.</div>
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Most of us believe that the ends do not justify the means. Americans believe in fairness and a prosperous future for our children. With regard to such broad goals for this country, we may not differ by as much as it seems, yet we argue over ways to get there. However, when the means lead to the wrong ends, the means necessarily must be wrong.</div>
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What I’m talking about are consequences. When a pharmacy fills a prescription, they provide a long list of side-effects, some of which can make you ill or kill you. We rarely get such a list for the prescriptions provided by candidates asking for our support.</div>
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Before we journey down the path of exploring the myths and the side-effects that candidates don’t tell us, who am I to lead this? First, I’m not a billionaire, not even a one-percenter. I don’t believe I’ve ever met a billionaire. I’ve known quite a few one-percenters, some of whom you would never recognize in a crowd. I am a CPA and have an MBA in finance, a BS in Political Science, and over 30 years of business experience. I’m a longtime student of business, the ever-entertaining field of economics, and of the political shell game.</div>
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The focus of this journey will be to explore headline issues based on history, digging behind the issues, and highlighting their implications. The purpose will be to stimulate readers to dig deeper into candidate promises.</div>
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We will look at options and alternatives, as well as the side-effects of various proposals. While candidates try to keep their appeals simple, there is no free lunch and no easy answers to the problems we face. If there were, we wouldn’t need representatives.</div>
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Rather than beginning with ideology, this journey begins with history and what we can learn from experience. Some of this may fly in the face of common sense. If so, bear with me.</div>
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We all know if you throw a baseball up in the air that it will come down to Earth. That is common sense that we can experience every day. But, if you could throw a ball hard enough, let’s say with a rocket, it would keep going. We know this from the Voyager spacecraft that has sailed past the orbit of Pluto.</div>
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It is racing out of our Solar System. Even if it didn’t, it would be unlikely to return to Earth. The Sun would be a more likely destination or perhaps in orbit around the Sun as the asteroids do. This is uncommon sense since it doesn’t fit our everyday expectations. Yet it’s true and verifiable.</div>
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I’m sure there will be some people who object to one item or another on ideological grounds despite what the facts say. To those who reject the information contained here, I welcome any corrections of factual errors.</div>
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Book Genre: Nonfiction (political)<br />
Publisher: Finlee Augare Books<br />
Release Date: July 1, 2016<br />
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Book Description:<br />
The book candidates don’t want us to see.<br />
“A must-read guide to campaign promises.” “Facts everyone should see before they vote.”<br />
Candidates rally for our support and appeal to our anger and frustrations, often offering radical solutions, but what aren’t they telling us? Sure they pitch the good times they’ll bring. What about the side-effects and costs of their medicine.<br />
<em style="position: relative;">Side-Effects: What Candidates Don’t Tell You</em> takes you behind the scenes on issues of the day and campaign promises. It focuses on consequences, issues, and options. It also challenges myths such as who are the wealthy, and what is the history of depressed wages. The emphasis is on shedding light, exposing myths, examining consequences, and exploring options, not on personalities. Sorry, no dirt on the people, just on their promises.<br />
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Genre: Woman's Fiction</div>
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Released: December 13, 2007</div>
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<strong>Ungolden Silence</strong> will explore the world of rape and expose the myths through articles that are based on facts. The main question that needs to be answered is why one human being would rape another human being. These reasons are explored in a compelling story that will make the reader ask questions. Beatrice James wanted to take her co-worker Elaine on her first professional trip, she had to convince her employers and Elaine’s parents that she wanted to take Elaine on the trip. Elaine was in charge of the campaign.<br />
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Thomas Paige is a well-respected community leader, however, there is whole other side of side of him. The man can be charming when he needs to be and that is why he can get away with sexually harassing and raping women. He began to harassed Beatrice did not want Elaine to have to deal with it. Beatrice did not want to deal with the fact that she was being sexually harassed.<br />
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When any crime takes place, the families of the victims as well as the criminal are involved. <strong>Ungolden Silence</strong> will illustrate that the criminal is a real person, and rarely does he commit crimes just for the fun of it.<br />
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It is important to know that rape is a part of violence. Through the characters of <strong>Ungolden Silence</strong> it is hoped that society will begin to find a way to eliminate the acceptance of violence, which includes the act of rape.<br />
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It is through Beatrice, Elaine, and their colleagues that <strong>Ungolden Silence</strong> begins to explore the world of rape. Each of the main characters discovers what he has believed about rape and violence is not entirely true. A good example of this is when the firm’s secretary is told what happened on the trip. She discovered that some things that she was told when she was young was a myth.<br />
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Through all of the characters, Ungolden Silence offers an alternative to the everyday acceptance of violence. When it comes to rape, it tells us that the rapists are human beings and there is a way to curb the crime.<br />
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What does the author wants the reader to take away is that the story is about a woman was rape while she and her business partner was away on a business trip. Her business partner is disabled but that is an important part of the story. However, it is not the main story.</div>
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About Lydia E. Brew:<br />
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Lydia E. Brew has Cerebral Palsy and as a child she could not go outside and play with the other children like she wanted to, so she daydreamed about that and other things she felt unreachable instead. This allowed her mind to journey in unimaginable places. With a love for drama, daydreaming and writing, Lydia combined them when she started writing. Her essay, “Why Do You Think They Call It Dope?” was place on the front bulletin board of Roosevelt Elementary School. Lydia had no idea that was the beginning of her writing journey.<br />
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When she took literature in Junior and Senior high, Lydia to write composition papers. One in particular was about a talking horse; another one of Lydia’s daydreams put on paper. The teacher would give out the assignments at the beginning of class, and most of the time Lydia would have the story in her head before the end of class. She realized then that being a great storyteller with the written word wasn’t something she had to dream about but she could actually achieve it.<br />
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When she turn fourteen years old Lydia met Edith Irby Jones, M.D. When Lydia walked into office and the walls are covered with award and plaques and she knew that there was a story behind the walls. She wanted to tell the story. Lydia attended Texas Southern University and with the help of her Journalism Professor, she wrote Edith, The Story of Edith Irby Jones, M.D.<br />
Lydia, along Mrs. Annie Brew, her mother and Mrs. Helen Lewis, her aunt wrote an activities book, Our Learn Together Book, base on the biography.<br />
Lydia is the author of Ungolden Silence, a thought provoking novel about rape and how it affect not only the victims but the people that surround them. Go to Ungolden Silence.com and Amazon.com.<br />
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I’m Alexandra Forry</b> author of Timeless Endings. For this Guest post
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I was born with cerebral palsy, the doctor's told our family that I
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it dose </span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background: #ffffff;">effects
my motor-skills, speech and walking other than that, I am like
anybody else. I lead a normal life the best as I can!</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
All of my true friend can look past my disability and see me.</span></span></div>
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I am sometime mistaken for someone with severe developmental
disabilities. Good-hearted but ignorant people patronize me, speaking
to me in the slow condescension used to talk to toddlers. People
“baby” me or when I’m with my friends people say something to
my friends about me and not talk to me. This drives me crazy! Not all
people with cerebral palsy have severe developmental disabilities. I
am very thankful for who I am.</span></span></div>
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My first book OMERTA AFFAIR has the same story line as TIMELESS
ENDINGS but OMERTA has too much off color language and a lot of
sexual language so I took out the colorful language and made the
story’s main love scene more romantic. If you read both books you
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OMETA AFFAIR was started out as a fanfac (fanfiction) to the 1995
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I love Black and White cats! I have always had one around since I was
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I’m friends with a lot of different people, a big time mobster, a
producer/writer, a CIA operative, a news journalist, law officers,
and true crime authors out of pure damn luck.</span></span></div>
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I moved around as a kid. Lived in a small town in Utah, Portland
Oregon, and Southern California but I’m glad that I moved back home
to where I was born, Las Vegas Nevada. I’m a Vegas Girl at heart. </span></span>
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I am very pirate about my love life and my book that I’m working
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My all-time favorite wine is a fine moscato. </span></span>
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Timeless Ending on this blog today. If you have any questions or
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leading men. Her first book, “Omerta Affair,” based on the true
story of mafia boss Tony Torino and his paramour Evelyn Rosenberg has
recently been adapted and re-released as “Timeless Endings”–romance
fiction. Her latest book, “Wildflower,” is an adventure in
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where she lives with her loving grandparents. Alexandra has
conquered the limitations of Cerebral Palsy to write exciting and
engaging novels. She has completed a number of talks and internet
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orphan—discovers that love knows no bounds and life has many twists
and turns of fate. After she is forced to move in with her late
mother’s sister Blanche and Blanche’s abusive alcoholic husband
Dean, Sidney finds purpose and friendship in Lexy, the daughter of
Max Heller the City’s most prominent widower and business magnate.
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suppressed passions and stirs Max’s long-thwarted drive to build a
loving and complete family. What emerges is the wonderfully
successful Epicurian Café, the brainchild of Blanche and Sydney
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“<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">I don’t think that your uncle
will approve. Sydney I love your idea, truly do! I was taken aback at
first, because it has always been a dream of mine to open a little
shop of some kind on Main Street,” Blanche said wistfully. ”It
costs a lot of money to open up a business, besides I have an offer
for a job in Prescott.” </span>
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“<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Pooh on Uncle Dean, and turn down
that job. For me, please? You can ask Annette how to open a
business--she will know, since she owns her own business.” Sydney
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An international group of indie authors, inspired by the personal grief of one, decided to collaborate in the spring of 2015 in a project to create this multi-genre smorgasbord of original short stories, all with the same potent theme ñ relationship. Some are heartfelt, some funny, some poignant, and some are just a little bit scary ñ much like relationships themselves. All are by authors fired by the shared enthusiasm to give something back in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support. 100% of the profit made on the purchase of this book, in any format, goes to the charity. Cancer touches us all. It has in some way affected those who have contributed their time and talent here. This is our way of showing that we care.</div>
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Indie authors carry forward a revolutionary shift in publishing, which allows the author to be creative director in their own work. There are many exceptional, experienced and acclaimed writers who have decided to take this bold step in publishing. In producing this anthology we have also had the inestimable assistance on board of artists, graphic designers, and bloggers ñ all of whom have a place in our acknowledgments. You, the discerning reader, are the other vital part of this equation. By buying this book you are supporting the work of indie authors, as well as discovering their worth. You are also supporting the charity to which we have chosen to dedicate our work.</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">3. <b>Colin and Sandy</b> - </span><u><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; padding: 0cm;"><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/English-Sombrero-Nothing-but-run-ebook/dp/B00IHH209W%20,%20http:/www.amazon.co.uk/The-English-Sombrero-Little-White-ebook/dp/B00KC5DBWM" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">ANTHONY RANDALL</span></a></span></u><span lang="EN-US">, author of The
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">5. <b>Dolphins Dance</b> ñ </span><u><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; padding: 0cm;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B001KCABGK" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">MIKE BILLINGTON</span></a></span></u><span lang="EN-US">, author of Corpus Delectable.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div>
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of the Weissensteiners (Book 1 of the Three Nations Trilogy).<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div>
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to be published The Munich Girl: A Novel of the Legacies That Outlast War.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div>
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ñ </span><u><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; padding: 0cm;"><a href="http://www.sylvafae.co.uk/" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">SYLVA FAE</span></a></span></u><span lang="EN-US">, soon to be
published childrenís author, Sylvanian Ramblings sylvafae.co.uk<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div>
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Bird</b> - </span><u><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; padding: 0cm;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Andrew-Updegrove/e/B006URQKHE/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">ANDREW UPDEGROVE</span></a></span></u><span lang="EN-US">, author of The
Alexandria Project.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div>
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Lei of Shrunken Heads.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">19. <b>Lotta Blum</b> - </span><u><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; padding: 0cm;"><a href="http://www.eclecticwrite.wordpress.com/" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">BARBARA DORAN</span></a></span></u><span lang="EN-US">, soon to be
published new author. Can be found at www.serendipitydoit.wordpress.com.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">20. <b>Never too Old</b> -</span><u><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; padding: 0cm;"><a href="http://languageintheblood.blogspot.fr/" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">ANGELA LOCKWOOD</span></a></span></u><span lang="EN-US">, author of Language in the Blood.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">21. <b>Ooh Air Magrit</b> - </span><u><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; padding: 0cm;"><a href="http://author.to/TouchingtheWire" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">REBECCA BRYN</span></a></span></u><span lang="EN-US">, author of Touching the Wire.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">22. <b>Babes</b> - </span><u><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; padding: 0cm;"><a href="http://www.maxpowerbooks.wordpress.com/" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">MAX POWER</span></a></span></u><span lang="EN-US">, author of Darkly
Wood.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">23. <b>A Stitch in Time</b> - </span><u><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; padding: 0cm;"><a href="https://ganxy.com/i/73957/sarah-katherine-holmesley/autumn-antics" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">SK HOLMESLEY</span></a></span></u><span lang="EN-US">, author of Autumn
Antics.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">24. <b>Day Late Dollar Short </b>ñ </span><u><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; padding: 0cm;"><a href="http://ericlahti.wordpress.com/" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">ERIC LAHTI</span></a></span></u><span lang="EN-US">, author of Henchmen.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">25. <b> Love in an Elevator</b> ñ </span><u><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; padding: 0cm;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/S.-E.-Meyer/e/B00CFRHL9Y/ref=dp_byline_cont_ebooks_1" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">S.E MEYER</span></a></span></u><span lang="EN-US">, author of Origins
(Book 1 of the Origins Series).<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">26. <b>No Longer Broken</b> - </span><u><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; padding: 0cm;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Nico-Laeser/e/B00SF3C732/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1431102873&sr=8-1" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">NICO LAESER</span></a></span></u><span lang="EN-US">, author of Infinity:
An Anonymous Biography & Skin Cage.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">27. <b>Last Goodbyes</b> - </span><u><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; padding: 0cm;"><a href="http://www.paulruddockauthor.com/" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">PAUL RUDDOCK</span></a></span></u><span lang="EN-US">, author of Not What You Thought.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">28. <b>The Yoga Bowl </b>- </span><u><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; padding: 0cm;"><a href="http://www.felipeadanlerma.com/" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">FELIPE ADAN LERMA</span></a></span></u></span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">, </span></span></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">author of One Night in the Hill Country</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Welcome to BK Walker Books
Etc. I'm so happy you could join me today at (Your choice of
location)_</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><u>Las Vegas N.V.</u></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">BK: Looking out the
nearest window, describe the scene you see.</span></div>
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<i><b>Out of my window there are big
fourteen year old tree, birds are singing a song as car’s seem to
pass by my street. It’s a wonderful summer day in Las Vegas NV.</b></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">BK: Tell us about your
office. Is it a mess like mine, or is everything in its place?</span></div>
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<i><b>Kind of mess, but at least I know
where everything is. There is a order to my messiness.</b></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">BK: What is a must-have,
such as coffee or a favorite pen, that you need to write?</span></div>
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<i><b>I need my Pepsi big time.</b></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">BK: Do you like to write
in silence, or do you need music or background noise?</span></div>
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<i><b>I need music to write! I cant not
write without music in the background. I listen to all kinds of
music. It’s depends on the scene that I am writing.</b></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">BK: Tell us a bit about
your hero/heroine, and their development.</span></div>
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<i><b>My hero’s and heroine’s are very
unique, I took lot of time develop their development. Who are they?
Are they good or bad? What’s there background before the novel
start? What are there strongest or weakness? That the fun part of
writing to me.</b></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">BK: As a writer myself,
I'm always curious how other writers get through stumble blocks. When
you find a story not flowing, or a character trying to fight you, how
do you correct it?</span></div>
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<i><b>Luckily I only had writer’s block
is when my life is very stressful! </b></i>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">BK: Using the letters of
your first name as an acronym, describe your book...</span></div>
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<i><b>Exciting</b></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">BK: How did your writing
journey begin?</span></div>
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<i><b>I had away wanted to be a author
since I was little. What got me on my writing journey when I
decided to try my hand at writing a Fanfiction to the 1995 movie
Casino, a short story on my interpretation of the Nicky and Ginger’s
affair. Then I thought to take it forward a generation and let
their children (Ginger's daughter and Nicky's son) sift through the
intrigue that colored their parents' lives. That turned out to
be my first book, Omertà Affair.</b></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">BK: Using the letters from
the word, Summer, how would friends and family describe you?</span></div>
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<i><b>Memorable</b></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">BK: What is the craziest
thing you've ever written about, whether it got published or not?</span></div>
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<i><b>Okay, my friend dare me to write
this very erotic sex scene and I did to a tee. My friend’s face
turn very red as he read it. Great memory. Never published it or put
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<span style="color: #10131a;"><i><b>I am written
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in today's Las Vegas and Wildflower 2!</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Coke or Pepsi? </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b>Pepsi
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Night Owl or Early Bird?
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Thank you so much for
having us as one of your stops today. It has been great getting to
know more about you and your book, and wish you the best of success!</span></div>
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<i>Alexandra Forry has an
incredible talent for living vicariously through the colorful and
intriguing escapades of her strong female characters and successful
leading men. Her first book, “Omerta Affair,” based on the true
story of mafia boss Tony Torino and his paramour Evelyn Rosenberg
has recently been adapted and re-released as “Timeless
Endings”–romance fiction. Her latest book, “Wildflower,” is
an adventure in coming of age for both a young orphan and her
repressed aunt who is trapped in a destructive marriage. It is a
beautiful story of life, hope, growth, and triumph and deals with
many of the traumas of youth, such as bullying.</i></div>
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<i>Alexandra Forry is familiar with
life’s challenges. She was born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada,
where she lives with her loving grandparents. Alexandra has
conquered the limitations of Cerebral Palsy to write exciting and
engaging novels. She has completed a number of talks and internet
book tours and is a member of the Las Vegas Romance Writers and RWA.</i></div>
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Amazon
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Book Genre:<i> Contemporary Romance</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Publisher: <i><span style="background: #ffffff;">CreateSpace
Independent Publishing Platform</span></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Release Date: <i><span style="background: #ffffff;">February
27, 2014</span></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Evelyn turned toward the lights
of the city. The view was breathtaking as she stood looking down on
Las Vegas, lovingly wrapped in Tony's arms. It was a moment she would
keep deep in her heart, forever.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">"Look at this-The City of Gold!"
Evelyn exclaimed as Tony kissed her forehead.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">"And it's all ours, Eve!"</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Thus begins a heartwarming and harrowing
tale of life and forbidden love lost to one generation and found in
the next. Caught between a turbulent love triangle that shook the
very foundations of the Mafia's Las Vegas Empire, and a deadly
struggle for wealth and power, Mob Boss and "King of Las Vegas"
Tony Torino, his mistress hustler and onetime showgirl Evelyn
Rosenberg, and her husband top Chicago mobster Charlie "Gus"
Rosenberg live and love in defiance of the violent and unforgiving
laws of the Mafia. All that remains is Evelyn's carefully preserved
diary left by Gus to be discovered by his daughter Adriane and Tony's
son Victor as they pack up her late father's belongings. Through the
vivid and brilliant use of flashbacks, juxtaposed with current
events, we witness one of the most beautiful and ill-fated love
stories of the last century. As Victor, a forest ranger who fled his
family's Mob past, and Adriane, an attorney being pressured to work
for the Mafia, read through the diary old hatreds and new alliances
rise leaving us to wonder if history will repeat itself.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">"Adriane,
look at what I found,” Victor said peering closely at the photo.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">"What?"
she said, walking over to him.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">"It's
a picture of your parents, my parents and two other couples sitting
on the sofa at your old home. Hey, I remember taking this photo at a
party!"</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">"Ah,
it must have been taken before my mom went and slept with your dad,"
Adriane said, looking at the photo.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">"Seems
like your dad was trying to figure out what happened back in Las
Vegas. What a coincidence this is. We were just talking about it!"</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">"Victor!
It's a photo that my dad kept in his desk, nothing more!"</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">She
rolled her eyes as Victor looked over at her and then down at the
very bottom drawer of the desk. He bent down and pulled it open.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">A
look of astonishment crossed his face.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">"Adriane,
what if we have the story wrong about what happened in Vegas long
ago?"</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">"Victor,
did you forget? My dad told his side of the story to the person who
wrote that sickening movie. My dad had no reason to lie about what
happened!"</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">"If
you say so, but I think that you need to take a look in this drawer."</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">BK:
When did you first realize you wanted to write a book?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Batang, 바탕, serif;"><b>I
had not thought much about writing, other than legalese, until I went
to prison. My cellmate for over a year was Colonel George Trofimoff,
serving life for spying for the KGB. As time passed, I decided, "now
this is a real story, and it should be told."</b></span><br />
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What inspired you to write this story?</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Batang, 바탕, serif;">The
bizarre life of my clients, the </span><span style="font-family: Batang, 바탕, serif;"><i>Wall
Street Journal</i></span><span style="font-family: Batang, 바탕, serif;"> heiress
and her gay husband, seemed to me to be a fascinating and unusual
story. That is the first book in The Prison Trilogy. Then, when I
went to prison and met Colonel George Trofimoff. I could see how his
story was not only fascinating to me but would be to others.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">BK:
What was the writing process like for you while writing this story?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Batang, 바탕, serif;"><b>For
the writing of the entire Prison Trilogy, I began each day at 5:00 or
5:30 AM. By noon, I was usually out of energy for writing and went on
to do other things. It took me 10 years to write The Prison Trilogy.</b></span><br />
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What emotions did you experience while you wrote this book?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Batang, 바탕, serif;"><b>The
writing of The Prison Trilogy was therapeutic for me. Indeed, it was
difficult emotionally to relive this catastrophic path of my life,
but I disciplined myself to make sure that this was not an "oh
poor me" series of books. I told the story of other people's
lives, but you can see my story, as I tell theirs.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">BK: Do
you find writing a healing process?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Batang, 바탕, serif;"><b>Yes,
I do. But I think what is healing for me is actually getting into
that part of the brain and psyche that produces the creative process.
Writing, just like art, can assist in healing many wounds.</b></span><br />
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What do you hope readers will take away from your writing?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Batang, 바탕, serif;"><b>The
Prison Trilogy is really an expose from the wastefulness of the very
wealthy to the injustice of the American criminal justice system,
including its judiciary. I hope that it is an eye–opener for the
reader.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">BK:
Name one thing you've ever thought about writing, but were just too
scared to proceed with the idea of it?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Batang, 바탕, serif;"><b>I
have spent years researching and writing a book entitled, "There
Is No God And Jesus Is Not Coming Back, By a Preponderance of the
Evidence." Basically, I have taken down the New Testament and
the way it was written. However, I live in the depth of the Bible
Belt, and I have been hesitant to publish.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">BK: If
you could visit anywhere in the world, where would you go and who
would you take with you?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Batang, 바탕, serif;"><b>If
you could visit anywhere in the world, where would you go and who
would you take with you? I would go to southern France, spend at
least a year, and my wife would go with me.</b><br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Thank
you so much for taking time to share your story with me and my
readers today. We wish you much success I the future.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #464760;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Glen
writes both fiction and nonfiction from his forty-year career and
experience as a trial lawyer and consultant in international business
and banking.<br /><br />His nonfiction work as the observer in The Prison
Trilogy tells the tales in chronological order of how he came to be a
lawyer for a Wall Street Journal heiress and her gay husband and how
that representation landed him in federal prison. That is the first
in The Trilogy. The second book tells the story of his cell mate,
Colonel George Trofimoff, serving life for spying for the KGB, and
the final book of The Trilogy describes the prisoners, Glen's
experiences and takes a hard look at the American criminal justice
system.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color: #945fc3;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></span></strong><strong><span style="color: #464760;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">When
Jackie Bancroft's husband died in 1952, he left her an heiress to the
income and value of The Wall Street Journal and one of the wealthier
women in America. Almost 50 years later, Jackie would mary Ronnie Lee
Morgan, a 50 – year old gay interior decorator. Morgan was one of
many clients in the active law practice of author Glen Aaron. This
unusual marriage lasted until Jackie's mysterious death five years
later. Throughout that period, Aaron became entwined in the personal
lives and demands of the couple, along with handling many of their
legal affairs. The huge money and property distributions made by
Jackie to her husband, designed and handled by Aaron, resulted in a
two – year federal prison sentence for Aaron. The first book in the
Prison Trilogy is this story.</span></span></span></strong></span><br />
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Morgan always knew what he wanted – – to be rich and beautiful,
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knew certain things about the rich: that they were different, that
they liked beautiful things, power, and influence, that, if they saw
that another had something more beautiful or impressive, they had to
have it, too. He also knew that every rich person would take
advantage of him if given the chance. So he devised ways to reverse
this probability. While making it appear that they were getting a
good deal, a special deal, he always made money.</span></span></span></strong><strong><span style="color: #464760;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></span></strong><strong><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Ron
had developed his expertise in interior decorating over the course of
many years. It took him even longer to perfect the personality that
attracted and pleased wealthy clients. His involvement as an interior
decorator for the wealthy, his intuitive knowledge of how to deal
with them, was an evolution of fits and starts.</span></span></span></strong><strong><span style="color: #464760;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></span></strong><strong><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Although
it didn't hurt that Ron was gay, in his early life he had had
difficulty figuring that out. He tried a heterosexual marriage. It
didn't work.</span></span></span></strong><strong><span style="color: #464760;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></span></strong><strong><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Then,
in his 50th year, in the New Mexico mountain village of Ruidoso, Ron
met Jackie Bancroft Spencer ("Jackie"), a wealthy Wall
Street Journal heiress possessed of a unique personality. Jackie was
building a stunning theater for the performing arts in Ruidoso, for
which she would pay $23 million cash. At the same time, she was
caring for her terminally – ill second husband, Dr. A.N ("A.
N.") Spencer. Ron Morgan came to know Jackie by creating
interior decor for her home, making suggestions regarding the
theater, and in assisting with A. N.'s care during his final
illness.</span></span></span></strong><strong><span style="color: #464760;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></span></strong><strong><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I
was Ron Morgan's lawyer for many years. On numerous occasions, I
defended lawsuits and negotiated a way out of touchy problems.
Ultimately, I placed Ron in bankruptcy protection in El Paso, Texas.
Not long after, he introduced me to Jackie. Through numerous golf
games and dinners, I became fascinated with this lady, her history
and that of the Bancroft's and their ownership of The Wall Street
Journal.</span></span></span></strong><strong><span style="color: #464760;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></span></strong><strong><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Two
years later, Ron, a 52 – year old gay man, and Jackie, a 72 –
year old heterosexual heiress, decided to marry. At the time she met
Ron, Jackie, was married to Dr. A.N. Spencer; it was her second
marriage. She wanted to travel the world after AN's death, and she
wanted Ron to travel with her. For his part, Ron had his own designs
on what this should cost Jackie. Whether pressing for marriage was a
manifestation of Ron's ulterior financial desires, or whether it was
at Jackie's urging is unknown. What is known is that Jackie accepted,
indeed, relished, the arrangement.</span></span></span></strong><strong><span style="color: #464760;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></span></strong><strong><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">While
the relationship was filled with intrigue, greed and Machiavellian
manipulation from within and without, the ultimate mystery for me was
the nature of Jackie's illness – – the illness that led to her
death – – while she and Ron were on a world cruise. It was my
task to get her off the ship in the middle of the Atlantic and
arrange for medical care in Albuquerque, New Mexico. That would be my
last service on her behalf.</span></span></span></strong><strong><span style="color: #464760;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></span></strong><strong><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I
have always been an observer of people: what motivates them to do
what they do, how they view their quality of life, why and how this
plays out in relationships. This book has a dual purpose: to share my
observations of Jackie and Ron's unusual relationship, and to share
my experiences as Jackie's some time – confidante and as Ron's
lawyer until Jackie's death. Ultimately, these experiences with my
last client would change my life.</span></span></span></strong></div>
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Welcome to BK Walker Books Etc. I'm so
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BK: Looking out the nearest window,
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<b>I see the fence bordering my
neighbor’s cattle farm, a pond and acres and acres of pasture that
is home to their cows. To my delight, I am treated most mornings to
the sight of a beautiful sunrise over this pond - and then as the day
wears on, the ramblings of these bovine creatures about their grassy
domain. And the beauty of it is that I don’t have to lift a finger
to care for all this - I just get to enjoy. </b>
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<b>They should charge me rent!</b></div>
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<b>It depends. I have two office
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<b>But the desk I use to do all my
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have a kajillion note pads, post-its, pens, papers, etc., all
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<b>I must have coffee - off and on, all
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<b>I’ve learned to keep various hard
candies, Tootsie Pops and Good & Plenty licorice candies about.
They last longer than anything chocolate, which I will literally
inhale - given the chance.</b></div>
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<b>I keep my lava lamp cranked up and a
rubber band wrapped around my wrist to fiddle with. These things help
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<b>There can’t be any television or
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rather than be obnoxious, I grab my earplugs. Sometimes I do enjoy
soft background music - but no words.</b></div>
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<b>Katherine is, for the most part, a
typical sixteen-year-old girl coming of age in the mid-fifties -
except for her dreams. Up to this point she has pretty much learned
to live with her, sometimes, portentous dreams. The dreams always
seemed to frighten her mother, so over time Katherine stopped sharing
them with her and even managed to convince herself they were only
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<b>But as the story opens, Katherine
has begun to have increasingly disturbing dreams, night after night,
of a yellow scarf and a girl she has only seen in passing. When these
dreams turn into full-fledged nightmares, sleep-starved Katherine
begins to feel as if she is losing her mind. She finally comes to the
realization she will have to deal with these nightmares head-on in
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is stronger than she ever would have thought; to care for a girl she
doesn’t even know; that her best pal Em is more than a friend; her
little brother Gordy isn’t just a thorn in her side; and that she
is willing to do about anything - including lying, stealing and
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<span style="color: #333333;"><b>In the end,
what Katherine finds will intertwine her life so indelibly with
Della’s, she will carry the emotional scars for years to come.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><b>The story is
told by an older Katherine, who lends her insight to young
Katherine’s experiences.</b></span></div>
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BK: As a writer myself, I'm always
curious how other writers get through stumble blocks. When you find a
story not flowing, or a character trying to fight you, how do you
correct it?</div>
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<b>I must admit that I have yet to
experience what some call writer’s block, but I have been known to
get a bit antsy. And when I do, I get away from that computer. </b>
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<b>I take a little mental vacation -
which is sometimes no more than getting out of the chair and going to
the kitchen for a cup of coffee or tea. </b>
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<b>Or I might need to clear my mind and
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<b>And then sometimes - I might just be
due for an afternoon off.</b></div>
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<b>I ran across a good article at Book
Fuel that I have put away for that inevitable day when the joy just
isn’t there.</b>
<b>http://www.nownovel.com/blog/rediscovering-the-joy-of-writing/ </b>
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<b>H - helps</b></div>
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BK: How did your writing journey begin?</div>
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<b>Drawing and painting have always
been passions of mine, but I had never tried my hand at writing until
the death of my mother. I discovered during my grieving process, that
painting allowed me way too much time to think. So in an attempt to
ease my sadness, I decided to try writing as a new creative outlet.
The result was a 24,000 word children’s chapter book (as yet,
unpublished) and a newfound love - writing!</b></div>
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<b>S - sensitive</b></div>
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<b>When my mother’s (and eventually
my father’s) care far exceeded my capabilities, I sadly had to put
them in a nursing home. Determined that they would not feel as if
they had been just cast aside, I spent six to eight hours a day with
them - a luxury most caregivers don’t have. From this experience,
came the idea of writing about a series of murders in a nursing home.
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BK: Tell us one thing you've done in
life that readers would be most surprised to know.</div>
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<b>Do you remember the “Friends”
episode where Joey gets his minister’s certificate on the Internet</b><span style="color: #333333;"><b>
</b></span><b>in order to marry Chandler and Monica? Well, I became
ordained by </b><span style="color: black;"><b>The Universal Life Church
(online)</b></span><b> in order to perform the marriage ceremony for
one of my sisters.</b></div>
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BK: What can we expect from you in the
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<b>I’m working on the sequel to
“Remember Della” and am almost two-thirds finished with the first
draft. In fact, there is a sneak peak in back of the book.</b></div>
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<b>In the sequel, Della is all grown
up, with a thirteen-year-old son. She has fought hard, for years, to
keep the dreams at bay and has done well until a bump on the head
opens the door wide . . .</b></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><b>This or
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Coke or Pepsi?</div>
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Night Owl or Early Bird?</div>
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<b>Do I have to choose?</b></div>
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Pen/Paper or Computer?</div>
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Pizza or Burger?</div>
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Chocolate or Vanilla?</div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Beach or Mountains?</span></div>
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Thank you so much for having us as one
of your stops today. It has been great getting to know more about you
and your book, and wish you the best of success!</div>
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<b>Thank you for having me, BK. It’s
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<strong>Title: </strong><span style="text-align: center;">Remember Della</span><br />
<strong>Author: </strong><span style="text-align: center;">Cynthia Mock Burroughs</span><br />
<span style="text-align: center;"><b>Length:</b> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">274 pages</span><br />
<strong>Publisher: </strong><span style="text-align: center;">Self published</span><br />
<strong>Release Date: </strong>November 9, 2011<br />
<strong>Genre: </strong><span style="text-align: center;">Paranormal Mystery</span><br />
<b>Buy Here:</b> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Remember-Della-Cynthia-Mock-Burroughs/dp/1500199346/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1420753436&sr=1-1&keywords=remember+della" style="text-align: center;" target="_blank">Amazon</a><span style="text-align: center;">|</span><a href="https://www.createspace.com/4685682" style="text-align: center;" target="_blank">Create Space</a><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #464760; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19.5px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Book Description:</span></b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #464760; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;"></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #464760; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;" />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #464760; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #464760; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;">Kat, a “slightly" psychic sixteen-year-old, begins having disturbingly persistent dreams. Dreams of a yellow scarf - with a seeming life of its own - which taunts her and haunts her every dream. Dreams about Della, a fellow classmate, who to this point has remained all but invisible to any and every one at school. Kat eventually comes to the realization that until she unravels the mystery surrounding that “dagblasted” creepy yellow scarf and this girl she hardly knows, she'll not have another night’s rest. What Kat soon discovers is that she is the only person in Della’s life (including the girl’s mother and stepfather) who recognizes - or will admit - Della has simply vanished, gone “splitsville"! And Kat is helpless as her life becomes indelibly intertwined with Della’s – so much so, that she will carry the emotional scars for years to come.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #464760; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;"></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #464760; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;" />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #464760; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #464760; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;">Kat is surrounded by an extremely colorful cast of characters. You will meet: long-time friend and recent love interest, Em; Kat’s precocious eight-year-old brother, Gordy; her feisty octogenarian neighbor, Mrs. Harper and a chain smoking waitress named Clovis. All who, for various reasons, join Kat’s desperate quest to help a girl she hardly knows and to find answers to questions that, with any luck, will bring her the peace she seeks – the biggest question on her mind being, “Why me?” </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #464760; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #464760; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;">“Remember Della” - which is predominately set in the South during the mid-fifties - is chock full of facts, trivia and slang from that era. While an entertaining read, I believe this book addresses bullying - both physical and emotional - in a fresh and unique way during a time before such issues were “labeled” as unacceptable or problematic.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #464760; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #464760; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;">I was born and raised in the South and to this day reside in South Carolina with my dashing husband, crotchety cat and nimble Jack Russell. My first novel,</span><em style="background-color: white; color: #464760; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px; position: relative;">Remember Della</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #464760; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;">, definitely reflects that Southern upbringing; and like Katherine, my main protagonist, I am also a child of the fifties.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #464760; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #464760; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;">I have enjoyed reading my entire life and relish childhood memories of long, languid summers spent in lawn chairs beneath shady old trees—my best friend and I devouring one library book after another. I hope to be proof of the old adage that everyone has at least one good book in them—but suppose that remains to be seen. You, the reader, will be the judge of that. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #464760; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #464760; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;">Drawing and painting have always been passions of mine, but I had never tried my hand at writing until my mother passed away several years ago. During my grieving process I found that painting was not keeping my mind as busy as I would have liked. Painting allowed me too much time to think. So in an attempt to ease my sadness, I decided to try a new creative outlet. The result was a 24,000 word children's chapter book (as yet unpublished) and a newfound love—writing! In fact, I am in love with the entire writing process, especially the part where I get to tell really tall tales—and get away with it . . .</span><br />
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b>Excerpt One</b></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">I sat at
the kitchen table while Momma contemplated what to do</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">with the
ground beef thawing out on the counter. She settled on</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">goulash
and was checking the pantry to see if she had all the ingredients</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">when it
occurred to her she hadn’t heard a peep out of Gordy.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The
quietude must have alerted her to his absence.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">She
turned to me, “Where’s Gordy—up in his room?”</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">I shook
my head no. “He’s not home yet.”</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">She
checked her watch and asked, “Did you hear his bus come</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">by?”</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
“<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">No’m.
It’s probably running late.”</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
“<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Gordy
should be home by now, Katherine.” She gave me a doubtful</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">look and
asked, “You’re sure his bus hasn’t come by?”</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The look
of concern on her face was fleeting, and we both cringed</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">as Gordy
heralded his arrival by slamming the front door so hard the</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">house
shook. Momma yelled at the top of her lungs, “Gordy!” When</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">he came
barreling through the doorway she asked, “How many times</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">have I
told you not to slam the door like that? You’ve already taken a</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 105%; margin-bottom: 0.11in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">minimum
of ten years off my life!”</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">He never
even heard a word she said because he was talking louder</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">and
faster than his customary mile-a-minute. His words practically</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">ran
together as he said, “You shoulda seen it! Sammy Spellman</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">throwed
up all over prissy ol’ Becky Taylor on the bus! We had beets</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">for
lunch an’ Sammy ate a whole bowl of ‘em. I bet that’s what made</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">him
throw up. He says he likes ‘em, but I don’t believe it for a
minute.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">I think
he just eats ‘em to show off. But the really good part is</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Sammy’s
throw-up was all red—like he was throwing up blood! Then</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">ol’
Becky started crying an’ everything, and Cindy Walker started</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">gagging
‘cause throw-up splattered all over her shoes an’ then </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i>she</i></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">throwed
up. It was so cool! They were sitting across the aisle from</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">me, an’
I got to see it all. And Becky, with her weirdo-self, told Mikey</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Olson
she was gonna wipe throw up on him ‘cause he laughed</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">at her.
And the bus driver had to stop the bus an’ calm </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i>everybody</i></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">down. It
was Coolsville!</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">I could
see Momma was trying to keep a straight face as she said,</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
“<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Gordy
that’s enough—there’s nothing cool about someone throwing</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">beets up
all over the place.”</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
“<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Well
I couldn’t be sure, but from the smell of it I think Sammy</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">must’ve
been sick at both ends. I tell–”</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
“<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Gordy!!!”
Gordy was treading on very thin ice.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
“<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">It’s
the truth! It was gross I tell ya. Gross enough to gag a maggot!</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Everybody
sitting around ‘em looked like they were gonna</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">puke—’cept
me. The bus driver made everybody get off, and</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">the
monitor had to go to somebody’s house to call for another</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">bus and
for Sammy an’ Becky an’ Cindy’s parents to come and</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">get
‘em.”</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
“<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Dear
Lord, I hope Sammy’s not contagious.” And in spite of the fact</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">we
weren’t Catholic, Momma crossed herself.</span></div>
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<b>Excerpt Two </b></div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i>I
HATED THAT despicable clock. I hated the way those two
nerve-jangling,</i></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i>damnable
bells blasted me so urgently from sleep</i></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i>every
morning. I snatched the clock up, shut off the alarm</i></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i>and
slammed the offending thing back onto the nightstand.</i></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i>Throwing
the covers back and my legs over the side of the</i></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i>bed,
I stood unsteadily a moment before aiming my body at</i></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i>the
door leading to the hall. Destination—the bathroom. But as</i></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i>my
fingers touched the doorknob the clock began its shrill intonations</i></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i>again.
Oh dear Lord! That sound, so early in the morning,</i></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i>was
the equivalent of fingernails screeeking down a chalkboard.</i></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i>Hadn’t
I just turned the dad-blamed thing off? Maybe I</i></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i>jarred
the lever into the ‘on’ position when I, perhaps a little too</i></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i>vigorously,
delivered the clock back to its pocked resting place.</i></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i>I
retraced my steps and after turning the alarm off, again,</i></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i>placed
the clock on the nightstand—a little more gently</i></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i>this
time. And for more reasons than one, I moved a wee</i></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i>bit
faster for the bedroom door. I reached it a second time</i></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i>and
stopped cold—the God-forsaken clock was, once again,</i></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i>clanging
for attention! With the strangest mixture of anger,</i></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i>fear
and foreboding I walked back, turned the alarm off a </i></span>
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i>third
time and buried ‘Baby Ben’ not only under the covers, </i></span>
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i>but
both pillows as well. Then I ran back to the door, jerked</i></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i>it
open and took off through it.</i></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i>Instead
of the hall outside my bedroom door, I found myself</i></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i>out
on the street in front of my house—still dressed in baby</i></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i>doll
pajamas and walking toward my bus stop. There wasn’t</i></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i>time
to go home and change. The school bus had arrived</i></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i>and
it sat idling as a half-dozen students climbed on. I waved</i></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i>and
yelled for them to wait, but no one seemed to hear.</i></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i>Running
for the bus wasn’t even an option, for it was suddenly</i></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i>as if
my feet and I were slogging through knee-deep</i></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i>mud.
I could only watch as the door closed and the bus</i></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i>pulled
off without me. Oddly, I felt thoroughly and utterly</i></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i>bereft—as
if all my hopes and dreams had taken off with that</i></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i>big
yellow bus.</i></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i>As
the bus lumbered down the road something yellow flew</i></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i>out
an open window. Even from where I stood I could see it</i></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i>was a
scarf—a yellow scarf—lifting, floating and fluttering in</i></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i>the
early morning breeze.</i></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i>My
legs came unglued and I began running after that scarf</i></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i>like
my life depended upon reaching it before it touched</i></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i>the
ground. I caught up to it, but each time I attempted to</i></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i>pluck
it from the air a breeze would whisk it away, lifting it</i></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i>just
beyond my reach over and over again. I soon began to</i></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i>tire
of the game and was about to abandon the chase when</i></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i>the
wind picked up and blew the scarf toward me instead of</i></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i>away,
pressing it against the lower half of my face. Slowly,</i></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i>almost
as if caressing me, the scarf began to move along my</i></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i>skin.
It slid over my mouth, under my chin, and down my neck.</i></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i>Snaking
round and round my throat, it became longer and</i></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i>longer,
tighter and tighter—and I began struggling for air . . .</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The
poems and stories included in this anthology, written by various
authors, tell of veterans outside of war, of how their sacrifice of
service changed their lives long after the war was over. Although
some of the messages of the sacrifices of war are sadly timeless,
they speak of unsung heroes, and I say unsung because nothing we
could ever do for them would ever be enough to say thank you for all
they gave. With that said, with these poems and stories, we will give
what we can. 100% of the profits made will go to charities for
veterans.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To
all who have served and to all of those who love them, we offer our
undying gratitude because it is all we truly have to give you for
your sacrifices, told and untold. So, we give what we can to honor
you, to say thank you, and to, in some small way, give back. Although
it could never be enough, a million thanks or a million dollars, we
pray we can help some of the many who have given so much, so
selflessly, and then suffered even as they fought another battle, the
battle to go on…</span></div>
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Jankowski</em><br style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;"></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;"></span><em style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px; position: relative;"><strong>Wailing Wall</strong></em><em style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px; position: relative;"> by Judith Turner-Yamamoto</em><br style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;"></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;"></span><em style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px; position: relative;"><strong>A Soldier’s Dream </strong></em><em style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px; position: relative;">by Steve Morse</em><br style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;"></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;"></span><em style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px; position: relative;"><strong>No Man Left Behind</strong></em><em style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px; position: relative;"> by Terry Rozum</em><br style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;"></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;"></span><em style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px; position: relative;"><strong>Waging Peace</strong></em><em style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px; position: relative;"> by Kelly Talbot</em><br style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;"></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;"></span><em style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px; position: relative;"><strong>Just a Humble Hero</strong></em><em style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px; position: relative;"> by John Hansen</em><br style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;"></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;"></span><em style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px; position: relative;"><strong>Dead Man Walking</strong></em><em style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px; position: relative;"> by Robin Merrill</em><br style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;"></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;"></span><em style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px; position: relative;"><strong>That Time We Brought Some Veterans Down to Mexico</strong></em><em style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px; position: relative;"> by Evan Harris</em><br style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;"></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;"></span><em style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px; position: relative;"><strong>Post Traumatic Stress Disorder</strong></em><em style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px; position: relative;"> by Gregory Roorda</em><br style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;"></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;"></span><em style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px; position: relative;"><strong>The Demons Will Someday Die</strong></em><em style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px; position: relative;"> by Shruti Fatehpuria</em><br style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;"></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;"></span><em style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px; position: relative;"><strong>To Love Again</strong></em><em style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px; position: relative;"> by Anita Stienstra</em><br style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;"></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;"></span><em style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px; position: relative;"><strong>Journey of a Hidden Life</strong></em><em style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px; position: relative;"> by Julie Seedorf</em><br style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;"></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;"></span><em style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px; position: relative;"><strong>She - A Brutal Truth</strong></em><em style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px; position: relative;"> by Liberty Samantha Michael</em><br style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;"></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;"></span><em style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px; position: relative;"><strong>The Mind of a Shrimp</strong></em><em style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px; position: relative;"> by Robert E. Bergmann</em><br style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;"></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;"></span><em style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px; position: relative;"><strong>Exit Wounds</strong></em><em style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px; position: relative;"> by Lana Bella</em><br style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;"></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;"></span><em style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px; position: relative;"><strong>Not Perfect, Still a Hero</strong></em><em style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px; position: relative;"> by Jason W. Huschle</em><br style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;"></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;"></span><em style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px; position: relative;"><strong>Shadows of the Past</strong></em><em style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px; position: relative;"> by SL Berg</em><br style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;"></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;"></span><em style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px; position: relative;"><strong>Finding 'Peace with Honor'</strong></em><em style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px; position: relative;"> by Robert Morgan</em><br style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;"></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;"></span><em style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px; position: relative;"><strong>A Soldier’s Cry</strong></em><em style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px; position: relative;"> by Kelley Hutchison</em><br style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;"></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;"></span><em style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px; position: relative;"><strong>Coming Back To Life</strong></em><em style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px; position: relative;"> by Kiki Howell</em><br style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;"></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;"></span><em style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px; position: relative;"><strong>My Dad, My Hero</strong></em><em style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px; position: relative;"> by Stephen Quinn</em><br style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;"></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;"></span><em style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px; position: relative;"><strong>We Go On</strong></em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Project Homefront, PTSD<br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;"></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;"></span><strong style="background-color: white; color: #464760; line-height: 11.1428575515747px;">Check Some Fun Other Ways We’ve Come Up With In Our Crusade to Support </strong></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Title: What Casts the Shadow (The
Edge of the Known, Volume I)
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Author Name: Seth Mullins</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Welcome
to BK Walker Books Etc. I'm so happy you could join me today at The Virtual Cafe.</span></span></span></div>
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Looking out the nearest window, describe the scene you see.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>A
mess! We had a snow storm last night – seriously the biggest flakes
I’d ever seen, like the size of figs – which then turned to rain
in the night; and of course, in true Vermont fashion, the temperature
will now drop and turn it all into a skate rink.</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">BK:
Tell us about your office. Is it a mess like mine, or is everything
in its place?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>I
write in motion – that’s the way ideas percolate best for me –
so my ‘office’ is the kitchen table one moment, then my bed, then
a picnic table outside, etc. But I am fairly organized and clean. My
mind swirling within an ordered environment: that’s my preferred
way to work. </b></span></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;">BK:
What is a must-have, such as coffee or a favorite pen, that you need
to write?</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Well,
I must have coffee in my </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>day</i></span><span style="font-size: medium;">,
but not necessarily to write. ;) I used to be more superstitious
about the creative process and would have lucky pens, notebooks,
writing spots, etc. But now I seem able to do it under virtually any
sort of condition so long as I don’t sit still for too long. I
might write for four hours in a day, but it’ll be broken up by
dishes, hikes, music, errands, stepping out for lunch…</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;">BK:
Do you like to write in silence, or do you need music or background
noise?</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>I
almost always write to music. I’ll anticipate a certain scene
sometimes and then compile a playlist that fits its distinctive mood
so that I can just roll along in that emotional space until I’m
through. And of course I’ve been writing about the adventures and
misadventures of a struggling band anyway, so this approach is
fitting.</b></span></span></span></div>
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Tell us a bit about your hero/heroine, and their development.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Brandon
Chane begins his quest as a young musician both brilliant and
self-destructive. He belongs to that pantheon of artists who live
deeply but also <i>feel</i> life more intensely than they know how to
deal with. I wanted to explore the question of whether or not he
could ‘make peace’ in such a way that he could achieve a balanced
and happy life and yet still retain his vision. ‘Live fast, die
young’ has been a credo and cliché of rock'n'roll since the ‘60s.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Luckily,
Brandon finds possible salvation in the form of Saul Mason, a
middle-aged man who works as a counselor to people in crisis. Saul is
a mystic thinker, an intuitive healer, an ancient medicine man in
therapist guise. And he tries to demonstrate to Brandon how his life
is his own creation. He has the power to choose a new path. </b></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">BK:
As a writer myself, I'm always curious how other writers get through
stumble blocks. When you find a story not flowing, or a character
trying to fight you, how do you correct it?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>It
usually resolves itself if I’m able to recognize, in the moment,
that things are in a stuck place and then just let it go and do
something else. Any time I sweat my way through a scene it ends up
reading like that in the end: It sounds forced. I’ve learned to
trust that my stories have their own inner logic and emotional force,
and so it then becomes more a matter of letting things unfold, of
stepping out of the way, rather than wrestling with the prose. </b></span></span></span>
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Using the letters of your first name as an acronym, describe your
book...</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Shamanic
Energies To Heal</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;">BK:
How did your writing journey begin? </span></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>The
earliest catalyst that I can remember was my discovery of epic
fantasies like The Lord of the Rings and The Chronicles of Thomas
Covenant when I was in grade school. These worlds felt ‘real’ to
me, and I wanted to explore what that meant. Later on, the Beat
writers convinced me that one could use metaphor just as effectively
in what most people would consider more ‘real life’ scenarios.
And Surrealism was a bridge between those two worlds. Basically, I
just got really excited about the idea of evoking inner realities
through story, of crafting something that could have a healing effect
upon readers. </b></span></span></span>
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Using the letters from the word, Summer, how would friends and family
describe you?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Somewhere
under moonlight, musing everything relentlessly.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">BK:
What is the craziest thing you've ever written about, whether it got
published or not?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>This
series, actually. It contains a lot of subject matter that I’d been
afraid to approach before now. I worried that I might go so far in
evoking Brandon’s self-destructive tendencies that people just
wouldn’t care about him. I also worried that readers might assume
he was me. </b></span></span></span>
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Tell us one thing you've done in life, that readers would be most
surprised to know.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>The
whole Edge of the Known trilogy was written over a period of fourteen
months. I don’t often advertise this fact because I tend to worry
that people might think, “Oh, it must not be very good if it came
through that fast.” But it was just a feverishly inspired time,
such as I’d never experienced before – and for reasons which I
don’t fully understand.</b></span></span></span></div>
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What can we expect from you in the future? </span></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>I’m
actually not sure at the moment. I’m in the midst of a sort of
‘grieving process’ (dramatic description, I know) over these
characters who I’ve been writing about and living with so
intensely, now that the trilogy is completed. It’s almost like
having to decide whether to remain alone or get back on the horse in
the wake of a romantic breakup. I need to take time.</b> </span></span></span></div>
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or That...</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Coke
or Pepsi? <b>You mean to clean floors with?</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Night
Owl or Early Bird? <b>Both, actually. I stay up late, rise fairly early
and then nap in the afternoon, typically.</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Fantasy
or Mystery? <b>Fantasy. </b></span></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Pen/Paper
or Computer? <b>I usually begin with a handwritten draft, “Humanity’s
Way Forward” being an exception. </b></span></span></span>
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or Burger? <b>Love both, can’t choose.</b></span></span></span></div>
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or Vanilla? <b>Love both. Would depend on my mood of the moment.</b></span></span></span></div>
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or Mountains? <b>I’ve had the privilege of living close to both in my
life. There’s no way I could choose. Too long around one and I’d
miss the other. I realize I’m doing a lot of cheating here ;)</b></span></span></span></div>
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great getting to know more about you and your book, and wish you the
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</span></span></span>Seth Mullins writes visionary fiction, stories
that seek for a marriage between the invisible inner landscape from
whence our dreams and deepest inspirations come and the waking world,
the world that we call ‘the real’, which sorely needs those
life-giving forces. The result is fiction that seethes with surface
drama and conflict while at the same time revealing aspects of the
deeper mysteries of reality and of our own souls. The Edge of the
Known series, his most recent project, is also inspired by years
spent as a songwriter and performing musician. Seth has spent part of
his life in Connecticut, New Mexico and Oregon, and currently lives
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Book Description: When an altercation
outside of a performance venue nearly proves fatal, Brandon Chane
begins to realize how far his life is spinning out of control. His
efforts to channel his pain, frustration and thwarted loves into his
music may not suffice to save him. Then he meets Saul, a crisis
counselor with the soul of an ancient medicine-man, and a
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">I
suppose you could compare it to driving on a high mountain road. You
don’t realize how close you are to free-fall, or how sheer and far
is the plunge, until you go around a bend where one side is exposed
to open air and then there it is: The Abyss. </span>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">There’s
this edge that you can come to – I imagine it’s a different place
for each of us – and you just know that once you get swept over it
you won’t be coming back. By the time you’re close enough to </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>see</i></span><span style="font-size: x-small;">
it it may already be too late. You could find yourself teetering,
suddenly hearing the warnings that life had been giving you all
along, knowing that it’s become impossible to step back; because by
that time, those other forces – the ones pounding like the rapids
at your back, always trying to push you towards that edge and then
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Tommy
and I first talked about forming a band together before either of us
had learned to play an instrument. We both perceived music –
particularly, its heavy, extreme underside - as the ideal vehicle for
our personal salvation. The first guitar that I purchased, a Fender
Telecaster that I immediately spray painted black to my father’s
horror, became my refuge. It was my best friend and confidante. It
gave me a convenient excuse to avoid social situations that, more
often than not, would only remind me of how far off the beaten path I
really was – and, oftentimes, land me in one merciless scrap or
another. Instead, I could just sit in my basement room for hours,
listening to my various hardcore underground cassettes while trying
to trace the riffs I was hearing along the frets of my
charcoal-colored axe.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">That’s
how I learned to play so well within just a handful of years. I gave
up on the romanticized notion of a normal social life and focused on
practicing and creating. Tommy, meanwhile, had picked up the bass.
Somewhere along the line we discovered that we each had
halfway-decent singing voices as well, at least for the kind of
abrasive music we were writing.</span><br />
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see a quiet suburban neighborhood outside my bay window. The street
is littered on each side with distinctly colored split-level homes
while showing various degrees of manicured lawns and shrubbery.
Though my wife would tell you, mine lacked “keeping up with the
Joneses.” Also visible, a splash of autumn colors creeping into the
tree line. As I continued to look out the window, a yellow school bus
drops off a half-dozen elementary school children happy the day is
over. But the thing that intrigues me the most was seeing my neighbor
from a few doors down as she walked her dog. She seems to think the
neighborhood is her personal dog park. So I knocked on the window and
waved hello as a message to stay clear from my lawn.</b></i></span></span></div>
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Tell us about your office. Is it a mess like mine, or is everything
in its place?</span></span></div>
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think it’s something in between. It seems like I am always cleaning
by the end of the day. Most of the mess is from my day job as a
salesman. However, once I start writing I’m constantly looking
through my notes. It consists of random thoughts written on scraps of
paper scattered on my desk. Part of my cleanup is organizing my notes
so not to lose any great idea I might have had.</b></i></span></span></div>
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What is a must-have, such as coffee or a favorite pen, that you need
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only thing I can think of besides my computer is my wireless mouse.
I’m constantly looking up information on the web or searching
through my manuscript to make sure I am not changing the story
incorrectly. It would drive me nuts if I couldn’t just click
through multiple websites and manuscript pages with my mouse.</b></i></span></span></div>
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Do you like to write in silence, or do you need music or background
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is best for me because I’m easily distracted. My mind can go in a
totally different direction if something catches my attention. So
being in a quiet place keeps me focused. </b></i></span></span>
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main character is Michael Wells, and the story is told through his
eyes. He is well-meaning but he does have his flaws. His main flaw
is that he is cheap, and this may come back to bite him in the ass
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #181818;"><i><span style="background: #ffffff;"><b>He
is the one who discovers the secret that his new neighbors are
hosting alien visitors. He’s then confronted by the neighbors /
aliens who make him a deal that is appetizing to his fondness for
money. However, during the ordeal he eventually becomes more
sympathetic toward his new friends and helps them more than he would
have imagined. </b></span></i></span></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">BK:
As a writer myself, I'm always curious how other writers get through
stumble blocks. When you find a story not flowing, or a character
trying to fight you, how do you correct it?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b>Whenever
I find myself with a blank imagination, I go do a running workout on
the local high school track. I’m not sure what it is, but when I am
out there running all alone it clears my mind, and I’m able to
reset my train of thought. About an hour of it does the trick. </b></i></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">BK:
Using the letters of your first name as an acronym, describe your
book...</span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Judicious
</i></span></span>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Imaginative
</i></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b>Mystery
</b></i></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">BK:
How did your writing journey begin?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b>I’ve
always had a wild imagination, and to tell you the truth, I had
always thought it was a detriment. I always felt I was just a
dreamer. However, after continuing my education later in life, some
of the professors complimented me on my writing. After getting
encouragement from my wife, I decided to put that imagination on
paper. That combined with my love of science fiction; I set out to
write about many of the stories I have bouncing around in my head. </b></i></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">BK:
Using the letters from the word, Summer, how would friends and family
describe you?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b>Steady</b></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b>Unique</b></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b>Mindful</b></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b>Modest</b></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b>Energetic</b></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b>Runner</b></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">BK:
What is the craziest thing you've ever written about, whether it got
published or not?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><i>The
wife of the main character without his knowledge hosts an alien who
feeds off him. The name and description of the wife are the same as
my wife. She was my inspiration for the character. It was, although,
difficult to write about a love scene between her and the main
character. Not to give too much away, it wasn’t quite a ‘love
scene</i>.’</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">BK:
Tell us one thing you've done in life that readers would be most
surprised to know.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><i>I
have been a runner who participates in Masters Track meets. In 2004,
I took 4</i><sup><i>th</i></sup><i> place in my age group at the
World Championships in San Juan, Puerto Rico.</i></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">BK:
What can we expect from you in the future?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b>I
love to mix the conflict between science and religion, two
polar-opposites in philosophy within a story. My next project will
show the consequences of an apocalyptic aftermath due to extremes of
both science and religion while attempting to show the resilience of
people’s resolve to survive and make sacrifices to make things
right.</b></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>This
or That...</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Coke
or Pepsi?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b>Coke</b></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Night
Owl or Early Bird?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b>Night
Owl</b></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Fantasy
or Mystery?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b>Fantasy</b></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Pen/Paper
or Computer?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b>Computer</b></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Pizza
or Burger?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b>Burger</b></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Rock
or Country?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b>Rock</b></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Chocolate
or Vanilla?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b>Chocolate</b></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Beach
or Mountains?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b>Mountains</b></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Thank
you so much for having us as one of your stops today. It has been
great getting to know more about you and your book, and wish you the
best of success!</span></span></div>
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Publisher: Sayville Books<br />
Release Date: September 30th<br />
Buy Links: TBA<br />
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Description:<br />
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When new neighbors, Mike and Ann Wells along with their children CJ and Patricia, move into the southern part of town along the Great South Bay of Long Island, they discover the true identity of their neighbors.<br />
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Each of their new neighbors hosts a being from an alien race hiding from the cruelty of enslavement. This mysterious race needs the Wells family to help them navigate the complicated human experience while being concealed from a nosy but well-meaning old priest. But most of all, they must help them from being captured by a corrupt individual looking to make a profit off a race hoping to peacefully secure fuel to stay one step ahead of their former masters.<br />
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As the town of Seaville erupts into chaos, Mike and Ann try to keep their new friends concealed and safe. However, time is running out as their former masters search the universe for their lost property and inch closer to Earth.<br />
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Author Bio:<br />
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Jim Reilly is a new science fiction / fantasy novelist. He is a married father of four, born and raised in Long Island. After going back to college and finishing with an MBA, some of his professors gave accolades to his writing prowess. With that and encouragement from his wife, he wrote his first novel, Evolution.<br />
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The success of Evolution has inspired Jim to continue his writing efforts and finish his next science fiction / fantasy novel, Seaville.<br />
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From an early age, Jim always had a fascination with science, science fiction, and fantasy to a point that it became a passion of his. Now he enjoys putting that passion to paper. He has already penned his next book and is working on another.<br />
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<a href="http://sayvillebooks.com/" style="color: #945fc3; text-decoration: none;" title="Links active once published"><u><strong>sayvillebooks.com</strong></u></a><br />
<a href="http://jimreillyscifi.wordpress.com/" style="color: #945fc3; text-decoration: none;" title="Links active once published"><u><strong>jimreillyscifi.wordpress.com</strong></u></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6591359.Jim_Reilly" style="color: #945fc3; text-decoration: none;" title="Links active once published"><u><strong>www.</strong></u><u><strong>goodreads</strong></u><u><strong>.com/author/show/6591359.</strong></u><u><strong>Jim</strong></u><u><strong>_</strong></u><u><strong>Reilly</strong></u></a></div>
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Looking out the nearest window, describe the scene you see.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Trees
and the American flag blowing in the light breeze. It’s overcast
but looks beautiful out there. Now I want to be outside!</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">BK:
Tell us about your office. Is it a mess like mine, or is everything
in its place?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>I
don’t have an office. But if I did, it’d definitely be messy.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">BK:
What is a must-have, such as coffee or a favorite pen, that you need
to write?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> A
notebook. I take so many notes before, during and after the writing
process. I couldn’t live without it! I can’t tell you how many
notebooks I have scattered around that are filled with all my ideas
for future or previous story ideas.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">BK:
Do you like to write in silence, or do you need music or background
noise?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> I
prefer silence. Although, I listen to music when I need to be
inspired.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">BK:
Tell us a bit about your hero/heroine, and their development.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> Brent
is a teen who is struggling between who he fears he is and who he so
desperately wants to be. As his journey continues, he learns that
perhaps those two people aren’t as different as he originally
thought they were.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">BK:
What is your unique twist that you've brought to your storyline?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> It’s
a story that includes magic, although magic is far from the main
focus of the story. It’s a coming of age story about family and
friendship that just happens to include a little magic.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">BK:
As a writer myself, I'm always curious how other writers get through
stumble blocks. When you find a story not flowing, or a character
trying to fight you, how do you correct it?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> When
I struggle with a scene or character, I usually skip the scene and go
on to one that’s easier to write. As for a character that is giving
me trouble, I talk the issue out with friends or I revert to my
notebook. </b></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">BK:
Using the letters of your first name as an acronym, describe your
book...</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> Juvenile
Delinquent</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> Acceptance</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> Morality</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> Inspiring</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> Empathetic</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">BK:
How did your writing journey begin?</span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> I’ve
been writing since I was in 3</span></span><sup><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">rd</span></span></sup><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
grade. I started with comics and poems and plays and progressed to
novels. Guess I have more to say now.</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">BK:
Using the letters from the word, Summer, how would friends and family
describe you?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> Unique,
motivating and respectful</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">BK:
What is the craziest thing you've ever written about, whether it got
published or not?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> Fanfiction
about time traveling</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">BK:
Tell us one thing you've done in life, that readers would be most
surprised to know.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> I
hated to read until after my first year of college. I don’t think
I ever completely finished a book all through school.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">BK:
What can we expect from you in the future?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> I’m
not sure yet, you’ll have to wait and see.</b></span></span></div>
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I'm a 2nd Dan Black Belt in Tang Soo
Do. I have been on mission trips, one to Haiti and the other to a
Native American Reservation/Camp in Oklahoma. I loved both
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I am in the Army Reserves. And I
volunteer at Camp Sunshine each August. I also work in Security for
Farmer's Insurance. And I was a victim's advocate for the YWCA.</div>
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My passion is writing and I love to
read. I wrote a books, A Place for Me, and most recently, Soul
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When I was 19, I made an independent
film (wrote, directed and starred in it) called, Weight of the World.
I wrote A Place for Me when I was 20. Published it at 21. When I was
22, my cousins and I made a indie movie out of it.</div>
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Now at 32, I wrote another book. Soul
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<span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><u><a class="western" href="http://www.jamiejobrenner.com/"><span lang="en-US">http://www.jamiejobrenner.com</span></a></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><u><a class="western" href="http://www.amazon.com/Soul-Searching-Jamie-Jo-Brenner/dp/1500425664/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1405969708&sr=1-1&keywords=soul+searching+by+jamie-jo+brenner"><span lang="en-US">http://www.amazon.com/Soul-Searching-Jamie-Jo-Brenner/dp/1500425664/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1405969708&sr=1-1&keywords=soul+searching+by+jamie-jo+brenner</span></a></u></span></span></div>
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I also have a facebook page for me,
Jamie-Jo Brenner as well as Soul Searching novel page.</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Book Genre: Young Adult</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Publisher: Self-Published through
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Release Date: July 16, 2014</span></b></div>
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Brent Harper is the perfect guy. He's
Max's hero--the boy she's had a crush on since the school year began.
But when Brent goes missing, Max must face the truth that she really
doesn't know him at all. In order to find him, she will first need to
learn everything she can about him.</div>
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After Brent wakes up without any
memories, his only choice is to trust the first person he sees.
Alison, the girl who finds him, promises to help him remember. But
what if he doesn't want to remember? When his memories start to
return, Brent is confronted with the hardest decision of his life.</div>
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How do you choose between who you
thought you were and who you want to be?</div>
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<b>Prologue</b></div>
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<b>Brent</b></div>
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<i>There is no easy way
from the earth to the stars.</i></div>
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<i>-Seneca</i></div>
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Images of the fight flooded my mind.
I’d considered Lucas and Mark my friends, but I wasn’t so sure
anymore. I stopped them from picking on my best friend, Max, and the
next thing I knew I was shoved against a locker. The cold metal
rattled loudly when my body slammed into it. My head throbbed in pain
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“Stay out of it for once,” Lucas
growled.
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“Maybe it’s time you learned your
place,” Mark spat at me as his fist knocked the wind out of my
lungs.
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Lucas’s knee connected with my ribs,
and I winced in pain. They alternated between knees to stomach, and
punches to my face. I fell to a clump on the ground. I knew I
should‘ve defended myself, but I made a promise to someone--a
promise that I swore I’d keep. I took the beating without
complaint, because I knew I deserved it. I always deserved it.</div>
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Between kicks, I heard Mark say, “Dude,
fight back.”</div>
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It sounded like a plea. But I lost
consciousness before I figured out the significance of it. It’d
been hours since that fight, but even now my ribs hurt and my face
ached. Even with all the blood washed away, I bore evidence of the
fight, and had feared going home.
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I wandered the streets and watched the
sky darken around me as I prayed for answers that never came. If they
had come, I wouldn’t have done something that I already regretted.
I made my choice. And even if I didn’t remember this in the
morning, the truth of it weighed heavily on my mind tonight. My
demons always found a way to haunt me. Somehow, I knew they’d
follow me this time as well. I just wished I hadn’t chosen to start
this journey alone.
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I reached my destination, and had I
taken one last look at the sky. I found my favorite constellations,
and recalled all the times I’d admired this same sky. I always felt
at home among the stars--they were the only good thing about the
darkness. Their presence harkened the depths of imagination. They
were ageless as they gazed back at us. We were mere fragments in the
lifetime of a star. I longed for that kind of immortality. Even now,
I yearned to exist.
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I collapsed onto the grass, and fought
off sleep for as long as I could. I was terrified of tomorrow.
Exhausted, I dispelled one last breath of hot air, and I resigned
myself to my fate. Things were finally going to change, I’d seen to
that. I couldn’t run forever. And with that thought in mind, I had
closed my eyes, and allowed the spell to take me.</div>
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Wardrobe: Most of my writing is done
at my home office. I try to write most evenings and weekends. Living
in California I spend most of my life in jeans and a comfy t-shirt. I
prefer V-neck t shirts made of 100 percent cotton. Pink is my go- to
color and I own hundreds of pink t-shirts. I usually wear flip flops
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I am an advisor on a few websites so
when I am writing articles, I usually peruse the news via google to
find what’s on peoples mind. Sometimes I read the news and
headlines and it gives me an idea for my initial plot. Once I have
the general crime the characters and plot start to formulate. I pick
character names from a book on baby names, or sometimes I use a
writing program that randomly provides names. Only once I had to
change a character name after my novel was written and that was
difficult. To me he was always going to be Bernie, but people will
get to know him as Doug. The decision to change his name came,
because it was too close to the name of my protagonist and I decided
that it might be confusing to readers. I spend quite a bit of time
picking the perfect name. I google pictures of people in the various
professions and that helps me select the look of a character in my
mind, which I can then later describe.
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Best writing place is in my home
office. I have a large desk and I keep a notebook beside my computer
so I can keep track of a time line, or character names handy so I am
not slowed down from writing once I am in the “groove.” I also
have a second open document called “outtakes” if I don’t like
the page or the paragraph I move it there in case I need it or like
it better in another section of the novel. I always start with my
morning coffee which sometimes I end up spilling on my notes. Most
pages have some coffee stains, because I don’t look up from the
keyboard, sometimes for hours at a time.</div>
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I don’t have a best pick me up book,
just favorite authors. I try to take a break if I am writing a lot to
read, so I can see how the pros are doing it. Unfortunately, now as
I develop my craft, it is like being behind the scenes so to speak,
and some books I notice the writing style and writing rules instead
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I don’t have a secret talent. I do
however have a unique sense of humor and am often told “You are so
funny.” So I try to find humor in situations and I write comical
excerpts in all my writing.
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The best ideas come to me in the random
ways, or after someone says something to me that I can’t get out of
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Author Bio:<span style="font-family: cursive, Times New Roman;">
Sharon Hollander is an author, entrepreneur, and a healthcare
consultant in the area of practice management<br />for over 30 years.
She is a leading expert in the area of physician billing and
reimbursement. Currently the President of STAT Medical Consulting,
a comprehensive medical billing service in Encino,
California providing billing services to physicians and surgeons
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Anecdotes and real case studies ripped from the headlines about what
doctors did which got them into trouble either with Medicare, HIPPA,
The Office of Inspector General or worse the FBI.</div>
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The case studies presented within these pages are true stories of
medical professionals: Some are about providers just like you. Many
doctors are just trying to navigate the maze of the medical billing
process.</div>
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Many providers thought that if they only bill just 99213’s, they
could stay under the radar. What they didn’t expect is that by
doing this and not varying their coding appropriately, they were
raising red flags about their billing practices which led to them
being audited by Medicare.
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healthcare, you cannot afford to miss this information.</div>
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must read!</div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">One
winter morning a doctor, called Dr. Winters received a phone call
from one of his patients.</span></span></div>
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“<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Dr.
Winter, I am really upset.”</span></span></div>
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“<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">And
why is that Mr. Jones?” the doctor asked innocently.</span></span></div>
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“<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I
recently got hired by a new company, and well they are requesting a
pre-employment physical.”</span></span></div>
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“<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Well
I have seen you recently, has anything changed for you? You were in
good health when I saw you last.”</span></span></div>
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“<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Well,
here is the thing, doc, I am feeling fine, actually better than
ever,” said Mr. Jones</span></span></div>
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‘<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Okay
so what’s the problem?”</span></span></div>
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“<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">They
denied my employment, and told me to contact my doctor.” </span></span>
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‘<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">That’s
unusual. Did they tell you why?”</span></span></div>
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“<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">No,
just that I better call you as soon as possible.”</span></span></div>
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“<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Okay
why don’t you schedule an appointment with my office, and we can
run some tests to see what if anything is going on.”</span></span></div>
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‘<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Okay
thank you doctor.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The
patient had a battery of tests and a complete physical and all were
normal. Dr. Winters released Mr. Jones back into the world, and told
him if he develops any kind of symptoms to contact him. As one would
expect three months went by and Dr. Winters never gave Mr. Jones and
the mystery of why Mr. Jones was denied employment another thought. </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">About
three months later, Dr. Winters received a note from Medicare
requesting about twenty of his charts for a post-payment review, sort
of a mini audit. He was upset. A doctor hears audit, and well it
would be the same as if the IRS came a knocking. His staff pulled
the twenty patient files and Dr. Winters reviewed the patient’s
clinical notes he had well documented in the medical records. </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The
first patient had been congestive heart failure, and the patient was
anxious about whether to undergo a CBBGE bypass surgery. The next
patient had a rotator cuff injury and was also worried about his
ability to play pro-baseball if he had his surgery. The third was a
patient that had experienced symptoms of a heart attack, but it was
deemed to be just anxiety. </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">After
careful review, he copied the records and sent them off to Medicare.
Another three months passed, and then he got a notice from Medicare
to refund two thousand dollars, based on their audit findings. </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Needless
to say, Dr. Winters was pissed. Of course, Medicare requested this
information on the day before he was to leave on a much deserved
vacation. Well, he cut the check and sent the funds to Medicare.
Most physicians may have left it at that, but Dr. Winters was peeved
at Medicare, and personally resolved to get to the bottom of this
outrage.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">He
had his staff call Medicare, but they were not able to determine the
cause of the problem. Finally after his own frustration escalated he
resolved to solve the case of the audit himself. Two hours and
countless phone transfers he finally spoke to a live representative
at Medicare who told him, in all of the twenty cases he billed for
Leprosy. </span></span>
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“<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Leprosy?”
he yelled at the Medicare representative. “There is no leprosy
outbreak in Canoga Park.”</span></span></div>
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“<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I
am looking at the copies of the screen on my computer, and the claims
were all billed with a Leprosy diagnosis.”</span></span></div>
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“<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Well
obviously this is just a simple billing error” Dr. Winter’s
proclaimed.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">After
hanging up the phone and finding his biller, Dr. Winter’s
determined that his biller had transposed the ICD-9 code and instead
of anxiety using the code 300.0 she had submitted the bills to
Medicare with the code 030.0 for leprosy.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Mr.
Jones was contacted and Dr. Winter’s office had to contact a few
other non-Medicare patients to notify their commercial insurances of
their office’s mistakes. Fortunately, for Mr. Jones he did seek
new employment however his insurance company still shows a history of
Leprosy in the patient’s database of coverage. When he changes
insurances it rears its ugly head again. </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The
moral: It is the physician who is responsible to make sure his staff
is accurate especially when submitting claims on his/her behalf. Dr.
Winters was flagged at Medicare and from that day forward he had to
often submit medical records every quarter to justify his level of
billing and for diagnostic accuracy. Over the course of the next
couple of years he got audited by Medicare three times. </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Times, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span lang="en-US">UNLEASHED </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span lang="en-US">is
the first book in Emily Kimelman's best selling Sydney Rye series of
mysteries.</span></span></span></span></div>
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people telling her what to do, so it comes as no surprise that she
was just fired from her last job. When she buys Charlene Miller's
dog-walking business on Manhattan's exclusive upper east side, it
seems like the perfect fit: Quiet environment, minimal contact with
people.</span></div>
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Rumors say Charlene was having an affair with the victim--and of
course, everyone assumes Joy must know where she is. Joy begins to
look into the crime, first out of curiosity then out of anger when
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police detective Mulberry is assigned to the case, Joy finds a
kindred spirit--cynical and none-too-fond of the human race. As they
dig deep into the secrets of Manhattan's elite, they not only get
closer to the killer but also to a point of no return. One last
murder sends Joy Humbolt hurtling over the edge. Her only chance of
survival is to become Sydney Rye.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span lang="en-US">DEATH
IN THE DARK </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span lang="en-US">(A
Sydney Rye Novella, #2) </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span lang="en-US">INSATIABLE</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span lang="en-US">
(A Sydney Rye Novel, #3)</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span lang="en-US">STRINGS
OF GLASS </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span lang="en-US">(A
Sydney Rye Novel, #4)</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span lang="en-US">THE
DEVIL'S BREATH </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span lang="en-US">(A
Sydney Rye Novel, #5) Coming April 2014</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, serif;">Emily
Kimelman is the author of the best selling "Sydney Rye" series of
mystery novels including UNLEASHED, DEATH IN THE DARK, INSATIABLE,
STRINGS OF GLASS and the forthcoming THE DEVIL'S BREATH. Emily
lives with her husband, Sean Gilvey, and their dog, Kinsey Millhone
"Pup Detective", on a trawler docked in the Hudson Valley during
the summer. She spends her winters traveling to where ever the next
Sydney Rye Novel takes place. Right now she is in Costa Rica working
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #464760; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.199999809265137px; line-height: 7.800000190734863px;">A lifetime resident of the Washington, DC area, K.M. Woodard has always enjoyed the outdoors and loves to </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #464760; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.199999809265137px; line-height: 7.800000190734863px;">travel. After working 17 years with the MetLife Insurance Company, she pursued her career as a Federal Law</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #464760; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.199999809265137px; line-height: 7.800000190734863px;">Enforcement Agent with Homeland Security and has a Masters Degree in Criminology. A true Tolkien fan, her </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #464760; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.199999809265137px; line-height: 7.800000190734863px;">passion for medieval and ancient times and her personal travel adventures often inspire ideas for new books.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #464760; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.199999809265137px; line-height: 7.800000190734863px;">Her active imagination and fascination with escaping reality to a world of enchantment, mystery and suspense</span><br />
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Release Date: 10/30/2014</div>
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Wizdom didn't
know dragons really existed. He's never ridden a white woolly mammoth
or flown on a griffin. He's never known a real king or a princess or
been friends with a goblin. Wizdom's never seen elves that glow blue
all the time. All he's ever known are his adoptive mother and his
aunt Kayden. One day he finds himself in a secret world, face to face
with dragons and fire monsters. He meets an interesting girl,
Pandora, who he learns is no ordinary girl, just as he is no ordinary
boy. Wizdom soon finds himself on a magical journey full of secrets,
sorcery, danger and evil. He fights many fierce battles and faces
certain death as his quest leads him on an adventure like never
before as he discovers his true identity . . . or does he?</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Excerpt:</span></b></div>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT, serif;">W</span><span style="font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular, serif;">izdom
stared in awe, unconsciously holding his breath, as </span>
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular, serif;">he
looked up the endless staircase of gleaming black marble</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular, serif;">before
him. The air around him was damp and musty and tickled his</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular, serif;">nostrils.
Cobwebs hung overhead, dangling high above him from the</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular, serif;">towering
ceiling. Perched at the top of the stairs was a large, golden</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular, serif;">dragon
throne. Sitting on white marble, it was surrounded by statues</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular, serif;">of
goblins, gargoyles and other strange creatures. They all stared back</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular, serif;">disconcertingly
at Wizdom, some with tongues out, others with piercing</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular, serif;">eyes,
bared teeth or pointed ears. The dragon’s head held its mouth</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular, serif;">agape,
as if ready to devour him, revealing a long golden tongue jutting</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular, serif;">out
and sharp pointed teeth. The arms of the throne were created by</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular, serif;">the
front legs of the dragon and the claws made up the feet of the chair.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular, serif;">A
huge tail jutted out from the back of the chair and coiled around</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular, serif;">to
the front like a sitting cat. Three spikes on the tail’s end
glistened</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular, serif;">in
piercing diamond shards. Giant wings stood out from the dragon’s</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular, serif;">back,
poised for flight, black and shimmering like dark sapphires. Its</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular, serif;">eyes
were large rubies, and its body was sprinkled in faceted jewels.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular, serif;">Two
spiraling horns jutted out from its head, over a foot of solid gold,</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular, serif;">with
diamonds on the tips. Held within the horns shone an enormous</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular, serif;">crimson
red stone, casting an eerie glow and dancing shadows over the</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular, serif;">stone
statues surrounding it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular, serif;">What
was this place? Where was he? He dared to move forward,</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular, serif;">ever
so slowly, toward this great altar. His pulse racing, palms sweating,</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular, serif;">he
paused momentarily, staring up at the dragon’s red gleaming eyes.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular, serif;">As
he approached the stairs, the dragon’s fiery eyes stared down at
him</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular, serif;">unnervingly,
as if it was alive, watching him.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular, serif;">Wizdom
wondered about how he had gotten there. How </span><span style="font-family: AGaramondPro-Italic, serif;"><i>did
</i></span><span style="font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular, serif;">he</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular, serif;">get
here? He glanced around the great hall surrounding him. Flickering</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular, serif;">candles,
sconces and torches aligned the walls of marbled stone. The</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular, serif;">ceiling
was several stories high and great pillars supported the wooden</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular, serif;">arches
above him. Shadows and darkness surrounded him, except for</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular, serif;">the
faint glow of the iron torches, and the scarlet glow of the jewel</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular, serif;">radiating
from the dragon’s crown jewel. He could feel some sort of</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular, serif;">power
emanating from it as he stood there. It made him feel happy and</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular, serif;">safe,
despite his surroundings.</span></div>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular, serif;">Suddenly,
he saw movement out of the corner of his left eye. He</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular, serif;">looked
quickly, but saw nothing. Turning to scurrying sounds to his</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular, serif;">right,
he still saw nothing but black. Was he imagining things? Because</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular, serif;">of
the obscuring darkness, he could not see very far, only as far as the</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular, serif;">torches
lining the walls. He was only eleven but he was an adventurer</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular, serif;">and
never scared and despite his current situation, he normally loved</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span style="font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular, serif;">mysteries
and secret places. Unconsciously, his pulse kept racing as</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular, serif;">the
silence crept eerily around him… </span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Truth
or Fiction?</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I
knew I wanted Northwest of Eden to be based on true events – and
ultimately, it is – every single event in the story is absolutely
true, at least the best that I can remember it, and I think I did a
pretty good job of taking notes.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Had
I continued on the path I took initially, I would have captioned it
“Based on a True Story,” which means, “There actually is a true
story that inspired this but most of what you read is utterly
fabricated.” </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">First,
there were a LOT of actors in this macabre play – there were around
250 soldiers in various capacities that made that Combat Support
Hospital work – I am proud to say that I knew most of them, at
least on a casual basis, and many became like family. In the
Emergency Section alone, there were 23 of us at any given time. I
couldn’t possibly mention them all without confusing the reader.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Secondly,
the emotions were raw, perhaps more than I was comfortable with
revealing. There was love and caring married with absolute hatred
and having an affair with the two sisters, anxiety and insecurity. I
wasn’t sure I wanted to reveal those things about myself, much less
a whole group of other people.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Would
I need their permission to use their real names? What if I said
something about someone that they felt was private? There were so
many issues to overcome, that I started out by creating a character
based on Thomas Hartley, who appears in Chapter One, and John Myers,
who appears in the second chapter. I amalgamated those two fine men
and created Jim. Jim could be revealing without getting hurt, and I
could insult him if I wanted. I could even end up hating him. No
one would care, because he wasn’t a real person.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">And
therein lied the problem - as the first few chapters progressed, Jim
became like a mannequin. He felt sort of real, but he just wasn’t,
no matter how hard I wanted him to be. Sometimes he was Tom, John,
or Jon, but he never really developed into Jim.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I
might also have included “Names have been changed to protect the
innocent.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Except
they weren’t. And they aren’t.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">So
I went back and made them all real. I used real names, because it
would have been insulting to hide them. These were the finest people
I have ever worked with. They did remarkable things under the worst
conditions, and sacrificed a piece of themselves to do that. Many of
them still feel the hurt when they are by themselves in a quiet room
and have a little too much time to think.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I
made two exceptions for the witches who occupied the nursing
executive office. I decided that if they didn’t have souls, then
they didn’t deserve names, either.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">As
a true story, the truth of it all was just too important. The reader
needs to feel the warmth, laugh out loud, and cry out in anguish with
each one of us.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">That
was the only way that the truth felt true.</span></span></div>
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Yancy Caruthers (1971- )grew up in
Alton, MO, and joined the Army Reserves at 17. He became a nurse, and
worked in several areas until finding a passion in emergency
medicine, which ultimately led to a job with an air ambulance
company. He served in Iraq two different times, and retired from the
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After this experience, he decided to
leave the medical profession and pursue other endeavors. He has now
lived on three continents, and is hoping to reside on at least three
more. He currently lives with his family in Nassau, The Bahamas.</div>
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Book Description: Northwest of Eden is
the author's first person account of his experience during Operation
Iraqi Freedom as second-in-command of an Army emergency department
and leader of an air transport team. The varied cast of characters
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conditions, while wielding the darkest humor against each other just
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My nose hairs stung as I shook the
sleep from my head. The putrid smell was back in force, although I
hadn’t noticed it the night before. I reminded myself to call
someone in housing and have them try to disrupt whatever animal
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adventure. I was just wrapping up the story when I looked up to see
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last night,” she began. “I didn’t mean to leave you hanging
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going on up there?” I asked. I wanted to ask what was more
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rest – the bad guy had then turned on a spotlight, trying to shine
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dirtbag repented of his terroristic ways and ran full speed into the
bushes. I waited with anticipation to hear about how the AH-1 fired
a rocket up this guy’s ass, but apparently when the medical chopper
one is supposed to be protecting takes off in a dead sprint at 150
mph, it’s considered bad form to stick around to shoot one bad guy,
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Kellie Lane, a native of Lexington, MS
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author, motivational speaker, and professional life coach. Kellie has
dedicated her life to the work of encouraging others to reach their
maximum potential in Christ. Her message to the world is " Don't
give up, push, pray, and persist " until you reach the point of
breakthrough. In addition to writing and speaking, Kellie serves our
nation's veterans a Family Nurse Practitioner.</div>
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Welcome to BK Walker Books Etc. I'm so happy you could join me today.</div>
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BK: Tell us about your office. Is it a mess like mine, or is everything in its place? <span style="color: red;">Not the neatest or the messiest, somewhere in between. I love sticky notes with little messages. I have them everywhere! </span></div>
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BK: What is a must-have, such as coffee or a favorite pen, that you need to write? <span style="color: red;">For some reason, my thoughts flow better with my desktop computer, laptop is second choice. So I really need my desktop! </span></div>
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BK: Do you like to write in silence, or do you need music or background noise? <span style="color: red;">Silence ..shh! </span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">Bishop T.D. Jakes is the person that I think I look up to the most. He is an awesome Man of God. His message delivery is phenomenal and I feel like I already know him although as of yet I only get to interact with him on YouTube. I would so love to meet him in person! </span></div>
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BK: As a writer myself, I'm always curious how other writers get through stumble blocks. When you find a story not flowing, or a character trying to fight you, how do you correct it? <span style="color: red;">I have to pay attention to fine details. Sometimes I will walk in the park or just get all by myself and say “ Okay. Lord, I need you to speak to me right now!”. </span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">K-eep the faith, God will do just what he has promised</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">E-expect only the best </span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">L-Learn to embrace your waiting period </span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">L-ive with the expectancy of a miracle every day</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">I-invest time with God</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">E-ven if God is not talking, He’s listening. Don’t give up! </span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">As a result of my own suffering with the agony of enduring God’s silence </span></div>
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BK: Tell us one thing you've done in life that readers would be most surprised to know.---<span style="color: red;">My mother passed away 7 days before I gave birth to twins –the book is dedicated to her although she did not live to see the finished product. </span></div>
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BK: What can we expect from you in the future? <span style="color: red;">Many speaking engagements, many more books, many more words of life declared over every one of you! </span></div>
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Coke or Pepsi? <span style="color: red;">Coke (diet)</span></div>
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Night Owl or Early Bird? <span style="color: red;">Early bird </span></div>
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Fantasy or Mystery? <span style="color: red;">Fantasy </span></div>
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why he or she may be waiting on the answers to their prayers and how
to endure in a season of silence. It also reveals how to recognize
"God's answer" if he chooses to answer differently than
what we anticipate. The take home message is “ Never Give up! Even
if God is not talking he’s still listening”. We must learn to
“push, pray, and persist” until we reach the point of
breakthrough. God desires to give only the best to his children. We
must understand this.
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If you’re reading this book, more
than likely you are in what is called a pressed place; a place of
waiting. Does it seem as if God has forgotten about you? Has everyone
else around you begun to celebrate their miracles, yet you are still
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sense of weariness and emptiness? Have
you been praying and crying out to God day in and out and still you
see no change? Have you found yourself wondering if God has gone on
vacation? Have you been contemplating that perhaps what you are
believing God for is not in His will? Well if this describes you,
congratulations! You are next in line for a miracle. I decree and
declare defeat is not your portion; victory is your portion. Receive
it, in Jesus’ name. Amen.<br />
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His generals know that if he can get us
to lose our focus, we will not be in position when the fullness of
time comes and we will miss the blessing. We must know without a
doubt that God is faithful and never fails. We must be certain that
even if God is not talking, He’s still listening.<br />
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All Liam Anderson wanted after the War Between the States, was a little peace. After seventeen years in the army, he’s tired of fighting and killing. Having lost his beloved wife to influenza, he’s tired of hurting. And seeing his baby brother framed for murder, he’s tired of injustice.</div>
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He left everything behind to help his brothers escape, packed up his children and possessions, and took them all to a gold claim in Deadwood. Miss Eleanor Smith is a thirty-two year-old spinster. She gave up her dream of a home and family a long time ago. Instead, she has spent her life traveling the world, ministering to the weak, the injured, the poor, and the forgotten, following her preacher father from one hell hole to another.</div>
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From what she’s seen of men and the world, she’s better off taking care of herself. And she gets along just fine, until she literally falls into Liam’s arms, gets in the middle of a fight that isn’t hers, and becomes a pawn for an enemy’s revenge.</div>
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Deadwood was supposed to be a fresh start for Liam Anderson and his younger brothers, but trouble followed him and his children. And when Eleanor disappears, only Liam can rescue her. The headstrong, independent woman awoke his dead passion, but refused to surrender to his touch. Can he convince her that merely surviving isn’t enough? Despite his sins, he's the only man who can save her, and she's the only woman strong enough to heal his broken heart.</div>
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<i>Liam Anderson sat in front of a blazing fire, in his pajamas and robe, puffing on his pipe, reading, for the last time in this house. The place he’d called home for so many years. The kids were asleep upstairs. Sleep had eluded him and he’d risen to read until he got tired.</i><i>BAM! BAM! BAM!He looked up from the book he read and glanced at the mantel clock. One of the few things he hadn’t packed away. “What in the world? Who would be out in this weather at this hour?</i><i>”What the hell?” said Liam, when he opened the door to his two younger brothers. “Jake? Zach? What are you two doing here? It’s the middle of the night.”Zach growled from behind Jake. “Are you going to let us in or make us stand in this rain all night?”</i><i>“Come in. Zach put that gun away,” said Liam.</i><i>“Can’t until the kid here,” he poked Jake in the back with his gun, “is inside and we’ve talked to you.</i><i>”Jake, the youngest of his brothers, walked into the foyer of the house, followed closely by Zach. He stared down the hallway, packed with luggage and boxes down to the parlor, but didn’t question it. Didn’t even seem to notice that the house was packed up ready to move.</i><i>Both of them were haggard, completely worn out. Their coats were soaked through and they couldn’t have been comfortable. He’d never seen them looking so exhausted or…desperate.</i><i>“Sorry to do this to you, Liam. I know you’re leaving tomorrow,” said Zach as he holstered his gun and dripped water onto the foyer floor. He threw his had onto one of the steamer trunks. Jake followed suit.</i><i>It was times like these that the difference between his brothers was so striking. Zach with his nearly black hair and dark blue eyes. There was one in every generation with the coloring of their Gypsy great grandmother, Zach was theirs and their father had been the one in his generation. It was rare to have two gypsies in the same family, usual it was an uncle or aunt rather than a parent of the latest child with the coloring.</i><i>Jake with dark blond, overly long hair and light blue eyes most resembled their dear mother.</i><i>Liam was somewhere between the two, with light brown hair and gray eyes. His children were different as night and day, too. Ten year old David resembled Liam not only physically but mentally too. David always seemed to weigh his words before he spoke them. Whereas Hannah, the gypsy of her generation, said whatever came into her little head. She was only five, but even at her age, David had been as contemplative as he was now.</i><i>He smiled thinking of his children. They were his joy. His reason for living. He closed his eyes and grounded himself in the present and answered Jake.“Yes. At first light. Now, tell me what’s going on and why you brought Jake here at gun point.”</i><i>“Only way I could get him to come,” growled Zach.</i><i>“And?” Liam said, exasperated. “Don’t make me beat the story out of you word by word, little brother. Just tell me the problem.”</i><i>Liam pointed at the two chairs in front of the fire and then went to the fireplace and stoked the banked coals back to a roaring blaze. He really didn’t need this now, not when he was leaving in the morning. Not when he was so close to putting the old, hurtful memories behind him.</i></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">BK:
Looking out the nearest window, describe the scene you see. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>DS: While
sitting in my room in Marina Del Rey I see beautiful boats in the
water.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">BK:
Tell us about your office. Is it a mess like mine, or is everything
in its place? </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>DS: LOL, yes it’s bit of a mess I must tidy up.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">BK:
What is a must-have, such as coffee or a favorite pen that you need
to write? </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>DS: I must have my coffee first thing, then my George
Washington pen:)</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">BK:
Do you like to write in silence, or do you need music or background
noise? </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>DS:Total silence works for me.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">BK:
Tell us a bit about your hero/heroine, and their development. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>DS: Mohammed Ali, you saw a brash young man grow and become a great
American.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">BK:
As a writer myself, I'm always curious how other writers get through
stumble blocks. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>DS: When you find a story not flowing, or a character
trying to fight you, how do you correct it? I stop and take a step
back and meditate on my story, and continue after 20 to 30 minutes.
Knowing that I have to understand the character by putting myself in
there shoes.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">BK:
Using the letters of your first name as an acronym, describe your
book... </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>DS: Wow, well I would start off of course with </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>D-Dynamite</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>W-Wonderful</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>I-Inspirational</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>G-Great</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>H-Healing </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>T-Thoughtful.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">BK:
How did your writing journey begin? </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>DS: It began twenty-five years ago as
a mental picture in my mind.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">BK:
Using the letters from the word, Summer, how would friends and family
describe you? </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>DS: S-Successful </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> U-Understanding</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> M-Meticulous </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> M-Mindful </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> E-Eger </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> R-reliable</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">BK:
What is the craziest thing you've ever written about, whether it got
published or not? </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>DS: I had a story written about significance of people
loving one another, and what it takes to make that journey.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">BK:
Tell us one thing you've done in life, that readers would be most
surprised to know. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>DS: I accomplished being the number one basketball
player in the Country in 1972 through hard work. And I’ve traveled
many Countries I would not have dreamed of and met many people and
many cultures such as Turkey, Israel, Germany, India, Spain, France,
Amsterdam, London, Canada, Italy, and great life experiences</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">BK:
What can we expect from you in the future? </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>DS: Part two of INNER CITY
STRENGTH!</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Arial, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>This
or That...</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Coke
or Pepsi? <b>Coke</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Night
Owl or Early Bird? <b>Early Bird</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Fantasy
or Mystery? <b>Fantasy</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Pen/Paper
or Computer? <b>Pen</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Pizza
or Burger? <b>Burger</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Rock
or Country? <b>Rock</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Chocolate
or Vanilla? <b>Chocolate</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Beach
or Mountains? <b>Beach</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #003300;"><span style="font-family: Times, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Dwight
Slaughter graduated from Verbum Dei High School, a school with one of
the top 10 winning basketball teams of all time. While at Verbum Dei
High School Dwight was voted number one player in the Country in 1972
by different sports magazines. He then went on to further his
education and play basketball at Cal State Los Angeles from 1972 to
1976—a period that would set a precedent with new laws changing how
colleges accept athletes. During his athletic career, Slaughter was
interviewed by such greats as Howard Cosell, on his show SportsBeat
and in his book, I Never Played the Game; Morley Safer from 60
Minutes; and John Chancellor from World Nightly News. He was voted by
ESPN and Sports Illustrated as one of the top 100 basketball players
in the State of California. As a child, Slaughter relied on
basketball to build his self-esteem and relieve the stress of mental
and physical abuse. His gripping memoir follows his public career and
takes the reader inside his personal life as well—into a childhood
of abuse, betrayal…even murder.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>During
his athletic career, Slaughter was interviewed by such greats as
Howard Cosell, on his show </i><i>SportsBeat</i><i> and in
his book, </i><i>I Never Played the Game</i><i>; Morley Safer
from </i><i>60 Minutes</i><i>; and John Chancellor from </i><i>World
Nightly News</i><i>. He was voted by ESPN and </i><i>Sports
Illustrated</i><i> as one of the top 100 basketball players in
the State of California.</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>As a child, Slaughter
relied on basketball to build his self-esteem and relieve the stress
of mental and physical abuse. His gripping memoir follows his public
career and takes the reader inside his personal life of childhood
abuse, betrayal…and murder.</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">As the author explains, his
prowess with a basketball masked an escape from a tarnished life off
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“<span style="font-family: Times, serif;">I grew up being treated
like nothing, so I was driven to make something of my life. Sport
allowed me to mix with people who cared about me, develop a passion
that got me out of the house and achieve things that would win me the
acceptance I couldn’t get at home,” says Slaughter, who is a
committed mentor to both young and adult men.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Myrlande E. Sauveur was born in Haiti. She came
to the United States when she was 17 years old to further her
education. She started writing poetry and short stories at a very
early age. Some of her writings won national recognition back in her
homeland. </span>Although she had a passion for and excelled in
writing, she never major in English literature or communication in
college. She obtained her MBA in Business Management from Strayer
University and kept writing on the side as her main hobby and a place
to escape when life became too overwhelming.
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<span style="color: black;">In August 2009,
she was recognized by Cambridge Who’s Who for demonstrating
dedication, leadership and excellence in marketing. She is the author
of Daily Spiritual Vitamins and Minerals for Your Soul; she is 2013
Readers Favorite International Bronze Medal Recipient in the
Christian Devotional/Bible study. In early December, she was voted
the Grand Prize Winner of 2013/2014 50 Great Writers You Should Be
Reading contest hosted by the Authors Show. She recently received a
Gold Medal from the 2013 Illumination Book Awards “Shining a Light
on Exemplary Christian Books”. Recently she was featured on
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as one of the Inspirational Luminaries sharing her 500 words of
wisdom with the world (the 7 Pearls of Wisdom for a Happy and
Fulfilled Life). </span>She is a health and wellness consultant,
teaching people how to live a healthy and well-balanced life. She is
the co-founder of Dorcas Foundation, a nonprofit organization that
focuses on helping Haitian college students and women in the
community.
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Daily Spiritual
Vitamins and Minerals for Your Soul is a 2X Award-winning title
include 2013 Illumination Book Awards “Shining a Light on Exemplary
Christian Books” Gold Medalist.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Only
God Can Heal You Both Spiritually and Physically!</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Oftentimes,
the vicissitudes of life get in the way of building an intimate
relationship with God. We live in a fast-paced society and sometimes
feel overwhelmed to the point that we question God's plan for our
life. </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Daily
Spiritual Vitamins and Minerals for Your Soul </i></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">offers
a dozen meditational reflections, supported by daily key verse, as a
regulator to give our lives the rhythm we need to enhance our
self-esteem, elevate our morale, increase our faith, and strengthen
our fellowship with the Lord. W</span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">e
all need vitamins and minerals to stay physically healthy and we need
the Word of God to remain spiritually healthy.</span></span> <span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">These
pages contain nuggets of peace and wisdom for a troubled society and
its weary people—and with daily meditation and reflection on God’s
Word; you will nourish your soul and soothe your spirit.</span></span>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Myrlande
E. Sauveur </span></span></span>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Outskirts
Press (2013) </span></span></span>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">ISBN:
9781478713159 </span></span></span>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Reviewed
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">In
her book “Daily Spiritual Vitamins and Minerals for Your Soul,”
Myrlande E. Sauveur encourages the reader to “feed your soul as you
feed your body every day.” This concept captures the essence of her
chapter themes, selected scripture readings, significant life
narratives, and meaningful personal prayers. </span></span></span>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Each
chapter is designed to follow a calendar year with a reading for each
day of the month. These monthly chapters are well formatted. Each
chapter includes a theme title, a theme verse for the month, a
personal illustration with a life application lesson, a prayer, and a
verse for reflection and meditation for each day of the month. The
chapter ends with two pages for recording personal notes or journal
entries throughout the month. </span></span></span>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Chapter
themes include topics such as: waiting on God, God’s love, God’s
faithfulness, our loneliness, controlling anger, and dealing with
depression. Answers to the question, “Why Me, Lord?” are
considered in light of scriptures dealing with trials and testing. </span></span></span>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I
found the chapter God’s Plan and Purpose for My Life affirmed by
the theme verse Jeremiah 29:11, “I (God) know the plans I have for
you…” and by the daily verses that promise instruction, guidance,
and protection. </span></span></span>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Guest
contributor, Daniella B. Pierre summarized her thoughts this way:
“God holds you in the palm of His hand. He knows your every
struggle, disappointment, heartache, and every unfair situation.”
The daily promises that follow offer hope, healing, and cheer in
times of all these difficult situations. </span></span></span>
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“<span style="font-size: 11pt;">Daily
Spiritual Vitamins and Minerals for Your Soul” is excellent as a
companion to your regular intake of God’s word in Bible study,
devotional reading and mediation. It is also ideal for gift giving
for any occasion.</span></div>
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Looking out the nearest window, describe the scene you see.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I
see the 2 acres of my backyard still covered with snow, even though
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Tell us about your office. Is it a mess like mine, or is everything
in its place? </span><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I wouldn’t
say it’s a mess – I prefer to see it as organized chaos. </span></span></span></span>
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What is a must-have, such as coffee or a favorite pen, that you need
to write</span><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: medium;">? I need my cat
Puddin’ and my dog Gus. They’re my writing partners. We can’t
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Do you like to write in silence, or do you need music or background
noise? </span><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It varies. Most of
the time I require silence, but on rare occasion I crave 1950-1960s
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As a writer myself, I'm always curious how other writers get through
stumble blocks. When you find a story not flowing, or a character
trying to fight you, how do you correct it</span><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: medium;">?
I have yet, after 30 years of writing professionally, come to a
stumbling block. I assume that’s because I write non-fiction. And
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How did your writing journey begin? </span><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I
started writing when I was around 8 years old. I had received a small
toy printing press as a Christmas gift and started writing a
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Tell us one thing you've done in life, that readers would be most
surprised to know. </span><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: medium;">That at
one time I was the youngest bank president/chairman of the board of a
national bank in America. I am also a Christian writer, lay minister
and counselor. Most people find that a strange combination, but
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What can we expect from you in the future? </span><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Edward Mrkvicka
is a lifelong Christian, award-winning author, lay minister and
counselor. He is devoted to saving families from the ravages of
adultery, and the divorce that almost always follows. Most important,
he is devoted to the innocent children who are damaged by the selfish
acts of their parents who give in to temptation. </span></span>
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believes the only hope for betraying adulterers is the Word of God.
This is what he tries to do with his books and counseling – ensure
that as many as possible know what a true evil adultery is, and that
they know it before-the-fact, as it is far easier to avoid the evil
than to get back once the line has been crossed. </span></span>
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devastating effect of divorce on children has earned him a United
States Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition.</span></span></div>
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<b>Release Date: Sept. 2011</b></div>
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Book Description: 'Thou shalt not commit adultery' (Exodus 20:14).</div>
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Have you found yourself contemplating committing adultery? Are you
currently in an adulterous relationship? Have you been affected by an
act of adultery? If you answered yes to any of these questions, No
Innocent Affair: Making Right the Wrong of Adultery is the tool you
need.</div>
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An avid student of the Word, Ed Mrkvicka addresses the fact that
adultery is one of the main contributors to the destruction of the
American family and seeks to reverse this terrifying statistic.
Mrkvicka posits that few who engage in adulterous relationships
realize the enormity of the cost of infidelity, both to themselves
and innocent people in their lives.</div>
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Beginning by comparing God's view of adultery to society's view, No
Innocent Affair explains in frank yet loving terms that unrepentant
adultery is more than just an innocent affair. It is choosing Satan
over Jesus and death over life. Mrkvicka desires to lead adulterers
to repentance and eternal life with Jesus Christ.</div>
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Most importantly, No Innocent Affair takes you on a step-by-step
biblical progression that leads to the sin of adultery being forgiven
and salvation reclaimed.</div>
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Infidelity is no easy subject to discuss, but it is one that must be
addressed. Follow along on this exploration of the consequences and
ways out of adultery.</div>
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<span style="color: #1a181c;"><span style="font-family: ACaslon-Regular, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Nothing
could be clearer. Unrepentant adulterers will not spend</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a181c;"><span style="font-family: ACaslon-Regular, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">eternity
in heaven.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a181c;"><span style="font-family: ACaslon-Regular, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a181c;"><span style="font-family: ACaslon-Regular, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">So
if you’re thinking about committing adultery, don’t. The cost</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a181c;"><span style="font-family: ACaslon-Regular, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">to
everyone, especially you, is just too high. Adultery is more than
physical</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a181c;"><span style="font-family: ACaslon-Regular, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">lust
or an innocent affair and/or choosing another person</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a181c;"><span style="font-family: ACaslon-Regular, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">over
one’s spouse. Adultery is choosing Satan over Jesus, death over</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a181c;"><span style="font-family: ACaslon-Regular, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">life,
and hell over heaven. But God does not condemn us to that</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a181c;"><span style="font-family: ACaslon-Regular, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">fate.
Instead, if we will follow the step-by-step instructions culled</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a181c;"><span style="font-family: ACaslon-Regular, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">from
the Bible and offered in this book, He forgives us so we may</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a181c;"><span style="font-family: ACaslon-Regular, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">be
saved. Of course, as with all things God asks of His children,</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a181c;"><span style="font-family: ACaslon-Regular, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">our
obedience is rewarded far beyond what we deserve: “Then shall</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a181c;"><span style="font-family: ACaslon-Regular, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">the
King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a181c;"><span style="font-family: ACaslon-Regular, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Father,
inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a181c;"><span style="font-family: ACaslon-Regular, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">the
world” (Matthew </span></span></span><span style="color: #1a181c;"><span style="font-family: Minion-RegularSC, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">25</span></span></span><span style="color: #1a181c;"><span style="font-family: ACaslon-Regular, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">:</span></span></span><span style="color: #1a181c;"><span style="font-family: Minion-RegularSC, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">34</span></span></span><span style="color: #1a181c;"><span style="font-family: ACaslon-Regular, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">).</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a181c;"><span style="font-family: ACaslon-Regular, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a181c;"><span style="font-family: ACaslon-Regular, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">If
you’re in an adulterous relationship, end it. </span></span></span><span style="color: #1a181c;"><span style="font-family: ACaslon-Italic, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Now</i></span></span></span><span style="color: #1a181c;"><span style="font-family: ACaslon-Regular, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">.
As with all</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a181c;"><span style="font-family: ACaslon-Regular, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">sin,
adulterers must first admit it and then quit it. Thank God we</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a181c;"><span style="font-family: ACaslon-Regular, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">can
be forgiven, but only if we repent and make right that which we</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a181c;"><span style="font-family: ACaslon-Regular, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">have
made wrong.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a181c;"><span style="font-family: ACaslon-Regular, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Lastly,
no matter how far removed we are from the Light of the</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a181c;"><span style="font-family: ACaslon-Regular, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Lord,
we must never forget the life-affirming words of Jesus in Luke</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a181c;"><span style="font-family: Minion-RegularSC, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">15</span></span></span><span style="color: #1a181c;"><span style="font-family: ACaslon-Regular, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">:</span></span></span><span style="color: #1a181c;"><span style="font-family: Minion-RegularSC, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">7</span></span></span><span style="color: #1a181c;"><span style="font-family: ACaslon-Regular, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">.
“I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over on </span></span></span><span style="color: #1a181c; font-family: ACaslon-Regular, serif; font-size: 11pt;">sinner
that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which
need no repentance.”</span></div>
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Born and raised at the edge of the high
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with his wife, Cynthia and their hundred-pound Doberman, Otto. In
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A contemporary mystery/thriller—a
paranormal mystery, to be more precise. For mystery fans, it twists
and turns like a dragon kite in a high wind. Mystery connoisseurs,
beware. The Lance Underphal Mystery series will keep you guessing .
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Lance Underphal was devastated by his
wife’s death, and now, the down-and-out crime-scene photographer
can’t let her go. He wakes up plagued by premonitions. The double
shooting of an Arizona real estate developer and his
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Underphal struggles mightily with his
psychic curse, teetering on the brink of insanity. His only hope for
redemption is the voice in his head, the voice of his dead wife.
Stumbling through dark vortexes of murderous intrigue, he comes to
realize his visions will either kill him or lead to the capture of a
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Author Bio: Eric Bronson teaches
philosophy in the Humanities Department at York University in
Toronto. He is the editor of <i>The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and
Philosophy (Wiley-Blackwell, 2011), Poker and Philosophy (Open Court,
2006), Baseball and Philosophy (Open Court, 2004)</i>, and co-editor
of <i>The Hobbit and Philosophy (Wiley-Blackwell, 2012)</i>, and <i>The
Lord of the Rings and Philosophy (Open Court, 2003)</i>. In 2007 he
served as the "Soul Trainer" for the CBC radio morning
show, "Sounds Like Canada." His current project is a book
called <i>The Dice Shooters</i>, based loosely on his experiences
dealing craps in Las Vegas.</div>
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<span style="color: #222222;">King of Rags
follows the life of Scott Joplin and his fellow ragtime musicians as
they frantically transform the seedy and segregated underbelly of
comedians, conmen and prostitutes who called America’s most vibrant
cities home. Inspired by Booker T. Washington and the Dahomeyan
defeat in West Africa, Joplin was ignored by the masses for writing
the music of Civil Rights fifty years before America was ready to
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<span style="color: #222222;">First I'd like to say that if you think you don't know Ragtime Music, I'm sure you do. In case you missed it, you can check out my interview with Mr. Bronson - </span></div>
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I loved King of Rags. I was easily taken back in time to follow Scott Joplin's story, and found the history of it all along with the storyline, absolutely enthralling. Mr. Bronson did a fantastic job of telling a vivid story, pulling you fully into the story with his descriptions, and what kept coming to mind that I really knew readers would relate to was that scene in Dirty Dancing, where they finally were able to dance the way they wanted to dance instead of how they were told to dance.<br />
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I'm by no means a history buff, but I truly enjoyed the history behind this story. It was very well written with the perfect amount of tension and drive to keep you turning the pages. I read this in one setting, completely tuning everything else out until I was done. It was that good!<br />
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If you think you don't know Scott Joplin's music, the opening music in first minute of our interview above is Scott's music. You'll know it and you'll love this book. Highly recommended.<br />
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Kudos Mr. Bronson! Well done.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Whenever he had a
difficult decision to make, Scott set himself up on the small hill
with high grass and wildflowers. In the starlight he was especially
careful not to disturb the patient, purple flowers. A traveling white
schoolteacher once read to his class the story of the heliotrope from
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><i>Metamorphoses</i></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.
Derided by the world and scorned by her lover the Sun God, a poor
nymph keeps her eyes ever fixed to the sun. Streaked with purple, she
is covered in leaves and flowers, roots that claw their way around
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“‘<span style="font-family: Calibri;">An excess of
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“Don’t reach so high. You’ll be much happier if you lower your
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">But there was
something about the nymph’s undying faith that touched him inside.
She refused to be stuck here in this world, and that refusal brought
hope along with the pain. Scott thought he understood the nymph’s
eternal conflict. His music wouldn’t right the wrong, but it might
help ease the loss. Long after the sun abandoned her, Scott sat among
the heliotrope and played for her his coronet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The hill had a
further advantage: it overlooked the new train station. He was there
one December day, ten years earlier, when the first Texas &
Pacific railway pulled in from Dallas, on its way to Fulton,
Arkansas. Since then his father had taught him to play the violin,
banjo and coronet, but none of them could take him beyond his
colorless world. Maybe the trains couldn’t either, but the tracks
held that promise, going outwards, ever away. His mother believed the
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instrument. Scott disagreed. Any instrument that brought relief to
others was useful. It shouldn’t much matter who was dancing at the
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Under the wavering
light of a half-moon, Scott played with all the sounds of the night:
the high-pitched melody of cicada bugs over the running bass line of
lumber cars and freight trains, garbage crates and short hauls
sounding their syncopated iron rhythms: </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><i>boom-chugga
boom-boom: boomchugga</i></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><i>boom-boom</i></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.
The music of the night trains was the sound of waiting—waiting and
waning and wasting away. The greatest secrets in life, Scott knew,
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">people who played
it, but in the short, silent spaces that sometimes fell unexpectedly
off the beat. The Stop Man taught him that without hardly even saying
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Mymudes runs with the Muddy Paws Pack in Milwaukee, WI. She insists
she is alpha, even as the dogs walk all over her. She hunts, cleans
the den and keeps them entertained. When she can escape the pack, she
enjoys digging in dirt, listening to audiobooks, and weaving the
antics of the pack into stories. The alpha male, Tall Dude, just
shakes his head and stays out of the way.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Book Genre: Urban
Fantasy, Midgrade</b></span></span></div>
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Date: Dec. 6</b></span></span></div>
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Link(s): <a href="http://www.amazon.com/George-Knows-Mindy-Mymudes-ebook/dp/B00H2YO68O/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1386513140&sr=1-1&keywords=george+knows">Amazon</a></b></span></span></div>
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Description</b>: <span style="color: black;">An egotistical magical basset
hound named George believes it's his duty to train and protect his
12-year-old, a greenwitch named Karly. The world is full of people
who don't know how to use their natural human senses, and while
teaching Karly to use hers, he's also teaching her how to use her
magic. George is the perfectly designed familiar.</span></span></span></div>
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George Knows was a fantastic read great for both adults and kids. It was very well written and the storyline was amazing. I found myself laughing out loud at times, as George took us on the journey of protecting the girl-pup. It was brilliant to write this from George’s point of view and really teaches us not to overlook all that’s around us. Only when you can take it all in, can you truly experience life. I loved it.</div>
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The paranormal aspect was a nice touch and this is one author that I will be watching to get more from. Well done Ms. Mymudes.</div>
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<div style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I
don’t understand my Girlpup; the rest of my Pack adores me. Packmom
Doreen is always an easy conquest. She saved me when I was a puppy
and I fell over my ears, and my legs wouldn’t stay under me. She is
the most important member of the Pack—she feeds us. </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Just
not often enough. </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Packdad
Brian is very well trained and does whatever Packmom Doreen wants. In
the last two years, I’ve become a model of the perfect hunting
hound. Karly needs to see me for what I am, and she doesn’t. </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Yet.
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">When
I prowl in her mind, I see how she pictures me—a clumsy, stupid,
wobbly pup. I shouldn’t have to prove to her I am the best familiar
in the world or that I am brilliant. I shouldn’t, but I know I’ll
have to.</span></span></div>
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“<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">George!”
she shouts through panting. Why is she running? “Where the heck are
you?”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Although
Karly’s scent changed after her twelfth birthday from
sweetmilkFrootLoops to that fakeflowerchemical that she thinks
removes her odor, I know it’s her. Even if I can’t smell her, I
can still hear her stumble over the path. Big rocks and trees that
scrape the sky get in the way. She needs to get lower to the ground.
Now she’s sneezing. If only she’d work with me, her allergies
would go bye-bye. Whoever heard of an allergic witch-in-training? We
can use green magic. Except, Karly will first have to trust me. </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">And
she doesn’t. </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Yet.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Maybe
when she gets older.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">She
will.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I
continue to scrape my claws into the damp ground, searching for more
smelltastes and listening for my Girlpup. She’s panting like it’s
a hot day. At least she’s catching up. I am satisfied she’s okay,
and dig like a badger with my wonderful big paws and claws, the ideal
excavation tools. I wish I was digging up the den of a rabbit. I slow
to sniff. </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">No. </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">There’s no rabbit here.
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Something different’s
calling me. </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">What the heck is it?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Dirt
and roots pile up behind me, and my rear is now higher than my front
as I dig. I scrape against rocks and try to push them away. They
aren’t rocks—too long and thin. I wrap my jaws around one and
toss it with a headshake out of the hole. I find another and do the
same thing, until there is a pile of buff-colored things that looks
like bleached driftwood.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I
heave myself out of the hole and investigate my find. The thick
sticks are hairy with fine roots. I pick one up. It’s light for its
size, hollow, and about the size of a rawhide bone. It has a round
knob on one side and is broken off on the other. I retrieve more
pieces from the hole and sit. Maybe they are old branches. </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">No.
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">They
don’t smelltaste like old branches.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Hmm.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Karly
finally shows up, huffing and puffing, out of breath. She needs to
get out more. I poke my nose into the pile of things I’ve dug out.
“George, what are you doing? You aren’t, um, eating those, are
you?” </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I
look at her like she’s crazy. I don’t eat wood. </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Anymore.
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Karly
points to the things and counts them. “So what did you find? There
are nine of whatever they are.” She bends down and touches one.
“Weird, they look like someone snapped them in half.” My Girlpup
takes one of the longer things and rubs off the dirt.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">She
drops it like it’s a pan just out of the oven. I take a sniff; it’s
not hot. There’s something here, though. </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Not
a good something, either.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> “G-G-George,
those are bones,” Karly’s voice breaks as she stutters over my
name. I take another sniff. Yeah, they could be bones. What’s the
problem with that? I lick one. It tastes like dirt. They’ve been
here a long time. </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Yup.
</span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">That’s
it. </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Just
a bunch of animal bones. Maybe a big dog buried them. What’s
bothering her? The hackles rise on the back of my neck. The not good
gassulfurdrysnakecatstink smelltaste spins around my brain like
smoke. </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Oh.
</span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Oh
no. </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I
hack and cough. I know exactly what kind of bones these are.</span></span></div>
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