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Monthly Archives: January 2010

Interview with Dot Ryan – Author of Corrigan’s Pool

January 29th, 2010 at 12:00 am » Comments (0)

Dot Ryan, author of the historical novel, Corrigans’ Pool, lives in Corpus Christi, Texas with her husband, Sam. Dot is busy writing her second and third works of historical fiction, ...more »

Spotlight on Dot Ryan – Author of Corrigan’s Pool

January 28th, 2010 at 12:00 am » Comments (2)

Dot Ryan, born and raised in Bee County in South Texas, makes her home in “the sparkling city by the sea,” Corpus Christi, Texas, with husband, Sam. Corrigans’ Pool is ...more »

Spotlight on Alan Markovitz – Author of Topless Prophet

January 27th, 2010 at 1:31 am » Comments (0)

About Alan Markovitz Markovitz’s story begins with humble roots growing up in the Jewish middle class neighborhood of Oak Park, Michigan, the son of a television repair shop owner. We come ...more »

Spotlight on Jay Slosar – Author of ‘ The Culture of Excess: How America Lost Self-Control and Why We Need To Redefine Success’

January 26th, 2010 at 11:47 am » Comments (0)

Jay Slosar, Ph.D., is the author of a provocative new book The Culture of Excess: How Americans Lost Self-Control and Why We Need to Redefine Success (ABC-CLIO, LLC, November ...more »

Spotlight on Kay Marshall Strom – Author of The Second-Half Adventure: Don’t Just Retire – Use Your Time, Skills & Resources to Change the World

January 25th, 2010 at 4:02 am » Comments (0)

About The Second Half Adventure Whoever you are, whatever your skills and experiences, you can use what you have gained in life to help change the world. In connection with The ...more »

Five Things You Didn’t Know About Author Linda Dahl

January 22nd, 2010 at 12:00 am » Comments (1)

1. I never took a writing course in college. In fact, I never saw myself as a “real” writer although I was drawn to it from an early age – ...more »

Guest Author Linda Dahl on Inspiration

January 21st, 2010 at 5:20 am » Comments (0)

One of the things I’m often asked as a writer is where my ideas come from. For me, this consists of a kind of balancing act between the pragmatic brain ...more »

Interview with Linda Dahl – Author of Gringa in a Strange Land

January 20th, 2010 at 12:00 am » Comments (0)

Linda Dahl has written extensively about Latin America, women in jazz, New Orleans and other topics that interest her over a thirty-year career as a published author. She has ...more »

Spotlight on Gringa in a Strange Land by Linda Dahl

January 19th, 2010 at 12:00 am » Comments (0)

Gringa in a Strange Land brings back the exhilarating and confusing time of the “counterculture” in the early 1970’s. Erica Mason, an American woman living in Mexico, is torn between working ...more »

Spotlight on The Devil in Merrivale by Jackie Griffey

January 18th, 2010 at 12:00 am » Comments (0)

Murder isn’t the usual order of business in the little town of Merrivale, Tennessee, so the brutal stabbing death of popular high school student Denise Davis sends a shock through ...more »