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Friendship Anthology Update

UPDATE! Friends has now been published to rave reviews as a great read and a great gift for friends and is available for purchase : FRIENDS. Read more about the Friends anthology.  “A thoroughly enjoyable and heartfelt read! This is an invaluable book for anyone seeking insight and comprehension of the convoluted and often misunderstood …

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Short-term offering of ‘Corners: Voices on Change’

While you wait for for the release of our upcoming anthology about friendship, enjoy a free e-book version of ‘Corners: Voices on Change.’  Why do we want you to have this free book?   We want you to consider the value of personal essays, and our anthology about change, even the changes we don’t want, offers …

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Swimming with V.S. Naipaul in ‘An Area of Darkness’

 I took V.S. Naipaul to the lake with me. I sat in a lawn chair with my feet in the water. The August day was warm, but I had a cool bottle of water and some cherries, cold and hard from the cooler. I wanted to relax, but my head was spinning. Naipaul writes with …

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Corners: Voices on Change

Corners: Voices On Change Corners: Voices on Change” is a collection of stories about adaptation, about passing through a critical juncture, and gaining a fresh perspective. The book is comprised of 25 stories by writers who are confronted with a major turning point in life. They face physical difficulties, marital strife, failing relationships and deal …

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Celebrating soft launch of ‘Corners: Voices on Change’ with a free eBook

Twenty-four authors will have you cheering, crying, and cussing about the difficult/miraculous journey of navigating change.  Corners: Voices on Change is offered as a free eBook until 6/4. Want to know more about the essays and authors?  One sentence isn’t a summary; its a tease. Karen Ackland can’t go home again, if home is a …

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Soft ebook launch of ‘Corners: Voices on Change’

Corners: Voices on Change is scheduled for ebook release on May 3oth.  Why the divided launch? We want you to be able to read these amazing personal stories as soon as possible. And we need your help obtain recommendations and book reviews.  We’d like to have some posted reviews and emailed recommendations before we publish the …

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Help a writer: write a blurb

If someone asks you to write a blurb for a book, it’s a compliment. It wasn’t easy for them you ask you.  No one wants to impose. Writers need blurbs. Your opinion and recommendation have been deemed valuable. A blurb is a bylined recommendation. It can be long or short, and even if it is …

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Howie Tootalot in Yellowstone: The Legend of Lake Isa

Make a family trip to Yellowstone even more fun.  Build anticipation for that some-day trip to Yellowstone.  Read Howie Tootalot in Yellowstone for fun, adventure, and learning.  Kids see actual pictures of Yellowstone–cartoonized as they read the fun adventure. Parents can download paper puppets of the the main characters for fun play-along as you read …

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Peek at our next book cover for ‘Corners: Voices on Change’

Corners: Voices on Change will have a soft launch as an e-book very soon.  Then the paperback will be available at online sellers and in bookstores. Find stories of moving through small and big changes. People get hurt, change religions, get lost, get left, gain insight,  get fired, find out they were wrong.  They see …

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