Catching UP!

Books that went to press, or back to press this week:

 

DEMON CHASER II, by David Berardelli. 

   After successfully sending Gutrillus Canus back to Hell, Tiffany LeBouf and her sidekick Chip, the mischievous inferior demon, are sent to Central Florida on a brand-new assignment--to find a delinquent inferior brought up by Braithwaite, the new super demon who has come up from Hell to replace Balberith.

 

 

 

Gallies that went out, are STILL out, or went out again, this week:  

 REFINER'S FIRE, Sisters in Freedom Series, Vol. 2, by Ann Nolder Heinz
   A life in ruins—and a journey of deliverance...Lizzie Hamilton’s life as a pampered belle in the antebellum South is over.  Alone and destitute due to the disintegration of her family’s fortunes, she makes the mistake of trusting a handsome but unprincipled professional gambler whose silver-tongued promises lead only to disgrace and virtual servitude.

 

 

ROYAL PRINCESS: WIFE AND MOTHER, Royal Hearts of Mondoverde Series, Vol. 1 by Anna Dynowski  

    Prince Stefano, Crown Prince of Mondoverde, never shirks the responsibilities attached to his privileged position. Born to reign and trained from birth, he accepts his life is not his own and does not complain about his duties to the House of Graziani, at least, not publically. But now he must wed and produce the next heir to the throne. Can he find a woman who is willing to take him on, embrace the public life of a royal princess, and produce the required heir?  

 

 

ANNALS OF A DANGEROUS HANDYMAN, by Geoff Geauteerre
   The tale of Henri Chabron, Canadian, American, commercial mercenary for hire, in the business of personal salvage. The fast-moving story story tells how a child, becoming a man in a world of lies, deceit and betrayal, is still able to preserve his soul. 

DOING DEAD MAN'S TIME, by Matthew L. Schoonover
   From the author who brought you the supernatural thrillers of The Arbiter series and the impossible mysteries of The Tornado Man series comes a new tale of supernatural suspense. Phil Talbot is in the here-after, awaiting judgment. He is given the opportunity to come back to the mortal plane and fix the one mistake that changed his supernatural fate. But there are two conditions: he isn’’t to know what that mistake is, and he is not allowed to come back as himself. To add to this, the ‘‘other side’’ gets a hand in helping to decide his fate.
 

 

Work began or Continued on the following books:   

 

 

Earthquake in Messina Italy, in the early 20th Century

 

STORYBOOK II, by Elena Dorothy Bowman

      Within the pages of this book are stories that my mother once told me; of certain incidences that she remembered. But mostly it is compiled of the memories that were a part of all our lives.
    There were happy times and there were sad times. It was a time of struggle, of prosperity, of joblessness, of wondering where the next paycheck would come from.  Times when a “breadwinner” didn’t have the money to buy a quart of milk, put bread on the table, or a dime to ride the trolley to work. Even a time when the poor didn’t know they were poor. But always, a family that stood together no matter what problems they were facing.  
 

 
THE MURDER OF SEC. JUDD KANE: Adventures on Capital Hill Series, Vol. 2. 

   by Celine Rose Mariotti
  
    Do you ever wonder what it would be like to have U.S. Senators who really did their job, got along well, and stood up for what was right? This is not your typical book about politics.  It’s the perfect U.S. Senate!  Throughout the book, there is an ongoing health care debate.  Senators Andy Thompson and Hunt Wagner lead the way with a resolution to try to stop President Robinson and Secretary von Schumann from sending troops to Botswana.  But a real adventure begins when Senator Thompson is kidnapped and Brian Travors, the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State is suspected of being involved.  Senators Hunt Wagner and Darius Clemens head a committee hearing to get to the truth.  President Robinson suffers a heart attack and Vice-President Barry Newman takes over temporarily.  This book is a real page turner!  Read it and you’ll have hope for tomorrow!

LAST STOP FREEDOM: Sisters in Freedom Series, Vol. 1, by Ann Nolder Heinz
   ***First Place Winner Dragonfly Awards Competition, Historical Fiction Category**** A desperate flight from brutal oppression—and everything to lose if it fails...
   Two women, one white, the other black, find themselves trapped in bondage on a South Carolina plantation in 1850's America. Their unique friendship gives each the strength to endure until circumstances threaten not only to rip them apart but to place their very lives in jeopardy.


PERIPHERAL VISION, by Joan L. Cannon.
   A collection of short fiction.


A VANISHING BREED, by Tom Ward, Jr.
    The story of Medic 1260 continues in the second book of the "Volunteer" series.

 

MINISTER'S SHOES, VOL. 2 by Celine Rose Mariotti
 
   Rev. Castle is back in another cozy mystery.

BLEEDING HEARTS: Killian Kendal Mystery Series, Vol. 1
   Winner of the Stonewall Society's 2002 Pride in the Arts Literary Award in the Whodunit Category!

REAP THE WHIRLWIND: Killian Kendall Mystery Series, Vol. 2,  by Josh Aterovis.
   Suicide, or murder? That's the question in the second Killian Kendall mystery. Will Smith suspects murder when an old childhood pal drowns, and asks his friend Killian for help in solving the mystery.

TRUTH OF YESTERDAY,  by Josh Aterovis

ALL LOST THINGS, by Josh Aterovis

CHANGE  OF WORLDS, by Josh Aterovis

Jack's News!

  by your bookstore cat,  gossip columnist, and feline friend.

 

  

  Thanks to Frances Langley, author of Lainee Delaney series, for this Information: 

 

   FRANCES LANGLEY will be doing an author signing at John Ed Keeter Public Library in Saginaw, TX.   The local Author reception will be held on Tuesday, November 4th. She'll be there from 4:30 to 8:00 PM. Come out to enjoy refreshments and great books!

For more information:
John Ed Keeter Public Library
355 W. McLeroy Blvd
Saginaw, TX ?76179
817-232-0300

 

 

Members of the Writer's Bloc, the PRINTED Galley has arrived. Contact Andy Nunez or Tom Taylor for a peek.  As soon as the Galley is approved at your end, we can go to press for however many copies you would like to order!  With luck you can take some to the Mardela Springs’ Christmas tour and sale  that will take place early in December.

 

If you are going to have a book signing somewhere, 

make a personal appearance, or are 

planning a launch party where you live, 

please let ME KNOW. Just put 

 NEWS FOR JACK, in the subject line, 

and we will be sure your news 

 is included here in the blog and posted on Facebook!

 

Your friend, JACK

Ghost Stories...and a recipe

by Andy Nunez

A 2005 Gallup poll indicated 32% of Americans believed in Ghosts. Television shows and movies with ghosts are on the increase, but what about the Eastern Shore? Lifelong resident Andy Nunez takes you along as he visits the gloomy mansions and overgrown graveyards of the Delmarva Peninsula in his third book on the Eastern Shore. Encounter spirits good and bad, seen and unseen, from Queen’s Anne’s County in Maryland all the way to Northhampton County, Virginia, in the South.

by Robert Kanehl

It started as a practical joke, but Hannah turned it into the adventure of a life time. Who drew the portrait of the founder of the first law school in America is a question that has haunted historians for 200 years. With the help of a spirit Hannah discovers the truth and even more about herself!

 by Oscar Wilde

You've seen the movies, now read the timeless classic of an American family that buys a British manor -- complete with ghost! Filmed many times, its light tone and gentle chills continue to thrill new generations.

Ghostly Cookies

• prep time 20 min
• total time
• ingredients 3
• servings 32

Ingredients

1 bag vanilla  or white chocolate  morsels 

1 (1-lb.) pkg. peanut butter-filled sandwich cookies(the peanut shaped kind.

 A handful of raisins, cut in half or in small triangles

Steps

• 1 In a glass bowl melt vanilla chips, or a large block of white chocolate in Microwave 
   
• 2 Line cookie sheets with waxed paper. Holding cookie with tongs, dip entire top and side of each cookie into melted coating, letting excess drip off. Lay flat, coated side up, on waxed paper-lined cookie sheets.
   
  Place 2 raisin halves (OR triangles with point toward outside for evil image)  in coating to form eyes. Let stand about 10 minutes until set.

Ghostly Doings

Shannon Delaney Paranormal Mystery Series, Vol. 3

Gavin turned to me and queried, “This isn’t the first time you’ve seen ghosts, is it?” …And so begins Shannon Delaney’s assignment to write publicity for the Spotted Coyote.

Hollis Ball and Sam Wescott Series, Vol. 1

by Helen Chappell

Newspaper reporter Hollis Ball is shocked to find herself shedding a tear when she learns her ex-husband, Sam Wescott, was killed in a boating accident. She is even more shocked when Sam's ghost shows up, asking her to find out who murdered him. LiFE Award from Literature for the Environment.

By George! I think they've got it!

Yesterday, on my 47th call to Comcast in the last 5 weeks, I talked to a tech support person who slowed her speech patiently to deal with a deaf person over the phone; spoke fluent English, and...

did NOT insist, "IT'S AT THE OTHER END!!!!" 

Thank YOU, NINA!!!!

 

Creepy Halloween Reading!

The young survivor of a mass murder, Gina Adams, believes she’s being stalked. Considering that she’s still under psychiatric care, the police are skeptical. 

The psychic warned Theresa the man would haunt her for the rest of her life ... and her dark prediction was becoming true.

What would you do if you uncovered evidence of a 70-year-old murder? Would you notify the authorities or would you “let sleeping dogs lie?” These are questions that Cathy Billings must answer in Go Tell Aunt Rhody.

Messages to Authors who are not Getting MY E-mail

 

Who hasn’t marveled at the sight of a child nestled in his or her grandparents arms as the reader takes that child into the kingdom of tigers, and dragons and bears, oh my! Watching as their grandchild’s eyes light up, drifting off into the domain of far away places, to distant parts of an exotic world, to the bottom of the sea, and even to the far reaches of space.

E-mail Re-Re-Re-Redoux 

Comcast assures me this morning that 
everything is Fixed, Fixed, FIXED!!!
They have assured me of that before, so it remains to be seen...

PERSONAL MESSAGES FOR AUTHORS

Elena Dorothy Bowman

The First galley for Storybook II is up on www.filesanywhere.com for you. Also on there are all the files Caryna needs to do a cover, or I can do it if she prefers. Up to you guys....

Ann Nolder Heinz

PDF Galley Files for Refiner's Fire are up on www.filesanywhere.com for you along with a word.doc of my Editorial Notes

Galleys for the new cover of Freedom I are also up and the edition has been changed online., but nothing was changed on that one except the cover art, so no need to reread it.

Geoff Geauterre

Final galleys for your book Annals of a Dangerous Handyman have been up  since the end of September, but I haven't heard from you. My e-mail has been messed up and people are not getting messages from ME and I am not getting them from YOU either. All they need is to be checked against your last list of corrections to make sure that I didn't miss anything and we will be okay to go to press. You can let me know on this blog, or send me a message via Facebook.

Matthew L. Schoonover

Final galleys for your book Doing Dead Man's Time have been up  since the beginning of October, but I haven't heard from you. My e-mail has been messed up and people are not getting messages from ME and I am not getting them from YOU either. All that's needed is to be checked against your last list of corrections to make sure that I didn't miss anything and let me know. You can comment on this blog, or send me a message via Facebook. That part is working fine.

Virginia Winters

I have almost finished typesetting Child on the Terrace and will have the files for you here soon along with my editorial notes. Possibly later today (Monday.)

Anna Dynowski

I made some new possible covers for the new series, they are uploaded to www.filesanywhere.com in a folder calld A Anna's Seaside Castles. Take a look and let me know what you think, either by a comment here, or on Facebook.

Catching UP!

Books that went to press, or back to press this week:

 ****First Place Winner Dragonfly Awards Competition, Historical Fiction Category****

LAST STOP FREEDOM: Sisters in Freedom Series, Vol. 1 by Ann Nolder Heinz.

A desperate flight from brutal oppression—and everything to lose if it fails...

Two women, one white, the other black, find themselves trapped in bondage on a South Carolina plantation in 1850's America. Their unique friendship gives each the strength to endure until circumstances threaten not only to rip them apart but to place their very lives in jeopardy. They undertake a harrowing flight with the aid of the Underground Railroad. Will slavery’s powerful tentacles hold them? Or will they find the freedom they crave...

 

REWIND FORWARD: Kathy Sear and Greg Hawkins Series, Vol. 4, by Michael E. Field. 

   Paul Buckler had everything he could want from life: a beautiful wife, wonderful children, and a great home. But all that came crashing down when false allegations were levied against him and he found out that you are really guilty until proven innocent  

DEMON CHASER II, by David Berardelli. 

   After successfully sending Gutrillus Canus back to Hell, Tiffany LeBouf and her sidekick Chip, the mischievous inferior demon, are sent to Central Florida on a brand-new assignment--to find a delinquent inferior brought up by Braithwaite, the new super demon who has come up from Hell to replace Balberith.

 

 

Gallies that went out, are STILL out, or went out again, this week:  

ANNALS OF A DANGEROUS HANDYMAN, by Geoff Geauteerre
   The tale of Henri Chabron, Canadian, American, commercial mercenary for hire, in the business of personal salvage. The fast-moving story story tells how a child, becoming a man in a world of lies, deceit and betrayal, is still able to preserve his soul. 

DOING DEAD MAN'S TIME, by Matthew L. Schoonover
   From the author who brought you the supernatural thrillers of The Arbiter series and the impossible mysteries of The Tornado Man series comes a new tale of supernatural suspense. Phil Talbot is in the here-after, awaiting judgment. He is given the opportunity to come back to the mortal plane and fix the one mistake that changed his supernatural fate. But there are two conditions: he isn’’t to know what that mistake is, and he is not allowed to come back as himself. To add to this, the ‘‘other side’’ gets a hand in helping to decide his fate.

 

DOING DEAD MAN'S TIME, by Matthew L. Schoonover.  

   From the author who brought you the supernatural thrillers of The Arbiter series and the impossible mysteries of The Tornado Man series comes a new tale of supernatural suspense. Phil Talbot is in the here-after, awaiting judgment. He is given the opportunity to come back to the mortal plane and fix the one mistake that changed his supernatural fate. But there are conditions...

Work began or Continued on the following books: 


 REFINER'S FIRE, Sisters in Freedom Series, Vol. 2, by Ann Nolder Heinz
   A life in ruins—and a journey of deliverance...Lizzie Hamilton’s life as a pampered belle in the antebellum South is over.  Alone and destitute due to the disintegration of her family’s fortunes, she makes the mistake of trusting a handsome but unprincipled professional gambler whose silver-tongued promises lead only to disgrace and virtual servitude.

 

ROYAL PRINCESS: WIFE AND MOTHER, Mondoverde Series, Vol. 1 by Anna Dynowski
   A new series by Christian author Anna Dynowski that will keep you royally entertained. 
 

 
THE MURDER OF SEC. JUDD KANE: Adventures on Capital Hill Series, Vol. 2. by Celine Rose Mariotti
  
Do you ever wonder what it would be like to have U.S. Senators who really did their job, got along well, and stood up for what was right? This is not your typical book about politics.  It’s the perfect U.S. Senate!  Throughout the book, there is an ongoing health care debate.  Senators Andy Thompson and Hunt Wagner lead the way with a resolution to try to stop President Robinson and Secretary von Schumann from sending troops to Botswana.  But a real adventure begins when Senator Thompson is kidnapped and Brian Travors, the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State is suspected of being involved.  Senators Hunt Wagner and Darius Clemens head a committee hearing to get to the truth.  President Robinson suffers a heart attack and Vice-President Barry Newman takes over temporarily.  This book is a real page turner!  Read it and you’ll have hope for tomorrow!

LAST STOP FREEDOM: Sisters in Freedom Series, Vol. 1, by Ann Nolder Heinz
   ***First Place Winner Dragonfly Awards Competition, Historical Fiction Category**** A desperate flight from brutal oppression—and everything to lose if it fails...
   Two women, one white, the other black, find themselves trapped in bondage on a South Carolina plantation in 1850's America. Their unique friendship gives each the strength to endure until circumstances threaten not only to rip them apart but to place their very lives in jeopardy.


PERIPHERAL VISION, by Joan L. Cannon.
   A collection of short fiction.


A VANISHING BREED, by Tom Ward, Jr.
    The story of Medic 1260 continues in the second book of the "Volunteer" series.

 

MINISTER'S SHOES, VOL. 2 by Celine Rose Mariotti
 
   Rev. Castle is back in another cozy mystery.

BLEEDING HEARTS: Killian Kendal Mystery Series, Vol. 1
   Winner of the Stonewall Society's 2002 Pride in the Arts Literary Award in the Whodunit Category!

REAP THE WHIRLWIND: Killian Kendall Mystery Series, Vol. 2,  by Josh Aterovis.
   Suicide, or murder? That's the question in the second Killian Kendall mystery. Will Smith suspects murder when an old childhood pal drowns, and asks his friend Killian for help in solving the mystery.

TRUTH OF YESTERDAY,  by Josh Aterovis

ALL LOST THINGS, by Josh Aterovis

CHANGE  OF WORLDS, by Josh Aterovis

Jack's News!

  by your bookstore cat,  gossip columnist, and feline friend.

  

 

   Arline is still having problems with the e-mail.  She called the "guru"and he said  said he has done all he can do! She called Comcast to four  times to complain, too. Boy that was something! Just between you and me she's deaf and HATES talking on the phone.  Four different people and none of them spoke English, either! I could almost understand and her yelling, "Please Speak slowly! I can't HEAR you!" I'm used to it by now and didn't even hide. I just stood on the desk looking disgusted.

 

   They promised three times, on three different days, to get it fixed. They gave her three different ticket numbers and promised each time to call her right back. Each time the electric went off and when that happens the phones don't ring. But there were no voice mail messages later, so if they called they didn't leave a message.  Electric and cable have been spotty here as they are rewiring most of the airport grid.

 

If you are going to have a book signing somewhere, 

make a personal appearance, or are 

planning a launch party where you live, 

please let ME KNOW. Just put 

 NEWS FOR JACK, in the subject line, 

and we will be sure your news 

 is included here in the blog and posted on Facebook!

Your friend, JACK

Posted by Write Words / Arline Chase at 9:42 AM