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June 12, 2012
Guest Blogger: James B. Rose, Spokesperson for Mary-Elaine Swanson, Author of John Locke: Philosopher of American Liberty
Mary-Elaine Swanson was a great lady and excellent scholar. She aptly and well represents America’s Christian history to the present age. Associated with the Christian history movement spearheaded by Verna M. Hall and Rosalie J. Slater of the Foundation for American Christian Education, Mrs. Swanson also conducted research and wrote for Marshall Foster’s Mayflower Institute, and later for James B. Rose’s American Christian History Institute. Ms. Swanson went to be with the Lord in May 201...
June 10, 2012
Guest Blogger: J. Thomas Shaw ‘A Solution to Transform Medical Research and the United States Health Care System’
J. Thomas Shaw was born in Quincy, Illinois, and attended the University of Oklahoma and Illinois State University. Following graduation, he moved to Chicago and had a highly successful professional career. He now resides in Southern California with his wife and their two children. Prior to his relocation to California, Mr. Shaw lived for six years in Durham, North Carolina and two years on a ranch outside of Cotopaxi, Colorado. He has traveled extensively throughout the Bahamas’, Caribbe...
June 5, 2012
Interview with Linda Armstrong-Miller, author of ‘Betrayal and Forgiveness’
Linda Armstrong-Miller is a retired registered nursed. She leaves in Ga. With her husband Mike and daughter Cayla. Jesus Christ is my Savior. He is the way the truth and the light. I Believe.
Linda’s latest book is Betrayal and Forgiveness.
ABOUT BETRAYAL AND FORGIVENESS
In the Bible, the Lord asked that we not make promises unless we are sure that we can keep them. Lisa made a promise and has done everything in her power to keep that promise. a lesson her father needed to learn. Before he...
Interview with Linda Schroeder, author of Artists and Thieves + win free kindle fire!
We have a wonderful guest with us today. Linda Schroeder, author of Artists and Thieves, is here! We interviewed Linda to find out more about her book and also we’re hosting her with a Kindle Fire giveaway! Woot! After the interview, enter using the Rafflecopter form. Instructions are below and good luck!
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Q: Thank you so much for this interview, Linda. Can you tell us where you are from?
I live near San Diego, California. The Left Coast. A great place.
Q: How did you come up with yo...
June 4, 2012
Get to the Point, Counsel: Top Ten Tips on Writing Courtroom Scenes by Debra Mares
Debra Mares, author of The Mamacita Murders, is my guest today!
Get to the Point, Counsel: Top Ten Tips on Writing Courtroom Scenes
Law-related television shows, movies and books are hot. And it’s not because they deal with the boring aspects of real life courtroom drama. Once you step into a real life courtroom, it involves three things: Waiting, waiting, and more waiting. TV shows only have 30 minutes and maybe an hour. And there’s no time to wait. So when you’re writing a courtroom scene...
Guest Blogger: The Great Freak Out by Maria C. Furlough + Book Giveaway
I have a wonderful guest today! Maria C. Furlough is here to talk about what it was like to see her book, Your Daughter Needs a Hero, for the first time. If you would like to see if up close and personal like, pick up a copy of her book by clicking on the book cover below. Enjoy!
The Great Freak Out
By Maria C. Furlough
It happened.
I walked out to my mailbox, opened it up, and there it was. I calmly opened the package, took out the first proof of the book, and walked it slowly upstairs to my...
June 3, 2012
Literarily Speaking’s Self-Publishing Report: Interview with Romantic Short Story Novelist Barry Eva
I don’t know about you, but I am so interested in self-publishing. The more we learn about it, the more we can succeed at selling our own self-published books, right? Today I’m thrilled to have Barry Eva, author of The Bathroom Book of Romance, here to talk about how he self-published his own book.
Born in Barnet, Hertfordshire, England, Barry left his beloved England in 2000, moving to the USA. Under the name “Storyheart” he released his best selling YA novel “Across the Pond” which curre...
June 2, 2012
Literarily Speaking Presents The Samsara Chronicles Kindle Fire Giveaway!
About Diana Kemp
Toronto native Diana Kemp is a multiple award-winning screenwriter and author with one hundred and thirty film festivals and screenwriting competition awards/placings to her credit. She is the co-writer of an NRL (Naval Research Lab) documentary (http://www.nrl.navy.mil/media/videos/nrl-extended-video) produced by David Bellino of Second Wind Films.
Graduating with honors from Cal State Long Beach, she began a writing career at the age of seven that culminated in a diversel...
May 26, 2012
Pump Up Your Book Announces The Samsara Chronicles Virtual Book Publicity Tour 2012
Join Diana Kemp and Gabriella Bradley as they tour the blogosphere June 1 – August 31 2012 on their first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! Diana and Gabriella will be promoting their new series, The Samsara Chronicles (Devine Destinies), and have agreed to give away not only a Kindle Fire but also a $50 Gift Certificate to the person who comments the most on their 3 month blog tour. There’s also an incentive for blog hosts, too! The blogger who receives the most amount of commen...
May 25, 2012
Interview with Joshua Graham: ‘Simon & Schuster was the publisher I’d always dreamed of working with’
We have a terrific guest with us today. Aren’t they all great? But this one is awesome as I have watched grow to heights never before dreamed possible. He took a dream and made it happen. Joshua talks about getting into one of the biggest publishing houses in America (if not the world) - Simon & Schuster.
Joshua was on tour with us maybe a year ago and this was all before the heavens opened up and granted his wish come true – to get a large publishing contract. So how did this all happen f...
