Dorothy Thompson's Blog, page 65

Interview with H.W. "Buzz" Bernard, author of 'Eyewall'

H. W.  "Buzz" Bernard is the author of five nonfiction books on weather and climate.  Eyewall is his first novel.  He's won numerous awards over the past decade as both a fiction and nonfiction writer.

Buzz is a veteran meteorologist having spent 13 years as a senior meteorologist with The Weather Channel, and 33 years as a weather officer in the U. S. Air Force.

His background as a meteorologist informs Eyewall. He's had first-hand experience with hurricanes, having penetrated ...

Pump Up Your Book Announces Children's Picture Book Author Mayra Calvani's 'Frederico the Mouse Violinist Virtual Book Tour 2011′

Join Mayra Calvani, author of the children's picture book, Frederico, the Mouse Violinist (Guardian Angel Publishing), as she virtually tours the blogosphere on June 6 – 17 2011 on her third virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book!

About Mayra Calvani

Mayra Calvani writes fiction and nonfiction for children and adults. Her nonfiction work, The Slippery Art of Book Reviewing was a ForeWord Best Book of the Year Award winner. She's had over 300 stories, articles, interviews...

A conversation with The Unsinkable Bestselling Author Vincent Zandri who sells thousands of ebooks a day

I have a little spot at Red Room as do many many other authors but I really wanted to use it in the best way I knew how so I decided to ask Vincent Zandri, author of Godchild (and many many more book), some off the wall questions so he could give me some off the wall answers about this ebook thing. I mean, he sells between 2 and 3,000 ebooks a day. So I interviewed him and would love it if you could stop by...

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The Story Behind Murder is a Family Business by Heather Haven

The Story Behind the Book is Literarily Speaking's newest feature. Here we find out either the inspiration behind authors' books or how they got published. Today's guest is Heather Haven, author of the humorous P.I. novel, Murder is a Family Business, the first book in her Alvarez Family Murder Mystery series.

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I'd like to think the Alvarez Family Murder Mystery Series was a carefully thought out project, but I have a feeling it more ...

Interview with 'The Katyn Order' Douglas W. Jacobson

Douglas W. Jacobson is an engineer, business owner and World War Two history enthusiast. Doug has traveled extensively in Europe researching stories of the courage of common people caught up in extraordinary circumstances. His debut novel, Night of Flames: A Novel of World War Two was published in 2007 by McBooks Press, and was released in paperback in 2008. Night of Flames won the "2007 Outstanding Achievement Award" from the Wisconsin Library association. Doug writes a...

The Story Behind: Exposure by Therese Fowler

The Story Behind the Book is Literarily Speaking's newest feature. Here we find out either the inspiration behind authors' books or how they got published. Today's guest is Therese Fowler, author of the family drama novel, Exposure.

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Exposure is a story I never expected to write. I'd been working on a different book in the summer of 2009 when my son, who had just turned nineteen, came home and told me he might be in trouble. It...

Interview with Dave Zeltserman: 'My novels have strong stories with lots of surprises'

Dave Zeltserman won the 2010 Shamus Award for 'Julius Katz' and is the acclaimed author of the 'man out of prison' crime trilogy: Small Crimes, Pariah and Killer, where Small Crimes was picked by NPR as one of the five best crime and mystery novels of 2008, and Small Crimes and Pariah (2009) were both picked by the Washington Post as best books of the year. His recent The Caretaker of Lorne Field received a starred review from Publisher's Weekly, calling it a 'superb mix of h...

Pump Up Your Book Announces Hugh Aaron's 'Stories From a Lifetime Virtual Book Tour 2011′

Join Hugh Aaron, author of the short story collection, Stories From a Lifetime (Stones Point Press), as he virtually tours the blogosphere in June & July 2011 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book!

About Hugh Aaron

Hugh Aaron, a native of Worcester, Massachusetts, received a Liberal Arts degree in the Humanities at The University of Chicago. For three years as a Seabee he served in the South Pacific during WWII. He was CEO of his own plastics manufacturing...

The Story Behind: The Logan and Cafferty Mystery/Suspense Series by Jean Henry Mead

The Story Behind the Book is Literarily Speaking's newest feature. Here we find out either the inspiration behind authors' books or how they got published. Today's guest is Jean Henry Mead, author of the mystery/suspense novel, Murder on the Interstate.

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Writing Mystery Novels for Older Readers

by Jean Henry Mead

I write senior sleuth novels because there's a growing market for boomers and retirees who like to read in their own age...

In the Spotlight: The Virgin Mary in the Light of the Word of God by Dr. Labib Mikhail

Title: The Virgin Mary in the Light of the Word of God

Author: Dr. Labib Mikhail

Publisher: Nordskog Publishing

Paperback: 176 pages

ISBN: 978-0982707494

Genre: New Testament non-fiction

The Virgin Mary in the Light of the Word of God fills a tremendous need for a concise, elegant, Biblical treatment of Mary. Dr. Labib, as he is affectionately known, gives Mary her due full honor while fending off the many faith-damaging myths perpetuated about her.

For those not well...