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February 15, 2011
The First Page: Startup from the Ground Up by Cynthia Kocialski
The First Page is one of Literarily Speaking's newest features. Here we get a glimpse into an author's work and what better place to begin than the first page? Authors share their first pages and answer a few questions about why they started their books off the way they did. Today we welcome Cynthia Kocialski, author of the business book, Startup from the Ground Up: Practical Insights for Entrepreneurs (CreateSpace).
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February 9, 2011
In the Spotlight: 'The Innocent' by Vincent Zandri
Title: The Innocent
Author: Vincent Zandri
Publisher: StoneGate Ink
Paperback: 318 pages
ASIN: B00452V7TM
Genre: Thriller
For Green Haven Prison Warden, Jack Marconi, Getting caught is simply not an option.
It's been a year since his wife was killed. Ever since, he's been slipping up at his job as warden at an upstate New York prison. It makes him the perfect patsy when a cop-killer breaks out–with the help of someone on the inside. Throwing himself into the hunt for the...
February 8, 2011
In the Spotlight: 'Fashion Unraveled' by Jennifer Lynne Matthews
Title: Fashion Unraveled
Author: Jennifer Lynne Matthews
Publisher: Los Angeles Fashion Resource
Paperback: 408 pages
ISBN: 0983132801
Genre: Fashion/Craft
Fashion Unraveled offers an inside look into the operations of a small fashion design business. This book offers tips, tools of the trade and valuable insight into the industry. This acts as a guide for developing a customer, market and collection. The book introduces the reader to sourcing and production, as well as...
February 6, 2011
Interview with 'Crossing Borders' Michael Ferris
Michael Ferris, originally from St. Joseph, Michigan, started working in his father's music store, Ferris Music Center, at the age of sixteen and started playing the classical guitar at the age of seventeen. Having had many wonderful teachers, not only with great talent but also great souls, he moved on to study at the internationally acclaimed Mozarteum University for Music and Applied Arts in Salzburg, Austria (*-Die Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Mozarteum...
February 3, 2011
The Story Behind 'Pairs' by David Richards
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Pairs has a rather motley pedigree stretching back over twenty years, but if I had to pick the genesis it would be a bleak conversation that I had with a woman who was very briefly a caregiver for my...
February 1, 2011
The Story Behind 'Resurrection Garden' by Frank Scully
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 Frank Scully, author of the mystery novel, Resurrection Garden (MuseItUp Publishing)
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The genesis of the story behind Resurrection Garden came to me while I was driving home during a particularly nasty winter blizzard here in North Dakota. I had always...
January 31, 2011
Interview with Tom Roy, author of 'Released'
Tom Roy is the President and Founder of UPI. After a very brief time in the S.F. Giants organization, Tom went on to a career in radio, taking his first job in West Virginia. Shortly after that he felt the call of God to pursue a college degree and enrolled at Grace College in Winona Lake, IN. Upon completion of that degree he took a head baseball coaching job at a local high school for 3 years. He continued in that profession, coaching also at the college level for 9 years.
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In the Spotlight: 'Final Mercy' by Frank Edwards
Title: Final Mercy
Author: Frank Edwards
Publisher: Zumaya Enigma
Paperback: 300 pages
ISBN: 1936144204
Genre: Medical Thriller
Dr. Jack Forester, director of the New Canterbury University Hospital emergency department, is about to win an ongoing battle to modernize the ED when he's stymied by the power-hungry dean, Bryson Witner. Then someone tries to murder Jack's mentor and the former dean, setting it up to look like suicide.
Bit by bit, Jack uncovers facts that suggest...
January 29, 2011
Startup Business Book Author & Entrepreneur Cynthia Kocialski on 'Startup from the Ground Up Virtual Book Tour 2011′
Join Cynthia Kocialski, as she tours the blogosphere February 1 – March 25 2011 to talk about her new startup business book, Startup from the Ground Up: Practical Insights for Entrepreneurs, (CreateSpace).
Cynthia Kocialski is the founder of three companies – two fabless semiconductor and one software company. In the past 15 years, she has been involved in dozens of start-ups and has served on various advisory boards. These companies have collectively returned billions of...
Snooki 'A Shore Thing' not selling: maybe she needs a different approach?
Am I the only one over the age of 21 who loves Snooki, one of the popular actresses (or should I say reality actresses) on the TV reality show, Jersey Shore?
My daughter who is fairly intelligent loves the show, but I have to admit when I would pass by when she was watching, the first words out of my mouth was O..M..G. Like any reality show, I guess it has to have the OMG factor to stay afloat, but if I thought my kids were out there doing what they were doing, I'd feel the w...
