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Cover Reveal: A Carolina Christmas

BEAUTIFUL COVER REVEAL!BUT FIRST, GET TO KNOW WHO THE PAMLICO WRITERS ARE AND HOW THIS BOOK CAME TO BE!
The Pamlico Writers Group is from the Innerbanks of North Carolina, where the Tar and the Pamlico rivers meet in the town of little Washington. They’re housed just off the river in the old Turnage Theater, the oldest still-standing Burlesque Theater House still standing in North Carolina and home of the Arts of the Pamlico. The Pamlico Writers are a non-profit group and we affiliated with the Arts of the Pamlico.
The Turnage Theater stands on Main Street just one street over from the waterfront. The town of Washington is on the Inner Banks of North Carolina, where the Tar and Pamlico Rivers meet, just down the sound from the Atlantic Ocean. Forestry, watermen, and Military history are abundant in Washington and Beaufort County.



The Pamlico Writers Group hopes to use the funds generated by this anthology to assist in this, our fifth annual Pamlico Writers Conference March 17 and 18, 2017 with Keynote speaker Zelda Lockhart.



Pamlico Writers Group Officers/anthology organizers:
PWG chairperson: Sherri Lupton-Hollister in charge of planning, theme and media
Financial Director: James “Jim” Keen in charge of formatting anthology and setting up Submittable and Drop-BoxProgramming Director: Kay Wilson assisted with all aspects of planning and mediaConference Director: Doris Schneider in charge of editing and cover planningMember: Jeanne Julian assisted with editingMember: Marni Graff marketing
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Authors/Poets:

Suzannah Lynn CockerilleSuzannah graduated from Virginia Tech with a degree in architecture and most of her elective credits in literature courses. She expected to become an artist, but now her medium is the alphabet. She writes both poetry and prose, runs a blog, and is writing a novel with the working title John Boy and the She-Devil. Suzannah’s work spans topics ranging from personal stories to politics and social justice to humorous pieces. She’s had poems published in The Poet’s Domain, her college literary magazine, and various articles published online and in newspapers. She blogs as “Coco Q” at www.shinybutter.com, and her Facebook page is www.facebook.com/TheShinyButterBlog.

Jonathan Clayborne

Jonathan is the author of five locally staged plays, one of which was sponsored by a grant from the North Carolina Arts Council. He is an award-winning former editor, reporter, and columnist for the Washington, NC, Daily News, and winner of a deadline-reporting award from the N.C. Press Association. A native of Grifton, NC, and a resident of Washington since 1993, he is an entrepreneur in different fields, including creative writing. He has written a novel and a book of poetry, which he plans to publish soon. Part of the Haunted Pamlico cast, community theater group affiliated with Arts of the Pamlico, you can find him on Facebook.com/jonathan.clayborne or Facebook.com/HauntedPamlico





Jerry Cuthrell

Poet, mentor and the original chairman of the Pamlico Writers Group. Jerry grew up in Belhaven and went to work in his family’s bakery as a young boy. He attended the University of North Carolina but went to work for a national agricultural company in Oregon. He and his wife Connie raised two sons. After returning to Beaufort County, he settled in Washington and started his own business and the Pamlico Writers Group. Jerry is still an active member and this anthology is dedicated to him and beautiful word-pictures.

  

Anne Blyth Davis
Anne is a freshman at Duke University from Swan Quarter, NC. In her spare time, she enjoys photography, reading, running, and writing short fiction. She plans to major in math and computer science, and minor in creative writing.
A former member of Marni Graff’s North Carolina Writers’ Read in Belhaven, Anne Blyth Davis won the Pamlico Writers High School Competition in Fiction two different years: 2013 & 2015.

Pam grew up in the mountains of New Hampshire and spent much time on the rugged coast of Maine. After retiring from a small New England college, she lost interest in shoveling snow. She now lives in New Bern, NC, with her husband, Max. She has been published in the anthology Art Inspires Poetry, the blog Polly’s Tea Kettle, and a magazine for dog lovers, Sniff & Barkens. She is a member of the North Carolina Writers Network, the Pamlico Writers Group, and is a founding member of the Neuse River Writers’ Group.  Find her work at: https://www.facebook.com/pamdesloges

Deborah has lived in lots of different places but now calls North Carolina home. She has a BA from the University of Colorado, an MA from George Washington University, an MFA from San Diego State University, and now teaches at Coastal Carolina Community College.   Two chapbooks, No Crazy Notions and That Echo, have won the Mary Belle Campbell and Long Leaf Press Award, respectively.  She has had more than 350 poems published in literary magazines, with some most recently having appeared or will soon appear in Atlanta Review, Bear Creek Haiku, Edge, Oberon, Pinyon, Seems and TAB: The Journal of Poetry and Poetics.  An avid print-maker, she has put together a small collection of hand-made limited edition book art. Married to a retired Marine, she has a son and a daughter and three grandchildren.   When not teaching or writing, she volunteers as a Wildlife Rehabilitator.  She and her husband currently share their house with four cats and a backyard full of birds. Follow Deborah on Facebook at www.facebook.com/deborah.doolittle



Diane writes poetry, short stories, and creative non-fiction. She has won awards in competitions sponsored by Christopher Newport University's 30th Annual Writers' Conference, the North Carolina Writers’ Workshop in Asheville, and the Pamlico Writers Group. Diane lives in New Bern, NC, with her husband and basset hound. Diane can be found on Facebook.com/diane.deecheandia or follow her blog http://theskinnypoetryjournel.wordpress.com












Sarah HaglundMy name is Sarah Haglund. I love Jesus, music, running and writing poetry, short story's and music :)Facebook.com/Sarah.haglund.549
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In High School, Michaela enjoyed volunteering and then working at her local children’s library. Other activities include performing with Smiles and Frowns Children’s Theater, taking her award winning research on Honey Bees to the North Carolina Science and Engineering Fair, singing in church choir, and learning sign language with her friends. She is currently pursuing a degree in Speech Therapy at BYU



Rock my Words dorisschneider252.comDirector of the Pamlico Writers Conference Steering Committee.Doris Schneider has been the driving force behind the Pamlico Writers Conference since its inception. She is an amazing, talented person and I'd like to share her story. Me:  You have had an interesting life from traveling as a child to your years in academia. Juggling your life, work and leadership of the Pamlico Writers Conference; how has your experience influenced your art? Your writing? Your leadership? How did the conference come to be?

Doris Schneider:  My writing and my life seem to have “grow’d like Topsy”. I paused in this writing to look that idiom up. It refers to a fictional character from Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe, and means something that grows in spurts without design or intention.That describes my first novel—something that began as a real experience and then grew in plot and characters as it went along, often without direction or control. It also describes my life which has meandered across this continent, through the arts, and through relationships. The only thing stable has been my love of family and of teaching.After thirty-three years as a professor of theatre in higher education, I retired and moved to Washington with I ½ unedited novels on my computer. Writing had been my bridge over the empty chasm I felt without teaching in my life. So the first thing I did was join a journaling class to hone my writing skills, to make sense of my past, and to meet other writers. I soon found myself writing longer pieces that were often fiction rather than journal entries limited to my own experiences. Somehow, a brochure about a literary symposium in New Bern found its way to my mailbox. The event included a writing competition. So I rewrote two of my favorite stories, one fiction and one non-fiction, and sent them in. In the meantime, my husband had knee replacement surgery with many medical mishaps that kept him in bed for a month while I ran up and down the stairs, seeing to his every need. I received a phone call that I was a winner in the competition, but they would not tell me what place I had won or for which genre. My protective negative side said, “probably honorable mention”.I found someone to sit with my husband while I attended the awards ceremony with a friend. It was held at the Bank of the Arts and was a lovely affair. The spokesperson called the names of the winners, beginning with poetry, then non-fiction, then fiction. For each genre, the honorable mention, then third, then second, and finally first place was called. When she started on non-fiction, I was ready to step forward for my honorable mention. But my name was not called. With each level, I was ready to step forward. Then she began with fiction and the same thing occurred. My foot was raised and ready with the calling of each name. Finally, the only category left was first place fiction. My friend and I looked at each other in disbelief and for a moment I wondered if I had been phoned about being a winner by mistake. Then my name was called.I have heard my name called before, and I have received awards before, but this was different. After a month of nursing my husband, in a town where we were still new with few friends, still recovering from the trauma of retirement, I needed this moment of confidence-building in the new art form that had become my passion.Encouraged, I joined the Pamlico Writers Group (PWG) where I could focus on fiction and meet more serious writers. After another year, the New Bern conference and competition ended. Knowing how important that event had been to me, I wanted it to be an accessible opportunity for other writers in eastern North Carolina. So I asked Jim Keen, the leader of the PWG, about holding a conference in Washington. He liked the idea, and I offered to talk to Joey Toler, the head of the Beaufort County Arts Council, about helping us sponsor it. The Pamlico Writers Conference and Competition was born. As hosts of the event, we could not participate in the competition, but we could recreate each year that wonderful moment I had experienced and give to other writers the encouragement and confidence to persevere and grow (like Topsy).Behind the Curtain (article in June PWG Newsletter by: SL Hollister & Doris Schneider)







Sherri has been writing and dreaming since she was a young child. After they raised six sons, her husband asked her what she was waiting for! With the help of her friend, library supervisor Robina Norman, Sherri attended a couple of Romantic Times Conventions. After winning the Ann Peach Scholarship for new writers, she joined Romance Writers of America, Heart of Carolina, and Pamlico Writers Group and began pursuing a career as a writer. Sherri writes romantic suspense with southern grit and charm, set on the coast of North Carolina.Facebook.com/sherri.hollister http://sherrilhollister.wordpress.com
Twitter @Jeanelia1964Member of the Pamlico Writers Conference Steering CommitteeManages the Facebook and Twitter accounts for PWGPresent Pamlico Writers Chairperson

 
A Pamlico Writers Group member since 2008, Jim served as the second PWG Chairman. He wrote two newspaper columns chronicling his sailing adventures: “Nautical Musings,” a weekly column about coastal family adventures; and “In the Loop,” a bi-weekly column about circumnavigating the eastern United States on America’s 6,300-mile Great Loop. Jim’s book Trinidad Express is the story of his 5,300-mile doublehanded South Africa-to-Trinidad Atlantic Ocean sailboat crossing. His ebook, Log of S/V Irish Mist, chronicles his singlehanded 13-month trip on America’s Great Loop. Nautical Musings I and II are ebook anthologies of Jim’s newspaper articles.Facebook.com/james.keenVisit his author page at www.pamlicowritersgroup.org Assistant Director of the Pamlico Writers Conference Steering CommitteeFinancial Director of the Pamlico Writers Group and Conference




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Kay Wilson

Kay Wilson wrote simple poetry before her best friend pushed her, kicking and screaming, into a mystery writing class at the local community college. From there she was hooked, learning all she could about the craft. She is an actress and has played numerous roles in community theatre productions (Encore Theatre - Elizabeth City; College of the Albemarle Coast Players - Elizabeth City; and Pamlico Playhouse - Washington), and believes it’s helped her see characters and their stories better. Ms Wilson is a member of two writer's groups (North Carolina Writers' Read - Belhaven and Pamlico Writers Group - Washington) both encourage and challenge her to improve her skills. She writes and manages a blog for the Pamlico Writers Group. She's also written several short stories and two novels which are in different stages of completion. K D Wilson writes Women's Fiction (Domestic & Romantic Suspense) and as yet has not been published.Kay is the Programming Coordinator for the Pamlico Writers Group, she is also a member of the Pamlico Writers Conference Steering committee, writes the blog “Writing on the Pamlico” pamlicowritersgroup.wordpress.com, Facebook.com/writerkay




Michael WorthingtonThirty-year veteran of the education system, retired. Elizabeth City State University, North Carolina. Michael now writes full-time with his pug asleep on the footrest of his recliner. His HI/Lo books are designed for reluctant young adult readers with high interest and low reading difficulty. You can find Michael’s books at Goodreads and Amazon.

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The Pamlico Writers Group is thrilled to announce the upcoming release of our 2016 anthology of short stories and poems written by our members with a section of award winning prose and poetry from our 2015 and 2016 competition winners.            A Carolina Christmas isn’t your traditional holiday feast of tinsel and sugar plums. While there is still a smattering of stars sprinkled through the pages and a little glitter and artificial snow lighting up a few plastic Santas, these stories are filled with more than ornaments and figgy pudding. From broken hearts to hopeful reunions, holiday anxiety to joyful tidings, the truest gift of Christmas is still found to be family, faith and friendship. But these stories are not fairy tales and every holiday is not Peace on Earth.            “Readers are in for a holiday treat with the 2016 Pamlico Writers Anthology with its Christmas theme.” ~Marni Graff, award-winning author of The Nora Tierney English Mysteries and The Trudy Genova Manhattan Mysteries            “A Carolina Christmas establishes itself as a holiday classic, a must read. The journey isn’t your typical holiday adventure.” ~Angela Beach Silverthorne, author of Depression Cookies, two-time silver medalist in Women’s Fiction and Chick Lit for Readers’ Favorite and Cries of Innocence, a five-star Contemporary Christian Fiction.


Author/Poets & TitlesSuzannah Lynn Cockerille: How I Can Be So Sure Santa is Real (creative non-fiction)Jonathan Clayborne: Winter Finds the Cardinal (poem) Jerry Cuthrell: Unsolicited (poem), Candles (poem)Nancy Eure Cordano: Misfits of Christmas Eve Anne Blyth Davis: Orbit (2015 High School Competition ~ Poetry First Place) Pam Desloges: Christmas Chaos (poem) Deborah H. Doolittle: My Mother’s Rocky Road to Dublin (#1), Here I am Laughing with Bears (#2), Elizabeth Bishop Attends to the Amarilli (#3)--(2016 Adult Poetry Competion~ First Place)Diane de Echeandia: Christmas Cards-Bah Humbug! (poem), Spring Melt (2015 Adult Poetry Competition~First Place)  Polly Frank: My Christmas Tree (prose)Sarah Haglund: Pray For Her (2016 High School Competition~ First Place Poetry) Ted Harrison: In The Same Country (recreation of Biblical story) Sherri Lupton-Hollister: Lexie and Ethel, Season of Hope, and Three Dresses (fiction) Jeanne Julian: Allison’s Adventures on Christmas Eve, Holiday Flotillia (poem)  James Keen: Christmas Stocking Conversation (creative non-fiction)Richard Knowles: Long, Cold Road (2016 Adult Competion First Place Non-Fiction) James Lupton: Christmas Adventures (creative non-fiction)Michaela Rappleyea: Rolling in Her Grave (2016 High School Competition~First Place Prose)Doris Schneider: Innocence on Holiday (creative non-fiction), The Gift (creative non-fiction),  and Christmas Confession (fiction) Merry Simmons: The Naming of Things (2016 Adult Competition First Place Fiction) Millie Johnson Sparks: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year Courtney Staton: A Letter From a Gifted Kid (2015 High School Competition ~ Prose First Place)Allison Stuart: The Combination (2015 Adult Competition First Place Fiction)K D Wilson: Forgetful Adjustments (fiction)Michael Worthington: Ayden Racial Unrest (2015 Adult Competition First Place Non-Fiction)
And now, before we see the beautiful cover .... Let's meet the artist of the original piece created for this cover!


Artist Info

Born and raised in New England, Carol Mann has lived in California, Northern Virginia, and Raleigh, moving to Chocowinity, NC, in 1999. Retirement offered an opportunity for Carol to pursue other long-standing interests that were on the back burner while raising a family. 
An accomplished tole painter, Carol decided to try her hand in another medium. In planning to publish her third cookbook, she took watercolor classes in order to provide her own illustrations. She became a member of the Watercolor Society of North Carolina and has been juried into their annual exhibit every year since, as well as serving on their Board of Directors. Her watercolors have won numerous awards.  She is currently displaying her work and teaching at the Lemonade Art Gallery in Washington, NC. 


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Rebecca Bridges grew up in Oklahoma in the third largest city of that state. Of course, in Oklahoma at that time the population was under one hundred thousand so she’s not a big city girl. She had the opportunity to live in Germany two different times, once in the 1970s and again in the early 2000s, for a total of eight years. Living in Germany she took advantage of the close proximity of all the other countries to travel and shop. Yes, she enjoys shopping and bargaining for the best price of whatever local goods are available.Rebecca worked for more than thirty years for the Department of the Army as a computer specialist. In addition she served as a Warrant Officer in the U.S. Army Reserves. During her life she’s lived in nine different states from California to South Carolina and Texas to Missouri. You’ll notice she’s avoided going too far north since she’s not fond of cold weather!Rebecca and her husband decided to make South Carolina their retirement home in 2011. Although she dabbled in writing prior to retirement she became committed to honing her craft and set a goal to have her books published. Now she’s completed one book she has another novel and a novella underway.Growing up in Oklahoma she could see for miles across the plains where buffalo grass, paint brush flowers and mesquite trees grew. Her view today includes ocean waves, dolphins, pelicans and palmetto trees in South Carolina.


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Madison Hendricks shatters U.S. Army Ranger Trevor Montgomery’s self-imposed isolation when she knocks on the door of his mountain cabin. Their initial challenge to stay alive switches to tracking down dangerous criminals and bringing them to justice. Growing attraction pulls at both of them even though neither wants or needs the distraction.



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Snippet: “How many are there?” Trevor joined Madison on the floor. He kept his voice low so the men outside wouldn’t hear them.“Two,” she said, with a staccato-like response as she glanced at him.“How many weapons?”She continued her business-like retort. “At least a couple of pistols, they’re 9mm semi-automatics, an Uzi, and a couple of knives. That’s what I saw. There could be more.”“The Uzi could be trouble. Do you know what they want?” Their lives depended on whether they could diffuse the situation.


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Donna Hatch is the author of the best-selling “Rogue Hearts Series,” and a winner of writing awards such as The Golden Quill and the International Digital Award. A hopeless romantic and adventurer at heart, she discovered her writing passion at the tender age of 8 and has been listening to those voices ever since. She has become a sought-after workshop presenter, and also juggles freelance editing, multiple volunteer positions, and most of all, her six children (seven, counting her husband). A native of Arizona who recently transplanted to the Pacific Northwest, she and her husband of over twenty years are living proof that there really is a happily ever after.
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Synopsis:When charming rake Tristan Barrett sweeps Lady Elizabeth off her feet, stealing both her heart and a kiss in a secluded garden, her brother challenges Tristan to a duel. The only way to save her brother and Tristan from harm—not to mention preserve her reputation—is to get married. But her father, the Duke of Pemberton, refuses to allow his daughter to marry anyone but a titled lord. The duke demands that Elizabeth marry Tristan’s older brother, Richard, the Earl of Averston. Now Elizabeth must give up Tristan to marry a man who despises her, a man who loves another, a man she’ll never love. Richard fears Elizabeth is as untrustworthy as his mother, who ran off with another man. However, to protect his brother from a duel and their family name from further scandal, he agrees to the wedding, certain his new bride will betray him. Yet when Elizabeth turns his house upside down and worms her way into his reluctant heart, Richard suspects he can’t live without his new countess. Will she stay with him or is it too little, too late?


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Welcome to T.G. Harris, MFT - Tanishia is a renowned Life Coach, counselor, author, speaker, and radio personality, host, brand ambassador, and now new author!
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Tanishia is a renowned Life Coach, counselor, author, speaker, and radio personality, host, and brand ambassador. She is a conscious transformational expert who thrives on enlightening her clients to step boldly outside their comfort zone and into their greatness. She assists her clients in reaching their highest potential and attaining their lifelong dreams and goals through a powerful series of steps she developed called the Open-up Coaching Method. She embarked on a similar journey as the one you are undertaking, assisted by many of today’s well-known self-help gurus. That is what led to her desire to become a Counseling Psychologist and an Open-up Life Coach.

After the birth of her first daughter (who is now a teenager), she immersed herself in yoga and meditation and has dedicated her time and energy to becoming profoundly aware of her own inner growth and awareness while assisting her clients to do the same. She is a powerful & intuitive high performance coach for those who are ready to hold themselves to a more fulfilled purpose in their life & business.

Tanishia studied earth sciences as an undergraduate at UCLA, and while there, she decided to intern with the Semel Neuropsychiatric Institute. Serving as a resource counselor for HIV+ at-risk youth and women, Tanishia knew she found her calling in the field of Psychology. She went on to obtain her Masters of Science degree in Counseling Psychology with an emphasis in Marriage and Family Therapy. She didn’t want to wait until after she graduated to start working with clients, and she also realized that she enjoys coaching clients outside of the normal therapy that she provides in the clinical setting. She launched the Open-up Coaching programs and began speaking and lecturing about her own personal experiences of opening up and healing. She had A LOT of healing within herself that needed to be done.  Her deep desire for self-realization, healing, peace, and balance within herself drew her to the field of coaching and psychology.

Tanishia is very intentional in her practice when working with her clients and she believes that a lot of the challenges her clients are faced with stem from old childhood beliefs systems and paradigms that are operating in the subconscious mind. She believes that we are no longer victims of the past. Today we can move beyond mere survival, and embrace our ability to thrive!

Tanishia also provides mental health services for clients wanting more of a therapeutic counseling session. She provides counseling services to those in need and works under the supervision of a licensed psychologist while she is attaining her hours for licensure. 

Tanishia is a true environmentalist and she believes that being green is a consciousness, not a trend. She has a deep connection to the earth and all things natural. She sits on the Board of Friends of Geography at UCLA and is also a volunteer with the American Red Cross. 



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This book is written for anyone who has a genuine desire to move forward in their lives but, despite numerous attempts, nothing seems to be working and you keep ending up with the same outcomes year after year. You will learn how to recognize habitual patterns of thought that are sabotaging your life on an unconscious level. Everyone has good intentions for their lives and ultimately wants the best outcomes, but oftentimes we get in our own way by allowing self-destructive thought patterns to impede our good intentions—without actually knowing we are doing so. I know this all too well because this was my life for several years.

This book was written because of my own personal experiences in life, and the experiences of my clients that I serve in my practice. This book gets right down to your core by unveiling the good, the bad, and the ugly about the way you think about yourself and everything that is happening in your life. In essence, this book is entirely about YOU! Most of us try to change ourselves at the level of our thoughts, but true transformation happens at the level at which you vibrate. You will learn how to completely shift your vibrational way of thinking and allow better circumstances to come into your life, whatever they may be. Whether you want to get unstuck in a relationship pattern or a financial pattern that keeps coming up, this book serves as a guide that will explore the moments when you get into trouble, and offers tools for learning to stay with your uneasiness, and offers concrete steps to get unstuck so you can finally move forward in life. 
You will learn the O.P.E.N.U.P. steps: Observation, Permission, Experience, Not Identifying, Understanding, and Practice. These steps will serve as your doorway into revealing the very thing that is keeping you stuck. Once you discover those “hidden” truths about yourself, your entire state of being will be altered, and you will no longer resist all the good that life has in store for you.


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Snippet: Experience is having complete acceptance of ourselves as we are in a simple,direct relationship with our being. It teaches us not to close up and constrict ourselves by facing our fears and challenges head-on. This is accomplished by allowing the difficult feelings and emotions to have a space in our lives “temporarily” as we experiencedifficult events.


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Loving the Book has another book by author Lisa Swinton!It's a fabulous, clean, sweet romance!

Lisa Swinton caught the romance bug early by way of fairy tales and hasn't been able to cure it since. Consequently, she feeds her addiction with romance novels and films. In between being a doctor's wife and mother of two, she puts her B.A. in Musical Theater to good use via community theater and church choir.
In her elusive spare time she enjoys researching her family tree, painting her house, and baking, especially with chocolate. She loves traveling, reading Jane Austen, and all things Italian. In her next life, she plans to be a professional organizer.

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Maren's stuck at the intersection of heartache and love, but happily ever after might be just around the corner.

After three years, Maren Summers is elated to finally have her dream wedding to her dream man, Kevin Bryant. In her sights is the promotion to Weddings she’s worked so hard for at the newspaper. Happily ever after is within her grasp… 

Until Kevin jilts her at the altar, elopes with another woman, and becomes her boss. Devastated by the twisted turn of events Maren moves in with her best friend and notices the not-so-homeless guy on the corner, Zane Whitfield. As his heart-wrenching tale unfolds—his vow to wait a year on the corner for his lost love—Maren sees his compassionate human-interest story as her ticket away from Kevin, weddings, and her heartache. 

But as the New Year approaches, is Maren headed for heartache again if Zane's lost love returns or has time changed more than one heart?

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“Fancy meeting you here,” a familiar voice said behind her. 
Surprised, Maren turned in her chair to see Harrison standing there. 
“Harrison!” She stood. “What are you doing here? Are you covering weddings along with funerals now?” 
“No.” He motioned for her to resume her seat and took the empty chair to her right. “I’m a guest.” 
“I didn’t see you at the wedding.” 
“I know. I wanted to be here sooner but old lady Whipple passed away this week and I was stuck covering her funeral instead of here at my cousin’s wedding.” 
“Are you a cousin of the bride or the groom?” 
“Groom. We played a lot of street hockey growing up. I’m the reason for the scar by his left temple.” He smiled and waved at the groom who waved back. “What are you doing here? And why weren’t you at the Whipple funeral?” His forehead scrunched. “Wait a minute. What are you doing here? Aren’t you supposed to be on your honeymoon?” 
“I guess you haven’t heard.” 
“I guess not. Care to spill the sordid details?” 

She played with the condensation on her water glass. “Not really.”



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Book Tour: People in Glass Houses

Author Tim Hemlin has returned with the 3rd installment of the Neil Marshall Mysteries! In June, IF WISHES WERE HORSES and A WHISPER OF RAGE were featured, and now Loving the Book is excited to share with you the next book called PEOPLE IN GLASS HOUSES - come join us on this tour!




Congressional candidate Chip Gunn figures he has the election in the palm of his hand. But when Gunn’s guard is stabbed during a high profile fund-raising event catered by chef and amateur sleuth Neil Marshall, all hell breaks loose.

AmazonThings only get worse when the victim vanishes and Neil’s assistant is left holding a bloody knife. Quickly, a lethal mystery unravels and Neil and his friends learn that people in glass houses don’t throw stones. They shoot to kill . . .



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Tim Hemlin is a graduate of the University of New Hampshire, having studied with poets Charles Simic and Mekeel McBride.  He has published in poetry journals, anthologies, and magazines--most notably in Ellery Queen.  Currently he has six published novels, two short stories and is included in an anthology.
By day he is an educator; however after teaching ELA for 22 years he decided to put his master's degree to work and is now a high school counselor.  In addition, he is an avid marathoner, fly-fisherman, and outdoorsman.  He lives just outside Houston, Texas with his wife Valerie, two dogs and a cantankerous cat.


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Tim’s Top-Ten All Around Favorite Things:1. Writing stories and poems2. The Sun Also Rises3. Running4. Fish and Chips5. Guinness6. The Boston Red Sox7. Fly-Fishing8. Midnight in Paris9. Bob Dylan10. Sunday, sweet Sunday


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Hannah Morgan's life is at a standstill. Her dreams of becoming an artist vanished with the sudden death of her grandmother and mentor. To appease her distant and disapproving mother, Hannah gets a respectable job at a high-end day spa.
 Instead of painting masterpieces, Hannah spends her days painting nails and giving facials to wealthy women. Her dreams for the future have become a hideous nightmare. And it just keeps getting worse. She catches her boyfriend cheating, loses her job, and has to watch from the sidelines as her best friend, Jasmine Blue, goes after her own dreams of owning her own salon.
 Then she meets Aaron, a working artist, and finds in him a kindred spirit. And, to her surprise, she finds the courage to follow her dreams. When circumstances beyond her control threaten to destroy both her relationship with Aaron and her dreams of a bright future, Hannah fears her mother was right-that some dreams aren't meant to come true.



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“As a small child I dreamed of growing up to be a chestnut mare. I was terribly disappointed when I found out people couldn’t magically transform into animals but I got over it by immersing myself in the world of fairy tales and thus began my lifelong passion for reading and make-believe.”

Lora Deeprose has a B.A. in Drama with a minor in History. She was born in the small town of Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta; the middle child of five girls.  In 2006, she and her eldest sister moved to a hobby farm in the remote Kootenay area of British Columbia and for five years had several country adventures which included raising chickens and goats, encounters with wildlife and wrangling the neighbour’s horses. Currently she lives in BC’s Eastern Fraser Valley.

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Character Casting (according to the author)Hannah Morgan: Emma WatsonJasmine Blue: Jennifer LawrenceAaron: Eddie RedmayneChristian: Armie Hammer
Snippet: Jas left for home at ten, and my mother headed to bed shortly after that.  Da and I decided to haul my boxes up to the attic for storage.  We put all my things except Noni’s self-portrait and her keepsake box in the attic.  Those two treasures went in my bedroom.I hadn’t been up to the attic in ages.  After helping me with the last box, he kissed me good night and gave me strict orders not to stay up too late.Before heading downstairs, he turned to me.  “You okay?”“Yeah, Da, I’m fine.”  I gave him what I hoped was a cheery smile.  “Sleep well.”“You too.”  He shut the door.  It closed with a soft click. I walked the perimeter of the attic.  It wasn’t just a place to store junk: this had been Noni’s and my painting studio.  Unframed canvases were stacked in layers against the walls, and a few hung alongside tacked up pencil and charcoal drawings.  I wandered over to the charcoal drawing I’d made of our dog, Chipper, when I was six.  When I got older, and Noni helped to refine my skills as a painter, charcoal on paper was replaced with oil on canvas.  Pictures of our farm animals and my family evolved into still life studies, moody landscapes, and more complex portraits of my family and friends.I looked around.  Something wasn’t right.  These were all my paintings.  Noni’s work wasn’t here.  I stopped my tour of the studio in front of my easel, still set up in the middle of the room, like a loyal pet waiting silently and patiently for my return.  Noni’s easel was missing from its customary place next to mine.  I found it propped up under the east dormer next to a large canvas tarp.  I pulled back the musty tarp, revealing the stack of paintings beneath.  These were all Noni’s.  Mom must have put them here.  Resentful, I kicked the drop cloth out of my way, sending up a cloud of dust in the process.I lingered over the paintings, hauling each one out and placing it on my knees while I crouched on the dusty floor.  Each possessed a secret life that shone from the layers of pigment.  A clarity of detail, a richness of texture.  These were good enough to be hanging in any high-end gallery in town.  And that’s where they should be, not discarded in the dark, lonely corners of this forgotten place.“Noni, I miss you so much.  My life’s become unraveled without you, and I don’t know what to do.  Please, Noni, I need your help,” I whispered to the empty room.



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Cover Reveal: A Space Between Worlds

Pre-sale Date: September 19, 2016Blog Tour: October 9-16, 2016Release Date: October 17, 2016Published by Royal James Publishing
About A Space Between Worlds Vol.1: Conception:
Songstress Shanti's final performance is no different than any other. Gazing into the mirror, the Songstress laments her faceless curse. To hide her unsightliness, she dons a beautiful mask. She knows she doesn't belong in the darkness. Her desire is to live in a world of eternal light, to be seen for who she truly is. An enigmatic man who calls himself Avidia beckons Shanti, claiming to know how to conceive the world of light sleeping inside of her, and escape her current world of darkness, Cauraaha. Avidia poses the question that will be the key to her desire, as well as an unresolved pain: "What is your first memory?" Reno, a gentle florist, has his own stigma, a translucent coil of thorns wrapped around his arm, draining him of life at the utterance of the word "Promise". Hidden away in his heart is the knowledge of a past he doesn't wish to face, one that connects to Shanti, Avidia, and her curse. A dual narrative of introspection and self-discovery, A Space Between Worlds eloquently questions the truths of life and death, timeless bonds, and regret through lyrical imagination, philosophy, surrealism, and a journey through the unconscious mind.
About J.D. Woodson:
J.D. Woodson was born Chicago, Illinois in 1992. He grew up in Palos Park, a quiet suburb southwest of Chicago. During his early years, J.D. gained a fondness towards poetry and continued to writing it through primary school and high school, winning small awards for his work. He would attend Columbia College Chicago with intent to major in poetry, however he shifted his focus and major to Fiction Writing due to his love for storytelling. After his sophomore year, he would take a leave of absence to study outside of the workshop method he was taught and gained experience as a ghostwriter which his projects spanned from fiction to non-fiction. To read more about J.D., you can visit him on his website.  

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Book Blitz: Hope Series by E.C. Jackson

After 2 wonderful book tours, we are excited to have both of the books in the Hope Series featured together for a blitz! Come help get these wonderful books seen!

Twenty-one-year-old Neka is a bit of an introvert, she also happens to be stunningly beautiful.When she discovers her friend James is about to be dumped, she sees the perfect opportunity to escape from her quiet life. Can she summon the courage to leave it all behind? James Copley comes from a ruthless family. It’s rubbed off. Years ago, he disengaged from his brother’s smear campaign, but now his father has offered him an ultimatum, “Get married or lose your seat at the table.” Plotting to stamp his design on the family business, he proposes to a woman, even though he doesn’t love her. But his carefully laid plans start to unravel when she leaves him on the day she’s due to meet his family. Could years of planning his comeback vanish with her departure?
A possible solution comes in an unexpected form: Neka. She’s not only a friend, but the daughter of his benefactor. And she’s right there, offering to support him. But will her support stretch to marriage? He attempts to win her over to his plan but collides with her powerful father who wants to leverage the situation for his own gain.
In their fight for survival and love, they are forced to face some uncomfortable truths.Can they overcome thwarted dreams and missed chances to find true love, or does forcing destiny’s hand only lead to misery?


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It was a match made in heaven. Or so everyone thought. Sadie Mae Cummings is all set to marry her childhood sweetheart, Kyle, when she is assigned to tutor Lincoln, the new college football running back. This sophomore phenomenon has all the girls on campus knocking on his door. But Sadie isn't interested in his advances.
Lincoln’s overblown ego doesn't take well to being shunned, and he resolves to make Sadie his own. He pursues her relentlessly, until finally Kyle finds himself shut out of Sadie's life, with their shared future crumbling around him.
After two years, Sadie’s relationship with Lincoln ends, and she is left having to put the pieces of her life back together. She desires nothing more than to recapture her relationship with Kyle. He has stayed true to the dreams they had planned together, living the vision even without Sadie by his side.
When she moves back to her hometown, she labors to rekindle their love. But things have changed, and Kyle has moved on. Sadie quickly discovers how hard it is to rebuild burned bridges.
Follow Sadie’s story as she fights for a chance to restore broken dreams. Will love endure?
This inspirational romance by E. C. Jackson is book two of the Hope series and is a standalone book..



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E. C. Jackson began her writing career with the full-length play Pajama Party. For three and a half years, she published the Confidence in Life newsletter for Alpha Production Ministries, in addition to writing tracts and devotionals. Teaching a women’s Bible study at her church for eleven years led naturally to her current endeavor, writing inspirational romance novels. Her mission: spiritual maturity in the body of Christ through fiction.Connect with the Author here: ~ Facebook ~ Website ~ Amazon ~
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Snippet: She removed the key from the ignition. “I still love Indian summers. Looking at fall foliage really relaxes me.” Her gaze roved over the vividly colored trees and shrubbery. A heaviness hit her that she couldn’t shake off. Unwinding in the countryside usually worked, but it didn’t this trip. It was time to be real with Kyle, and with herself. Optimism had propelled her through the last two days, but now the past couldn’t be swept aside. Kyle wasn’t being open with her, either. Sadie had been the only woman he’d ever dated before her rejection opened the door to other women. Was another female a part of his life? 
Finally, she turned to him. “Please tell me about her, Kyle. Where did you meet and how long have you dated?”


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Book Tour: Bleeding Hearts

Orphaned at an early age, now twenty-four- year-old Camryn Lucks is ready to commit to find that special someone, and so accepts a date from a charming, gallant, handsome stranger. The last thing she imagines after accepting that first date with Carson would actually be the beginning of her worst nightmare.
Red roses, a reminder of her parents' killer, soon become an emblem of horror for Cami as one by one, those closest to her fall victim to a serial killer. Cami becomes an obsession for Carson, the man she had finally allowed herself to love. Not only is he vying for her heart, but also her life.
Finding herself in a whirlwind of torments shadowed by the blood-colored bloom, Cami finds solace in Isaac, a neighboring police officer. She’s desperate to escape the haunting memories, but she must revisit them in order to catch her would-be killer. Living life in constant fear has driven Cami to second-guess every choice she makes. Will the police catch the illusive murderer, or will Cami be forced to face him once again?


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Dana Provo has always loved books and reads everything from young adult fantasy to adult historical romances. When she’s not reading or writing her next novel, Dana can be found riding her horses and getting ready for competition. Dana lives with her husband and two house plants in Richmond, Virginia.


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Character Casting from the Author: Definitely Julianne Hough for my main character Camryn Lucks. And as for Carson Lynch, I’d probably get Alexander Skarsgård.
Snippet:   With his free hand, he brushed my cheekbone. The pounding of my heart against my ribs faltered when he bent down. His lips were inches from mine, his hand slid to the back of my neck.    I nearly dropped the bouquet on the floor.   Without any hesitation, I fell into his arms, pressing my lips against his. He held me close and kissed me softly. My heart hammered in my chest as I wrapped my arm around his neck. A thud sounded as he flattened me against the door and we continued to kiss. I had never experienced this level of passion before. Carson was firm, but gentle, urgent, yet slow and persistent, all at once. Whatever his lips asked of me, they were welcomed to.   When he pulled away, our breathing was ragged and sharp. I lowered my arms to my sides, closing my eyes. He took the opportunity to place a gentle kiss on my forehead. 


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Orphaned at an early age, now twenty-four- year-old Camryn Lucks is ready to commit to find that special someone, and so accepts a date from a charming, gallant, handsome stranger. The last thing she imagines after accepting that first date with Carson would actually be the beginning of her worst nightmare.
Red roses, a reminder of her parents' killer, soon become an emblem of horror for Cami as one by one, those closest to her fall victim to a serial killer. Cami becomes an obsession for Carson, the man she had finally allowed herself to love. Not only is he vying for her heart, but also her life.
Finding herself in a whirlwind of torments shadowed by the blood-colored bloom, Cami finds solace in Isaac, a neighboring police officer. She’s desperate to escape the haunting memories, but she must revisit them in order to catch her would-be killer. Living life in constant fear has driven Cami to second-guess every choice she makes. Will the police catch the illusive murderer, or will Cami be forced to face him once again?


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Dana Provo has always loved books and reads everything from young adult fantasy to adult historical romances. When she’s not reading or writing her next novel, Dana can be found riding her horses and getting ready for competition. Dana lives with her husband and two house plants in Richmond, Virginia.


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