No Good Like It Is by McKendree R. Long, III
Radium Halos, A Novel about the Radium Dial Painters by Shelley Stout
Radium Halos is historical fiction based on the true events of the Radium Dial Painters, a group of female factory workers who, in the early 1920s, contracted radiation poisoning from painting luminous watch and clock dials with radium paint. Our narrator is Helen Waterman, a 65-year-old mental patient who worked at the factory when she was 16. She tells us her story through flashbacks, slowly revealing her past, the loved ones she's lost, and the dangerous secrets she's kept all these years.
Praise for Radium Halos:
"Shelley Stout debuts with a novel of characters as compelling as the true story it covers. Like a good reporter, she follows the facts. In this case she not only uncovers a story little known, but more importantly she reveals in her characters, the humanity of a tragic tale."
--Batt Humphreys, former senior producer for CBS News, and author of Dead Weight
Includes a foreword by Leonard Grossman, son of the attorney for the Radium Dial painters.
Available from Amazon as an ebook ($2.99) or trade paperback ($9.99)
Smith, Mick - Fools and Visionaries
After the political drama during the inauguration of President William Henry O’ Donner, National Security Agency picks up a divergence of strategy by Al Qaeda on where the next targets might be located.
And only one man, currently a university professor – who happens to be an ex-Navy SEAL team leader – can stop this impending destruction.
Can he thwart an impending Al Qaeda attack in the U.S.?
Debut novelist Mick Smith whips out his mastery of storytelling and lures you to nonstop political action in his first book, Fools and Visionaries.
Parham, Barry, Why I Hate Straws: An offbeat worldview of an offbeat world
Includes the award-winning stories "Going Green, Seeing Red" and "Driving Miss Conception!"
Forman, Cree, The French – Captured Completely, Forman narrates a travelogue rich in experience and observation. It is a delightful extension of the first book, offering a keen eye and ear for the sights and sounds that uniquely define France. Information and purchase at www.thefrenchcountryinn.com. Also available at www.amazon.com.
Bergstad, J.B, Hyde's Corner
Cedric Hyde, a titled Englishman, has one last chance to rebuild his family's reputation and good name. He has chosen the wild prairies of No Man's Land. Here land is available to claim; the only proviso: Prove up. Cedric is determined to rebuild an empire destroyed twice by his only son, Jared Sidney Hyde, an opium addict, thief and murderer. But Cedric shares the same distain for those below his station that his son Jared practices in his father's name. When the end justifies the means, Cedric turns a blind eye to cattle theft, sabotage and murder. A young and influential rancher, Silas Burks, senses the evil simmering below the surface of Jared Hyde's personality and the inevitable clash of personalities is immediate. Jared, and his assassin Azid Shi Singh, set out to destroy Silas Burks and his family; they are almost successful. Jared and his father, however, have underestimated the youngest of the Burks'. At nineteen, the naïve but dedicated Selmer Burks leaves his ranch in the care of a man whose life he saved and rides into Hyde's Corner looking for a reckoning. Elected Sheriff of Sundowner County, he earns respect and acquires influence. For more than forty-six years Selmer takes his vengeance, but his hatred for the Hydes corrupts his soul in the process. Is there redemption? His only salvation may be the deep love he bears for his bastard grandson, Thomas Silas Burks.
Roerden, Chris, Don't Murder Your Mystery: 24 Fiction-Writing Techniques to Save Your Manuscript from Turning Up D.O.A.
ISBNs 978-1933523-1321-933523-13-1 and
http://sn.im/ChrisRoerden
Winner of the Agatha Award for Best Nonfiction; Finalist for the Anthony Award for Best Critical Nonfiction, the Macavity Award (International) for Best Nonfiction, and ForeWord Magazine's Reference Book of the Year; Writer's Digest Book Club.
Writers learn to:
- Find and fix 24 dead giveaways to rejectable writing
- Analyze excerpts from 140 published authors to see how they handle specific techniques that challenge all writers
- Arrest the instant killer of 90 percent of all submissions: average writing
- Sharpen writing skills and improve the odds of being read by agents and publishers
- and much more
Sara Paretsky says: "A valuable reference work."
Chris has worked in publishing 40+ years, editing the writing of authors published by St. Martin's Press, Berkley Prime Crime, Rodale, Viking, Midnight Ink, Intrigue, Walker & Co., Oceanview, and more. She's presented more than 225 workshops by invitation (in 116 cities) including the 2006 SCWW.
Available from Amazon.com, B&N.com, and the publisher, Bella Rosa Books, http://bellarosabooks.com.
Roerden, Chris, Don't Sabotage Your Submission: Insider Information from a Career Editor to Save Your Manuscript from Turning Up D.O.A.
ISBN 978-1933523-31-6
http://sn.im/ChrisRoerden
Winner of the 2009 Benjamin Franklin Award for Literary Criticism; Finalist for ForeWord Magazine's Writing Book of the Year. This is the expanded all-genre edition of the Agatha Award winner for best nonfiction book, Don't Murder Your Mystery.
Writers learn to:
- Spot the clues to average writing and fix them in your own work
- Examine the techniques of 215 writers who got right what most writers get wrong
- Understand why 90% of fiction manuscripts are rejected quickly, long before characters and plot are read, and discover how to beat those odds
- Get valuable tips for painless revision by computer
- and much more
Charlaine Harris, NYTimes best-selling author of 29 books, whose Sookie Stackhouse series is HBO's True Blood, says: "Chris Roerden's book is chock full of practical advice for the novice writer. Even seasoned writers could use a copy as a refresher course."
Chris has worked in publishing 40+ years, editing the writing of authors published by St. Martin's Press, Berkley Prime Crime, Rodale, Viking, Midnight Ink, Intrigue, Walker & Co., Oceanview, and more. She's presented more than 225 workshops by invitation (in 116 cities) including the 2006 SCWW.
Valtorta, Laura P., Family Meal
Family Meal is a book for young adults about a Romeo-and-Juliet romance from the 1950s. This is a character-driven novel about crazy family members and the trials of being a teenager.
Laura has published three books. Family Meal (fiction 1993), Start Your Own Law Practice (2006) and Social Security Disability Practice (2009).
Lippman-Lockhart, Lynda, Oodles of Poodles Of Dark Corner
Have you ever felt like an underdog? Well Helmutt, a white standard poodle pup did on a regular basis. His emottionally abusive father didn't help Helmutt's ego.
When Helmut was given the change to become a rescue dog, he proved himself over and over again because of his natural ability to track. Join Helmutt and his animal friends for a hair-raising adventure that proves animals are smarter than we think.
Availalbe at Amazon.com.