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- Debra Shiveley Welch was born in Columbus, Ohio and has lived in the Greater Columbus area all of her life. She now resides in Central Ohio with her husband, Mark, and their adopted son, Christopher, also a published author.
Debra is an Amazon Best Selling Author and the recipient of the FaithWriter’s Gold Seal of Approval and Books & Authors Award of Excellence recipient, and winner of Books & Authors Best Non Fiction Book – 2007.
A third generation poet, Debra has been writing since age nine. In her early twenties she had her own column in the Baltimore Eagle Gazette. Later, she worked as editor for several newsletters, including as development editor for The Parent Connection for The League Against Child Abuse.
“The defining moment in my life is the day that I became a mother, and our attorney placed my son in my arms. I drew him to me, breathed him in, memorizing his unique scent, imprinting his essence into my very being. It brought me full circle. I knew that this was a very special calling in my life, to be with this soul, and to share my life with this child. To this day, I revel in his unique perfume.”
Written while waiting to pick up her son from pre-school, "A Very Special Child" was born. Debra wanted to tell the story in a spiritual way, and in such a manner that would make a child proud to be adopted. She also felt that it was important to reinforce the fact that he or she was loved from the very beginning. These feelings, therefore, were her muse, and "A Very Special Child" sprang from her heart, virtually complete with the first writing.
Debra is the author of three books: "Son of My Soul – The Adoption of Christopher," released during November, National Adoption Month, in 2007 and a Best Seller on Amazon within the first week of its release, "A Very Special Child," a Best Seller in English at Amazon Japan, and "Jesus Gandhi Oma Mae Adams," Debra’s first novel, co-authored with Linda Lee Greene, an Amazon Best Seller as well. "Christopher Bullfrog Catcher," written by her son at eleven-years-of-age, and scribed by Debra, who wrote its introduction, will soon be followed by his second book "Just Chris," an autobiography documenting his memories of growing up with a deformity, his fight to overcome several learning differences, his delight in being adopted, and his incredible love for the lake on which he was raised. All are available through Saga Books http://www.sagabooks.net/ and at Amazon http://www.amazon.com/.
Currently Debra is working on “Christopher’s Family Table,” a companion cook book to “Son of My Soul - The Adoption of Christopher,” which she is co-authoring with her son, “Cedar Woman,” a romance recounting the adventurous life of a Lakota Sioux holy woman, and a thriller, “Heads Are Gonna Roll,” an ambitious tale weaving English history, reincarnation and murder.
Debra is a member of Amazon Authors Den http://www.authorsden.com/debrashiveleywelch
the Baby Boomer Diva Web of Fame http://www.enjoyyourmenopause.com/web_of_fame.htm,
and can be reached at http://www.DebraShiveleyWelch.net/.
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- "Gone With the Wind," "A Woman of Substance," "Little Women," "Kings Row," "The Stand," "The Source," "Centennial," "Hawaii," the Deadly Sin series, "The House at Old Vine," "Pillars of the Earth," "Pillar of Iron," "Melissa."
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Memories of a Farm House
Rising up from grasses wet from an early dew, a wispy mist floated above the gently sloping earth. Lightening bugs, like so many twinkling emeralds on black velvet, had long disappeared, and a faint outline of the Appalachian Highway below was just beginning to emerge.
The crow of a rooster, crying out the arrival of dawn, greeted my ear; the faint sound of lowing cattle soon followed. Dogs barking filled the air with a friendly, excited yipping. The farm was waking up, and soon the hungry clam… Continue
The crow of a rooster, crying out the arrival of dawn, greeted my ear; the faint sound of lowing cattle soon followed. Dogs barking filled the air with a friendly, excited yipping. The farm was waking up, and soon the hungry clam… Continue
Posted on September 29, 2008 at 11:10am —
"Your son is incapable of learning.”[1]
I sat for a minute, looking at the counselor who had requested the meeting, trying to decide if I had heard her correctly. I felt my left hand press against my pounding heart.
“Did you say, ‘incapable of learning?’” I queried. “Yes,” she responded, and proceeded to mouth paragraphs of jargon, which my confused brain was incapable of comprehending let alone translating.
Stupefied, near panic, I fought for coherent thought. Slowly, however, a heat began to rise from my trip-hammering heart and t… Continue
“Did you say, ‘incapable of learning?’” I queried. “Yes,” she responded, and proceeded to mouth paragraphs of jargon, which my confused brain was incapable of comprehending let alone translating.
Stupefied, near panic, I fought for coherent thought. Slowly, however, a heat began to rise from my trip-hammering heart and t… Continue
Posted on September 28, 2008 at 11:50am — 4 Comments
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Anyway, I hope to get the house into decent shape before Christmas, when I do my annual meal for the family. There's also that Christmas list to get together. Time is ticking away.
What about you? Are you ready for Christmas? Or do you celebrate another Holiday? If so, are you ready?
Please Welcome Mary Cunningham, Cynthia's Attic Author
One of the main reasons for writing "Cynthia's Attic" came from my failure - failure to appreciate my ancestors. Our family stories are probably no more or less interesting than most, and I went out of my way to avoid remembering most of them or asking questions about my grandparents lives.
Or did I try to find out just which relative "supposedly" sold a city block on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles for $20,000? Guaranteed, I would not be sitting here writing a blog had that particular relative held on to the property.
Then there's the story, "Cynthia's Attic: Curse of the Bayou," of my great-great grandfather, Augustus Boilliat who disappeared in 1860 while taking a load of produce down the Mississippi River to New Orleans? Oh, sure I've read different accounts about what happened to him, but lost forever are the stories his grandson (my grandfather) could've told me about facts he'd heard from my great-great grandmother, Marie Julia, about her husband's disappearance.
I remember a few accounts told by my dad about his adventures as a teenage cave guide at one of the largest caves in the Southern Indiana area, Wyandotte, but I only have to guess at some of the adventures he must've had.
The idea for Cynthia's Attic: The Magician's Castle came from detailed genealogy research done by my cousin, Betty. Long before the Internet, she traveled to Switzerland to search for documents that would tie our great-grandmother, Harriet Kistler, to Peter Kistler the First, President of the Republic of Bern, 1470-1480. I've tried to honor the Kistler family in the fourth adventure in Cynthia's Attic.
Thanks, Morgan, for having me as a guest!
Mary Cunningham
She is also co-writer of the humor-filled, women's lifestyle book, "Women Only Over Fifty (WOOF)," along with published stories, "Ghost Light" and "Christmas Daisy," A Cynthia's Attic short story.
To celebrate the release of "The Magician's Castle," (Quake/Echelon Press, DEC 1, 2009), a winner will be chosen on each blog stop to receive a copy of the "Cynthia's Attic" short story, "Christmas With Daisy!" So, be sure to make a comment!
Mary Cunningham Books
http://www.marycunninghambooks.com/
Cynthia's Attic Blog
http://www.cynthiasattic.blogspot.com/
Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/Mary-Cunningham/e/B002BLNEK4/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1
Kindle
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url?_encoding=UTF8&search-type=ss&index=digital-text&field-author=Mary%20Cunningham
Fictionwise
http://www.fictionwise.com/ebooks/a20811/Mary-Cunningham/?
Quake/Echelon Press
http://www.echelonpress.com/index.php?main_page=index&manufacturers_id=23&zenid=4ac57b7ae19fa071cab3b4295df7baf3
Please leave a comment to welcome Mary.
Check out the Mystery of the Missing Checks
Monday, I'm over at my group blog, http://makeminemystery.blogspot.com/, where I'm blogging about the mystery of the missing checks. Come on over and find out what it's all about.Thanks,
Morgan Mandel
Can We Talk?
I'm firming up some dates for speaking engagements in 2010. One's tentatively set for March 28, at 1:30 at the Niles Public Library, another probably in mid May at the Schaumburg Township District Library.Also, coming up is a radio interview at WJJQ again on May 7, at 9:35 a.m. before my booksigning May 8 at Cover to Cover Books in Tomahawk, WI.
I've heard that some people are more afraid of public speaking than of dying. Surprisingly, I find it easier each time I do it. As long as I have my cheat sheet with me to glance down at once in a while for security and I like what I'm talking about, I'm okay.
What about you? Do you like to talk or would you rather not?
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Morgan Mandel
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I just read your blog on your son. What an inspiration both you and your son are.
Have a wonderful day,
Candace
Thanks so much for the invite! I read your profile and something about the "mother" part of it touched my heart. I have two stepsons that I could not love any more than I do right now, even if they were my own flesh and blood! When you said that you had "a very special calling in [your] life, to be with this soul, and to share [your] life with this child," it resonated with me; I felt that very same way about Josh and Jon.
At first, I was so nervous about meeting the boys, who were 7 and 11 at the time. Children usually love me (probably because they can sense how much I adore them) but I knew in my heart that if they didn't like me, it would put a big strain on the new relationship that my boyfriend (who is now my husband, Dion) and I had just started. Praise God, they both loved me right away, and the rest is history. Dion and I have been married for almost seven years now, the boys are now 21 and almost 17 and I've loved every moment of being a mother to them; there's nothing like it!
I think you and I are going to become great friends and I'm so thankful that the Lord put you in my path. I'm really looking forward to getting to know you better.
May God bless you abundantly, Debra!
Sincerely,
Cynde L. Hammond
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