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I'm a published author at Trytium Press

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http://www.geocities.com/gwpickles/index.htm
http://www.myspace.com/gwpickle
http://jackwillchronicles.wetpaint.com/

About Me:

Here’s a comedy introduction
I'm a mild mannered reporter who likes to wear a cape and tights. oops, that's been done before. How about a guy who is: married, has a very spoiled cat,owns a contract transportation & Limo service, loves to write Sci-Fi, and experiment on different genres, (my God it's alive... it's aliiive. Sorry, Itend to get carried away. The wife says please.) I also enjoy a good book every now and then, usually with a little mustard and catsup, onions give me gas. Anyone eaten a good book lately. I tried Bill C's book but it gave me gas for a month. I went through two boxes of ex-lax, it really bound me up. That's the last political book I'll ever buy.
Really, I'm just learning to write comedy. I do write Sci-Fi as well as
other genres. Just trying to find out what I can do. And yes I do have a wife & avery spoiled cat. I also own a limo service. Now I'm repeating myself. I've been seriously writing short and novel length stories for five years. (Oh yes I do have a poem published and have written lyrics to a couple of songs... no kidding). In the 70's I worked on a couple of newspaper for three years as aphotojournalist. I took four college semesters of journalism. I also served in the Navy,during Viet Nam.
I do belong to a couple of writing web sites. They have really helped me
learn the craft of writing, along with about fifteen books on writing.
My first novel, SENTI, has been released by Trytium Press and is available through Barnes and Noble.com. I'm also working on its sequel as well as 3 other books in different genres. One an erotic vampire romance. This is me in a nutshell or should I say a Pickle.

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http://blog.myspace.com/gwpickle

Favorite Books:

anything by Anne McCaffrey
anything by J. A. Jance
The Soul Mate's Curse by Dahlia Rose
A Necessary End by Diana Rubino

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At 12:34am on November 12, 2009, susie hawes said…: hi!

At 9:36pm on March 8, 2009, Chris Tusa said…: Hi,

My name is Chris Tusa, and I'm a writer from New Orleans. My debut novel, Dirty Little Angels, is now available for pre-order from Amazon.com, and I am writing because I was hoping you might be willing to read it and post your thoughts on Amazon.com (or some of the other book review sites). If you're interested, I'd be more than willing to send you an e-book version by e-mail. Just let me know. I've included a summary of the novel below:

Dirty Little Angels
Set in the slums of New Orleans, among clusters of crack houses and abandoned buildings, Dirty Little Angels is the story of sixteen year old Hailey Trosclair. When the Trosclair family suffers a string of financial hardships and a miscarriage, Hailey finds herself looking to God to save her family. When her prayers go unanswered, Hailey puts her faith in Moses Watkins, a failed preacher and ex-con. Fascinated by Moses's lopsided view of religion, Hailey, and her brother Cyrus, begin spending time down at an abandoned bank that Moses plans to convert into a drive-through church. Gradually, though, Moses's twisted religious beliefs become increasingly more violent, and Hailey and Cyrus soon find themselves trapped in a world of danger and fear from which there may be no escape.

If you'd like to read the first chapter before you commit, feel free to visit my web site:

http://christophertusa.com/blog/?page_id=894

Thanks so much,
Chris

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Christopher Tusa
Department of English
Louisiana State University
Editor, Poetry Southeast
http://www.christophertusa.com
mail@christophertusa.com

At 9:27am on January 17, 2009, Lynda Coker said…: Just wanted to stop by and say hello. If you get a free moment, please stop by my page at BOOK PLACE, and WRDF. I keep hot, buttery-sweet cinnamon rolls on the cyber-table at all times—go ahead, grab two.

Have a great day and a successful year,
Lynda

At 9:53am on April 16, 2008, GWPickle said…: I'm excited about this. Originally B&N and Amazon said my book would be avaliable to ship on April 28. I checked both sites and My book is now in stock. That is 12 days early. Also I keep track of my books sale rank each day. The lowest it reached was 253,520 and this morning it was ranked 248,484. This is my pre sales sales rating. I can hardly wait to see how my book will do now that it is in stock.
G W Pickle

At 11:52pm on April 4, 2008, susie hawes said…: Hey, Hon. Woot!!

You can write to me at susie76306@yahoo.com. I take all my mail there.

My publisher is editing the fifth Dragon Thing book. That will be 7 book at fictinwise. Three more and I'm an old hand. :D

I'm working on a fantasy/romance/search-for-the-truth story at present.
Will post an excerpt on my blog at www.livejournal.com. Look for ghostposts.

At 6:57am on March 28, 2008, GWPickle said…: I now have a great cover for SENTI, Book One of the Jackwill Chronicles. It should be released very soon. Pre orders can now be made on Barnes & Noble. It should be on Amazon soon.
G W Pickle

At 8:57am on January 15, 2008, GWPickle said…: Well a few months ago my publisher,StarDust Press, went out of business and my book went out of "print". After a lot of reshearch and a couple of rejections, SENTI has a new home. I have just signed a contract with Trytium Press. In addition to E-publishing they also do print. Two local bookstores have wanted me to do book signings in their store, now I can. Life is good.
G W Pickle

At 2:54pm on November 26, 2007, Judy Thomas said…: thanks for the add :-) love the site!!

At 4:23pm on July 4, 2007, Kathryne Kennedy said…: That's very cool! I think WOTF offers a wonderful opportunity for new writers. Nice to meet you, GW!
Kathryne

At 11:22pm on May 26, 2007, Paula R. Stiles said…: Hi GW,

Thanks for adding me as a friend. Good luck with the book.

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Are you ready?

I am so not ready for Christmas. I just realized I don't have much time either. One good thing is the DH is off Friday and possibly all next week, so I can give him a few chores to do, which may help some. I'm counting on him to put stamps and labels on the Christmas cards, and do a few things around the house to straighten it out some. Unfortunately, I'm the organizer in the family, so I can't expect too much on the getting-the- house ready front. That's pathetic, since I'm not very organized. (g)

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

Discovering Family in Cynthia's Attic

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.

For instance. Did I bother to ask my grandfather what it was like playing in the first night football game in America?

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.

That's why I'm writing adventures I wanted my ancestors to have; adventures I can enjoy with them through the eyes and voice of my character, Gus.

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

Mary Cunningham is the author of the award-winning 'Tween fantasy/mystery series, Cynthia’s Attic. She is proud to announce the release of book four, "The Magician's Castle," Dec 1, 2009. Her children's mystery series was inspired by a recurring dream about a mysterious attic. After realizing that the dream took place in the home of her childhood friend, Cynthia, the dreams stopped and the writing began.

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?