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- Are you an Author, Reader, Publisher, Editor, Agent or Other?
- Author
Publisher - president of 4RV Publishing LLC
Editor
- Do You Have A Website?
- Personal - http://viviangilbertzabel.com
4RV - http://4rvpublishingllc.com
- About Me:
- Vivian Zabel is a wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother who loves her family, living, and writing.
Her travels with a military father took her from Guam to Morocco, from Texas to Maine, with many stops in Oklahoma, which has always been home.
Family, life experiences, and a vivid imagination combine to produce poetry, stories, novels, and articles. Her writing career started when she was in her twenties, but novels were added, or finished, during the past seven.
She taught English, composition, creative writing, yearbook, newspaper, and literary magazine (with a few years of French and most years teaching and coaching speech, drama, and debate) for 27 years. Vivian now writes and helps publish other people's works.
- Do you have a blog site?
- http://vzabel.multiply.com/journal
- Favorite Books:
- Currently: Trockle, a children's book by Holly Jahangiri, illustrated by Jordan M. Vinyard
My books:
Hidden Lies and Other Stories by Vivian Gilbert Zabel and Holly Jahangiri
Walking the Earth: Life's Perspectives in Poetry, edited by me with poetry contributed by me and seven other poets
The Base Stealers Club by V. Gilbert Zabel, a young adult book
Case of the Missing Coach by V. Gilbert Zabel, a sequel
Too many others to list
- Favorite Bookstores on land or cyberspace
- Full Circle Books, Oklahoma City
Best of Books, Edmond, Oklahoma
Barnes and Noble
Books-a-Million
Amazon.com
Published or near published books from 4RV Publishing
Trockle will be launched April 19 at the North Texas Book Festival. in Denton, Texas.
Current covers from 4RV:
Vivian Gilbert Zabel's Blog
Highlighting Authors and Artists
On my regular blog, Vivian's Site, I showcase authors and illustrators from 4RV Publishing.
I think many will find the series interesting as new talents are highlighted.
I think many will find the series interesting as new talents are highlighted.
Posted on August 14, 2008 at 2:42pm —
Midnight Has Arrived
Midnight Hours is now available through bookstores and several online sites, such as
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Posted on June 23, 2008 at 2:59am —
Book Launch Party
Please, everyone come and join the fun.
Book Launch Party for Midnight Hours
From May 28 through July 1
If you're not a W.Com member, then you can visit the forum. However, to participate, you'll need at least a free membership by goin… Continue
Posted on May 29, 2008 at 11:31pm —
Slide Show from LA Times/UCLA Book Festival
I wasn't able to be at the book festival personally, but information about 4RV and Midnight Hours, as well as two books, made the trip for us. Trockle, Case of the Missing Coach, and Midnight Hours covers can be found in the slide show, as can the 4RV logo.
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Posted on May 14, 2008 at 10:03pm — 5 Comments
Huge book signing - everyone invited
OWFI announces its "FANTASTIC FORTY--WRITERS GLORY" 40th ANNIVERSARY CONFERENCE to be held May 1-3, 2008 at the Sheraton Midwest City & Reed Center in Midwest City, Oklahoma.
The conference features 25 authors, editors, and agents offering 40 informative programs to help people learn to write better and get published. It also helps writers meet, network, and make lasting friendships, as well as giving an advantage to learn from writing and publishing professionals. This is one of the fin… Continue
The conference features 25 authors, editors, and agents offering 40 informative programs to help people learn to write better and get published. It also helps writers meet, network, and make lasting friendships, as well as giving an advantage to learn from writing and publishing professionals. This is one of the fin… Continue
Posted on April 22, 2008 at 5:16pm —
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Are you ready?
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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My name is Chris Tusa, and I'm a writer from New Orleans. I am writing because my debut novel, Dirty Little Angels, is now available, and I was hoping you might be willing to read it and post your comments on some of the book review sites like amazon.com. If you're interested, I'd be glad to send you an e-book version of the book. 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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Bob, I'll be delighted to meet you at OWFI. I'll be in charge of BasketWars and helping out with editor/agent appointments.
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Morgan Mandel