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Hi All, My historical novel 'Hannah' has been released by Virtural Tales and is now available as a print copy or an ebook on Kindle. Follow Hannah as she travels across Texas in the 1880s seeking out the men who killed her husband, brutally raped he…
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- AUTHOR’S BIO: Sharon Poppen has won awards from the Arizona Authors Assoc. and the National League of American Pen Women. A chapter of her novel After the War, Before the Peace is on-line at www.xlibris.com . Her Western serial Hannah is on-line at Virtual Tales www.virtualtales.com and both books can be purchased at Amazon.com . Print anthologies, include: A Flasher’s Dozen, Desert Treasures and Offerings from the Oasis. On-line publications include: A Long Story Short, Apollo Lyre and Laughter Loaf. Sharon is a member of Lake Havasu City Writer’s Group and the Society of Southwestern Authors. Sharon’s goals are to write everyday, publish, as often as possible, and enjoy life every moment.
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- www.sharonpoppen.com
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- Sharon Poppen is a long time resident of Lake Havasu City, after having lived in Illinois, California and New Mexico over the years.
Retired from the telecommunications industry, Sharon enrolled at Mohave Community College and earned an English degree. She now spends most days writing novels and short stories.
Her novel ‘After the War, Before the Peace’ is available at the local Hastings Book Store. Her novel 'Hannah' is available at Virtual Tales. com and both books are available at Amazon. com . Many of her short stories and poetry have been published in print publications and on-line at various e-zines. Her work has been recognized by such prestigious organizations as the Arizona Authors Association where she was awarded a Second Prize in fiction for an unpublished novel and the National League of American Pen Women with an Honorable Mention for one of her short stories.
Sharon is currently a member of the Lake Havasu City Writer’s Group and the Society of Southwestern Authors in Tucson, AZ.
- Do you have a blog site?
- http://thoughtsonwritingandstuff.blogspot.com/
- Favorite Books:
- Atlas Shrugged by Ann Rand - A Stone for Danny Fisher by Harold Robbins - Anything by Alan Drury - Most of Michener's books - Most of Uris's books - A Million Tiny Pieces - James Frey
- Favorite Bookstores on land or cyberspace
- Hastings Books and Music Store - Long Story Short Ezine - Laughter Loaf Ezine
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Hannah - New Release
Hi All, My historical novel 'Hannah' has been released by Virtural Tales and is now available as a print copy or an ebook on Kindle. Follow Hannah as she travels across Texas in the 1880s seeking out the men who killed her husband, brutally raped her and left her for dead. Meet Liam, the Southern gentleman she meets during her journey, and follow them ala a Lone Ranger and Tonto trek as they right many wrongs in their search for the illusive, but deadly, Drake and his maurauding gang. Check out… Continue
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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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Welcome to the site and thanks for adding me as a friend. Good to see another Virtual Tales author here.
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