Finally started working on that piece you've been putting off? Fixed the one line in your poem that dropped like a bomb? Finished your novel? Landed an agent? Have something published?
Whatever your latest accomplishment, no matter how seemingly large or small, this is your place to post, and boast, of all your achievements. We've all had moments when we're tickled to death with the latest development in our work, but there's nobody available to tell. Now, you can check in here and let everyone know what's going on and how you feel about it. It doesn't matter what your news is. If it's important to you,it's important to us.
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Estella Reed Blevins
Essies Abide Retirement Living is a collection of sixteen fictional tales of Essies, or senior citizens, created with exaggeration and humor, typify graying Americans as a subculture. Submitting to a quieter life after vaunted independence, Essies portray situations when dwelling in a community with many independent cottages and duplexes encircling an apartment complex. Written to convince readers that there is fun in life after 65, as baby boomers turn into Essies.
You can find more on this book here
Involved in writing classes in both high school and college for thirty-nine years, Estella Blevins extends her forte by creating vignettes of humorous behaviors of herself and her colleagues. Ever one to enjoy a good joke and to promulgate optimism, the author developed her work through a critique group that encouraged publication. �Writing is just entertainment for me now, and, I hope, for readers,� Estella Reed Blevins said. Dr. Blevins holds a doctorate in Education from Indiana University. She is currently a columnnist for �The Communique� of Central Indiana Writers� Association
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Steve Bolin
My new novel, Black Rising, has been published and is now available online. It is a novel of high fantasy that includes colorful characters, fantastic events and extraordinary dragons. The back cover blurb reads as follows:
On the world of Namorganda, in the city of Avendis, Yadin Forsythia becomes King after the assassination of his father. As if this tragedy isn't bad enough, his wife goes into premature labor. A self-proclaimed wizard, Merik Ladien, offers to save her and the child for a price. King Yadin has no choice but to accept the proposal.
Little does he know that Merik plans to use him to force an ancient prophecy into fulfillment. The achievement of his goal promises to grant him unlimited power. And he will stop at nothing to make his dream come true.
The prophecies foretell of the Black Rising and the ominous Dark Age that follows, a time of war between men and dragons. A legendary hero, the Jharis, may be the world's only hope of bringing peace. This champion will bear a powerful weapon, known as the Verax, a sword forged by the Creator Himself. This holy blade can appear only after the Black Rising has begun.
And that's exactly what Merik Ladien is counting on.
Page turning fantasy with a dramatic flair. I loved it!
Says Jennifer Seet, Author of BorderlandFor a free preview, visit www.BlackRisingBook.com.
Additionally, I am a regular contributor to the e-zine, www.TheWorldofMyth.com, where I was voted member of the month late last year. It's a great magazine, loaded with new stories, poems and illustrations every month. Check it out.
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Jennifer Seet
My second novel, Snow Signs, has been published by CCB Publishing in British Columbia. It is a fictional paranormal mystery thriller set in Brown County, as my first novel, Borderland, was.
Snow Signs is unique in that it features a deaf character. I was a teacher and administrator at the Indiana School for the Deaf for thirty years, before retiring in 2001. Many of my Deaf friends encouraged me to include deaf people in my books as I had written several short stories and essays using deaf characters and themes while employed at the School. This is a first offering at fulfilling that request.
Many people have inquired as to when I would complete my second novel because they loved the first one so much. I am excited to have Snow Signs ready now and am anxious to start book signings in and around Indiana.
Both books are available through Amazon.com and Red Carpet Publishing. Snow Signs can also be purchased through CCB Publishing
I have written several articles for national and state newsletters on the subject of parenting and Autism. I also served on a federal writing project at the Indiana School for the Deaf and wrote several children�s books. I had one Christmas story in the Indianapolis Star. I have written horror and paranormal-themed short stories and submitted them to magazines and contests.
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Sue Ade
Sue attended the 65th Annual Indiana University Writers� Conference held in Bloomington June 5-10th. Her fiction manuscript was selected as one of the best submissions to the 2005 IU conference. She was awarded $100 for two short stories �Leaving Topaz� and �Extravagant Daughter.� Sue had valuable input on these short stories from the Rough Writers in Martinsville and from her critique group in Franklin.
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I have gone from writing to acting in community theater in the Indianapolis area. My request is that writers think about writing plays for older actors to star in. Romance is not dead after 20 or 30, and older detectives have proven popular thanks to Agatha Christie and "Murder She Wrote". Comedies can abound with older characters, and musicals would be richer with a seasoned voice. Think about it.
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Her middle-grade novel, Ghost Soldier, just won the Society of Midland Authors Award for Children’s Fiction.
Its paperback rights has been acquired by Scholastic for their
Arrow Book Club for January 2003, and its Book Fair and trade
paperback release in March 2003.
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Linda Dockery
Producer, David VanAllen read a preview copy of the historical western romance and fell in love with the story. Contract negations are underway.
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Linda Dockery has had a long and successful career in both film and book. Her recent release, Trail of No Return, has been opted for a movie by Starburst Productions.
