“Can an introvert be a successful writer?” By Maris Soule http://marissoule.com/blog/

“The Adventure of the Nine Hole League” by JJ White was recently published in The Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine # 13 volume 3. http://tinyurl.com/lhek7sv  www.jjwhitebooks.com

White has written over two hundred short stories, had articles and stories published in several anthologies and magazines including, Wordsmith, The Homestead Review, The Seven Hills Review and The Grey Sparrow Journal. He has won awards and honors from the Alabama Writers Conclave, Writers-Editors International, Maryland Writers Association, The Royal Palm Literary Awards, Professional Writers of Prescott, and Writer’s Digest. He was recently nominated for the Pushcart Prize for his short piece in The Grey Sparrow Journal. He has three novels being published by Black Opal Books www.blackopalbooks.com are Prodigious Savant (release Fall 2014), Deviant Acts (release 2015) and Nisei (2015). Represented by Loiacono Literary Agency www.loiaconoliteraryagency.com

The Irish Banshee

by  Jeanne Charters

In Shanty Gold, Mary Boland is transformed into a Banshee by Kamua Okafor, her friend who is the son of an African witch doctor. He uses simple kitchen items to turn her from beauty to monster.

From what I can tell from research, Banshees are sometimes hideous, sometimes beautiful, sometimes young, sometimes old. The one constant in their existence is that they are always female. Oh, and that they always wail you to death if you’ve ticked them off.

Banshees have existed in Irish lore since ancient times. In 1437, King James of Scotland was approached by an Irish seer who was later identified as a Banshee. She foretold his murder at the instigation of the Earl of Atholl. There are records of several prophets believed to be incarnate Banshees attending the great houses of Ireland and the courts of local Irish kings.

At times, Mary Boland actually wonders if she might be a Banshee. She has a fearful temper and will fight to the death if someone she loves is threatened. Also, according to legend, Banshees emanate one of four great houses—the O’Gradys, O’Neills, O’Briens, and O’Longs. Mary Boland knows her maternal grandmother was an O’Brien.

So was Mary Boland a Banshee or the Celtic Goddess her father always called her?

Or was she, like most women, a kind and benevolent Goddess who, when provoked, could turn into a frightening virago? When you read Shanty Gold, you be the judge.

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Nisei by JJ White have been acquired by Black Opal Books!

Nisei is a story of determination, honor, integrity and perseverance.

Robert has been a failure to himself and his family his whole life. Gambling and alcohol falsely satisfied and stole his soul until the day he signed the papers selling his inherited home. Giving it one last walk-through, he was drawn to the attic where he found his old baseball bat and a box. Upon opening, there was nothing more than a cover sheet with Robbie typed in the middle; underneath his answer yet to be read.

A few months before his death in 1953, Hideo “Bobby” Takahashi, A Hawaii Nisei, dictated his memoir to his lovely companion, Ayame. Bobby’s thoughts and memories tell the story of his fellow soldiers of the Japanese-American 442^nd Regimental Combat Team who fought and died bravely for their country during the war. He records for posterity his family’s unfair internment, attempting to clear their name as well as his own, for he was labeled a traitor at the onset of the war with Japan.

This was Robert’s father…

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White has written over two hundred short stories, had articles and stories published in several anthologies and magazines including, Wordsmith, The Homestead Review, The Seven Hills Review and The Grey Sparrow Journal. “The Nine Hole League” is scheduled to be published in the Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine, Volume 14. He has won awards and honors from the Alabama Writers Conclave, Writers-Editors International, Maryland Writers Association, The Royal Palm Literary Awards, Professional Writers of Prescott, and Writer’s Digest. He was recently nominated for the Pushcart Prize for his short piece in The Grey Sparrow Journal. His novels published by Black Opal Books are Prodigious Savant (release Fall 2014) and Deviant Acts (release 2015). www.jjwhitebooks.com

Represented by Loiacono Literary Agency www.loiaconoliteraryagency.com

Published by Black Opal Books www.blackopalbooks.com

A Killer Past has a “killer” cover!

Maris Soule is one happy author as the cover for her soon-to-be-released novel, A Killer Past, has been revealed!

Soule’s list includes three mysteries published by Five Star/Gale/Cengage, twenty-five romances published by Harlequin, Silhouette and Bantam and a mini-mystery published by Woman’s World. She is a two-time RIA finalist and her works have won many a contest. A Killer Past, published by Robert Hale Ltd., will be released March 2015.

A Killer Past

Mary Harrington doesn’t want to revive her past. She certainly doesn’t want her son and granddaughter to know what she did forty-four years ago. But when two teenage gang members try to mug her, old habits are hard to forget.

Sergeant Jack Rossini, Rivershore, Michigan’s lone investigative detective, initially doesn’t believe an “old” woman could have put the punks in the hospital, but once he meets Mary, he becomes curious. That curiosity grows when he discovers there’s no record of her existence prior to forty-four years ago.

Mary’s and Jack’s lives continue to intersect as a gang the police have been investigating vows to teach Mary a lesson, and a man from Mary’s past arrives in Rivershore, threatening to reveal her secrets. www.marissoule.com

Represented by Loiacono Literary Agency www.loiaconoliteraryagency.com

Published by Robert Hale Ltd. www.halebooks.com

This is a MUST SEE and MUST SHARE. If you have had a tough day, a week, even a year….this will put it in perspective. It may ban ‘Can’t’ from your vocabulary. (It is not in mine.)     

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Faith Book Hub’s Daily Book Deal 8.15.14 Daily Book Deals on Print Books! Confessions of April Grace: In Front of God and Everybody by KD McCrite only $5 http://faithbookhub.com/2014/08/15/738/

Talking Heads by Maris Soule, author of A Killer Past published by Robert Hale Ltd, release March 2015

http://marissoule.com/blog/

ALL Confessions books by KD McCrite are all on the Accelerated Reader List for all school systems in the United States!!!

Confessions of April Grace: In Front of God and Everybody

Was in the top 12 finalists for the Mark Twain Award!

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Confessions of April Grace: In Front of God and Everybody is a midgrade novel and the first of a series of stories about a rural community in the Ozarks and April Grace Reilly, who changes everything. Centered on the Reilly Family who has lived there for generations and the St. James who reluctantly moved there to start over, it is a true “country mouse” meets “city mouse”. The challenges of tolerance and acceptance and the miracle of saving grandma because of it make this a endearing novel. You will be as captivated by The Reillys as we all were with The Waltons in the 70s.

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Confessions of April Grace: Cliques, Hicks, and Ugly Sticks!

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Just when April Grace thought the drama was over . . . After an automobile accident, Isabel St. James—resident drama coach and drama queen—needs help putting together the church play. Mama insists April Grace and Myra Sue will help. April’s fall is now devoted to spending every afternoon with Isabel and Myra Sue—if anyone is as big of a drama queen as Isabel, it’s Myra Sue. Plus, she’s dumb. (Okay, not dumb, but “older sister dumb.”) If that’s not enough, Isabel is wreaking havoc in the community trying to get Rough Creek Road paved, the new boy at school will not leave her alone, and then Mama drops the biggest bombshell of all . . . April Grace is no longer going to be the baby of the family . . . Girls will completely relate to April and love her sense of humor as she deals with siblings, boys, and the many changes that come with growing up.

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Confessions of April Grace: Chocolate-covered Baloney

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The last thing April Grace wants is more change in her life–but that’s exactly what she gets! Plus, April has a new mystery to solve when Myra Sue starts sneaking around and acting very suspicious! From snooty new neighbors to starting junior high to getting a new baby brother to having her grandmother get a boyfriend, April Grace has had enough change to last until she is at least 87 years old. But when it rains, it pours, and April Grace is in for the ride of her life when her prissy, citified neighbor Isabel becomes her gym teacher and a long-lost relative suddenly reappears and throws everything into a tizzy. On top of that, April’s sister, Myra Sue, has been hiding something and sneaking around. April needs to find out what is going on before her silly sister gets herself into trouble again. More important, will April find the grace she needs to handle her topsy-turvy life and forgive past wrongs?

K. D. McCrite

Hurry Up and Wait…and Wait…and Wait…

Kathaleen McCrite aka Sydney Archer has written over 14 Books. She shares her wisdom on the process of writing in Christian Fiction Magazine online.

http://christianfictiononlinemagazine.com/middle_mccrite.html