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Wally Avett, author of Last Bigfoot in Dixie and Murder in Caney Fork (both on sale at Amazon for $1.99 the whole month of December, published by BelleBooks) and Rebel Bushwhacker and Coosa Flyer (Argus Publishing) will be part of a panel discussion on Publishing and Marketing Saturday, 12/12, 1-3 pm @ the Moss Memorial Library in Hayesville. FREE—Open to public— Panelists will be selling and signing books. Sponsored by N. C. Writers Network (our far-west division of a statewide group called Netwest.)
Moss Memorial Library
26 Anderson St, Hayesville, NC 28904
(828) 389-8401
By Accident of Birth spans the Atlantic, from the US during the Civil War to Cuba and France and, in the end, to Ireland and WWI.
A most incredible life and tragic end begins in 1915 as Bethany Quinn receives a call from the British Crown saying she is in possession of a cache of arms stored in her sugar mill warehouse in Cuba. An era she thought long past is resurrected in the last “special cargo” shipment to England to aid the allies in WWI. In preparation for the trip, she re-reads her mother’s and Dr. Perkins’ diaries which brings us to that fate-filled day in 1863, and takes us on a journey we will never forget…
During the siege of Vicksburg July 1863, sixteen-year-old Annielise Quinn is shot by a stray bullet which had passed through the groin of a confederate soldier and lodged itself in her pelvis nicking her uterus, thus impregnating her. The only persons to know of the “bullet baby” were her immediate family and Dr. Perkins. Two-year-old Beverly Bethany Quinn is the only survivor when a trio of crazed Yankees slaughters her family. Having been hid in a basket by her mother, Annielise, she is found by the Quinn’s nanny, Arabella, and taken to be raised by Dr. Perkins in Vicksburg, and subsequently her Uncle Jonathan who lives in Cuba.
Wars, love, friendships, tragedies, clandestine shipments and harrowing escapes—unforgettable. As unbelievable as it may sound, the events mentioned in this manuscript did actually take place.
Thomas E. Simmons is the author of Escape from Archangel (University Press of Mississippi), The Man Called Brown Condor (Sky Horse Publishing) and Forgotten Heroes of World War II: Personal Accounts of Ordinary Soldiers Land, Sea and Air (Taylor Trade Publishing). He has also written numerous magazine articles, an example of which, “Growing Up With Mr. Faulkner,” was published in The Oxford American, a literary magazine founded by John Grisham. The sequel to By Accident of Birth, The Last Quinn Standing, is due for release in 2016. www.thomasesimmons.net
Published by TouchPoint Press www.touchpointpress.com
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Now available in ebook: By Accident of Birth by Thomas E. Simmons
These two stories span the Atlantic, from the US during the Civil War to Cuba and France and, in the end, to Ireland and WWI.
As you aware, 2015 is the 150th anniversary of the end of the Civil War where By Accident of Birth starts out, at the battle of Vicksburg in 1863. It is also the 100th anniversary of the sinking of Lusitania which eventually led to America’s entry into the WWI. And so begins the sequel, The Last Quinn Standing, which carries us further on through the eyes of Ansel Quinn, the last of the Quinn bloodline.
A most incredible life and tragic end begins in 1915 as Bethany Quinn receives a call from the British Crown saying she is in possession of a cache of arms stored in her sugar mill warehouse in Cuba. An era she thought long past is resurrected in the last “special cargo” shipment to England to aid the allies in WWI. In preparation for the trip, she re-reads her mother’s and Dr. Perkins’ diaries which brings us to that fate-filled day in 1863, and takes us on a journey we will never forget…
During the siege of Vicksburg July 1863, sixteen-year-old Annielise Quinn is shot by a stray bullet which had passed through the groin of a confederate soldier and lodged itself in her pelvis nicking her uterus, thus impregnating her. The only persons to know of the “bullet baby” were her immediate family and Dr. Perkins. Two-year-old Beverly Bethany Quinn is the only survivor when a trio of crazed Yankees slaughters her family. Having been hid in a basket by her mother, Annielise, she is found by the Quinn’s nanny, Arabella, and taken to be raised by Dr. Perkins in Vicksburg, and subsequently her Uncle Jonathan who lives in Cuba.
Wars, love, friendships, tragedies, clandestine shipments and harrowing escapes—unforgettable. As unbelievable as it may sound, the events mentioned in this manuscript did actually take place.
Thomas E. Simmons is the author of Escape from Archangel (University Press of Mississippi), The Man Called Brown Condor (Sky Horse Publishing) and Forgotten Heroes of World War II: Personal Accounts of Ordinary Soldiers Land, Sea and Air (Taylor Trade Publishing). He has also written numerous magazine articles, an example of which, “Growing Up With Mr. Faulkner,” was published in The Oxford American, a literary magazine founded by John Grisham. The Man Called Brown Condor was presented to the president of Ethiopia and Simmons was invited to Ethiopia in March 2013 for a week-long celebration and dedication to John Robinson, the man called ‘Brown Condor.’ Simmons was also honored by the Mississippi State Senate for efforts in bringing Robinson’s life to light, a man who deserves to be known for his achievements. In November 2014, three of the contributors to Forgotten Heroes of WWII sign copies of the book alongside Simmons in Biloxi, Mississippi – Harry Bell, Jerry O’Keefe and Oscar Russell.
Simmons grew up in Gulfport, Mississippi, attended Marion Military Institute, the U. S. Naval Academy, the University of Southern Mississippi and the University of Alabama. Simmons has been a commercial captain of a seventy-foot sailing vessel, a pilot since the age of sixteen, (over 3000 plus hours in the air; having flown professionally and participated in air shows flying aerobatics in open-cockpit bi-planes), and in the late 1950s he served as an artillery officer in Korea. www.thomasesimmons.net
Published by TouchPoint Press www.touchpointpress.com
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Get ‘em for Christmas!! Both of Wally Avett’s books—Murder in Caney Fork and Last Bigfoot in Dixie—are $1.99 the whole month in Amazon’s December “Holiday Store.”
Published by BelleBooks Represented by Loiacono Literary Agency
Caroline Giammanco’s Bank Notes: The True Story of the Boonie Hat Bandit Book Signing
Barnes and Noble – 6510 N. Illinois Street Fairview Heights, IL 62208
December 6, 2015 from 12:00-5:00 p.m.
http://stores.barnesandnoble.com/direction/store/2258
Picking up a letter from his desk, Ulrich held it to his nose and breathed in the aroma of rose water. He pictured Havah sitting at the kitchen table, pen in hand, munching raisins, black waves cascading over her shoulders.
Nikolai walked to the desk, picked up the envelope and squinted. “‘Kansas City, Missouri. U.S.A.’”
“The postman delivered it yesterday afternoon.”
“What does she have to say?”
“Here, I’ll read it to you.
Friday, 29 January, 1904
Dearest Ulrich, my angel and friend,
I am hoping happiness for you. You, above all people, deserve it.
I miss hearing you play. Perhaps one day you will come here for a concert. Can you understand it, my writing?”
For a moment he stopped to study her even letters. The memory of her battle with her knife-slashed hand still pained him. No longer able to perform simple tasks such as writing or even holding a spoon, she forced her left hand, with unyielding diligence, into submission. After all of that, she still had impeccable penmanship.
Taken from From Silt and Ashes by Rochelle Wisoff-Fields
Following tearful goodbyes to Ulrich and Nikolai, Arel, Havah and Arel’s family immigrated to Kansas City. Ulrich, who had already secured a teaching position at the Royal Academy of Music in London, talked Nikolai into joining him.
At the beginning of From Silt and Ashes Havah maintains her friendship with Ulrich through letters. Thanks to Arel’s income as a tailor, Arel and Havah have purchased a new house and are adapting to American life as they anticipate the birth of their first child.
Although she’s comfortable in her new home, Havah suffers from Post-Traumatic Stress and worsening physical disability. No longer an adolescent, she’s a young married woman who faces challenge after challenge with tenacity and courage.
Published by Argus Publishing
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Caroline Giammanco, author of Bank Notes: The True Story of the Boonie Hat Bandit, on the Larry Connors USA
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Caroline Giammanco who is the wife of Donald Giammanco, better known as the Boonie Hat Bandit, joined Larry to talk about her new book talking about her husband.
John house, MD, creates his novels from his vast and varied experiences in life. He is actively involved in family medicine and previously spent time in sports, prison and urgent care medicine. He has traveled extensively, including mission trips to Belize, and has sailed and scuba dived in the Virgin Islands, Bahamas and Belize. www.johnhouseauthor.com
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Trail of Deceit
Four college students set out to hike a section of the Appalachian Trail. The hike turns to terror when a stranger brutally attacks the group. Having wandered off the main AT, a simple adventure turns into a test of survival – from the elements as well as two and four-legged predators. Nothing is as it seems and all is worse than could ever be imagined.
Published by Limitless Publishing www.limitlesspublishing.com Represented by Loiacono Literary Agency www.loiaconoliteraryagency.com
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Amber Lanier Nagle is a Georgia girl through and through. In 2006, after working for eighteen years as an engineer, she reinvented herself as a freelance writer specializing in nonfiction articles. Her work has appeared in GRIT, Mother Earth News, GEORGIA Magazine, Atlanta Life, Points North, Chatter, Get Out Chattanooga and many other magazines and newspapers.
For eleven years, she penned a monthly newspaper column focusing on memories, relationships, and unique observations from her lifetime in Georgia. In 2012, she published a selection of these articles in an ebook titled Southern Exposure: A Few Random, Rambling, Retrospective Pieces of My Life.
She’s the brainchild behind Project Keepsake, a collection of stories told in first-person by ordinary people about their treasured keepsakes and mementos, and she conducts “Writing About Keepsakes” workshops in Georgia and Tennessee to help aspiring writers find their voice and craft their own keepsake stories.
She is a graduate of both Georgia Institute of Technology and Mercer University and is an active member of the Georgia Writers Association and the Chattanooga Writers Guild.
She lives in the woods in Northwest Georgia with her husband, Gene, and an assortment of beloved pets and wild critters.
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Project Keepsake is a collection of short stories told in first-person by both writers and aspiring writers about their treasured keepsakes and mementos. From buckeyes to pocket knives to pound cake pans to rings to fishing lures, each keepsake—and each story—is unique, yet each reveals common attributes that bind us together and celebrate the glorious human experience. www.AmberNagle.com
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Published by Native Ink Press www.nativeinkpress.com