Fantastic Five-star Review for Kid Clay by Carl Watson!

Fantastic Five-star Review for Kid Clay by Carl Watson!

5.0 out of 5 stars … and the opportunity to meet some of the finest people on earth

By Connie J. Green

Kid Clay by Carl Watson
W & B Publishers, Kernersville, NC
2017

When young Henry Clay sets our looking for adventure in the western frontier of the late 1800s, he finds it — along with an illness that almost takes his life, several encounters with cattle rustlers, a brief meeting with the infamous Dalton gang, and all the challenges and discomforts life on the open plains has to offer. Due to his youthfulness, Clay picks up the trail nickname Kid, but during his years on the frontier, he manages to overcome any sense of belittlement the name might convey.

Kid Clay is based on the memoirs of Carl Watson’s grandfather, Henry “Kid” Carleton Clay, who was born in Kentucky in 1865.

As the son of a judge, young Henry is expected to follow in his father’s footsteps and go into law. However, Henry has an unbearable itch to explore the west he has heard about in stories related to his grandfather, Simon Kenton, and his distant relative, Kit Carson. As Kid recovers from Typhoid Fever and works his way across Texas and New Mexico, into Colorado and Nevada, he finds the west lives up to his expectations. It is a place filled with adventure, danger, unbelievable beauty, and the opportunity to meet some of the finest people on earth, Buffalo Bill among that number. But it is the ordinary people who mean most to Kid — the woman who nurses him back to health, his fellow trail riders, the ranch bosses, and the tribe of Indians with whom he lives for a year.

Kid’s Kentucky upbringing includes training as a horseman and skill with using guns; both abilities that serve him well on the frontier. However, after years of indulging his yen for adventure, Kid finds a different sort of yearning replacing his old urges. The once-wild west is changing, as is Kid, and a new future opens for both as the story closes.

Kid Clay is written for young readers and for adults as well; for all who like a story with action and adventure.

 

Jeanie Loiacono will be teaching “So you want to become an author?” at Young Harris College

Jeanie Loiacono will be teaching “So you want to become an author?” at the Institute of Continuing Learning at YHC, Young Harris, Georgia Thursday, April 12, 19, 26, 3 Sessions, 3:15 – 5:15 pm, Cost: $16 for all three classes. To sign up: www.iclyhc.org

This three-session course will only touch the tip of the iceberg on how to become a published author, yet it will empower you with the knowledge necessary to achieve your goal, whether fiction or nonfiction.

The first session, titled “So you want to write a book?”, will cover topics such as all the roles of the participants in the publishing industry, misconceptions, and the two “Ps” — patience and professionalism.

The second, titled “Steps to Becoming an Author”, breaks down in detail what to do and when. For the last 45 minutes you will be blessed with special guest Wally Avett, author of Murder in Caney Fork, Last Bigfoot in Dixie, Rebel Bushwhacker, and Coosa Flyer. Of the four, the last three take place in North Georgia. You may even know some of the Dyers in the Union/Towns County area, decedents of Micajah Clark Dyer who invented the first airplane before the Wright brothers here in North Georgia and Coosa Flyer is written about. He will speak on his style and techniques, as well as the in-depth research required for each unique book; all of which are based on true stories.

The third, titled “Query, Synopses, and Manuscripts”, gives examples as well as hands-on guidance. In the last 45 minutes, you will have guest Jeanne Charters, author of Shanty Gold and Lace Curtain, the first two novels in the Daughters of Ireland trilogy, who will speak on historical fiction but specifically the study of foreign lands for her novels.

A facilitator of dreams, Jeanie Loiacono represents over eighty authors. Her forte is mystery, romance, thrillers, historical/military/southern fiction, and all quality fiction/nonfiction. Her passion is to see her authors succeed.

“There is nothing more rewarding than to hold one of my author’s books and know I helped bring it to fruition. I am so blessed and privileged to be able to work with some of the most talented writers in the world.”

 

 

 

Lying, Cheating, and Occasionally Murder by Ginny Fite in The Big Thrill

Lying, Cheating, and Occasionally Murder by Ginny Fite in The Big Thrill

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Ginny Fite has entertained us the past two years with the Sam Lagarde Mysteries, each time planting us in the middle of a murder. It just keeps getting better! Her latest, Lying, Cheating, and Occasionally Murder, due for release February 10th in paperback but is now available in e-book, takes us into the devious world of pharmaceuticals, genetics, and molecular research. Just when you think you have it all figured out, you don’t… again and again. A rollercoaster ride to the end.

Get ready for the launch of Lying, Cheating, and Occasionally Murder by Ginny Fite!

Ginny Fite is on fire when it comes to the Sam Lagarde Mystery Series. Cromwell’s Folly, No Good Deed Left Undone, and now releasing in February, Lying, Cheating, and Occasionally Murder! Read one and you will want to read them all! Video trailer

   

 

Four Seasons Books, 116 W. German St., Shepherdstown, W.Va., Feb. 24th at 2 p.m.

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Winchester Book Gallery, 185 N. Loudon St., Winchester, Va., March 3rd at 2 p.m.

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Charles Town Library, 200 E. Washington St., Charles Town, W.Va., March 10th at 2 p.m.

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South Jefferson Public Library, 49 Church St., Summit Point, W.Va., March 18th at 3 p.m.

AISH interviews Bracha Goetz about her memoir of a Harvard-educated woman fighting anorexia, Searching for God in the Garbage

AISH interviews Bracha Goetz about her memoir of a Harvard-educated woman fighting anorexia, Searching for God in the Garbage

 http://www.aish.com/sp/so/Searching-for-God-in-the-Garbage.html Bracha Goetz is the author of 36 books to help children’s souls shine  http://www.amazon.com/author/spiritualkidsbooks-brachagoetz

 

Lin Waterhouse, author of Bred to the Bone — Deadly Secrets at Hunter’s Mill, The Ghost of Timmy Wahl — Eternal Secrets at Hunter’s Mill and The West Plains Dance Hall Explosion, is included as one of the top ten Ozarks writers in “Ozarks Noir: Why pop culture loves rural Missouri”!!

Lin Waterhouse, author of Bred to the Bone — Deadly Secrets at Hunter’s Mill, The Ghost of Timmy Wahl — Eternal Secrets at Hunter’s Mill and The West Plains Dance Hall Explosion, is included as one of the top ten Ozarks writers in “Ozarks Noir: Why pop culture loves rural Missouri”!! http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/arts-culture/article196716564.html

 

Although Waterhouse was a professional writer for magazines, newspapers, and periodicals, her first foray in books was The West Plains Dance Hall Explosion, the story and history behind the still unsolved Bond Hall explosion/fire Friday, April 13, 1928 in West Plains, Missouri (The History Press).

Her next two were based on some truth, some folklore, and a whole lot of imagination set at the original Hodgson’s Water Mill in Sycamore, Missouri; famous for Hodgson’s Flour — Bred to the Bone — Deadly Secrets at Hunter’s Mill and The Ghost of Timmy Wahl — Eternal Secrets at Hunter’s Mill (Argus Publishing). One a murder and the other a paranormal mystery, both center around Caroline Hudson, a widow who moves to the Ozarks to start over but ends up stirring up a hornets’ nest of feelings and history most locals wish left be. The Ghost of Timmy Wahl was based on a legend derived from a horrific accident that took the life of Judson Warren at Hodgson’s Water Mill; pictured below with his dog, Patch.

  

Waterhouse, a resident of West Plains, Missouri, is open to speaking engagements, book signings, and book club meetings. Her passion is opening the hearts and minds of readers to the wonders of her second love, the Ozarks. (Her first is, of course, her husband, Dave.) She is represented by Loiacono Literary Agency.