These are the contributing authors to Fox and Quill |
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Forbidden Serires: The Revolution A story of vampires, an age-old secret, a consort held hostage, a curse demanding to be broken, and an unforgettable battle with a mercenary master mage will have you holding your breath. It’s a world like no other, a world where vampires are real, where magic is possible, and where love still conquers all.. |
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She
currently lives in Southern California with her husband, son, and cocker
spaniel, Buck. Her husband is a social worker who works with abused children.
He's an avid sailor who loves to surf, and you'll find bits of him in every
hero that Sam has ever written. Her son is wonderfully sensitive, with
a sarcastic sense of humor. He plays the piano, composes his own music,
is a competitive fencer, and worships video games. Web site at: http://samanthasommersby.com/ |
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Black October You thought oil prices are high now! After reading this story, set where the oil meets the royal families of the Middle East, you will know how it will happen and that the sky is the limit, since the supply will be questionable. |
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Ralph
was educated in San Diego and received his teaching credential from UCLA
and completed work on one-half of a Masters in Literature from UC Santa
Barbara. I have two sons, one an electrician in San Diego, the other a firefighter paramedic and nurse in Las Vegas. |
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John Davis
One published book: Paperless Contracting: The EDI Revolution, 1994
Holbrook & Kellogg, Vienna, VA |
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| John has had many lives: Former President, San Diego Writers and Editors Guild; Adjunct Professor, San Diego State University; published book "Paperless Contracting: The EDI Revolution", 1994 Holbrook & Kellogg, Vienna, VA; published essays and articles over a 26 year period. Currently lives in San Diego, but is on the road mostly. | ||
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Vince Ventura
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Vince
is a retired New York City police officer, currently working in a Long
Island middle school as a security officer. In his spare moments, he compose
various types of poetry. He has been published in The Bethpage Tribune, a local newspaper, numerous times. Included in the attachment is a sample of my poetry. |
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Coils of the Serpent Three friends discover convincing evidence that DNA and the patterns of life are described in the Bible; the discovery challenges Darwin, the foundations of the Church, and ruthless fundamentalist extremists. |
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Raymond Lutz lives in El Cajon, California. Raymond is an active contributor to the technical and scientific community, and he has published hundreds of papers, technical documents, user manuals, and public standards. His interest in the science versus religion controversy extends back many years. Web site at: http://www.coilsoftheserpent.com | |
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It's Not a Life Sentence Change your life now as Marj Frazer Lacey, therapist and teacher, helps you move beyond your past to create a joyous future. Each of the 17 clear, concise chapters contains a section called “Time to Introspect.” There, you’re invited to reflect on how material covered in the chapter applies to you and can help transform your life. |
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Marj Lacey is a journalist, teacher, and therapist who lives in Vista,
California. Throughout her life, she has worked with issues surrounding
the need to live authentically and express the essence of one’s being
in everyday life. Read more about Marj, see an excerpt of her book,
and take your own inventory by clicking on “Signs of Trouble” on
her website. Check out her Web site at: http://www.marjfrazerlacey.com |
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THREE COMPLETE BOOKS IN ONE BOOK
Ghost Kids Trilogy: Two real children Christy, 12 and her
brother Brad, |
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Linda was born in Pennsylvania. Now she resides in California close to her daughter, son and his large family. She loves to read to her grandchildren. Her granddaughter said to her, “I love it Grandma, when you read to me.” That has been the fountain of inspiration that drives her to create what you are reading today. Check out her Web site at: http://www.lmeckler.com | |
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"ORPHAN RECORDS surviving the future is the game." "DARK KNIGHT makes history stand up and deliver." |
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John Wolf lives in San Diego,
California. He writes and is also a musician. Whatever the task is, it should
be done in a creative way. It seems like I have spent my life being part
of, or scribbling down on paper fantastic tales. In a earlier time, I
would have been called the village shamon or the village idot,
but I story told, would have been fanstastic. |
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"Sweet Heavenly Daze" |
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John Earp was raised in Tampa, Florida, earned a B.
A. in English from Lenoir-Rhyne College, Hickory, North Carolina,
and a Master of Divinity (a degree which continues to feed his
finely honed sense of irony) from the Lutheran seminary in Columbia,
South Carolina. A pastor for 23 years, he served two parishes in
Florida and two in North Carolina.
John and his wife Debra now make their home, and cherish
their friends, in the small Florida town of Winter Haven, where John
will be found either at Richard's Coffee Shop or on the golf course.
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"Rainy Day People" |
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A widowed mother of two grown
sons, a lover of life, nature, and adventure, Susan
Haley turned a passion for the written word into a
purpose and a challenge. With a published nonfiction
work and promising reviews under her belt, she was
fortunate enough to meet professional, award-winning
writer, Robert Delany. A friendship and writing bond
formed out of what was, initially, a mentoring.
Rainy Day People is the heartwarming result. Susan
resides and works in Sarasota on the Gulf Coast of
Florida. Mr. Delany, to whom the book is dedicated,
passed on shortly after the completion of this work.
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by Joseph Lenard |
"Terror Strikes" (coming soon) |
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Joseph M. Lenard, born August 11, 1962. Residence - Wyandotte (Wayne County) Michigan; a “Downriver” community and suburb of Detroit; the Motor City. An Athlete, Theist, and Philomath, with unlimited pursuits in regard to the acquisition of knowledge and wisdom; to satisfy an insatiable inquisitiveness, through study of any and all subject matter, as demonstrated in his writings. |
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Shirley Ann
Parker’s luminous stories are about people and places we have all known
wherever we live. They are the real heroes and heroines of the world,
those for whom every day may require a strong will and a battle to live,
with more than a dash of good humor sprinkled in! The real mysteries of
life lie in how these people keep going from day to day.
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"Sex, Lies and Cosmetic Surgery - Things You'll Never Learn From Your Plastic Surgeon" Cosmetic Surgery can enhance your sex life as well as your appearance! But despite all the hoopla, it's not for everyone. Use this book of how-to's and anecdotes to help you decide, Is it for me? What can I expect? How do I choose? Will I be happier? |
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A frequent presenter at State and National educational
conferences, a number of Lois's articles have been published by Eric (US
Department of Education), Newsday, The New York Times, LI Beauty Guide
and more. While co-editor of an Internet web-zine, Lois initiated her
column, Ordinary People, Extraordinary Lives, where she discovered her
special niche of investigative journalism. Putting those same talents to
work in Sex, Lies and Cosmetic Surgery, this author gained the trust of
over 100 women as she interviewed them about some of the most intimate
aspects of their lives. |
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"Saving Grace" |
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Author Phyllis-Terri Gold, Ph.D.,
NCC, a Board Certified Clinical Mental Health
Counselor and Psychologist, has been a student and
teacher of spirituality/meditation for over twenty
years. She has lectured and written extensively on
these subjects. This is her second book and first
novel. A third generation Huntington, Long Island
native, she lives on Long Island with her husband
and Serena, their very spoiled Cockatiel. |
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"Inocencia"
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Irene DesGeorges studied at the University of California at San
Diego and received a bachelor’s degree in Spanish literature and
minor in English literature. She is involved in a variety of careers
in bilingual communications, including teacher, editor, court
interpreter, translator and writer. She currently lives in San Diego
with her husband, Frank Patrick. |
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"The Virginian Who Might Have Saved Lincoln"
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Author Bob O'Connor lives in Charles Town, West Virginia, close to
most of the sites of his books. He has been a life long journalist
and photographer. His first writings went to the Illinois Historical
Society Journal in 1959 when he was in the 8th grade. He has worked
full time for a newspaper, part time as a newspaper reporter, at
various jobs, many that required writing, press releases, news
articles, or reports. About two thousand published articles later,
he is now writing books. |
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"Talk Radio for Authors"
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Francine Silverman was a newspaper reporter for many years but her
writing/marketing career really began in 2003 when she authored two
local guidebooks, Catskills Alive (1st and 2nd editions, 2000 and 2003)
and Long Island Alive (2003), both published by Hunter Publishing.
Having trouble marketing them and hungry for ideas, she decided to start
an e-zine for authors of all genres. Then she began a radio show on
Achieve Radio,
http://www.achieveradio.com, called Book Marketing with Fran, in
which she interviews authors about their marketing strategies. |
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"What Writers Need to Know About Publishing "
(coming soon) |
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Jerry Simmons career in publishing began in the fall of 1977 as
a Sales Representative for Random House. In 1979 he joined the
book division at Warner Communications, and spent more than twenty-three
years in sales and management. During that time the company expanded
to become The Time Warner Book Group. Our sales team distributed
over a thousand titles a year from a number of large publishing
houses including Little, Brown; Warner Books; Hyperion; Miramax
Books; Bulfinch; Back Bay; Little, Brown Books for Young Readers;
and Disney.He sold books to some of the largest independent booksellers
and mass merchants in the country as well as managing a sales force
nationwide.He retired as Vice-President, Director Field Sales in
2003. |
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"Memoirs of an American Housewife in Japan" |
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Pauline Hager lives in La Jolla,
California. She has always been an avid book reader. Her experiences from
that, nourished the dormant seed of a strong desire to write, and it eventually
blossomed into a book, Memoirs of an American Housewife in Japan. |
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"Lalsa's Stories and Poems abound " She has also done many TV scripts and magazine ads |
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Lalsa lives in New Delhi, India
and is an aspiring new writer and poet. To learn more about her
and to read her work, she has a wonderful website blog filled with
her talented poems and stories. |
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"Monkey C Media " is a full design house
offering a wide range of design services and marketing concepts |
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Jeniffer Thompson brings more than
ten years of publishing experience to her current position as President
of Monkey C Media, a full-service design house offering web and print services.
Monkey C Media is known for their innovative designs and unparalleled website
creation and makeover programs. |
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"Presidential Trivia "Presidential Trivia: The Feats, Fates, Families, Foibles, and Firsts of Our American Presidents (Gibbs Smith). Hundreds of intriguing firsts, mosts, onlys, patterns, and quizzes about our presidents, vice presidents, and first ladies. You’ll have fun learning a lot about their lives (even their medical records and their pets), their accomplishments, and their roles in American history. Trade paperback @ $11.00.. |
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Richard lives in San Diego and broadcasts
regularly on a number of major market public and clear-channel
commercial radio stations, including KPBS in San Diego and KSFO
in San Francisco. I have appeared a number of times on just about
every major radio station in the U.S., including Larry King radio,
the Osgood Files, G. Gordon Liddy, Tom Snyder, Roy Leonard, Dave
Maynard, David Brudnoy, and television shows, such as the Today
Show, and CNN Prime Time. In 2002, I was awarded the Golden
Gavel by Toastmasters International. |
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"Forty Cars That Owned Me" |
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Patrick Nowak’s interest in cars started at the tender age of eight,
while growing up in the small town of Alpena, Michigan. Nowak drove
forty thousand miles per year, pretty much using up a car every two
years. He bought his share of Buicks, Oldsmobiles, and Fords for work
related travel while getting into sports car racing, professional
rallying and collecting exotic cars like the Aston Martin. Over the last
forty-eight years, Patrick acquired and disposed of more than seventy cars,
trucks, and motor homes. Those experiences have
generated wisdom about how to minimize the damage to one’s bank
account when dealing with rolling stock. The reader will learn much in
dealing with his dream car. |
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"Life's a Good Gig - A gringo musician’s journey into the world
of Latin music " |
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John operates his own music publishing business,
All World Music, and produces and arranges for other artists. Currently,
John appears at the U.S. Grant Hotel, the Sheraton Hotel La Jolla and the
Bahia Resort Hotel (see links and "more info" section). He gives
music presentations at schools and is a motivational speaker. Having raised
two adopted daughters and now divorced, he lives in San Diego with his cats,
Baxter and Buster. |
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"For
Honor: An Adventure of What Might Have Been" |
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Kat Jaske is from Las Vegas, Nevada, and has a
passion for things French, the language and the culture. As a teacher she
instills in all those around her a love of learning, and the ability to
think and question and discover for themselves as she puts it, "to
thine own self be true"- William Shakespeare. |
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"The
Curse Of Satan's Collar" |
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John was born in Memphis Tennessee. He grew up in that part of Memphis, Hollywood, and Chelsea known as “North Hell’s Kitchen.” Following service in the U.S. Marine Corps (S/Sergeant) and later a Lt/Colonel in the National Guard, he graduated from the University Of Tennessee School Of Dentistry. In addition to the practice of General Dentistry, he became a professional custom golf club maker. In 1998 the GCA awarded him as Custom Club-maker, of the Year in the Southern Region. In 1999 the PCS awarded him as Atlantic Regional Custom Club-maker of the Year. He makes his home in Nashville, Tennessee, with his wife, Joan Seigenthaler-Miller. |
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Russ lives in Sarasota,
Florida with his wife. He is a graduated from Temple University in Philadelphia
with a degree in psychology and has been writing most of his life. His
new suspense novel, "Crosshairs", is available through all the
major bookstore chains in the US and UK, as well as on Amazon. |
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Dan is one of the publishing industry's most energetic,
experienced and respected leaders. He lives in Santa Barbara. Para Publishing was founded in 1969 to collect,
process, publish and disseminate critical safety information on parachute design and skydiving techniques.
Initially in North Quincy, Massachusetts, it was moved to Santa Barbara in 1974. The company expanded into
other books, tapes, reports, disks, seminars, speeches, consulting, etc. on other subjects. It published
the first book on hang gliding, a circular book on Frisbee play, the first book on word processors, the
first laser-typeset book, it was the first publisher to send galleys by modem, published the first book
on speech recognition for writers and many other firsts. The company publishes several authors and most
of Dan Poynter's work. |
