When three-year-old Joey is diagnosed with autism, Kat’s heart sinks. With a single phone number and a few suggested therapies, she and her husband Derek are left to wade through the unknown abyss of ASD. Derek assures Kat their son will grow out of it, but she has done enough research. That never happens. Still, Joey can improve, and Kat vows to make his life better any way she can. Jumping feet first into the depths of therapies and developmental preschool, Kat gives it her all. Everything … [Read more...] about I NOT David by Kameo Monson by Kameo Monson
Interview with Author – Sara Baker
About Sara Baker: Sara Baker's fiction has been published in Cleaver, Confrontation, H.O.W. Journal, The China Grove Journal, TheIntima.org, The Examined Life Journal, The New Quarterly, The Lullwater Review and other venues and has been shortlisted for the Bridport and Fish contests. Her poetry has been published in Stone, River, Sky: the Negative Capability Press Anthology of Georgia Poetry, The 2011 Hippocrates Prize for Poetry and Medicine, The Apalachee Review, The Healing Muse, Ars … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Sara Baker
Mary’s Song by Susan Count
Mary's Song by Susan Count Compelling - Wholesome - Genuinely Touching Twelve-year-old Mary was disabled at the age of four by the same virus that took the life of her mother. While she longs to have a horse of her own, she’s limited to reading horse books. A talented artist, she spends her days on a blanket in the grass sketching the horses at the farm next door. She falls in love with one of the foals and is outraged to learn the filly is considered worthless as it was born lame. Mary … [Read more...] about Mary’s Song by Susan Count
Stop the World by Sherry Mayes
Set in the dusty desert town of Cedarville, North California, beauty queen, Jody Angel Taylor believes her life is all mapped out: glamorous, clever and popular, and due to marry her handsome boyfriend, she has it all. Until one night she has a devastating car crash, ending up paralyzed - and her perfect world collapses. Committing media suicide and publicly blamed for her own accident, everything around her falls apart. She becomes a lonely recluse, feeling she’s lost everything including her … [Read more...] about Stop the World by Sherry Mayes
Interview with Author – Sherry Mayes
About Sherry Mayes: I've worked as a journalist for nearly twenty years and have also published two self-help books over twelve years ago, the first one which was a best seller is Be Your Own Psychic, which is an interactive book about using intuition practically in every day life. Stop the World, a YA novel is my first work of fiction. What inspires you to write? True life events always inspire me whether it's from the news, family or people I meet. . Stop the World was inspired by a … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Sherry Mayes
The Pain Companion: Practical Tools for Living With and Moving Beyond Chronic Pain by Sarah Anne Shockley
The Pain Companion is a practical and compassionate guidebook based on the author's 8 years of managing debilitating nerve pain. It includes a wealth of insights and wisdom to ease the impact that living with chronic pain has on well being, self-image, and relationships. Includes 33 specific ways to alleviate pain's emotional and mental stresses and 11 simple meditative exercises to help change the relationship with pain from enemy to ally in healing. Targeted Age Group:: adults What … [Read more...] about The Pain Companion: Practical Tools for Living With and Moving Beyond Chronic Pain by Sarah Anne Shockley
Interview with Author – Sarah Anne Shockley
About Sarah Anne Shockley: A native of Connecticut, Sarah Anne Shockley is a multiple award winning producer and director of educational films, including Dancing From the Inside Out, a highly acclaimed documentary on disabled dance. She has traveled extensively for business and pleasure. Her first book, Traveling Incognito, a guidebook for international travelers, won a Critic's Choice Award (San Francisco Review of Books). She holds an MBA in International Marketing and has worked in high-tech … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Sarah Anne Shockley
The OMG Test by Pippa Franks
Like Jane Austen's Emma, Olivia Daly can't resist the urge to meddle, but her Bridget Jones touch means things usually go awry. Shop manager Olivia's well-intentioned interfering stems from a fear of change. When friends talk of leaving, she quakes in her stilettos Or sensible work shoes). These shoes must stay a step ahead to prevent this from happening. Commitment is not at the top of Olivia's 'To Do List.' However, four friends with learning difficulties, dubbed 'Olivia's Misunderstood … [Read more...] about The OMG Test by Pippa Franks
Interview with Author – Robin Gregory
About Robin Gregory: I‘m a devoted wife and mother, writer, and occasional land surveyor. Born in Pensacola, Florida, I grew up in California, accompanied by seven siblings, and surrounded by horses, real cowboys, and the occasional rattlesnake. I’ve always been drawn to helping others, a trait that began, to my mother’s horror, with bringing home swallow chicks stricken from their nests. I’ve worked as a journalist, lay minister, and infant massage instructor for mothers and babies at risk. … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Robin Gregory
Interview with Author – Kishan Paul
About Kishan Paul: From daring escapes by tough women to chivalrous men swooping in to save the day, the creativity switch to Kishan Paul's brain is always in the 'on' position. If daydreaming stories were a college course, Kish would graduate with honors. Mother of two beautiful children, she has been married to her best friend for over 17 years. With the help of supportive family and friends, she balances her family, a thriving counseling practice, and writing without sinking into … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Kishan Paul
Designs of Desire by Tempeste O’Riley @TempesteO
Artist James Bryant has forearm crutches in every color from rainbow for fun to sleek black for business. He even has a pair with more paint splatters than metal. After his family’s rejection and abuse from a man he thought loved him, James only just gets through the day by painting. He lives in constant fear that he’s not worthy of anything, let alone love. As CEO of his company, Carrington Enterprises, Seth Burns is a take-charge kind of guy, and he is instantly smitten by the artist … [Read more...] about Designs of Desire by Tempeste O’Riley @TempesteO
Excerpt From Autism Goes to School by Dr. Sharon A. Mitchell
About your Book: Ben didn't know he was a father until the call came from an ex-girlfriend asking for money. Ben and Deanna had parted amiably when Deanna moved away to follow a job opportunity. Now, Kyle was two years old and in trouble. Doctors said he needed treatment - expensive therapy estimated at sixty thousand a year. Insurance covered just a fraction of the cost, but the treatment was crucial. Kyle had autism. Autism affects one in every fifty-four boys in North America. Ben's … [Read more...] about Excerpt From Autism Goes to School by Dr. Sharon A. Mitchell
