Trusting the Currents is a multi-award winning visionary novel that guides readers into their own truth and transformation. Narrated by Addie Mae Aubrey, a Southern, African-American woman, Trusting the Currents is a story of self-discovery and the uneasy search for one’s place in life. Beginning at age eleven with the arrival of beautiful, mysterious cousin Jenny and her shadowy stepfather, Uncle Joe, Trusting the Currents explores Addie Mae’s reluctant awakening. As Jenny introduces Addie Mae … [Read more...] about Trusting the Currents by Lynnda Pollio
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
Interview with Author – Gregg Bell
About Gregg Bell: Gregg Bell writes suspense. Suspense loaded with intrigue and excitement but lacking gratuitous violence, sex and profanity. Gregg likes reading books that entertain but also challenge him and would like to think he writes the same. He was born in Chicago, Illinois. He's done everything from selling puka shells on the beach in Florida to working for Sears in their corporate headquarters at Sears (now Willis) Tower. A lifelong Midwesterner he lives in suburban Chicago. He’s … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Gregg Bell
Interview with Author – Tiffany Lynn Peppers
About Tiffany Lynn Peppers: Writing is my passion, my way of expressing my innermost thoughts and feelings. I have a diploma in Freelance Writing, and have been writing for 18 years. My very first book, 'Poetry of Tomorrow', was published in 2007. In addition to poetry, I write stories, novels as well as lyrics. So far, I have written 10 books. What inspires you to write? What inspires me to write is inward passion, the joy of expressing myself. I really enjoy the idea of being creative and … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Tiffany Lynn Peppers
Interview with Author – Gita V. Reddy
About Gita V. Reddy: Gita V. Reddy is a multi-genre author of over twenty books. Known for her sensitive portrayal of characters and her culturally rich writing, Gita is always looking to create original work with distinct themes. She is a self taught writer who is continuously trying to improve her craft. Gita lives in India with her husband and son. In an earlier life that she voluntarily quit in 2011, she was a bank manager. What inspires you to write? Writing has now become a part of … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Gita V. Reddy
Interview with Author – Ernest Gordon Taulbee
About Ernest Gordon Taulbee: I grew up in a small town in Eastern Kentucky called Salyersville. I received both a Bachelor's and a Master's degree from Eastern Kentucky University. Upon completing my MA I moved to Louisville -- where I have lived most of my adult life. Love of reading and writing has been a theme in my life. Through the decade and a half since I finished his MA, I have worked a variety of jobs, from populating a cubicle in a large corporation to making and selling mead. … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Ernest Gordon Taulbee
The Great Pretender: Confessions of a Semi-Incorrigible Southern Catholic Boy by Robert R Randall
Will young Johnny Malloy find answers to his most perplexing questions--why is he here; is God for real; why won't his girlfriend have sex with him--and learn to stay out of trouble, or will he remain a hopeless delinquent? Growing up would be challenging, anyway, for a kid like Johnny. Confused and self-absorbed, he secretly feels detached and different. He pretends, however--with results that range from heartrending to hilarious--to be like everyone else. Add a judgmental priest, a menacing … [Read more...] about The Great Pretender: Confessions of a Semi-Incorrigible Southern Catholic Boy by Robert R Randall
Surviving Anna by Hazel Buchanan
Surviving Anna tells the story of Laura Vine as she embarks on the most important journey of her life. Outwardly, Laura is devoted to her career and embraces her independent Sydney lifestyle. But a childhood tragedy has left its mark and Laura has a secret she has never dared to share. Her grief lies deeply buried, unexplored and unresolved. Meeting businessman Adam Moretti shakes Laura's composure and disrupts the status quo, triggering the return of her recurring childhood nightmare. Adam … [Read more...] about Surviving Anna by Hazel Buchanan
The Ties That Bind by Nicholas Bridwell
"Everything's bigger in Texas. Even the Secrets." How many family sagas have you read that include a murder mystery in Texas, an epic romance in Japan, tragedy on the cobblestone streets of Paris, and cliff-divers and witchy-women in Mexico? Nicholas Bridwell's debut novel, The Ties That Bind, is about five families who couldn't be more different coming together as a community when tragedy strikes their neighborhood. From there, the story branches out into generations as we explore the … [Read more...] about The Ties That Bind by Nicholas Bridwell
Interview with Author – Diane Lefer
About Diane Lefer: Many years ago, I dropped out of college and ran away to Oaxaca, Mexico where I met some of the most extraordinary people it’s been my good fortune to know. And also wrote a dreadful and rightfully unpublished first novel. It was great to get that first attempt out of the way. Though I never returned to formal education as a student, I somehow ended up teaching for 23 years in the MFA in Writing Program at Vermont College of Fine Arts where, again, I had extraordinary good … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Diane Lefer
Interview with Author – Robert R Randall
About Robert R Randall: A former itinerant radio and TV personality, Robert R Randall is a graduate of Lamar University and has an M.S. in mass communications from the University of Louisiana, Lafayette. He is the author of The Great Pretender, Confessions of a Semi-Incorrigible Southern Catholic Boy and The Healing Power of Connection. He lives in San Antonio. What inspires you to write? I never wait for inspiration to write. Indeed, the process works in reverse. It is writing that … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Robert R Randall
Interview with Author – Nicholas Bridwell
About Nicholas Bridwell: My name is Nicholas Bridwell. My friends call me Nick. You can, too, if you buy my book! I've published short fiction in literary journals, such as my short story "Lazarus Man", which is about a superhero who is addicted to painkillers and lives in a dentist's laundry room. I've also published pop culture essays in digital publications, such as PopMatters.com, and in printed anthologies, such as the highly regarded compendium Joss Whedon: The Complete Companion. I have … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Nicholas Bridwell
