A Book and a Chat with Raquel Byrnes

My guest on today’s “A Book and a Chat” is one of those authors whose been writing since they could first hold a crayon, and actually has many of the early exercise books full of their stories. However home schooling six children would not normally allow much time to write, unless as my guest Raquel Byrnes explained during the show, you are a bit of a night owl.

Raquel lives in Southern, California, and considers herself an inspirational fiction writer creating romantic suspense with an edge-of-your-seat pace novels. Her first book in the Shades of Hope series, “Purple Knot” was released on June 3rd which will shortly be followed by “Ruby Dawn” with a the third in the trilogy “Bayou Blue” available in 2012.

Raquel is one of those authors that take the research for a novel very seriously, she has taken private detective courses, gun classes, and underground tours to get every detail right for her novels.

About “Purple Knot”:

When her best friend, is murdered, Reyna Cruz doesn't believe the police have the whole story. An investigator by trade, she has the talent to track Summer’s killer, but when clues lead to a family connection and a vicious gang, she suddenly becomes the hunted. At the end of her rope, Reyna must decide to trust the God she believes abandoned her.

Wanting justice for his sister’s murder, lawyer Jimmy Corbeau agrees to help Reyna—even though she’s his ex-fiancé, and their break-up devastated him. Romance is reawakened, but so are memories of their tragic undoing. Jimmy must decide if he will fight for a future with Reyna or allow their past to derail the investigation and his second chance at love.

When the investigation goes awry and Summer’s infant daughter is kidnapped, Reyna must put her life on the line. Will Jimmy and Reyna survive the desperate measures it takes to recover his niece, catch a killer, and secure a happily-ever-after for them all?

So listen to an interesting and hugely entertaining show as I spend thirty minutes sharing "A Book and a Chat with Raquel Byrnes".

Barry

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A Book and a Chat with Garasamo Maccagnone

So before the show started I just knew with my lack of pronouncing names correctly I’d have trouble with today’s guest Garasamo Maccagnone, thank goodness after one try he allowed me to call him “Mac”.

Mac, as I am now going to call him, was one of five children being raised in what can only be described as hard times. His father as we learned was quite a character, the story of how he climbed out the bathroom window to dress up as a tramp and try and sell his wife vouchers was shared with us.

His ambition of becoming a baseball star was thwarted by an arm injury so he concentrated more on his writing, though as we learned the baseball line was not that far away in some of his stories.

The founder of a successful airfreight business, Mac now focuses on his literary career.

His first book was a children’s book story, The Suburban Dragon a story about a family interacting and having fun on their own, without the aid of a computer, television, or video game.

His novel St. John of the Midfield was created after his sons were signed up to play soccer only for Mac to find he’d also been signed but to coach the team. This lead the baseball play, don’t know anything about soccer Mac to have to learn the game. The story, "St. John of the Midfield," is fairly accurate as to how he came to understand the game and who taught him.

Other writings by Mac are “For the Love of St. Nick” and a collection of short stories entitled, My Dog Tim and Other Stories.

His latest though production is Sentiments of Blue a short story collection.

About Sentiments in Blue:

Set in a Michigan factory, the title story takes readers inside a workplace dominated by a ruthless bully and his cronies. While explaining the actions taking place around him, it becomes clear that the narrator yearns to escape the blue-collar life handed down to him from his father. “Perfect Game” unfolds during a minor league baseball game with Chi-Chi Gomez on the mound, a fearless pitcher who never fails to brush a few batters back from the plate–a space he considers his personal property. Along with other stories, the book also features original poems including “Uncle Nardo’s Store,” “My Father’s Foot,” and “The Malediction of Miss Holstein.”

With another novel under way and if his daughter has anything to do with it a further children’s book, I am sure we’ll hear more about Garasamo Maccagnone

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A Book and a Chat with Davis Aujourd'hui

When I first started finding out about today’s guest and his books, first thing that caught my eye was his name, rather pen name… Davis Aujourd'hui remembering my French, Aujourd'hui means “today, which in the case of Davis is a good name. The author himself has gone through demons, and his book "Putting the Pieces Together” is an anthology of a gay man's journey toward self-acceptance. It is a poignant and intimate book chronicling recovery from mental illness, sexual addiction, and alcohol. But what of Davis…today. His wonderful delve into the world of Holiness “The Misadventures of Sister Mary Olga Fortitude” is a satire with a spiritual message.

Take a trip to the Have A Heart convent in Bucksnort, Wisconsin. There, you'll meet a nun you're not likely to forget - Sister Mary Olga Fortitude. Sister Mary Olga is an irreverent nun who has some unique spiritual views that differ from those of the Pope. She's a great believer of "to each, their own." She also loves her Marlboros and her bourbon. Just don't let the Reverend Mother in on her secret.

Iin Bucksnort, you'll meet a zany cast of all-too-human characters. There's a lot of secret-keeping going on here, but Sister Mary Olga will be sure to deliver the goods in order to provide you with good and bad examples of holiness.

The Reverend Mother is a former prostitute. The convent's chef is a gay cowboy. Priscilla Bunhead is the town busybody who opens some other closet doors. She, along with the other folks on Dinkledorf Drive, serves up examples of what not to do.

One thing's for sure. These characters will lighten your load and help you to not take life so seriously. Get ready for non-stop laughs.

This first book has been followed up by “Babes in Bucksnort”, where you meet t the Reverend Billy-Bob Blunthead and his Born Again or Burn Forever Disciples for Jesus. There is as we learned a third book currently in the editing stage.

Davis told us during the show that he already has twelve books written and the ideas just keep flowing, so you know this series that will have you laughing out loud, will soon be filling people’s book shelves.

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A Book and a Chat with Elizabeth K Burton

After a failed attempt at a show yesterday due to line issue it was good to have my guest back on today’s show with both of us able to hear and understand each other and able to produce a great show to share with the listeners.

Normally on the top of the blog pages I have a picture of the cover on one of my guests books, though my guest on today’s “A Book and a Chat” is indeed an author in her own right, she is far more than that, hence this picture.

Elizabeth, or rather Liz Burton, is the multi-talented editor of Zumaya Publications a small press publishing house based in Austin, Texas, and has been the home of many wonderful and talented authors. Her and some of her authors are currently touring the blogosphere to celebrate their fifth year anniversary with a month long birthday bash... hence the birthday picture.

Though as stated earlier, Liz is not just the publisher and editor, she is a writer as well. She is the the author of several highly praised fantasy novels, her Everdark Wars trilogy consisting of Dreams of Darkness, Shadow of the Scorpion and The Everdark Gate this has been followed by the standalone novel The Ugly Princess, which has even been translated into Swedish. Under the name of Dymitia, she has written three erotic novellas, "The Loremaster," "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" and "Remembered Glory".

As we learned during the show Liz and Zumaya have todate published more than 200 titles in all areas of fiction as well as some superb nonfiction, many of which have won awards. Gideon by Chester Aaron was selected the silver medal winner in the YA-Cultural/Historical category of the Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards, her own The Everdark Gate received the Dream Realm Award in Fantasy for speculative fiction in ebook format, and Busting Loose: Cancer Survivors Tell You What Your Doctor Won’t by Cheryl Swanson received the silver medal in the Living Now Book Awards.

Publishing 20-25 titles annually, Zumaya is one of a new breed of book publisher utilizing up-to-date technology in new ways… I’m sure we’ll hear from some the authors Liz and Zumaya have helped become published authors in future shows.

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A Book and a Chat with Carrie Harris

Carrie Harris (no relation to the villain in my book “Across the Pond” I’m sure) is one of the wonderful group of debut YA authors for this year, part of the class of 2K11. Before the show there was some doubt as to if Carrie would be able to make the show travelling with her family as she was. The start of the show where we lost complete connection to Blog Talk Radio, followed by a disconnection for Carrie could have been a worry, however once the initial gremlins were out of the work we went on to have a truly enjoyable “A Book and a Chat” with this popular YA author, that was full of interest and humor.

An assortment of jobs that included an autopsy coordinator/statistician, managing the place that researches Mad Cow disease in humans, and spending a lot of time looking at brains and body parts, was an obvious background for her to write a book about Zombies. That and of course her obvious sense of humor has produced her debut YA Novel “Bad Taste in Boys” which even before its launch this week has produced hugely exciting responses and reviews around the blogosphere.

Not the least of these is the way people have picked up on the “sugar lips” on the books cover… (Zombie football players…sugar lips? Your guess is as good as mine) pictures and information of which can be found on her terrific web site.

Carrie tried to produce her first book during the NaNoWriMo but the planned fantasy satire and somehow turned into a political satire halfway through. Eventually she decided to stop trying to write something serious and wrote with her obvious humor producing something that got the attention of her agent “Kate Schafer Testerman” the first novel started doing the literary rounds, but it was “Bad Taste In Boys” which sold in about a month.

About “Bad Taste In Boys”

Super-smartie Kate Grable gets to play doctor, helping out her high school football team. Not only will the experience look good on her college apps, she gets to be this close to her quarterback crush, Aaron. Then something disturbing happens. Kate finds out that the coach has given the team steroids. Except . . . the vials she finds don’t exactly contain steroids. Whatever’s in them is turning hot gridiron hunks into mindless, flesh-eating . . . zombies.

Unless she finds an antidote, no one is safe. Not Aaron, not Kate’s brother, not her best friend . . . not even Kate . . .

As stated the book has before its launch date this next week received some terrific reviews, as one fellow author wrote…

“BAD TASTE IN BOYS is a nonstop romp, with more mayhem than a mall full of mocha-chugging monkeys. I loved watching Kate try to keep her sensible, scientific head amidst rampaging zombies and amorous football players (often the same people). Bring me my next dose of Carrie Harris NOW!” – Jeri Smith-Ready

A follow up book currently called “Bad Hair Day” which you might guess from the title might include werewolves is already in the editing state, so we know this great new book will not be a one off, and we’ll hear more of the name Carrie Harris in the future

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A Book and a Chat with Hugh Aaron

My guest today Hugh Aaron, was born and raised in Worcester, Massachusetts, is a graduate of The University of Chicago where his professors encouraged him to pursue a literary career. However, after three years serving in World War II, he made his living as CEO of his own manufacturing business while continuing to write. Since he sold his business in 1984 he has devoted full time to his writing resulting so far in two novels, a travel memoir, a short story collection, two collections of business essays, a book of movie reviews, a child's book and a letter collection. Add to that the numerous full length and one-act stage plays, screenplays and his collection of five novellas entitled "QUINTET" and you will see that the career has indeed been followed.

His latest novel “Stories from a Lifetime” is indeed that a selection of stories ranging from one page to fifty pages written by Hugh during the years that he came upon one day hidden away in a draw.

About Stories from a Lifetime:

The book carries readers through a widely diverse series of life’s peaks and valleys with poignant, clear-eyed vision and understanding that is only gradually gained across the course of a lifetime through endurance and honest appraisal of the emotional rollercoaster that we all ride.

Hugh Aaron delicately reveals the world through the innocent eyes of a young boy, through those of a soldier far from home during wartime, and those of a struggling businessman and faltering husband. He is unafraid to reveal panic beneath a façade of success, the deep and hollow sadness that may exist in an outwardly happy marriage, the yearning we feel to make a break for freedom from the rat race, the unexpected emotional responses that shift lives far beyond the expected course of events.

These stories form a welcome, and increasingly rare, honest, grounded, and beautifully written collection that will touch nerves while sympathizing with what it means to be human.

With each story written over fifty five years, at a different period of Hugh’s life, being inspired by what issues that were uppermost in his mind at the time. In a sense, the totality of the collection is a disguised autobiography.

The book is a great read, being short stories it provides a lot of stopping points for those of us who are busy moms or just busy and on the go without a lot of reading time at once. I enjoyed the wide range of subjects of his stories. They were written over a lifetime and you can see that when you read them. Some of them are wise and thought provoking, and others reflect characters that are still very much seeking answers.

All of the stories are well written and written with honesty and heart.

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A Book and a Chat with Carole Eglash-Kosoff.

My guest on today’s “A Book and a Chat” is Carole Eglash-Kosoff, Carol graduated from UCLA spent her career in the apparel industry and teaching fashion retail, marketing, and sales at the college level.

Following the death of her husband, she volunteered to teach in South Africa. In 2006 her first book, The Human Spirit – Apartheid's Unheralded Heroes, which tells the true stories of an amazing men and women who have devoted their lives during the worst years of apartheid to help the children, the elderly, and the disabled of the townships. These people cared when no one else did and their efforts continue to this day. South Africa though is just one of the seventy countries Carole has visited.

She is an avid student of history, and she researched about the decades preceding and following the Civil War for nearly two years, including time in Louisiana, the setting for her novel “When Stars Align”.

About “When Stars Align”

When Stars Align, is set in 19th century Louisiana, at a time and place where mixed-race relationships are both illegal and unacceptable. How can these defiant lovers–and their love–survive? The time is a crucial period in American history–the Civil War and the years of Reconstruction following it–and the characters are Thaddeus and Amy, who share a forbidden love that can get them both killed. For he is a mulatto ex-slave, and she is white. In the novel, whenever Amy asks if she and Thaddeus will ever be together, his answer is “When stars align.”

Carole has received some fantastic reviews for her book, as one person wrote…

This is an incredibly well written book about the death of a civilization and the struggles to survive in the new era. Carole Eglash-Kosoff successfully incorporates the primary thoughts of plantation owners, slaves, and visitors in the South to powerfully illustrate in a straightforward manner what plantation life really felt like. The dialogue is simply smashing. The characters are realistic and resonate on a soulfully deep level. She makes you feel what each character felt, especially the love that Thaddeus and Amy have for one another; a love which could have them killed. The end of the story isn't a traditional happy ending, and you will really feel the strong bond Thaddeus and Amy had for one another. Carole Eglash-Kosoff makes you feel sympathetic to people with totally different values from your own, which is by no means an easy feat. When Stars Align should not be missed, particularly for those who enjoy historical fiction.

With a follow up novel “Winds of Change” already in the editing state, I’m sure the name Carole Eglash-Kosoff is one that will continue to be seen on book shelves.

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A Book and a Chat with Julie Anne Peters

My guest on today’s “A Book and a Chat” is YA and Children’s author Julie Anne Peters. In her YA she has tackled issues such as how to deal with your first same sex crush, growing up transgender, and what it's like when your two moms' relationship falls apart.

She originally aimed her career to be a teacher however one year of teaching fifth grade showed to both herself and the school (yes she got fired) that perhaps teaching was not quite the career for her. Several more exams and careers later, as she shared with us during the program, she was working on counting the number of parts in a car… the dreaded widgets… we she realized that there must be more to life than geeking out about 4GL and the number of widgets on a car. So there and then she decided to become a writer.

So started the long and bumpy road to being a published author.
Back in the 1990’s the YA literary explosion was still to happen, so she wrote books for younger readers from “The Stinky Sneakers Contest” to the wonderfully named “Love Me, Love My Broccoli” and including the "Snob Squad" series of books.

In 2000 she wrote a book which though aimed for the younger market, there not being a recognized one for the YA readers called “Devine Normal” which through word of mouth found its way to the cusp of the YA literary explosion. That was the start of Julie’s march through the ranks YA authors.

Along the way her editor asked her to write about a lesbian relationship, and though reluctant at the time, afraid to lose her existing readership, Julie’s book “Keeping You a Secret” broke new ground. Since then she has written books that cover many varied and sometimes “controversial” issues faced by children and teens regarding sexual identity, abuse, destructive relationships and problematic family dynamics.

Her book “By the time you read this I will be dead” for instance covered follows a suicidal high school student who has been the victim of peer bullying for years.

Her latest book is “She Loves You, She Loves You Not”

Dumped by her girlfriend and rejected by her family, Alyssa is sent across the country to live with the mother who abandoned her at birth. A mother who still doesn’t seem to have room in her heart for Alyssa. Hurt and alone, Alyssa is left to create a new life for herself. Can she ever get over her abandonment issues to trust again? Can she redefine “family?” And will she open herself to the possibility of new love?

Her books are always fresh, always looking at new subjects in a format enjoyed by all sexes, ages and human situations, and I’m sure that the number of he readers will just continue to grow.

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A Book and a Chat with Jane Rowan

The old story is that when asked why people climb mountains the answer is “because they are there”. When Jane Rowan, my guest on today’s “A Book and a Chat” was asked why she wrote her book, her answer was…

What is writing for? Is it about your ambition to sell a million books for money or fame? Is it about reaching certain readers and changing something in their hearts and lives? Is it to express something inside you that is important but unformed, demanding work and attention to bring it to the surface? Is it an expression of spontaneous need like the impulse to splash red paint across a wall when you’re angry?

I came face-to-face with these questions when I started to write The River of Forgetting: A Memoir of Healing from Sexual Abuse. Did I want to write a bestseller, sensationalizing the details to lure publishers and readers? Was I writing for revenge or to display how victimized I was?

Strangely enough, I began writing from sheer gratitude for the healing that therapy had brought me, for my therapist’s skill and care, and for the new sense of life and creativity that I had discovered. That was the bright impulse and the continuing thread, but the work of writing was something else.

Strangely perhaps to some her book is actually a celebration, a celebration of the many people who carry out heroic work every week in therapists’ offices all over the globe - uncovering painful pasts and integrating and learning to open their hearts and move on.

Jane’s story is one of many showing the paths of the process that lead you through despair to that of hope and joy, how difficult it is to really trust a therapist and allow them to literally walk through your soul.

About “The River of Forgetting”

The River of Forgetting covers a particular five-year period in Jane’s life, from the first creepy memory that surfaced and hinted at childhood abuse to the moment when she decided to write the book. It was a very turbulent time as she tried to understand whether her loving, eccentric family was also an abusive family.

While she encountered each new wave of doubt, mistrust, grief, and revulsion, Jane also had to live her regular life, teach, and care for her elderly mother.
Creative writing and artwork came to be essential outlets – the expressions just poured out of her, including the self-help booklet Caring for the Child Within—A Manual for Grownups.

Later, she went back to craft a story about this passage and create The River of Forgetting.

This deeply personal memoir invites the reader behind the closed doors of the therapist’s office and into the author’s journal and her very body. Jane’s tender story shows how we can use the challenges of painful childhood traumas to transform our lives.

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A Book and a Chat with Gae Polisner

Judging by the photos I have seen of today’s guest on “A Book and a Chat", Gae Polisner must be part mermaid, and the fact that she states she actually writes (not types) in the water only adds to this view.

Gae writes women’s and young adult fiction, though as yet neither of her women’s fiction novels “The Jetty” and “Swim Back to Me” have made it onto the book shelves, though “The Jetty” was a Top Semifinalist in the 2008 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award.

Instead her debut publication is the wonderful YA novel “The Pull of Gravity”.

She wrote “The Pull of Gravity” as homage to the books she loved as a teenager by the likes of Zindel, Konigsburg, Blume, and L’Engle, with a secret nod to one of her favorite books “Don't Take Teddy, by Babbis Friis-Baastad”, which as we learned during the show has nothing to do with small stuffed bears.

A practicing family law attorney/mediator and a very keen swimmer, Gae waited until her sons had grown up before rushing down the first draft of “The Pull of Gravity“ in one month’s concentrated brain dumping.

The novel is about friendship, first love, and the true nature of family, and for a change written from the view of the boy, which with two sons is something Gae aimed for. The characters you’ll want to become friends with and a narrative voice that sparkles with wit make this a truly original coming-of-age story.

About “The Pull of Gravity”

While Nick Gardner’s family is falling apart, his best friend, Scooter, is dying from a freak disease. The Scoot’s final wish is that Nick and their quirky classmate, Jaycee Amato, deliver a prized first-edition copy of “Of Mice and Men” to the Scoot’s father. There’s just one problem: the Scoot’s father walked out years ago and hasn’t been heard from since. So, guided by Steinbeck’s life lessons, and with only the vaguest of plans, Nick and Jaycee set off to find him.

You’ll learn to love the characters including the quirky female character Jaycee Amato, whose wardrobe includes the liking of warring Troll dolls on a string around her neck.

As one reviewer put it…

Gae Polisner's first novel is a big hit. She has a beautiful way with words and is a master storyteller. I was quickly draw in to the story and became very attached to all the characters. It will touch your heart in a very unique way. I always look for stories like this mostly in inspirational novels. While I usually don't read young adult novels, it was recommended by an author friend (Michael J Sullivan). I'm glad he recommended it to me because now I can share it with my daughter and friends. I hope Ms. Polisner continues to write more stories because she is so talented...

With other books already on the road to publishing including her favorite one about “Frankie Sky” I’m sure the reviewers wish will soo be granted.

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