A Book and a Chat

Terri Giuliano Long grew up in the company of stories both of her own making and as written by others. Books offer her a zest for life’s highs and comfort in its lows. She’s all-too-happy to share this love with others as a novelist and as a lecturer at Boston College.

Her debut book "In Leah's Wake" has been described as...

“Terri Long's accomplished first novel takes the reader on a passionate roller-coaster ride through contemporary parenthood and marriage. It's sometimes scary, sometimes sad, and always tender.”

 

Sounds like a good fit for another good "A Book and a Chat"

Karen is the author of "Act of Grace" a book loosely based on an incident that happened several years ago in my hometown during a Klan rally.

Act of Grace is the story of Grace Johnson a bright, perceptive African American high school senior who saves the life of a Klansman named Jonathan Gilmore. Everyone in her hometown of Vigilant, Michigan wants to know why. Few people, black or white, understand her act of sacrifice especially since rumor holds that years ago a member of the Gilmore family murdered several African -Americans including Grace’s father. Grace wants to remain silent on the matter but Ancestors spirits emerge in visions and insist she fulfill her shamanic duties by bearing witness to her town’s violent racial history so that all involved might transcend it.

Grace begins a journal, but she warns readers upfront that if they are looking for a simple or rational explanation for her actions then they need to look elsewhere. She knows that her accounts of her ability to speak to the dead, along with her connections to a trickster spirit name Oba, will be hard for most people to believe. With insight shaped by the wisdom found in African American mythology and the book, The Velveteen Rabbit, Grace recounts a story of eye-for-an-eye vengeance that has blinded entire generations in her hometown.

Lillian is the author of "You Never Know" the tales of Tobias an accidental lottery winner.

How many times have you heard someone say, “If only I won the lottery?”

When Tobias finds he has won the Mega Millions lottery, his unimaginable bad luck seems to have changed into unimaginable good luck … or has it?

Joining me on todays "A Book and a Chat" is Susan Kronik, author of "Sarah, They're Coming For You."

She has a Master of Science in Psychology from Nova Southeastern University and a Ph.D. in Paranormal Studies/Psychology from Union Institute and Graduate School, as well as being an adjunct psychology professor at Barry University and Palm Beach State College. A psychic and a medium, she has the gift of seeing the dead since she was a child. She also has taught parapsychology classes through the Palm Beach County School Board, as well as at Palm Beach State College.

Susan has extensive experience in the area of investigations of haunting and the paranormal.

She lives with her husband and her four spoiled rescue dogs in south Florida.

Award winning author Chad Coenson drops by to chat about his his attention-getting sociopolitical sci-fi satire ME AND BOBBY McGEE, which follows former CIA assassin-turned-alcoholic gambler Keesey Cypher, his mysterious femme fatale partner Bobby McGee and a van of stolen babies into Mexico.   

As one reviewer out it...

"This is one of those books that you have got to read to believe it exists!  This is Coenson’s debut novel.  And what a way to debut!  He just rushed in screaming and I don’t think he will be leaving anytime soon."

Can't wait to find out more...

Stephen is a Fifth Degree Black Belt instructor in the American Taekwondo Association who started I started martial arts training in 1991, earned his black belt in 1993, and gained my instructor certification in 1995.

 He is also the author of “Beta” where he introduces us to Private Investigator Mallory Petersen, a fourth degree black belt with her own taekwondo school in Des Moines, Iowa, splits her time between teaching martial arts and her often inane cases. It's not that she wants bad things to happen to people, but it makes life more interesting when they do.

Barbara Conelli is the author of chique books full of Italin passion.

She has a lifelong, passionate love affair with Italy.

Italy is the country where her grandma was born, where she first fell in love, where she was first kissed. A place where she bought my first red stilettos, and where she made my first scrumptious cannelloni.

We'll learn more about Barbara, her books and her love for Italy in what promises to be a great show

Always welcome on the show "Easy Writer" Kathi Macias makes a return to the program to chat about her latest book "Deliver Me From Evil", and her first Christmas book, "A Christmas Journey Home".

Always an interesting show when Kathi drops by and I'm sure we will not only learn about this new book but also what is next for this great author.

Vincent Hobbes was born in Dallas, TX in 1975. He has been actively writing since he was fifteen years old. His roots lay in horror, but he has recently branched out into other genres. In 2007, he was published. The Contrived Senator was the first book in a fantasy series. In 2008, he released Exiles, the second book in the series. Short stories have always been a favorite of Vincent’s, and in 2010 he teamed up with 11 incredible authors, and created The Endlands. This horror anthology is an ode to the kooky and bizarre. The Endlands was released January 17th, 2011. Vincent is currently working on more novels, including a dystopian book

Ted Poppe has been a course teacher for A Course in Miracles since 1986 and today he is the publisher at Diamond Clear Vision. He is a dynamic speaker and has many stories to tell, one of them is now he and his organization were sued over "A Course in Micles"...

Should be an interesting chat about "Diamond Clear Vision" and all that resolved around that.