Between the Covers

Meet M.M. De Voe, author of "A Flash of Darkness," Maureen McNeil, author of "Anna Magdalena" and Robb Grindstaff, author of "Turning Trixie."

Meet Eric Friedmann, author of "It's Forever Strictly Personal: A Final Nostalgic Movie Memoir of 1992-1999," J.D. Ruffin, author of "Heir of Magic" and Paul Joseph, author of "Precious Cargo."

Meet Robert Loewen, author of "The Lioness of Leiden." Inspired by true events, Robert Loewen’s debut novel pays tribute to the heroism of his mother-in-law, who served as a courier in the Dutch resistance during World War II.

Meet nicolette elsie, author of "seasons to bloom" - a collection of poems, designed from a journey of anxiety, fear, grief, and seeking validation.

"Storm Front: Book One of The Stormstrong Trilogy" - The year is 1618, and the Christian world stands, once again, on a knife's edge. The once great Holy Roman Empire, like most of the rest of Europe, is divided along religious, political, and economic lines - pitting Catholics against Protestants, princes against monarchs, and the rich against the poor. And a war unlike anything Europe has ever seen is growing increasingly inevitable. Destined to be caught up in the coming conflict are two very beautiful but very different women. Lasy Atlantis Vanessa von Stormsong is the only child of a wealthy Catholic Archduke, while poor Sarlatová is a Protestant thief who knows practically nothing of her past. These two strangers share a strong faith in the same God, but their respective attempts to find peace in a world dominated by violent and powerful men will lead them straight into the abyss of a war that will tear Europe apart for the next thirty years.

Brian Vukadinovich, author of "Rogues in Black Robes" - In Rogues in Black Robes Brian Vukadinovich exposes the severity of corruption within the highest levels of the federal judiciary in how a federal court of appeals judge from the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in Chicago, Michael S. Kanne, used his influence to have a decision fixed regarding an appeal that Brian Vukadinovich had filed against rogue police in Valparaiso, Indiana, who had tormented him for years. In Rogues in Black Robes, you will read how a former judge of the United States Court of Appeals in Chicago, Richard A. Posner, after retiring from the federal bench, decided to come clean and disclose how he allowed himself to be manipulated by Judge Michael S. Kanne into throwing the decision of the appeal of the police case, as a favor to Judge Kanne, even though he, Judge Posner, knew that the appellate decision should have gone in favor of Brian Vukadinovich and against the Valparaiso police. In Rogues in Black Robes, you will read how the chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, Diane S. Sykes, and other members of that court, covered up the case-fixing activities, and you will also read how the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, Chief Justice John Roberts, and Attorney General Merrick Garland, turned a blind eye to the case fixing activities and swept the judges' nefarious acts under the rug in order that the public would not know about the degree of judicial corruption that has permeated the federal judiciary. In Rogues in Black Robes, you will read about mechanisms that are put in place to protect corrupt judges from accountability when they breach their sworn oaths of office and even violate the laws of the United States.

If you’re intimidated at the thought of outlining your novel or creating rich and complex characters, writing a great scene, or adding just the right amount of conflict, you’ll want to read this book. With 12 focused chapters it brings authors and would-be-authors closer to finishing their novel.

Meet our guests:

Emma Dhesi, author of "More Than Enough" - Emma Dhesi is a book coach and author mentor who specialises in helping beginner authors write their first novel. 

Grace Sammon, author of "The Eves" - Grace Sammon is an author, radio host, entrepreneur, and educator. Recognized in “Who’s Who in Education” and “Who’s Who in Literature,” Grace utilized skills built up over decades to re-invent herself with her award-winning fourth book and debut novel – The Eves.

Mary Helen Sheriff, author of "Boop and Eve's Road Trip" - Mary Helen Sheriff is the author of the award-winning southern women’s fiction, Boop and Eve’s Road Trip. She serves as an Author Marketing Coach, host of Growing Up Bookish, and the CEO of Bookish Road Trip.

Please join us for an exciting Part 1 episode of "Launch Pad: The Countdown To Writing Your Book" with authors and contributors Carol Van Den Hende and Janyre Tromp.

LAUNCH PAD delivers a craft book that speaks right to you. Led by Emma Dhesi, the internationally recognized author, book coach, and podcaster with a lifetime of experience in helping writers like you improve their craft, and Grace Sammon, LAUNCH PAD helps you navigate through the emotional rollercoaster of finishing your novel.

Meet author Susanne Dunlap, author of "The Courtesan's Daughter" - and a historical novelist and Author Accelerator Certified Book Coach.

Meet author Stacy Juba, author of "Fooling Around With Cinderella" - and the founder of Shortcuts for Writers.

Meet author Meredith Stoddard, author of "The River Maiden: Once & Future Series" - who writes folklore-inspired fiction from her writing shed in Virginia.

Please join us for an exciting Part 1 episode of "Launch Pad: The Countdown To Writing Your Book" with authors and contributors Carol Van Den Hende and Janyre Tromp.

LAUNCH PAD delivers a craft book that speaks right to you. Led by Emma Dhesi, the internationally recognized author, book coach, and podcaster with a lifetime of experience in helping writers like you improve their craft, and Grace Sammon, LAUNCH PAD helps you navigate through the emotional rollercoaster of finishing your novel.

Meet author Carol Van Den Hende is the award-winning author of the Goodbye, Orchid series, a public speaker, and MBA with 20+ years’ experience in marketing, strategy, and insights.

Meet author Janyre Tromp, an in-house book editor by day and writer of historical novels with a healthy dose of lyrical intrigue at night. She’s the best-selling author of Shadows in the Mind’s Eye and co-author of both O Little Town and It’s a Wonderful Christmas.

William J. Rostron, author of “The Other Side of the Wind” – In 1968 she went in search of America … America didn’t want to be found. After personal disaster ends all her hopes and dreams in New York, Maria Romano sets out alone in search of a new life. Her quest for meaning takes her through numerous adventures and misadventures that create a lifetime of both beautiful and haunting memories. It is a journey that takes her from the blues clubs and political turmoil of 1968 Chicago to the music scene of San Francisco, and the madness of Las Vegas. Now in her later years, she must reconcile what it all meant in order to move on. Her past has finally caught up with her…with a vengeance. By the best-selling author of the Band in the Wind trilogy. (Band in the Wind, Sound of Redemption, and Brotherhood of Forever). Written as a stand-alone novel, The Other Side of the Wind may be read enjoyably either before or after that series of novels.

Hannah-Louise Smith, author of "Awakening: Mythics and Mortals Book 1" - Christina Jones had always thought that she was normal, just your typical unlucky woman. But this all changes on her twenty-first birthday when she falls, quite literally, headfirst into a world that was thought only to exist in Ancient Greek mythology. With her new friends, Sophie Romain and Lucas Teravin, by her side, Christina has to fight, not only to control her developing powers and remember who she is, but also to fight the demon that hunts her for a mysterious figure called The Master.

Linda Trott-Dickman, author of "Catching the Light" - Catching the Light is for all of you would be, could be, already are poets. Whether in the classroom, community center, or home school community, this little book will guide you through some of poetry's basic forms.   This fun volume not only provides poetry prompts, but a helpful resource area in the back that will guide the leader through many unanswered questions that they might have. Come on, catch the light!

Steve Heiman, author of "Greetings, Planet Earth!" - Book One of the Jack Gripper Series. Aliens are here, and they want our chocolate. It’s up to Jack to save the planet and stop a galactic war! Jack Gripper loves playing pranks and eating pizza. But when he’s tasked with selecting an alien species to mentor Earth for the next one hundred years, he’d better make the right call, or the Earth is doomed. Can he overcome obstacles and diabolical plots to pick the right alien? And, just as important…can chocolate and pizza survive the alien encounter?

Wayne Turmel, author of "Johnny Lycan & The Vegas Berserker" - America's favorite werewolf P.I. is off to Las Vegas. What could go wrong? Life's good for Johnny Lupul. He has a steady gig and a growing reputation as a guy who gets things done. He's even learning to keep his Lycan side under control—most. But when he's sent to Sin City on a simple retrieval job, things go sideways. He bumps up against a coven of unconventional witches, a psychic pawn broker, and a mysterious enemy with a secret darker and more violent than his own. Take a bite out of the exciting second book in this gritty urban fantasy noir series.