Bookshelf Banter

Michelle Pointis Burns juggles mothering her ten children, homeschooling (the oldest five have now graduated college), living her Catholic faith, and writing. She loves to research topics of all kinds, read British authors (especially Jane Austen and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle), quote movies in regular conversation, and drink hot chocolate from elegant teacups. When asked how she manages it all, she has been known to reply, “Prayer, caffeine, and a sense of humor.”

Michelle has been a devoted member of the NY Chemung Valley Mothers of Twins Club (she has two sets of twins), and the Corning Area Writers’ Group. Born and raised in Queens, NY, Michelle currently lives in Upstate New York on a working goat and sheep farm with her husband and more than half of her children. Say Cheese and Murder is her first novel.

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Learn more about Michelle on her BLOG.

Dana and Chloe grew up in rural Ohio and sparked a close friendship in the summer of 2019. When the Pandemic hit in 2020 they saw it as an opportunity to be adventurous. As two young moms, they spent months finding creative outlets through baking and art, but they were running out of things to do. So, when Dana came to Chloe one Friday over coffee and suggested they write a book — it seemed like the next logical step in their endeavors to use their time at home to pursue something they'd always dreamed of doing. The two discovered quickly that they made a great pair, and the story spun itself together almost overnight. The pair plan to keep up the momentum as Indie Authors, exploring all sub-genres of romance in their coming stories.

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Discover the characters of Bethton Grove

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Kathleen Aldworth Foster is the author of Doneraile Court: The Story of The Lady Freemason. She is a lover of history, travel and old houses. Listen to my interview with her to find out how the idea for Doneraile Court was born, who she is and isn't related to, and why her memoir will be entitled "Scrappy". 

Get Doneraile Court HERE.

California Girl Pam was always spontaneous, but then a 3 month trip overseas turns into an epic journey as she backpacked around the world SOLO for 3 years. Her sarcasm and optimism got her into and out of trouble through Africa, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Australia, and New Zealand in the 1990's.

Pre-internet days, Pam would sign her letters home as an homage to Indiana Jones and it stuck. For 25 years she's been told to write about her adventures, and it's finally here. Her debut book is a Comedy Travel Memoir called "When in ROAM" about all of her hilarious and dangerous mishaps.

She married her high school sweetheart after years apart, and they are parents to loving twins and a puppy.

Find out more HERE.

Katie Fabian is an author, illustrator, and the creator of “Cretaceous Fairytales”. You can follow her serialized fiction at https://www.ksfabiancreations.com/

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Jennifer Walker is a teacher and writer from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. She lives with her incredibly smart husband Ian, her hilarious and exceptionally sweet children Everett and Kennedy, and her floppy, impossible-not-to-love Bernedoodle puppy, Leo.  When she's not teaching, writing, or reading, you can most likely find Jennifer in a yoga studio, in the kitchen baking muffins, or running off the calories of the muffins she's just baked. She's also famous for publicly embarrassing her family by singing terrible show-tunes and practicing 90's dance moves, and if this whole writing thing doesn't work out, she's pretty sure she could make it as one of the Wiggles.

You can find all of Jennifer's info HERE.

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Stephanie K Clemens is known for many things: an author, photographer, dog mom, instagrammer, adventurer, teacher, lawyer, and more. When she’s not sitting behind her laptop she can be found on some adventure. Most of the time it’s a road trip with her two doggos, but recently it has been in the pages of a book.

You can find all Stephanie's information HERE. Make sure you follow her dogs' Insta @pupfrankie

Zee was born and raised in Manila, Philippines. She grew up with her dad, brothers, and grandparents. She currently lives in the North suburbs of Chicagoland, IL with her husband, twin sons, and fluffy dog. She is an engineer by education, a photographer by profession, an artist by practice, and a writer by soul. She drinks good coffee and appreciates fresh sushi. Just not together.

Reverie is her first published work of fiction and the first book in the Woolgathering Series. It is a finalist in the 2021 Soon-To-Be-Famous Illinois Author Project. Revenant is the sequel to Reverie.

Be sure to check out her social media pages and her books HERE.

Jessica Brown is the author of Something Sweet for Christmas and Staying Lost, Kindle Vella stories. Jessica gives me a lesson in the ins and outs of Kindle Vella, we wax poetic about the days of waiting for a commercial to pee, and I learn what her most prized possession is and why on this episode of Bookshelf Banter. 

You can find all of Jessica's links below:

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Leani Lopez is a Puerto Rican writer from New Hampshire. Creating characters and stories has always been her passion ever since she wrote her first story. This passion led her to leave her long-time job to pursue writing full time. She writes romance and erotic thrillers in addition to ghostwriting and hosting her own writing podcast called “I Got Nothing”. You can find links to Leani's website and books HERE.