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The Sunbury Press Author's Interview with Van Carter

Van Carter interviews author Lawrence Knorr about Gettysburg Eddie: The Story of Eddie Plank.

Who is the winningest left-handed pitcher in Philadelphia baseball history? Who is the winningest left-handed pitcher in American League history? Who is third in wins all-time among left-handed starters? Who threw more shutouts than any left-handed pitcher in baseball history? Few know the answer is Edward Stewart Plank, also known as "Gettysburg" Eddie. 

Born in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, only a dozen years after the bloody Civil War battle, Eddie grew up on a farm and was a late-bloomer. By his early twenties, he was a local star on the town ball team and enrolled in the Gettysburg Academy in order to pitch for the Gettysburg College team. Soon after, Connie Mack from the Philadelphia Athletics in the newly-formed American League came calling and the rest is history.

Eddie Plank was the mainstay of Connie Mack's early success from 1901 through 1914. Plank's unorthodox delivery and pinpoint control brought him consistent results. While others out-pitched him during individual seasons, "Steady-Eddie" provided Mack excellence year after year while others came and went. 

Gettysburg Eddie chronicles the life of this clean-living baseball superstar who worked hard, saved his money, and was always the perfect gentleman. Said Mack upon hearing of Eddie's premature death in 1926, "I feel like a father must feel who has lost a son."

Brown Posey Press Show

Robert Eggleton is Tory's guest.

Robert Eggleton has served as a children's advocate in an impoverished state for over forty years. He is best known for his investigative reports about children's programs, most of which were published by the West Virginia Supreme Court where he worked from 1982 through 1997, and which also included publication of models of serving disadvantaged and homeless children in the community instead of in large institutions, research into foster care drift involving children bouncing from one home to the next -- never finding a permanent loving family, and statistical reports on the occurrence and correlates of child abuse and delinquency. Today, he is a recently retired children's psychotherapist from the mental health center in Charleston, West Virginia, where he specialized in helping victims cope with and overcome physical and sexual abuse, and other mental health concerns. Rarity from the Hollow is his debut novel and its release followed publication of three short Lacy Dawn Adventures in magazines: Wingspan Quarterly, Beyond Centauri, and Atomjack Science Fiction. Author proceeds have been donated to a child abuse prevention program operated by Children's Home Society of West Virginia. http://www.childhswv.org/ Robert continues to write fiction with new adventures based on a protagonist that is a composite character of children that he met when delivering group therapy services. The overall theme of his stories remains victimization to empowerment.

This episode's guest, Matty Dalrymple  bills her novels as suspense with a hint of the supernatural. She has just released the latest in her Lizzy Ballard thriller series, Snakes and Ladders.   and the Lizzy Ballard Thrillers Rock Paper Scissors and Snakes and Ladders. The first in that series is  Rock Paper Scissors. Dalrymple also writes the Ann Kinnear Suspense Novels The Sense of Death and The Sense of Reckoning, the Ann Kinnear Suspense Shorts, including Close These Eyes and May Violets Spring. discussShe's a strong advocate for independent publishing and has established her own imprint to publish her work.

Milford House Mysteries Hosts - Sherry Knowlton is the author of the Alexa Williams series of murder mysteries including Dead of Autumn, Dead of Summer, and Dead of Spring. Joan West is the author of the Carlisle Crime Cases series including Dying for Vengeance, Courting Doubt and Darkness, Darkness at First Light, and Had a Dying Fall.

Milford House Mysteries Show

Mystery authors Sherry Knowlton and Joan West talk about an aspect of the art of writing mysteries in this episode called Detective Fiction.

Sherry Knowlton is the author of the Alexa Williams series of murder mysteries including Dead of Autumn, Dead of Summer, and Dead of Spring. Joan West is the author of the Carlisle Crime Cases series including Dying for Vengeance, Courting Doubt and Darkness, Darkness at First Light, and Had a Dying Fall. 

Detective Fiction is one of the most widely-read types of popular fiction.  From its beginnings in the stories of Edgar Allen Poe and Agatha Christie, the art of the mystery novel has evolved to encompass a wide range of genres and subgenres. What's the difference between a cozy and noir?  What makes a thriller a thriller? 

Join Joan and Sherry for this episode of the Milford House Mystery Show,  Detective Fiction.

The Brown Posey Press Show hosted by Tory Gates

Tory talks to author Catherine Jordan about her literary fiction activities with PCCA and her other projects.

Susan uncovers the process of  "finding yourself" and how that can lead to personal liberation and joy. Guest: Sarah Bamford Seidelmann.

Sarah Bamford Seidelmann is the author of Swimming with Elephants and Born to FREAK: a Salty Primer for Irrepressible Humans. She was a physician living a nature-starved, hectic lifestyle until a walrus entered her life and changed everything. She has trained at the Martha Beck Institute and Michael Harner’s Foundation for Shamanic Studies. She lives in northern Minnesota. For more, visit followyourfeelgood.com.

Jerry Dorsman is coauthor How to Achieve Peace of Mind: A Practical Guide. Before retiring in 2017, he worked at a mental health clinic for 28 years counseling clients with mental health and addiction disorders. His first book, How to Quit Drinking Without AA, became a recovery bestseller which has sold more than 125,000 copies to date. Jerry is also the author of How to Quit Drugs for Good and a contributing author of Live Longer while Feeling Younger: A Guide to Health and Happiness as We Age.

An expert on addiction treatment and stress-management techniques, Jerry has appeared on more than 140 radio and TV shows in the U.S. and Canada. He has written numerous articles on stress management, addiction treatment, and mental health topics that have appeared in local newspapers and various magazines with national circulations. 

Bob Davis, M.A., is coauthor How to Achieve Peace of Mind: A Practical Guide. He has taught yoga in north Delaware since 1971. He has also worked as a stress management therapist with chronically mentally ill adults and sexually abused teenagers. 

Bob has been nominated for two Pushcart Prizes, and received three Delaware Division of the Arts grants for his writing. He was a fiction semifinalist in the William Faulkner Creative Writing Contest in 2002 and 2012, and a creative nonfiction winner in 2013. His writing has appeared in Yoga Journal, The Sun, Santa Monica Review, and elsewhere. Bob helps direct the Delaware Literary Connection, a nonprofit serving writers in Delaware and surrounding areas. He is a member of the Delaware Artist Roster, and has given writing workshops and readings in the Mid-Atlantic States. Bob was editor of the first edition of How to Quit Drinking Without AA.

Milford House Mysteries Show

Mystery authors Sherry Knowlton and Joan West talk about an aspect of the art of writing mysteries in this episode called Detective Fiction.

Sherry Knowlton is the author of the Alexa Williams series of murder mysteries including Dead of Autumn, Dead of Summer, and Dead of Spring. Joan West is the author of the Carlisle Crime Cases series including Dying for Vengeance, Courting Doubt and Darkness, Darkness at First Light, and Had a Dying Fall. 

Detective Fiction is one of the most widely-read types of popular fiction.  From its beginnings in the stories of Edgar Allen Poe and Agatha Christie, the art of the mystery novel has evolved to encompass a wide range of genres and subgenres. What's the difference between a cozy and noir?  What makes a thriller a thriller? 

Join Joan and Sherry for this episode of the Milford House Mystery Show,  Detective Fiction.

The Brown Posey Press Show hosted by Tory Gates

Tory talks to poet Stefan May about his book "Roadman" and his new upcoming work.

Jose Johnson has been described as a modern-day renaissance man. Jose is an internationally recognized martial and energy arts master, as well as a musician, teacher, entrepreneur, speaker, composer and change merchant. Jose’s passion is to empower others to create the transformation that they seek in their lives through an innovative and integrated approach that he calls “Tai Chi for Transformation.” This unique approach combines the yin and yang natures of the ancient and the modern; the intellectual and physical; the spiritual and scientific into a unified method for self-development.

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Jose currently owns and operates Jose Johnson’s Chinese Martial Arts & Wellness Center in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He is also the founder of Integrated Wellness Consultants and in 2017 established the Personal Mastery and Growth online academy.