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Award-winning author M. C. Ryder has been composing stories, poems, and lyrics from the beginning of time when reading became a hobby. The sky is the limit, but she enjoys exploring off the beaten path both figuratively and literally. She resides in the Keystone State with a clowder of felines who rule the house....

I’ve been a college/high school English teacher, a technology CEO, and a real estate agent in the Dominican Republic selling beachfront property (even did a few HGTV shows), but now I’m following my lifelong dream of writing southern fiction novels. Join me (and my occasional blog about life and literature, “A Byrd’s-Eye View. VISIT THE...

Mark lives with his wife Loren and their dog Emily in Denver, Colorado. He schooled at Haverford College and Washburn University, and practiced commercial bankruptcy law for four decades before moving on in 2019 to write, photograph, volunteer, travel, and play music. He is the author of “And . . Just Like That – essays...

Scott is Life is Too Short Guy.   He lives every day with intense zest, enthusiasm, and excitement. He exudes energy. He has an infectious personality he uses to Make the World Happier One Smile at a Time.When not writing or speaking about LITSG,  Scott is the Chairman and CEO of Invesque, a public real estate...

Amy Turner: I was born in Bronxville, New York, and spent my childhood summers by the ocean in Wainscott (Town of East Hampton), New York. In 1981, my husband Ed and I moved to East Hampton on a one-year “sabbatical” from our New York City law jobs and fell in love with its relatively...

As a poet, D’Janee writes about various topics pertaining to life and the world we live in. As an author, she writes material ranging from children’s books to young adult fiction. Her published books include Jimmy and the Teddy Bear, The Blizzard’s Secrets, and On the Run, the first book in the young adult...

Shawna James is an award-winning author & writer. Her debut novel “Despite the Devil” was released in audio, paperback, and hardcover in Spring 2021 as part of her “They Loved Collection” book series. She has received 5-Star awarded book reviews, including Readers Favorite, and is a winner of the Canada Book Awards, as she...

Kathy O’Shea has lived with migraines for 42 years and is a 33 year professor of English, who has combined these significant parts of her life into this literary anthology centered around five themes related to migraine. She is the winner the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching and has two beloved golden retrievers...

In her home province of New Brunswick, Canada, Cheryl Gillespie, along with her cat Mattie, will often be found basking on the backyard deck beneath the warm sunshine, the very spot where many of the chapters for I Feel Your Stare were written. A childhood diagnosis of Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis and associated blindness, coupled with physical...

Hope Gibbs grew up in rural Scottsville, Kentucky. As the daughter of an English teacher, she was raised to value the importance of good storytelling from an early age. Today, she’s an avid reader of women’s fiction. Drawn to multi-generational family sagas, relationship issues, and the complexities of being a woman, she translates those themes...