Jordan T. Maxwell. Jordan is paramedic by trade, lives in north central Missouri where he grew up and where his books titled Dandyflowers are set.  He is the father of a beautiful, inquisitive 18 year old daughter who is a Buckeye at THE Ohio State University and whom he lovingly calls “Goose”.  His 16 year old son, known affectionately as “Monkey Man” is a handsome, intelligent high school junior who holds the distinction of being the only baby that his dad has ever delivered in his 30+ years in Emergency Medical Services.

Jordan is in the early stages of writing his third Dandyflowers novel and has adapted Dandyflowers for the stage and is working on the stage adaptation of Dandyflowers – Laura’s Diaries as well. And you can find more at the website dandyflowers.com

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Jordan T. Maxwell. Jordan is paramedic by trade, lives in north central Missouri where he grew up and where his books titled Dandyflowers are set.  He is the father of a beautiful, inquisitive 18 year old daughter who is a Buckeye at THE Ohio State University and whom he lovingly calls “Goose”.  His 16 year old son, known affectionately as “Monkey Man” is a handsome, intelligent high school junior who holds the distinction of being the only baby that his dad has ever delivered in his 30+ years in Emergency Medical Services.

Jordan is in the early stages of writing his third Dandyflowers novel and has adapted Dandyflowers for the stage and is working on the stage adaptation of Dandyflowers – Laura’s Diaries as well. And you can find more at the website dandyflowers.com

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Tara Kay grew up in Southern Connecticut and currently resides in the North Shore of Massachusetts. She has been a practicing pharmacist for over 15 years in various settings. Tara received her Bachelors in Pharmacy from the University of Connecticut at Storrs, her PharmD from the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy/Allied Health, her MBA from Fairfield University and her Ayurvedic Health Practitioner certification from the Natural Healing College. Additionally, Tara is a certified Reiki Master of Dr. Usui’s System of Natural Healing and she has certification in Cranio-sacral Therapy with the Upledger Institute. Tara also practices EFT/Tapping,  a hands on healing technique that balances and realigns energy. Tara incorporates Alternative Therapies into the scope of her practice as a Pharmacist to improve the health and well-being of her clients. Tara strives to educate her clients and to facilitate their physical, spiritual and emotional health and growth as they move along their own path towards enlightenment.

Tara’s practice is inspired by her life-long commitment to health and wellness. She is a dedicated, compassionate and devoted healthcare professional and healer. She takes a unique approach to healing with each client based on their need by using both her knowledge of medications, herbs and supplements and Alternative Therapies. Tara believes that each individual holds the power to heal themselves and that by honoring the body, mind and spirit many miraculous awakenings can occur.

Tara published her first book entitled, “Let the Sun Shine in, a book of positive affirmations for kids” in June 2016. It was inspired by Louise Hay’s message, “your thoughts create your life, as well as Tara’s own experience with positive affirmations.

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INTERVIEW 2 – Introducing Tara’s newest book – Free To Be Me

 

 

 

 

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Tara Kay grew up in Southern Connecticut and currently resides in the North Shore of Massachusetts. She has been a practicing pharmacist for over 15 years in various settings. Tara received her Bachelors in Pharmacy from the University of Connecticut at Storrs, her PharmD from the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy/Allied Health, her MBA from Fairfield University and her Ayurvedic Health Practitioner certification from the Natural Healing College. Additionally, Tara is a certified Reiki Master of Dr. Usui’s System of Natural Healing and she has certification in Cranio-sacral Therapy with the Upledger Institute. Tara also practices EFT/Tapping,  a hands on healing technique that balances and realigns energy. Tara incorporates Alternative Therapies into the scope of her practice as a Pharmacist to improve the health and well-being of her clients. Tara strives to educate her clients and to facilitate their physical, spiritual and emotional health and growth as they move along their own path towards enlightenment.

Tara’s practice is inspired by her life-long commitment to health and wellness. She is a dedicated, compassionate and devoted healthcare professional and healer. She takes a unique approach to healing with each client based on their need by using both her knowledge of medications, herbs and supplements and Alternative Therapies. Tara believes that each individual holds the power to heal themselves and that by honoring the body, mind and spirit many miraculous awakenings can occur.

Tara published her first book entitled, “Let the Sun Shine in, a book of positive affirmations for kids” in June 2016. It was inspired by Louise Hay’s message, “your thoughts create your life, as well as Tara’s own experience with positive affirmations.

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INTERVIEW 2 – Introducing Tara’s newest book – Free To Be Me

 

 

 

 

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Philip C. Elrod was raised in Crossville, a small town on top of Sand Mountain in Northeast Alabama. He served two years in the US Army, stationed in Germany and returned to attend college at the University of Florida and Florida Southern College Majoring in Industrial Engineering and Economics.

Mr. Elrod resides, along with his wife of many years, Linda, and two wonderful little canine friends: Kokko and Mike. His interests include astronomy, photography, outdoor cooking and travel, especially RV travel with his wife and pets.

Mr. Elrod can be reached from his author’s website: www.pcelrod.com

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Philip C. Elrod was raised in Crossville, a small town on top of Sand Mountain in Northeast Alabama. He served two years in the US Army, stationed in Germany and returned to attend college at the University of Florida and Florida Southern College Majoring in Industrial Engineering and Economics.

Mr. Elrod resides, along with his wife of many years, Linda, and two wonderful little canine friends: Kokko and Mike. His interests include astronomy, photography, outdoor cooking and travel, especially RV travel with his wife and pets.

Mr. Elrod can be reached from his author’s website: www.pcelrod.com

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Mel was born in a small town in Nebraska, but grew up in California. After a late-sixties stint in the Army Security Agency, he spent the next two decades in a number of jobs in California, Arizona, New Mexico, Washington, and Oregon. Then six years in Japan. Returning the to U.S. in the mid-nineties, he and his wife, Jana, started a small property inspection business. After a few lucrative but boring years of that, he taught himself computer programming and web design, working in various capacities until 2007, when he decided to quit working and write.

His first novel, “The Shake,” was selected by Kirkus Reviews for their “Best of 2011” list. Here’s what Kirkus had to say: “…intriguing narrative blend of philosophy and crime fiction … contemplative but lean and stylish … succeeds on numerous levels … simultaneously thought-provoking and relentlessly entertaining. An utterly readable fusion of vampire fiction and labyrinthine whodunit powered by a highly intelligent narrative … Anne Rice meets Dashiell Hammett at a Zen Buddhist monastery.”

His next three books, “8 Remote Women,” “The Squiggly Stuff,” and “Hypnotism for Hummingbirds,” are a little harder to classify. Whereas “The Shake” was written in a conventional mystery style, his later books, though still loosely in the mystery genre, broke away from that, adopting a style Mel refers to as Untethered Realism. His novella, “The Case,” (included in the collection “8 Remote Women”) was described by British Sci-Fi author Steve Aylett as “…pattern-recognition On Overload…” And by Pulitzer Prize winning author Douglas Hofstadter as “…extravagant and highly unpredictable.”

 

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Mel was born in a small town in Nebraska, but grew up in California. After a late-sixties stint in the Army Security Agency, he spent the next two decades in a number of jobs in California, Arizona, New Mexico, Washington, and Oregon. Then six years in Japan. Returning the to U.S. in the mid-nineties, he and his wife, Jana, started a small property inspection business. After a few lucrative but boring years of that, he taught himself computer programming and web design, working in various capacities until 2007, when he decided to quit working and write.

His first novel, “The Shake,” was selected by Kirkus Reviews for their “Best of 2011” list. Here’s what Kirkus had to say: “…intriguing narrative blend of philosophy and crime fiction … contemplative but lean and stylish … succeeds on numerous levels … simultaneously thought-provoking and relentlessly entertaining. An utterly readable fusion of vampire fiction and labyrinthine whodunit powered by a highly intelligent narrative … Anne Rice meets Dashiell Hammett at a Zen Buddhist monastery.”

His next three books, “8 Remote Women,” “The Squiggly Stuff,” and “Hypnotism for Hummingbirds,” are a little harder to classify. Whereas “The Shake” was written in a conventional mystery style, his later books, though still loosely in the mystery genre, broke away from that, adopting a style Mel refers to as Untethered Realism. His novella, “The Case,” (included in the collection “8 Remote Women”) was described by British Sci-Fi author Steve Aylett as “…pattern-recognition On Overload…” And by Pulitzer Prize winning author Douglas Hofstadter as “…extravagant and highly unpredictable.”

 

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Sometimes it takes just one adventure to spin your life upside down, to flip on a switch that you never knew was in the dark corner of your mind. My study abroad trip to Ireland dusted off a hidden passion for writing I hadn’t realized existed inside of me. I had always loved to tell stories, but was never able to break the chains of impromptu and shyness. I had a fondness of writing all throughout school, and had started a small blog at the beginning of my college career at Southeastern Louisiana University. To make a long story short, I surrounded myself with incredible friends and positive friction; eventually I took both a huge financial and nerve wracking plunge to venture to another country solo to seek inspiration.

I took writing classes at the University of Cork during my month in Ireland, one of which was a class in short storytelling. I took up a love for it swiftly, feeling like it was the perfect matrimony that I needed to bloom. I had time to think before saying what I wanted, and I could largely be behind the safety net of my computer screen while doing it. I made lifelong friends my month away in the breathtaking country, and I probably spent just as much time writing in my room as I did socializing outside classes. It was an escape that would send the hands of the clock swirling by in an instant, and I loved every moment of it.

When I returned from Ireland for my final semester of college, I continued writing. While the series is science fiction, it has deep roots in biblical history, and the first in the series draws inspiration from happenings in my own life. I took one of the “short” stories and turned it into a middle chapter of my first book, Refraction: The Principle of Light. Shortly after I graduated, I published it on Amazon Kindle. I was ecstatic. I had accomplished something I never thought possible, and it didn’t stop there. I hadn’t planned to write more than my one book at the beginning. It was meant to be more or less a test of my own endurance; but, I loved the process so much and had so many ideas brimming for a sequel that I just had to write more. A year later, and out popped the second book Diffraction: The Second Principle of Light. Currently, I’m working on the concluding novel to the trilogy, titled Reflection: The Final Principle of Light.

At this point in my life, I’m working full time at KATC-TV3 as a photographer on the news team, and will be a happily married man on November 26th, 2016, to my amazing fiancé Sabri Dean. I’ve got ideas for book series after my current one, and one day I hope to make this dreamy life one that is self-sustaining.

Amazon Author Page:

https://www.amazon.com/Nicholas-Authement/e/B01GEYTDJO/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_ebooks_1

My Personal Author Page:

http://nauthement2010.wixsite.com/authementbooks

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Sometimes it takes just one adventure to spin your life upside down, to flip on a switch that you never knew was in the dark corner of your mind. My study abroad trip to Ireland dusted off a hidden passion for writing I hadn’t realized existed inside of me. I had always loved to tell stories, but was never able to break the chains of impromptu and shyness. I had a fondness of writing all throughout school, and had started a small blog at the beginning of my college career at Southeastern Louisiana University. To make a long story short, I surrounded myself with incredible friends and positive friction; eventually I took both a huge financial and nerve wracking plunge to venture to another country solo to seek inspiration.

I took writing classes at the University of Cork during my month in Ireland, one of which was a class in short storytelling. I took up a love for it swiftly, feeling like it was the perfect matrimony that I needed to bloom. I had time to think before saying what I wanted, and I could largely be behind the safety net of my computer screen while doing it. I made lifelong friends my month away in the breathtaking country, and I probably spent just as much time writing in my room as I did socializing outside classes. It was an escape that would send the hands of the clock swirling by in an instant, and I loved every moment of it.

When I returned from Ireland for my final semester of college, I continued writing. While the series is science fiction, it has deep roots in biblical history, and the first in the series draws inspiration from happenings in my own life. I took one of the “short” stories and turned it into a middle chapter of my first book, Refraction: The Principle of Light. Shortly after I graduated, I published it on Amazon Kindle. I was ecstatic. I had accomplished something I never thought possible, and it didn’t stop there. I hadn’t planned to write more than my one book at the beginning. It was meant to be more or less a test of my own endurance; but, I loved the process so much and had so many ideas brimming for a sequel that I just had to write more. A year later, and out popped the second book Diffraction: The Second Principle of Light. Currently, I’m working on the concluding novel to the trilogy, titled Reflection: The Final Principle of Light.

At this point in my life, I’m working full time at KATC-TV3 as a photographer on the news team, and will be a happily married man on November 26th, 2016, to my amazing fiancé Sabri Dean. I’ve got ideas for book series after my current one, and one day I hope to make this dreamy life one that is self-sustaining.

Amazon Author Page:

https://www.amazon.com/Nicholas-Authement/e/B01GEYTDJO/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_ebooks_1

My Personal Author Page:

http://nauthement2010.wixsite.com/authementbooks

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