Rebecca Duvall is married to a medically retired Law Enforcement Officer who is now a First Responder Chaplain. They have three children (two teenagers and one adult). She is the author of In His Way, a story about the trials and triumphs of being married to a Law Enforcement Officer and coming to faith. Rebecca is a speaker and blogs at inhisway.net. She is available for guest posts and speaking engagements. She speaks at conferences, retreats, mom’s events and bible studies. Rebecca considers herself to be a numbers geek, coffee & cupcake connoisseur and a person who loves dancing & laughter.

Since accepting Jesus as her Lord and Savior in 2008, God has allowed her to serve Him in many wonderful ways.

* On an Alpha course committee and as an Alpha table leader

* As a (Bible Study Fellowship) Leader

* On a Mops/Momsnext committee and as a Momsnext table lead

* As a Finance Committee chair, Elder of Prayer and CFO at her church (Covenant Community Church)

* As the 10-33 Foundation Board Secretary 

She enjoys sharing ‘God stories’ with others and would love to hear about yours.  Please drop her a line and tell her about yourself and how God is working in your life.

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Rebecca Duvall is married to a medically retired Law Enforcement Officer who is now a First Responder Chaplain. They have three children (two teenagers and one adult). She is the author of In His Way, a story about the trials and triumphs of being married to a Law Enforcement Officer and coming to faith. Rebecca is a speaker and blogs at inhisway.net. She is available for guest posts and speaking engagements. She speaks at conferences, retreats, mom’s events and bible studies. Rebecca considers herself to be a numbers geek, coffee & cupcake connoisseur and a person who loves dancing & laughter.

Since accepting Jesus as her Lord and Savior in 2008, God has allowed her to serve Him in many wonderful ways.

* On an Alpha course committee and as an Alpha table leader

* As a (Bible Study Fellowship) Leader

* On a Mops/Momsnext committee and as a Momsnext table lead

* As a Finance Committee chair, Elder of Prayer and CFO at her church (Covenant Community Church)

* As the 10-33 Foundation Board Secretary 

She enjoys sharing ‘God stories’ with others and would love to hear about yours.  Please drop her a line and tell her about yourself and how God is working in your life.

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Mary Martinez  lives in Magna, a little town west of Salt Lake City, Utah. Together with her husband, she has six grown children, and six wonderful grandsons and five beautiful granddaughters. She loves to spend time with family and friends–she includes good books as friends!

Mary writes mostly romantic suspense, romance, women’s fiction, and she has just begun to dabble in young adult mystery. During her writing career she has been a conference coordinator, workshop presenter, and chapter president for the Utah Chapter of Romance Writers of America. In 2007 she was presented with the Utah RWA service award in acknowledgment and appreciation for outstanding service.

Mary and her husband love to travel, especially to the Caribbean for relaxing, and Italy for the wine. And most recently she discovered she was Irish and Scottish, of course they had to visit Ireland and Scotland. Mary fell in love with both, but the green hills of Ireland felt like home. With the experience from the exotic places she has visited, she is able to fill her books with colorful descriptions of cities, painting a colorful backdrop for her characters.

They are avid concert ‘Ho’s’! Yes, they pretty much want to do them all. They love outdoor amphitheaters the best and attend as many during the warmer months as possible.

Mary and her husband are also enthusiastic college football fans. They have season tickets to the UTES, University of Utah Football and they tailgate every game. They love tailgating so much, that they were married at a tailgating in 1999.

GO UTES!

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Mary Martinez  lives in Magna, a little town west of Salt Lake City, Utah. Together with her husband, she has six grown children, and six wonderful grandsons and five beautiful granddaughters. She loves to spend time with family and friends–she includes good books as friends!

Mary writes mostly romantic suspense, romance, women’s fiction, and she has just begun to dabble in young adult mystery. During her writing career she has been a conference coordinator, workshop presenter, and chapter president for the Utah Chapter of Romance Writers of America. In 2007 she was presented with the Utah RWA service award in acknowledgment and appreciation for outstanding service.

Mary and her husband love to travel, especially to the Caribbean for relaxing, and Italy for the wine. And most recently she discovered she was Irish and Scottish, of course they had to visit Ireland and Scotland. Mary fell in love with both, but the green hills of Ireland felt like home. With the experience from the exotic places she has visited, she is able to fill her books with colorful descriptions of cities, painting a colorful backdrop for her characters.

They are avid concert ‘Ho’s’! Yes, they pretty much want to do them all. They love outdoor amphitheaters the best and attend as many during the warmer months as possible.

Mary and her husband are also enthusiastic college football fans. They have season tickets to the UTES, University of Utah Football and they tailgate every game. They love tailgating so much, that they were married at a tailgating in 1999.

GO UTES!

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Nancy Newlan is a 5th generation Floridian.  Writing was important to her even as a child.  In high school, she worked through her emotions by writing them down through poetry.  She found focus and understanding when writing and reading them later.  Although the writings remain private, this practice continued as she grew.

Nancy lives in Florida between Ocala National Forest and Seminole State Forest. She is frequented by a host of wild life including bears, turkeys, sand cranes, raccoons and deer along with a variety of birds.

She loves all things outdoorsy, from riding bikes, canoeing, boating, picnicking, hand gliding, photography and gardening. Nancy grows orchids as a hobby.  She claims she can never have enough plants.

Nancy is an accountant by trade working at a CPA firm as a staff accountant. She went back to school and obtained her Bachelor’s degree in accounting.

She is a member of the Alliance of Independent Authors and a member of Northland, a Church Distributed.

Nancy has published her first book, Return to Me; God’s Heart Cry in softcover and e-book format which may be purchased on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and I-tunes or on her website returntome.info, N.A. Newlan.com or Standtogetherinc.com.

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Nancy Newlan is a 5th generation Floridian.  Writing was important to her even as a child.  In high school, she worked through her emotions by writing them down through poetry.  She found focus and understanding when writing and reading them later.  Although the writings remain private, this practice continued as she grew.

Nancy lives in Florida between Ocala National Forest and Seminole State Forest. She is frequented by a host of wild life including bears, turkeys, sand cranes, raccoons and deer along with a variety of birds.

She loves all things outdoorsy, from riding bikes, canoeing, boating, picnicking, hand gliding, photography and gardening. Nancy grows orchids as a hobby.  She claims she can never have enough plants.

Nancy is an accountant by trade working at a CPA firm as a staff accountant. She went back to school and obtained her Bachelor’s degree in accounting.

She is a member of the Alliance of Independent Authors and a member of Northland, a Church Distributed.

Nancy has published her first book, Return to Me; God’s Heart Cry in softcover and e-book format which may be purchased on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and I-tunes or on her website returntome.info, N.A. Newlan.com or Standtogetherinc.com.

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Paul DeBlassie III, a psychologist and writer living in Albuquerque who has treated survivors of the dark side of religion for more than 30 years. His professional consultation practice — SoulCare — is devoted to the tending of the soul. Dr. DeBlassie writes psychological thrillers – The Unholy – with an emphasis on the dark side of the human psyche. The mestizo myth of Aztlan, its surreal beauty and natural magic, provides the setting for the dark phantasmagoric narrative in his fiction. He is a member of the Depth Psychology Alliance, the Transpersonal Psychology Association and the International Association for Relational Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy.

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Paul DeBlassie III, a psychologist and writer living in Albuquerque who has treated survivors of the dark side of religion for more than 30 years. His professional consultation practice — SoulCare — is devoted to the tending of the soul. Dr. DeBlassie writes psychological thrillers – The Unholy – with an emphasis on the dark side of the human psyche. The mestizo myth of Aztlan, its surreal beauty and natural magic, provides the setting for the dark phantasmagoric narrative in his fiction. He is a member of the Depth Psychology Alliance, the Transpersonal Psychology Association and the International Association for Relational Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy.

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Eben Mishkin is a gentleman and a scholar who has devoted his life to the study of story and the accumulation of trivia. He holds more degrees than he is entitled to but is most proud of his Masters in the teaching and practice of creative writing from the University of Wales, Cardiff. He enjoys role playing games and casually wielding forbidden knowledge. Mishkin is married to a very talented artist who was kind enough to do all the artwork for his debut novel, The Hidden and the Maiden, for only an extended night of gaming and the purchase of a pony.

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21 Things You Should Know About This Author

 

What book have you gifted the most? Why?

One year I fell in love with Turning On the Girls by Cheryl Benard. I loved it so much that I used it as my one stop shopping solution to holiday gifts that year and just sent one to everybody. I remember in particular loving the narrator, who was a character herself, and just laughing out loud to it. My brother assumed I had written it under an alias and that’s why I was sending it to everyone.

What is the one productivity tool you use every day? Why?

The double edged sword of the laptop. Perfect for every writing need. Including distracting me endlessly from writing with the internet.

What word do you misspell most often?

I cannot for the life of me remember how to spell restaurant.

What three things do you do to be a successful writer?

Write. Blog. Subscribe to the IBPA.

What are the titles of the last two books you have read?

Cormorant and Wildcards 2: Aces High.

What is your favorite word?

By usage: and. And I may just like and. It’s a pleasant little word that always brings things together.

What do you use more often – a dictionary or a thesaurus?

Dictionary by a mile. When I use a thesaurus it’s usually because I’m looking for a word that I’ve forgotten but think I know a word close to it. But I am often unsure if I am using a word exactly correctly.

What would you name the autobiography of your life?

Story Time.

What is your ‘go to’ munchie or drink while writing?

Coke Zero

Is a picture worth a thousand words? Elaborate.

No. We process visual and linguistic data differently. While it might take a thousand words to describe what is in a picture, the picture the reader would imagine would inevitably be altered by our word choices. It isn’t the image we must try to reproduce it is the feeling of the person looking at the picture. Once we give someone a picture, then it is them, not the character, looking at the picture.

What animal are you most similar to and why?

I expect the truth is something like a dog. I mostly just like to chew on my toys and give sad looks. I am unduly excited about going out.

How would your best friend describe you?

Nerd. In a nice way though. Perhaps, intellectual.

What keeps you up at night? (and don’t say howling dogs)

These days I wouldn’t even know how to start. Politics, the human condition, and global warming would be a stab in the general direction.

What is one thing you will never do again? 

Ride the Tower of Terror.

If we came to your house for dinner, what would you prepare? 

You get mac and cheese with broccoli because so far that’s all I can successfully cook.

What is the best compliment you have received?

That they knew the story was going to be good because ...

Eben Mishkin is a gentleman and a scholar who has devoted his life to the study of story and the accumulation of trivia. He holds more degrees than he is entitled to but is most proud of his Masters in the teaching and practice of creative writing from the University of Wales, Cardiff. He enjoys role playing games and casually wielding forbidden knowledge. Mishkin is married to a very talented artist who was kind enough to do all the artwork for his debut novel, The Hidden and the Maiden, for only an extended night of gaming and the purchase of a pony.

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