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Dr Shirley McClerkin-Motley PhD lives in a small community called Cayce in South Carolina in the U.S. Dr Shirley has four grown up children, thirteen grandchildren, and seven godchildren. As a retired tenured professor and Social Work Department Chair at Coker University, life’s pace has slightly eased now giving her more time to focus on what really matters to her as a black African American with a deep faith, a faith that has been her rock throughout her life’s journey. Now it’s time to write, to write about an area in her life as I have already touched upon her steadfast belief in the scriptures.

Dr Shirley is a member of the International Society of Female Professionals, the Black Editors Network LLC, and Marquis Who’s Who among Professionals. As well as these societies Dr Shirley is listed in the 2024 Wall Street Journal’s Who’s Who Among Distinguished Leaders, and has appeared in Bold Journey, an online digital magazine.

Education was and still is a fundamental aspect of her life, she completed her undergraduate studies at Benedict College, where she received a miner in Child Abuse and Neglect, graduating Magna Cum Laude; her MSW from the University of South Carolina, where she received a USC Minority Fellowship. Dr Shirley was awarded a PhD from Capella University in Human Services with a specialization in Social and community services. None of this would have taken place if it wasn’t for the support from her family especially her two brothers; to these people she will always be indebted to and keeps them in her daily prayers as a profound sense of love and gratitude.

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The Book

Let me give you an insight as to what you can expect from Dr Shirley’s well thought out and cleverly written account around the last book in the bible Revelation. A lot of people write their own conclusions to the events and happenings occurring here and Dr Shirley is no exception. But, for me what makes this book stand head and shoulders above the others I have reviewed is its clarity with ease of reading and understanding. The message is succinct and clear.

When you open the book, these are the headings you’ll find that will guide you to Dr Shirley’s own suppositions and understandings to this renowned book in the bible.

Foreword
Introduction
Chapter 1 Salutation, Voice and Vision
Chapter 2 The First Four Letters (Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamos, Thyatira)
Chapter 3 The Last Three Letters (Sardis, Philadelphia, Laodicea)
Chapter 4 Interlude: The Rapture of the Church
Chapter 5 Revelation Chapter 4: Translated to a Heavenly Scene
Chapter 6 Revelation Chapter 5: Behold the Lamb
Chapter 7 Revelation Chapter 6: Four Seals Horsemen
Chapter 8 Revelation Chapter 7: Interlude between the Sixth and Seventh Seals
Chapter 9 Revelation Chapter 8: The Seventh Seal
Chapter 10 Revelation Chapter 9: The Fifth and Sixth Trumpets
Chapter 11 Revelation Chapter 10: Another Strong Angel and the Open Book
Chapter 12 Revelation Chapter 11: The Measurement of the Temple, Two Witnesses, and the Seventh Trumpet

This is an inspiring Book and I encourage you all to take a look.

Social Media Sites

Please visit Shirley’s website to find out more as to who is Shirley McClerkin-Motley and what her book is about.

www.dr-shirleymcclerkin-motley.com

Publisher

WestBow Press: www.westbowpress.com Bookstore/search Shirley McClerkin-Motley

Podcast info

This podcast is available to listen to on all major podcast platforms search Talking Books hosted by J T Crowley. The video is available on YouTube search Talking Books hosted by J T Crowley, and now on Roku and Amazon Fire Stick streaming devices. Download the Experts and Authors app on your Roku or Amazon Firestick device or visit: www.Expertsandauthors.tv  online and click TALKING BOOKS.

Thank you, Dr Shirley for giving me the wonderful opportunity to chat to you about your book Reflections and Musings from the Book of Revelations: The Age of Apocalypse

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Linda Dooks was born and raised in a farming community in North Yorkshire a proud county of the UK. As child she would often doodle stories in a notebook, a notebook she hid from her parents who thought writing when other chores needed to be attended to, a waste of time, they often wondered why Linda dilly-dallied when taking the dog for a walk, the walk was brief but a necessary activity to get some doodling done. A trip to the local library on a Saturday was very often the hi-light of Linda’s week. The librarian there would keep all of Linda’s short stories she had written in a box under the counter, so that she could revisit them, plus allow her to read some of her favourite authors, Agatha Christie and Arthur Conon Doyle. 

Having left school to earn a living and learning that her librarian had died, Linda forgot about the box under the counter and often thinks what happened to it, but she didn’t forget about her desire to write, and picked that up again after the birth of her children. Linda joined a writing class in Hemsley, North Yorkshire, and with renewed encouragement wrote her children’s stories based on the North York Moors Railway adventures, maybe one day she will publish them. Let’s hope so.

Now retired from the local council and having more time to focus on the one thing she has loved throughout her life, Linda has written this debut novel, with the full support of her husband Peter and children Emma and Richard, plus a few other friends from nearby writing fraternities. So, let’s turn our attention to the book.

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The Book

Sixty-five stunning but brief chapters are wrapped up in this book to bring you a scintillating story about the character Rose Watson a sixteen-year-old girl born in North Yorkshire in the UK in 1897. Her early years were profoundly impacted upon by the death of her mother, which left her in an uncompromising family situation with an uncaring father and a precarious unwanted situation with regards to her brother whose advances towards her probably bordered on incestuous had she allowed matters to unfold. Growing up in a male dominated farming community with little sympathy Rose needed to escape her world of drudgery and unpalatable attention, a new world called with new prospects but equally a world adorned with new dangers.

Rose emigrates to America, New York to be precise, the boat journey across the Atlantic from Liverpool to Ellis Island New York was long and arduous. Agnes a budding singer who she meets lures her into New York’s dubious and dangerous underworld. Rose quickly learns that the tough streets of New York are not paved in gold. Rose’s one saving grace is that of Thomas Blackwood an American who she met while travelling to America. Does romance come her way or does another cruel lesson of life lurk around the corner. Hmm…I know what happens, but if you want to find out, then this historical fiction book which has been carefully researched to bring a sense of authenticity to it, is waiting for you to flick through its pages. So, flick through them.

The narrative is very well written, it’s an easy read, but a read packed with the reality of those times and what life was like then for a young girl braving a new adventure.

To learn more about Linda and her book head to her webpage www.lindadooks.com

Social Media Sites

https:// www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61556560133968

https:// www.linkedin.com/in/linda-dooks-6851a41a3

Publisher

Blossom Springs Publishing. www.blossomspringpublishing.com / search bookstore/historical/ Linda Dooks

Podcast Info 

This podcast is available to listen to on all major podcast platforms search Talking Books hosted by J T Crowley. The video is available on YouTube search Talking Books hosted by J T Crowley, and now on Roku and Amazon Fire Stick streaming devices. Download the Experts and Authors app on your Roku or Amazon Firestick device or visit: www.Expertsandauthors.tv online and click TALKING BOOKS.

Thank you, Linda, for giving me the wonderful opportunity to chat to you about yourself and your book. I loved your zany character it made me laugh while we were putting this podcast together.

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Arthur Rutledge was born in Houston, Texas in the USA, at the age of four his family moved to a small town called Fairfield where he grew up. Arthur now lives in Dallas the place synonymous with the assassination of John F Kennedy on the 22nd of November 1963.

He describes himself as a fiery motivated individual, putting that gene characteristic down to his genealogy routes stemming from his grandparents. On his Father’s side his grandmother was a native American from the Comanche people, his grandfather on the other hand was of Irish abstraction. On his mother’s side of the family his grandfather was of English heritage and his grandmother was of Irish stock. Well, there’s a hereditary line for the melting pot.

School wasn’t his forte, academia bored him, however his innate sense of practicality amongst the trades enabled him to have a very good lifestyle. Unfortunately, an incident took place in his life, the outcome of which saw him confined for thirty-three years in a U.S. state penitentiary.  It was there that the concept and the inner workings of this book began, so let’s turn our attention to the book to discover what it contains and holds for future readers.

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The Book

Legacy of the Melkizadek (Melchizedek) is the most intriguing and informative revelation from the Creator God of the entire history of the world! Those things uttered by the ‘Seven Thunders’ in (Rev.Ch.10), which John the Apostle was not allowed to write. The book also touches upon the history of Yahweh Yahshua the Creator God before he arrived in this sector of the galaxy. Also, included is a complete and thorough explanation of the Melchizedek priesthood, a priesthood that all believers are baptized into. The Book explains the relationship covenant (The Ten Commandments) in detail, plus grants a further discussion around the plan of salvation for man. 

The author has spent thirty-five-years looking at the numerous translations that are in existence, what misconceptions he has witnessed they have been readdressed in this book. When you open the book you will see, it’s a short book and that it has been divided up into several sections starting with the prologue, through to a list of appendages. This book is not intended to be a cosy bedtime read, more the book that makes you stop and think. Now, whether you agree or not with the authors views, interpretations around the legacy of the Melchizedek, I leave that judgement for you to ponder on, once you have read the book. It has many ideological points that may fascinate you, and I’ll say no more.

Social Media Sites

Please visit Arthur’s webpage where you find more information about Arthur himself and the book. www.legacyofthemelkizadek.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bookmadbookshelf/posts/pfbid036mPBNZLpdhRbiBhv1tfefXXp69eC8dYWYNVupTCov2qbVnnwpG3mkzztehrswfxjl

Publisher

AuthorHouse: www.authorhouse.com  Search Bookstore/Arthur Rutledge

Podcast Info

This podcast is available to listen to on all major podcast platforms search Talking Books hosted by J T Crowley. The Video is available on YouTube search Talking Books hosted by J T Crowley.

Thank you, Arthur, for giving me the wonderful opportunity to talk to you about your book ‘Legacy of The Melchizedek.’

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James Allen Johnson was born in Berry a small farming rural town in the U.S. State of Alabama. James’ early years where certainly lean, but not dirt poor in comparison to some households back then. Coming from a large family of eight, all of whom had to work on the local white owned farms picking cotton and vegetables to support the family taught James a fundamental lesson in life, that being if you want something then you have to earn it by doing an honest day’s work. His father David worked in a nearby steel mill, his mother Kathleen worked as a domestic for one of the local white farmer’s families, so the family was slightly better off financially as opposed to those that relied solely on farm work. Like most black African Americans from the deep American South, the role of the church and God’s standing both back then and now played and still play a key fundamental part of both James’ family and community life. James’ faith is partly responsible for the coming about of this book, but I make it very clear this book is an alien adventure.

James currently lives in Tuscaloosa Alabama with his wife of forty-one -years Beatrice. He has three grown up children. James required a BSc in Accounting from the University of Alabama, with a further MBA. He runs his own business now that he is officially a retired civil service employee who was involved in the financial regulator side of things. Over here in the UK accountants or financial experts are commonly known as ‘Number Crunchers,’ no doubt, in the USA a similar term of endearment is attached to those in that line of profession. 

James has written numerous books but, ‘An American Abduction’ is his first published work that he put out last year so let’s briefly turn to the book.

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The Book

Do you love stories about UFO’s, aliens and mysterious abductions? Do you have a natural curiosity surrounding the supernatural?  if so, then this book is for you. So let Matt and Tangie take you a mystical, inexplicable journey. 

Forty-five chapters of page turning fiction, or happenings awaits the reader here. When you explore the book, you will note that each chapter has the same alien spaceship drawing at the beginning. The story is tense, gripping and has quite a few surprises along the way. You only have to look at the chapter titles to get a propensity for the narrative that lurks within those chapters and what visionary imaginations are going to rise from the pages. Let’s have a look at some of the titles to whet your appetite. 

First Abduction
Another Abduction
Opposites Attract
The Next Day
Graduation Weekend
Trip to Meet the Stranger
Abduction Kidnappers come Calling
Meeting in Columbia
The Albuquerque Visit
CIA Abduction Operation
Russian Response

It’s an intriguing read. Enjoy, I did. 
Human Kidnappings hmm!!!

Webpage

Visit James’ webpage to find out more about him and his book:
www.jjsnovels.com

Social Media Sites

https://www.facebook.com/authorjamesajohnson1
https://www.instagram.com/jjsbooks52
https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-johnson-085410291

Publisher

Writer Cosmos.
www.writercosmos.com

Podcast info

This podcast is available to listen to on all major podcast platforms search Talking Books hosted by J T Crowley. The video is available on YouTube search Talking Books hosted by J T Crowley, and now on Roku and Amazon Fire Stick streaming devices. Download the Experts and Authors app on your Roku or Amazon Firestick device or visit: www.Expertsandauthors.tv online and click TALKING BOOKS.

Thank you, James for a great chat which has given us a glimpse into your book ‘An American Abduction.’

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Holly Brough is from the state of Utah in the U.S. She’s married and has devoted most of her married life to her husband and three children. I can’t help but wonder how her life would have turned out had she not been diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis at the age of nineteen; would she have gone down the theatrical path of dance, acting and singing, something she had set her heart on. I can only image Holly herself wondering how her life would have been very different, had it not been for a cruel twist of faith, that took that dream away from her.

Despite some life changing events that have restricted, but not destabilized her life, the one thing that has steadfastly been at the backbone of who she is, is her faith in God, he has been the glue that has guided her through both the good and challenging times in her life, and that is something she is truly grateful for. Is he responsible for her turning not only to writing but painting as well, in her eyes probably so, for the past six years Holly has found water colour painting extremely therapeutic and exhilarating.

 Living with dyslexia, the prospect of writing a book somewhat daunted Holly and considering she didn’t really appreciate the enjoyment of reading until the birth of her first child, you start to get a sense of what an achievement writing this book means to Holly, and we can only hope that she continues to write with such voracity and vigour as more books roll off the conveyor belt. The one thing that sticks in her memory with regards to her literary skills, is what her scripture tutor told her, and that was to read the scriptures every day, by doing so she would overcome her limitations both in reading and comprehension. All I can say is that Holly must have swallowed the whole bible to write a book of this depth and intrigue. 

Let’s hope for more books, but on the note of books let’s turn our attention to this one.

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The Book

Forty-three chapters of highly imaginative storytelling, told through creative well-written prose awaits you all here. If I was a literary award scheme, this book would be rated ‘Gold star Plus,’ in the category ‘New Author Must Read.’

The story revolves around Amalia and is set in nineteenth century Spain. As a young Fifteen-year-old Amalia’s life takes a different course put her past cannot be eradicated. What of that past! well that’s a journey well worth exploring in the book. However, her future is equally precarious, Spanish patriarchal society, abusive controlling nobility, limiting choices, Royal frolicking’s, pregnancies followed by abandonment, and escaping for safety, only to be deceived into another layer of entrapment by a male dominated society whose cold-hearted approach leads to prostitution for survival. Is there a light at the end of the tunnel, but at what price? 

Want to know more? Well, I’m not going to divulge anything that will spoil your intrigue as to the very essence of what this magnificent plot reveals about Amalia and her life back then. You’ll have to buy and read the book to find out. Enjoy I did.

Social Media Sites

Visit Holly’s webpage here: 

www.hollybrough-tnic.com

Awards

American Writing Awards for animals and pets, general.
The New York Book Festival for Spiritual/religious.
Readers’ Choice Book Awards for best book for adults.
Bookfest Book awards, Literary- journey/adventure.
Firebird Books awards, Literary Fiction.
Pencraft Book awards, Cultural Fiction
Indies Today awards, religious/inspirational.
Literary Titan book award, for religion Fiction

Podcast info

This podcast is available to listen to on all major podcast platforms search Talking Books hosted by J T Crowley. The video is available on YouTube search Talking Books hosted by J T Crowley, and now on Roku and Amazon Fire Stick streaming devices. Download the Experts and Authors app on your Roku or Amazon Firestick device or visit: www.Expertsandauthors.tv  online and click TALKING BOOKS.

Thank you, Holly for giving me the wonderful opportunity to chat to you about your book ‘The Name I choose.’

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Neil Grew up in and around Washington D.C, and for most of his life he has been involved in the construction industry. He’s been married for neigh on forty-four years, plus he proudly states he is a Scottish Rite Mason. Poetry has been at the heart of his life for a considerable amount of time and very often the poems are accompanied to music. In 2018, Neil published his poetry book Moods of a Lake: and selected poems with illustrations to go with them, he’s currently working on a second book of poems, some short stories, a novella and a movie script, hmm…a busy guy. When you ask Neil what guides his life, he will say three things, but what those three things are, are revealed in his poetry, so when you read the poems, you need to search in between the lines for the message. Very clever.

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The Book

Moods of a Lake: and Selected Poems

This is a book of forty-five free standing poems, for Neil it’s a collection of poetry because of the interactions he has had with people and events over the years who have in someway moulded his life. The poems are in sequential order, and I suppose you could say form a snapshot view over the years of Neil’s life from early childhood to mature adulthood. The poems depict the many trials in Neil’s life from the good to the bad, from the exciting to the dreary, plus happy and sad times. I think it’s wonderful how someone, can analyse their life in a collection of poems that we have here. Neil Noble’s life in forty-five fleeting glimpses of honesty, combined with fascination. The one thing that I have learned from Neil is that his poetry speaks from the heart about all sorts of issues, for example the many sides to love’s different philosophical thinking’s. 

I’m led to believe that Neil sets his poetry to music, unfortunately that side of his poetry cannot be visualized in book format, but what can be visualized in book format are the illustrations by Jingfang Wang that cleverly accompany the poems, which for me brings a sense of reality to this wonderful book of poetry, built and created around Neil’s life in all its guises.

How to Connect with Neil

Visit Neil’s website here:

Webpage:www.neilnoble.net

Plus visit his social media sites:

www.facebook.com/neilnoble.79
www.linkedin.com/in/neilmnoble
For poetry: https://lnkd.in/dXHQggs
For Short stories: https://link.in/d5EV-AJ

Podcast Info

This podcast is available to listen to on all major social podcast platforms search Talking Books hosted by J T Crowley. The video is available on YouTube search Talking Books hosted by J T Crowley and now on the Roku and Amazon Fire Stick streaming devices. Download the Experts and Authors app on your television or visit www.Expertsandauthors.tv online and click TALKING BOOKS.

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The Authors

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Charlene Tess and Judi Thompson are sisters who co-write mystery, thriller and romance novels under the name Tess Thompson, I’ll leave all of you to figure out how they came up with the pen name, let’s say it’s not rocket science. They were born in El Paso, Texas. Their father was a pilot and aircraft mechanic, their mother was an elementary school principal.

Charlene is married to the love of her life Jerry; she has two daughters and three grandchildren at the last count. She was an English and creative writing teacher who wrote her own grammar workbooks and lessons. Her Highly acclaimed series of grammar eBooks, ‘Simple Steps to Sentence Sense,’ are widely used.

Judi on the other hand lives near Houston and is married to Roger, she has two sons and seven grandchildren. Before retiring she worked in education as a speech language pathologist, educational diagnostician and as a special education supervisor. Like Charlene, a busy lady so to speak.

The sisters began writing together in 2002, with the publication of Accidental Angel. They have written twenty-two novels and five series together. Charlene lives in Denver Colorado in the US and Judi lives near Houston in Texas. You might wonder how on earth do they manage to write the books, well a lot of Zoom meetings, emails, texts, and good old fashion phone calls plus Dropbox. Old ways combined with the latest technological advances seem to work for these sisters who are self-published on Amazon.com.

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The Books

All the books in The Angel Fall Series are stand alone books and you can read them any order, ideally though I would suggest you read them in order of publication, for what makes them a series is the characters. While a lot of the books have very distinctive and separate storylines some of the characters are the same throughout the series but not necessarily in each book. Having said that the character Bella Morales, a blunt, self-opinionated, psychic takes centre stage in quiet a few of them. In this podcast we’re going to focus on two of the books that make up The Angel Falls series, so that you can get a feel for the series. Oddly enough we’re focusing on the first and the latest book, the ninth in the series. 

Angel Falls

The Story within this book is foretold across thirty-three chapters and two parts. The tension throughout the book is palpable like any good book should be. The characters are strong and highly developed as they take you on a twist-turning ride of psychic romance and intrigue. Just as you think you’re getting to grips with the story and the characters, Charlene and Judi twist the knife to unbalance you but keep your interest.

The narrative evolves around Russell’s loss of family from a tragic accident, he retreats to New Mexico Forest to come to terms with what has happened to his life. Maggie and her great-grandmother, psychic Bella own the resort he stumbles or possibly trespasses upon. For Russell life is about to change, equally so for Maggie, but who is sabotaging her business, why is love so complicated, what secrets lurk in Russell’s past and are those secrets devastating enough to make Maggie choose between her heart or cold hard facts. What role does Bella play in all this Drama, does she know what’s behind the knock on the door from the sheriff. Hmm…

Dark Flight

Thirty-one chapters of spine-tingling complex plots, twists and excitement lie between the pages of this ninth book in the series. Charlene Tess and her sister Judi Thompson are at it again with another psychic romance tale. ATF agent Matt Bentley’s past comes back to trouble him with the escape from a high-security prison of one of his former criminal offenders, Lyle. His escape means trouble for all involved in this sublimely written book as Lyle sets about an exhausting cycle of revenge. Matt’s initial fear is for the safety of his family, his wife Sunshine and two children; but will his actions be proportionate and will Bella’s psychic powers be up to scratch now that she’s in her ninth decade.  Will Bella’s powers be effective, or will they create their own problems and will Lyle’s revenge attempts succeed or be stopped in their tracks and by whom. Hmm…

Other Books

The Angel Fall Series

Crimson Roses: Book 2 (A Thrilling Romantic Mystery)
She can’t outrun the nightmare from her past.

Cold Vengeance: Book 3 (A Heart Pounding Romantic Mystery)
When Homicide Detective Flores’ ex-wife disappears, he suddenly finds himself on the wrong side of the two-way mirror as a person of interest.

Dark Moments: Book 4 (A Thrilling Romantic Mystery)
She made him want things he thought he could never have.

Dark Flames: Book 5 (A Thrilling Romantic Mystery)
She’s a widow mourning the loss of her husband, and he’s a driven AFT agent looking for a killer.

Dark Truths: Book 6 (A Thrilling Small Town Romantic Mystery)
Is a serial killer walking the quiet streets of Angel Falls?

Dark Memories: Book 7 (A Thrilling Romantic Mystery
Battered, bruised and barely alive, Rafael Aguilar escapes from his captors in Colombia.

Dark Mission: Book 8 (A Thrilling Romantic Mystery)
Jay Russo’s sister is missing.

Chance O’ Brien Series

When an Angel Whispers: Book One (A Gripping Serial Killer)
Macy Adams, a beautiful FBI agent with a tortured past, must track down the serial killer who nearly took her life in this gripping novel of murder, revenge and redemption.

Student Body: Book two (A Gripping Romantic Mystery)
Chance O’Brien is back with his wife, Macy, in another gripping thriller about murder and revenge.

The Devil Makes the Rules: Book 3 (A Psychological Romantic Suspense)
Brett Adams has a secret. A Secret that destroyed his marriage and carved the path he would take in life.

Night Ladies: Book 4 (A Gripping Serial Killer Thriller)
In the sweltering summer heat of Houston, a serial killer murders and mutilates prostitutes before posing a signature white lily next to their bodies.

Twisted Melody: Book 5 (A Gripping Serial Killer Thriller)
FBI agent Jesse Silva is on the hunt for a serial killer who’s targeting young blonde women. The killer’s MO is always the same. He strangles his victims and cuts off their hair.

Texas Plains Series

Christmas Candee: Book 1(A Small-Town Enemies to Lovers Romantic Comedy)
A sexy, no-nonsense judge. A gorgeous redhead gal from California in town on business.

July’s Heart: Book 2 (A Small-Town Enemies to Lovers Romantic Comedy)
Can opposites really attract?

Darby’s Magic: Book 3 (A Small Town Paranormal Romantic Comedy)
Is Darby O’Shea a witch or a beautiful woman with magical powers?

Secondhand Heart Series

Accidental Angel: Book 1(A Second Chance at Love Romance)
When Dena Quinn witnesses a serious car accident and pulls Doctor Shane Madden from his burning vehicle, he swears that she’s a guardian angel who saved his life.

Angel’s Heart: Book 2 (A Second Chance, Single Dad, Medical Romance)
A chance encounter leads to a journey of healing and romance.

Dixieland Danger Series

Stolen Laughter: Book 1(A Gripping Psychological Romantic Suspense Novel)
A romantic psychological thriller with twists and turns that will leave you breathless.

Terminal Identity: Book 2 (A Gripping Psychological Romantic Suspense Novel)
Someone is trying to kill Juliette Dreschler.

Social Media and Webpage Sites

To find out more about Judi and Charlene’s books visit there webpage and social media sites.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SistersWritingCrime

Website: www.sisterswritingcrime.com

YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/user/charlenetess

Amazon Author Pages:

www.amazon.com/author/charlenetess 

www.amazon.com/author/judithompson

Podcast Info 

This podcast is available to listen to on all major social podcast platforms search Talking Books hosted by J T Crowley. The video is available on YouTube search Talking Books hosted by J T Crowley, and now on Roku and Amazon Fire Stick Streaming Devices. Download the Experts and Authors app on your television or visit: www.Expertsandauthors.tv online and click TALKING BOOKS.

Charlene and Judi, I would like to thank you for giving me the opportunity to talk to you both about two of the nine books that make up The Angel Fall Series that you have both brilliantly created over the years.

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Gennie de Lange, being dyslexic, has drawn on the innate artistic gift she was given. She grew up during WWII in her grandparents’ vast house and forested garden. Being taken to the ballet to see Peter and the Wolf when she was tiny reinforced her beliefs which many children share that toys and animals understand everything. Born in New Zealand in 1942, Gennie received her training at Wellington Polytechnic, The Hammersmith and Middlesex School of Art and The Chelsea Pottery in London.

Her ceramic paintings have been exhibited in the USA, England, France and Switzerland as well as galleries in New Zealand. Talking about her ceramics, In New Zealand she ran pottery classes on a Saturday morning for children so that they could enjoy the art of creating things. 

Tales of war from her father were real. He had led a New Zealand dive bomber squadron, from which only half returned. The camaraderie, dare devil escapades, laughter, determination, and sacrifice that everybody was prepared to make and endure were part of life. Her father always felt he was here on borrowed time. It was her father’s stories from his war years that got Gennie interested in the history of war which made her aware of the goings on and why she delved so deeply into this subject matter.

For Gennie, life is a gamble. Being a ceramic artist, every time she puts her work in the kiln is a risk. The glazes that she paints with are all varying shades of powdery grey. After hours in the kiln at very high temperatures, her painted tiles emerge transformed like stained glass. Her exhibitions often sell out. The viewers relate to the subjects personally, and see the dramas of their own lives.

Now in her eighties, she has turned to using her own ceramic paintings as the background. The Observer, who is a worn velvet antique toy, views the devastation of war. The sale proceeds from this book (so far New Zealand only) are going to a family orphanage in Ukraine supporting children who have been separated from their parents. Gennie believes the young people of Ukraine will eventually have the spirit and determination to rebuild their country.

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The Book

The book is a collection of fifty very short poems about the terrible effects of war on people and the devastation left behind.  Each poem is accompanied by a picture of a ceramic painting on a tile done by Gennie de Lange herself. The images closely correlate to the message in the poems. They are bright, gregarious and most of them have a worn velvet antique toy in them, known as The Observer.

The author’s work is intense and attested, yet parallel with an edge of innocent freakiness when it comes to the childhood toy named ‘The Observer. The simplicity of the child’s toy pitted against the horrors and devastation of war. While Gennie’s work covers the general theme of war, she does touch upon what is happening in Ukraine at the present time. 

The poems and the accompanying artwork tell the story of war brilliantly. 

The Observer

The Observer is nearly a hundred years old. My father-law bought him after he left medical school in the 1920s. He needed support through life, as a third of his medical class had died from infections. There were no antibiotics in those days. During WWII The Observer was posted to Cairo where the doctor ran a prisoner of war hospital. Most of the men were Italian tailors who made uniforms until they realized it was more fun designing and making glamourous evening clothes for those on leave. After the war The Observer stood on the mantelpiece of the doctor’s surgery room, listening to how people coped with the unexpected sadness and pain in their lives. Nearly eighty years later The Observer looks on with knowing eyes.

Visit Gennie’s web site here:

www.genniedelange.com

Or connect with her on Facebook

www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61553132803439&mibextid=ZbWKwL

Publisher

Xlibris NZ www.xlibris.com   or www.xlibris.co.nz Bookstore/ search Gennie De Lange

Podcast Info

This podcast is available to listen to on all major podcast platforms search Talking Books hosted by J T Crowley. The video is available on YouTube search Talking Books hosted by J T Crowley, and now on Roku and Amazon Fire Stick streaming devices. Download the Experts and Authors app on your Roku or Amazon Firestick device or visit: www.Expertsandauthors.tvonline and click TALKING BOOKS.

Thank you, Gennie, for this podcast interview, I’ve thoroughly enjoyed nipping to Auckland in New Zealand to talk to you about your wonderful book. By zoom of course!!!

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The Author

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Anne Angelo was born in 1911 in Invergordon, Ross Shire (now Ross and Cromarty) Highlands, Scotland in what can only best be described as a difficult family set up. As a child she grew up in an environment of hatred, dejection, fear and other social dissent. life was hard back then in a society where children and young adults were to be seen, not heard and certainly not to be believed. Anne’s dream was to be a pharmacist, but a ruthless father blocked that opportunity by refusing her to go to Edinburgh to sit her pharmacy examines, instead opting for marrying her off. Thank goodness times have in many ways changed. As a young woman Anne’s life was fortuitously driven by events beyond her control, the war years of the second world war like for all that lived through those times were extremely tough. In 1944 Anne gave birth to Hugh who I have the privilege of talking to about the books she wrote, he recalls his mother typing the manuscript in London in 1949, just before they left for New Zealand in 1950, followed by upping sticks again to Australia in 1959 following Hugh’s father’s death. Over the years Anne worked on and off the manuscripts with the aid of a ghost writer, tragically Anne passed away in 1999, so the scripts lay untouched until lockdown in 2020, when Hugh rediscovered the files and decided to get them published in memory of his late mother Anne.

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The Book

The Forbidden Zone 1940

This book is a continuation of the story of Anne Angelo’s experiences in the war years of the nineteen forties. Anne’s return to Lille in France, the ‘Phony war’ when she almost got killed driving ambulances. A romance with a dashing British Army Officer to whom she gave a sprig of white heather as a good luck memento. The romance was brief as the Germans invaded and closed the area as they prepared their invasion of England. Anne joined the French Resistance until she was betrayed to the Gestapo, she escaped home to Britain, where the dashing young Army Officer tracked her down with the sprig of white heather firmly in his grasp. Anne married the dashing British Army Officer who is Hugh’s father.

The book comprises thirty chapters of stimulating stories, some romantic, some hard-hitting and others simply telling what life for Anne was like in those days. It’s cleverly written, the pace and the tension are wonderfully balanced as the narrative reflects what people of that era had to endure, face and overcome. Every day was a battle to survive and only those lucky and strong-minded enough like Anne came out the other end.

Awards

The Forbidden Zone 1940

This Book has received five awards: Brew Book Excellence Award, Indies Today Award, Bookfest Book Award, Pencraft Book Awards and Readers’ Choice Book Awards.

A sprig of White Heather and a Scottish Lass

This Book has received seven awards: American Writing Awards, Indies Today Award, Brew Book Excellence Award, Bookfest Book Award, Readers’ Choice Book awards, Pencraft Book Awards and The Bookfest Honourable Mention Non-Fiction Award.

Other Books by Anne Angelo

A Sprig of White Heather and a Scottish Lass

This is the first part of the story of Anne Angelo, Hugh Hyland’s late mother. It’s a soul-stirring narrative told over twenty-one chapters, sublimely written depicting a life that faced innumerable, exacting and formidable circumstances that would have tested any person’s resolve. The issues and scenarios are delicately portrayed with a real touch of realism that makes you stop and think how people in difficult and testing situations make their mark. The book touches upon cultural and social background stigmas, educational, hereditary and race differentials all against a backdrop of hatred, heartache, fear, disenchantment and dejection, much of which Anne Angelo had to endure as a child and young adult. Anne had several blissful years living in France and touring in Europe and North Africa those years though where abruptly ended by the onset of WW2. The war years and the ensuing years had a profound impact on Hugh’s late mother as she rebuilt a new life for herself, a life so very different to that of her childhood, a life on the other side of the world. What of that life! Well, I’m not going to tell you, find out by seeing what she has to say. 

The Podcast

This podcast is available to listen to on all major social podcast platforms search Talking Books by J T Crowley. The video is available on YouTube search Talking Books hosted by J T Crowley and now on the Roku and Amazon Fire Stick streaming devices. Download the Experts and Authors app on your television or visit https://www.Expertsandaothors.tv online and click TALKING BOOKS.

Publisher

Xlibris

www.xlibris.com/search/bookstore -Anne Angelo.

Hugh, thank you, for giving me the second opportunity to talk to you about your late mother’s books.

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A quote from Hugh Jackman

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The Night the Lights Went Out on Broadway

Matt Petosa works at the stage door for the Winter Garden Theatre. Everyday I’m greeted by him as I walk into the theatre. His kind, wise smile assures me that I am exactly where I’m meant to be and that everything is more than okay.

On March 13th, 2020, the Great White Way went dark for nearly two years, impacting one hundred thousand theatre employees from actors to stagehands and ushers. New York City without Broadway felt empty indeed.

This shut down was simply unprecedented. Broadway had stayed open through the Spanish Flu of 1812, two world wars and had only closed down once before, for two days after September 11th attacks.

The curtains fell on the longest shutdown in theatrical history. The only shining light that remained was the ghost light on each stage of every house. A beacon of hope in the tradition of “The Show Must Go On.”

These photographs represent those dark days.

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The Book

Normally, I write a dossier to give you all and idea as to what to expect in the book or books. This book however is a collection of Matt Petosa’s stunning photography that portrays the empty theatres of Broadway New York during Covid-19 lockdown. These theatres would be bustling with audiences and famous actors treading the boards. When you look at quite a few of the photographs you’ll notice a light on the stage. These are the Ghost Lights that stood silent in the theatres as a beacon of hope that one day the theatres would reopen. Hence, part of the book title,’ 2020 The Ghost Light Year.’

Look at some of the photographs for they tell their own story.

Webpage: www.broadway2020theghostlightyear.com
Webpage: www.mattpetosa.com 

Publisher

iUniverse
https://www.iuniverse.com/en/bookstore/bookdetails/837199-broadway-2020-the-ghost-light-year

Podcast Info

This podcast is available to listen to on all major social podcast platforms search Talking Books hosted by J T Crowley. The video is available on YouTube search Talking Books hosted by J T Crowley, and now on Roku and Amazon Fire Stick streaming devices. Download the Experts and Authors app on your television or visit: www.Expertsandauthors.tv online and click TALKING BOOKS.

Matt I would like to thank you for giving me the opportunity to talk and look at the stunning photographs that you have so brilliantly created in this amazing book of yours.

Thank You

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