Train Your Brain, Claim Your Power

Children's books are a fabulous way to convey ways to make the world a better place.  In "The Science Project: A Children's Book" a group of 8th graders come together to work cohesively in spite of diverse backgrounds and their sense of being outcasts.  

Calvin Kerr has woven 8 short stories together around the theme of his life from growing up in Memphis through his career in the military.  If there is a theme connecting them, it is that he has had the opportunity to make a difference in the lives of others.  

Jacquie has created a full-service promotion, marketing, business strategy and media services company for people she trains to be TV Guestperts.  She has her own podcast "Front & Center" and has been nominated for 2 Emmys.  If you are an expert, influencer or simply want to get your message out, you'll want to listen to what Jacquie has to say and put it into practice.  

The story of Paul Scrase's life is on the dark side.  It's an unsavory environment for someone raised in polite society - which he was.  It started innocently enough: smoking, setting fires, that kind of thing but continues to get worse throughout his life.  It's a hard life for the family.  

Jennifer Black loves writing historical novels, romances, and mysteries.  In "One Love in Oklahoma," she adds a meddling old man, a professional ball player, and repressed memories of a murder.  

Patricia Abaya has had 3 mental breakdowns over the past 40 years.  She works in the health community and is active in mental health committees.  Her purpose was to raise awareness about mental disorders and let people know that clear communication is the goal when working with people who have mental challenges.  

Rose Fancy was in chronic pain.  She tried all manner of solutions that did not work.  The pain got even worse.  Then she tried a vegetarian diet and the pain went away.  Rose began to study nutrition and became aware of the nutrition spectrum.  It could make a difference in your health.  

Sister Sandra Makowski was one of the women permitted to study Canon Law under revisions made by Pope John 23rd in the late 1970s.  As she studied, she began to observe what women could and could not do by the Roman Catholic Church as a way to have a perfect society.  It was, in part, a third wave of feminism: first during the Civil War, next around 1917 over the right to vote and yet again in the 1970s for additional women's rights such as the right to own their own property.  Sister Sandra continues to study and work in this area. It is still a controversial topic.  Her next work is autobiographical.  Working title: Searching for God & Finding a Treasure

Chucky Quartarola's wife suffers from Huntington's Disease.   A debilitating disease similar to ALS, there is no cure and few people know much about it.  His hope is that this book will raise awareness and increase donations to the Huntington's Disease Society of America for research.  He is available to speak at organizations and community groups as part of his personal campaign to make a difference.  

Amanda Nairn went through an experience that is rarely discussed.  It was a journey in pursuit of suicide that began with cutting.  She drafted the book while she was in psychiatric care, utilizing the drawings and journal entries she created during that healing process.