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A Time to Wail, An Indian Country Novel, by Grace Elting Castle

March 7, 2019 By Jan Bear

Grace Elting Castle is the author of a new book, A Time to Wail, An Indian Country Novel, a mystery published by Chittum Tree Publishing.

A Time to Wail is a marvelous novel, written with unique empathy and authenticity. Grace Elting Castle uses her first-hand knowledge of both PI work and the reservation life and customs of the Siletz people to create a compelling and insightful read that will call to mind the great Tony Hillerman,” wrote Michael Koryta, NYT bestselling author.

In the novel, as a teen, Ellie Carlisle was frightened away by graverobbers. Years later, messages from her dead son call her back to the reservation.

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Marcia Morgan wins British Award, ’47 Motivational and Life Changing Books’

February 27, 2019 By Jan Bear

Marcia Morgan received the British Award “47 Motivational and Life Changing Books” for her book GO! How to Get Going and Achieve your Goals and Dreams at Any Age.

I am pleased to pass along that GO! How to Get Going and Achieve your Goals and Dreams at Any Age was selected by the British Writer’s Platform/Website “Fupping” as one of “47 Motivational and Life Changing Books”GO! was #28 along side The 4 Elements, Unbroken, Who Moved my Cheese and several books by Tony Robbins. I am thrilled to get the acknowledgement. It makes me want to have a cuppa tea!

GO! How to Get Going and Achieve your Goals and Dreams at Any Age, by Marcia K. Morgan, Ph.D.

February 27, 2019 By Jan Bear

Marcia K. Morgan, Ph.D is the author of a new book, GO! How to Get Going and Achieve your Goals and Dreams at Any Age, a book of women’s empowerment, self-help, and business/goal setting published by The Publishing Circle.

Women share a common epidemic: dream drain. Their goals and dreams are often put on hold or they quietly slip away. They adjust their dreams to fit their circumstances, rather than adjusting their circumstances to fit their dreams.

How do you recover lost goals and dreams? How do you move forward if you are in transition or feeling stuck? The answer can be as simple as selecting and focusing on goal objects (GO!) that become an empowering compass to keep her on the path towards her dreams.

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Don Colburn wins Cathy Smith Bowers Poetry Chapbook Award

January 24, 2019 By Jan Bear

Don Colburn received the Cathy Smith Bowers Poetry Chapbook Award for won chapbook contest.

The Cathy Smith Bowers Award goes to the winner of a national competition for best poetry chapbook manuscript, chosen by the final judge, Cathy Smith Bowers, former Poet Laureate of North Carolina. The winner receives $1,000 and publication of the book by Main Street Rag publishing company. My chapbook, Mortality with Pronoun Shifts, is due to be released in March 2019. For more info, go to Main Street Rag Bookstore and click on Coming Soon.

A Slightly Silly Theatrical Launch Party for Killalot!, featuring Cindy Brown

October 26, 2018 By Jan Bear

Cindy Brown will be at A Slightly Silly Theatrical Launch Party for Killalot!, at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018. A Slightly Silly Theatrical Launch Party for Killalot! happens at Annie Bloom’s Books, 7834 SW Capitol Hwy., Portland.

A slightly silly, sort of theatrical, pretty dang fun collision of a reading and a play, the launch party for Cindy Brown’s new book KILLALOT will feature local actors, bad jokes, and free cake. KILLALOT is the sixth book in the Agatha -nominated Ivy Meadows series of madcap mysteries set in the off, off, OFF Broadway world of theatre.