May 2012 Blog Posts (145)

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Killer Art:

Florida’s Death Row Artists

These Death Row Davinci’s sit in 6x9 cells with blank sheets of paper, spare pieces of cardboard, safety pens, crayons, leftover paints and commissary pencils trying to sketch out the imagery floating in their minds. Some sketch demons and laughing skulls. Some draw lions and tigers. Others illustrate the end of the world. All of them – no matter what the medium and the image – are trying to…

Witch. (go to deathrowstories.webs.com for ordering info.)

Pagan.

Seeker of Truth.

And Killer condemned to Death Row.

Wyrd John went from a free-roving spiritual seeker of truth, wandering America, practicing the "Old Ways" of his lineage – casting spells, combining herbs and casting his energy outward into the world – until the Universe conspired against him and he ended up finding his Fate was to have murderer’s blood…

Meet the Devil!

Meet the man who killed the nephew of Senator John Edwards and raped his niece!

Meet the man who lived the life you have only seen movies like Hostel and Saw!

Take a look into the twisted mind of a killer – if you dare:

Look at my crime, accused of killing a boy and raping his sister over a 2-day period; on my jury sat a corrections officer who voted death for me, when I got sentenced to death and taken to…

 Nancy Rue, one of the nation’s foremost advocates for teen girls, tackles common questions young women have about the opposite sex in her candid new advice book, THE WHOLE GUY THING: What Every Girl Needs to Know About Crushes, Friendship, Relating, and Dating . Having received hundreds of inquiries from girls submitted to the popular “In Real Life” blog on her website,…

Happy Mother’s Day to all mothers and grandmothers. We celebrated the evening with my husband’s 91 year old mother and his siblings and their families, having pieces of several cakes, ice cream and strawberries from my garden.

Saturday, I used the time to…

For Immediate Release

 Award-winning Author Fran Orenstein on Blog Talk Radio’s

World of Ink Network show: The Writing Mama – May 14, 2012 

Blog Talk Radio’s World of Ink Network will air a special The Writing Mama show with host VS Grenier and producer Irene Roth. They will…

Can't help but feel a little melancholy. The final chapter of Reprisal is now available. It has been a long ride. The confrontation between Eddie and the Shadow is at hand. After this, I am going to take a break. I need to get some perspective, but then I will be back with Severed and some other surprises.…

We have many ways of honoring our mothers on Mother’s Day, such as with beautiful tulips. Aside from that, did you ever think that one day you might write a book about your mother? It’s very satisfying and here are 16 reasons why: (In upcoming blogs I’ll tell how I did it, so you can do it too.)


1. 

2. You are an expert on the subject.

3. You will be recreating a loving bond and passing it along to others.

4. You…

As you know, this week until the 17th is my book launch celebration for my mystery/sweet romance novel. There are several other websites that are having a book giveaway for Desert Intrigue that you might want to enter. So if you would like to enter those contests as well, then have fun. Below are the websites.



1. Peering Through Life's Window: Interview and Book Giveaway at…

The eclectic group of best-selling and award-winning writers and poets known as the Authors of Mark Miller’s “One” will be on the G-Zone blogtalkradio program for an hour of insightful conversation.

This is an internet-based event and will be available by archive immediately following.

The "One" series is a celebration of life and faith. Authors from around the…

The other day as I was writing I heard a sudden, loud knocking at my office door. I turned my head to see who could have caused such a ruckus and behold, it was my wife.

“Didn’t you hear me?” she asked.

“Uh, no,” I replied, somewhat in a daze from being pummeled out of my imaginary world.

“I thought you were ignoring me,” she grumbled. “The trash stinks. It needs to go out.”

“I wasn’t ignoring you,” I replied. “I’m working on my latest novel. I was in the…

Book Giveaway May 11th to 17th! Visit “A Family Friendly Blog,” and get a chance to win Desert Intrigue by Linda Weaver Clarke.

MYSTERY…ADVENTURE...ROMANCE...HUMOR...INTRIGUE!

"Desert Intrigue is an entertaining and joyful book, my favorite in this mystery series by Linda Weaver Clarke, which I think would make an excellent TV mini series. I love the sparks of romance in this adventure--they spice things up and…

John H. Byk (pen name, Conrad Johnson) was born and raised on the gritty streets of Detroit, Michigan.  After surviving high school, he joined the Coast Guard and then went back to school to earn his Masters of Art in English.  Still aching to see more of the world, he worked as a Merchant Seaman and then taught English in Japan and Thailand before…

Following the tradition of Pickwick Papers (Charles Dickens) and Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery), Amish Friends Knitting Circle is a continuing story, broken down into 8 parts. If you liked receiving the installments of the best-selling, Amish Knitting Circle Series, (the prequel to this series), then join Granny Weaver as she invites her friends from the Smicksburg…