Brenda McDaniel shares her new release My Angel My Hero

 

Welcome to author Brenda McDaniel!

Brenda McDaniel is a retired and a first-time author. I also write for a digital Christian magazine. Called Faith on Every Corner. That goes out to 78 countries. I am a southern lady, living in Virginia. I have loved to write since childhood. Writing short stories and poetry. I also have a B.S. in Psychology. And an M. A. in Counseling.

Websites/links to my social media pages:

https://www.mcdanielsbooks.org

https://www.facebook.com/snowe333

https://www.facebook.com/mcdansbooks/

https://www.instagram.com/brendaemcdaniel/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/brenda-mcdaniel-866122191

https://myangelmyhero46891542.wordpress.com/

 

What is your latest release?

My latest release is my book My Angel My Hero. It was released in September 2019 by Page Publishing. It's a Christian biography/Memoir about my parents. Who lived during the depression and WWII. My mother Olga(my angel) and my father Earl(my hero). And about my family. It's about faith, hope and love. The greatest of these being love!!

What are you working on now?

I have several projects that I am working on now. I hope to publish my second book called My Angels, My Companions. Published by Covenant Publishing very soon. It's about our mysterious and miraculous pet's. I am also working on a book of short stories. And another book of poetry. I also write articles for the international Christian magazine called Faith on Every Corner. Published in 78 countries.

Was there a person who encouraged you to write?

Yes I felt led by my Lord, after my parents passed away, to write. To tell people of his love, miracles and blessings. That he gave my family throughout our lifetimes. And my Christian mother also influenced me to write. With her example of love, hope and faith. Loving other's as she loved herself. She also took a writing course. When she retired and wrote one book.

What would you say are your strengths as an author?

I think my strengths as an author are compassion and love for other's. And a heartfelt and mindful way of writing. Not just putting words on paper. But writing from the heart and mind. To try to encourage and get people thinking about their lives and decisions. I also have a B.S. in Psychology and M. A. in Counseling. And have taken writing and English classes. So I have a rounded education to help with my writing skills and emotional impact on other's. You have to know how, when and where your books will go. Be very descriptive and interesting. As I try to write also.

How often do you write and do you write using a strict routine?

I write when I feel a yearning desire. Or have a pressing idea I need to write about. My writing routine is to go to a quiet part of the house. Set in a relaxing position. Turn on relaxing, peaceful instrumental music. I try to write immediately. While my ideas are still fresh in my mind.

Five years from now, where do you see yourself as a writer?

In five years, I hope to have published several books. With favorable sales. And if possible to have started writing children's books. Also, I hope to write for various magazines. As I enjoy working articles about various subject's. And hopefully getting well paid too!!

 

 This book is a written testament to the power of love, faith, hope, and strength. It details the life and death of a woman named Snowe (my mother) who came as close to being an angel as possible. And a veteran of WW II who fought in the war as a Navy man. He also fought the demon of mental illness, and eventually won both battles. He was my father Earl who is my hero. It also tells about their family life, too. They both were the generation who saved the world from the evil of Nazism and the tyrant called Hitler. And they also suffered through the Depression. Both, especially my mother, were Christians with a strong faith that helped them through difficulties and hardships, and gave them joy and love all during their lifetime. And now, their love is eternal. Even in death, it continues for each other and their loving Savior Jesus Christ and his Father.

Buy links-

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44612392-My-Angel-My-Hero

https://www.amazon.com/My-Angel-My-Hero/dp/B07WL82L6J

https://www.audible.com/pd/B07W44K1CS/

https://www.play.google.com/store/books/details?id=TzSUDwAAQBAJ/

 

Jenna Greene's new release Renew

 

The Red Queen meets The Hunger Games In

 RENEW

Book 2 of the Reborn Marks Series

 

Read Renew to find out if being branded a reborn is a myth, a curse...or a destiny.

Haunted by memories of those left behind, Lexil and Finn are forced to venture back into the Wastelands.

The Unclaimed Cities are not the idyllic setting Lexil, Finn, and Ceera thought it would be. This new land has challenges of its own – which they soon discover.
When Lexil and Finn return to the Wastelands, they are accompanied by Kaylen, someone they can’t decide is a friend or foe. As they retrace their path, they meet up with old allies and enemies, and encounter other treachery embedded in the Wastelands. The trio are forced to face their own assumptions, prejudices, and fears.

Released and published by Foundations Book Publishing

The book is available electronically and print across all platforms!

ISBN: 978-1645830498. 266 pages

Amazon.ca:   Renew: Amazon.ca: Greene, Jenna: Books

Amazon.com:   Renew (The Reborn Marks): Greene, Jenna: 9781645830498: Amazon.com: Books

More Books in The Series:

The marks on Lexil's skin state she is a Reborn - someone who has lived before. As such, she must toil in service to those who have only one chance at life. Sold at auction, she is fearful but accepting of her new life. Everything changes when she must save a young child from a fate worse than death. 

With the help of a new ally named Finn, she flees to the Wastelands. There she struggles to survive, while discovering more about herself, the world, and what it truly means to be Reborn.

 About the Author:

Jenna Greene is a teacher and author, whose hobbies include dancing, dragonboating, and napping. Her novel, Reborn, won the 2019 Moonbeam Children’s Book award. She is the co-host of “Quill and Ink: A Podcast for Booklovers” which is part of the Authors On The Air Network 

 Further information about the book and Jenna can be found at: JENNA GREENE - Jenna Greene

Jenna is available for interviews, media appearances, speaking engagements, and/or book review requests - please contact mickey.creativeedge@gmail.com by email or by phone at 403.464.6925. 

Anzar The Progenitor, a new memoir from Bruce Olav Solheim Ph.D.

 

ANZAR

The Progenitor

 A true memoir of contact with an ancient alien mystic

By Bruce Olav Solheim Ph. D

 Published by Boots to Books

Available in print and E-Book across all platforms

Anzar is an ancient alien mystic whom I have known most of my life and have been in weekly direct contact with since 2018. Anzar the Progenitor documents my spirit communication with this ancient alien, including his prophecies, sage advice, and commentary on the world. The book has extensive endnotes and includes my research on the nature of this communication through mediumship and my theory of how the alien world, the spirit world, and the quantum world are the same—a quantum nexus. We can no longer wait for government disclosure about UFOs and aliens. The time has come for personal revelation through a leap of consciousness in a new Era of Reconversion. We are all related and we are the aliens.

      Now Listed as an Amazon Hot New Release for May!!! 

 Amazon.com:  Anzar the Progenitor: Solheim, Bruce Olav: 9780578909196: Amazon.com: Books

 Amazon.ca:   Anzar the Progenitor: Solheim, Bruce Olav: 9780578909196: Books - Amazon.ca

More Works from Bruce Olav Solheim:

 

The Timeless Series             

      

     

“Within the pages of this fascinating book cum journal, Bruce tiptoes into the realm of alien life, the visits from ‘out there’ to this planet – to Bruce Solheim. Aided by the illustrations of artist Gary Dumm, his experiences range from the year 1964 to the present, and it is his polished skill of communicating ‘scientifically’ (complete with quotes from important voices) as well as ‘paranormally’ that suffuses the veracity of his prose. He invites the reader into the ‘unknown’ and is able to bring belief, and acceptance, of his myriad possibilities, realizing that the spirit world, the alien world, and the quantum world are all the same. This is a very fine exploration of a more expansive ‘reality.’ It is bracing, challenging - and reassuring!”  _ Grady Harp, Reviewer with Top Shelf Magazine

About Bruce:

Bruce Olav Solheim was born in Seattle, Washington, to Norwegian immigrant parents. Bruce was the first person in his family to go to college. He served for six years in the US Army as a jail guard and later as a helicopter pilot and is a disabled veteran. Bruce earned his Ph.D. in history from Bowling Green State University in 1993. Bruce is a distinguished professor of history at Citrus College in Glendora, California. He was a Fulbright Professor and Scholar in 2003 at the University of Tromsø in Norway. Bruce has published twelve books and has written ten plays, five of which have been produced. The Bronze Star won two awards from the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival. The Epiphany was commissioned by the Kingdom of Norway and funded for a full production run with the original American cast. Bruce founded the veterans program at Citrus College and cofounded Boots to Books, the nation’s first college-credit transition course for veterans. Bruce is also a co-founder of Lockdown Theatre, which has produced three streamplays (online, live, remote actors) during the COVID-19 pandemic. He has published a trilogy of non-fiction paranormal books: Timeless, Timeless Deja Vu, and Timeless Trinity. Bruce has also published a comic book and a graphic novel featuring an alien hybrid character named Snarc. He has been on Coast to Coast several times and was a featured speaker at Contact in the Desert. Bruce is married to Ginger and has four children and two grandsons. 

Bruce is available for interviews, media appearances, speaking engagements, and/or book review requests - please contact mickey.creativeedge@gmail.com by email or by phone at 403.464.6925.

 

Charlene Jones talks about her book My Impossible Life

 

Welcome to author and inspiration, Charlene Jones!!

My life as the title of my memoir suggests, has been as impossible as possible. Raped and tortured, global gypsy meeting heads of Tibetan Buddhism, initiations, silent retreats for as long as 3 months, death-defying journeys, publishing a few books, performer with the trio Uncritical Mass, double Masters, podcasting, psychotherapist in private practice for 23 years, meditation teacher and mother.

That last is what I’m most proud of…

In my 7^th decade I take no pills, sleep half a circadian rhythm many nights and enjoy a quiet life on a small lake with my partner of many years.

I mentioned my current life a bit above. I meditate regularly, and with a group on internet. We follow the Moon and meditate on New and Full Moon. Anyone may join!

The hardest part about Covid for me, as I know for so many of us, is not being to hold my grandchildren, visit my son and daughter who live far away. But I am grateful for FaceTime.

My life is quiet, beside the lake watching the wildlife and lately my partner and I have discovered the magic of the forests in York Region. I am so grateful for these places of healing.

The most difficult book I wrote was my memoir. This wasn’t for the obvious reason, that some of the contents were difficult. I wrote the book over a period of 50 years, many times. And during that time I wrung the emotional content out of the memories, through deep body work, dream work and meditation. So that wasn’t the struggle.

The struggle was in the structure of memoir, which remains unique. It is a form unto itself and the best memoirs adhere to the structure. It took a few years and a few memoir courses, notably with Sue Reynolds and with Linda Joy Myers of National Association of Memoir Writers before I gained some control of the material.

For my non-fiction works, Medicine Buddha Medicine Mind and Medicine Mind Medicine Buddha I read Dr. Doidge’s The Brain That Changes Itself, and his The Brain’s Way of Healing, along with The Tell Tale Brain by VS Ramachandran, Brain Mapping by Rita Carter, Cure by Jo Marchand, The Master and His Emissary by Iain McGilChrist and a few others.

Many authors inspire me. When I think about how hard it is to not only write, but then Indie publish and try to establish a place in the market, I am toppled by the amount of dedication, perseverance and commitment Indie authors have to our craft.

For pleasure I read memoirs, most often from Indie writers. For four years my weekly podcast was dedicated to interviewing Indie memoirists. I have just shifted the focus of the podcast to Meditations for Life. These are short, 15-20 minute podcasts in which I meditate for 5 minutes, sometimes twice, and talk a bit in between about meditation.

I have taught meditation to beginners for about 35 years and the truth is we are all always beginners.

Who encouraged me to write? Cecilie Kwiat, my meditation teacher, sister of my heart and person who is although she has passed on responsible for my still being here at all—she kept me committed to poetry.

Many professors in university encouraged my writing, in English courses and in others such as Logic.

Like many writers, I maintain the position of wobbling on high heels in mud when it comes to believing in my writing.

Thanks for this opportunity Diane to sift through some thoughts and offer a few bits. I look forward to reading the works of others here.

Links to Social Media Pages

www.soulsciences.net

https://podcasts.soulsciences.net

www.facebook/charlene.jones.1042

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1691498.Charlene_Diane_Jones

https://www.linkedin.com/nhome/?trk=

twitter@charlenejones18

 

She fled horrendous suffering and stumbled into the arms of merciless men. Will she ever break free of her traumatic emotional prison?

Canada, 1968. Sixteen-year-old Charlene Jones was desperate to escape her family’s relentless abuse. But when she ran away and hitched a ride in a brand new Pontiac with two strangers, her situation went from unbearable to a living nightmare. At the mercy of armed and violent escaped convicts, she endured three days and nights of unspeakable assault and torture.

Guided by dreams and angels, Charlene returned home scarred and spiraled into four years of self-destruction… until a vision spurred her on a trip to India. But her first step in a foreign land was only the beginning of a journey trotting the globe to overcome a world of hurt.

Will Charlene’s quest for healing help her find peace in her heart?

In this powerful memoir that follows her travels through Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, and Norway, Charlene shares an intimate narrative of her high-stakes adventures searching for recovery through meditation, holistic strategies, and mystic experiences. And for those tormented by personal tragedy, this brave woman’s ability to finally face her memories and release their hold over her will give hope that the human spirit can always triumph.

My Impossible Life: Trauma, Travel & Transcendence is an inspirational exploration of never giving up, no matter how hard. If you like relatable people, luminous prose, and the intersection of Eastern and Western thought, then you’ll love Charlene Jones’s moving revelation.

Buy My Impossible Life to shake off the chains of pain today:  mybook.to/myimpossiblelife

 

Have you tried Mindfulness but find your brain does not stop?

Do you long for a mind that defaults to quiet relaxation?

Ever wonder what meditating with both sides of your brain is like? 

Drawing on over 30 years of teaching Visualization Meditation  author Charlene Jones, M.Ed/M.A weaves Western reason with Eastern faith. Her journey with Visualization began in a Tibetan Temple in the north of India, Dehra Dun, where she was initiated into the major vibrations of Tibetan iconography: visualized pictures and whispered mantras. She was 20 years old. She has been teaching this method of meditation for over 30 years to novices, experienced meditators, lay people and other meditation teachers. 

Through easy to understand neuroscience Medicine Buddha Medicine Mind’s easy-to-read self-help explains the measurable, quantifiable changes Visualization Meditation practice brings to your brain.

You will learn—

·        how physical and emotional pain can be reduced or erased leaving you free to enjoy life

·        what Western Reason and Science say about Eastern Visualization Meditation Practice

·        the mantra neuroscientists use to control change in the brain's neural structure  

·        the power of practice: what repetition does to promote the brain with new and vital ways to behave

·        why your ability to read and conjure inner worlds is the secret way you are already Visualizing! 

If you believe in combining Western Reason with Eastern Faith, if you enjoy knowing the science behind how meditation works, you’ll love Medicine Buddha Medicine Mind.

Begin meditating with both sides of your brain. Buy Medicine Buddha Medicine Mind now!

To buy:  mybook.to/medicinebuddhamind

Wendy Kendall features her new cozy mystery Kat Out of the Bag

 

Welcome to cozy mystery author Wendy Kendall!

Wendy Kendall has a passion for purses and stories of the women through history who carried them. Her cozy mystery Kat Out of the Bag introduces Katherine Watson purse designer/sleuth, investigating murder at her gala opening. The prequel novella Purse-Stachio Makes A Splash delves into a chilling cold case. Snow Kiss Cookies To Die For out November 2021, an intriguing tangle of mystery and love. Wendy enjoys the Pacific Northwest life and time with her two sons. She's a blogger, YouTube podcaster, speaker, project manager, and syndicated columnist, while she works on the next of the In Purse-Suit Mysteries.

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

Twitter: wendywrites1

Instagram: wendyekendall

What would you say are your strengths as an author?

            I'm very enthusiastic about what I'm writing. The characters and the stories are so much fun for me, I'm motivated.

            As a reader, I've always been a great fan of mysteries. I enjoy writing them just as much, and adding the element of romance to the stories is an exciting dynamic. I love the challenge of it all, and although at times it can be overwhelming, I've found that persistence is an important strength.

            I'm also constantly learning and improving at the craft. I'm never done learning. I learn from other authors, especially my terrific critique group and beta readers, and from my brilliant editor at The Wild Rose Press.

How often do you write, and do you write using a strict routine?

            I'm most productive when I work to deadline. With that in mind, I set weekly and monthly goals for myself. It really helps that my critique group meets weekly and one of my goals is always to have a scene ready for them to review.

            I don't have set days and times during a week for writing, but I do have a couple of spots where I work. In good weather I work outside on my balcony. In Seattle you have to plan for indoor weather too, so I also have a room in my house called my studio. Both rooms are my favorite rooms of the house. When I'm at one of these usual writing places, and I have my cup of tea, with some of my favorite instrumental music playing low, then I know I'm ready to get to work. My most creative, and favorite time of day to write is at night.

Five years from now, where do you see yourself as a writer?

            In my intriguing dreams for 2026, my In Purse-Suit Mysteries series will have grown to many books to follow the first, Kat Out of the Bag. There will be more novellas too about the people of my cozy mystery's town of Bayside. These will be gathered in an anthology along with the prequel Purse-Stachio Makes A Splash published last year, and the new romantic mystery Snow Kiss Cookies To Die For coming out later this year.

            In my romantic dreams for 2026, I have a new series I'm working on that are romance stories.

            In my post-pandemic dreams I'm meeting lots of readers at appearances and book signings. How fun! And I'm still presenting at speaking engagements and teaching writing workshops. In these events I get to share what I've learned, and I also learn a lot from the attendees.

If you could offer once piece of advice to a novice writer, what would it be?

            The joy is in the journey. Take the time to relish every experience and every step of the way to your success. There's no single time table to publication. Everyone arrives there at their own time, and publication looks different for each person too.

            Along the way I hope you meet as many incredible people as I have. I hope you make as many great friends. I hope you cherish every experience and every version of your story.

What would you consider to be the best compliment a reader could give your book?

            I couldn't put it down!

What are you working on now?

            Final edits for my romantic mystery novella Snow Kiss Cookies To Die For are in process with my editor, and it's expected to be available for readers later this year. Just when Bayside Elementary school teacher Desiree Tucker is starting to believe in magic again, she finds herself fighting for her life. Someone wants to teach her a deadly lesson. Can love save her?

            I'm finishing my first draft of the sequel to Kat Out of the Bag. This is another exciting cozy mystery for purse designer/amateur sleuth Katherine Watson. It's an intriguing adventure in purse-suit of a killer, and her women's history purse museum adds a couple of new exhibits. Favorite characters are back like Moonjava, Pam, the ladies of the round table, officer Jason Holmes, and of course his K-9 partner Hobbs, and Katherine's cat Purrada proudly waving her tail. There are some fun new characters too.

            The first draft of my newest work is also well underway. This one is a wonderful romantic novel. I'm planning on it being the first in my new romance series.

            I'm so looking forward to these books getting in readers hands. And I'd like to thank readers who have let me know how much they've enjoyed reading my books.

            And thank you for your invitation to join you on an Escape with a Writer.

 

BUY LINKS - Kat Out of the Bag

When celebrated international purse designer, Katherine Watson, hosts a gala for her Purse-onality Museum, she never expected the next day's headline to read: 'Murder at the Gala Premiere.' But after a dead body is found during the event, that's exactly what happened. Working to solve the murder, Katherine matches wits with local cop Jason Holmes and his K-9 partner, Hobbs. Although Holmes and Watson disagree often, they discover an undeniable attraction building between them. But they'll have to put their feelings on hold and focus on solving the murder, before Katherine becomes the killer's next knock off.

Buy Links (including Goodreads and BookBub):

Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/Kat-Out-Bag-Purse-Suit-Mystery/dp/1509230718/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3HJQDV2AK8YMZ&dchild=1&keywords=kat+out+of+the+bag+by+wendy+kendall&qid=1605670675&sprefix=kat+out+of+the%2Caps%2C614&sr=8-1

Goodreads - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52059550-kat-out-of-the-bag?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=s2JyqnUezC&rank=1

BookBub - https://www.bookbub.com/books/kat-out-of-the-bag-in-purse-suit-mystery-by-wendy-kendall

Google Play - https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Wendy_Kendall_Kat_Out_of_the_Bag?id=dErbDwAAQBAJ

Kobo- https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/kat-out-of-the-bag 

Designer Katherine Watson is enjoying a delectable frozen pistachio treat at Ginardo's beachside ice cream shop when her friend issues a playful dare. Katherine can't resist accepting the challenge and finds herself tasked with creating a designer purse out of pistachio shells. But the fun day takes a chilling turn when Katherine uncovers a clue in the ice cream store to a decades old missing persons case--and she suspects there may be a killer in their midst.

Katherine is soon up to her shoulder bag in danger, but she's determined to see that a murderer gets his just desserts.

BUY LINKS:

Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/Purse-Stachio-Makes-Splash-One-Scoop-ebook/dp/B08FGLZ5SC/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=purse-stachio+makes+a+splash&qid=1605677305&sr=8-1

Goodreads - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55213140-purse-stachio-makes-a-splash?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=4LZ3VKO2cy&rank=1

BookBub - https://www.bookbub.com/books/purse-stachio-makes-a-splash-by-wendy-kendall

Google Play - https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Wendy_Kendall_Purse_Stachio_Makes_a_Splash?id=8gb5DwAAQBAJ

Kobo- Purse-Stachio Makes a Splash ebook by Wendy Kendall - Rakuten Kobo