One of my greatest joys as a writer, editor, and ghostwriter is helping aspiring writers tell their stories. I get so many questions from people, in fact, that I’m starting a new feature on my social networking and web sites called “Ask the Author.” This is the perfect opportunity for you to ask questions about agents, publishers, editors, proposals, writing for magazines, or the writing life in general. Shoot, I’ll even tackle grammar if I absolutely have to! So what do you want to know about writing? I promise, if I don’t know the answer, I will find out! ~ Amy ************************************************************************ QUESTION: Know I am not talented enough to […]
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This Was The Day He Faced the Dragon
David Parnell’s candid memoir “Facing the Dragon: How a Desperate Act Pulled One Addict Out of Methamphetamine Hell” was recently released by HCI books. Copies are available wherever books are sold or www.amazon.com
Read more...Day 3: 2011 Have More Fun Challenge
No matter how you look at it, some days just aren’t fun. And nothing you do can possibly change that kind of bad energy. After all, if every day was a mountaintop experience, it would get pretty old after awhile, right? I was so overwrought with rather debilitating family responsibilities that I forgot all about my own challenge. What most people would consider “fun” … activities that make you laugh, giggle, scream, and feel good … were completely AWOL on Day 3, but I did manage to have a little fun in the shower (oh, that came out wrong) and enjoyed myself in bed (oh, that came out wrong too). […]
Read more...Day 2 – 2011 Have More Fun Challenge
Okay, so I’ll admit it. This challenge hasn’t started out the way I planned. I had to work pretty hard to have fun on Day 1, and Day 2 was even tougher. You see, I’m stuck in the middle of a sandwich… an ooey, gooey, responsibility sandwich, and it has seriously impacted my fun quotient. After taking a hard fall last week, my elderly father was hospitalized for a couple of days with some broken ribs. Being 79 and unsteady on your feet is a tough gig by itself, so the social worker and the doctors thought it would be best for Dad to come home with me for a […]
Read more...Day 1 – 2011 Have More Fun Challenge
Being a grown-up is tough duty. Millions of Baby Boomers are caught in the middle – trying to find ways to juggle work, marriage, and taking care of both children and elderly parents. Forget about taking care of yourself and fostering a good marriage. Even if you are still a greenhorn and have yet to experience these middle age stress castles, I have no doubt you take your life too seriously at times, as well. I am bound and determined to have a whole lot more fun in 2011 than I did in 2010. Interestingly, there are scads of other social networkers feeling the same way. So… I am officially […]
Read more...Pitcher Andy Pettitte’s Favorite Christmas
Excerpt taken from my book, MY FAVORITE CHRISTMAS Left hander Andy Pettitte made his major league debut in 1995 with the New York Yankees. After a stint with the Houston Astros he is back in New York. He has won five championships with the New York Yankees and is Major League Baseball’s all-time postseason wins leader. He is a three-time American League All-Star and a five-time World Series champion. My fondest childhood memories are of Christmases with my cousins at my grandmother’s house. I was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and lived there until we moved to Texas when I was in fourth grade. Up until […]
Read more...A Sign of the Times – Obama Names Medal of Freedom Recipients
THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary _______________________________________________________________________________________ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 30, 2009 President Obama Names Medal of Freedom Recipients 16 Agents of Change to Receive Top Civilian Honor WASHINGTON – President Obama today named 16 recipients of the 2009 Presidential Medal of Freedom. America’s highest civilian honor, the Medal of Freedom is awarded to individuals who make an especially meritorious contribution to the security or national interests of the United States, world peace, cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. This year’s awardees were chosen for their work as agents of change. Among their many accomplishments in fields ranging from sports and art to science and medicine […]
Read more...Comedienne Susan Isaacs on GOD UNPLUGGED
Susan E. Isaacs is a writer and performer with credits in TV, film, stage, and radio. She has appeared in films such as Planes, Trains, and Automobiles and Scrooged and on TV shows such as Seinfeld, The Drew Carey Show, My Name is Earl, and many others. Despite all those accomplishments, Susan managed to screw up every lucky break she ever had, and by age forty was jobless, loveless and living over a garage. Her rocky relationship with God needed professional help, so she took Him to couples counseling. She chronicles her “middle class white girl’s dark night of the soul” in Angry Conversations with God: A Snarky but Authentic […]
Read more...Recording Artist Jontez Shares Story of Miraculous Healing
Though a new face to many, Jontez has spent over a decade in the business. A child prodigy at 12, he received regional acclaim through a ministry-focused Tejano band before finding himself in a worship leadership position at Bishop T.D. Jakes’ Potter’s House. In addition to his time with God’s Property, where he had the opportunity to share the stage with the likes of Amy Grant, Jaci Velasquez and Point of Grace, Jontez spent time in the hip-hop group Mankynd. Jontez has wide appeal from Black Gospel to pop audiences, thanks to his own personal blend of pop, R&B, hip-hop and Latin influences. Jontez has made numerous television appearances on […]
Read more...Decyfer Down Faces Medical Challenges
The members of Decyfer Down have come across some life threatening battles in the last month. On April 21, guitarist Chris Clonts and his wife Meghan welcomed Christopher Hayden Clonts into the world. Shortly after their son’s birth, Meghan became extremely ill and the doctors found she had a severe infection that caused her to be away from her newborn for days at a time. After three weeks in quarantine, Meghan was treated and released from the hospital and is now happy and healthy with her husband and son. The day after Meghan was released from the hospital, Josh Oliver, drummer of Decyfer Down, and his wife Victoria received some […]
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