Karen Baney

Welcome

October 30, 2011 – 5:10 pm

My goal in writing novels is to inspire readers in their own faith as they journey through the story with flawed characters in tough situations. Life is not easy, so it’s not easy for my characters. Each one of them is shaped and changed by their experiences, just as we are in the real world.

The settings I choose are greatly influenced by my own experience and my love for the great state of Arizona. Like many people living the greater Phoenix Metro Area, I am a transplant. During the fourteen years I’ve lived here, I have vacationed in many of the wonderful cities and towns, such as Prescott, Sedona, Flagstaff, Winslow, Tucson, and more. The state is diverse in landscape, culture, and people. I hope you enjoy getting to know more about the past and present of the state.

It is my prayer that you will find all of my novels both entertaining and encouraging in your own journey.

Homes of Hope Fiji

This organization is very dear to my heart. Over the past few years I’ve had the opportunity to meet and hear stories from women who have been rescued. Prescott Pioneers 2: A Heart Renewed is dedicated to these amazing women.

Beginning October 1, 2011, $1.00 for every sale of Prescott Pioneers 2: A Heart Renewed will be donated to help support Homes of Hope Fiji.

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Author Spotlight historical

Marcelo’s Secret by George Vergara

May 14, 2012 – 1:00 am

Genre: Historical Fiction

Format: ebook, paperback

Buy: Marcelo’s Secret

Once there was a secret that, for centuries, was carefully guarded by many families.

If exposed, this secret meant torture and death. Now, almost forgotten, this secret surfaced when those holding it are no longer in danger of being persecuted or killed. This historic and romantic saga is the story of Marcelo Espinosa— raised a Catholic, son of Secret Jews— who fled the clutches of the Spanish Inquisition in Madrid, Spain during 1587.

It sheds light upon all those Sephardic Jews who fled the Spanish Inquisition and came to live in the Spanish New World.

1. What inspired you to write Marcelo’s Secret?

Our family’s roots lie in the history of the present day Southwest of the United States. The idea for this tale blossomed when my mother, Maria Casias Vergara, revealed her “secret”— the Vergara family and their ancestors are direct descendants of Marcelo Espinosa, a Sephardic Jew.

2. Is there a message in your novel that you want readers to grasp?

Readers have confirmed this story genuinely evokes the sense of terror and disbelief the characters lived with under the Spanish Inquisition. The love story balances terror with hope. Not only does the book bring to life the history of the Spanish Inquisition, It also reminds us of the consequences when those in power limit diversity. Marcelo’s Secret carries an important story for today.

3. Is anything in your book based on real life experiences or purely all imagination?

Marcelo’s Secret is a carefully blended mix of historical facts and the fiction of Marcelo’s real life, adventures and romance.

4. What was your favorite chapter (or part) to write and why?

The last chapter— Saving the Secret— Marcelo and Ana are finally together at peace. Marcelo is released from his burden of anger; they realize it is God who brought them together in happiness.

5. What is the most challenging part of being an indie author?

Marketing! It was and still is a mystery.

6. What is the most rewarding part of being an indie author?

New and vibrant relationships! Janet Herron was invaluable in all of my writings; she gave me her talent as an editor. Janet passed on before this manuscript was finished.

Jack G Hardy, my development editor and marketing guide, has been the driving force behind this book. Knowing Jack and working with him as he edited and is now marketing my book. I’ve enjoyed watching him dive into and resolve each challenge.

7. Do you have anything specific you want to say to your readers?

Take time to look back at your origins. Many people have a large information gap in their past. Parents may suppress family history for a variety of reasons; socio-economic, race, religion or secrets that simply don’t want to be told. Hopefully, Marcelo’s Secret stimulates its readers to seek out their own family history, discover their own “secrets.” Looking back often gives you a better idea of whom you really are.

8. Do you have any advice for other writers?

Yes— Never give up! My first book— Hugh Robinson, Pioneer Aviator— gave me the gift of literary patience. I wasn’t familiar with the editorial board review process. They were driving me crazy: rewrite this, take this out, put this in…change the cover and change the title. I’d rewritten the book maybe ten times. I just gave up. I tucked the manuscript away on my closet’s top shelf.

Soon after, I was invited to a dinner party and sat next to James Michener, author of Hawaii and some forty other books. When I told him my story, he laughed and said gently, “George, go get your book, pull it out of the closet and get to work.”

Naively I asked, “How often do you rewrite a book before the publisher finally accepts the manuscript?”

Michener replied, “Never less than nineteen.”

I responded, “I’m only on ten…so I guess I have a way to go.”

He added, “George, remember I’m a professional writer and I’m good. I write with two fingers on a typewriter. I don’t have a computer or an army of people helping me out. You just can’t give up. I was in my forties before I got anything published.”

So I took Michener’s advice. I rescued my book from the closet and kept working on it until The University Press of Florida published it in 1995.

Jack G Hardy, my development editor and marketing guide, has been the driving force behind this final version for publication.

Over the years, Janet Herron was invaluable in all of my writings. She gave me her talent as an editor. Janet passed on before this book could be finished but her family, friends and I will never forget her.

George is best known as Dr. Vergara, a cardiologist with a practice in Coral Gables FL. He is a graduate of the University of New Mexico and St. Louis College of Medicine. His published works include Hugh Robinson, Pioneer Aviator and The Journey of a Soul. George is also known as an avid orchid grower, prize winning tango dancer and a devoted collector of antique cars and ancient New World maps. He served as a Lt. Commander in the U.S. Navy, Medical Corps.

Visit George Vergara at his website: www.marcelossecret.com or on Twitter.

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Author Spotlight comedy romance

Neurotically Yours by Bonnie Trachtenberg

May 1, 2012 – 1:00 am

Genre: Romantic Comedy

Format: ebook, Paperback

Buy: Neurotically Yours: A Novel

Smart, attractive, and ambitious, thirty-seven-year-old Dara Harrison is, nonetheless, still single–and on sabbatical from dating. Ironically Los Angeles’ most renowned relationship advice columnist, Dara has become a Southland sensation with her “tell-it-like-it-is” approach to the mating game.

Parlaying her success into a new business, Dara launches a revolutionary dating service geared for the perennially single and romantically challenged. Its no-holds-barred theme soon makes the company a roaring success, even catapulting Dara onto the national talk show scene–until, of course, it all backfires.

With her company under threat and a publicity stunt gone haywire, Dara is forced to join the ranks of her lonely heart clientele, and suddenly realizes that saving the business she cherishes, means facing her lifelong fears–and maybe even falling in love again.

Today it is my pleasure to introduce you to an author friend of mine, Bonnie Trachtenberg. I’ve had the pleasure of getting to know Bonnie better over the past seven months in an online group. Welcome Bonnie!

1. What inspired you to write a story about a 37 year old (on a dating hiatus) who opens a dating service? It sounds very intriguing and ripe with conflict!

Well, I spent two decades out on the dating scene until I finally met my husband, Mitchell, so if anyone knows what dating hell is, it’s me! I’ve taken a few dating hiatuses in my life and so I know what can cause a person to need one. In fact, I had such a wealth of crazy dating stories bottled up inside my head (from myself and from friends) that I knew I’d have to detail them in a book someday. Neurotically Yours is the perfect venue, a romantic comedy about perennially single people still looking for love. The dating service idea was born out of my own frustration in wanting to weed out all the Mr. Wrongs in my life without having to waste precious time. My protagonist, Dara, takes this idea to a bit of an extreme, though, which of course takes the story into very intriguing territory!

2. Was there a reason why you chose to write about someone in their late 30’s?

Yes. I believe that it’s around that time that a woman who is still single (and doesn’t really want to be) has to come face to face with who she is and why her life is where it is. When you are approaching forty, it’s easy to go into panic mode. Until that time, I think it’s easy to get caught up in the whole dating whirlwind and not feel the need to examine your life too seriously yet.

3. Do you find it easy or difficult to write humor?

For some reason I find it very easy. I think it’s because my mind works that way on a normal, daily basis. I’m always reaching back in my mind for the funny line in hopes of making my family and friends laugh. Life can be too tough to take otherwise. I think levity is a survival technique. Many of the people I’ve admired most in life are the ones who can make me laugh, so I think I aspire to do the same for others.

4. Is there a message in your novel that you want readers to grasp?

I think the underlying message in Neurotically Yours is to not let past wrongs done to you destroy your happiness. It’s more important to appreciate the love that surrounds you every day, and always keep your heart open to it.

5. Is anything in this book based on real life experiences or purely all imagination?

As I mentioned above, many of the things in the book are anecdotes from my life. I did no outside research (other than conversations with friends). The story is fully from my own experiences (and some of theirs) as well as my own, obviously vivid imagination. However, I took things to a “what if” level, delving into the conflict and hilarity that might ensue.

6. What was your favorite chapter (or part) to write and why?

I don’t know if I have a favorite chapter, but my favorite part to write were the dialogues between the book’s three main characters. I think dialogue and character development are my strong suits, and I love sitting down and hearing their witty banter flow while I transfer it onto the page.

7. What is the most challenging part of being an indie author? What’s the most rewarding?

The most challenging part is the sheer number of hours that an indie author needs to spend marketing their book. (Although traditionally published authors are finding they need to put in the hours too, as traditional publishers will usually not help on that front). I could work at my computer every week, 24/7, and still find plenty of marketing left to do. There’s only so much time a person has in their life to actually live it, and it’s easy to let social marketing eat up much of that time. I also don’t feel I have a head for business, so I’m grateful for the advice from other indie authors and from my husband who is a very smart entrepreneur.

The most rewarding part of being an indie author is keeping complete artistic and monetary control over your book! There’s a lot to be said for not being at the mercy of publishers. You don’t know how many books you’ve sold with them until many months later, and you cannot control your price or what is done with your book to help market it. When you are a true indie (not dealing with a POD publisher either) you can make those decisions yourself. And quite frankly, if I’m doing all the marketing myself, why should I give a large percentage of my hard earned dollars to a publisher? I love being indie and intend on staying that way.

8. Do you have anything specific that you want to say to your readers?

I’d like to say thank you for buying my books! I hope you really enjoy them and I’d love to hear from you. I can be contacted on my website, where you’ll also find lots more information on me and my work. I also hope you’ll check out my relationship advice column In Search of a Happy Ending: http://loveahappyending.com/editor-bonnie-trachtenberg/

Bonnie Trachtenberg is the award-winning, bestselling author of Wedlocked: A Novel and Neurotically Yours: A Novel. She writes a monthly relationship and advice column for LoveaHappyEnding.com. Bonnie was senior writer and copy chief at Book-of-the-Month Club and has written seven children’s book adaptations. She has also written for three newspapers and penned countless magazine articles. She lives on Long Island with her husband, four cats and a dog.

Visit Bonnie at her website: http://www.BonnieTrachtenberg.com, on Facebook, or on Twitter.

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Writing

Differences in Writing Historical vs. Contemporary

April 29, 2012 – 5:00 pm

Writing in different time periods can be both fun and challenging as an author. There are some key differences between writing contemporary novels and writing historical novels.

Language

How did people speak? What sayings did they use? Slang? Did they use long, complex sentence structures and flowery language?

To understand how people spoke for my historical novels, I spent some time reading firsthand accounts of events of the day. Reading someone’s diary from the mid-1860’s gives you a good idea of the complex sentence structures used during the time frame. Once I have a good understanding, I try to incorporate some aspects of the language into the novel. Since I want to be careful not to alienate modern audiences, I make some style choices, like using contractions even though they didn’t.

With a contemporary novel, it’s easier. You already know how people talk. True, you might have to do some research for a specific regional dialect or slang. But, for the most part, you live and breathe the language nuances every day.

Mindset

What is the prevailing mindset of the timeframe? Were there different attitudes and thoughts towards different ethnic groups? Were women seen differently? Men?

One of the things I did to better understand the mindset from the 1860’s was to pick up books specifically on the attitudes in the West. I found this great resource that explained a key gender difference on the wagon trains west. Men marked the journey by miles and women marked it by the number of roadside grave markers. That’s a very different mindset than what we experience today.

Today’s mindset is probably engrained in your own attitudes and outlook on life. Even if your views differ from that of your character, you have a good idea of what is generally socially acceptable. Things, like harassment in the work place or racial slurs, are considered socially unacceptable. This will likely take little to no research for a more contemporary work.

Technology

What modes of transportation were used? What would a typical household kitchen contain? How did people heat their homes or get water to drink?

If you’re writing a contemporary novel, chances are you already have a good idea of the answers to these questions. In my kitchen, I have a blender, microwave, stove, coffee maker, electric can opener, etc.

For a historical novel, these are all things to research to add depth and flavor to your novel. One of my favorite kitchen finds of all time was something called a meat juice press (I even have pictures!!). In the 1800’s, a common way to treat cold symptoms was extract the juice from a piece of meat by pressing it with this device (very different from beef broth). Many homes had one. So, in my current WIP, I incorporate this little nugget into the story.

Language, mindset, and technology are just a few examples of the differences to research for historical novels that you may already know for a more contemporary work. I hope this gives you some ideas on how to improve research for historical novels and encourage you to add that same spice to your contemporary works.

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Author Spotlight Young Adult

Read Me Dead by Emerald Barnes

April 25, 2012 – 1:00 am

Genre: YA Romantic Suspense

Format: ebook, Paperback

Buy: Read Me Dead

Alexia Wheaton’s problems go beyond picking a dress and a date for homecoming.

For seven years, Alex has lived with a painful memory – her parents’ horrific murder. As the sole witness, she has kept quiet to protect herself, but when the local newspaper reveals her secret, Alex is plagued with fear that her parents’ murderer will soon find her – and silence her forever.

Alex is catapulted into a race against time to save her own life and bring her parents’ murderer to justice.

1. What inspired you to write Read Me Dead?

I had this dream years ago, back when I was still in my early teens about a girl who had told a secret and was running from a murderer. I took that dream and put it through about three different plots until finally deciding upon the current version of Read Me Dead. The main aspects have always stayed the same, but it’s changed enough that I would never want anyone to read the original drafts. I don’t even read those!

2. Is there a message in your novel that you want readers to grasp?

I just want my readers to know that even though my novel is about my main character, Alexia, trying to live with her secret, it’s also about her striving to be normal because really, that’s all she wants. She just wants to have a normal life. And I think that everyone feels that way at some point or another whether their circumstances are as terrible as Alexia’s or not. It’s meant to be relatable to any situation. And I want them to know, just like Alexia figures out, God can help with that.

3. As an indie author, what would you say to a potential reader who has never read anything from an indie author?

I would tell them to give us a shot. It’s not about what type of author wrote the story, it’s about the story itself. If you like the sounds of it, buy and read it. Readers can even sample our work before buying.

4. What is the most challenging part of being an indie author? What is the most rewarding part of being an indie author?

The most challenging part to me is marketing. I’m not very good with that as it is. The most rewarding part is the readers and fellow indies I’ve met along the way. They’ve truly made this writing journey worthwhile.

5. Is anything in your book based on real life experiences or purely all imagination?

It’s all pure imagination. I did base my character Alexia on how I felt I would’ve handled her situation at seventeen. So, I think in writing her, I made life-like experiences but nothing was specific to what actually happened to me in high school.

6. What was your favorite chapter (or part) to write and why?

I think my favorite part of Read Me Dead to write was the end. I loved the conclusion. There’s a lot more action at the end, and the resolution to the novel made me happy.

7. Do you have anything specific that you want to say to your readers?

Thank you. I know I could never thank them enough for taking their time to read and review my work.

8. Can you share a little of your current work with us? I would be happy to!

Here’s an excerpt from Chapter Two. My main character, Alexia, is talking with her twin brother, Matt.

“What’s going on with you?” [Matt] asks.

“What are you talking about?”

“First you call over Christian and then you’re holding hands with Landon. What’s the deal?”

My breathing grows ragged. Had Christian seen it too?

“I wasn’t holding his hand. He held mine, but I pulled away.”

“What’s your game, Alex?”

“Matty, I don’t know what you’re talking about. Landon is the one who took my hand. I didn’t even ask him to wait for me. I was pulling my hair back, and he stopped. It wasn’t my fault.”

“So you don’t have feelings for him?”

“I don’t know.”

“Don’t lead him on.” I sigh. Why is my brother giving me the third degree? “Just watch it,” he says.

“What are you implying?”

“I don’t want him getting hurt too.”

“Yeah. ‘Cause that’s what I’m planning on.”

“Well, I’m sure you didn’t plan on hurting Christian.”

I clinch my hands into fists and stare at him. “Thanks for that.”

“Listen. I understand why you thought you had to break up with him, but you didn’t have to.”

I turn my head and stare out the window. Christian’s ahead of us in his truck. Matt’s right. I didn’t have to break up with him, but I was scared. Now, I have to live with my mistakes.

Matt starts the engine and drives out of the school parking lot. He turns on the local rock station, The Buzz, and some song I don’t recognize comes on.

“Who’s this?” I ask.

“Seriously? Are we even related? It’s Sevendust.”

“You know I prefer pop rock.”

“Yeah. We all wish you didn’t.” He laughs and drums to the beat on the steering wheel.

I smile back at him and shake my head and look out the window. I think about Christian and Landon and what I’m going to do about them. I wonder if Christian will ever consider taking me back. He isn’t going to wait around on me forever considering I’m the one who ended the relationship to start with. And then there’s Landon. I should probably just end it before he gets any ideas of dating me. I did have my reasons for ending my relationship with Christian. No one deserves to be with me and my baggage.

Thanks for hosting me and my book, Karen!

Emerald Barnes graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Mississippi University for Women in English with an emphasis on Creative Writing. She resides in a small town in Mississippi, where she writes novels and short stories as well as blogs about writing when she isn’t spending time with her nieces and nephew. She has self-published two YA books, Piercing Through the Darkness and Read Me Dead , and has been published by Phyllis Scott Publishing in their book Blue Legs and Other Coming of Age Stories.

Visit Emerald at her website: www.emeraldbarnes.us, on Facebook, or on Twitter.

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Author Spotlight historical romance

High Desert Haven by Lynette Bonner

April 23, 2012 – 1:00 am

Genre: Historical Romance

Format: Paperback, ebook

Buy: High Desert Haven (The Shepherd’s Heart Series #2)

1. Can you share a little of your current work with us?

High Desert Haven, book 2 in The Shepherd’s Heart series, is a Christian historical romance set in the late 1800’s. It takes a secondary character from book 1, Rocky Mountain Oasis (http://amzn.to/PBRMO) and explores his story. Here is a little about the book:

Is Jason Jordan really who he says he is?

Everything in Nicki’s life depends on the answer.

Nicki Trent is left with a toddler and a rundown ranch when her husband dies in a mysterious riding accident. Determined to bring her ranch back from the brink, Nicki hires handsome Jason Jordan as a manager. But when her neighbor, William, presses for her hand in marriage, the bank calls in a loan she didn’t even know about, and bullets start flying, Nicki questions whether this ranch is worth all the trouble.

To make matters worse, terrible things keep happening to her neighbors. When Jason is blamed, Nicki wonders how well she knows her new hand…and her own heart.

Two yearning hearts. Powerful enemies. Surprising love.
Set in the adventure and danger of the Wild West.

2. What sort of support system do you have for your writing? Do you connect with other authors in person? In the virtual world?

I have a wonderful critique group that I meet with once a month. I also have a critique partner that I generally meet with twice a month. My stories are much better because of their input.

3. How did you come up with the title?
The title for this one had to mesh with Rocky Mountain Oasis. It was based on setting and a word that conveyed the concept of “shelter” or “salvation.”

4. Is there a message in your novel that you want readers to grasp?

You know, there is so much God can do with fiction, so many messages He can speak to people through stories. I guess my main desire would be for people who read my stories to walk away knowing that God loves them beyond a shadow of a doubt and that if they give their lives fully to Him, he will never let them down – even though it might seem like He does, in the short run.

5. Do you hear from your readers much? What kinds of things do they say?

Thankfully, readers who have taken the time to hunt down my address and write to me have done so because they enjoyed the book. I really appreciate that. Writing can be a lonely business and it is a big encouragement to hear from readers who love my stories.

6. What are your current projects?

I’m currently working on a contemporary romantic suspense title. The Unrelenting Tide is set in the San Juan Islands, and I have two other friends who are each writing one book in the series with me. It will be a 3 book compilation titled, The Islands of Intrigue series. You can look for the first book later this summer.

7. Will you have a new book coming out soon?

The third book in The Shepherd’s Heart series should be out soon. Here is the back cover copy for it:

He’s loved her for as long as he can remember.

Might today be a good day to start wooing his friend’s heart?

Shiloh, Oregon, April 1887

Freckled, red-haired Victoria Synder, adopted when she was only days old, has never felt lovable. As the merciless taunts of other children swirl vividly in her memory, she longs to know who her birth parents were and where she came from. Then, on the heels of her beloved papa’s death and her mama’s remarriage, handsome Rocky Jordan—the boy she’d innocently proclaimed she loved on her thirteenth birthday—comes courting.

But there’s a problem. Tragedy seems to strike those she cares for with uncanny frequency, and Rocky is a lawman who could be killed in the line of duty like her father was. Can she risk her heart, and her future happiness, on someone she might lose at a moment’s notice?

When an orphan train arrives at the Salem depot, Victoria is drawn irresistibly toward the three “unlovable” children remaining…and stunned by a proposal that will change all of their lives.

Two stubborn hearts. A shocking proposal. A forever love.
Set in the adventure and danger of the Wild West.

Lynnette Bonner was born in Malawi, Africa and spent her growing up years between there, Rift Valley Academy (a boarding school in Kenya,) Oregon, and Washington. Her love of reading blossomed into a love of writing during her adolescent years, but it wasn’t until her late 20’s that she pursued a career as an author. Today she has two historical romances out with OakTara, Rocky Mountain Oasis and High Desert Haven, and two more historical romances due out later this year. She is a member of NCWA, the American Christian Fiction Writers association, and co-leader of a Fiction Writers’ Group offshoot of NCWA. She loves to interact with other authors and invites you to connect with her through her website, http://www.lynnettebonner.com.

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Author Spotlight

Hope Tour 2012

April 9, 2012 – 1:00 am

Today, author and publisher Tracy Ruckman joins me to share more about the Hope Tour 2012. I’m so excited about this one-of-a-kind event! Take it away Tracy!

Have you ever been without hope? Experienced a period in your life when you were hopeless?

In December 2011, I encountered dozens of people whose eyes revealed a sad, surprising hopelessness. These folks were not the ones we would normally expect to be hopeless – they had good jobs, lived in nice homes, drove expensive cars, bought grocery carts full-to-overflowing with food. Yet, their eyes could not lie because deep within each of them, there was no joy, no hope.

It broke my heart.

I spent several weeks praying for these people, asking the Lord how and why the affluent could be without hope when there were others in circumstances much worse who had hope. The Lord pointed out that was because the people’s hope had been place on/in the wrong thing. People are putting their hope in their careers, their families, their wealth, their influence, their friends, their position, their background, their intelligence, their heritage.

He also pointed out that it wasn’t just these few people I encountered. If these people were hopeless, what about other folks where weren’t as well off? What about all the people who’ve lost jobs, suffered illness, faced loss after loss in recent years, yet managed to hang on by a thread? What keeps them going?

Then I asked God if there was something I could do about it – if there was some way I could give people hope. My prayers continued and I received several small “assignments” to offer people hope.

One of those included a new line of books that we’re currently seeking submissions for – the Hope Series. Books in this series can be fiction or nonfiction, but they must offer hope to the reader.

A few more things occurred, and I thought that might be all that was required. But then, suddenly, the idea for a something fun, something new, something unusual came about, and Hope Tour 2012 was born.

Hope Tour 2012 is a book tour unlike any other. During the summer, we will go on a 15-state, 30-city, 7000-mile book tour over the course of approximately 80 days. We’ll promote our authors, but we’ll also promote other Christian and inspirational authors along our route, hosting fun events that will bring reader and writer together in unique and memorable ways that will hopefully put smiles on faces and hope in hearts. (Two projects we’re currently promoting are Jennifer Fromke’s debut women’s contemporary fiction A Familiar Shore – incredibly beautiful book that should be available by the time this blog posts; and Suzanne D. Williams’ debut women’s fiction with a historical twist, Missing, which releases in April. Both books will be available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and other online retailers in both print and digital formats.)

To fund the tour, we set up a Kickstarter project and we’re giving away fun rewards and experiences in exchange for contributions. Check out all the fun stuff and learn more details about the entire project on our Kickstarter page.

Another element of the tour is the creation of a book called Best Bites on Tour. As we travel, we’ll visit diners, cafes, and restaurants recommended to us by our readers, in hopes that we’ll find plenty of “best bites” to share in the book! Visit our daily posts on the Write Integrity Press blog.

During the 30 days of the Kickstarter campaign, we’re asking readers and visitors to our sites to share their favorite authors, favorite restaurants, and favorite tour spots so that when we come to town, we’ll be ready to experience the best each place has to offer.

We can’t do this without your help though.

Come on over, join all the fun, and help us spread a little hope!

Tracy Ruckman is owner and publisher of two independent publishing companies, Write Integrity Press and Pix-N-Pens Publishing. She lives in metro Atlanta, and in 2010, returned to school as a full-time college student. She’s already looking forward to graduation in 2014, when she will finally be able to breathe again.

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: Tracy’s book, Love Letters from the Heart, is FREE on Kindle today!

From the back cover:

Friends, family, perhaps even strangers, have messages within their hearts they want to share with you, but never found the right time or the right place to speak them. Here, within these pages, you’ll find messages of hope, forgiveness, direction, and even prayers – written from caring, loving hearts directly to you and for you.Know this – you are not forgotten or abandoned. You are not alone. You are loved – more than you can possibly imagine.

Who could love any of us that much? Turn the pages – we hope you’ll soon discover the answer.

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