The Innovator’s Path, Madge M. Meyer
What do successful business innovators know that many do not? Why does innovative thinking flourish in some environments yet wither away in others? Discover the key disciplines for shifting today’s “business-as-usual” thinking and practices onto the terrain of The Innovator’s Path. Executive and thought leader Madge Meyer has achieved an extraordinary number of game-changing and […]
Deadly Outbreaks, Alexandra M. Levitt, Ph.D.
Take a visit to the frontline as scientists fight to solve medical mysteries. Despite advances in health care, infectious microbes continue to be a formidable adversary to scientists and doctors. Vaccines and antibiotics, the mainstays of modern medicine, have not been able to conquer infectious microbes because of their amazing ability to adapt, evolve, and […]
THE HARDER RIGHT, Arthur Dobrin
When is it right to break a promise? Can someone be too good? If confronted with these situations, what would you do? These are some of the issues explored in The Harder Right, short stories that throw light on the complexity of ethical decision-making. Each story considers a moral concern, from personal loyalty to conflicts […]
When to Send Out an Agent Query
The ease of email queries, which most agencies accept, has resulted in writers sending queries to agents at all times of year and hours of the day.The assumption is (I think) that it’s OK to send out queries at odd times because we agents can read them whenever we like. The reality, for this agent […]
Read of the Week: RIDDLE IN STONE, Robert Evert
I took on Robert Evert’s Riddle in Stone trilogy in part because I fell in love with his hapless protagonist, a stuttering overweight librarian. The trilogy is classic fantasy of the best sort, and like good epic fantasy, it is also about the making of a hero, in this case, an improbable hero who goes […]
To Blurb or Not to Blurb? Elaine Neil Orr
Author Elaine Neil Orr (Author of A Different Sun: A Novel of Africa and Gods of Noonday: A White Girl’s African Life) offered us this guest post on blurbing, and other thoughts of generosity after your book comes out. Thank you, Elaine! Subsequent to my first book’s appearance (a memoir), I began to receive requests for […]
Book of the Week: The Freshman Survival Guide, Nora Bradbury-Haehl and Bill McGarvey
The only guide to focus not just on academics, but also on the emotional, psychological and spiritual issues facing freshman as they make the transition from high school to college, from the editors of the popular website, Busted Halo.This is one college guidebook that freshman won’t be ashamed to read and keep in their […]
THE LOST GOSPEL, Simcha Jacobovichi & Barrie Wilson
New York Times bestselling author (The Jesus Family Tomb) and filmmaker Jacobovchi and religious scholar Wilson collaborate on decoding an ancient manuscript that reveals startling details about the courtship and marriage of Jesus to Mary Magdalene, their children and the days leading up to the crucifixion. (Pegasus, US Rights, Spring 2014)
The Counterfeit Family Tree of Vee Crawford-Wong, L. Tam Holland
A hysterically funny debut novel about discovering where you come from—even if you have to lie to get there.When Vee Crawford-Wong’s history teacher assigns an essay on his family history, Vee knows he’s in trouble. His parents—Chinese-born dad and Texas-bred Mom—are mysteriously and stubbornly close-lipped about his ancestors. So, he makes it all up and […]
Read of the Week: TRAIL OF THE DEAD, Melissa F. Olson
As a null, Scarlett Bernard possesses a rare ability to counteract the supernatural by instantly neutralizing spells and magical forces. For years she has used her gift to scrub crime scenes of any magical traces, helping the powerful paranormal communities of Los Angeles stay hidden. But after LAPD detective Jesse Cruz discovered Scarlett’s secret, he […]