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Memoirs, Histories and Articles Written by My Clients
With Notes from the Editor:
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Rose Miller enjoyed a career raising and showing a special breed of horse--the Tennessee Walking Horse. Along the way she learned the sweet success of loving and showing these horses and the ugly truths about some aspects of that field. She has written a book that exposes the cruel practice of soring as well as delivers a heart-warming story of the love between a woman and her horses.
EDITOR'S NOTE:
This is an example of how a writer's own life experiences can not only be shared with readers for enjoyment, but can enlighten and inform as well.
Click here to learn more about her life and her book.
Congratulations, Rose!
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Check out Don McGee's book Drilling for Disaster in a Colombian Jungle
on Amazon.com by clicking the title or image.
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EDITOR'S NOTE:
Ending one career? Want to start a career as a writer? But ... what to write about?
Our life experiences create a rich fabric of characters and relationships, problems and triumphs, all of which make marvelous backdrops for fiction.
Translate your career experiences into your writing as a great jumping off place. For example, Don McGee worked as a geologist in a career that took him into the exotic and dangerous oilfields of Colombia and Venezuela. He has just finished his first adventure book, Drilling for Disaster in a Colombian Jungle based on some of those experiences and he has more books planned.
Congratulations, Don!
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Check out his books
by clicking here.
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Congratulations to James Kingneon Guçwa for Signs of Art, the HARDCOVER EDITION of his collection of over 100 of his greatest American roadside paintings from 1986 to present. His photorealistic work is not only stunning but it stirs up memories of life in America during the 20th century through masterful paintings of the iconic neon signs on our roadways.
This exceptionally crafted book also reveals his story of struggle, success, and passion as an artist. Find out more at:
KingneonBooks.com
EDITOR'S NOTE: It was a pleasure editing the text of this stunning book, chronicling his 20-year career in fine art.
What next? James flexed his writing muscles with his first book of fiction, writing under the name of J. G. Cragg. Check out his "coming of age" story sure to touch a note of memory to all readers:
ALLIGATOR EYES
is on the market.
Congratulations, Jim!
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Please visit the web site for “Tsunami Stories Thailand” to read excerpts of these astounding stories. If you feel inclined to participate in helping these orphans, you’ll find details on how to purchase “Tsunami Stories Thailand” at the website.
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Editor's Comment:
Sometimes we take for granted the value that writing has for everyone involved—writer, reader, and special beneficiaries alike.
One ongoing friendship with a writer/client I have been privileged to enjoy is with Bill O’Leary who lives in Phuket, Thailand. His own survival story in the Thailand tsunami is an amazing tale. Yet instead of focusing on his own story, he turned his talents to collecting, writing and publishing—at his own expense—the stories of other survivors with all proceeds going to help the orphans of that natural disaster.
From Bill O'Leary, from Thailand:
"This story from the French man Patrice Fayet in the book "Tsunami Stories Thailand" was the most emotional for me to write. When I interviewed Patrice, I was very close to tears as he explained his phenomenal story.
A few minutes after our meeting I drove up to Khao Lak ... suddenly and without warning, crossing the Sarasin Bridge, I was overcome with such a forceful emotion that I wept uncontrollably for the very first time since the wave hit. That day was mid September 2005 (nine months after the tsunami).
I don't think I have ever wept as hard as I did on that drive. His story had broken through my walls of emotional protection. Finally, the truth had arrived. My losses and setbacks from the tsunami were insignificant compared to his. I was no longer a emotionally crippled zombie suffering from the famous PTSD. I was back... and living again... and able to compile this booklet for the orphans in Khao Lak." --Bill O'Leary
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Congratulations to James Kingneon Guçwa for Signs of Art, the HARDCOVER EDITION of his collection of over 100 of his greatest American roadside paintings from 1986 to present. His photorealistic work is not only stunning but it stirs up memories of life in America during the 20th century through masterful paintings of the iconic neon signs on our roadways.
This exceptionally crafted book also reveals his story of struggle, success, and passion as an artist. Find out more at:
KingneonBooks.com
EDITOR'S NOTE: It was a pleasure editing the text of this stunning book, chronicling his 20-year career in fine art.
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Efrain "Frank" Ruiz of El Paso, Texas, just published
The Last Von Ritz,
his first novel--a partially fictionalized account based on his family's multigenerational struggles and successes. Frank is the founder of Otoao Cigars Company Inc., an Internet-based, small cigar-making company. His first foray into fiction is based on historical facts of his own family tree, and it covers the Von Ritz family (which becomes the Ruiz family) from the 1400s to 1950s. This is a fascinating vision of a family heritage, from warriors of the Bavarian King and of the Pope, to wealthy plantation owners and merchants in Puerto Rico. Check out more about his book at Frank's Web site.
EDITOR'S NOTE: Writing family memoirs has its own special rewards--and challenges. By fictionalizing portions of his family's uncertain background, this author creates a rich fabric of family pride, lessons, and drama.
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