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Rick Lakin presents ideas about writing and publishing and shares information about the books he has published.
Andrea Susan Glass, CEO of WritersWay, is a leader in personal and professional development book coaching, ghostwriting, and copyediting of books and ebooks. She prides herself on being flexible and easy to work with, providing successful solutions and building satisfying relationships with her clients. WritersWay assists both emerging and seasoned authors in reaching their writing goals on time, on track, and on budget!
Andrea’s professional writing experience spans a 30-year period where she has written for newspapers, magazines, businesses, and individuals. She's the bestselling author of Your Fabulous First Book: How to Write with Clarity, Confidence & Connection. As an award-winning ghostwriter and copyeditor, she has written and/or edited several hundred books and ebooks on subjects ranging from business and alternative health to memoir and fantasy fiction. She is the recipient of the 2001 San Diego Book Award for the best “how-to” book. Additionally, Andrea teaches “Marketing for Copyeditors” and “Building a Business Around Writing” for UCSD (University of California San Diego) Extension, and has taught several webinars and workshops on writing and publishing.
Andrea’s memberships in professional trade associations include San Diego Professional Editors Network, Publishers & Writers of San Diego, San Diego Writers Ink, and San Diego Writers & Editors Guild. Her hobbies and interests include organic gardening, healthy cooking, crafting (mostly beading and mosaics), reading, word games, volunteering, and napping with her cat!
Write a Fabulous First Book Even If You Don’t Know How to Begin
Are you a coach, speaker, service provider, or entrepreneur whose goal is to write a non-fiction book to share your message, attract business, and generate passive income…
but you just can’t figure out how?
Perhaps you’re frustrated because you don’t know how to get all your content organized...
Or you’re afraid your book won’t be good enough or no one will want to buy it…
Or maybe you don’t know how you’ll market and sell your book.
If this is you, welcome to the club. It’s normal and it’s what just about every first-time author experiences when writing your first book. Fortunately, all you need is an easy-to-follow guide to walk you through how to write and finish your fabulous first book. You want the steps to writing a book that will guarantee you’ll write and publish a book that will sell.
That’s why author Andrea Susan Glass wrote Your Fabulous First Book: How to Write with Clarity, Confidence & Connection. In the book, you’ll follow an award-winning ghostwriter and book coach as she leads you, an aspiring author, to discover the key ingredients that if missing could mean the difference between success or failure for your book.
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When retired employees gather, the funny tales fly back and forth. Here are stories from people employed over eight decades at General Dynamics, a U.S. aviation and aerospace company headquartered in San Diego, California that began as Consolidated Aircraft, later Convair, became part of General Dynamics branching into Astronautics, Space Systems and then spun off several other corporate entities.
From Southern California to the beaches of Cape Canaveral, these employees created thousands of B-24 bombers that helped win World War II, some of the first commercial airliners, the Atlas Rocket which took Astronaut John Glenn into orbit and the Tomahawk Cruise Missile, which revolutionized Naval Warfare.
Tom Leech’s newest book is Fun on the Job, Amusing and true tales from Rosie-the-Riveters to
Rocket Scientists at a Major Aerospace Company. Tom Leech was with the San Diego General Dynamics aerospace operation for two decades, with assignments in business development, engineering and internal communication (including as division ombudsman, one of the first in corporate America). That GD career provided a solid base for starting his own consulting firm as a presentations coach, seminar leader and conference speaker.
His articles have appeared in many publications, including San Diego Magazine, Presentations, Frontier Airlines, Executive Excellence, and The Toastmaster. His article “How General Dynamics Integrated the Cape,” originally in the San Diego Union, was reprinted in Quest: the History of Spaceflight Quarterly.
The third edition of his highly-successful book, How To Prepare, Stage & Deliver Winning Presentations (AMACOM, 2004), was lauded as one of only two “Top of the Class” books on the subject by Presentations Magazine. He’s author of Say it like Shakespeare: the Bard’s Timeless Tips for Communication Success, an update of the McGraw-Hill First Edition, which has received high praise from many quarters.
Wearing his weekend hat he is co-author, with GD colleague Jack Farnan, of Outdoors San Diego: Hiking, Biking and Camping (Premier 2004) and was longtime Editor of the Outdoors Forum for San Diego Magazine. With his traveler’s hat, he describes his six-months’ wandering the world in On the Road in ’68: a year of turmoil, a journey of friendship. Donning his poet’s cap, he and wife Leslie Johnson-Leech are authors of the children’s tale The Curious Adventures of Santa’s Wayward Elves.
For information about all of his books, visit presentationspress.com. For information about Tom’s coaching, training and speaking services, visit winning-presentations.com. And to expand your nature enjoyment, visit outdoorssandiego.com
Fun at Work on Amazon.com
My name is Jim Bennett. I have a website at jim-bennett.ca with a welcome page, a blog (writing, writers, and politics) and pages promoting my work. I have provided a few references I think valuable to other human beings, and a plug for the charity at which I volunteer.
I am a writer, mostly poetry, with previous publishing successes. I have several collections of poetry available on Amazon/Kindle. Selection was taken from poems I have work-shopped and worked on and had validated by "my" group of professional writers. See my website's Available Now page for more.
My first Amazon / Kindle book is about death and aging, weakness and coping, hope and despair, and the real human excellence which allows us to rise above our difficulties and love each other, and sometimes even like ourselves. The title poem is Cold Comes Through; there are several poems about my father, whose early death still haunts me.
My second Amazon / Kindle book is about relationships. Some non-starters, some OK, some in trouble, some destructing. The title poem is Behind the Lime Kilns, a drama I made up out of various experiences.
My third Amazon / Kindle book is called Hard Landing, and is about difficult situations and the individuals in them. I have also added ten salacious limericks and some other just-for-fun pieces to lighten up a bit. You may see yourself, your friend, your enemy in the difficult personal experiences captured in these poems. This one book is not for children nor squeamish adults.
My fourth Amazon / Kindle book is titled The Scroll of the Violin. It is about religion and irreligion, belief and disbelief, trial and error, success, relationships, and joy. What it means to be alive and mortal is explored here.
My fifth Amazon / Kindle book is titled Retirement Clock. Some of the poems are a form of time travel: Grand Prix races at Watkins Glen, 9-11 and other disasters (some Canadian), aging and coping, and the cynicism of business success and retirement layoffs. Plus a few poems questioning existence in different ways. What does it mean to come back? from a trip? from an assignment? from a job? These poems will share such experiences with you.
My personal interests include biology and religion. I started out with Shroedinger's title question, What is Life, and delved into biochemistry, biology, microscopy. Quantum effects became important so I sort-of understand that (badly). Social effects made themselves noticed, thus a study of Joseph Campbell and Bruce Feiler, on myths and religion. I have read the Koran in two different (English) translations, cover to cover. I do not claim to understand it, but I have a fair idea of what it says. I think.
My own religious background is Christian, now highly diluted. Yet I volunteer at a Catholic charity, and load boxes and things onto shipping containers, two mornings a week. I've been doing this for years. I retired early, and can spare that much time for a good cause.
I have subscriptions to Scientific American, Popular Photography, and Nature (UK science/research magazine). My head does hurt sometimes when reading the last.
I keep tropical fish. I am a photographer of some ability; I've done two weddings (swore never again after the first one, it's work!) but prefer arty outdoor scenes. And travel photos. And anything my wife tells me to shoot: sometimes I execute better than she, but just don't see the opportunities she does.
I have degrees from University of Toronto. I worked in data processing for IBM and a large Canadian bank. I was once addressed as Mister Systems Architect by an IBM honcho of Finance Industry Marketing. I was good at what I did. It was interesting and challenging.
One thing I learned from development projects is, the product belongs to the client and perhaps the company, but the results of the teamwork, including know-how and mutual respect, belong to the team.
Thus my interest in poetry. I've been in the team on Earth for awhile and have come to many observations. Now I am finding ways, in this new and open digital world, of sharing those with others.
I want each one of you to have a chance to profit from, recognize yourself in, or laugh or cry, with or at, some of my poems. They were written for us, that is, for you.
Jim Email: jim.jimb@gmail.com
Jim's Amazon Author Page: http://www.amazon.com/Jim-Bennett/e/B005HSHNLE
Note: Jim Bennett has previously published poems in Event, The Fiddlehead, The New Quarterly, and Prairie Fire. Another poem was published by Quest Booksellers Review in conjunction with a review Jim was asked to write for Margaret Atwood's poetry collection, Morning in the Burned House. Another poem was included in Cathy Miyata's book, Speaking Rules! which teaches how to teach young children public speaking. The collection Cold Comes Through contains fifty entirely new poems, as does the collection Behind the Lime Kilns, at 56 new poems, Hard Landing, at 57, the Scroll of the Violin at 69 shorter poems, and Retirement Clock at 54 longer ones. Every book contains entirely new, first-published, poems.
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Eve's Website at eveselis.com
Eve Selis isn’t just a “singer” — she’s an emotion transducer who converts country, R&B, blues, folk, and rock ‘n’ roll signals into a megawatt zap that galvanizes everyone in its path. And as with fellow femme-furnace frontwomen Bonnie Raitt, Joan Osborne, Maria McKee, Melissa Etheridge, and Lydia Pense, the cauterizing power of Selis’s voice can arc-weld material from almost any genre into a personal manifesto.
— John D’AgostinoTaylor Guitars On Review
As winner of 7 San Diego Music Awards in Americana and Adult Alternative, Eve Selis is no stranger to Roots music. Her newest CD Family Tree features 14 sturdy tracks drawn from the dark, rich soil of American music. From the swamp-rock of “Rubber and Glue” to the plaintive country heartbreaker “Don’t You Feel Lonesome” to Leonard Cohen’s majestic masterpiece “Hallelujah,” Selis and her band dug deep to create a towering opus of interconnected musical branches, all dripping with Selis’s indelible “honey chipotle” voice.
“This CD sums it all up for me,” Selis explains. “I got to explore all the different styles of music I love; I got to co-write with all my favorite songwriters (Marc Intravaia, Kim McLean, Calman Hart, Rich Wiley, Doug Crider); I got to sing wonderful songs about the things that mean the most to me — loss and love, sadness and joy, hardship and triumph, faith and family; I got to record with the best band in San Diego, with the best studio team I’ve ever worked with…I couldn’t be happier about this CD.”
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Eve's Website at eveselis.com
Eve Selis isn’t just a “singer” — she’s an emotion transducer who converts country, R&B, blues, folk, and rock ‘n’ roll signals into a megawatt zap that galvanizes everyone in its path. And as with fellow femme-furnace frontwomen Bonnie Raitt, Joan Osborne, Maria McKee, Melissa Etheridge, and Lydia Pense, the cauterizing power of Selis’s voice can arc-weld material from almost any genre into a personal manifesto.
— John D’AgostinoTaylor Guitars On Review
As winner of 7 San Diego Music Awards in Americana and Adult Alternative, Eve Selis is no stranger to Roots music. Her newest CD Family Tree features 14 sturdy tracks drawn from the dark, rich soil of American music. From the swamp-rock of “Rubber and Glue” to the plaintive country heartbreaker “Don’t You Feel Lonesome” to Leonard Cohen’s majestic masterpiece “Hallelujah,” Selis and her band dug deep to create a towering opus of interconnected musical branches, all dripping with Selis’s indelible “honey chipotle” voice.
“This CD sums it all up for me,” Selis explains. “I got to explore all the different styles of music I love; I got to co-write with all my favorite songwriters (Marc Intravaia, Kim McLean, Calman Hart, Rich Wiley, Doug Crider); I got to sing wonderful songs about the things that mean the most to me — loss and love, sadness and joy, hardship and triumph, faith and family; I got to record with the best band in San Diego, with the best studio team I’ve ever worked with…I couldn’t be happier about this CD.”
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Dr. Leyse-Wallace received her B.S. degree fromthe University of California at Davis earned her M.S. degree while completing her dietetic internship at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, and in 1998 after her kids were grown was awarded her PhD from The University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona.
She began practicing clinical dietetics at Osawatomie State Hospital, followed by practicing at The Menninger Foundation in Topeka. She was later employed at Mesa Vista Hospital (now Sharp-Mesa Vista) in San Diego, California and HCA Willow Park Hospital in Plano, Texas. Her practice included providing nutritional care for patients of all ages hospitalized for eating disorders, alcohol and drug abuse, and general psychiatric diagnoses.
She has served as an adjunct faculty member at Pima County College in Tucson and Mesa College in San Diego. A long-term member of The American Dietetic Association. She has been an active contributor to the Behavioral Health Nutrition dietetic practice group in the AmericanDietetics Association, (now The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics).
Dr. Leyse-Wallace retired from clinical practice and engages in professional writing and speaking and is a member of the SanDiego Writers and Editors Guild. She lives in Alpine, California in eastern San Diego County and has three adult children and five grandchildren.
Dr. Ruth is the author of Linking Nutritionand Mental Health and an update Nutrition and Mental Health
Her web site is www.ruthleysewallace.com
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Mardie's Bio My formal involvement with horses came late in life although my love for everything in the horse world began at an early age. It all started by my going riding at local ranches, then being asked to guide rides as I knew all the trails, finally learning to tack.
But the most fun I had with horses was going on horse drives, cattle roundups, and outdoor horse adventures, i.e. a pack trip over the Continental Divide.
Then a friend and I became interested in learning a holistic method of training and treating horses. But at one of our clinics my friend had a fall and due to a severe brain injury was unable to continue. That also ended my horse training. Then I devoted my energies into therapeutic massage for humans.
My ancient history is growing up in the Midwest, living in New York, Los Angeles, London, Rome and finally San Diego where I used my skills as an Executive Secretary in the corporate world.
Writing started with a small group getting together writing memoirs and other things. After about twenty episodes I had an idea for a novel. Thus began a work that ended up being a novella entitled “A Silent Man.” The few publishers I sent it to weren’t interested in a novella so I began a second novella entitled “a Good Hand.” After the first chapter I decided this would be about Benjamin Harrison Johnson who is mentioned in the first book. Thus, the second effort became Part One of “Go West for Luck Go West for Love” and Part Two was what I had written first.
Now my time is taken up with tennis three times a week and my massage business. I’m also a member of the San Diego Writers/Editors Guild and have published articles in two Anthologies.
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This is somewhat an old headshot. I’m not nearly so pretty today.
With an ordinary name like Bill Johnston, you might not expect something extraordinary from him. But, you’d be wrong.
Who is Bill Johnston? He is a born storyteller and voice artist who creates believable characters involved in interesting relationships.
Why does Bill Johnston do what he does? He loves words and language, written and oral, and has a passion to communicate with people in as many ways as possible.
How does Bill Johnston do what he does? Using his analytical and vocal skills, he transforms your manuscript from written word to vibrant, authentic, and believable audio content.
What will Bill Johnston do for you? By becoming your voice, and infusing your work with powerful, emotional appeal, he will bring your work to life in the hearts and minds of your listeners.
Bottom Line: Bill Johnston’s forte: Laying down subtle layers of brilliant storytelling; bringing your characters to life in a compelling and connected narrative.
Book Bill Johnston Now. Send an email to his temporary address: bill.john1@gmail.com
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Coach Ray Jindra, Hilltop High School Girls Basketball Coach retiring after 10 seasons at Hilltop and 42 seasons as a high school head coach. 565 career wins puts him as the third best in the San Diego Section. This season 18 straight wins, runner-up in the CIF Division III final.
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February 1, 2016 was Bill Barrons 90th Birthday and iCrew Digital Publishing is proud to release his newest book in the series, San Diego Police Homicide Detail, featuring Detective Matt Morgan.Homeless HomicidesBy William BarronsThis is Chapter 3 of the Homeless Homicides
Bill Barrons' Website: http://williambarrons.com
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Other Books by William Barrons
The .22 Caliber Homicides: Book 1 of the San Diego Police Homicide Detail featuring Jack Leslie
The Nude Beach Homicides: Book 2 of the San Diego Police Homicide Detail featuring Jack Leslie The Coldest Cold Homicides: Book 3 off the San Diego Police Homicide Detail featuring Paddy O'Dean
The Forever Homicides: Book 4 of the San Diego Police Homicide Detail featuring Kevin Williams
The Red Hot Homicides: Book 5 of the San Diego Police Homicide Detail featuring Brian Alan
Available on Amazon Kindle and Kindle Unlimited
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Dennis Macaraeg
Somewhere in the Shallow Sea: A Novel of Suspense
In this suspenseful thriller, two lovers are in a race against all odds in the jungles of the Philippines to save their kidnapped friend. Somewhere in the Shallow Sea will test Danny and Helen's determination in order to outwit Dr. Klein, the man who is after the scientific compound they brought as ransom.
About Dennis
I attended San Diego State University and earned a degree in teaching. I thought I’d be spending my working career in a classroom but life had different plans for me. When I turned 40—not a spring chicken at that time—I remember asking myself what else is out there in my life. The answer came in the stories I’ve been reading. I was listening to a thriller on an audiobook or maybe it was a love story while driving to the beach. I liked both of them—the hero gets the girl, the money and lives to tell the tale—and right then, I had a serendipitous moment. Naively, I told myself, I could write a novel. Storytelling is easy. All that’s needed is a beginning, a middle and an end, and about 53,000 words. Not true. There is nothing more difficult than inventing a story. With nothing but bits and pieces of inspiration here and there, I began writing stories in my spare time. I joined writing groups and enrolled in a creative writing class at a local college.
Not really knowing what to write, I thought of my trip to the Philippines in 1993. I went backpacking throughout the country just a few years after graduating from college, visiting the country’s three main islands of Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. The seed for writing this novel was born. Since I love reading thrillers, love stories, history and travel books, I decided to combine all categories and turn them into a novel. Words became sentences, then paragraphs. Finally, the compiled chapters turned into a book! I hope you enjoy reading my novel just as I enjoyed writing it.
Website:
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Facebook.com/dennismacaraegauthor Twitter: @DennisMac2015 Instagram: Denniswriter
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Peach Cobbler for Breakfast
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Sheila Dobbie has been writing most of her life beginning with her first published piece in the fourth grade for her elementary school newspaper. She has contributed countless articles over the years to area newspapers about the arts, edited a professional environmental publication, has been a lobbyist for the arts in the schools, and a PR director and founding member of a community arts association.
Ms. Dobbie is also a former English and journalism teacher, construction reporter, entrepreneur, and certified paralegal. As a free-lance writer, she assisted with the research of a book about the Scots at the Alamo and many other projects. Regarding her nom de plume, she says, “I write under my full name to honor those who were an important part of my life when I carried that name and who helped shape who I am.”
She lives in Columbus, Ohio with her husband, John, a dog and a cat. She maintains a blog, Notes from the Pond—in the spirit of Walden, where she records her observations on everything from politics to nature to movie reviews. Visit her at
www.notesfromthepond.com or
www.sheiladobbie.com or
www.peachcobblerforbreakfast.com.
THE RIGHT WAY TO WRITE
There is no right way to write. There are probably as many different ways of writing as there are authors—published and unpublished. However, I will share my writing process or what works for me.
I have broken down the procedure into six steps. They are:
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Topic--The first step begins with an idea or topic. Many times I let the idea roll around in my head for weeks before I sit down to write. Is it an original idea? If not, what can I do to make it different? As an example I am currently working on a book about the Civil War. This is a topic so vast that if I read every book ever written about the war and viewed every movie and TV show I doubt I would finish in this life time.
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Research--The next step is research—tons and tons of research. My general rule is I begin reading as much as I can about a topic and, when I begin finding the same information in several publications, I then feel I have covered the subject adequately. Along with this research it is important to take accurate notes including where the information came from and, if it is taken from a periodical or the internet, it should include the date as data changes rapidly in today’s world.
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Organize-- Now, what do I do with this research? The next step is organization. A rough outline is helpful. It will probably change a lot by the time you reach the finished product but this is a good beginning step. From this outline you may want to start naming and organizing your chapters. Now, consolidate your notes according to your outline.
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Write--The hard part is the actual writing. Most authors and artists will tell you that facing a blank page or canvas is somewhat intimidating. By this time there are usually so many ideas in your head that knowing where and how to start is difficult. That is why I have developed what I call my “Shot Gun” style of writing. I put every idea on paper as fast as I can without worrying about spelling or grammar. I want to get the ideas and wording down before I forget it.
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Review--Reviewing for any mistakes is the next step. Once I finish the essay, news article, or book chapter I then go back to read for spelling, grammar, and continuity. Merriam-Webster defines continuity as: con·ti·nu·i·ty : uninterrupted connection, succession, or union. Does the subject matter flow or do ideas jump around? Is each paragraph a complete unit or is another subject introduced? Are there any vague or unintelligible sentences? Do I need to elaborate on a topic? Have I been too wordy or repeated myself and need to delete? Do I need to move sentences or paragraphs around for a better understanding of the topic? Does the writing flow? Is it easy to read? Does it communicate?
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Edit--Once the writing is finished the most crucial step is edit, edit, edit! Nothing turns off a discerning reader faster than misspelled words, poor grammar, and sloppy work. The author instantly loses credibility if he/she cannot express himself properly. Anyone who turns in a piece to a publisher without first editing it is a fool. Even the pros review and revise their work before turning it into their publisher. Many times it will then be turned over to a professional editor for more polishing. Think of it not as someone critiquing and criticizing your work but someone polishing it so all your prose and ideas will shine. This is the icing on the cake for all your hard work.
My attitude is if my name is on it I want it to be right!
Sheila Dobbie, Author
Peach Cobbler for Breakfast;
Surviving a Life Altering Event
February 1, 2016 was Bill Barrons 90th Birthday and iCrew Digital Publishing is proud to release his newest book in the series, San Diego Police Homicide Detail, featuring Detective Matt Morgan.Homeless HomicidesBy William BarronsThis is Chapter 2 of the Homeless HomicidesBill Barrons' Website: http://williambarrons.com
Visit iCrewDigitalPublishing.com
Other Books by William BarronsThe .22 Caliber Homicides: Book 1 of the San Diego Police Homicide Detail featuring Jack Leslie
The Nude Beach Homicides: Book 2 of the San Diego Police Homicide Detail featuring Jack LeslieThe Coldest Cold Homicides: Book 3 off the San Diego Police Homicide Detail featuring Paddy O'Dean
The Forever Homicides: Book 4 of the San Diego Police Homicide Detail featuring Kevin Williams
The Red Hot Homicides: Book 5 of the San Diego Police Homicide Detail featuring Brian Alan
Available on Amazon Kindle and Kindle Unlimited
Read Chapter One of The Homeless Homicides
I look forward to hearing your comments.
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Lynette M. Smith owns and operates All My Best and Good Ways to Write, a business and nonfiction copyediting service founded in 2004. She holds memberships in Publishers & Writers of San Diego, as well as San Diego Professional Editors Network. Personally and professionally, Lynette abides by The Four Agreements:*
Be impeccable with your word.Don't take anything personally.Don't make assumptions.Always do your best.
Whenever Lynette is asked why she was moved to establish Good Ways to Write, she tells this story:
When our son Byron married Rachael in 2008, they created lasting memories that touched our hearts: They each wrote a loving letter to their own parents, describing not only their fondest childhood memories but also the values, life lessons, and ideals they would bring to their marriage. At the wedding rehearsal, one at a time, they presented their letters to their parents. Both sets of parents, as well as all others present, were deeply moved. We will always treasure our loving memento.
Inspired by Byron and Rachael's original idea, Lynette has created this website and its tools and products to help you write your own treasured personal letters and business communications, in furtherance of her life's purpose:
The Big, Achievable Goal
To get millions of people worldwide to write heartfelt letters of appreciation so they can establish, enhance, and even rebuild their relationships and thus change their world.
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Available on Createspace as a paperback
Marine Corps Daze by William Barrons is a hilarious account of a young man who enlisted in the USMC on the day after his 17th Birthday of 1943 because his birthday was on a Sunday. He faced the hardships and glory of the War in the Pacific armed only with a manual typewriter and an incredible eye for details. His memoire of World War Two and the days after will jog your memory of locations such as San Diego, Pearl Harbor, the Marshall Islands and Chicago.
In October of 2015 at the age of 89, Bill Barrons deployed with 80 veterans one last time to Washington, DC with Honor Flight, a national organization that flies World War II and Korean veterans back to our nation’s capital to visit the memorials that they fought so hard for. In honor of that experience Bill and his publisher, iCrewDigitalPublishing.com are donating all of the proceeds of Marine Corps Daze to the San Diego and Columbus Honor Flight Organizations. In addition, ICrewDigitalPublishing.com will provide copies of Bill’s book to any Veteran’s organization for the cost of printing and shipping for the purpose of fund-raising.
Born 1926, in Cadillac, Michigan, the oldest boy of fourteen kids. Survived the Great Depression and joined the Marines the day after I turned 17. Could hardly wait to go fight those nasty Nazis and Japanese. Served 2½ war years in the Marines. Got married, went to college, had kids, re-joined the Marines in 1949, in time for the Korean War. I became a Marine Second Lieutenant but was a Platoon Commander only for a short while as my sick wife nearly died and I had to resign to care for my family. Became a Telephone equipment engineer with AT&T in Chicago. Then was a kitchen and home remodeling designer for 22 years. Retired at age 69 and began to research and write novels. At age 90, I’m still at it!
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Free! The Power Stones, Book 1 of the Secrets of Artasia by Erin Larene Wheeler. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B015NBRZ3K
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Podcast Interview with Chula Vista Author Erin Wheeler.
Audiobook excerpt of Chapters 1-3.
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Twitter: @erinlarene
The Power Stones, Book 1 of the Secrets of Artasia by Erin Larene Wheeler, Chapters 1-3 read by Rick Lakin
The Power Stones will be Free starting Tuesday, February 2 until Saturday.
Rick Lakin is the publisher of The Power Stones, Book 1 of the Secrets of Artasia by Erin Larene Wheeler. When he taught high school, Erin was a student at the school. One year and one week ago, Brion Kennett, a member or iCrew Digital Productions, got Rick in touch with Erin and that she was writing a fantasy novel. Erin agreed to allow me to publish the book and she and her publisher have worked hard to bring the book out last October.
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This is a flashback episode that I recorded a couple of years ago at Toastmasters Club Bilingue #3052, Chula Vista, California The Rick Lakin Podcast is brought to you by iCrewDigitalPublishing.com, Bringing New Authors to the Digital World
Bill Barrons will be 90 years old on February 1st. To celebrate, The Nude Beach Homicides, Book 2 of the San Diego Police Homicide Detail will be free on Amazon.com through Saturday. On his birthday, iCrew Digital Productions will release Homeless Homicides, Book 6 of the San Diego Police Homicide Detail featuring Matt Morgan. Check out this Podcast Interview with Bill Barrons. or visit his website at williambarrons.com Next week, Free Book Tuesday makes The Power Stones by Erin Larene Wheeler free for 5 days.
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A local coaching and broadcasting icon who is well known and respected throughout the San Diego sports community, John Kentera begins his fifth season as general manager of the San Diego Sockers, including his second year as vice president of operations. Under his direction, the Sockers have fashioned a 58-6 record in the Professional Arena Soccer League during the regular season, and have won three PASL championships. Kentera was instrumental in moving the team back to its original home, the Valley View Casino Center in San Diego, where the Sockers enjoyed their best attendance in 2012-13 since their return to action. With a relentless focus on improving the team on the field and in the community, and a dedication to building the Sockers’ status as a key part of the San Diego sports landscape, Kentera remains the driving force behind the Sockers’ front office.
A standout student-athlete in basketball, football and baseball at Torrey Pines High School, Kentera went on to play basketball and baseball collegiately at Mira Costa College, eventually earning a full-ride basketball scholarship at United States International University. After a knee injury ended his athletic career at USIU, Kentera graduated from college and began his coaching career, a seventeen year journey that would earn him his on-air nickname of "The Coach". John began as an assistant baseball coach at Torrey Pines from 1979-81, then moved on to coach at Mira Costa and Southwestern community colleges, and eventually rose to the position of recruiting coordinator and assistant coach at Texas Tech University. Kentera returned home to raise his family in his hometown of San Diego in 1987, and continued to coach another seven years of high school sports at Torrey Pines.
It was also in 1987 that Kentera’s broadcasting career began, a career that has continued and thrived ever since. Starting at 690 XTRA Gold in 1987, "The Coach" was on hand when the station converted to XTRA Sports 690 in 1990, one of the legendary sports-talk radio stations on the West Coast. Kentera has worked at The Mighty 1090 sports radio since its inception in 2003, and currently serves as the host of a nightly three-hour show from 6-9pm as well as hosting duties for the San Diego Padres pre-and-postgame shows. His "High School Scoreboard Show" has been on the air since 1991 and has served as a staple of the high school sports coverage scene in San Diego. John’s on-air and broadcasting credits on television and radio include the San Diego Chargers, Los Angeles Kings, SDSU and USD football and basketball, and high school CIF championships in both football and basketball.
John, 55, lives in Solana Beach with his wife Kelly, and is the proud father of daughters Brooke and Ashley and two granddaughters.
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The Nude Beach Homicides by William BarronsAvailable Free on Amazon.combetween Tuesday and Saturday Bill's Birthday is Monday, February 1st and we want to make him #1 on the Mystery-Police Procedural before we publish The Homeless Homicides on his birthday.
Born 1926, in Cadillac, Michigan, the oldest boy of fourteen kids. Survived the Great Depression and joined the Marines the day after I turned 17. Could hardly wait to go fight those nasty Nazis and Japs. Served 2½ war years in the Marines. Got married, went to college, had kids, re-joined the Marines in 1949 – in time for the Korean War. Became a Marine Second Lieutenant but was a Platoon Commander only for a short while as my sick wife nearly died and I had to resign to care for my family. Became a Telephone equipment engineer with AT&T in Chicago. Then was a kitchen and home remodeling designer for 22 years. Retired at age 69 and began to research and write novels. At age 89, I’m still at it!
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In today's podcast, we are going to talk photography with Ed Lavino – Photographer and author of Prevailing Westerlies from Sastrugi Press a collection of black and white photos from the American West available from Amazon.com
In the podcast, we discussed a number of photos from Ed's book. They are shown below
Ed Lavino studied art history and photography at the State University of New York at New Paltz in the early 1980’s but has been photographing since childhood. He works with large format photography in black & white with a 5×7 view camera and has been making striking images with serious intent for over 30 years. His interpretation of landscape, still life, and portraiture speak to his profound connection to the people and places of the Mountain West.
Here are the photos we discussed:
14 – Rusted Car
18 – Three Canadian Dimes
22 – Owl Petroglyph
33 - Danforth Gallery
40 – Mint Bar
52 – John
90 – Sylvan Springs
116 – Cave Dwelling
128 – Storm over Housing project
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Episode 11 features Olayinka Joseph, author of Together everyone achieves more. Embracing Diversity With Attitude Modification
I got to know Ola Joseph at the 35th anniversary of Sweetwater Valley Toastmasters where Ola started his Toastmasters Journey. He was kind enough to keynote the event and gave an inspirational message that resonated with everyone. From a poor fishing village in Africa, Ola developed mastery of five languages to become a professional public speaker. Today he joins me on the Rick Lakin Podcast to talk about his Toastmasters journey and his newest book called
Together everyone achieves more. Embracing Diversity With Attitude Modification
coming soon on Amazon.com
Olayinka Joseph is the president of Riverbank & Associates, a management and professional development firm in Houston, Texas. A respected and internationally known speaker, executive speech coach, and trainer, he has helped many business leaders and organizations enhance their success through hands-on coaching and mentoring. Together Everyone Achieves More: Embracing Diversity with Attitude Modification is Ola’s thirteenth book. In addition, he has authored many magazine and newspaper articles. Ola is a United States Navy veteran and a distinguished member of Toastmasters International. He is a member of the National Association of Judiciary Interpreters and Translators (NAJIT) in five languages, and he is also a Certified Proficiency Tester with the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL). Ola is a certified trainer with the Center for Teacher Effectiveness (CTE).
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The Apes of Eden is available from Amazon.com as a Kindle Book and on Kindle Unlimited and in print CreateSpace
The Apes of Eden - The Complete Saga contains almost 700 pages and is the completion of a Post-Apocalyptic Search for God by a tribe of killer apes who began their journey in the Garden of Eden. It is written in Heroic Couplets, a form of Iambic Pentameter.
I'm kinda glad you got us in this fix--
you never let me do my magic tricks.
In the year 19067, a tribe of killer apes leaves Eden on a Post-Apocalyptic Search for God. They face evil creatures from Hell and Heaven alike. The story is told in the words of Literate Louie, the Scribe of the Tribe.
A tribe of killer apes living an idyllic life in the Garden of Eden begins a monumental quest to search the post-apocalyptic Earth in search of God. The Apes of Eden is written in iambic pentameter. It is a humorous look at religion and philosophy through the eyes of an intelligent ape.
The Apes of Eden is written in rhymed iambic pentameter thus falling into the category called heroic couplets. Each line has 10 syllables and the pairs of lines rhyme.
While many lines were written in 10 syllables in very early Latin, it was Geoffrey Chaucer who added the meter and originated iambic pentameter in the English Language which was further immortalized in many plays and sonnets of William Shakespeare.
Jon P. Gunn wrote The Apes of Eden over a period of many, many years beginning as a teenager. He read Spenser, Chaucer, Dante and Cervantes. Many oddball philosophies, from solopsism to deism are explored and mocked. Allusions to a broad spectrum of myths and canons are made.
Jon never graduated from college even though he had twice the number of hours to graduate. He was too busy reading the great works of literature to bother. He shared his work with a friend. It is that man and his friend, Rick Lakin who are bringing you Jon’s work. We think it’s very good. We hope you do too.
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My guest today on the Rick Lakin Podcast is Aaron Linsdau a
former student, a successful engineer, a commercial photographer, an author and
publisher, an artist, a motivational speaker and the second American to ski
solo to the South Pole in Antarctica. He
is the author of Antarctic Tears available on Amazon.com
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A few years ago, I created an audio transcription of Admiral Rickover's Speech Energy Resources and Our Future I posted this in memory of Theodore Rockwell, author of The Rickover Effect, who passed away in 2013. He searched his files and provided me with the hard copy that I worked from. Text of the Speech from Resilience.org Original Audio Transcription at Resilience.org Theme Music is Energy: http://www.bensound.com
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February 1, 2016 will be Bill Barrons 90th Birthday and iCrew Digital Publishing is proud to release his newest book in the series, San Diego Police Homicide Detail, featuring Detective Matt Morgan.Homeless HomicidesBy William BarronsI read Chapter One of Homeless Homicideshttp://williambarrons.com Visit iCrewDigitalPublishing.com
This episode is Chapter One. Here is Chapter Two:
Other Books by William Barrons
The .22 Caliber Homicides: Book 1 of the San Diego Police Homicide Detail featuring Jack Leslie The Nude Beach Homicides: Book 2 of the San Diego Police Homicide Detail featuring Jack Leslie The Coldest Cold Homicides: Book 3 off the San Diego Police Homicide Detail featuring Paddy O'Dean The Forever Homicides: Book 4 of the San Diego Police Homicide Detail featuring Kevin Williams The Red Hot Homicides: Book 5 of the San Diego Police Homicide Detail featuring Brian Alan
Available on Amazon Kindle and Kindle Unlimited
Read Chapter One of The Homeless Homicides
Today’s podcast is brought to you by Homeless Homicides Book 6 of the San Diego Police Homicide Detail featuring Matt Morgan from icrewdigitalpublishing.com. Homeless Homicides is written by William Barrons. The book will be published on February first, Bill’s 90th Birthday.
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Louise Williamson is a former teaching colleague and she has become a coach and mentor to women struggling with life, family and success called Coaching Inner Wisdom. I will present my interview with Louise. I hope that you gain insight and ideas from her thoughts.
http://coachinginnerwisdom.com
Gail Tverberg is The author of OurFiniteWorld.com . She has an Masters from the University of Illinois, Chicago in Mathematics, and is a Fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society and a Member of the American Academy of Actuaries. Some of her writing can be found under the name “Gail the Actuary,” a pen name she used while writing at The Oil Drum between 2007 and 2013. She has been a leading writer in analyzing the concept of Peak oil from the standpoint of its effects on the economy.
Click on Her article:
2016: Oil Limits and the End of the Debt Supercycle
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Today’s podcast is brought to you by The Power Stones by Erin Larene Wheeler from icrewdigitalpublishing.com. I will read chapter 1 of The Power Stones. I will review two movies today, Joy starring Jennifer Lawrence, Robert Deniro and Bradley Cooper and The Big Short starring Steve Carel and Ryan Gosling.
A Great Website for Toastmasters: sixminutes.dlugan.com
The country’s leading Demographer, William Frey has written a book called Diversity Explosion: How New Racial Demographics Are Remaking America. I will talk about that and point you to an interview with Tavis Smiley for more information.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/tavissmiley/interviews/demographerauthor-william-h-frey/
Who doesn’t love trains? Brandon Townley takes pictures of Trains and I will talk about that.
https://www.facebook.com/BrandonTProductions/
Also for Toastmasters sweetwatervalley.tmclubsites.org. Email me at ricklakinpodcast@gmail.com if you would like a club website like this.
I will close today’s Podcast with a link to New Year’s resolutions for Writers from J.A. Konrath
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