January Gordon Ornellas is a comedy writer who writes about everything from colonoscopies to triathlons (equally painful). Her triathlon story, “Rookie’s Triathlon Lessons,” appeared in the Los Angeles Times (June 22, 2019). Two of her other stories, “Gobble, Gobble” and “Almost Taken,” will be published in Chicken Soup for the Soul: Laughter is the Best Medicine (April 2020).
She also enjoys writing for her blog (midlifebloomer.com), spending time with her family, […]
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Who's Publishing What: Drug Tested for Being Happy
In her book, Drug Tested for Being Happy, Kathy Thorson Gruhn takes actual events throughout her life, and in an Erma Bombeck fashion, tickles your funny bone. Whether she tries to teach her hamster to run on an old 33 RPM album or finds herself in predicaments that most people find unbelievable, she comes out smelling like a rose.
A speech pathologist for 35 years, she has been telling stories since she was a young girl. […]
Who's Publishing What: The Other Side of the Wall
Looking for a magical gift for young readers?
Bestselling author Amy Ephron takes readers to London at Christmastime, where a new fantastical journey awaits for Tess and Max in The Other Side of the Wall, her third book for middle-grade readers. She’s also the author of The Castle in the Mist, which was nominated for a SCIBA Award, and of Carnival Magic, a companion book.
For a behind-the-scenes look at the adventures of Tess and Max, […]
Who's Publishing What: The Hollows
Historical mystery writer Jess Montgomery’s newest book, The Hollows, will be released Jan. 14, but is available now for pre-order. It’s the second offering in the Kinship Historical Mysteries. Her first book, The Widows, will be published in paperback on Jan. 7, 2020.
The Hollows promises to be another engaging page turner.
In the heart of Appalachia in Ohio in 1926, an elderly woman is killed walking along the tracks. […]
Who's Publishing What: Dancing from the Inside Out
To an observer, University of Dayton graduate Westina Matthews has mastered the art of reinvention, but she begs to differ.
“I wouldn’t call it reinvention,” says Matthews, who traded a fast-paced corporate executive life in Manhattan for a quieter one of reflection, prayer and writing along the Wilmington River in Savannah where she lives with her husband, Alan.
“I’m living into the call.”
Her life’s journey has wound through an elementary school classroom in Yellow Springs, […]
