Posts Tagged ‘family’

First Chapters: Inside the Spaghetti Bowl by Frank Zaccari

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Inside the Spaghetti Bowl By Frank Zaccari CreateSpace (September 27, 2011) Family/Relationships Chapter 1 The squeaky clean smell of antiseptic starched the air. The sounds of people speaking in urgent but hushed tones could be heard in the overcrowded room where my mother Carmela (Carm Zaccari) laid in her hospital bed surrounded by my father, three brothers, two sisters, all of my nieces and nephews and my Aunt Mary (Mom’s sister). My brother Frank nudges his teenage daughter Sara and quietly says, “Look around
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with Heidi Ann Smith

Heidi Ann Smith grew up in the Chicago area and began publishing poems as a child. At a young age, she won various local and academic awards for her writing; based on her writing abilities, she was awarded a scholarship to a private high school and attended college courses during her high school years. After high school she began raising a family and was taken away from her writing, but soon returned to complete a Bachelor of Arts from Eastern Illinois University. She then earned a Master of Arts in Humanities from California State University and a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from Goddard College. Several of
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with Frank Zaccari

A native of western New York, Frank Zaccari earned a degree in finance from California State University at Sacramento after serving as a military medic in the U.S. Air Force. He spent over 25 years in the high-tech industry holding positions from account representative to CEO, and for nearly 20 years specialized in turn-around management of companies under 100 million dollars. Upon becoming a single, custodial parent after nearly 25 years of marriage, he left an industry that he loved to buy a small business in order to be home to raise his children. He is currently the owner of an insurance agency and resides in Sacramento, California. Inside
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Inside the Spaghetti Bowl Virtual Book Publicity Tour November/December 2011

Join Frank Zaccari, author of the family/relationships book, Inside the Spaghetti Bowl (Createspace), as he virtually tours the blogosphere November 14 – December 16 2011 on his second virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Frank Zaccari A native of western New York, Frank Zaccari earned a degree in finance from California State University at Sacramento after serving as a military medic in the U.S. Air Force. He spent over 25 years in the high-tech industry holding positions from account representative to CEO, and for nearly 20 years specialized in turn-around management of companies under 100 million dollars. Upon becoming a single, custodial parent after nearly 25
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Abby Finds Her Calling by Naomi King Virtual Book Tour March and April 2012

Join Naomi King, author of the Amish inspirational fiction novel, Abby Finds Her Calling: Home at Cedar Creek Book One (NAL/Penguin), as she virtually tours the blogosphere March 5th – April 27th, 2012 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Naomi King Drawing upon her experiences in Jamesport, the largest Old Order Amish community west of the Mississippi, longtime Missourian Naomi King writes of simpler times and a faith-based lifestyle in her new Home at Cedar Creek series. Like her series heroine, Abby Lambright, Naomi considers it her personal mission to be a listener—to heal broken hearts and wounded souls—and to share her hearth
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Summer of Secrets by Charlotte Hubbard Virtual Book Tour February and March 2012

Join Charlotte Hubbard, author of the Amish inspirational fiction novel, Summer of Secrets (Zebra), as she virtually tours the blogosphere February 6th – March 30th, 2012 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Charlotte Hubbard Drawing upon her experiences in Jamesport, the largest Old Order Amish community west of the Mississippi, longtime Missourian Charlotte Hubbard writes of simpler times and a faith-based lifestyle in her new Seasons of the Heart series. Like her heroine, Miriam Lantz, Charlotte considers it her personal mission to feed people—to share hearth and home. Faith and family, farming and food preservation are hallmarks of her lifestyle, and the foundation
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The Clara Ann Burns Story Virtual Book Publicity Tour November 2011

Join Heidi Ann Smith, author of the family/relationships/fiction novel, The Clara Ann Burns Story (Monkee Puzzle Press), as she virtually tours the blogosphere November 1 – 23 2011 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Heidi Ann Smith Heidi Ann Smith grew up in the Chicago area and began publishing poems as a child. At a young age, she won various local and academic awards for her writing; based on her writing abilities, she was awarded a scholarship to a private high school and attended college courses during her high school years. After high school she began raising a family and was taken away
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New Book for Review: Family/Relationships/Fiction ‘The Clara Ann Burns Story’ by Heidi Ann Smith

Heidi Ann Smith is touring November 1 – 23 with her family/relationships fiction novel, The Clara Ann Burns Story! In Heidi Ann Smith’s short novel THE CLARA ANN BURNS STORY, a woman who suffered child abuse looks back over her turbulent life as she approaches her fifties. Smith describes it as “a story of a young girl, Clara Ann Burns, who was tortured, abused and neglected by her family. When she was old enough to go out on her own, she got herself into situations that were not always the best. But in the end she raises her own family and holds onto the hope of healing and living
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New Book for Review: Family/Relationship Nonfiction ‘Inside the Spaghetti Bowl’ by Frank Zaccari

Frank Zaccari will be touring November 14 – December 16, 2011, with his family/relationship nonfiction book, Inside the Spaghetti Bowl! Like many of the “baby boomers” my family faced the difficult task of burying our Mother. This is our story, this is your story. It is a story for every beating heart that has loved or has been loved. It is the story about the struggles and pains endured by those virtuous individuals who poured their lives into ours and filled our years with intimate memories and a gladdened heart. It is the story you will want to pass down to your children and grandchildren. This is a book
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Space by Emily Sue Harvey Book Publicity Tour September, October and November 2011

Join Emily Sue Harvey, author of the women’s inspirational novel, Space (The Story Plant), as she virtually tours the blogosphere September 19-November 11, 2011 on her fourth virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Emily Sue Harvey Emily Sue Harvey, author and speaker, writes to make a difference. Dozens of her upbeat stories and articles appear in Chocolate for Women, Chicken Soup for the Soul, women’s magazines, websites, and other anthologies. She is the author of the novel Song of Renewal and Homefires and the novella Flavors. Her new novel, Space, will be followed by another novel (Unto these Hills) later in 2011. To find out more about
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Island Girl Virtual Book Tour June 2011

Join Lynda Simmons, author of the literary fiction novel, Island Girl (Berkley), as she virtually tours the blogosphere June 6 – 30 2011 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Lynda Simmons Lynda Simmons is a writer by day, college instructor by night and a late sleeper on weekends. She grew up in Toronto reading Greek mythology, bringing home stray cats and making up stories about bodies in the basement. From an early age, her family knew she would either end up as a writer or the old lady with a hundred cats. As luck would have it, she married a man with allergies
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Pump Up Chats with Borneo Tom McLaughlin

An award winning science teacher, Tom McLaughlin battled a rare neurological disease to a standstill, packed up and moved to Malaysian Borneo. He traveled extensively on the local discount airline, re married and is now the father of a vasectomy failed son. His adventures are shared in his book, Borneo Tom. He teaches English and English Literature at a local international school. He shares his life on his blog at www.borneotom.com and Face Book at Borneo Tom. Thank you for this interview, TOM. Do you remember writing stories as a child or did the writing bug come later? Do you remember your first published piece? A: In college, I
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Borneo Tom Online Book Tour March ’11 – February ’12

Join Borneo Tom McLaughlin, author of the travel journal Borneo Tom: Stories and Sketches of Love, Travel and Jungle Family in Tropical Asia as he virtually tours the blogosphere from MArch 2011 to February 2012 on his first tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Borneo Tom Science teacher Tom McLaughlin battled a rare neurological disease to a stand still, packed up his life and moved to Malaysian Borneo from a Washington D.C. suburb. Landing in Kuching, he quickly learned the Malay language and involved himself in projects which includes orangutan rehabilitation and research about the famed naturalist, Alfred Wallace, whose thunder was stolen by Charles Darwin. The advent
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How do you make sales happen for you?

A lot of hard work! I sponsor a lot of on line parties, festivals and contests. Book sales don’t magically happen, believe me. An author has to work hard to earn her readers. And then she has to work hard to keep them by giving them something they’ll enjoy reading. I try hard to make my books worth a reader’s time.

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