Author Jeffrey W. Kern Chosen As One Of '50 Great Writers You Should Be Reading' for 2013 - 2014

Kern was chosen as the result of a public voting process.  His work, entitled ‘Golf Made Easy’, is a book that approaches golf instruction using a unique ‘backwards’ approach

Jeffrey W. Kern, author of ‘Golf Made Easy - A Backward Approach To Learning Golf . . .  Or Is It?’, has been chosen as one of ’50 Great Writers You Should Be Reading’. The awards were sponsored by The Authors Show. His win secures a place in ’50 Great Writers You Should Be Reading’, an annual publication that will be available in January 2014.

‘Gold Made Easy - A Backward Approach To Learning Golf . . .  Or Is It?’ teaches golf in an unusual manner. The basics of golf are presented in ‘Golf Made Easy’ with putting being taught first. This goes against all traditional methods of teaching, where driving is usually the first thing taught to new students.

“I wrote this book” Kern stated, “for all of the people who have always wanted to learn the game of golf but have always thought that it was too hard. By using my proven methods readers will learn quicker, play more consistently and best of all enjoy doing it. Learning the game of golf using the ‘Backward Approach’ really is that easy.”

The method used by Kern is considered by many to be the easiest and most enjoyable way to learn the game of golf. There are no tricks, gimmicks or gadgets involved in Kern’s method, just an enjoyable, easy to follow step-by-step instruction that teaches readers the basics.

The book has a 4.5 out of 5 star rating on Amazon. One reviewer stated, “This book is less than 100 pages and is such a great guide. The chapters and content are organized well, and I know it's a book I will be referring to again and again as I go golfing. I really enjoyed this book and not only will I read it again, but I am definitely bringing it on my next trip with my family so I can have everyone read it as well. I think they will really gain a lot from it. I highly recommend this book.”

Jeffrey W. Kern is available for media interviews and can be reached using the information below, or by email at kernje@yahoo.com. ‘Golf Made Easy’ is available at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Kobo and from numerous other book retailers. More information is available at his website at http://www.sbpra.com/jeffrey2kern/.

Profile:

Jeffrey W. Kern was born and raised in and around Milwaukee Wisconsin. At age twenty he joined The U.S. Marine Corps He started out in the infantry and in a short time moved into the Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) field, which is the military equivalent of the bomb squad. He performed those duties until he retired. He continued with the same job as a civilian spending 3 years in Iraq. After Iraq he took a different career path and became a professional golf instructor and a certified professional club fitter. He soon realized just how easy it is to learn the game of golf and wanted to share that knowledge. His knowledge took form in ‘Golf Made Easy - A Backward Approach To Learning Golf . . .  Or Is It?’

Contact:

Jeffrey W. Kern
kernje@yahoo.com
http://www.sbpra.com/jeffreywkern/

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Acclaimed Florida Author Gary Showalter Announces Mystery Novel, ‘Hog Valley’, Now Available In Audiobook Format

Gary Showalter writes in the tradition of John D. MacDonald, Elmore Leonard, James Grippando and Carl Hiassen. His novels have been called 'impossible to put down'. ‘Hog Valley’ is another of his most popular works. The audiobook version of ‘Hog Valley’ is available at Audible

Florida author Gary Showalter has announced that his popular mystery novel, ‘Hog Valley’ is now available in audiobook format. Gary Showalter’s works follow in the tradition of great mystery novelists such as John D. MacDonald, Elmore Leonard, James Grippando and Carl Hiassen. The audiobook release of ‘Hog Valley’ is now available at Audible.com.

"The enthusiasm readers have shown," Showalter stated, "for 'The Big Bend' and the other novels in the Terry Rankin series prompted me to move into the audio book market. In fact, a few of my readers over the years have mentioned that these stories would be ideal as audio books, and the sales since ‘The Big Bend’ was released have proved their point.”:

In the ‘Hog Valley’ storyline, Terry Rankin is the owner of Rankin Protective Services Inc. in Orlando, Florida. It's a small company with a few very nice contracts. Terry has a meeting scheduled with Travis Warren, at his horse ranch just north of Ocala. He has invested a few months in negotiating for a very lucrative contract to provide bodyguard services to Mr. Warren and his family, and this is the morning when all of that time and effort are going to pay off for him. He does not expect to walk into a home invasion.

As the thieves wrap up their looting, Rankin, along with Mr. and Mrs. Warren, are being held in Travis Warren's office. Terry watches through the French doors along the rear wall of the room as five well-dressed but slightly disheveled Latino gentlemen cross the back lawn and step up onto the flagstone patio. As the leader of the thieves raises his shotgun toward Rankin and the Warrens, Terry watches in relief as the Latinos open fire into the backs of the invaders. What Rankin doesn't know is that the five Latinos have orders to shoot him on sight.

‘Hog Valley’ has achieved received a 4.3 out of 5-star rating on Amazon, with 27 five star reviews.

In addition to ‘Hog Valley’, Showalter is also the author of 'The Big Bend', 'Twisted Key' and 'Lonesome Cove'.  He has been described as a master of descriptive writing, with excellent character development, tremendous scene description and short, punchy action scenes. Gary Showalter writes with a wry, sardonic sense of humor, and his work treats romance as it should be; lightly, gently, and with a quirky understanding of the tender side of human nature.

The audiobook version of ‘Hog Valley’ is available at Audible.com. Gary Showalter is available for media interviews and can be reached using the information below, or by email at gary@garyshowalter.com.

All of Showalter’s novels are available in both print and electronic versions at Amazon.com. More information is available at his website: http://www.GaryShowalter.com.

Profile:

Gary Showalter was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. He lived in Aruba, Florida and the Panama Canal Zone before joining the U.S. Army during the 1960s. He served in the Israel Defense Forces Reserves for sixteen years, and when not on active duty he worked in government and private security. He has also served in senior management positions in two software development companies in Israel.

During his time in Israel, Mr. Showalter published articles dealing with international terror and the Israel-Arab conflict in the Jerusalem Post, Israel National News and several political science web sites.

Mr. Showalter returned to the United States in the fall of 2003.

Contact:

Gary Showalter
gary@garyshowalter.com
www.garyshowalter.com

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Book Marketing Announcements: The Authors Show Lineup For The Week Of January 6, 2014

Book Marketing serves as a resource for authors and allows members to engage in promotion and publicity for marketing purposes. The site offers no-charge marketing training, book publicity opportunities and a buyers club for book marketing services

Don McCauley of the Free Publicity Focus Group and Danielle Hampson, Executive Producer of The Authors Show, founders of The Authors Marketing Powerhouse have announced The Authors Show radio and broadcast schedule for the week of January 6, 2014. The new show schedule is available at the Authors Marketing Powerhouse site.

For those who hope to sell books on the Internet, the challenge can be daunting. It can be confusing difficult, time consuming and expensive. Book Marketing, branded as The Authors Marketing Powerhouse, helps authors overcome these challenges by providing authors and publishers three distinct benefits:

* No charge publicity - members can upload photos, bios, book covers, video and book videos. Each author can develop a personalized page and a personal blog. The site allows for integration with Facebook and Twitter.

* No charge marketing training - provided through the Book Marketing Master Class series of training videos and peer to peer sharing of information.

* Buyers club - low pricing on products and services used by authors and publishers to market books allows members to dramatically reduce book production and book marketing costs.

The site also offers discussion forums, segmented special interest groups and allows for event listings.  The site is a joint collaboration, developed by Don McCauley of the Free Publicity Focus Group and Danielle Hampson, Executive Producer of The Authors Show.

The Authors Show radio shows offer professionally produced radio interviews that are broadcast worldwide. Segmented shows by genre include fiction, non-fiction, children's, Christian and book marketing shows. The upcoming scheduled radio lineups include:

Week January 6, 2014 On The Book Marketing Show

Eric DelaBarre
John Meacham
Richard Godwin
Leyland Hazlewood
Dan Ames

Week January 6, 2014 On The Authors Show

Patrick Brigham
Lois W. Stern
Les Morse
Marie Maiden
Gary Doman
Donna Stanley
Linda Maria Frank
Dr. Barbara Becker Holstein

Profile:

Don McCauley is a marketing strategist and is the facilitator of the Free Publicity Focus Group, a marketing and publicity firm. He also serves as the host of The Authors Show Radio.  Danielle Hampson is the Executive Producer of The Authors Show radio group of programs.

More information is available by visiting the Book Marketing site. Questions about Book Marketing can be addressed to Don McCauley by email at don (at) FreePublicityGroup.com. Questions about The Authors Show can be addressed to Danielle Hampson at danielle (at)TheAuthorsShow.com.

Contact:

Don McCauley
Free Publicity Focus Group
don@freepublicitygroup.com

Danielle Hampson
The Authors Show
danielle@theauthorsshow.com

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Author C. Robert Cales Chosen As One Of '50 Great Writers You Should Be Reading' for 2013 - 2014

Cales was chosen as the result of a public voting process.  His work, entitled ‘The Bookseller’, is a paranormal thriller that has received rave reviews from readers

C. Robert Cales, author of ‘The Bookseller’, has been chosen as one of ’50 Great Writers You Should Be Reading’. The awards were sponsored by The Authors Show. His win secures a place in ’50 Great Writers You Should Be Reading’, an annual publication available in January 2014

‘The Bookseller’, written in the tradition of Stephen King and Anne Rice, is a paranormal thriller. Unlike many novels in the genre, the book is character driven and offers readers an emotional bond.

“Being voted as one of '50 Great Writers You Should Be Reading' could be a glimmer of sunlight in the darkness,” Cales stated. “I have a gift I’ve wanted to share with the world for years and now The Authors Show with its annual competition has opened the door to priceless exposure. Readers now have the opportunity to discover the kind of story that will cling to their minds well after the last page is turned.”

In the storyline of ‘The Bookseller’, Carlos Ramirez is the ruthless leader of a South American drug cartel, violent beyond the pale and yet he is but the tip of the iceberg. He hides a dark secret that has plagued humanity from the beginning, a secret that runs red with blood. Carlos is the latest incarnation of an evil nonhuman spirit that the world has known by other names: Cain, Attila the Hun, Caligula, Vlad the Impaler, Blackbeard the Pirate, Jack the Ripper and Adolf Hitler, to name a few. The nonhuman spirit skips from life to life through time while maintaining memories of everything.

His best men have just perfected a method of infusing liquid cocaine into the pages of books and withdrawing it at the destination point. He has located a bookstore in the perfect location for acquisition to complete the first step of his plan. However, it soon becomes evident that he picked the wrong bookstore.

The book has a 4.9 out of 5 star rating on Amazon. One reviewer stated, “…so many genres are effectively combined here that it reminded me in some ways of Stephen King's ‘Dark Tower’ series, only much more condensed. This is the type of story I could easily see adapted into a film. I highly recommend  ‘The Bookseller’”.

“Readers will enjoy this book,” Cales stated, “because of the depth of the characters, the emotions they evoke and a rich, mind bending plot that will take them down a road they’ve never traveled. They will be drawn into the story and fall in love with good people leading interesting lives. They will look into the eyes of pure evil and hate the nameless thing with its many lives. They will be terrified by the knowledge that the two are on a collision course.”

C. Robert Cales is available for media interviews and can be reached using the information below, or by email at meccrc7@aol.com. All of his works are available at Amazon and iTunes. More information is available at his website at http://www.scarybobproductions.webs.com.

Profile:

C. Robert Cales was born with a triple dose of imagination. When he was ten he became addicted to horror at the hands of Christopher Lee as Dracula. When he was sixteen his imagination started demanding an outlet and he stepped onto the path to the Writing Craft. Sometime in his twenties he chose Stephen King and Anne Rice as his mentors.

He is the author of ‘Devil Glass’ and ‘The Bookseller’.

Contact:

C. Robert Cales
meccrc7@aol.com
http://www.scarybobproductions.webs.com

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Author Ian Moore-Morrans Chosen as One Of “50 Great Writers You Should Be Reading” for 2013 - 2014

Moore-Morrans was chosen as the result of a public voting process.  His work, entitled “From Poverty to Poverty: A Scotsman Encounters Canada” describes his immigration from Scotland to Canada during the depression and war years

Ian Moore-Morrans, author of “From Poverty To Poverty: A Scotsman Encounters Canada”, has been chosen as one of “50 Great Writers You Should Be Reading”. The awards were sponsored by The Authors Show. His win secures a place in “50 Great Writers You Should Be Reading”, an annual publication that will be available in January 2014.

‘‘From Poverty To Poverty: A Scotsman Encounters Canada” will likely prove fascinating for anyone interested in biography; Scottish life during the depression and war years; teenage life in the Salvation Army; Scottish folk music, brass band and 1940s-1960s’ tunes; early 1950's Royal Air Force life; Egypt during pre-Suez crisis days; or even immigration to Canada.

“I’m a Scottish Highlander,” Moore-Morrans stated, “through and through, including the accent. In North America more often than not when people meet me they identify my accent and many then tell me of a Scottish ancestor. When I inquire, they usually tell me that the ancestor is dead and they know little about them. Folks have always been intrigued about my impoverished background, the difficulties I faced as an immigrant and about Scottish topics in general. I finally resolved to document my story for my descendants and anyone else who might be interested.”

Ian’s Scottish childhood during the depression and war years is spent in abject poverty. Apprenticed to a blacksmith at 14, he begins a lifelong avocation making music. Life improves upon entering the Royal Air Force as an aircraft engine mechanic and bandsman in Britain and Egypt. Returning to civilian life as a machinist, he marries and fathers two daughters. Misled by inflated promises of an unscrupulous Canadian official, Ian and his family immigrate to Canada in 1965. Misadventures in finding and keeping jobs and suitable accommodations lead Ian to conclude that he has only moved “from poverty to poverty.”

“The central message of my book,” Ian continued, “is that it is possible to overcome a negative lifestyle like poverty. However, in order to do so, one has to have grit, perseverance, sometimes luck and even humor to get through it all. I’ve tried to look for humor in each and every situation. When all else fails, a good laugh and then, determining to pick yourself up and start anew, will help you deal with most things that life throws at you.”
Ian Moore-Morrans or his wife/editor Gayle Moore-Morrans are available for media interviews and can be reached using the information below or by email at gayleian@gmail.com. Ian has been in poor health the last five years so, if he is not well enough for an interview, Gayle will take up the challenge. “From Poverty To Poverty: A Scotsman Encounters Canada” is available at Amazon. More information is available at their website at http://ianmooremorrans.com.

Profile:

A Scottish-Canadian and retired machinist, Ian Moore-Morrans hails from Campbeltown on the Kintyre peninsula, Argyll, Scotland. He has lived in various places in Canada since emigrating from Scotland in 1965. Taking up writing at age 63, Ian first published an e-book entitled "Metal Machining Made Easy" (as Ian Morrans). Since 2004, Ian has relied on the editing skills of his wife, Gayle, whom he met in 2003 where they started a conversation about the eclectic assortment of stories Ian was writing. When Ian learned that Gayle was a magazine editor, he began to envision them working together. Three months later they married, combining their birth surnames to form the new family name “Moore-Morrans.” After Gayle retired in 2004, they left Canada to explore retirement in Mexico. There they began to collaborate on writing and editing Ian’s stories. Returning to Canada in 2007, they settled in the beautiful Okanagan Valley of British Columbia. In 2010 they published Ian's novel,” Beyond the Phantom Battle: Mystery at Loch Ashie” and in 2012, volume one of Ian's autobiography, “From Poverty to Poverty: A Scotsman Encounters Canada.”

Contact:

Gayle Moore-Morrans
gayleian@gmail.com
http://ianmooremorrans.com

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