Newsletter ~ Issue No. 18

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Issue No. 18

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Twilight Times Books

Twilight Times Books was established January 1999 as an Internet epublisher. In 2004, we expanded our operations and evolved into a small trade publisher. Due to an exceptional front list of books, all with four star reviews, the print division of Twilight Times Books launched twenty-one titles in trade paperback in 2004. Over sixty titles are currently in print and we plan to release eighteen titles in 2009.

Our books have national distribution and the author pays nothing for publication of his/her book. We currently publish literary works that are exemplary, that transcend genres and/or are beautifully written. We are highly selective as to what we will accept for publication.

Our books are distributed internationally through BCH and Florida Academic Press (FAP Books, Inc.). Members of the media, booksellers and retails can download flyers, sell sheets, reviews and chapter excerpts from our media room.
http://twilighttimesbooks.com/media-room/

Paladin Timeless Books

An imprint of Twilight Times Books, a traditional small trade publisher. "Tomorrow's classics today..."
http://www.paladintimelessbooks.com

Announcements

The trade paperback version of The Solomon Scandals by David Rothman is now available. The ebook version of The Solomon Scandals is currently available from Books on Board, Diesel eBooks, eReader, Fictionwise and the Sony eBookstore.
http://twilighttimesbooks.com/SolomonScandals_ch1.html

What people are saying:
"David Rothman's bright, breezy, fast-paced, and funny novel shines a merciless spotlight on greed, skulduggery and fraud within government..."
-- Bettina Gregory, former ABC News Correspondent.

Burnout: the mystery of Space Shuttle STS-281, SF suspense by Stephanie Osborn won't be out until April 2009, but you can purchase a PDF arc now.
http://twilighttimesbooks.com/Burnout_ch1.html

What people are saying:
"Burnout is a compelling, impossible to put down, first novel in the class of Skylark of Space or "Lifeline." ... It may perhaps be the most realistic view ever published in fiction about what happens behind the scenes at NASA."
-- Dr. Jim Woosley, physicist and Heinlein essayist.

The 2008 Fall/Winter book catalog is up.
http://twilighttimesbooks.com/media-room/

Special Sale

Free ebooks! Twilight Times Books is offering Darrell Bain's autobiography, Darrell Bain's World of Books, as a free download during Read an E-Book Week, March 8 -14, 2009. We will be offering an additional free ebook each day.

Books make great gifts. Check out our recommendations.
http://twilighttimesbooks.com/News.html#gifts

Book News

New releases!

Twilight Times Books is pleased to announce the recent release of Dog: Pure Awareness, non-fiction (Pets/Reference) by Margot Lasher, Ph.D.; trade paperback.

Promo blurb: Dog: Pure Awareness is a psychological and ultimately spiritual exploration of the human-dog connection. People think of their dogs as companions, as partners, and as members of their family, and this book takes that idea seriously.
http://twilighttimesbooks.com/DogPureAwareness_ch1.html

Reviewer comments: "If you have ever loved a dog, you will love this book. Dr. Margot Lasher traces the special connection that exists between dog and man, from the tender looks to the affectionate touches that speak the words of the heart. This magical association between two species takes on a renewed meaning through the ideas presented in this book. Get comfortable on the sofa with your dog and be prepared to enter a new dimension of understanding." ~ Joyce Handzo, Reviewer, In the Libraryreviews.

Author Profile: Margot Lasher is a writer and a licensed psychologist who specializes in the human-dog relationship. She is the author of And the Animals Will Teach You, and The Art and Practice of Compassion and Empathy. She lives with her dog, Shiro, in Vermont and Key West.

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Hiding Hand, SF suspense by Lee Denning; trade paperback.

Promo blurb: The boy Joshua comes of age in a blistering conflict between the love of power and the power of love. As the precursor of the next stage of human evolution, he must confront more than the forces arrayed against him: the greater danger is the dark side of his evolving self. Joshua's baby sister Eva is the first true Nova sapiens--an Earth Mother, a potential Messiah for troubled humanity. She is kidnapped by the darkest of beings, a brilliant psychopath masquerading as a pious Muslim cleric; he wants the power of the Novas all to himself.

A mysterious young Muslim woman, Elia, is accidentally rescued from the cleric by Joshua. She helps him on his mission to rescue Eva, using her strange rapport with psychic forces. They fall in love, a thing forbidden to her and unwise for him.

Joshua is slowly stripped of his resources, then Elia is captured. Joshua now has only his mind and soul to rely on to rescue Eva, and the cleric's power nibbles away at his mind. Finalist in the "New Age Fiction" category of the National Best Books 2008 Awards.
http://twilighttimesbooks.com/HidingHand_ch1.html

Author Profile: Lee Denning is the pen name of a father-daughter writing team. Denning Powell has been a soldier, scientist, engineer and entrepreneur.

Leanne Powell Myasnik is a psychologist, poet and mystic.

He lives on the East Coast, she on the West. They correspond. With love. And hilarity.

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Past Present I: Web of Lies, mainstream by Celia A. Leaman; trade paperback.

Promo blurb: Anne Graham's dream is to become financially independent through her writing. She's almost finished her first novel when she meets Graham Kingsley, a worldly older man. Taken in by his charm, she moves into an apartment on Graham's estate, but her contentment ends abruptly when he takes her to an ancient manor house on Dartmoor and proposes marriage. Anne is stunned because she recognizes the house; she's written about it in detail in her novel, despite never having seen it before.

Just prior to their wedding, Anne meets another man and falls in love, yet she still goes ahead with her marriage. Almost immediately, her misgivings are realized as startling facts begin to emerge about Graham's past. Worse still, she fears for her sanity when she begins seeing images of the characters in her book, when the past seems to be mingling with the present. Events spin out of her control and, caught in a web of deception and treachery, Anne is forced to make a decision that will have far-reaching consequences.
http://twilighttimesbooks.com/PastPresentI_ch1.html

Author Profile: Celia Leaman was raised in Devon, England. After moving to Canada in 1980, she had short stories published in magazines in the UK, Canada, the United States and South Africa. One of these was translated into Braille. She also wrote and co-directed a play, performed on Galiano Island, BC.

Celia writes in several genres. Her more serious novels, her first being Mary's Child, reflect her love of the South Devon moors in England. When Mary's Child was first released, it was a Frankfurt eBook Award and a Reviewers Choice Award nominee.

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Rebel in Blue Jeans, YA contemporary by Beverly Stowe McClure; trade paperback.

Promo blurb: What's a girl to do when her mother runs away with the drummer in a rock band, her friendly relationship with the boy on the neighboring ranch turns serious, and a handsome college guy takes an interest in her?
http://twilighttimesbooks.com/Rebel_ch1.html

Author Profile: Beverly Stowe McClure is a fourth-generation Texan, born in Wichita Falls, currently living in Iowa Park with her husband, Jack. They have three sons, six grandchildren, two step-grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren. (She married very young.) When she was in eighth grade her teacher sent her poem "Stars" to a high school anthology, and it was published. A confessed nonreader, she nevertheless attended Midwestern State University, read a lot, and graduated cum laude, with a BSEd degree. She taught in elementary school for twenty-two years and was selected Conservation Teacher of the Year in her district in 1988.

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Saga of Rim, YA fantasy by Cecilia Wennerström; trade paperback.

Promo blurb: One night a rip of light floats in the air over Petra's bedroom floor. Through it she enters another world, Rim, a pleasant land where farming as well as computers, magic and teleportation are the daily norm. Dream Realm Award Winner.
http://twilighttimesbooks.com/SagaofRim_ch1.html

Reviewer comments: "Petra Bravo first learned of the Land on the Rim of Time when she was transported there to defeat a rather minor threat. During her brief stay, she learned about the eons old land out of time where magical beings descended from demons lived and observed other worlds. It was a peaceful, happy place, with only one enemy, a demon who refused to be adapted into a peaceful creature and now lurked in a void, waiting to re-enter some world and wreak havoc. Upon returning home, it all becomes rather like a dream, a distant memory to Petra. Then, one of her friends takes control of her cat to warn her that the demon, Ragmor is poised to strike. Petra is needed to help defeat him. So it is that she embarks on a fantastic odyssey where her inner strength is her greatest weapon. Demonized gnomes, ages old mythic evils, and beings that are purely mean will stand in her way using trickery and cruelty to hinder her quest. Then, when facing her foe, love may be the thing that overcomes her. If you are a fan of quests and fantastic worlds, no matter your age, you will be charmed by this book. It has a sweetness and grit that all classic fairy tales share, and an originality that keeps it from being tired and trite."

--Amanda Faye, The Eternal Night

Author Profile: Cecilia Wennerström is a jazz musician, saxophone player, composer and arranger, educated at the music academies in Malmoe and Gothenburg. She was born in 1947 and lives in Stockholm, Sweden.

Since 1994 she has played baritone saxophone with the internationally known Swedish tenor saxophone player Nisse Sandströms 10-piece band which plays transcriptions of Miles Davis/Gil Evans tuba band music. Among many memorable concerts is one with Rolf Eriksson on trumpet at the festival Jazz at Nyköpingshus 1995.

One of Sweden's best jazz singers, Peo Jönis, is the leader of a ladies big band, Satin Dolls, where Wennerström has played the baritone sax for several years and also does some arranging for the band. Satin Dolls is an entertainment band and has been quite involved with Swedish television.

Wennerström also leads a Marty Paich-style 12-piece orchestra of her own which plays her arrangements, for instance at the jazz festival Sandviken Big Band Bang in 1996.

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Sonora Moonlight, historical by Florence Byham Weinberg; trade paperback.

Promo blurb: A grisly murder by beheading near the Jesuit mission of Guevavi in the Sonora desert in 1761. Whodunnit? Indians? Settlers? Fr. Ignaz Pfefferkorn, S.J., although suffering from malaria, undetakes an investigation.
http://twilighttimesbooks.com/SonoraMoonlight_ch1.html

Author Profile: Before settling in San Antonio, Texas, Florence traveled extensively as an army brat during World War II. With her husband the brilliant scholar and teacher, Kurt Weinberg, she worked and traveled in Canada, Germany, France, and Spain. After earning her PhD, she taught for twenty-two years at St. John Fisher College in Rochester, NY, and for ten at Trinity University in San Antonio. She published four scholarly books, many articles and book reviews, doing research in the U.S. and abroad.

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The Solomon Scandals, suspense by David Rothman; trade paperback.

Promo blurb: CIA skulduggery. Hundreds dead in a fallen IRS building. Corruption and blackmail from the Oval Office. D.C.-quirky sex scandals. A gossip columnist’s suicide. The death of a shark-like editor in a car bombing. Reporter Jonathan Stone lives through it all, until one day he forsakes Washington for Hollywood to write history disguised as conspiracy movies.
http://twilighttimesbooks.com/SolomonScandals_ch1.html

What people are saying:
"If only the cesspool of corruption Rothman plumbs so well in the past did not persist even today in Washington, where the first purpose of politics seems to remain the divvying up of spoils among secret cronies."
~ James Polk, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Watergate coverage for the Washington Star

"The Solomon Scandals is a mordantly entertaining book that broadens the cast of the standard Washington novel beyond spymasters and politicians to include real estate barons and federal contract officers. David Rothman's detailed knowledge of the D.C. scene comes through in his satire. Scandals is set in yesterday's Washington, but it is about truths behind today's headlines--and about the troubled newspapers that publish the headlines.

"Like Boomsday and others of the best recent Washington novels, it amuses while broadening our understanding of how today's government works--and doesn't."
~ James Fallows, author of Breaking the News.

"David Rothman's bright, breezy, fast-paced, and funny novel shines a merciless spotlight on greed, skulduggery and fraud within government, catching President Bullard like a deer in the headlights. But what resonates with me, as a long-time investigative journalist, is protagonist Jonathan Stone's nightmare in getting his explosive findings into print. Seemingly the Washington Post hungered for every syllable Woodward and Bernstein could dig up on Watergate. However, it's not always that easy. Stone's fictional struggle to write and publish his expose is more than a shadow of the truth."
~ Bettina Gregory, former ABC News Correspondent

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Upcoming releases

By Way of the Rose by Cynthia Ward; historical - $18.95 trade paperback
http://twilighttimesbooks.com/ByWayoftheRose_ch1.html

Embraced by the Shadows by Mayra Calvani; vampire romance - $18.95 trade paperback
http://twilighttimesbooks.com/EmbracedbytheShadows_ch1.html

Far Come the Eyes of Light by Geoff Geauterre; SF/F - $18.95 trade paperback
http://twilighttimesbooks.com/FarCometheEyes_ch1.html

Human by Choice by Darrell Bain and Travis S.Taylor; SF suspense - $18.95 trade paperback
http://twilighttimesbooks.com/HumanbyChoice_ch1.html

Krona: the Dragons of Nistala by Bent Lorentzen; YA fantasy - $18.95 trade paperback
http://twilighttimesbooks.com/Krona_ch1.html

Mazurka by Aaron Lazar; mystery - $18.95 trade paperback
http://twilighttimesbooks.com/Mazurka_ch1.html

Purple Snowflake Marketing by Dave and Lillian Brummett; non-fiction - $18.95 trade
http://twilighttimesbooks.com/PurpleSnowflake_ch1.html

Rue the Day by Ralph Freedman; literary - $16.95 trade paperback
http://twilighttimesbooks.com/RuetheDay_ch1.html

Magazines

Futures Mystery Anthology Magazine (FMAM).

"FUTURES Magazine is a welcome member to the small number of gallant publications open to the new and the more established mystery writers and artists. The magazine is well worth reading carefully. Every issue has gems that I would have been sorry to have missed. May they keep up the solid, supportive work of love." -- Stuart M. Kaminsky
http://www.fmam.biz

Twilight Times ezine

The latest issue of Twilight Times will soon be up. Twilight Times is an award winning digital journal of speculative fiction, fantasy artwork and poetry. Online since July 1998. Twilight Times pays $5.00 for original fiction, artwork, articles or poetry. Check submission guidelines.
http://www.twilighttimes.com/

Articles of possible interest

Article: Not All Pirates Are in Somalia by Charlotte Boyett-Compo
http://bittenbybooks.com/?p=3151

C[r]ash Flow (Or What Went Wrong in October in Book Publishing)
http://editorialass.blogspot.com/2008/11/crash-flow-or-what-went-wrong-in.html

Industry Scrambling to Comply with Child Safety Act
http://www.publishersweekly.com/index.asp?layout=articlePrint&articleID=CA6627969

Interview of Mari Smith, Facebook Diva, by Angela Wilson
http://morganmandel.blogspot.com/2008/11/interview-of-mari-smith-facebook-diva.html

Web sites of interest

Lee Denning
http://www.monkeytrap.us

Margot Lasher
http://dogpureawareness.com

Celia A. Leaman
http://www.devonshirebabe.com

Beverly Stowe McClure
http://beverlystowemcclure.wordpress.com

David Rothman
http://www.SolomonScandals.com

Florence Byham Weinberg
http://www.florenceweinberg.com

Cecilia Wennerström
http://www.sagaofrim.com

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Upcoming Events

Author Celia Leaman, will be hosting two informal workshops for writers and readers, from 3 to 5 p.m. at the South Delta, and 7 to 9 p.m. at the Ladner branches of the Fraser Valley Regional Library in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia. To register for these free events, simply call the library of your choice.

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