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Rain: Whispers on the Wind -- Write Stuff -- 4/1/2024
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He is destined to be high priest—but at what cost to those he loves??
In ancient Samaria, Aban anticipates his rites of passage with excitement and dread. He yearns to join the priesthood of Ba’al Melqart, unlock the power of the rain god, and hear the deity’s voice. He’s been warned the licentious ceremony can take a dangerous turn, but as eldest son of the high priestess, he holds a privileged position. If he can make it through the ceremony, one day he’ll rise to high priest.
On the eve of the rituals, Aban’s mother confesses a dark secret about the bloody sacrifice demanded by Melqart. Aban may have escaped the flames, but if he is to save his brother, Aban must take his destined position of power as soon as possible.
When the mysterious prophet Elijah interrupts the rites, overturns the idol, and curses the land with drought, Aban’s world is shaken. The current high priest and the king appear powerless, but even more confusing is the fact that the rain god does nothing.
Against his better judgment, Aban conceals the strange prophet’s whereabouts, forfeiting the high priesthood. Now an enemy of the relentless Queen Jezebel, Aban has little time to question his fading commitment to Ba’al Melqart as he and his loved ones flee. But the conflict in Samaria is much larger than just a high priestess and her sons. Soon, Aban will have to choose a side in Yahweh’s war against the Ba’als—and it may cost him his life.
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Sunbury Press Show: Jason Cherry, Author of "William Trent: Factor of Ambition'
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The life of Major William Trent is shrouded in relative obscurity, but his mark on the Colonial period of early US history cannot be taken from him. The son of a Philadelphia shipping merchant, and the namesake for the capitol of New Jersey, Trent served as the factor for one of the most powerful land speculation companies, known for his impeccable record-keeping and penmanship. By the eve of the American Revolution, Trent was the face of westward expansion. He was also purported to be the giver of smallpox-infected blankets to Natives at Fort Pitt in the summer of 1763.
Author and historian Jason Cherry works to dispel that notion and to tell how Trent served alongside contemporaries such as Benjamin Franklin and George Washington. A research consultant for the 1719 William Trent House Museum and the author of "Pittsburgh's Lost Outpost: Captain Trent's Fort," Cherry brings the biography of Trent forward in this new book. He lives with his family in Butler, Pennsylvania.
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The New Panic Room Episode 341
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Join James and Xtina on the Panic Room Radio Show as they talk with horror authors Sal Cangemi & Richard Barber. Featuring samanthas_shelf, a segment for your enjoyment with book reviews by the lovely Samantha Hawkins. Don't miss the fun and shenanigans!
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A Book is Born™
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Tune in to Season 10, Epi. 4 of A Book is Born™ on April 8, 2024 with Beverly Black, CEO/TRIBE Family Channel™ and Gumbo for the Soul Publications for the amazing interview with Guest Educator/Author, Anne Arceneaux, to discuss her book, "Pecan Chi."
April 8, 2024, 4pm/PST, 5pm/GMT, 6pm/CST, 7pm/EST
Call: 515-605-9741 or listen online:
www.blogtalkradio.com/gumboforthesoul
Produced By Michele Barard
About Pecan Chi:
Pecan Chi is a novel that navigates its audience deep into the culture of Louisiana from the inception of a family on its pecan grove and plantation. The reader is lured out onto the limb of one branch of this family's tree, while following Lillian Blache and her offspring. After losing her parents at the tender age of sixteen, Lillian is enticed, by her dream of becoming a dancer, to make the irrevocable decision to pass as a white woman. Despite advice and guidance from her cousin, Bobby, the intensity of the civil rights era compels Lillian to make another devastating and unthinkable choice.
Follow this family from the 1760s to modern day and discover how one gift of pecans vindicates Lillian to know that her actions may not have been in vain.
TRIBE Family Channel™ is a Gumbo for the Soul International® family brand created, owned and operated by Beverly Black.
All Rights Reserved.
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But I Digretch: Quirky Short Stories with Gretchen Astro Turner
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But I Digretch: Quirky Short Stories with Gretchen Astro Turner
Whimsical and zany but edged with darkness, evocatively lyrical with goosebump-eliciting endings, Gretchen Astro Turner's 13 short stories in But I Digretch are for the romantic in all of us-but also the cynic. This fiction collection is for the surrealist and the dreamer. It's for those who live by carpe diem or struggle to find their raison d'etre. ...those who love an addict or may be addicts themselves. ...members of the LGBTQ+ community. ...readers who are into vampire lore as well as those who know life may best be understood via metaphor and symbolism.
A logophile and a bibliophile with a Master of Arts in the Teaching of English Language Arts from Columbia University, Turner has written a playful road map through storytelling and language.
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Voice of Indie Episode 194
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Welcome to Voice of Indie, a production of Fresh Ink Group. Your hosts are Beem Weeks and Stephen Geez. This week we welcome a return visit with author Marcha Fox.
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We Never Know Whose Life We Touch
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Tonight's show is about a woman who never thought she would be a published author. She wrote many things and put them aside never dreaming that one day she would not only see her work in print, but she would touch the lives of people she never knew. That woman is my friend Peggy Engeler. She is the church secretary, retired secretary for a law firm, owns a fox red lab. And to add to that she is a woman of a certain age. We all know that age. The one when we think we are too old to do.... whatever it is we want to do.
News flash we are never to old.
So join me as I talk about Peggy and how she got started, the books she has released and how she is living her best life.
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Diane Jones
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Diane was born with dyslexia, a learning disability that affected her ability to read and spell and impacted hand-eye coordination, making many sports out of her reach. She has a profound reverence for and connection to the natural world. She loves all creatures, but horses stole her heart when she was young. Circumstances did not allow Diane to own a horse growing up, but that did not stop her from searching for the "perfect" equine companion.
Diane dreamed of owning a horse someday. As it often does, life got in the way of making that dream come true until Rudy came along. At 50, she bought a down-on-his-luck chestnut Thoroughbred for 1 dollar. The trajectory of her life changed with that one choice.
Diane is the author of the award-winning Rudy the Rudster children's book series. She is passionate about creating opportunities to connect with children to normalize their feelings and make them feel less alone. She is equally interested in educating people, particularly children, about horses.
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Interview with Corey Poirier
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Novelist Bernadette Walsh interviews Corey Poirier, a TED X speaker, columnist and now fiction writer. The Enlightened Passenger is his first novel.
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Welcome Dr Gloria Mitchell
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Dr Mitchell is a seminary graduate, educator, and mother of two daughters. A program manager Minnie's She'll a house she opened for homeless young women in Los Angeles . Dr Mitchell will expand on this more and talk about her inspirational series The Garbage Man's Daughter.
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Brooklen Borne Joins Glenn to Discuss Writing, Life & More...
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Brooklen Borne is a native New Yorker, who grew up in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn. He began writing short stories in his sophomore year of high school. Upon graduating from high school, he enlisted in the military and during his tenure in the service, Brooklen had a chance to visit and live in some of the most exotic places in the world; meeting interesting people along the way. His life experiences had inspired him to write again; incorporating some of these people as character's in his literary works.
Mr. Borne has completed four novella's, two novels, a book of short stories and numerous collaboration's with author's across the United States. He holds an AS degree Criminal Justice from Chaminade University in Honolulu, Hawaii and a Bachelor's in Criminal justice with a minor in Behavorial Sciense from National University in La Jolla,California.
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Matterhorn of Thrillers with NYT Best Seller Christopher Reich on Book Lights
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Christopher Reich is the New York Times bestselling author of Rules of Deception, Numbered Account, and The Patriot’s Club, which won the International Thriller Writers Award for best novel in 2006. His new novel, Matterhorn is availabe now! You can learn more at his website: https://christopherreich.com/
And for more about our host Lisa Kessler visit http://Lisa-Kessler.com
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