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Sunday, February 15, 2015

Author, Author Shine Out Loud! Children's Book Illustrator Turned Author

Description: Get your coffee, put down your paper and meet an author. Find out what makes them tick, feel, emote, write, succeed. Ask the questions you always wanted to ask an author right here. This is the Authors Chance to Shine Out Loud and not just on the pages of his or her book

Author, Author Shine Out Loud!

Children's Book Illustrator Turned Author

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Someday I’ll Fly

Book Bio

In 1943, during World War II, ordinary little girls are expected to learn to cook, sew, and play with be more—to help her brother and all the other soldiers. When Pam meets the Women’s Air Force Service Pilots, she discovers exactly what she wants to be when she grows up. She even begins to build her very own plane. But when her friend becomes sick, Pam has to decide what is most important to her.

dolls. But Pam wants to do more, to

An adaptation of WINDSHIFT by Joyce Faulkner

Written and Illustrated by Rebecca Evans

Red Engine Press

Rebecca Evans

Professional Bio

Rebecca Evans is an illustrator and author living in Maryland. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Visual Art from Messiah College with a concentration in Drawing and Illustration in 2000, and also completed coursework from the Tyler School of Art. She worked for nine years as an artist and designer before returning to her first love: children’s book illustration and writing. Her experience includes illustrating and authoring children’s books, teaching art at the local Art Center, and publishing artwork with magazines and multiple publishing houses. She regularly speaks at elementary schools and shares her love of literature and art with children. She is also a member of the SCBWI. She lives in Maryland and enjoys spending time with her husband and three young children, and working from her home studio. You can view her work at www.rebeccaevans.net

About the Author

Rebecca has been an illustrator for 6 years and however is her debut as an author/illustrator

As a child she always wanted to be an artist.

Rebecca attended Messiah College and graduated with a degree in Drawing and Illustration.

She worked as a graphic designer for 9 years before returning to her first love – drawing.

She is married with 4 children, 2 biological, 2 adopted.

She loved being a mom but felt that an important part of me was missing after so many years of not creating art.

It was frightening to begin a new career with 2 small children with a 3^rd on the way.

It was a challenge to find herself again as an artist and then learn about the publishing field.

It was also a challenge to learn to balance her “Mom” job and her illustration job.

About the book:

This book takes place during a time where women’s options were limited but some women strove to break the mold

Rebecca wanted to write this book because she believes there is a lot we can learn by looking at strong women in history and what they accomplished against the odds.

The story about WWII and the women’s Air Force service pilots is written from the perspective a little girl, giving children the opportunity to identify with history.

This book teaches that helping others and putting others before yourself is the greatest accomplishment.

“Girl Power” theme encouraging girls that they can do anything they set their mind to.

This book encourages children to strive to be more than “ordinary”, that only by being different can we be extraordinary.

This book is based off the Novel Windshift by Joyce Faulkner.

Rebecca Evans

Rebecca Evans LLC

rebecca@rebeccaevans.net

www.rebeccaevans.net

443-618-7764 (business cell)

Rebecca Evans LLC

www.RebeccaEvans.net

443-618-7764

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Author, Author Shine Out Loud! From Mystical Memoir to Mystery Writer

Author, Author Shine Out Loud! From Mystical Memoir to

Mystery Writer

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Dana Micucci has enjoyed a decades-long career as a widely published journalist and author writing about culture, travel, and spirituality. She is the author of a new novel, The Third Muse, an international art-world mystery inspired by Renaissance ideals and the divine feminine teachings of the Magdalene Order. Her last book, Sojourns of the Soul: One

Woman’s Journey around the World and into Her Truth, was a gold winner in the 2013 Nautilus Book Awards. She has a private healing practice and conducts transformational talks and workshops nationwide. DanaMicucci.com

The main themes of The Third Muse:

The wisdom of the heart. The transformative power of love. The divine feminine mystery teachings of the Magdalene Order.

The story/message of The Third Muse

--In Dana Micucci's new novel The Third Muse, a metaphysical mystery set in the international art world, New York journalist Lena Leone investigates the mystery of a stolen painting, the Portrait of Giovanna Tornabuoni by the Renaissance master Ghirlandaio. In the process, she undergoes a series of initiations that unexpectedly take her on a transformative journey deeper into her heart.

--The Florentine noblewoman Giovanna Tornabuoni, who is schooled in the divine feminine wisdom of the Magdalene Order, reaches out to Lena through time and teaches her about the healing power of love.

--Flashbacks to the Renaissance period and Giovanna's life mirror the New Renaissance that we are experiencing now on many levels--in culture, spirituality, science, health and wellness, and ways of doing business-- through a great shift in consciousness .

Audience for The Third Muse

--Micucci wrote The Third Muse particularly to empower women. She hopes the story of the soul connection between Lena and Giovanna, two women six centuries apart, will inspire strength and courage in women for generations to come.

The author's Journey in Writing the Novel and Why She Wrote It

-- Micucci, a Pittsburgh native and longtime New York journalist who has written for many well-known publications, began writing The Third Muse in a garret in Paris 25 years ago. This very long labor of love is her fifth book and first novel. She says it was a test of her faith to keep holding onto her vision and believing that The Third Muse would one day be published. She is pursuing a film adaptation of the book, another one of her longtime dreams.

Unique Aspects about this Book

--Having studied fiction at Columbia University under the late novelist Raymond Kennedy, to whom The Third Muse is dedicated, Micucci weaves together themes from her own life in the novel, which is set in New York, Paris, and Florence. She says The Third Muse, like her last book, the spiritual travel memoir Sojourns of the Soul: One Woman's Journey around the World and into Her Truth, is ultimately about the universal human journey towards wholeness.

The Author's Career as a New York Journalist and Author. Her Writing Process.

--As a journalist Micucci had the privilege of traveling to many exotic, sacred sites throughout the world. She chronicles these journeys and her own inner illumination and growth in her memoir Sojourns of the Soul, which delves deeply into the timeless spiritual teachings of the world's wisdom traditions.

How The Third Muse Builds upon Prior Book the Award-Winning Sojourns of the Soul

--Both of these books--Sojourns of the Soul and The Third Muse--carry a heart-centered message for our time. Micucci believes that we will be able to create a whole new way of being on a whole new earth, when we think with our hearts, see with our hearts, trust with our hearts, and lead with our hearts.

Other Projects

--She speaks frequently at venues around the country about Embodying the Wisdom of the Heart, where she shares powerful heart-based teachings and practices from the world's wisdom traditions (Tibetan, Egyptian, Mayan, mystical Christian, shamanic, etc. ) gleaned

from her lifetime of travel that people can apply to their daily lives.

--Micucci will be giving a presentation, Embodying the Wisdom of the Heart, on February 15 at Unity Center of Pittsburgh from 12:30-2:30 p.m. Register at www.unity center.com.

--Though she has traveled the world, she says she is proud to be from Pittsburgh, a city with so much heart. She makes frequent trips back to Pittsburgh to visit her family. She is now based in Taos, NM, after many years in New York City.

What Author Hopes readers will gain from The Third Muse

--Micucci also has a private healing practice, having trained in energy and shamanic healing with many well-known teachers. She says all her work--writing, speaking, mentoring, and healing services--carries a transformational healing vibration aimed at empowering people to live to their fullest potential.

--For information about Micucci's audio course, Awakening the Mystic Within: A Course in Self Mastery for Higher Living, and her mentorship program, Divine Life: A Woman's Guide to Your Own True Power, visit her website www.danamicucci.com.

Listen to the interview to discover the uniquegift/transformation Dana provides through her writing, speaking, mentoring, and healingservices.

ABOUT THE THIRD MUSE

New York journalist Lena Leone is beautiful, successful, and has a devoted boyfriend. Yet something is missing. When her editor sends her to Paris to investigate and write about a stolen Renaissance masterpiece, the Portrait of Giovanna Tornabuoni, she becomes immersed in a dangerous art scandal that tests her to the core and jeopardizes her life. Lena’s haunting visions of Giovanna in Renaissance Florence turn up the heat.
The Third Muse combines mystery, suspense, history, and spirituality with radiant eloquence. Dana Micucci masterfully explores the timeless quest for wholeness through the soul connection of two women six centuries apart. At the heart of her exquisite novel is a story of unbridled heroism that will inspire strength and courage in women for generations to come. Discover the seven life-altering initiations that lead Lena not only to solve the mystery of the stolen painting but to open to a more expansive love. Get The Third Muse on www.amazon.com.
“This beautifully written mystery, set in the international art world, expresses a deep heart-centered wisdom inspired by Renaissance ideals and the goddess archetype. In our own time of great change and rebirth, Dana Micucci celebrates the return of a divine feminine consciousness and the power of love.”
—Marci Shimoff, New York Times bestselling author of Happy for No Reason and Chicken Soup for the Woman’s Soul
“Dana Micucci’s The Third Muse is a wonderful blend of spirituality, history, suspense, and intrigue. At its center are the deep divine feminine mystery teachings of the Magdalene Order. This novel serves as a powerful vehicle of awakening and remembrance for the many present-day members of this Order who have yet to discover who they are.”
—Catherine Ann Clemett, author of Soulweaving and co-author of Anna, The Voice of the Magdalenes
“The Third Muse is a captivating read! From the intriguing international art scene to time-traveling through the Renaissance, you will be inspired and touched by the spiritual exploration of this book.”
—James F. Jereb, Ph.D., award-winning author, visionary artist, and founder of the sacred site Stardreaming

Thank you very much,

Dana

917-626-6583 (cell)

Dana Micucci

Author | Speaker | Healing Practitioner

dmicucci@earthlink.net | www.DanaMicucci.com

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Saturday, November 1, 2014

Author, Author Shine Out Loud! Feature Writer and Award Winning Author, Kathleen Rodgers

Author, Author Shine Out Loud! Feature Writer and Award Winning Author

Time: 10/04/2014 11:15 AM EDT

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Episode Notes: Kathleen M. Rodgers' stories and essays have appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies. "Johnnie Come Lately" is her second novel. She lives in a suburb of North Texas with her husband, a retired fighter pilot/commercial airline pilot, and their dog, Denton.

Kathleen's first novel portrays a family man and seasoned fighter pilot. Tuck Westerfield's life could literally crash down around him. In this business of flying fighter jets, the odds of staying alive are stacked against him. Haunted by the memories of dead friends killed in air mishaps, this Vietnam vet and father of three must deal with a devious commander, an animal-crazed neighbor whose husband hates pilots, a beautiful, but suspicious wife and a rebellious teenage daughter. The last thing he needs is another war.

A great read: "The Final Salute" Military Writers Society of America awarded it the Silver Medal. In 2010, USA-Today, The Associated Press, and Military Times ran stories about the author's sixteen-year journey to bring the novel to life.

Kathleen Rodgers' work has appeared in Family Circle Magazine, Air Force, Army & Navy Times, Family: The Magazine for Military Families, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Albuquerque Journal, Clovis News Journal, For more information, go to www.kathleenmrodgers.com.

The Final Salute, a story of honor, integrity, dedication and survival by Kathleen M. Rodgers

At a small air base in Louisiana, family man and seasoned fighter pilot, Tuck Westerfield's life could literally crash down around him. In this business of flying fighter jets, the odds of staying alive are stacked against him.

Haunted by the memories of dead friends killed in air mishaps, this Vietnam vet and father of three must deal with a devious commander, an animal-crazed neighbor whose husband hates pilots, a beautiful, but suspicious wife and a rebellious teenage daughter. The last thing he needs is another war.

But when Iraq invades Kuwait in the middle of a muggy Louisiana summer, duty calls. Tuck and the other pilots in his squadron head to the Middle East.

Back in Louisiana, Gina Westerfield and other military wives learn that war is hell on the home front, too.

When tragedy strikes, everyone at Beauregard Air Force Base must pull together and live on or forever be consumed with grief.

Although fiction, this story has just as much to do with fact. Kathleen’s husband, Tom Rodgers, flew fighter jets for the United States Air Force for twenty years and then for American Airlines for twenty-two years until his recent retirement. Their real life experiences, both personal and professional, shine through in this military tale; close friends were lost in war as well as training exercises. This book, before and now, is dedicated to her husband/best friend and those who have flown west.

Kathleen Rodgers’ work has appeared in Family Circle Magazine, Air Force, Army & Navy Times, Family: The Magazine for Military Families, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Albuquerque Journal, Clovis News Journal, and in the following anthologies: Because I Fly, McGraw-Hill,

Lessons From Our Children, Health Communications, Inc., Stories Of Faith And Courage On The Home Front, AMG Publishers, Inc., and Home of the Brave: Somewhere in the Sand Press 53. Her essay, “Remembering Forgotten Fliers, Their Survivors” was published in Red, White and True, a new anthology from University of Nebraska Press (Potomac Books). This essay is the seed that grew up to become The Final Salute. http://www.potomacbooksinc.com/Books/AuthorDetail.aspx?ID=27489

The Final Salute, previously published by Leatherneck Publishing in 2008, sold out the first thousand book print run. In that short time, it was selected in 2009 by Army Wife Network as their July book club pick and Military Writers Society of America awarded it the Silver Medal. In 2010, USA-Today, The Associated Press, and Military Times ran stories about the author’s sixteen-year journey to bring the novel to life. The novel soared to #2 on Amazon’s Bestselling Military Aviation paperback list. In 2011, Navigator Books released the Kindle edition and the novel hit #1 on Amazon's Top Rated War Fiction the following year. So far it has garnered over a hundred reviews and sold over 6000 ebook copies.

ENDORSEMENTS AND REVIEWS

“‘A Captivating Tribute to Our Heroes in the Sky’ — There are not enough positive adjectives in the English language to describe what an incredibly fulfilling and beautiful story Kathleen Rodgers has placed within the pages of this unbelievable book. Having just completed it, I can only describe the dichotomy of emotions I feel right now as those of both pride and loss – pride for the years of military service I contributed to our great nation, and loss as I bid farewell to the enigmatic characters Rodgers has given us in Tuck, Gina, and the many others who bring this tale to life and make it dance on the page right before your eyes. Many have “told” readers countless stories of our brave men and women in uniform and the numerous sacrifices they make for us as they struggle to balance duty to country with duty to family; but Rodgers is one of the elite few who is able to make you “feel” their plight, their emotional battles, their physical pain, as well as their joy.”

— Amanda Matti, author of A Foreign Affair

“It's the details that change your life — Kathleen M. Rodgers' The Final Salute is a moving, compelling story of military life, yes, but of so much more. Rodgers writes with insight and knowledge of military life and just enough solid, factual detail to enthrall me, to make me feel as if I am experiencing that walking-the-perilous-edge along with the main characters. But it's the heart-tugging emotions that she weaves through the story that alert me to what a spellbinding storyteller she is. Ultimately, her tale is a realistic yet heartwarming and reaffirming assessment of life and love and dedication by the very people who guard our own lives.”

— Parris Afton Bonds, New York Times bestselling author of Deep Purple & cofounder of Romance Writers of America and Southwest Writers Workshop

“Gripping Insider's Story of A Fighter Pilot's Life Out of the Cockpit —Kathy Rodgers' award-winning novel, The Final Salute, tells the story of Lt. Colonel Tucker “Tuck” Westerfield, an A- 10 pilot, career Air Force officer on the cusp of promotion and senior command, loving husband, and devoted father of three who, while struggling to deal with the news of his best friend's death in an aircraft accident, finds himself in the wrong place, at the wrong time, with the wrong person when he stumbles upon his commanding officer in the middle of an affair with his female

executive officer. What happens next is a series of escalating and emotionally wrenching actions and decisions that not only threaten Tuck's career, but also his marriage. Rodgers' characters are all well-rounded and complex and the story pulls you in from the very beginning. The novel's climax and its aftermath are one of the most moving and satisfying I have ever read.”

— Dwight J. Zimmerman, New York Times #1 Bestseller writer of Lincoln's Last Days, President of Military Writers Society of America

USA Today ~ Air Force wife's novel set at fictional England AFB.

Military Times ~ The Final Salute: Giving voice to these ghosts.

Mobile, Alabama Press-Register ~ Rodgers has created richly layered characters that compel readers to keep flipping the pages.

Midwest Book Review ~ I recommend this novel as a good description of the military life and the inner works of the way things are done, including the cover-up process.

Fort Worth, Texas Magazine ~ Until the very end, readers are intrigued by her colorful cast of characters that bring everything from love to betrayal amid the added struggle of military life.

Winner of the Silver Medal for fiction from Military Writers Society of America

Amazon’s #1 Top Rated War Fiction

Rodgers’ novel, Johnnie Come Lately, published by Camel Press, has a release date of February 2015. Rodgers is currently working on the sequel to Johnnie Come Lately, Seven Wings to Glory. She is also an active member of Military Writers Society of America. www.kathleenmrodgers.com

ISBN-10: 1625969740

ISBN-13: 978-1625969743

Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches

Shipping Weight: 15.5 ounces

Published by Deer Hawk Publications www.deerhawkpublications.com

For book orders, contact Aurelia Sands, Publisher, PO Box 7454, Pensacola, FL 32534 (850) 375-9161 aureliasands@hotmail.com

Represented by Loiacono Literary Agency www.loiaconoliteraryagency.com

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Sunday, October 12, 2014

A House Divided, Story of the Mc Carthy Era Recently Published

A few words about my recently-published book: The work entitled, "A HOUSE DIVIDED, The Story of Ike and McCarthy" is the story of the political battle of 1952 through 1954 between President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Senator Joseph R. McCarthy for the political leadership of the

Republican Party and the moral leadership of the Nation. Set against the backdrop of the Cold War, the climactic struggle between "Ike" and "Joe" played itself out amidst the machinations of larger-than-life historical figures such as Stalin, Churchill, MacArthur, Truman, Nixon, George Marshall, Joseph and Bobby Kennedy, Edward R. Murrow, Roy Cohn, Whittaker Chambers and Alger Hiss.

The Ike-McCarthy political war was fought on a battlefield undergirded by the emergence of Russia as a nuclear power, The Korean War, the "Red Scare" and the tumultous Army-McCarthy Hearings of 1954. This is history but it's not dry. Rather it relates a three-year story of high drama, human emotions on dispay at government's top levels, pride, prejudice, courage and cowardice.

The colorful characters alone could have provided the stuff for a good novel were it not for the fact that the actual facts were more intriguing than fiction.

A HOUSE DIVIDED is available in paperback HERE and in e-book on

Respectfully,

Don Farinacci

Sunday, September 21, 2014

What’s it like when Steelers fans live in Ravens territory?, Women’s fiction novel makes for cozy fall read

Shore Thing Publishing

Queenstown, MD • shorethingpublishing@gmail.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Women’s fiction novel makes for cozy fall read

What’s it like when Steelers fans live in Ravens territory? How did
Washingtonians live through the tense weeks of October 2002?
Letting Go: The Maryland Shores depicts life at the one-year mark after
9/11 and the anxiety in Maryland during the DC sniper attacks.

“Every book has its tension, and having just moved to Maryland around 9/11, I could certainly
describe that,” says Loriann Oberlin, who writes fiction under the pen name of Lauren
Monroe. “The story focuses on the heroine Maren— a young widow solo parenting a child
through this anxious time. Steve Kramer is the decisive surgeon she meets who convinces her
to become a co-worker and much more. No spoilers…it’s a romance!”

A former Pittsburgher, Oberlin also conveys what it’s like to have team loyalties that don’t
exactly coexist with the color scheme of area fans. “I actually do wear a lot of purple so I get
called a closet Ravens fan,” she admits. “Rest assured, I think it’s great for everyone to
display enthusiasm for their individual teams, and by adding a very famous football rivalry to
the storyline, I had a lot of fun with that.”

Two dozen reviews on Amazon.com display reader enjoyment of this novel as it:
• features realistic, believable characters you can sense chemistry between.
• paints a scenic, relaxing and very nautical portrait of the Chesapeake Bay.
• includes spot-on references to the hospital workplace, Pittsburgh favorites, and even
Disney World that adds to the characterization.
• remains a favorite that readers have gifted for special occasions, recommended to
friends and book clubs and posted about on Pinterest, Facebook, and Goodreads.

The author has contributed to national bridal, airline, and women’s magazines in addition to
writing non-fiction books on serious challenges such as relationships, divorce and anger. She
also has a master’s degree from Johns Hopkins University and a career as a therapist.
“Combining the romantic and travel writing I did for women with the relationship knowledge
I’ve gained has made this a really fun project. I’m working on Book Two of the series, which
readers already want to read. Always a good sign,” she says. Her name symbolizes her start
in Monroeville, outside of Pittsburgh. Visit www.facebook.com/lauren.monroe.novels.

Letting Go: The Maryland Shores by Lauren Monroe (2014)
$3.99 Kindle/ISBN: 978-0-9912822-0-3
$16.99 Paperback/316 pages/ISBN: 978-0-9912822-1-0

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Saturday, August 23, 2014

Author Author, Shine Out Loud: Attention Authors, How to Get that First Interview!

The book is published, web site is up, author page done, free copies are given away, congrats from friends but the media is not knocking down your door to interview you.

So you write press releases, media alerts, make phone calls and WAIT. "I wrote a book, maybe it's not CNN, ABC, NBC or

CBS but someone should be paying attention!"
So you send more, call more and still no bites for even five minute interviews.
Did you ever hear when you were a kid that no one wants to hire you if you have no work experience? It's like that with media coverage. You have got to get that first interview so that you can parlay it into more.

There is hope for authors. Small Business Journalist of the Year, Joanne Quinn-Smith broadcasts an internet radio show which is plugged in to her audience of over one million accumulated internet radio listeners and this year new cars will have a dashboard control for podcasts like hers.

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Thursday, August 14, 2014

Author Author Shine Out Loud, Pulitzer Prize Entrant Rich Hunter, Air Force Veteran Author of FIREHAMMER

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27 years as US Air Force, fighter pilot, all active duty gave Ric Hunter a rich arsenal of experience and stories to tell. Why 27 years in active military? Well Ric

says he was just having too much fun with amazing assignments. But one assignment that would not be considered "fun" was his time as a fighter pilot at the end of the Viet Nam Conflict. As a freelance writer his myriad experience became articles on aviation and the Viet Nam War and some of these became part of his historical fiction novel, FIREHAMMER.

FIREHAMMER is based on a true story of two high school best friends who parted ways on graduation. Tim joined the Marines in the height of the Vietnam War. Randy went to college and later became a fighter pilot. When Tim is killed at nineteen by a Vietnamese sniper, Randy vows to even the score. Firehammer is the nick-name of Tim’s Zippo lighter that Randy carries during several combat engagements, including the last battle of the war when his flight of four Phantoms helps rescue Marines trapped on bloody Koh Tang Island. Spoiler Alert: At the end of the novel, Randy places the Zippo at panel 9E of the Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial. What happens between Randy's first combat flight and his visit to the Memorial is mesmerizing enough to have earned, the author, Ric, a Pulitzer nomination.

Native—sort of.

· 27-year active duty, 8 years Civil Service

· 3 generations of career Air Force

· 4000 hrs in fast movers in 20 years, most in the F-15 “Eagle”

Why I wrote FIREHAMMER and what it is about:

· Magazine feature articles

· Critique Group in Panama City, Florida—books, can I go the distance?

· 9-11 interruption

· Not a self-published “Memoir,” although there are many good ones out there.

· What is FIREHAMMER about?

· Publisher to submit for a Pulitzer and a couple of movie companies are giving it a look

40^th anniversary of the events in this book are coming up next year

Write your story! People write their stories for many reasons: therapy, for the decendants, as a hobby or to sell.

· First person military stories are good sellers!

· Just start writing a little every day and join a group

My Presentations: Power Point and video called, “Come Fly With Me: the F-4 Phantom II and the Last Battle of Vietnam.”

FIREHAMMER is available on Amazon in both print and digital versions

Ric
"A fighter without a gun...is like an airplane without a wing. " B/G Robin Olds

TWITTER:@ric_cvhjr

Website

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