God's Thunderbolt: The Vigilantes of Montana won the 2009 Spur Award for Best First Novel from the Western Writers of America. Hold onto your Stetsons, though, because this is a self-published novel. Unlike many (most?) books in that category, God's Thunderbolt has already passed the author's break-even point and is well into the territory of financial success.
"I've waited three decades for someone to write a great novel about Montana's Vigilante era (1863-1864), and here it is," said noted Westerns author, Richard S. Wheeler, winner of the Owen Wister Award for lifetime achievement in the literature of the West.
With that sort of accolade, it is no surprise that Montana fans (not the Hannah Montana variety), lovers of Western lore, and readers who like the gold rush and Civil War era will enjoy this historic novel. Buchanan meticulously
Dawson Church is represented by Pump Up Your Book Promotion, an innovative public relations agency specializing in online book promotion. Dawson Church has edited or authored many books in the fields of health, psychology, and spirituality. He has collaborated on articles with many of the leading voices of our time, including Larry Dossey, Bernie Siegel, Caroline Myss, Barry Sears, and John Gray. He earned his doctorate in Integrative Healthcare at Holos University under the mentorship of distinguished neurosurgeon Norman Shealy, M.D., Ph.D., founder of the American Holistic Medical Association and went on to receive a postgraduate Ph.D. in Natural Medicine. Today he is here with us to talk about his latest book , The Genie in Your Genes.
Thank you for this interview, Dawson . Can you tell us a little about yourself and how long you’ve been writing? My first
On Sunday March 29th, 5 Long Island blues bands will participate in a fundraiser for ContractorsForKids.Org. The music for the afternoon includes the "Brothers & Sisters In Blues Touring Group" artists such as Killer Joe & The Lido Soul Review, T-Bone & Franny Mae, BigDaddy & The Bulldogs, Brother Dave & The East River Blues Band. The event is produced by Act1Entertanment, Inc & Allan Spielman (producer of Retrofest69) and will pay tribute to the historical Woodstock 69 festival celebrating its 40 year anniversary this August. (PRWeb Feb 3, 2009)
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Around 1964, Gene Roddenberry came up with the now legendary “transporter” effect for Star Trek, mostly out of necessity. I don’t think he believed that teleportation technology would actually exist within 300 years or so, but as a writer’s device, the transporter solved a myriad of production problems for Roddenberry’s planned TV series. Compared with having to build complex miniatures to show the USS Enterprise landing on a new planet each week, “beaming” actors off the set was a much simpler effect to insert each week.
“Land a ship fourteen stories tall on a planet surface every week?” Roddenberry exclaimed to writer Stephen E. Whitfield in his classic 1968 book, The Making of Star Trek. “Not only would it have blown our entire weekly budget, but just suggesting it would have probably ruined my reputation in the
