Stacey Kannenberg

What is your book, writing or book idea about?

     Title is “Let’s Get Ready for Kindergarten.” We think we have the solution to “no child left behind.” One book for parents, teachers and kids that has all the information children are required to know. We are winners of the “2005 Adding Wisdom Award” from Parents-to-Parents and selected as a Top 15 Product for Parents by Orca Communications.

Tell us about your background:

     We are Cedar Valley Publishing, two moms inspired by Oprah to make a difference. Our idea is simple: one book for each grade that helps parents, kids and teachers with the core curriculum for that grade. It would be an excellent way for us to get exposure to increase our sales and to create Cedar Valley Publishing Foundation. We already donate 10% of all profits to literacy programs.
 

Patrick Hardy
 

What is your book, writing or book idea about?

     I love allegories. So my story will fit in that genre. It is about a college town that, for some reason, starts to look more and more like the college and less and less like an independent township. The themes are deep about college-town relationships and the dance that goes on there. It will be exaggerated and with some interesting twists at the end as to why the mayor has disappeared.

 Tell us about your background:

     I graduated top of my class in multiple majors. I came from hard-working people. I am a black belt, an All-American, a US Debate Champion and an award-winning political scientist and historian. I am an extrovert with introverted properties. I love to give public presentations and lectures. I love to be dramatic and keep audiences guessing with interest and curiosity. I love to travel, meet new people, mingle at book festivals and entertain people as both a verbal storyteller and written storyteller. I have been a voracious reader since a kid. My curiosity is limitless. I want to make sure my manuscripts are well constructed narratives that I can be proud to market to people. It’s all on my shoulders, and I take that seriously. Even though I love going out, I can also love the isolation and solitude of my computer.
 

Emma Bowen Meyer

What is your book, writing or book idea about?

     My book is called “Fiery Dark Secret.” It is a suspense novel about a woman who runs a shelter for battered women and is sickened by the abuse she witnesses. After her home is burned down, she decided to take the law into her own hands and go after one of the abusers.

Tell us about your background:

     After college I taught junior high math for four years until I became pregnant with my first child. I quit work to take care of him and the two that came right after him. I have been a stay-at-home mom for eight years, writing in my spare time. I already have a finished product that was released in April of 2005. I am flexible, easy-going, quick-witted and good at working with people. I can accomplish many things in a short period of time. I will be donating half of my profits from the sale of this book to a children’s home.
 

Toni Maguire
 

What is your book, writing or book idea about?

     “The Yuckiest Cat” is a children’s picture story book about a silly old buffoonish cat, a black and white Sylvester type, who is just a slob. He meets the love of his life and has to mend his ways in order to try to win her fair paw — hmmmm — can it be done? Hmmmmm?

Tell us about your background:

     I was raised in a small Midwestern town. Attended school in one-room school house, eight grades, one teacher, you do the math. I had a 30 year airline sales and marketing career. I am chairperson of Monday Morning Writers’ Group. I love my stories so much that I want to share them with the world, whether or not the world wants me to be sharing. Writing is my passion. I feel very good about writing for children and especially because my stories are conflict-free. Many a night when I was a child I wept late into the night because my mother had read a bedtime story “Bambi” to me. It’s beyond me why anyone in his or her right mind would read a bedtime story like that to a child. My stories are humorous and fun. It gives me a high to think of children laughing, giggling and sighing when their parents read them my “Yuckiest Cat.”
 

Robi Malone

 

What is your book, writing or book idea about?

      “Wings” is a children’s novel about a young boy who finds dinosaur eggs and tries to hatch them. “Buried Secrets” is a mystery/murder about a mother who is murdered. Her wayward daughter sets out to solve it.

 Tell us about your background:

     I graduated with a BA in English and creative writing (in my 40s). My goal is to get published in the areas of mystery and children’s novels. I desire to leave a positive mark in this life without hurting others. I grew up in a dysfunctional family. By doing so, I learned how not to raise my family. I broke the mold by not repeating the past. I am also hearing impaired and battle this. I am passionate about my writing. I believe that I can use issues, such as the sexual abuse in “Buried Secrets,” to speak out against injustices.