Hiding in the closet

Sometimes our skeletons hide in the closets. Sometimes they hide in treasure chests or under the bed. Sometimes they are buried deep within the confines of our minds.

Star Author Janie Lancaster has written a wonderful children's book, Emily: Out of My Mother's Darkness. It will help children face their own monsters, as Janie was forced to do in her own life. Here is the description from the back of the book.

Join Emily as she opens a forbidden cedar chest, unlocks a Chinese box and discovers dark secrets. Share in her struggle to climb out of her mother's darkness.

Emily, a work of autobiographical fiction, is a character-driven story of a young girl's desperate search for her missing father. A memoir of the author's traumatic adolescent years. A time when a whirlpool of sadness pulled and tugged at her very existence. A time when darkness threatened light, extinguished hope and demanded courage.

In addition to this book, Janie has written and published some e-books that are available in several formats. To see a You Tube promo for these, please go here. Star Publish LLC has published her book, Julie and the Lost Fairy Tale.

Our world today is full of things that cause fear in our children. Please let Janie, through her writing, help you help them through the tough times.

Escape to Paradise

As I sit looking out the window of my office in Northeast Wisconsin, I see the after effects of our 2 feet of snow that fell on us last week. It is pretty, but enough is enough! And with the horrible tornadoes that ravaged the mid-section of the nation last week, topped by 2-5” of snow to hamper salvage efforts, the thought of escape looms large on the horizon.

Star author Linda Ballou offers the perfect getaway. Yes, she would like to whisk you off to Hawaii. She has written a delightful novel, Wai-Nani: High Chiefess of Hawai’i. You will meet a fascinating woman from the history of Hawaii, learn a bit about the background of the state, but there is far more.

Linda has also created a wonderful blog where you can get to know the author, but she also has a series of Sacred Sites in Hawaii on her blog. You can not only read about it, but you can almost smell the aroma of the flowers, feel the ocean breezes, and enjoy the foods. It is like taking a virtual tour of the country, both the old and the new.

Here are some links to additional interviews and book reviews for Wai-Nani.

First book stories

The Best Travel Novels

Interview with Linda Ballou

You can purchase the paperback book here or the Kindle version here.

Enjoy. It sure beats staring at a snowbank!