The Gilbert Literary Agency
Subsidiary of Hawkspurr Productions
Founded and Registered with New Zealand Books in Print Since 1990
WELCOME!
Dear Friends and Clients,
The latter part of 2010, seeing the end of 2011, and now entering the first quarter of this year, our Agency is continuing to experience a phenomenal influx of talented and interesting authors from all walks of life, every corner of the globe, and all manner of professions. All of whom deserve to be noted and listed. We shall endeavor to place all our clients with suitable publishers in an industry which has evolved into an enormously challenging and competitive market. However, we feel confident that all our clients shall indeed see publication with genuine and traditional publishing firms over the ensuing months.
Undoubtedly, the literary industry in general is continually experiencing a kind of predictable evolutionary process as to how books are being published in the immediate and the future of tomorrow. There are more writers and aspiring innovative authors than ever before since the advent of and constantly developing technological advances of the Internet capable sciences. New standards are being set and which need to be met by our simply embracing and adapting to new ways as to how the literary and other industries operate and function. We are now able to manage our personal and corporate communications with optimum speed, applications and functionality as our fingertips. We are able to execute our marketing and promotions campaigns on many levels to meet consumer demand, and deliver our various industry related projects to the world with the most proficient effectiveness and intelligent strategies.
The following novels we've have had the pleasure to review and assess are proving to be of a remarkably high standard and quality. Above all they shine and project a multitude of imaginations and variation of thought; and each contains the very essence of what makes up the composite uniqueness and highly individual talents of their respective creators. Over the upcoming weeks and months we shall be adding more titles to the listings below, and time permitting every project will be accompanied by a condensed synopsis. We would like to make their presence visible, and available to some of our most suitable publishing firms in the hope that every project created by our authors, will be assessed and reviewed on their own merits. All authors and publishing firms listed on this page are contracted to the Gilbert Literary Agency.
OUR BUSINESS IS CONCERNED WITH MARKETING AND PROMOTIONS of quality literary works. We hope to be able to serve our aspiring authors well by helping them in becoming published authors, and may they all with their special talents, infuse some 'new blood' into the global publishing industry. “Just remember...It takes longer to write a book than it takes for it to be read." We believe there is always room for more writers with colorful and unique writing styles and techniques, who will be able to offer a wider choice of compelling and innovative ideas and stories to enamour and fascinate our global readership.
OUR AVAILABLE SERVICES are available to all who may care to make use of them, and who would like to be able to enjoy the benefits of our expertise. We charge no fees upfront for any of our comprehensive editorial services during representation, or whilst we do our very best for you to sell your work to suitable publishers. We specialize in different fields and all genres in both Fiction and Non-Fiction categories. We assess all works of fiction including Children’s, Young Adult, Fantasy, Romance, and Crime, Literary Fiction, General Fiction, Women’s Popular Fiction, Gay and Lesbian, Sci-Fi Fantasy/Horror, Sci-Fi Adult/Fantasy/Thriller, and non-fiction in areas of Autobiography, Life Story, Biographical, bibliographical, Short Story Collections, Scientific, political, religious, spiritual, supernatural, spiritual genres, and culinary, photographic and artistic works, and many more. We offer proofreading and line editing services, in-depth manuscript assessments covering areas such as characterization, plot, settings, dialogue and style. This objective analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of manuscripts will hopefully be able to assist in improving work. We provide authors with constructive comment on the strengths and weaknesses of their work. In particular we offer novelists our professional screenplay adaptation services (Our specialty) where these may be sought after. Although we are a New Zealand based company, and have a representative agent residing in Australasia, we welcome all submissions from all quarters, however our main focus being on international publishers and global distribution.
NOTE: Emailed manuscript submissions are preferred, but we also accept CD form (as well as hard copy under special circumstances only) but not as a rule. The bulk of our clientele is comprised of international authors from the U.S.A., Canada, United Kingdom, Europe, Brazil, Western European countries, Asia, Australia and New Zealand in that order. When you submit your work to us please ensure that your personal contact details are included (i.e. forwarding address, your date of birth, home and Cell phone number.
OUR MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSIONS REQUIREMENTS When you submit your manuscript to us, ensure you include a neat Title Page as part of your manuscript (it is surprising that some still overlook that bit), double spaced for an average sized novel, and anything larger than 450 pages in 1.5 spacing. Text preferably in Times New Roman font 12-point, justified setting, and please no underscoring of any sort. All manuscripts submitted must be accompanied by:- 1. A one-page in length Synopsis on a separate document (and must not be part of the main manuscript), listing Book Title and Author's name, Genre, Word Count, Number of Pages, Line Spacing used, Font/12 Times New Roman, Target Market. 2. A Chapter Summary breakdown (around 2 modest paragraphs per chapter describing the highlights of each chapter). 3. A spare copy of the Table of Contents on a separate document - showing the Title of your book at the top of the page and the author's name. 4. Author Biography would also be helpful. Then please email us your work in a zipped folder.
OUR TARGETS
On the main we target the services of offshore Publishers for our clients, availing us to more varied services and enabling a far wider reach of readership. Some of our promising, yet unpublished aspiring authors will be able to infuse their own unique stamp on the industry, by offering a wealth of diverse talents in order to satisfy a multiple of genres that are being sought by an ever-growing and more discerning readership audience around the globe. We are pleased to be in a position to offer opportunities to writers and previously published authors as well, who have not been able to find satisfaction elsewhere. We are pleased to announce that we shall be reviewing numerous exciting new works over the coming months of 2012, created and written by our many talented authors. Below find some of our Authors and our contracted Publishers.
Soon to be released again as Reprints
The Book titles "WHITE FELLA DREAMING", "DESERT OF THE MIND" AND "SIGH OF THE WIND" were initially created as a trilogy with a fourth edition to follow entitled "FIRE OF THE SUN" also completed
GENRE: Fantasy/Supernatural/ Thriller Fiction
STATUS: Under Evaluation for Reprints by Popular Demand
PREVIOUS PUBLISHER: Better Karma Publishing - Washington D.C.
FORMATS: Paperback ; digital formats
SYNOPSIS:The novel 'DESERT OF THE MIND,' and its prequel ‘WHITEFELLA DREAMING,' will reveal how Rob Swift copes with, and utilizes his new found ‘gift to the benefit of all he comes in contact with. This exciting and supernatural trilogy touches on the power of the well-known socalled 'Aboriginal Dream Time phenomenon,' a fundamental core part of the 'Australian Indigenous People's spiritual belief system and culture. This work is able to profoundly touch the minds and hearts of even the most skeptical of unbelievers. The story plot of 'DESERT OF THE MIND' follows the main protagonist, Rob Swift as he leaves Alice Springs, to attend a one-week training course in Melbourne, Victoria, as part of his job. His friend, the Aboriginal sorcerer, informs Rob Swift whilst traveling on the plane en route to his destination, that his help is required to come to somebody's aid who has met with some sort of troublesome situation.
Rob arrives in Melbourne and has a vision of a woman forcibly taken by unknown assailants in the center of the city. Her identity remains unknown to him. This incident becomes a reality to Rob Swift when it becomes a news bulletin, he sees on the nightly news. He has a further vision in which he knows a clue to the identity of one of the kidnappers.
He approaches the police, but when he tells them just how he came across this evidence, they are reluctant to believe him and initially dismiss his allegations. However, information that he provides them with later on in relation to the murder-suicide of an unrelated case finally convinces the two detectives who are working on the present case, that he may be able to assist them with their investigation after all.
Through use of his visions and with some assistance from the Sorcerer, Rob Swift finally discovers that the abducted woman is a famous Aboriginal artist who has been taken by unscrupulous art-dealers and held captive to paint pictures for them. Pictures of high monetary value, and which prove to be worth many thousands of dollars. Their plan is to kill her and therefore increase the value of her paintings, that is, until Rob develops a plan to rescue her.
Throughout the process of assisting the police, Rob assists in the solving of various other serious cases, and his week in Melbourne turns out to be far more exciting than he could ever have imagined.
The Titles 'WHITEFELLA DREAMING', 'DESERT OF THE MIND' and 'SIGH OF THE WIND' made for a spell-binding compelling Trilogy which eventually became a 4-Part Series, when the last book was added entitled "FIRE OF THE SUN". These books will provide the reader plenty of excitement, compelling reading and will make for a real supernatural treat for those that nurture a penchant for that kind of genre. The stories are guaranteed not too disappoint. The author, R.B. Clague is a talented and prolific writer, whose writing style and descriptive narrative is concise and and fast-moving.
What was to be the first book of the series and later became the prequel entitled 'WHITEFELLA DREAMING' as part of this Trilogy was published in July by Better Karma Publishing in 2010. This publication was to followed by the third sequel 'SIGH OF THE WIND' . However the full copyright of these works have been reclaimed by the author and the novels are under evaluation by a new publishing house. R.B. Clague has recently completed another tale entitled 'THE PIRATES OF PRECARIOUS ISLAND' Books I and II, with more sequels planned and it seems to us that the author is one man 'who never seems to sleep' and works 24/7/365.
PUBLICATIONS IN 2011
Book Title: 'TWENTY TWISTED TALES
Author: R.B. Clague
GENRE: Horror/Psychological Thriller/Fantasy
FORMATS: Paperback; digital formats
PUBLISHER: Vamptasy Publishing - U.K. & Aberdeen, Scotland.
SYNOPSIS: Yet another one of R. B. Clague's finest and soon to be published delectable collection of bizarre and scary but clever short stories. Not to be read by yourself home alone at night, whilst the howling wind, thunder and lightning, and lashings of rain battering against your bedroom window are casting ominous shadows on your wall. A fine collection of psychological thrillers to set you shaking in your boots; these tales are not for the fainthearted.
AUTHOR BIO: Rob Clague was born and raised in Melbourne, Victoria, and is the eldest of five siblings. He attended Heidelberg Technical School and left school to take up a position as an actor with a Theatre-in-Education group for three years.
Following this, he undertook employment for 10 years as a Medical Orderly in the Emergency Department of Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital, whilst studying social sciences at Monash University.
Rob’s employment in a variety of fields throughout his career has included Child Protection, Forensic psychiatry, Juvenile Justice, Community Outreach and Youth Residential work with several non-Government Agencies.
Rob has spent the last seven years, employed in various states and Territories around Australia as a Probation and Parole Officer, including three years in Central Australia, where he worked with tribal Aboriginal people on remote desert communities. Rob currently resides in Grafton New South Wales, and he writes now full-time.
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AUTHOR: R.B. CLAGUE
Book Title: "Daisy"
Released for publication by Karabeth Publishing available at Amazon in paper back
GENRE: Young adult/Adult/fantasy/Satire
PUBLISHER: Karabeth U.K. Aberdeen, Scotland.
FORMATS: Paperback; digital formats
SYNOPSIS: Who would ever believe that three cows, absconding from a farm in a country town somewhere in New South Wales Australia, could bring a father and son closer together, reunite two long-lost lovers, form a lasting friendship between completely different animal species, receive aid from a mysterious Swami, and have a song dedicated to them, by an internationally famous country music singer?
Who would ever believe that those same three bovines could become enlightened, aware that humans actually consume cows and in the end, capture the attention of the national media and the hearts of an entire nation, as they attempt to escape to India, where cows are sacred and not included on the human menu?
This and much more besides, is the occasionally hilarious, uplifting and thought provoking story of Daisy, her friends, Bunyip and Tulip; whilst on their amazing quest to step outside of their limitations to become wiser, and much more than others expect them to be. This story filled with metaphorical content can be categorized in the genre suitable for young adults as well as adults. This charming and educational story offers an unorthodox and very revealing insight into how we as humans and our wily ways are evaluated, scrutinized and sized up by the intuitive minds of the animal creatures' perspective. I have always said to R. B. Clague after first reading his 'Daisy' novel that this book had the makings of what all enduring 'classics' are made of.
This work is currently under review by our Contacts in Los Angeles for a 'live movie production feature length movie...and all the more reason why I should perhaps ask our client/author R. B. Clague if he would consider writing a sequel to "Daisy" about her newfound exotic lifestyle in India???
Below an additional pre-release review of Daisy, by the well-respected G.N. Braun, President of the Horror writers association Melbourne, who can indeed put it much better than I - in all of its worthy 5 star rating:-
Read in March, 2012
An absolutely brilliant book.
I had the honour and the pleasure of reading this before publication, and loved every page, every sentence and every new concept the author comes up with. R.B. Clague pushes the boundaries even for animal metaphors. In Daisy, the cows who feature as the main characters—especially Daisy herself—manage to achieve a higher level of self-awareness than any cows have in the history of the world, at least as far as humans know. They love, they laugh, they share adventures with other friends they meet along the way, and most of all they lift us up with their simple yet at the same time heartfelt and complex views of the world.
R.B. Clague allows Daisy and her friends to light up our imagination, to truly believe that the world is a beautiful and wondrous place, despite all the sorrow it contains. We follow the title character’s adventures with hope in our heart, and we are never let down by the storyline.
The archetypes and the story-arc presented herein are classic, yet fresh and entertaining. We find all the old favourites here; the hero, the wise mentor, the journey to enlightenment, and the shadow. We find a love story, a coming-of-age, a tale of responsibilities lived up to, a tale of friendship and sweet parting, the joy of reunion and the despair of failure.
And you, lucky reader; by the time you finish Daisy, you will know the joy and exuberance of a life well-lived, of friendship, bravery and loyalty, of imagination and what lies beyond the ordinary. You will experience loss, love and anger, and, finally, the joy of a story well-shared.
I thoroughly enjoyed travelling with Daisy and her friends, and I know you will too.
For you, though, the story has just begun.
Enjoy.
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/299218801
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Author:John Caulfied
Book Title: 'IN ALL MY SAD DREAMING'
GENRE: Adult Fiction/Murder/Mystery
PUBLISHER: Better Karma Publishing Washington D.C. in 2009
FORMATS: Paperback; digital formats
AUTHOR BIO: South African Author John Caulfield, former professional Attorney at Law, now residing in Britain where he pursues an active writing career, has yet completed another fine Mystery Suspense Thriller entitled
'The Atom Heart Murders' which is currently under evaluation for publication by "Karabeth Publishing".
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Author: Dr John Tomaino
Book Title: 'THE WHITE ROOM'
Released on August 1st 2011 and sought after by popular demand
GENRE: Suspense/Medical Psychological Thriller
FORMATS: Paperback; digital formats
PUBLISHER: Vamptasy Publishing - U.K. , & Aberdeen, Scotland.
AUTHOR BIO: Dr. John Tomaino, a Criminologist by Profession, lives in Melbourne,Australia, and spent much of his criminal justice career in South Australia. Per capita, the sleepy “City of Corpses” is home to more serial killers than anywhere else in Australia. John Tomaino received his PhD in Criminology while still in his 20’s and has published three Criminology textbooks used throughout Australian universities.
In his spare time, John writes original pop/rock music and has placed his songs with Sir Paul McCartney’s MPL Publishing catalogue in New York. After winning The Advertiser Short Fiction Competition, John turned his mind to writing his first novel: The White Room. Challenging the reader to redefine the shifting boundaries of their normality, it is a dark thriller about the effects of labels on people; the influence of those in authority; and the state of neglected psychiatric institutions and people.
The author's other achievements:
• Published 2 fiction shorts stories: one in the US and one in Australia.
• Published 3 Criminal Justice textbooks as well as numerous journal articles in internationally referred academic journals.
• Provides regular articles on crime issues for the Australian Women’s Weekly (circulation approx 1 Million).
• Is a media commentator on crime issues, including both electronic (nightly News) and print media.
Other upcoming novels to be published are:
"THE UNDERSTUDY" an Adult Fiction Theatrical Psychological Thriller due for publication by Karabeth Publishing.
"ST. MENACE" The Patron Saint of Terror proving another spellbinding, nail-biting diabolic historical fiction work is now under evaluation. John's work is being well sought after already especially in the UK, as well as the global village of cyberspace.
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Author: Ray Owen
Book Title: 'THE HOLE'
GENRE: Fantasy/Supernatural/ Thriller Fiction
PUBLISHER: Better Karma Publishing - Washington D.C.
FORMATS: Paperback ; digital formats
SYNOPSIS: We have all heard stories of people who were touched by an angel. What if the tables were reversed? The Hole is a dingy little stepchild factory of a large corporation. It is where all the scrap materials, broken down machinery and misfit employees are sent. Steve Clark is an engineer that is sent there after barely recovering from a brain injury inflicted in an industrial accident. Come ride along on Steve’s shoulder as he utilizes a newly acquired supernatural gift with his misfit coworkers. His sanity, his career and the love of his life are on the line. Holes aren’t always what they seem. Sometimes they lay in the threshold of a whole new life. The sequel to "THE HOLE" entitled "TEMPERED THRONE", is proving another delectable tale to capture your imagination is scheduled for publication in 2011 by Better Karma Publishing.
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AUTHOR : DAVID MURRAY COSGROVE
Book Title: "DIGBY, Challenging Borgen Black"
GENRE: Young Adult Fantasy Adventure Thriller
STATUS: Book currently available for evaluation
SYNOPSIS: The novel entitled "DIGBY, Challenging Borgen Black" is a story of a young boy (13- years-old) who discovers and mixes with persons from the Twilight World (Elves/Fairies). The adventure also draws some action sequences from the Spirit World.
The town of Yandle is going through troubled times. Significant distrust is brewing between neighbours. This situation is largely the result of the near proximity of the Evil Spirit Borgen the Black and his followers who are targeting the people of Yandle and those nearby Twilight Elves. The Village Minister Rev. Milton Black is a very strong, slightly mad, character. Late in the story unfolds and we learn he is actually Borgen’s “plant” among the humans of Yandle and districts....
STATUS: Under assessment: A typical tale fit for movie material...with a sequel nearing completion as I speak.
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AUTHOR: Peter Bernfeld
Book Title "ELIEZER'S JOURNEY"
GENRE: Adult Fiction Sci-Fi/Suspense/Covert/Thriller/Time Travel
STATUS: Under Evaluation for publication
SYNOPSIS:
1943 in the Philippines a US Navy PT boat is caught in a severe, localised storm. The storm clears and the boat is not there, nor is there any sign of wreckage. Other Navy vessels that commence a fruitless search witness the event. Ten hours later another storm occurs and the PT boat re-appears. To the crew the elapsed time has been fifteen minutes and they have been in the storm the whole time.
Having watched a movie involving the USS Enterprise going back in time to just before Pearl Harbour, an American mathematician of Indian (subcontinent) extraction, youngest head of department at Caltech, for his own amusement models what he calls a ‘Time Storm’ and privately circulates the paper.
The paper comes to the notice of the NSA, who have obvious concerns about the 1943 incident and other possible incidents of the same type (NOT flight 19 out of Florida or the so called Philadelphia Experiment ~ both are mentioned but dismissed).
A constellation of geosynchronous satellites is commissioned and launched primarily to monitor for other possible ‘Time Storms’ but the true purpose is hidden from Senate oversight committees, who believed and continue to be told the constellation is a sophisticated spy satellite system.
The above is gradually revealed during the course of the book.
Another Time Storm occurs off the British coast of Cornwall
A boat is transported through time, during the course of which it is wrecked. It proves eventually to be of Phoenician origin
Crew dead but Captain/owner alive, who turns out to be an Israelite. A nurse hears him murmuring the name of his wife, ‘Miriam’ and it is supposed he may be speaking Hebrew. A local Rabbi is called in to translate.
Medical investigations and examination of the wreckage disclose that the boat/bodies and survivor are from the time of David and Solomon.
Survivor, Eliezer, is moved to a secure facility. Rabbi Saul Wacks learns that he is a member of the tribe of Naphtali, one of the ‘Lost tribes’ of Israel.
Event is kept secret. Concerns about the implication of time travel. Is this an accident or is there a purpose behind Eliezer’s appearance? Who might be behind all this and for what reason? Could people be suddenly transported away with no warning?
Mossad (Israeli Intelligence) become involved following the Americans sharing information with them and information from their own intelligence sources. It transpires that Rabbi Wacks has had some fringe involvement with Mossad in the past.
Could Eliezer become a figurehead for right wing and religious factions in Israel wanting to establish a ‘Greater Israel’? Could he be portrayed as a messianic figure, part of a divine plan?
There is an aborted leak by the British Government, which changes its mind after an investigative journalist (John Dickerson) has gotten involved. What to do about him?
A background of current events in Israel, namely a government-sponsored DNA survey of Pathans, are they members of one of the lost tribes of Israel (this is a genuine survey, being undertaken at the time of writing). There are factions which actively espouse a ‘Greater Israel’ concept and who wish to expel the Palestinians from Israel.
Eliezer moved to a secure facility in Israel.
Explanation of internal Israeli politics vis a vis a ‘Greater Israel’.
Politics of Eliezer’s time: he was involved in a plot to establish a fleet for Solomon. Historical fact, Solomon shared a fleet with Hiram of Tyre (Phoenician ruler mentioned in the Old Testament). Connections between the Phoenicians and Israelites?
During conversations, Eliezer discloses that he possesses a set of maps of the world, ancient even in his time, obtained from an Egyptian priest. Maps show the world, as it is, not as generally perceived at the time of Solomon. Mention of Eliezer’s previous trading voyages to the Far East, America and as far south as Antarctica. These will be explored in book two. Explanation of the Piri Re’is world map found in the Library of Congress and the background to the theory of an advanced sea faring nation in antiquity (NOT Atlantis, UFO’s or Lemuria, although these are mentioned as is rumoured Nazi development of a ‘flying disc’ during the Second World War).
Does Eliezer ever return to his own time? Would he leave a message for himself, to find in the future (the present day), if he did? Under hypnotic progression it is discovered that Eliezer does leave a message for himself in the ruins of Solomon’s temple, which is buried under the Muslim shrine of the Dome of the Rock.
The existence of an unblocked tunnel from the Mount of Olives to the Temple Site is revealed during the course of a conversation involving a radical right wing Israeli rabbi, Mendel Friedman and an Israeli politician. Friedman plans to cause damage to the Muslim Shrine in order to provoke a war that he plans will result in Israel occupying a major portion of Syria and ethnically cleansing the Palestinians out of Israel and into Jordan. How will Mossad and Shin Bet prevent this war from happening?
A discussion of time travel. Einstein’s general theory of Relativity and his concept of ‘World Lines’. Every person has a World Line that cannot be broken; it can ‘loop’ through time but cannot come to an end. The implication is that Eliezer will be returned to his own time to preserve his World Line. A plan is evolved to send a person back through time with him, on the assumption that that person will be returned back because of World Lines.
Eliezer and Mossad agent Danny Ben Asher retrieve the message from the tunnel. Eliezer does not tell Ben Asher what is in the message, but leaves a ring that was in the message container, with Ben Asher’s girlfriend who also works for Mossad.
A time storm forms off the port of Ashdod. Eliezer, Rabbi Wacks and Danny Ben Asher are taken out to sea by the Israeli Navy, along with all the remains of the Phoenician ship (Human and inanimate objects). Eliezer and remains are consigned to the storm and are transported back. A person is seen in the water near the Phoenician ship. Eliezer dives in to rescue the person. He is from the future, Ben Asher, Wacks or Somebody else? Book two will reveal the answer, although this book is a complete story in its own right, albeit with a ‘cliff-hanger’ ending.
All major characters are introduced then a brief biographical sketch is given.
AUTHOR BIO: In 1975 obtained Commercial pilots licence. Due to downturn in the airline industry in the UK coupled with a severe shortage of helicopter pilots to work on the rapidly expanding North Sea oil exploration program I obtained a commercial Helicopter Pilots’ licence funded by the UK Government and BEA Helicopters. I lived and worked in the Shetland Islands for eighteen months before changing companies. I was then based on an oil rig, working two weeks on, two weeks off, flying a ‘bus service’ taking the workers from the accommodation rigs to the production platforms. In 1979 I was posted to the Far East, working in East Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo) flying seismic survey teams and also aerial crane work.
At some point in all this I got married and following the end of my tour in the Far East was sent to Nigeria, with my then wife and daughter. After four years of this I resigned and with my wife brought a pub in my hometown of Winchester. A severe economic downturn in the early 1990’s saw the closing (voluntary) of the pub and a divorce. I returned to flying. I obtained a job in Guernsey, one of the British Channel Islands, and brought a boat to live on. I took an eighteen-month sabbatical and sailed to the Caribbean, where unfortunately work proved almost impossible to come by.
I returned to flying helicopters in Nigeria for a year, and then obtained an airline job in the UK. Somewhere along the line I had a brainstorm and studied for an MSc in Aviation Management; this led to a very junior management position, in the airline safety department. I went by the very grand title of Air Safety Investigator (Operations).
Another economic downturn; I decided on a complete career change and studied to become a hypnotherapist, at the London College of Clinical Hypnosis. On graduating I established a practice in my local area, but after a couple of years got ‘itchy feet’ and decided that I had a need to sail my own boat around the World. I closed the practice, worked for about eighteen months in Guernsey (in the process becoming Flight Safety Officer) back with the same airline, living on a boat (a new one) in the local marina. Then I took early retirement and am currently sailing in the South Pacific.
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AUTHOR: William Hinson
Book Title: 'DISCOVERING ANCIENT GIANTS'
GENRE: New Age/Non-Fiction/Archeological/ Paleontological Account
STATUS: Under Evaluation for publication
AUTHOR BIO: An interesting non-fiction edition researched and compiled by our client William Hinson, "DISCOVERING ANCIENT GIANTS" is also under evaluation for publication. A well-researched rendition, the book is illustrated and well executed and is a 'must read'. Our University-based English Literature Reading Group found the information very educational and intriguing to say the least. We feel this work is suitable for a mature general audience, and college students."
William Ashley Hinson was born in Plymouth, North Carolina and grew up in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia and the Piedmont area of North Carolina. He has lived in the Murrells Inlet area of South Carolina since 2004 with his wife and three children. He has only recently moved to Charleston, South Carolina where he is supporting his oldest son as he attends the College of Charleston. William received my Bachelor’s Degree from High Point University, and has taught history in the public schools for ten years. He has published numerous family history books over the years.
"DISCOVERING ANCIENT GIANTS" is a closer examination of the evidence for the existence of ancient giants in our remote past. The author has put together ten years of research in the subject of ancient giants in one really exciting book. Hard evidence of ancient human giants has never supported this theory. Now, the amount of evidence is pointing to the realization that human giants did in an earlier time exist. This book is a non- fictional approach to this taboo subject. This book is a great source of knowledge of evidence supporting the existence of human giants in our past history.
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Author: Amy Johnson
Book Title: 'MEG'S MOMENT'
GENRE: Adult Fiction/Contemporary Romance (and hillariously funny)!
STATUS: Out now in eBooks & Paper back at Site and Amazon.com
PUBLISHER: World Castle Publishing
FORMATS: Paperback; Digital formats
Megan Malone is a bored housewife determined to put passion back into her marriage. When she discovers that her husband, Ted, is a lying cheating scumbag, she decides to dump him and have a wild night with one of the hotties from her high school days. She enlists the help of her eclectic group of friends and a down in the dumps Private Investigator, Jack Weston, who coincidentally is investigating her husband and his girlfriend. She hires Jack to locate these hotties so she can put some passion back into her boring monotonous life. But Jack has other plans. Megan snubbed him back in high school and he wants revenge. Megan finds herself in a hot mess of passion, love and murder. Now its left up to Jack to try to prove her innocent. Has Megan finally gotten herself into a mess she can't get out of?
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AUTHOR : Scott Fields
Book Title: "SUMMER HEAT"
This 'sizzler' To be released by Outer Banks Publishing 2012 ...
Released May,1st 2012 and Available From Amazon in paper back
GENRE: Adult Fiction/Romance/Suspense Drama
PUBLISHER: Outer Banks Publishing, Outer Banks, USA.,
FORMATS: Paperback; Digital formats
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Other Works by our Author are: "Just Believe", "The Mansfield Murders", "Summer Harvest" and its sequel, "Warm Winds of Autumn", "Last Days of Summer", "All Those Years Ago", "Through These Eyes", "The Last Letter", and a collection of Short Stories and adapted Screenplays, and several other works the author is currently working on. Watch this space! "SUMMER HEAT' is currently under evalation for film rights to the movie version.
Learn more about our author here: http://www.scottcfields.com/
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Author: Jaden Prinsen Kelley
Book Title: "CODENAME VIPER"
Soon to be released in 2012...
Other books by the Author for publication:
BOOK TITLE: "DREAM TEAM"
PUBLISHER: Briona Glen Publishing
FORMATS: Paperback; digital formats
GENRE: Adult Fiction/Gay/Lesbian/Psychological Web of Love, Romance and Deceit - to be published in due course by Briona Glen Publishing. Jaden is another of our young upcoming talents . Her contract with Briona Glen Publishing is exclusive.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Our very talented new author Jaden kelly has the potential to become an author boasting a strong fan-following. Jaden knows how to apply her craft in a well structured, intelligent and spell-binding and not least titillating fashion. We will be hearing more about this author over the coming months...
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Author: Ron Hepner
Book Title: "THE BRAVE ONES"
GENRE: Covert Intrigue/Suspense Thriller
STATUS: This exciting and compelling work which could be labeled 'a real man's book', also provides equally good reading for our female audiences, and covers a very relevant topic dealing with terrorism and covert intelligence activity, so disturbingly prevalent today. This novel is currently under evaluation and is being considered by a US Intellectual Property Group firm for a possible Feature/TV serial. Ron has completed its prequel entitled "Protect, Then Defend”, which is shortly to be followed by a third edition to this thrilling series. Watch this space!
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Author: Michael Tewell
"THE STORY IN THE SKY - "The Twelve Eclipses of Jesus
and
"THE 2012 ECLIPSE:A WARNING FOR AMERICA AND THE WORLD"
GENRE: Astrological/Astronomical/Astro Physical/Historical
SYNOPSIS: A most compelling and revealing Thesis on the History of Jesus Christ from an unbiased perspective has been created and was much derived derived from in-depth research by the Author, who himself had an amazing experience at a very young age of what could only be described as a profound and miraculous personal revelation.
STATUS: Currently under evaluation for possible publication by HayHouse.co.uk
- One of the most scientifically well researched topics encompassing branches of Astronomy, Zoroastrian Astrology, Theological, Biblical and Prophetic as well as Scientific elements all rolled up into one comprehensive Thesis which is certain to capture all discerning reading buffs of this genre of literature. This fine work was approached from an unbiased and more scientific approach rather than from a Christian religious perspective which makes for an even more authentic and fascinating reading to suit all tastes . For over two thousand years humanity has worshiped, questioned, debated, fought over and died, in the name of Jesus of Nazareth. Christian and non-Christians alike have to this day an almost inherent obsession regarding his birth, life and death.
- Despite two millennia of study, there remain many unanswered questions. Was Jesus’ birth an Immaculate Conception? Was his mother, Mary a virgin? Was his death fated or subject to Jesus’ free will? Did Jesus rise from the dead and ascend into heaven as written in the Bible?
- Devout Christians accept these Biblical teachings as unchallengeable “Mysteries”, which must be accepted on faith alone. Billions of people the world over wish they could go back in time to find out who Jesus really was--and why? After two thousand years, the question remains: Does the Bible accurately tell the story of Jesus, or is has his life been hidden from view by religious dogma and political expedition.
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Co-Authored By Donna Giancola and Undine Pawlowski
"HER UNDERGROUND"
GENRE: Feminist Adult Fiction/Mystery/Adventure
PUBLISHER: Solstice Publishing
FORMATS: Paperback; Digital formats
AUTHOR BIO: ‘Her Underground’ was a joint venture created by Dr Donna Giancola - Associate Professor of Philosophy and Director of Religious Studies at suffolk University in Boston, and Undine Pawtrowski - Lawyer/Civic Leader& Public Speaker and Freelance Artist. She has extensive experience in public speaking, advocacy and environmental protection policies in St. Augustine, FL where she serves on this city’s Planning and Zoning Board.
The book came about as the result of each author’s possessive life work, expertise and passions. Dr. Donna M. Giancola is a tenured Associate Professor of Philosophy and Director of Religious Studies at Suffolk University in Boston. She has published a book on World Ethics with Wadsworth Publishing (2003), as well as numerous articles in academic journals. She lectures internationally on issues pertaining to ancient goddess traditions, feminist philosophy and ancient philosophy.
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The Hawkspurr Action Adventure Series
Author "Trooper"
GENRE: Covert Action/Military Adventure
PUBLISHED: 1990, 1991,1992,1993
FORMATS: Paperback; Digital formats
These exciting titles in the series listed below are currently under consideration by a Los Angeles Film Group for a possible TV Adventure Serial plus two Feature Movies. The novels are also available in bookstores in 'paperback' and may be purchased from Amazon.com; Barnes & Noble; Smashwords.com; and Kindle versions plus 6 other various e-book formats. These exciting fast moving works continue to sell well by popular demand.
'KOREAN RAIDER' By Trooper
'THE GOLDEN KRIS' By Trooper
'ASSIGNMENT CYPRUS' By Trooper
'BLOOD ON THE PANGA' By Trooper
'NURSE IN CONFLICT' By Trooper
'WAKE OF THE RAINBOW WARRIOR' By Trooper
Under Evaluation for 2012 listed below
MORE FINE AUTHORS AND THEIR BOOK TITLES
'THE ALATYA SERIES' By Dennis Flockton
GENRE: Sci-Fi Adult Fantasy/Thriller Fiction
'DAWN OF THE NEW TEMPLARS' By Gerhard Plenert
'THE GOAT OF GOD' By Eugene Elander
GENRE: General/Historical/Theological/
'CONFESSIONS OF A MORTGAGE BROKER' by CORNELIUS
GENRE:The Information revealed in the books contents was based on factual data
'ERAS STORY' by Joel Belgard
GENRE: Young Adult/Adult Fantasy Novel (More projects planned by this Author)
ALL IS WELL' By Heidi Angell
GENRE: Adult Fiction Myster Crime Thriller
'WORMHOLE PROPHESIES' By Wallace Berger
GENRE: Covert Intelligence/Political Intrigue/Sci-fi /Environmental /MysteryThriller
'THE ENFIELD CONSPIRACY' By Ken Brewer
GENRE: Historical/Military Fiction
'REVELATION - Our Future in the Past' by Christina Matson
GENRE: Prophetic/Theological Thesis
'THE AMERICAN COVENANT' By Dr. Steven Porter
GENRE: Non-Fiction Philosophical/Political/Social Thesis
AUTHOR BIO:
Steven Porter was born in New York City in 1943 and throughout his life has continued to develop four streams of activity: education, political involvement, writing, and music. He earned BS, MA, PhD, and PD degrees in fine arts and educational administration at leading university centers in the New York metropolitan area and enjoyed a career in teaching and educational administration which lasted from 1967 to 2002.
Dr. Porter began his involvement in politics in the 1960s working for reform Democratic candidates in New York City. His early campaign experiences were for New York City Council manic races in the borough of Queens. Later, as a Graduate Fellow at Queens College of the City University of New York, he worked for New York Senator Robert Kennedy’s 1968 presidential campaign. His assignment was to organize the Queens College campus for Senator Kennedy in preparation for the 1968 New York primary. The Senator was assassinated before the primary was held. Between 1975 and 1980, Dr. Porter wrote a weekly column for the North port Journal on Long Island which commented upon the events of the day particularly as they affected America’s political, economic, and educational climate. When he moved to Binghamton to start the Rod Serling School of Fine Arts, Dr. Porter was asked to help Dr. Kathleen Gaffney, the Broome County Commissioner of Public Health, in her 1988 campaign for the New York State Senate.
In 1990, the Democratic Party asked Dr. Porter to run for that office. The district (NY SD-51) is a conservative Republican one, and the Democrats needed a voice which articulated the principles of the party, especially those involving more egalitarian economic action and laws which reversed the mistreatment of women. When he moved to Pennsylvania, the Democrats again approached him to run for the United States Congress which he did in both 2004 and 2006. His various campaigns brought him into close contact with many of the top
Dr. Porter’s teaching career began in 1967 when he was appointed to the faculty of the Mannes College which is the Music Conservatory of the New University for Social Research in New York City. There he taught both Music Theory and The Philosophy of Education. Following the awarding of his PhD from the City University of New York Graduate Center and his PD degree from the C.W. Post Center of Long Island University, Dr. Porter began to do ability grouping research through grants from the New York State Senate and the Carnegie Foundation. His work in this area led to a proposal from the Binghamton City School District in 1984 to found a school of fine arts which was subsequently named for writer Rod Serling who had grown up in Binghamton. Dr. Porter managed the Rod Serling School for eighteen years until his appointment to Mercyhurst College in Erie, PA as the head of the division of Musical Theatre. He retired from active teaching in 2002 after a 35-year career. His work in fine arts education and educational administration garnered both national and international attention. Occasionally, he still appears as a guest lecturer, most recently at the Pedagogical College of Borovichi in Russia. In the late 1980s, Dr. Porter accompanied Binghamton Mayor Juanita Crabb to Russia with members of his touring choir and jazz combo as part of a diplomatic exchange of the Sister Cities Program. The trip was filmed by CBS-TV Binghamton affiliate WBNG, and the resultant documentary won the New York State Broadcaster’s Award for the Best Documentary of 1989. It was this exposure which led the Democrats of the area to ask him to run for the state senate.
Dr. Porter began writing and composing in 1970 and since then has published over 150 works for the concert and theatrical stage as well as twenty books ranging in topics from education to theatre and from fiction to political science and philosophy. His choral works continue to be performed many times each year around the world. Among his books are WISDOM’S PASSING: the decline of American public education, a comprehensive review of the faltering U.S. schools systems, PRESERVING AMERICA: ten things we must change to survive; and AMERICA’S DYING DEMOCRACY, a political treatise on the current corruption of the U.S. political system.
Today, Dr. Porter continues to be active in local politics and continues to write and compose. He is married to Rita, his wife of 36 years, and together they have devoted much of their marriage to the rescue and rehabilitation of abused and abandoned dogs.
'THE MONTGOMERY BUS PROTEST 1955 - 1956
Author: Pastor Wally G. Vaughn Sr.
GENRE: Non-Fiction/General/Social/Political
STATUS: Currently Under Evaluation
AUTHOR BIO: Wally G. Vaughn graduated from Virginia Union University; the School of Theology at Virginia Union, both in Richmond; Princeton Theological Seminary, New Jersey, and United Theological Seminary, Dayton, Ohio. The author has spent nearly twenty years traveling across the South interviewing people who were at the heart of activity in the 1950s and 1960s, and a composite of their stories from various communities present a picture different that what is recorded in history books. He has written oral history and has from the era of The Movement, the late 1940s to 1968 several published works.
Reflections On Our Pastor, Martin Luther King, Jr. 1954 - 1960, is a book of reflections from members of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in their 70s, 80s, and 90s, but who were young adults in the church during the King era. The Selma Campaign 1963 - 1965 is a collection of accounts from people in Selma who tell how the work there started twenty years earlier, and bring readers to the culminating period 1963 - 1965.
THE PROJECT:
For over fifty years it has been asserted that the Montgomery bus protest resulted from spontaneous reaction. Primary sources (letters, journals, speeches, and interviews from December 1955 - December 1956) reveal that the Montgomery bus protest was 'under' girded by strategic planning. A female master mind in the person of Jo Ann Robinson strategized the entire affair, including the recruitment of Rosa Parks as a participant.
Rosa Parks was arrested on Thursday, December 1, 1955 in the late evening. On Friday morning, December 2, 1955 fifty thousand pamphlets were put in circulation in Negro sections of Montgomery urging people to ‘stay off the buses on Monday in protests of the arrests and trial’ of a Negro woman arrested in a bus related incident. Ms. Jo Ann Robinson wrote in her memoir that she and two other people mimeographed the flyers beginning around 12:30 a.m. Friday and by 4:00 a.m. had typed the stencils, mimeographed the leaflets, and cut and bundled them for distribution. The problem is three people could not have done that volume of work in three and a half hours on a hand-cranked mimeograph machine and no one could have typed the required number of stencils on a manual typewriter in this period of time to mimeograph thousands of pages. The flyers were mimeographed long before the arrest of Parks, as the work described would have taken many days to complete.
People of African descent in Montgomery had been laboring to address public conveyance issues for nearly two decades. A master mind devised a strategy and recruited a young Negro attorney and Rosa Parks to assist her in addressing the bus situation. E. D. Nixon accidentally learned of the arrest of Parks, Thursday evening, December 1, and posted her bail. His unexpected involvement brought a dimension to the planned affair not anticipated by the master mind. Nixon’s presence precipitated numerous fresh turns of events between Thursday evening’s arrest and Friday morning; however, the master mind maintained control and kept Nixon on the fringes. On Saturday, December 3, the master mind engineered the election of young pastor, Martin Luther King, Jr., to be the president of a new local organization that was to be formed. The master mind was a member of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church. As president of the MIA, King the philosopher unveiled a dynamic, new philosophical model that kept Negroes inspired for over a year. He rose to universal fame, while the master mind whose identity was concealed from the oppressor because of safety concerns guided things quietly from behind the scenes without public recognition. The master mind was a woman.
King, original sources confirm, was subservient to the person who was the brains behind the undertaking. The master-mind developed the strategy that launched events in Montgomery and monitored the situation. King conceived and developed the action that would hold the people together for over a year. This was his unique contribution to the movement in Montgomery. King received the notoriety, but the master-mind was completely in control.
All mentioned above is substantiated by first hand sources. The current story published in books is under girded by mythological presentations, fabrications, and distorted accounts and a couple of forgeries; all which are thoroughly substantiated in Wally G. Vaughn's well-researched and documented work.
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