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Sarren is a sword and sorcery fantasy adventure that in the first chapter follows the exploits of the titular character from her training as a novice practitioner of magic, to her turbulent training to become a warrior. The chapters that follow are filled with colorful characters, action, mystery, and romance. The book is available at www.sarrenpublishing.com .

James S. Carroll is a graduate of S.M.S.U. and a lifelong resident of Noel, Missouri. Sarren, published April, 2010, is the first book of a trilogy. The next book, Sarren: Beyond Sarus, is due to be published, December, 2010.

"Crazy for You is a steady and at-times-amusing mix of French farce and chick-lit."--St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Claire Applewhite is a graduate of St. Louis University. Her first mystery novel, The Wrong Side of Memphis, was released in May 2009, by L&L Dreamspell. A short story, Moonlight Becomes You So, was released in June, 2009, also by L&L Dreamspell.

Crazy for You is available at amazon.com, barnesandnoble.com, and local St. Louis bookstores. Visit author’s website claireapplewhite.com for more info. Meet the Author

While trying to save their marriage, Susan and David paddle through moonlit white water, away from a forest fire. Their canoe capsizes, and they swim to opposite shores, believing each other dead. Why does David run away? Susan and David struggle with their altered lives, converging to a surprising climax.

And other info:
"Discussing the plot further would spoil the suspense, suffice it to say that the journey to the end of the novel is never boring… the story keeps coming back to St. Louis, which should add to its appeal for local readers." -- Steve Weinberg, St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

Available at amazon.com, amazon.co.uk, barnesandnoble.com, and local St. Louis bookstores. Visit author’s website askwritefish.com for availability updates and more info.

Christian/Memoir
Dumb Luck or Divine Guidance
By Dorsey E. Levell as told to Wayne E. Groner
Council of Churches of the Ozarks

In a folksy, easy-to-read style and a deeply personal account, Dorsey Levell recalls his thirty-one years as founding executive director of the Council of Churches of the Ozarks, Springfield, Missouri.

He takes readers through his successes and his failures. From his early and tentative days with the Council when he was ready to quit because there was no office, no staff and no budget, to an annual budget of twelve million dollars. From the heady days of seemingly unstoppable growth of the Council, to a fear he would cause its downfall in his despair over the unexpected death from cancer of his closest friend and co-worker.

Dorsey speaks candidly of the reasons for his divorce after forty-two years of marriage, being diagnosed with degenerative arthritis, battling prostate cancer, undergoing five-way heart bypass surgery, his nearly three decades as a chaplain in the U.S. Army Reserve, and his love for the outdoors, especially fishing.

During his tenure, the Council created fifteen human service agencies, grew to 120 paid staff and more than one thousand volunteers, and was recognized throughout the United States as a model of effective outreach ministries.

Available October 18, 2009 at
http://www.ccozarks.org/Book%20Order%20Form.pdf
ISBN 978-1-892477-29-3

Inspirational/Devotions
Writers’ Devotions to Go
Meditations from Proverbs
By LeAnn Campbell
Extreme Diva Media, Inc.

Do you bring a professional attitude to your writing? LeAnn Campbell uses the book of Proverbs as a guidebook for writers. Every chapter has one or more nuggets of wisdom to motivate writers. There is guidance for perfecting your craft, choosing words carefully, and handling criticism. Listening to instruction, dealing with rejections, and working diligently instead of acting like a lazy sluggard—Proverbs covers it all. Proverbs 19:2 (NIV) could be a motto for writers. “It is not good to have zeal without knowledge, nor to be hasty and miss the way.”

Writers Devotions to Go covers all this and many more situations that writers face. It includes web sites for contacting writers’ organizations, suggestions for writers who want to establish local groups, guidelines for critique groups, and web sites to determine whether information you get over the Internet is the truth or a hoax.

Available at bookstores and www.extremedivamedia.com around March 1, 2009
ISBN: 978-1-934626-08-5