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dr-steve-mcswain's picture
Mar.15.2013
It's not difficult but we make it so. The pathway to spiritual growth unfolds naturally. It is the path of letting go. In the last blog, What Is Faith? I made the point that faith is the Divinely-given capacity to let go - to live in uncertainty, to give up control. The ego in you will almost...
dk-christi's picture
Feb.07.2013
  Sex, Myths and Magic       The Rare and Endangered  Ghost Orchid Presented by: D. K. Christi, author, journalist and lecturer D. K. Christi shares her obsession with the “Super Ghost” of Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary and why it’s a “matter of consequence.” D. K...
pauline-rowson's picture
Jan.29.2013
The fourth in the DI Andy Horton marine mystery crime series, Dead Man's Wharf, is to be published in China within the next couple of weeks by Nanhai Publishing Company of Haikou. Nanhai Publishing bought translation rights to six novels in the DI Horton series published in the UK, Commonwealth...
stan-lynde's picture
Dec.18.2012
Stan Lynde is the featured speaker for this month's High Noon Lecture Series at the Western Heritage Center on Thursday. The Montana author will read from his book "The Big Open." Read more: http://billingsgazette.com/entertainment/community/stan-lynde/image_999f218e-4e13-5941-aff1-...
pauline-rowson's picture
May.10.2012
Over a hundred people turned out on a damp May day yesterday in Hook in Hampshire to hear me talk about my Solent based thrillers and my marine mystery detective crime novels featuring the hunky DI Andy Horton, and what a marvellous audience they were. My thanks to the programme secretary Angela...
mary-wagner's picture
Apr.11.2012
You never forget your first conference.  I don’t mean the first writers conference that you “go” to. I mean the first conference where one of the organizers asks you to actually stand up and talk to an audience. There are a lot of reasons I will never forget that “first” conference as a...
nina-amir's picture
Mar.14.2012
These days everyone searches for everything—even experts—on the internet. That means if the media needs a source, an organization needs a speaker, a publisher needs a writer, or a potential customer or client needs to purchase a product or service, they turn to Google, Yahoo, Bing or some other...
pauline-rowson's picture
Nov.13.2011
I'm looking forward to giving a talk this week on 16 November at the U3A group at Sarum, near Salisbury on how I write my crime novels and thrillers and about my DI Andy Horton marine mystery series of crime novels. Pauline Rowson speaking at Waterlooville U3A I've given quite a few talks to U3A...
lillian-lambert's picture
Jun.09.2011
As professional speakers our audiences depend on us to provide them with a memorable experience. In order to do this, the speaker needs to follow some specific ground rules.  Seasoned speakers may be aware of these but a reminder is always useful. Those thinking about or new to the speaking...
dr-steve-mcswain's picture
Apr.12.2011
Soon, millions of Christians will gather to celebrate Easter.  For many of them, the literal, not merely metaphorical, resurrection of Jesus -- that is, a bodily resuscitation -- is necessary for any of it to have validity. Is this necessary? Does the resurrection need the resuscitation of Jesus'...