Vocal Expressions

This is the first time I’m reading a novel by James Scott Bell. I have two of his bestselling books about writing that are sitting on my bookshelf ( Write Great Fiction - Plot & Structure and Write Great Fiction - Revision & Self- Editin g) so I knew I was in for a treat.   Let’s meet Mike Romeo, a man on the run from some trouble in Texas only to find more trouble and his past catching up with him in L.A. He is staying with Ira Rosen, his gregarious friend, former Mossad, current rabbi, and lawyer. Things take a turn when Mike’s on a morning run and while stopping to talk to a woman about flowers, a church explodes. He rushes in to help only to find a guy murdered inside it and a beautiful and distraught woman, Natalia Mayne has lost her kids.  The story takes a lot of twists and turns with Mike being kidnapped, tortured, wrangling his way out with a few dead bodies along the way. His intellect baffles the bad guys who have no clue what he is talking about when he spews o

Author’s Bio : Ann Simas lives in Oregon, but she is a Colorado girl at heart, having grown up in the Rocky Mountains. She has been an avid reader since childhood and penned her first fiction “book” in high school. She particularly likes to write mystery-thriller-suspense with a love story and paranormal or supernatural elements.   An award-winning watercolorist and a budding photographer, Ann enjoys needlework and gardening in her spare time. She is her family's "genealogist" and has been blessed with the opportunity to conduct first-hand research in Italy for both her writing and her family tree. The genealogy research from decade's old documents in Italian, she says, has been a supreme but gratifying challenge. Deliah Lawrence: What inspired you to write your book? Ann Simas: Now or Never is the fourth and final book in my series, Fossil, Colorado Books. Here and Gone , the first book, started out as a single-title release, but I had so many reader requests ab

Author’s Bio: Chef Kitura grew up in the Midwest about 40 miles north of Chicago and moved to California during her high school years. After graduation she pursued a career as an Electrical Engineering Technician, graduating from Hamilton Technical College in Iowa, before relocating to the Atlanta area. In 2006, a unique opportunity was presented to Chef Kitura to land a position with a Fortune 500 Company as an Events Coordinator, which catapulted her into a new career in the Hospitality industry, t hen came the Food & Beverage sector of the Hospitality Industry. BAAM!!! Chef Kitura was reminded of her love and passion for cooking from her childhood years and started collaborating with   chefs  from various hotels & restaurants to pursue her culinary career.   Chef Kitura fell in love with the culinary industry all over again. Learning, studying, embracing this passion and absorbing the knowledge of this industry became her full-time focus. Delia