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5/13/14

Author Charley Jordan

Moonshiner's Son: Becomes Multi-Millionaire is a true rags to riches story. It is a memoir about how a poor country boy captured the American dream. 

"I was born in Tahlequah, Oklahoma and grew up very poor in the hills north of town and my dad was a moonshiner. When I was 15 years old I started hanging chickens in a poultry processing plant for $1.18 per hour during the summer months. My teachers and class mates made fun of me for working in a chicken plant because it was an undesirable place to work. After graduating from high school, I went back to hanging chickens. At age 32 I had absolutely nothing, not even any clothes. At age 52 I retired as a president of a major poultry company in Siloam Springs, Arkansas (the same company I started hanging chickens for) and was a multimillionaire. Some stories are funny and some are sad. Moonshiner's Son inspires people to never give up on their dreams."

This book is for young adults and adults.

It is available in paperback and ebook on line through Amazon, Barnes and Noble and elsewhere. Ingram is a wholesale distributor also. Moonshiner's Son has 24 reviews on Amazon with a 5 star rating.

5/8/14

Has She Got A Story To Tell: Modern Storytelling in Oklahoma Surveyed in New Book

Norman based author, Marilyn A. Hudson, announces the publication of STORIES CENTER STAGE! Storytelling in Modern Oklahoma.  This work looks at the art of oral storytelling as seen in many community groups, explores the theory of storytelling, and presents a directory of some of the pioneer and recent state story artisans.

Hudson is author of Tales of Hell's Half Acre, When Death Rode the Rails, Madame Delaine, The Bones of Summer, Noel Brooks, Those Pesky Verses of Paul, In Her Own Words, The Mound, Murderous Marriages, and Off the Page!   She is currently at work completing a suspense novel due out in the fall.

Book and Kindle formats available at this link.  Bookstores and libraries can contact the author about multiple copy orders at this email.   The author is available for interviews and, in the Oklahoma City area, book talks.

The author and a limited number of books will be on hand for the Friday evening events of the Spirit of Oklahoma Storytelling Festival.  The author will be sharing a tale during a free ghost tales concert , "Ghosts in the Pavilion" at 9:15 .m.

5/6/14

University of Oklahoma Student Releases Science Fiction Novel


NORMAN, Okla. – Mustang High School graduate Laura Wilcox released her first novel, Renegade, for Kindle and Nook on April 1, 2014. This young adult science fiction eBook offers readers a reinvented glimpse of history, radically shaped by a dying race of time travelers.

In this imaginative retelling of American history, time travelers live by three rules. Avoid all interactions, always travel alone and never, under any circumstance, lose your talisman. When 22-year-old time traveler Andrew Simmons loses his talisman in pre-revolutionary Boston, he must race against the clock to retrieve his only way home.

 Everything is on the line – family, love, freedom, honor and even the future. But time reveals a long line of dark secrets that threaten the traveler way of life, and Andrew realizes he must fight to save more than just his life. He must fight to save his kind.When time traveler Andrew Simmons loses his talisman in pre-revolutionary Boston, he must race against the clock to retrieve his only way home. Everything is on the line – family, love, freedom, honor, and quite possibly the future. But as time reveals a long line of dark secrets, Andrew realizes he must save more than just his skin. He must also save his kind.When time traveler Andrew Simmons loses his talisman in pre-revolutionary Boston, he must race against the clock to retrieve his only way home. Everything is on the line – family, love, freedom, honor, and quite possibly the future. But as time reveals a long line of dark secrets, Andrew realizes he must save more than just his skin. He must also save his kind.

“Laura Wilcox’s new time travel series hits the ground running, brimming with action, conspiracies and danger,” said Mel Odom, acclaimed author of over 140 novels.

Renegade is available on Kindle for $3.99 and can be purchased online at Amazon.  The novel will also be available for purchase on Nook soon. Paperback copies are available upon request. For more information, visit www.Facebook.com/LostTalisman.

Wilcox currently lives in Norman, Okla., where she works as a staff writer at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History. In May, she will graduate from OU with a B.A. in Public Relations and minors in English Writing and International Studies.  In her spare time, she loves blogging, knitting and obsessing over 90s boy bands.

To inquire about interviews and book signings, please contact the author at lawilcoxbooks@gmail.com.