Author on Tour

Louise Farmer Smith, Author of ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF MARRIAGE, grew up in Norman, kindergarten through BA in Letters at OU.

May 4  she will be at Full circle Bookstore in OKC at 6:30.

May 5 she will give an address with historical photos at the Museum of the Western Prairie in Altus at 7:00 pm on the subject of women pioneers focusing on dugouts, sod houses, and reading from the dugout story in ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF MARRIAGE.

May 6 she will give a similar presentation at the Altus Public Library to the Coffee Cup Bunch at 10:00 a.m.

May 9 she will present “The Woman in the Dugout" at the Norman Public Library at 10:00.

May 16 she will be a presenter at the Norman Arts Council’s Writer’s Workshop.

ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF MARRIAGE was published by Upper Hand Press, December 2014.  Contact: staff@upperhandpress.com

Norman Author To Publish New Novel

Norman based author Marilyn A. Hudson and Whorl Books announce the publication of her latest work for later in April.  

Scream all you want. No one is coming to your rescue.

Her luck has always been bad, her decisions worse, and the 'American Dream' is her nightmare. 

He is the envy of many, wants for nothing, and makes it all look so easy.

They are about to meet and one of them will pay the ultimate price.

There are among us dark souls planting seeds of evil in fields most of us don't even care to venture.

In the shadows, along the borders of our civilized world, they reap from the flesh of the lost a foul harvest.

But some things grow tougher in the shadows.  Sometimes they fight back.

See what the preview readers had to say:

"I felt it was very well written. With a lot of cliffhanges that kept you just so intrigued. You never really knew what was around the next corner. Loved the book - now waiting for the movie. "-- Lorene Young, Case Management Assistant

"This is a great read, the manner in which you build fear and delusion in the characters made me wonder if the main character was in danger or just loosing her mind. Good build up of suspense." --Dustin Allen Smith, Mental Health Clinician

Coming soon to Amazon and select outlets.

STORIES FROM THE BACK PORCH

"Surprising. Thought provoking. Moving."

Stories from the Back Porch: A Collection of Words by Brady Crandall is modern poetry with a conversational tone and an honest feel.  Rough, raw, and realistic vies with  a carefully playful, paced and authentic style. This first collection by Brady Crandall, poet and storyteller, is one adults will enjoy.

 

He paints diverse word images of real people roofing, being a fool, living life and surviving to the next day. He does it with humor, with pathos and with an understanding of humanity.  As an example the first poem of the collection is "Watching the Grass Grow" and hooks you at the start with "My grandpa was a one armed roofer..." He lures you in with a comic twist but by the time the work is completed he has engaged the reader's heart in profound and moving ways free of vapid nostalgia but filled with significance.

 

"Someone Might Need A Cup" is a simple and elegant portrayal of lessons learned about the uncertainties of life and being prepared. Lessons that go deeper than just having enough food on the shelf or gas in the car.

 

Images, ideas, feelings and dreams are aptly conveyed often with great originality and a unique voice. Each entry is unique and offers more than first seen. Read these poems and let them settle down and let the poet - this worker with words - lead you into unexpected encounters with life. 

 

Contact the author at BCrandallstoryteller@gmail.com

 

Published by the author; cover art by Parker Cunningham-Jones, 2014