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J.M. Northup

J.M. Northup began her literary career in 2013. Since then, Julie's authored over 14 books and professionally edited over 21 other titles in various genres.  The whole process of writing a book, editing, formatting, cover art, reading, and reviewing fascinates her.  She handles all these areas within Norns Triad Publications.

Julie values her family above all things.  After three decades of marriage, she still considers her husband to be her best friend.  Together, they raised two amazing daughters and four fur babies.  Today, they are blessed with four grandchildren, whom they adore.

Definitely a cat lady, Julie, also, loves otters.  Her favorite shows are The Big Bang Theory, Young Sheldon, Modern Family, Schitt’s Creek, and Resident Alien.  She has a taste for coffee with sweet cream, red wine, and a refreshing glass of iced water.

WHAT J.M. NORTHUP DOES:

• Author
• Copy Editor
• Cover Designer
• Book Formatter

• Avid Reader
• Book Reviewer
• Interviewer & Promoter
• Book Blogger

WEBSITE & BOOK BLOG

MARILYN KRIETE's New Release PARADISE ROAD

 THE STUNNING AWARD-WINNING DEBUT MEMOIR BY CANADA’S OWN, MARILYN KRIETE 

Released and published by Lucid House Publishing, this book is available worldwide in paperback and ebook!

A restless child of the 1960s, Marilyn yearns for love, hippiedom, and escape from her mother’s control. At 14, she runs nearly a thousand miles away to Vancouver, British Columbia, eventually landing herself in a Catholic home for troubled girls. At 16, she’s emancipated, navigating adulthood without a high school diploma, and craving a soulmate. When she falls in love with Jack, the grad student living next door, life finally seems perfect. The two embark on a cross-continental bicycle trip, headed for South America, but before they reach Mexico, Jack dies. Utterly shattered, Marilyn does the hardest thing she can imagine: a solo bicycle trip, part tribute, part life test. She conquers her fears but goes wildly off course, chasing her heart as she falls into a series of tragicomic rebounds. Two itinerant years later, a chain of events in Montana’s Bitterroot Mountains leads to a peace she never expected to find. 

Reminiscent of Wild and Travelling with Ghosts, Marilyn’s journey portrays a life unmoored by grief, brought to shore again.

PARADISE ROAD was selected as the InternationalPulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Book Club’s International Book of the Month for March 2021.

PRAISE FOR PARADISE ROAD:

"Paradise Road is a fearless account of Marilyn Kriete's life of adventure. She unspools the tale of plunging into each chapter of her life with great candor and momentum. She has an uncanny knack for putting the reader by her side through each exhilaration, each heartbreak, each danger, each triumph."

—Kimberley Cetron, author of Fractals: The Invisible World of Fractals MadeVisible Through Theatre and Dance

“Watching Marilyn Kriete crack wide open and feel utterly wounded, only to watch her attempt to piece herself back together one mile at a time. From her happiness feeling truly ebullient to her crestfallen soul, we meet a woman furiously bicycling towards her future. Paradise Road is such a beautifully painted story, I felt as if I was with her and cheering her on the entire time.”

—Annie McDonnell of The Write Review

“Like Milton’s Paradise Lost and Kerouac’s On the Road, Marilyn Kriete’s Paradise Road is an epic poetic trip. I was bewitched by the language from start to finish and hoping for more.”

—Judy Kirkwood, award-winning writer and author of Prelude to a Divorce

“Every once in a while, a memoir comes along that is so inspiring you want to share it with the world. Paradise Road is the very brave story of a woman, who had the tenacity and spirit to rise above all of life's sorrows and challenges. Five Diamonds in the Pulpwood Queen Mandatory Tiara of great reads!”

—Kathy L. Murphy, CEO and Founder of The International Pulpwood Queens and Timber GuysBook Club Reading Nation

ABOUT MARILYN:

A restless child of the 1960s, Marilyn yearns for love, hippiedom, and escape from her mother’s control. At 14, she runs nearly a thousand miles away to Vancouver, British Columbia, eventually landing herself in a Catholic home for troubled girls. At 16, she’s emancipated, navigating adulthood without a high school diploma, and craving a soulmate. When she falls in love with Jack, the grad student living next door, life finally seems perfect. The two embark on a cross-continental bicycle trip, headed for South America, but before they reach Mexico, Jack dies. Utterly shattered, Marilyn does the hardest thing she can imagine: a solo bicycle trip, part tribute, part life test. She conquers her fears but goes wildly off course, chasing her heart as she falls into a series of tragicomic rebounds. Two itinerant years later, a chain of events in Montana’s Bitterroot Mountains leads to a peace she never expected to find.

After a colorful life spanning four continents and 16 cities, earning her keep as cook, chambermaid, waitress, fisherwoman, missionary, speaker/teacher, tutor, and academic writing editor, MARILYN KRIETE now lives in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada, with her charitable husband Henry and three demanding cats. Her poetry and nonfiction have appeared in The Lyric, Storyteller, The Eastern Iowa Review, The English Bay Review, and Brevity Blog. PARADISE ROAD is her debut memoir.

NATIONAL GARFIELD THE CAT DAY

 Jim Davis' Tabby Cat

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/days-2/national-garfield-the-cat-day-june-19

On this day in 1978, the first publication of the award-winning comic GARFIELD was released.

I have always been a cat lady and Garfield has always been a favorite.  I don't need a special day to celebrate either, but since there is one...  let's party!

My plans: get into some Garfield-themed jammies, grab a coffee, a great book, cuddle in my snuggle blanket, and eat lasagna until I'm so full I have no choice but to nap.
Sounds puuurrrrrfect!

BOOK IDEAS:

FUN GIFTS FOR GARFIELD LOVERS LIKE ME:

Cat Lover BOOKS & Gifts

STEP INTO READING (all levels) - VEHICLES

READ ABOUT VEHICLES WITH YOUR KIDS 

Learn more about Step Into Reading Books here: http://www.stepintoreading.com/

FRACTALS: The Invisible World of Fractals Made Visible Through Theater and Dance

FRACTALS

The Invisible World of Fractals Made Visible
Through Theater and Dance
by Performing Artist, Writer, and Educator Kimberley Cetron

Released and published by Lucid House Publishing, this book is available worldwide in paperback and ebook!

Fractals are patterns, infinitely reiterating, self-similar in shape. Benoit Mandelbrot coined the term in the 1970s, but scientists and mathematicians had been exploring the concept for centuries. Mandelbrot developed a geometry to express things found in the natural rather than the man-made world - coastlines, galaxies, anatomy, clouds, trees, snowflakes, and the like. Fractals are intrinsic to Chaos Theory - the science of surprises, of the non-linear and unpredictable. They reveal the order governing the seemingly chaotic in our world. As we learn to recognize them, we gain insight into our world, ourselves, and one another.

Especially at this cultural moment, when the whole world has changed and we must re-imagine the ways in which we make art and the ways we educate, Fractals provides resources and approaches for collaborative art and for locating the intersection of arts and academics in ways that illuminate both.

PRAISE FOR FRACTALS: The Invisible World of Fractals Made Visible Through Theater and Dance

"Fractals is an eye-opening awakening to the patterns that surround us everywhere and a must read for artists and arts enthusiasts of any discipline seeking insight into the creative process."

—Shu-Chen Cuff, Founder/Artistic Director, Gin Dance Company and Faculty Member at The Washington Ballet, Metropolitan School of the Arts, and BalletNova Center for Dance

"Kimberley Cetron’s deep dive into the connective relationships between dramatic impulsive movement text and choreography is a gold mine. It offers endless possibilities for artistic educational conversation."

—Tomé Cousin, Dancer, Choreographer, Director, and Associate Professor of Dance, Carnegie Mellon University

"The ideas, concepts, and principles explored in Fractals deliver fresh insight for practitioners of diverse forms of art. It offers truth in the matter – that education truly involves collaboration. Our histories lead us to new pathways and new ways of thinking: and within that, it is our nature to share and build new knowledge together."

—Autumn Eckman, Dancer, Choreographer, and Assistant Professor of Dance, University of Arizona

ABOUT KIMBERLEY:

Kimberley Cetron began her career in professional theater as an actor, singer, dancer, and pianist. From there she expanded into producing, directing, music directing, costume design, choreography, and dramaturgy. She began her teaching career through music education, completing a Master’s degree in Early Childhood and Elementary Education and teaching multiple academic subjects at every level from pre-kindergarten through graduate school. During her doctoral work in education, an advisor asked why she had separated her performance and education experiences and urged her to combine them. Her dissertation research was a qualitative, longitudinal study of fostering cross-cultural communication using theater techniques. Her previous writing has included poetry, educational journals, book reviews, and playwriting. She has done staff development and curriculum writing for the Fairfax County Public Schools and taught undergraduate theater and graduate education at George Mason University. She lives in Virginia with her husband, Adam, and her son, Gabriel.

To request review copies or an interview, please contact Mickey Mikkelson at Creative Edge Publicity:
mickey.creativeedge@gmail.com / 403.464.6925.   

The New Novel by USA TODAY Bestselling Author ANN CHARLES!

 NEVER SAY SEVER IN DEADWOOD!

Book 12  

Released June 2021
The books will be available worldwide, in digital and print format, across all platforms!
(The audio version will be available in Fall of 2021.)

All Violet Parker wants is a day off. Better yet, just a “normal” day. But things never go as planned, especially in Deadwood.

Someone—or rather something—broke into the local taxidermy shop and took bites out of the critter displays before racing off into the dark. But this is no random crime and Violet knows it. With a bounty on her head and troublemakers zeroing in on her, she soon goes from being the hunter to the hunted.

OTHER BOOKS IN THE SERIES:

ABOUT ANN:

Ann Charles is a USA Today Best-Selling author who writes spicy, award-winning mysteries full of mayhem, adventure, comedy, and suspense. She writes the Deadwood Mystery Series, Jackrabbit Junction Mystery Series, Dig Site Mystery Series, Deadwood Undertaker Series (with her husband, Sam Lucky), and AC Silly Circus Mystery Series. Her Deadwood Mystery Series has won multiple national awards, including the Daphne du Maurier for Excellence in Mystery/Suspense. Ann has a B.A. in English with an emphasis on creative writing from the University of Washington and is a member of Sisters in Crime and Western Writers of America. She is currently toiling away on her next book, wishing she was on a Mexican beach with an ice-cold Corona in one hand and a book in the other. When she is not dabbling in fiction, she is arm wrestling with her two kids, attempting to seduce her husband, and arguing with her sassy cats.

To request review copies or an interview, please contact Mickey Mikkelson at Creative Edge Publicity: mickey.creativeedge@gmail.com / 403.464.6925.   

WIDE FOR THE WIN

 WIDE FOR THE WIN
Strategies to sell Globally Via Multiple Platforms And Forge Your Own Path To Success

The Newest Insights By Publishing Expert Mark Leslie Lefebvre,
Owner of Stark Publishing

Are you looking for ways to stop being dependent upon only Amazon for your author earnings income? Are you hoping to expand and grow your sales on multiple platforms in global territories?

Do you need strategies to help you get started NOW in terms of creating a successful "publish wide" author plan?

Would you like to increase and optimize your sales on Apple Books, Kobo, Nook, Google Play and more?

Then WIDE FOR THE WIN is the book for you.

Based on knowledge derived from decades of working within the publishing and bookselling landscape, Mark Leslie Lefebvre has compiled those learnings and in depth discussions, interviews, and insights shared from representatives from the major publishing platforms along with tips, strategies, and pathways to success from hundreds of authors who have already discovered the thrill of forging their own unique pathways to success.

If you're looking for a magic bullet, you've come to the wrong place. But if you're looking for ideas, inspiration, and strategies for planning out your own long terms success as an author selling globally on multiple platforms, then you're in luck.

WIDE FOR THE WIN prepares you not only with a fundamental understanding of the mindset required for long-term writing and publishing success, but also insights and proven processes that allow you to take full control of your intellectual property's earning potential and reach more of the right readers for your work than ever before.

MORE FROM MARK LESLIE LEFEBVRE:

PRAISE FOR WIDE FOR THE WIN:

"The book is everything I expected and more. Written in a conversational tone, the book can be consumed cover to cover or by subject matter/topic. There is a wealth of information inside, some of which validates what I figured out on my own, but all of which will be helpful as I make my way along the WIDE journey."

—Linda Shenton Matchett, Author

ABOUT MARK:

Mark Leslie Lefebvre has been writing since he was thirteen years old and discovered his mother’s Underwood typewriter collecting dust in a closet. He started submitting his work for publication at the age of fifteen and had his first story published in 1992, the same year he graduated from university. Under the name Mark Leslie, he has published more than a dozen full length books. He pens a series of non-fiction paranormal explorations for Dundurn, Canada’s largest independent publisher. He also writes fiction (typically thrillers and horror) and edits fiction anthologies, most recently as a regular editor for the WMG Publishing Fiction River anthology series.

The very same year, Mark saw his first short story in print he started working in the book industry as a part-time bookseller, and was bitten by the book-selling bug. He has worked in virtually every type of bookstore (independent, chain, large-format, online, academic and digital). He has thrived on innovation, particularly related to digital publishing, and enjoys interacting with the various people who make the book industry so dynamic. Between 2011 and 2017, Mark worked at the Director of Self-Publishing and Author Relations for Kobo where he was the driving force behind the creation of Kobo Writing Life, a free and easy to use author/small-publisher friendly platform designed to publish directly to Kobo’s global catalog in 190 countries. By the end of 2016, Kobo Writing Life established itself as the #1 single source of weekly global unit sales for Kobo and, in primarily English language territories, responsible for 1 in every 4 eBooks sold. Mark has spoken professionally in the United States and Canada, in the UK and across Europe, specializing in advances in digital publishing and the vast and incredible opportunities that exist for writers and publishers. Stark Publishing is an imprint Mark created in 2004 when he released his first book One Hand Screaming. He has used the imprint to publish more than 25 books. More information can be found about Mark at: ABOUT – Mark Leslie

To request review copies or an interview, please contact Mickey Mikkelson at Creative Edge Publicity: mickey.creativeedge@gmail.com / 403.464.6925.   

Meet Joseph Severin

MEET MY CHARACTER

 

1.   Tell us about your story:

o   What is the name of your book?

·   One London Day

o   What genre is it?

·   Psychological Thriller

o   When and where is your tale set?

·   One day in London. July 18^th 2018

2.   Who are you?

o   What is your name?

·   Joseph Severin

o   Are you a fictional or historical character?

·   Fictional

o   What’s your role in the story – are you the protagonist or a supporting character?

·   In a multi-narrator novel, I am at the core of the story.

o   Are you a human, animal, alien, robot, or something completely different?

·   A man

o   Do you consider yourself to be good, bad, or indifferent?  Would others agree with this assessment – why, or why not?

·   A good family man, blindsided by sudden sexual obsession. So my wife might not agree with good. Nor my employers – the Shadows, a rogue MI5 outfit for whom I am doing ‘the books’. They employed me because I was steady – and I have proved them wrong.

3.   What do we need to know about you?

o   What is your personal goal?  I mean, what do you ultimately want?

·   I thought it was just a happy family life. Now I want to run away with Lottie, and live free of all responsibilities.

o   What is standing in your way?  What conflict(s) do you face?

·   My guilt about my family. My illegal work for the Shadows.

o   Why is this goal important to you?  What’s your motivation?

·   I used to be a wild traveler. Then I settled down to the life my Jewish family expected of me. To be a good husband, father, member of my community. But the wildness never went away, it seems. I want Lottie!

o   If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be, and why?

·   My sense of guilt. I would like to be carefree.

4.   How do I get a copy of your book?

o   Is it available now, or when can we expect to see it released?

·   Available now on Amazon. Next week in audiobook as well, narrated by my alter-ego Chris Humphreys – a professional audiobook narrator.