Bring On Lemons

   We are excited to be included in Allen Long's WOW! Women on Writing Book Blog Tour for his latest memoir  Praying for Restraint .   Thank you WOW!  About  Praying for Restraint: Allen Long works as a CNA-certified nursing assistant-at that supposed sanctuary of caring, an inner-city general hospital. What an unforgettable parade of bizarre, needy, abusive, menacing, endearing, and poignant humanity passes through its doors. And those are just the staff and administrators! Meanwhile, the patient population spans the affluent and sophisticated to the homeless, the mentally ill, addicts, gang members, and criminals in custody.  Praying for Restraint  takes the reader on a journey into the absurd and surreal that is ultimately uplifting and harrowing, both funny and heartbreaking. Long's struggle to survive a relentlessly toxic work environment with body, soul, and marriage intact is as gripping as the battle against childhood abuse in his previous...

  I'm excited to review Nicole Souza's book Sins of Our Mothers as part of a WOW! Women on Writing book blog tour.  First, here is a little bit about  Sins of Our Mothers : It has been fifteen hundred years since the solar flare devastation of the Global Catastrophe. Due to the radioactivity in the harvesting fields, society dismisses its defective children as nothing more than flawed products of the malfunctioned seeds in the field.  But Lyratelle, a hyper-observant musical prodigy, believes these “defects” are intelligent, particularly her own sibling, the youngest child of her impervious mother. Abandoning her dream career, Lyratelle climbs the bureaucratic ladder to run the Defect Research Center, where she can safeguard the child.  With an underground team of women who share her uncertainties, Lyratelle unearths the Old History truth that womankind’s survival actually hinges on the existence of these defects.  When General Sarah Love, the city’s most...

  Margi Preus'   WOW! WOMEN ON WRITING TOUR OF    The Silver Box   Tour Begins October 12th   Book Summary   In the final Enchantment Lake mystery, Francie’s search for the truth about her mother—and herself—plunges her into danger during a North Woods winter.   When she wakes in her aunts’ cold cabin on the shore of Enchantment Lake, Francie remembers: everything about her life has changed. Or is about to. Or just might. Everything depends on the small, engraved silver box that she now possesses—if only she can follow its cryptic clues to the whereabouts of her missing mother and understand, finally, just maybe, the truth about who she really is.  Francie, it turns out, has a lot to learn, and this time the lessons could be deadly. Her search for answers takes her and her best friends Raven and Jay as far afield as an abandoned ranch in Arizona and as close to home as a sketchy plant collector’s conservatory and a musty ol...

Flarence knows that Genies are supposed to help their masters by granting wishes, but he’s never been comfortable taking orders. To him, pummeling bad guys with magically enhanced weaponry feels like a much better way to use his powers. Darren is a gangster who wants to leave his reckless life behind so he can focus on providing for his family. Unfortunately, there are people in the neighborhood who won’t let him move on. Soleil is a humble man who tries to lead a passive lifestyle. In times of peace or times of war, he can be found cleaning his cafe or singing along with rock-’n’-roll tunes while tending to his houseplants. Darren, Soleil, and Flarence will have to work together and step outside their comfort zones when a rogue Genie and a hot-headed police officer threaten the lives of their loved ones. Flarence will be challenged to work with a criminal, Soleil will be forced to leave his sanctuary and act to help his friends, and Darren will face the possibility that being ...

During 2017's National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, She Writes Press published Antoinette Truglio Martin’s touching memoir, Hug Everyone You Know: A Year of Community, Courage, and Cancer . It is a 2017 USA Best Book Awards Finalist in Non-Fiction: Narrative and a 2018 Next Generation Indie Book Finalist: Non-Fiction Women's Issues. In 2007, Antoinette believed her call back doctor appointment was routine, maybe a scare, nothing worse. Her shock at receiving a Stage I breast cancer diagnosis was instantly compounded by her own deep fears. As a self-described wimp—afraid of needles and uncomfortable with sedation—how was she going to get through this?  Antoinette started her fight against cancer with words. She began by journaling and by writing emails to Her Everyone—the large close-knit family and circle of beloved friends wanting to offer their support, especially those who were fighting breast cancer alongside her. The emails not only helped to keep Her Everyone infor...

The calendar says spring, a few days ago it was nearly 60 and tonight we are supposed to get a huge storm with lots of snow...  I am hopeful spring is on it's way and I have an exciting book blog tour to keep me warm! WOW! Women on Writing is helping promote another wonderful book for a returning and an absolutely amazing and super-talented author This time it's a beautiful work of fiction titled: Papa's Shoes  by author and friend of WOW! - Madeline Sharples. This book isn't even available on Amazon yet, but early readers already giving it fabulous reviews! I have the PDF and can provide it right away if you'd like to get reading - you won't want to wait! Please contact me today to reserve your copy and participate in this tour. If you've never participated in a tour, feel free to inquire and I'll be happy to explain how it works - you don't even have to have your own blog! Send an email today to participate - email address: crystal@wow-womenon...

We may still have snow... but I am hopeful spring is on it's way and I have an exciting book blog tour to keep me warm! WOW! Women on Writing is helping promote another wonderful book for a delightful group of authors. This time it's a book titled: Mindful Dementia Care: Lost and Found in the Alzheimer's Forest  by authors Ruth Dennis, Luke Nachtrab, and Velma Arellano. This book was just released in February and is already receiving fabulous reviews! I have the PDF and can provide it right away if you'd like to get reading - you won't want to wait! Please contact me today to reserve your copy and participate in this tour. If you've never participated in a tour, feel free to inquire and I'll be happy to explain how it works - you don't even have to have your own blog! Send an email today to participate - email address: crystal@wow-womenonwriting.com or crystaljotto@gmail.com Be sure to include the following: * The email address you'd like y...

It may be 50 below with the wind chill, but I have an exciting book blog tour to keep me warm! WOW! Women on Writing is helping promote another wonderful book for returning author Michael R. French. Please contact me today to reserve your copy and participate in this tour. If you've never participated in a tour, feel free to inquire and I'll be happy to explain how it works - you don't even have to have your own blog! Send an email today to participate - email address: crystal@wow-womenonwriting.com or crystaljotto@gmail.com Be sure to include the following: * The email address you'd like your ebook(s) sent to - or mailing address, but we have a limited number of physical copies. *The name and url for your blog, or a note letting me know you do not have a blog *A date you would prefer as your first choice, as well as a 2nd choice - this will be the date your review will be posted to your blog/this blog and social media. (the tour runs 2/25-3/25) Includ...

Hank and Norm were living the good life: two friends with plenty of money, homes in a lovely California retirement town, and no problems except for the boredom that felt almost fatal. Then Mai came into the picture, the love of Hank’s life during his CIA days in Saigon, desperately needing his help to save the son he’d never known he had. Boredom was over, as Hank and Norm hit the road, following the few clues Mai could give them in search of a man who desperately wants not to be found. What they find is a slew of lies and hidden truths, strange characters, improbable danger that has them fighting to survive, and the happy lesson that their lives are far from over. Paperback: 240 pages Publisher: Terra Nova Books (June 1, 2018) Language: English ISBN-10: 1948749009 ISBN-13: 978-1948749008 ASIN: B07HFJ4WKY Son of Saigon is now available to purchase on Amazon as an e-book and print, Barnes and Noble , and IndieBound .   About the Author: David Myles Robinson grew ...