Author of Ian and the Great Silver Dragon Bry-Ankh available in chapter book form and the brand new audio CD. Learn more: http://www.greatsilverdragon.com

True Crime novelist Dolores Clay is the author of Dying to Love Amanda.

About the book:

Mike DeWitt and Amanda Rivers are in love. But Amanda slowly realizes that, to Mike, love means abuse, control, and jealously. After several years in this toxic relationship, Amanda has met someone new and has the courage to leave, but this triggers a merciless demon in Mike. Within weeks, someone will be hurt, someone will be used, and someone will die as Amanda struggles to break free of Mike’s control As the story unfolds, rising newspaper reporter Annette DeAngelo, tries to break the story that could change her career…or end her life.

Learn more: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16284706-dying-to-love-amanda

Join Candice as she takes you on her journey of coming face-to-face with being a fatherless daughter, to living an amazing life filled with healing and wholeness in the international best-selling book Invisible Dad.

As a fatherless child, your interpretation of society is a little different. Incomplete is what you constantly feel when you see fathers on television, in the grocery store, and on social media. And no matter how much you try to voice your feelings, you steadily are sucked into life’s woes. Perfection is the perfect way for you to mentally escape. Ultimately, you never deal with the trials of your childhood, leaving you to grow into a person that lacks confidence in your emotional voice.

Recently recognized as an International Book Award Finalist, Religion: Christian Inspirational category, Invisible Dad, will help you find the strength to:

• Let go of a dead illusion to receive the richness of God’s beauty

• Release control of a perfect picture and relinquish judgement

• Conquer the road to restoration

• Live in your own truth

• And much more!

Candice’s life-changing journey will show you how to come to terms with who you truly are. Full of raw feelings, interesting twists, and a desperate plea for peace, it will help you transform your life into the best “you” you can be. This book is what you’ve truly been looking for!

Learn more: https://www.invisibledadjourney.com

The award-winning author of 8 romance novels and 4 short stories, Donna MacMeans made a wrong turn many years ago when she majored in Accounting. Balancing books just can’t compete with crafting plots and inventing memorable characters. A licensed CPA, she manages to write seductively witty Victorian historical romance, time-travel romance and historical paranormal romance in what can only be described as her dream job.

She has won numerous awards including the prestigious Golden Heart from Romance Writers of America, a Romantic Times Reviewers Choice Award for Historical Love & Laughter, the Aspen Gold, the Write Touch and numerous regional contests. Her time-travel, Charming the Professor, is a National Readers Choice Award finalist. Her books have been translated and sold in many countries. She even has a Japanese manga edition of her first novel.

Donna lives in Central Ohio with her husband and adult daughter. She anticipates being a First time grandmother in September and can’t wait.

Learn more: https://www.DonnaMacMeans.com

Ray Wenck taught elementary school for 35 years. He was also the chef/owner of DeSimone’s Italian restaurant for more than 25 years. After retiring he became a lead cook for Hollywood casinos and the kitchen manager for the Toledo Mud Hens. Now he spends most of his time writing and doing book tours, meeting old and new fans and friends around the country.

Ray is the author of nine novels including the highly acclaimed, Amazon Top 20 post-apocalyptic series, Random Survival, the paranormal thriller, Ghost of a Chance and the mystery/suspense Danny Roth series. A list of his other novels can be viewed at raywenck.com.

His hobbies include reading, hiking, cooking and playing the harmonica.

Ray lives in the Toledo area where most of his stories are based.

Learn more: https://www.raywenck.com/

R.C. Durkee is a writer and an award winning artist who blends her love of history, nature and the rural life into her creative projects. The sixth generation to have lived on her family’s 183 year old farm, she has raised horses, sheep, cows and crops. She has written and published short stories and essays for over twenty-five years and in 2014, Moonshine Cove Publishing published her debut novel, Rum Run, a historical fiction set during 1920’s Prohibition on and around Lake Erie. Rum Run was selected to participate in the 2015 Ohioana Book Festival in Columbus. A member of the Historical Novel Society, she does talks and programs about her novel and local history. She is currently working on her second novel set during the Civil War.

Learn more: https://www.rcdurkee.com/

jerjonji is a YA author from Dayton Ohio with four books published with WordBranch Publishing. They are: Panda Girl, Red Kicks, Four Winds, and The Wilding Days. A historical fiction story for MidGrade readers, The Wampum Bracelet, will be released this year. She is currently working on a novel about homeless families. The first episode of her graphic novel, Jubilation Strikes, is in the process of being illustrated. You can follow her on Facebook and Twitter.

Learn more: https://www.jerjonji.com

The new William N. Skirball Writers’ Center, located in the South Euclid-Lyndhurst Branch of Cuyahoga County Public Library, is the first of its kind at an Ohio public library. The center offers free writing programs and a variety of resources and opportunities for traditional and self-published authors, including the SELF-e digital self-publishing platform which makes local author e-books available to library patrons.

Learn more: https://cuyahogalibrary.org/services/makerspaces/the-william-n-skirball-writers-center

Susan is a Christian author. The women in her books are all tiny windows of her–her life, circumstances, situations, friends and family before, during and after her auto accident. Her books reflect her 30-year memory loss. The theme throughout her books lets you know that God listens, cares and loves unconditionally. His grace and hope are ever present. You can achieve anything if it is God’s will.

Learn more: http://booksbysusan.com

Laura Eckroat resides in Monroe, WI with her husband and her two rescued dogs–Muffin & Shadow. Mrs. Eckroat was previously an elementary school teacher. She loves gardening and holding writing workshops for school age children. Laura is the author of The Life of Bud, 2010 North Texas Book Festival Best Children’s Book winner; A Simpler Time; Went Out To Get A Donut-Came Home With a Muffin–Texas Association of Authors-Best Children’s Book Age 7 & Under-2013; What’s In the Corner? A Muffin “Tail”; Red Goes To Kindergarten — Texas Association of Authors-Best Children’s Book Age 7 & Under-2016. My latest book — Daisy – A Life Cycle Series will be released in June, 2016.

Learn more: http://www.lauraeckroat.blogspot.com

ndependently published author Sharon R. Hunter, entered her first writing at the Y-City Writers of Zanesville, Ohio. It was not a writing of romance but an inspirational writing thanks to her special needs daughter, Lauren, which won her a second place ribbon.A romance reader at heart, Sharon took up writing in her late forties, finally fulfilling her lifelong dream. Encouraged by her husband Jeff, and a handful of special girlfriends, she’s developed into an inspiring romance writer. Most of her writings revolve around her dreams and she enjoys twisting and turning them into tangled webs to create passionate love affairs.

Residing in Streetsboro, Ohio, Sharon is at home with her husband Jeff, daughter’s Meghan and Lauren, son Beau, and their furry feline children. Writing for Sharon is no longer a hobby; it is a budding career.

Current romance novels by Sharon are, the Ranch Series: “The Rancher’s Wife & Love on the Ranch”  “Happy Hooker’s Bait & Tackle Shop, A Romantic Comedy”

You can follow Sharon on Facebook at Sharon R. Hunter, Author.

Learn more:

http://www.facebook.com/SharonR.Hunter.Author

It’s a fairly simple question… What shall I bring? You can find the answer at the local grocery in the form of two pounds of potato salad from the deli case, or… you can “Wow!” your friends at the party with a creative dish that is tasty AND easy to prepare. Leave the triple axles, Salchow jumps, and double toe loops for the ice skating arena. You can stick the landing. Wade Leslie Meyer has put together 25 tantalizing recipes with the level of difficulty identified through a unique system he calls the Murphy’s Law of Recipes. Whether you are a bachelor, kitchen newbie, or simply an expert with an overstuffed schedule, unique dishes such as Shrimpshrooms and Cookie Dough Ball will personalize your appearance at the event. How often can you find reading entertainment and killer dishes in a compact volume? The fun starts when you begin the recipe. You can talk like Salty the Pirate, learn from Cathy’s Tip du Jour, and meet Dr. Mathstein, all in one spot… at What Shall I Bring?

Learn more:

https://www.amazon.com/What-Shall-Bring-Personal-Cookbook

Laura Freeman has been a reporter for the past twelve years for the Record Publishing Co. in Kent, Ohio, and covers the historic town of Hudson, Ohio. She has won the Press Club of Cleveland’s Ohio Excellence in Journalism award twice and the Ohio Newspaper Association award several times. Her historic romance novels include “Impending Love and War” which takes place in the fictional town of Darrow Falls and involves runaway slaves, a journey on a canal boat, and lessons on how to court a girl. Her second novel, “Impending Love and Death,” can be read independently but is part of the Impending Love series. Set in 1861, the heroine must find out what has happened to her husband after the Battle of Bull Run. Her third novel, “Impending Love and Lies” is due out in a few months and is set in 1862 and follows the characters from Akron, Ohio, to the Battle of Antietam.

She lives in Ohio where she is working on her next book, “Impending Love and Capture.”

Visit on Facebook.com/laurafreeman.5648 and Twitter @LauraFreeman_RP or her blog: Authorfreeman.wordpress.com

Learn more: https://Authorfreeman.wordpress.com

J.D. Tippey first began as a screenwriter before attempting the printed page, debuting as a novelist in 2015 with The Waking Dream, an epic adventure with flavors of science fiction and fantasy. Golden Globe nominated actress Irene Bedard, best known for voicing Disney’s Pocahontas, recently completed her captivating reading of the audiobook. While a sequel is in the works for next year, 2016 will also see the release of his second novel, A Reflection, a contemporary drama. Some of his favorite writers and inspirations are J.R.R. Tolkien, Washington Irving, George MacDonald, C.S. Lewis, and Ray Bradbury.

Learn more: https://www.jdtippey.com

Myrna Stone is the author of four full-length books of poetry: In the Present Tense: Portraits of My Father, a Finalist for the 2014 Ohioana Book Award in Poetry; The Casanova Chronicles, a Finalist for the 2011 Ohioana Book Award in Poetry; How Else to Love the World; and The Art of Loss, for which she received the 2001 Ohio Poet of the Year Award. She is the recipient of two Ohio Arts Council Fellowships in Poetry, a Full Fellowship to Vermont Studio Center, a Distinguished Entry Award in the Campbell Corner 2004 Poetry Contest, for which she received a stipend and an invitation to read at Poets House in New York City, and the 2002 Poetry Award from Weber, The Contemporary West. In 2015 Stone presented five morning lectures on Poetry as a member of the faculty of the Antioch Writers’ Workshop. Her poems have been featured on Poetry Daily, Verse Daily, and Every Day Poems, and have appeared in such journals as Poetry, Ploughshares, Boston Review, TriQuarterly, The Massachusetts Review, Nimrod, River Styx and Southwest Review, among many others. Her work has also appeared in nine anthologies, including Flora Poetica: The Chatto Book of Botanical Verse; I Have My Own Song For It: Modern Poems of Ohio; and Beloved on the Earth: 150 Poems of Grief and Gratitude, and a poem from her last book was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Stone is a founding member of The Greenville Poets, based in Greenville, Ohio, and lives with her husband in an 18th century farmhouse they moved from Rhode Island.

Learn more: https://greenvillepoets.org

For the Love of Words is a publication and forum sponsored by WriteNow Publishing. We aim to promote and inspire our local authors by providing professional editing and publishing services for those looking to get their work out to the public. Writing is a work of creativity, and WNP recognizes the creator in all literature, and their need for an extra eye every now and then. For the Love of Words is a publication that spotlights local authors and their publications and offers writing articles on everything from establishing online presences, to creating a dramatic story arc. For more information or to find out how to be included in upcoming issues, please visit our website at: www.WNPublishing.org

Carrie Rubin is an award-winning author, physician, and public health advocate. Her medical thrillers include The Seneca Scourge (Whiskey Creek Press, 2012) and Eating Bull (ScienceThrillers Media, 2015), a recent Silver Medal IPPY Award winner for Great Lakes, Best Regional Fiction. The novel explores body-shaming, food addiction, and the food industry’s role in obesity. She is a member of the International Thriller Writers association and will serve on a panel at their annual ThrillerFest in New York City this summer. She lives in Ohio with her husband and two sons.

Learn more: https://carrierubin.com/

Sandra Philipson and Jenny Campbell are author and illustrator respectively of the Max and Annie series of books. Philipson and Campbell are frequent school visitors, presenting their literacy programs in over 500 schools in Ohio and surrounding states. The Max and Annie series has been popular with kindergarten through fifth grade students, parents, and school librarians for its humor, inspiration and true to life dog stories.

Learn more: http://maxandannie.com

A 2016 Kindle Book Award Semi-finalist: Secret Keepers and Skinny Shadows made the list. Congrats to all the semi-finalists.

In this Murder mystery see how far some people will go to protect a tragic secret. When it’s only remains linger in the haunting memories of the distant past.

Mary A Russell has a bachelor’s degree in fine arts from the University of Akron in Akron, Ohio. Russell is a member of the Crested Butte Writers in Crested Butte, Colorado. She spent five years researching content for “Secret Keepers and Skinny Shadows”.

Learn more: https://amzn.to/3Y4i2CX

Sandi Latimer is a lifelong journalist who added books to her repertoire in 2001. She and her husband often thanked their dogs for letting them share their house for 27 years. After the grieving eased, Sandi decided to start putting dog stories to paper. Poodle Mistress was published in 2011. Shortly afterwards she was challenged to write about male friendships. She and her ex-boss collaborated on Newsroom Buddies that takes the reader through the newsroom of United Press International during its glory days from the late 1960s through the 1980s, and their work through the turmoil of a crumbling company. After losing her husband of 40 years, Sandi has turned to the keyboard for more writing.

Learn more: http://www.poodlemistress.com and https://sandilatimer-com.webs.com/

Sandra Valencia has lived her entire life in the state of Ohio. Growing up in a simple home with two brothers and two sisters, she always loved books. When classmates groaned over writing assignments, she relished new chances to put pencil to paper. Also captivated by studies of foreign languages, she has studied several languages and enjoys added zest in her life from traveling abroad to meet new people and personally experience the wealth of different ideas and cultures.

From early childhood, she encountered a dramatic range of experiences commonly grouped into a category called paranormal activity. Dreams, visions, precognition and telekinesis are among only a few of the things that have sometimes frightened her, sometimes inspired her, and always fascinated her. Those experiences have been a treasure chest of ideas and concepts that are often included in her writing.

Ms. Valencia consolidated two decades of dreams into the series Legends from Turand. She has been both surprised and gratified to be contacted by readers from around the world, including Colombia, England, Italy, Mexico, The Netherlands, and Portugal. Descriptions from readers of Song of Turand and Return to Turand include comments such as:

• “Use of vivid imagery makes the novel a joy to read.”
• “One reading is not enough!”
• “Truly inspirational…”
• “So vividly described, one feels a part [of the story].”

Married for more than three decades, she is the mother of two dynamic sons who challenge her intellectually and spiritually. Besides writing and travel, she greatly enjoys classical and Latin music. Favorite hobbies include: entertaining friends and family, camping, gardening, and exploring the many aspects of esoteric phenomena.

Learn more:

 https://www.sandravalencia.net/

NJLinda Swink is the award-winning author of Life on a $5 Bet: Major General Edward J. Mechenbier and The Dare. She has also authored The Killing Practice, I Promise Do or Die, In Their Honor: The Men Behind the Names of Our Military Installations, and Speak With Power and Grace: A Woman’s Guild to Public Speaking.

Linda is a graduate of the University of Texas at El Paso, where she earned a degree in journalism. She is an Air Force veteran and professional speaker. She lives in Hamilton, Ohio.

Learn more: http://lindaswinkauthor.com

Nancy Christie is the author of the fiction collection, Traveling Left of Center and Other Stories and two short story e-books, Annabelle and Alice in Wonderland (all published by Pixel Hall Press), and the inspirational book, The Gifts Of Change (published by Beyond Words/Atria). Her stories have also been accepted by publications such as Talking River, Bethlehem Writers Roundtable, St. Anthony Messenger, Wild Violet, EWR: Short Stories, Hypertext, Full of Crow, Fiction365, Red Fez, and The Chaffin Journal. Currently Christie is working on several book projects, including a second collection, a novel and a book for writers.

Christie is also the founder of “Celebrate Short Fiction” Day, an active blogger, a member of the American Society of Journalists and Authors and Short Fiction Writers Guild (SFWG) and host of the monthly Monday Night Writers group in Canfield, OH.

Learn more: https://www.nancychristie.com/

Debra Sue Brice lives in Ohio with her two competitive show horses and a kitchen full of desserts. She has been writing for the pure joy of putting pen to paper since she was a little girl. Her life is one story after another, and the best way for her to remember it all is to bring it to life through her fictional characters. When not writing, riding, or baking, Debra Sue is also a first grade teacher and loves to hang out with her mom, dad, and sister.

Learn more: http://www.debrasuebrice.com

Marcus V. Calvert is a native of Detroit who grew up with an addiction to sci-fi. Since 2011, he’s written six books.

The first three were short story collections:

• Unheroic
• The Book Of Schemes
• Protected

The next three novels made up a super villain crime trilogy:

• I, Villain
• Murder Sauce
• Frag Code

 His goal’s to tell unique, twisted stories that people will be reading long after he’s gone. For him, the name and the fame aren’t important. Only the stories matter.

Learn more at https://www.facebook.com/TalesUnlimited/

Darlene Kuncytes is a best-selling author who was born and raised in Ohio – and still happily resides there. She is a complete smart mouth with a wicked sense of humor who has been told on more than one occasion that she is irritatingly chipper in the mornings. You can usually find her with a coffee mug in hand and a smile on her face causing all kinds of trouble. She is an avid animal lover who fosters puppy-mill survivors and tries to educate people on them.

Darlene is the author of The Supernatural Desire Series – these are stand alone, heart-warming, romantic, paranormal reads that will make you sigh and even laugh out loud at times! She is a hopeful romantic who loves characters that you can fall in love with.

She is also the author of the Suspense/Romance – I’ll Be Seeing You, which has been nominated for a RONE award from InD’Tale Magazine!

She is currently at work on book 4 in her series while staying busy releasing paranormal romance novella’s from some of the anthologies that she has been involved in, not to mention another Suspense/Romance that she has rattling around in that head of hers! The voices just never seem to stop!

Learn More: https://www.darlenekuncytes.com/

Award-winning writer John Kachuba is the author of the following titles:

The Savage Apostle (historical fiction), Sunbury Press, 2015.

Ghosthunting Ohio: On the Road Again, (nonfiction). Clerisy Press, 2011.

Ghosthunting USA, (editor) Clerisy Press, 2010.

The Gathering of Stones: Short Stories (fiction). VDM Publishing, 2009.

Ghosthunters: On the Trail of Mediums, Dowsers, Spirit Seekers and Other Investigators of America’s Paranormal World, (nonfiction) New Page Books, 2007.

Ghosthunting Illinois, (nonfiction) Emmis Publishing, 2005, reprinted by Clerisy Press, 2008.

Ghosthunting Ohio, (nonfiction) Emmis Publishing, 2004, reprinted by Clerisy Press, 2008.

Learn more: http://www.johnkachuba.com