AuthorsDen – Insightful Writers
Carmen Ruggero is an actress, photographer and writer - she is also a very human being. In the process of "being", she has become so expressive that her words draw the reader into her experience and make it feel like their own. "Too Late For The Early News" and "Angels In Heaven" will reach right into your hearts.
Bad Hair Day flows from her heart, as diabetes runs in her family. The poem, "Tango, For My Parents" is written in both Spanish and English and inscribed with an appreciative understanding of lifetime love.
Carolyn Howard-Johnson is the author of “This Is The Place” and “The Harkening: A Collection of Stories Remembered”. A chapter from “This Is The Place” was chosen as a finalist for the Masters Literary Award and this book has won eight other awards. Her second book has won three awards. If you have a book in the works, visit
Your How To Do It Frugally website and check out her "career-boosting" books, "THE FRUGAL BOOK PROMOTER: How to Do What Your Publisher Won't" and "THE FRUGAL EDITOR: Put Your Best Book Forward to Avoid Humiliation and Ensure Success". She is the founder of
Authors' Coalition and hosts
Sharing With Writers at blogspot and a
newsletter by the same name.
Carolyn is a gentle, humorous woman and thoughtful, inspiring writer, mamanging to be both down home and elegant at once. Don’t forget to visit her
well-tended Autors' Den Home Site site for many more articles, book excerpts and writing tips. She's a favorite of mine and will capture you with her winsome writing too.
Dennis Lewis is a Healing Tao instructor and expert in the arts of breathwork and meditation. He has written "Sacred Tradition & Present Need", "On the Way to Self Knowledge", "The Tao of Natural Breathing: For Health, Well-Being and Inner Growth" and "Free Your Breath, Free Your Life". He also offers a two-cassette audio program, entitled "Breathing as a Metaphor for Living". His article, "Belly Breathing" is a terrific exercise and "Personal Problems & Spiritual Growth" can contribute to a deeper understanding of our own potential for improvement.
Darlene M. Caban has been through nearly seven years of hemodialysis and her medical experiences have sharpened her savvy, sassy wits. Whether you’re more likely to stand over the dialysis recliner or lie in it, Darlene’s incisive insights will spark your interest. "Dar's Guide to Dialysis Nurses", "This is a hospital! You people should know this stuff!", "Coming Back: The will of the doctor versus the will of the patient", "If you're a dialysis patient, anger can kill you" and "Lessons learned on dialysis" should be must-reads for anyone employed in this field and anyone who might be on the receiving end.
Marilyn C. Morris is the author of two books and one entertaining, audacious, high-stepping attitude. She’s written a supernatural mystery set in Texas and a book on her adventures as an Army brat growing up in Europe and the Far East. To my delight, she’s also posted a short tale, "Speaker at 100 Women in Red Rally" that plucked my heartstrings and tickled my funnybone. Under "events", it's a sassy take on her travails with lupus, vasculitis, diabetes and a pair of redesigned, red, high-top sneakers. Her wolf better be on his toes because this lupie’s got some mighty moxie.
"My wife is Australian. I'm American. Our cat is from Hong Kong. Two of us taught English in China for over 6 years. I also taught Advanced English Writing and Creative Writing in several universities in China, and was the senior editor of a designated Key Learning Resource for universities throughout China. In 2006 we moved to Chiang Mai, Thailand where my wife continues to work as an artist and I'm a full-time editor. I also telecommute to the US, Singapore and Hong Kong as an editor and legal transcriptionist. I've been writing since 1978 and editing since 1990. I made the transition from tech manuals and sales literature to fiction in 2000."
This is a great intro to the life, the mind and the writings of Michael LaRocca, the most prolific and one of the most likable writers I've ever known and I've known quite a few. Michael is a smart, sharp, honest and entertaining author. His books include "Rising From The Ashes", An American Redneck in Hong Kong", "Vigilante Justice" and "The Chronicles of a Madman", which is an anthology. His latest book,
"Who Moved My Rice" ("you can't eat grits with chopsticks") is also his latest award-winner. In this book, Michael writes vividly of his unusual life as a Spoken English teacher in Hangzhou, China.
If you don't read Thai, scroll down for a page full of great links and gifts for writers and those who aspire to that job description. You can visit
Who is Michael LaRocca (And why should you care?) for the answer to that intriguing question, a list of his books with brief synopses and how to order them. At his
Editing Service he can help you turn your pages of lovingly strung together words into readable, salable books and guide you into becoming your own editor. This is no small feat since, although most of us fancy we're terrific editors, few of us actually have the eye, the economy of words and the impact of imagery to really earn the title.
Michael is a three time EPPIE finalist and winner of many other awards including two Sime~Gen Readers Choice Awards for nonfiction. His books and short stories are fascinating and his talents are especially impressive since each book is written in a different genre. This proves his brain does more than just keep his eardrums from banging together like cymbals. Book excerpts, short stories and articles on writing from this editor of over ten years experience are at his
AuthorsDen site. You can subscribe to his enjoyable newsletter by visiting
Who Moved My Rice at Google Groups. He'll keep you absorbed by his life in Thailand, his cat Picasso's adventures and keep a smile on your face, even on days when smiles don't easily crinkle up. Thanks to Michael, you can experience all the fun, furor and frustration of living in a foreign (to you) land, without ever having to leave your home sweet seat. If you love to read or write, Michael has something to offer you.
Niki Collins-Queen is a children's therapist and modern day pioneer, trekking the wilderness to find the center of her universe. She is the author of "Earth, the Forgotten Temple: A Spirit Quest in the Wilderness", which chronicles her explorations and expresses her keen observations. In articles such as, "People-Centered Health Care is an Art Not a Business", "Living With Chronic Illness" and "Hidden Agendas In The Cancer Industry" she shares her opinions of society’s ills and their effects in our lives. Her writing stimulates thinking in those who dare to care.
Regina Pounds has written the quirky romantic historical novels, “LEONORA: Tulips in Winter”, “Theo's Ghost” and “Lord Eaglebeak”. Her books capture the senses and her articles and poetry enhance the reader’s interest. A demanding childhood in post-war Berlin and the difficulties of coping with Fibromyalgia have fueled her artistic endeavors and brought depth to her talents. As a writer or a reader, be sure to see her article, Book Buyer Beware on the perplexities of dealing with print on demand publishing and the wise range in prices.
Sherry L Gibson is the author of “Only a Game’, a newly published mind warping psychological horror novel. She’s also the founder of a wonderful online lupus support group,
LWLupus (Living With Lupus), a wife, parent and grandmother and my dear friend. Her personal story of Living With Lupus is published at her AuthorsDen website, along with a huge portfolio of verses including “Our Final Waltz”, "Little Vampire Baby", "Silent Wolf", "Memories" and so many more. Sherry’s writing creatively expresses her passion for family and life and her powerful will to win, despite the wailing of her wolf.