Linda Barnett-Johnson

Read more.   This is a must read! You'll love it! Imagine you are granted  three wishes --and your second wish is captured by a television news crew and broadcast across the globe. Now the whole world knows you can wish for absolutely anything, and it will come true. Now imagine you're fourteen years old.     Jake Parker is about to finish the freshman year of what's shaping up to be a mediocre high school career. He's a late bloomer. His family is living hand-to-mouth. And worst of all, he's a nobody--until he discovers an ancient ship's lantern. With everyone on the planet watching to see what Jake's final wish will be, he becomes an instant media darling, and his social status at school skyrockets. That's the good news. The bad news is pres...

Read more.   Are you satisfied with your life?   Do you like who you see in the mirror?  Would you like to take charge of your life?    Believe it or not but achieving your goals -whether big or small - is now within your grasp.       In "Running Your Life, "Edward Kania takes you on a  lighthearted, humorous and touching journey  of how a "big boned" middle-aged attorney  conjured up the courage to conquer his first (and twenty-first) half marathon and how the training techniques  he discovered and used can be adapted to help you win whatever "race" you want to finish. You will learn: ·How to  jump start your journey  by conquering your fears ·How to determine and  re...

Read more. Do you have all the things you want? Does it seem like you work so much harder than others, but they seem to have so much more? Is the world against you, or is it just bad luck? Maybe it's neither. Most people believe that what they think, how they feel, and what they do are a function of their place in the word – the cards they were dealt, and they must play them. The truth is that it works the other way around. The conditions in your life are a result of how you manage it. Someone said, "When you change, the world around you changes." It's all about your personal mindset. So, are you ready to let go of the beliefs that are holding you back? There are three pillars that support our life on this earth – thoughts, feelings, and actions. These are...

Read more.  A  thrilling saga of a boy, Gallin, and a girl , Alexine, lifelong friends, who  escape an assassin  on their shared 16th birthday only to  face mortal danger on a different world ,    TYRANT'S CROWN: Brothers and Sisters  is international best-selling author Joseph Amiel's  thrilling saga of a boy, Gallin, and a girl , Alexine, lifelong friends, who  escape an assassin  on their shared 16th birthday only to  face mortal danger on a different world , but also the prospect of greater power and purpose than they could have ever imagined. It is the  first book in the  TYRANT'S CROWN series.    Dropped into a strange version of London in the 1770s,  they join the crowd outside Westminster ...

Read more. " Rio - A Love Story  is a  beautifully written  love story indeed, a love story of a mother and her children and  the special love story many of us have experienced with a beloved pet.  Poignant and compelling, Joni takes the reader on a powerful journey from tragedy to triumph. The book is a testament to both the  strength and resilience of the human spirit  and how the unselfish love between a dog and a trainer can heal both.  Highly recommended ."     --  Bradley Rand Smith, Internationally  Award-Winning Playwright,  Screenwriter, Theater  Producer and Director        Most of us will experience various forms of heartbreak, loss, and tragedy at some point in our lives. Joa...

Read more. "Mr. Ayuk's book shows  how the oil and gas industry can unleash economic development and prosperity  across the continent." - Sec. Gen. Barkindo    Although Africa has been an oil-market force for decades, it has lagged on natural-gas development, Ayuk points out. This needs to change, he says. While more gas exports would boost the continent's economy, the main reason he wants to see a gas-development boomis that gas would ease the continent's power shortages until renewables inevitably take over.       The power shortages that gas could help fix have been battering Africa's economy for decades, Ayuk laments. The main reason is that governments own most countries' utility assets, he contends. Governments that have separated power cr...

By Carolyn Howard-Johnson, author of the multi award-winning HowToDoItFrugally Series of books for writers I recently heard about a new kink in the old agent-for-upfront-fee scam. I thought it authors were getting wise but this scam and similar ones are getting worse if only because of the new twists on old cons. One of my longtime friends on Facebook told me that just as she had been waiting for the “right time to terminate” her relationship with her agent, she received a mass e-mail informing her of the agent’s new fee-for-service plan. My friend then canceled her contract (the terms of the contract had already expired) and asked that the mention of her books be removed from this former agent’s website. The agent refused her request (and other authors' requests) citing that she was the “agent of record” for those books. My friend says, “I feel bad for new writers who fall for this trap of paying her upfront fees.” This agent also added another wrinkle ...