MWSA Silver Award Winners Featured on The New Book Review

I have a new series going at my New Book Review blog. Well, sort of a series. I wanted to pass forward the joy of being honored by the Military Writers Society of America for my chapbook of poetry Tracings. The 2009 batch of award winners are up and Colonel Michael “Mike” Angley is one of them.

Mike's award-winning book is the Child Finder Trilogy. He retired from the Air Force in 2007 following a 25-year career as a Special Agent with the Office of Special Investigations (OSI). He held 13 different assignments throughout the world, among which were five tours as a Commander of various units, to include two Air Force Squadrons and a Wing. He is a seasoned criminal investigator and a counterintelligence and counterterrorism specialist. His debut novel, Child Finder, received the Silver Medal for Fiction in the 2009 Military Writers Society of America’s Annual Awards program. Child Finder features a USAF Special Agent protagonist, and it gets its inspiration from Angley’s long, multifaceted career.

So, won't you go by and read the review of his book at http://www.thenewbookreview.blogspot.com? Leave him a comment. I know he'd love to feel the love.

Silver Award Winner of Interest to Military Buffs

Whatever happened to all those news reels we used to watch in the movie theaters when we were kids? Or those training films they made us watch when we were drafted or enlisted in the military?

They have been catalogued in a reference by a silver medal winner of the recent MWSA awards, Phillip Stewart. Go to www.TheNewBookReview.blogspot.com for a review of book that will be of interest to all MWSA members.

Military Writers Society of America Announces 2009 Book Award Nominees

Nominees for the Military Society of America Book Awards for 2009 were announced by MWSA president Joyce Faulkner, founder Bill McDonald, lead reviewer Rob Ballister, award-winning author, Richard Lowry, and Veterans Radio host Dale Throneberry at http://www.veteransradio.net/ on August 29, 2009. The winners in each category will be announced on http://www.veteransradio.net/ at 9am EST on September 12.

The nominees for the 2009 Book Awards are listed here in no particular order. For more information on these fine books, go to http://www.militarywriters.com/.

For an Anthology.
Home of the Brave by Jeffery Hess
By Dammit, We’re Marines! by Gail Chatfield
Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Salutes the Military by Andrew Lubin, et. al.

For a Children's Book:
The Elementary Adventures of Jones, JEEP, Buck & Blue, Jones, Books 1-4 by Sandra Miller Linhart
Memories of Me by L.M. Romagnoli
You and Your Military Hero by Sara Jensen-Fritz, Paula Jones-Johnson, Thea L. Zitzow
If I had a Daddy by Mary M. Sullivan

For Fiction:
The Take-Us by John Raymond Takacs
The Sandman by David Lucero
Child Finder by Michael Angley
Honor Defended by D. H. Brown

For Historical Fiction:
Hollywood Buzz: A Pucci Lewis Mystery by Margit Liesche
True Colors by Erin Rainwater
The Final Salute by Kathleen M. Rodgers
Virginia's War by Jack Woodville London

For a Memoir:
Embedded: A Marine Corps Advisor Inside the Iraqi Army by Wesley Gray
The Lady Gangster, A Sailor’s Memoir by Del Staecker
Cat Lo, A Memoir of Invincible Youth by Virgil Erwin
Immeasurable Spirit: Lessons of a Wounded Warrior by Latoya Lucas

For a Music CD:
Goin Home by James Jellerson

For Non-fiction:
Sacred Ground by Tom Ruck
The Ether Zone, US Army Special Forces Detachment B-52 by Raymond Morris
Fire in the Night: Creative Essays from an Iraq War Vet by Lee Kelley
A Vietnam Trilogy by Raymond Monsour Scurfield

For Poetry:
Tears for Mother Earth by Jim Greenwald
Poems of Passion & Songs for the Soul by James Randy Jellerson
Sugar, Zeroes, and Lemon Drops by Jim Greenwald

For Reference:
Strike from the Sea by Tommy H. Thomason
USAF Prototype Jet Fighters by Dennis R. Jenkins and Tony R. Landis
The Book of War by Dwight Jon Zimmerman
America's Film Vault by Phillip W. Stewart

For a Spiritual Book:
God in the Foxhole by Charles W. Sasser
Battlefields & Blessings: Stories of Faith and Courage from World War II by Larkin Spivey
Bible Promises for Soldiers by J. M. Barnes
I Will Never Give Up on God Again by Derek W. Clark


MWSA is an association of more than eight-hundred authors, poets and artists drawn together by the common bond of military service. Most members are active duty military, retirees or military veterans. A few are civilians who have chosen to honor our military through their writing or their art. Their only core principle is a love of the men and women who defend this nation, and a deeply personal understanding of their sacrifice and dedication.

For the latest news releases and other information, visit MWSA on the Internet at http://www.militarywriters.com/

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MWSA Conference & Awards Banquet

• MWSA Conference and Awards Banquet will be held at the Westin Imagine Orlando in Orlando FL -- October 9-11th, 2009. Basic information is in the July Newsletter posted at http://www.militarywriters.com/.
  
  New programs this year:
• Conference will be broadcast live through streaming video on the website -- by Videographer Paul Sninchak.
• Opening Mixer
• Open Mic Emceed by Mike Mullins
• Bob Calvert's Hope For Heroes Radio Show
• Winners will be interviewed on Video by Bob Calvert
• Precious "Medals" Reception
• Screening of Chris Martini's Movie in the works TROOPER
• Volunteer & Reviewers Invitational Breakfast
• Saturday morning Opener -- Jeff Edwards
• People's Choice Award Event hosted by Dwight Jon Zimmerman
• Radio Show by Dale Throneberry of Veterans Radio Network
• People's Choice Finalist Performances
• Workshops
• People's Choice Award Voting
• MWSA Awards Banquet and Ceremony
• Screening of PERFECT VALOR -- Richard Lowry
• Sunday Morning Opener
• Dwight Jon Zimmerman Talk about his experiences converting his book to documentary for Military Channel
• State of the Organization -- Joyce Faulkner, President
• MWSA Bucks Auction
• Closer

Green Expo Offers Video Package an Author Can't Refuse

I just posted an unique opportunity for authors on my Sharing with Writers blog. It's a Book Pavilion at a Green Expo. The package for table (booth) and video interview that will keep you promoting your book for a long time in the future to everyone all over the world (well, anyone who is connected to the Web)is under $300. I will be hosting. I'm more than a little excited about this!

Go here:

http://sharingwithwriters.blogspot.com/2009/06/green-expo-book-pavilion-to-help.html

And know that you are green. If you do green stuff in your office, you're green. If you publish on recycled paper, you're green. E-books? Green. Kindle or other readers? Green. Yes, you can make this work for you. Or just pronounce your commitment to green and you're on your way.

Freedom, Soldiers, and Myths

Raff Ellis and the adjudicator of the Reid trial dish on freedom, what soldiers are, mythsm and more on this week's last two blogs at www.warpeacetolerance.blogspot.com.

Authors Access to 49 Cent, 20 Minute Wonder on Book Proposals

I love to give my blog readers (and, yeah, readers of my books) free information when I can. There are others who like to do that, too, including Irene Watson and Victor R. Volkman of Author Access. We are some team when we get together as we did last week when they interviewed me on the fine art of book proposal writing and why it matters. Many of the tips were taken from my 49 cent wonder "The Great First Impression Book Proposal: Everything You Need to Know About Selling Your Book in Twenty Minutes or Less." We talked about the "A" to "Z" of book
proposals and how to make your unique voice shine through. We also talked about:

* Why I wrote "The Great First Impression Book Proposal"
* Why this how to on book proposals differs from most–-other than it’s being only 49 cents
* The most important part of a book proposal
* Why you need a query letters to go with your book proposal
* Why I chose the Amazon Short format for "The Great First Impression Book Proposal"

Download the free podcast at http://authorsaccess.com/archives/146
Learn about the 30 Success Secrets for Authors and Publishers at Authors Access.
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Contributed by Carolyn Howard-Johnson, author of This Is the Place; Harkening: A Collection of Stories Remembered; Tracings, a chapbook of poetry; and two how to books for writers, 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. Her FRUGAL book for retailers is A Retailer’s Guide to Frugal In-Store Promotions: How To Increase Profits and Spit in the Eyes of Economic Downturns with Thrifty Events and Sales Techniques. She is also the author of the Amazon Short, "The Great First Impression Book Proposal". Some of her other blogs are TheNewBookReview.blogspot.com, a blog where authors can recycle their favorite reviews. She also blogs at all things editing, grammar, formatting and more at The Frugal, Smart and Tuned-In Editor blog.