2010
2009 Mentor Author Sylvia Dickey Smith receives the
2010 Barbara Burnett Smith Sage Award.
2009 Mentor Author Sylvia Dickey Smith has a new book out: "A War of Her Own",
September 2010, a captivating tale of Bea Meade, lady riveter, and the challenges she faces on the homefront working on the Texas/Louisiana border in a booming shipyard during World War II.
2009 Aspiring Writer Caroline Shearer (Mentor Author Karen Swartz MacInerney) has
published three books: Adventures of a Lightworker: Dead End Date: (2009); "Love Like God: Embracing Unconditional Love: (2011); and "Raise Your Vibration: Tips and Tools for
a High-Frequency Life" (2011).
2008 Aspiring Mystery Writer Robin Allen (Mentor Author Karen Swartz MacInerney) has
sold her first mystery to Midnight Ink in a three-book deal. If You Can’t Stand the Heat, the first in the Poppy Markham Mystery series, features a chef turned by-the-book public health
inspector who reluctantly becomes involved in a murder investigation when her territorial stepsister’s knife is found in the heart of an egotistical French chef during a party to
celebrate the grand re-opening of the family restaurant. Publication is set for May 2011. Visit Robin: http://robinallentx.blogspot.com/
2007
2006 Julie Ann Candoli, 2006 Aspiring Writer/Mentor Author Russ Hall, was a finalist in the
mystery category of the 2009 Writer's League of Texas manuscript contest.
2006 Mentor Author Dave Ciambrone has a new book out in the Virginia Davies series,
"Quest for the Crystal Skull", September 2010
2006 Mentor Author Val Taylor books include: Rebel Private: Front and Rear Dutton/Plume
published 1995; Spirits of Texas, Emerald Ink Publications 2001; and Eyes in the Alley, Zumaya Publications 2009. Val also gives the following workshops: "The Story of You,"
"Understanding and Developing Your Psychic Ability," and "Surviving a Near Death Experience and Integrating it Into Your Life."
2005