Marci Shimoff is no beginner to the world of writing, indeed her work with the hugely successful 'Chicken Soup' series is testament to that In total she has six titles to her credit, and worldwide sales of over 13 million copies

What happens when you take a wealthy Minnesota family running a successful business and inject a truly wicked influence Potential disaster is the simple answer

What an interesting lady Phyllis Reid is A native from the island of Jamaica and raised a staunch Catholic, by the time she was 16 she was beginning to feel torn apart

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What a great little book It is not often that I get excited about a business book, in fact I can not think of another occasion that it has happened

There are as many different writing styles as there are writers Some meticulously develop their characters, while the plot sneaks stealthily up on you

I had the opportunity to spend some time talking with Chicken Soup for the American Idol Soul author Debra Poneman In a complete surprise she also brought along one of the genuine articles, an actual American Idol, Gina Glocksen

An author that sets out to write a trilogy, is to say the least ambitious, to maintain key characters over three books requires some very intricate plot manipulations Mary Martin has succeeded in grand style