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Saturday, December 20, 2025

Our December Event

December 1st to 19th, 2025

The winter months are a form of quiet blessing, a rare permission from the world to draw inwards, become small, and enjoy a hibernation of spirit.

There is an art in this ritual of stacking blankets just so, the deliberate choosing of which unread novel to begin, and the slow, luxurious collapse onto the couch.

We draw the blanket over our legs, inhale the unmistakable scent of a new book, exhale slowly, and open the book to its first page.

December 1-19, every day, an author was introduced to readers.

Click on their names to read their posts.

December 1
Erika M Szabo
Author of epic fantasy, magical realism, and children's books.

December 3
Christina Weigand
Author of young adult and new adult Inspirational Fantasy
December 5
Joni Kerr
Author of children’s books focusing on International and cultural themes.

December 7
Holly May Cormier
Author of emotionally charged thrillers and character-drivenare women’s fiction.

December 9
Emma Finlayson-Palmer
Author of Gothic and magical children's books.

December 11
J.F. Howard
Author of cozy murder mystery and historical fiction.

December 13
Katie Vandrilla
Author of children's books, memoir, and young adult fiction.

December 15
David James
Author of action-adventure romantasy filled with banter and light humor.

December 17
Darla Hall
Author of positive mindset, motivational, and children’s books

December 19
Maureen Cummins
Author of literary fiction with a touch of emotional roller-coaster ride.

December 2
Heather Russel-Kay
Author of magical stories shaped by shadow and hope.
December 4
Q.M Gatlin
Author of Poetry that blends emotion with visual storytelling

December 6
Carla McBeath
Author of nonfiction, self-help books focused on personal transformation.

December 8
Eva Pasco
Author of lit with grit through character-driven Contemporary.

December 10
Gina LoBiondo
Author of heartwarming picture books and a middle-grade faerie tale retelling.

December 12
Diane Lauer Hallman
Author of transformative stories and journals.
December 14
Miriam Tedesco
A storyteller writing wild-eyed across most genres.

December 16
Lulu Smyles
Author of poetry exploring self-discovery, healing, and reflection.

December 18
MaryEllen Whitton
Author of non-fiction for women to reconnect with their inner light.

Friday, December 19, 2025

Meet Author Maureen Cummins

A perfect life in shambles

Maureen Cummins was born and raised in Orlando, Florida and studied Literature at Florida State University. She has lived in Canada since she met the love of her life and moved to be with him in Newmarket, Ontario. They have two beautiful children whom she is lucky enough to stay home with and raise. This is her first book, but definitely not her last.

Maureen's book

https://store.bookbaby.com/book/paper-world

A perfect life in shambles. A memory buried in uncertainty. All because she opened that book. Harrowing and unpredictable, "Paper World" by Maureen Cummins is the story of a girl lost down a rabbit hole, trying to retrace her steps and find her way back to the surface. Will she climb and catch her breath again? Or will her paper world rip to shreds beneath her feet?

Harrowing and unpredictable, "Paper World" by Maureen Cummins is the story of a girl lost down a rabbit hole, trying to retrace her steps and find her way back to the surface. Will she climb and catch her breath again? Or will her paper world rip to shreds beneath her feet?

What happened to Brett Cain?

Brett had the perfect life. At least she thought she did. She was just celebrating her 25th birthday. She was about to marry her college sweetheart, Kurt. She was close with her parents, had a best friend she could rely on, and a fantastic career path all mapped out for her. So why is she finding herself on life support just two months later? Why can't she remember? Where is Kurt? And why is a book and its contents haunting her while she lays in a hospital bed?

Get ready to dive into the compelling world of "Paper World" – a coming of age novel like no other.

The last slice

Saturday, December 6, 2025

Meet Author Carla McBeath

Opens pathways to distinguish reality from propaganda

Carla McBeath’s second book breaks through an insidious obstacle: manipulative influences all around us, molding and shaping our choices outside our conscious awareness. In this book, Carla presents insights gained over her lifetime and opens pathways to distinguish reality from propaganda. Your Will and Your Win: Rescuing Your Human Will from Popular Culture and Finding Your Win (Vertigo Interactive LLC, 2024). Carla lives in New York City with her husband and, other than writing, loves baroque music, learning world languages and cooking. Carla is creating a You Tube channel based on the book, and is working on an epic fantasy book, Book One of a series, based on a short story she wrote years ago. She can be reached through the publisher at support@vertigoint.com

Carla's book

https://www.amazon.com/Your-Will-Win-Rescuing-Popular/dp/B0F1KHDFYP

What are the influences all around you that stop you from thinking and doing what you want?

What powerful force do you have at hand and how can you use it?

The world has changed. Working “hard”, eight hours a day, to lead to a better life no longer is effective. Why do we keep pursuing a lifestyle that no longer works for us?

Discover the truth about:

• Work

• Business Networks

• Our culture

• Money

• Ourselves

Carla McBeath is the author of How to Find and Love Your Small Space, Outfit Your Small Gourmet Kitchen, Furnish Your Amazing Space with Wellness Colors and Store All Your Stuff (Small Space Life Publishing, 2001), a small book written to confront and overcome a crisis of housing affordability in our time, by teaching how to find and create a comfortable, healing, inspiring small house or studio apartment.

More about the author

The Dunning-Kruger effect on social media

Thursday, December 4, 2025

Meet Author Q.M. Gatlin

Poetry that blend emotion with visual storytelling

https://payhip.com/authorqmgatlin

Q.M. Gatlin, born and raised in California, grew up moving often, sparking a habit of creating vivid mental portraits as a personal refuge. Exposure to diverse environments shaped a wide range perspective and an eclectic love for books, music, and art.

Inspired Independent Authors Q.M. began crafting stories and poetry that blend emotion with visual storytelling, much like lyrical art. Writing became both solace and purpose, rooted in a passion for inspiring change.

Q.M. Gatlin's book

https://a.co/d/3EIx0Mi

A collection of introspective free verse poetry exploring emotions and experiences, guiding readers through personal reflection and self-discovery through thoughtful imagery.

Soul-stirring poetry that invites reflection and inner awakening with deep introspection.

Vivid imagery that tugs at your heart and paints feeling into every page.

Guided journaling prompts that help you transform emotion into personal insight; each journaling journey reflects and grows with each chapter.

Every piece is a doorway to something deeper, drawing from the life's most untamed moments grief, joy, longing, love & more. Let these words be your mirror, your muse, and your map as you journey inward. Beautiful Chaos isn’t just a book, it’s an experience of feeling fully, growing bravely, and embracing the art of being beautifully undone.

More about the author

Who are you?

Wednesday, December 3, 2025

Meet Author Christina Weigand

Christian fantasy novels

Christina Weigand’s a writer, wife, and mother of four grown children. She is also Nana to five grandchildren. She lives with her husband in Pennsylvania. She has three published YA Christian Fantasy novels.

Christina's book

ON AMAZON

The Peace Summit was in shambles, the prince kidnapped.

When the rival king realizes he kidnapped the wrong prince, hostilities escalate. Loyalties to each other and country are tested for the twin princes of Crato, Joachim and Brandan.

Joachim, captive of King Waldrom, faces deception and betrayal as he struggles to find his way home. Brandan, at home with a father focused on rescuing Joachim, wrestles with his own demons as he searches for his place in the world and the favor of his father.

Torn from the safety and peace of their childhood, they are thrust into a world where bonds of family, brotherhood and roles as heirs to Crato are tested. Through war, spiritual journeys, death and marriage, will they choose the path of good or evil? Who can be trusted, as the world they know slips into a whirlpool of chaos?

Enchanted pages

Friday, November 28, 2025

December #MeetNewAuthors #FindNewBooks Event

#meetnewauthors #findnewbooks

The winter months are a form of quiet blessing, a rare permission from the world to draw inwards, become small, and enjoy a hibernation of spirit.

The evenings are dark, the streetlights outside jaundiced and unreal, and cold air rides in on every gust. We build our own warmth, pieced together from the pleasures of thick socks, a hot mug of chocolate with whipped cream, and the familiar weight of a hardcover book resting on our knees.

There is an art in this ritual of stacking blankets just so, the deliberate choosing of which unread novel to begin, and the slow, luxurious collapse onto the couch.

When the radiators groan to life, and the city’s background noise dulls beneath the snow, these are the most cherished hours, finding in them a small but vital resistance to the disorder of the outside world.

We draw the blanket over our legs, inhale the unmistakable scent of a new book, and then exhale slowly, and open the book to its first page.

Starting December 1st, every day a new author and one of their books will be introduced to you. Bookmark this blog, you might find a few gems to last you for the long winter months. Happy reading!