Dr. Geraldine K. Piorkowski is a retired clinical psychologist who received her PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Since then, she worked in a variety of academic and clinical settings for over fifty years. Besides holding the position of Chair of the Psychology Department at Roosevelt University, Chicago, she was also on the faculty at the University of Illinois at Chicago; the New Jersey College of Medicine and Dentistry in Newark, and the Northwestern Medical School in Chicago.
She is an inspirational speaker, radio show host, lawyer, youth advocate, humanitarian, and author of several books, including Your Eyes Can’t See My Heart; Failure To Man Is Not Failure To God; Ego Has No Place In The Law, and Christian B$tch. In fact, Attorney Thomas has been in the spotlight for most of her life. Audrey has earned several awards, including but not limited to, Carl B. Moxie’s Best Radio Show Host, Linkage Award, and Mother of the Year.
As an Author, Speaker and Grief and Life Transformation Coach, I have been dedicated to supporting the bereaved in their healing since my daughter’s suicide in 2005, at the age of 22. This was a devastating and traumatic experience for me and my entire family. Janaya’s death ripped my world apart. I lost all sense of who I was. It has been a long, hard road to find out.
Kennon A. Keith was born in April 1980 in Los Angeles, California. His parents raised him with strong Christian values and always taught him if he had “faith the size of a mustard size, he can move mountains” (Matthew 17:20). He attended South Pasadena High School where he discovered his love of writing, however, most stories he read did not interest him. It was only when he could let his creativity soar, that he found his groove. He wrote stories that he wanted to read and when that occurred, he found that he could write for hours on end uninterrupted.
In facing ruining negative thoughts, we need to make sure of ourselves. We need to prioritize ourselves to be better and get rid of such thinking. We can build a positive, persevering mind that can help us get through whatever we are doing today. When we have the right mindset, we can lift ourselves and ensure a happy future.
The irrepressible, dynamic, lady in the big, black hat known as Edith King Vosefski is an accomplished etiquette expert, teacher, author and speaker. Once the founder and director of the Etiquette School of Northern Illinois, Edith now continues to share her knowledge of manners through her children’s literature. She is also a sought after speaker on the subject of etiquette and has appeared on local television shows and had her own newspaper column entitled “Hats Off to Etiquette”.
The thing that makes sci-fi unique from other genres is that it uses partially true science theories in the narrative. Thus, if you decide to read one, you can expect a myriad of benefits—from knowledge and wisdom to cognitive skills. Because this genre is usually time-sensitive, there will be tons of tension and consequential scenes.
The Ground Upon Which I Stand is a collection of three light Lovecraftian horror stories Mythos 101Ramona thinks college is just an institution of higher education. She isn’t ready for a crash course into the mythos. Homecoming After surviving her first ritual, Ramona goes home with Dexter to meet his father. Neither of them are prepared for what they find. Reckoning Good things happen to bad people. Bad things happen to good people. Its just the way life goes. But Dexter and Ramona aren’t willing to wait for karma to catch up and play out on its own.
Rosser McDonald is an experienced writer. Sixteen years reporting news on TV in Oklahoma and Texas. Then twenty-eight years as a producer at the Radio and Television Commission, SBC. Twelve of those, Rosser produced and scripted documentaries for use on NBC TV stations. Two brought Emmy Award nominations. He has many Telly Awards (cable TV version of Emmys) and other recognitions. His wife, Glenda, is a life-long musician on piano and organ.
When Anna Rykov pursued Brian Teplow, the spiritualist that her benefactor has spoken to before his death, to the world of Siashutara, she inadvertently entered the conflict between two warring alien species competing to see their preferred version of the timeline come to fruition.