THE CAT’S MEOW
FOR WRITERS & READERS EZINE®
Issue
23, Vol. 06
©
OCTOBER 10, 2006
Published,
written and edited by Rosanne Catalano, (a.k.a. R.C.Kayla)
Publisher,
Editor-in-Chief and published Writer / Author
Home of The Cat’s Meow for Writers &
Readers Ezine® and
Rosanne Catalano’s Author Website
– www.rosannecatalano.net
Ezine: ISSN:
2237-65
Associate
Editor: Nancy Currie
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IN THIS ISSUE:
NEW! BEST POEM OF THE MONTH CORNER
NEW! BIRTHDAY WISHES CORNER!
PUBLISHER’S CORNER – ROSANNE CATALANO (a.k.a. R.C.KAYLA)
EDITOR’S CORNER –
OFF THE PRESS!
(Author Book Releases, Publishing News,
Reading Group News
& Calls for Submissions from Publishers)
COFFEE HOUSE 4
POETS & WITERS
(Every Month Published Artistic Talent – New and
Established!)
“They Were Dogs I tell you!” a
story article
By ROSANNE CATALANO, a.k.a. R.C.Kayla
“As I Walked By,” “How Can I Say Goodbye?” and “Autumn Dance,” story articles
By CAROL ROACH
“On Call – Part 5,” serialized short story, “Roses for Her Baby,” a short
story,
and “October’s Bright Blue Weather,” a
poem
By SANDRA LEE HOYNACKI
“A Gathering of Love,” “Cat
Lover,” story articles,
and “Perfection,” a poem
By SHARLETT F. HUNT
“The Newlyweds,” a flash fiction story
By DON CRAWFORD
“ Looking Out My Window,” “Innocent Child,” and “Hand Me Down,” poems
By MARIA T. BARONE
FEATURE ARTICLE
By ALEXANDRA K. BROWN, “Run Your Business From Home? Here’s 10 Ways
to Be More Productive”
ARTICLES
By
NICOLA KENNEDY, “Enjoy Trick-Or-Treating
With These 5 Easy To Remember Halloween Safety Tips”
By
KAREN FRITSCHER-PORTER, “Home Safety and
Home Security Tips for Homeowners at Halloween”
BY JENNA GLATZER, “The Ten-Minute Attitude Adjuster” and “Five Magic Phrases: Tips for Negotiating Like A Pro”
By
CLAUDE BOURGOIN, “When Is the Best Time
to Post Your Items on eAuctions?
By
SCOTT LINDSAY, “Site Promotion Tools:
Press Release”
By
MICHELE GRAHAM, “How to Advertise Your
Small Business” and “Time Management
in Daily Living”
By
JENNIFER MC CLEARY, “How to Have
Pregnancy without the Pounds”
By
ALFA MERCADO, “Definitive Pregnancy Guide
on Dealing with the Third Trimester of Pregnancy”
By
PATSY HAMILTON, “The Search for a Diet to
Rebuild Immune System Strength”
By
ANNA G. B. NIRVA, “The ‘u’ in Humane is
You: Five Things You Can Do to Help Companion Animals in Distress”
By
BOB ANDERSON, “Pet Health: Recommended
Pet Vaccination Schedule”
By HESHAM A. HASSABALLA, “Are Muslims Fighting the Good Fight?”
NEW! BEST POEM OF THE MONTH CORNER
Innocent Child
By Maria T.
Barone
Copyright © 2006 Maria T. Barone
I am only a child as innocent as can be,
Why I ask myself did this happen to me.
A man I trusted, respected and all,
Yet I didn’t want to go but he still calls.
He came toward me and took my little hand
Don’t be afraid he is such a nice man
He weighs me to see how big I did get,
I sense something wrong like I was his pet.
He touched me in all the wrong places I
knew
I felt so uncomfortable, my face turned red
& blue
I tried to get away from him, but nothing
worked
When he was finished, I felt like a jerk…
This has been going on for so many years,
I am so disgusted I just shed more tears.
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in our Coffee House 4 Poets & Writers Corner!
NEW! BIRTHDAY WISHES CORNER!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! TO:
John
Umland, October 17th, 1961
May your birthday wishes come true!
To see your
birthday wishes here,
email us with your name (first & last) and birthday (year is optional)!
PUBLISHER’S CORNER
Rosanne Catalano – www.rosannecatalano.net
A year ago this month, my beloved dad was called home to be
with our Father in heaven. Originally, I wasn’t going to write a column due to
my ongoing grief. But then
I realized that my dad would have wanted me to continue working… so to honor
his life, I have decided to pen a little something here. The first year after
the loss of a loved one is extremely tough to get through [as I explained in
the August 10th issue] and even surprised me how deep my grief is for my dad
and stepdad…
As we grow older,
we don’t need our parents as much as when we were kids but the LOVE we (and
they) have for one another never dies. Their ultimate goal as parents is to
teach us right from wrong and how to be self-sufficient, independent adults. My
dad (and stepdad) did an exceptional job with teaching and showing us just this!
Although my dad couldn’t always be there for us due to my parent’s divorce over
30 years ago, whenever I phoned him up he always made the time to speak with me
no matter what. That’s a loving father. Same went for my stepdad; he always
made the time to speak with me when I needed to speak with him. And on those
occasions, my stepdad and dad gave me their words of wisdom to take with me
forever more… two very different men, but the same in their values and morals.
And they both taught us right. To truly honor them, I continue my life’s work
and passion, writing & publishing! They were both so proud…
On another note, I have published a cute story I wrote titled “They Were Dogs I tell you!” about my Tiger and Cordy whom I don’t often
write about, yet I love our fur-babies dearly. It can be read in our Coffee House 4 Poets & Writers Corner!
CONGRATULATIONS TO MARIA T. BARONE for her excellent poem “Innocent Child” being chosen as Best
Poem of the Month! Be sure
to read more of her poetry – “Looking Out
My Window” and “Hand Me Down”
[with more coming in November’s issue!] – in our Coffee House 4 Poets & Writer’s
Corner!
Please WELCOME our editor, Nancy
Currie, and our wonderful authors; some new, some
established who have written poems, short stories and helpful informative
articles for you. If you are moved by what they have written, please do let
them know by email. [Most email addresses are listed in our author’s bios.]
See you next month … till then, enjoy my story, the
changing of the season and, for those who celebrate it, have a very HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
Copyright © October 10, 2006 by Rosanne Catalano
http://thecatsmeowforwritersreaders.blogspot.com
http://www.rosannecatalano.net
Magazine dedicated to:
My dad, Carman Peter Catalano (d.
October 13, 2005)
My stepdad, Harold Clinton Welch
(d. August 2, 2005)
…Forever in our hearts
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EDITOR’S CORNER
Nancy Currie – webwriterworx.50webs.com/
The Editor’s Corner will return next month.
Copyright © October
10, 2006 by Nancy Currie
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OFF THE PRESS!
ANNOUNCING THE DEBUT OF A NEW CHRISTIAN LITERARY MAGAZINE; NOT YOUR
‘TYPICAL’ CHRISTIAN MAGAZINE!
Wynterblue Thunder Publications is honored to announce Wt~ In Spirit, a new bi-monthly (hard copy) Christian literary magazine! Wt~ In Spirit has readership and contributors from Christian communities around the world.
Content includes the following:
Stories & Poetry
First person, and
fictional accounts, of how the Lord has touched the everyday lives of our
readers.
Pray for Me
Prayer requests from our
readership.
Down to Earth
Paula Booher will be contributing a truly inspirational column about
how simple it really is to keep our Lord in our hearts and minds – no matter
what is going on around us.
Tapestry of the Word
Carol Roach, an accomplished author and publisher, will fill this
column with interviews, contest winners’ poetry and short stories, special
prayer requests, editorials and love from her daily newsletter, Storytime
Tapestry.
Letter from the Editor
Karin Lacroix
Letters to the Editor
Provided by you, our
readership!
*Other
Columnists include:
Scripture
Understood
Rosanne Catalano,
an accomplished author and
publisher of a progressive online-magazine, will fill this column with
understanding of God’s Word for our readership. She has studied the Bible as
literature and has knowledge of God’s Word though her studies.
Youth
Columnist
Trisha Martin, a
published author, will fill this column with her wisdom for guiding our youth
through her life experience, lovingly raising her four children.
* We are still looking for the following:
*A Sermon Columnist
Your Yearly Subscription includes:
6 Issues of Wt~ In Spirit
Supplements
Upon occasion, Wt~ In Spirit will include supplements to the magazine
which will contain short story or poetry collections of literary excellence.
1 Calendar
Your beautiful yearly calendar will be
included with your December-January issue of Wt~ In Spirit and will include editorials from each of
the above named columnists. This calendar will list submission deadlines for
the magazine and writing contests as well.
Wt~ Commitment to Launch
In order for the magazine to pay for itself
(physical costs: format, printing, mailing) and to successfully launch it, and
because this is a totally not-for-profit venture, a minimum of 300 subscribers
is needed.
At this time, Wt~In Spirit is simply creating a Commitment List. If you would like to be a part of our readership
please RSVP with your commitment for a subscription to:
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Please include your mailing address and
indicate if you are requesting a gift subscription for someone other than
yourself.
Submission Guidelines:
If you are an author and wish
to submit poetry, short stories or first-hand experiences which you wish to be
included in the first or subsequent issues, please copy and paste them into the
body of the email and send to:
Subject Line: In Spirit Submission
Remember, Wt~ does not open email attachments unless specifically requested. As well,
please note that Wt~ will
not accept for print any submissions which are not Christian based and do not
ultimately praise our Creator! If you have or know of a Christian based
website, be sure to include the link. If you become a contributor to this
magazine and have written a book and would like to promote it to our
readership, please include the title and where our readers may purchase a copy.
Due to the space within the magazine set aside for prayer requests, all prayer
requests will be accepted on a first-come basis.
You will not be billed for your subscription until the minimum readership has
been obtained! If we do not obtain enough commitments, you will be notified by
email. The sooner we reach our goal, the sooner Wt~ In Spirit can be launched. We are looking forward to
a Christmas launch!
This is the perfect Christmas Gift
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Wt~ In Spirit 1 Year Subscription… $54.99 US
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Thank
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Lacroix (a.k.a.
Editor
of Wynterblue
Thunder Publications
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“Absolutely the
Last Resort” a Novel by Rose Anna Schoene
Up in the Catskills of New York
State, high in the mountains, the lush green terrain is dotted with
family-owned and operated Inns and Resorts. Naively, Gina, a precocious young
widow and her, shy by nature but now driven, brother, Johnny, purchase a
boarding house and become part of this deceivingly peaceful scene. They face
both trials and tribulations while coping with arson, incest, treachery and
deceit; but, with the help of their loving family, they forge ahead, in their
own tenacious way, turning Happy Haven into a thriving resort. Angie, their
eager to please sister, Sam/Poppa, their gregarious, flirtatious and
entertaining father, and sweet Margie/Momma, their helpful and loving mother,
are all along for the ride. You come to see their loves, hopes, dreams,
disappointments and frustrations in achieving their goals as Gina becomes
enmeshed in a disastrous marriage and Johnny succumbs to the charms of a
beautiful singer with a haunted past. Ironically, this novel is laced with
winsome humor. Many times the resort guests would laugh and tell Gina she
should write a book about the place. Gina would respond and say, “I could write
a book about this place!” ABSOLUTELY THE LAST RESORT is that book!
The
author Rose Anna Schoene is a native New Yorker who made her writing debut with Absolutely the Last Resort, a charming and nostalgic family-oriented book, which fictionalizes
many of the author’s personal experiences owning a Resort in the Catskills for
30 years. This book reflects just one aspect of the author’s life and creative
talents and introduces us to her artistic and comedic nature.
She has a writing style that is
both entertaining and uplifting which reflects Rose Anna’s true writing
persona, yet proves the versatility of her literary scope with her second
novel, WHERE ARE YOU?, which offers a serious and dramatic storyline and will be available soon
through Seaburn Press Book Publishing…
Her book publisher, Seaburn
Press, says more copies of “Absolutely the Last Resort” can be ordered
by going to http://associates.amazon.com/rosancataandth-20, www.barnesandnoble.com, and www.seaburn.com, or you can order by using the
direct link at: Amazon.com:
Absolutely the Last Resort: Books.
Seaburn Press,
ISBN: 1592320600; $14.95.
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TRISHA
MARTIN’S “My Naked Mind: An Intimate Collection of
Poetry”
AT
AMAZON.COM AND PUBLISH AMERICA.COM!
“The words contained within the
pages of Trisha
Martin’s
book are filled with compelling, deep, emotional and inspirational poems that
readers should be able to identify with. Each poem is written with clarity as
the author pours her heart and soul into her writing. If you're a poetry lover
who likes reading personal works of others, this book of poetry is a
must-read!”
“My
Naked Mind: An Intimate Collection of Poetry” by Trisha Martin, a published
author, is available to purchase on www.amazon.com and www.publishamerica.com.
Trisha Martin’s future writing
plans include several more collections of poetry before she starts publishing
her works of fiction.
A Reader’s Review of “My
Naked Mind: An Intimate Collection of Poetry”:
“I have never read poetry so
vividly written, taking me on a continuous journey from emotion to emotion!”
To
order, visit Barnes & Noble.com, Amazon.com or PublishAmerica.com on the
web at http://www.amazon.com and www.publishamerica.com.
ISBN: 1413744540
Publication date: April 2005
Price: $14.95
Format: Paperback, 84 pp.
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SPECIAL NOTICE
FROM CAROL ROACH,
THE PUBLISHER OF
STORYTIME TAPESTRY NEWSLETTER!
Do you have a story to tell, do you want to speak what is in your heart? Have you risen above great odds, or had a funny life experience? Can you teach us a new skill or lift our spirits with your stories about life and all its wonders? Or, do you prefer to read about the personal experiences of others? If so, this is the site for you.
Storytime Tapestry is a free daily newsletter devoted to spreading cultural awareness throughout the world simply by having people share what is in their hearts.
To join please contact Carol Roach: winterose@videotron.ca or use the email link: http://subs.zinester.com/98907
Carol Roach, M.Ed, B.A
winterose@videotron.ca
Publisher: Storytime Tapestry
http://subs.zinester.com/98907
Author: Picking up the Pieces: A Woman's Journey
www.publishamerica.com, www.amazon.com and other online bookstores, or you can order it at your local
bookstore.
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CONTEMPORARY INSTRUCTIONAL CONCEPTS
PUBLISHERS HAS ANNOUNCED:
The availability
of two new alternative paperbacks, “The
President’s Parasite and Other Stories” and “Iron Maiden, an Alternate History;” both by author Jim Musgrave,
are books that will satisfy those readers looking for originality in plot and
character development.
You can read more about these titles, by author and owner
of “Contemporary Instructional Concepts” Jim Musgrave, at the publisher’s web
site: http://www.contempinstruct.com/contemp.htm, or
email the author at jimmusgrave@cox.net.
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Kaleidoscope Magazine Call for Submissions!
Kaleidoscope
Magazine semiannually publishes articles,
fiction, poetry, personal essays, reviews, and art (including cartoons and
photographs) that explore various aspects of disability. We are currently
seeking submissions for the upcoming issues of Kaleidoscope:
"Life Stories"
Deadline for submissions: March 1, 2007
Publication: July 15, 2007
Kaleidoscope
Magazine will also accept fiction and poetry on a variety of
disability-related subjects for both issues. Guidelines for submission
are available at http://www.udsakron.org/kaleidoscope.htm.
Kaleidoscope Magazine: Exploring the Experience of Disability
through Literature and the Fine Arts published
semiannually by United Disability Services in
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Storytime Tapestry Newsletter
The newsletter devoted to spreading love and
cultural awareness around the world.
SPECIAL PROJECT ON BEHALF OF
STORYTIME TAPESTRYAND VANCE AGEE, AUTHOR!
Vance Agee, writer and author,
husband, teacher, and devout Christian, has entertained us at Storytime
Tapestry since the beginning of the
newsletter. Vance has written a wonderful book, a collection of about 150 of
his original stories and poems, some of which have been featured in Storytime
Tapestry newsletter.
He has graciously offered his book
as a fundraiser for Storytime Tapestry and it is available to you, at the
special price of $8.00 (American); please include shipping and handling
(approx $4.00). The suggested retail
price is $19.95 before shipping costs. Vance is offering this book at wholesale
price.
This is your opportunity to buy for
yourself, family, friends, or launch your own fundraiser for your church or
other community organizations. You will be helping out Storytime Tapestry, and
your own special needs group as well.
But the ministry does not end
there; Vance has his own special cause. You’ll be helping to pay for a
double-lung transplant (see introduction below), a project to which Vance is
very committed.
Tell me, fundraiser for Storytime
Tapestry, perhaps your own church or school fundraiser, partial proceeds for a
lung transplant, not to mention that you will be supporting our very precious
Vance Agee as a writer and friend, is there a better way to honor God and his
ministry?
Email me at winterose@videotron.ca with your order. Spread the word, spread the love!
Carol Roach, publisher and author (Storytime Tapestry Newsletter, 2003; Picking
Up the Pieces: A Woman’s Journey, 2003).
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INTRODUCTION
BY VANCE AGEE, AUTHOR:
[ This introduction was also published by The Eagles Garden, Publishing Ministry – Deborah Lynn Haley, www.theeaglesgarden.com, Edited
by: President of The Eagles Garden, Gerald Neal Henderson, and Written by: Vance
Agee ].
You just picked up this little book. Well, that’s
obvious, at least to the people around you.
The question now is:
How long will you page through it and will you keep it?
Much of the earnings from the sale
of my book will be given to a benefit fund for a wife and mom of three, who must
have a double-lung transplant! If you
buy this book, you will help one of the many needs around us.
The best other incentive which I
can offer you is that the book is not about someone rich and famous, but
someone like YOU and ME; someone who grew up in a very modest or even poor
home, but with a rich emotional, intellectual and character world; a world in
which many family members could have walked right out of a Dickens’ novel; the
world of a little boy with a great mind and spirit but very humble surroundings.
Would you like to share all that and allow it to blend with your own life?
(Hard to relate to rich and famous, even when you are rich and famous!). If you do, you may email me at vgagee@adelphia.net and we can talk. I’ll do my best
to get back to you. But please include your email address, as this is the
fastest way in which I can reply to you.
That is what this is all about: Where Our Spirits Meet!
About what
do I write?
About being a very young child
(maybe 2 at the youngest!), about my mom and dad, about my grandma and grandpa,
my goldfish, my first love at six, my favorite holidays, my sad times and the
few happy times, about the mystery of the seasons, about my toy pets, school
and church, later about junior high and high school, about college, and a
little about the disappointments of later times. And about life in general. And
time. And God.
Will you join me hand in hand or at least alongside
one another?
Standing there, you are again at a crossroads
of life. My goal is to be a help and a friend to you, in dark and light, in
hope and despair, in dealing with both the good and the bad ghosts of
life. Allow our spirits to meet…