Cowskin Prairie Chapter #2611

Oklahoma Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy
Located on the western edge of Cowskin Prairie at Grove, Oklahoma.

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Cowskin Prairie Book Festival

Saturday, September 24, 2011

9AM-5PM

First Christian Church Celebration Hall
Just south (behind) of Grove City Hall (Community Center)
Fourth and Grand - Grove, Oklahoma

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The Public is invited to this 2011 book party!
Admission is free of charge.

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Carol Round
Website
Faith Matters
(Non Fiction: Inspirational)

Carol Round’s writing provides inspiration and Biblical insight through experiencing God in everyday situations. Her publishing credits include her weekly self-syndicated column, “A Matter of Faith,” which currently runs in 12 Oklahoma newspapers and Capper’s, a national periodical with a circulation of 200,000. The Cypress Times, an online Christian newspaper based in Houston, TX, also recently picked up her column.

A Texas publisher has released two volumes of her weekly columns. Her first, A Matter of Faith, was released in 2008 while her latest, Faith Matters, hit the store shelves in September 2009.

Carol’s articles and poems have been published in numerous periodicals, including Ideals, Ozark Mountaineer, American Profile, Oklahoma Magazine, PLUS Magazine, Mature Years, and Western Horseman. Her stories have also appeared in various Adams Media publications, including A Cup of Comfort and Raging Gracefully. Other writing credits include stories in The Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff collection and American Profile’s Hometown Heroes.

Her next scheduled release is a book encouraging others to use prayer journaling as a way to draw closer to God. Carol also shares her spiritual journey at speaking engagements, such as women’s retreats.

Carol currently resides in Claremore, OK where she relocated after retiring from public education in 2005.

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Nancy Rowland
Website
Never the Same Again Never the Same Again
(Non Fiction: Inspirational)

Nancy writes about different experiences in her life, her family and those of friends. She uses many different events in nature, situations in life that affect all people, the things God has created and various things that God shows her from day to day. She applies Scripture to the practical things of life. It is her belief that God's Word can be applied to every situation in life. Her desire is lead people to dig deeper and deeper into the Word of God as they read her devotions.

Nancy Rowland Nancy Rowland grew up in Oklahoma and learned early about the Lord. She has continued to grow in that knowledge and followed the Lord's call in her life. Nancy received her B.A. degree from California Baptist College, in Riverside, California. She returned to Oklahoma with her two young sons when her husband died. Nancy enjoys doing mission work with her present husband, Doyal. She is active in women's ministries in her local church and statewide. She enjoys ministering to people in various ways. The goal of her life is to encourage people in their walk with the Lord.

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Carol Savage
Website - Link to Publisher
Left Behind Kitty
(Fiction: Children & Inspirational)
28 pages - $7.99 (paperback)

A heartbreaking tale of a "left behind kitty" who suffered neglect at the hands of her human owners. The family moves away and leaves "kitty" behind to face perils unknown.

When a family moves away, they forget to take Left-Behind Kitty with them, and she gets into a bit of trouble. When Left-Behind Kitty's condition prevents her from finding food or shelter, she relies on the kindness of neighbors to help her and her new family. Author Carol Savage describes a heartbreaking tale of a Left-Behind Kitty who suffered the neglect of her humans.

Carol Savage lives on the beautiful Grand Lake o’ the Cherokees on forty-five acres of woods with her husband and her animals. She is surrounded by the beauty of the Creator. She is currently a volunteer genealogist at her local library, specializing in Cherokee research. She has written and published several articles for historical publications about her family. Her interest in writing began when as an only child she spent all her spare time in her Carnegie library. She has lived in England and learned about English cottage gardening from professional gardeners. She is a member of the Oklahoma Native Plant Society and a former Master Gardener, often giving talks to various groups about plants. She has been a substitute teacher, a Cub Scout den mother, and a Girl Scout leader, as well as the scorekeeper for Little League Baseball.

Left Behind Kitty is the first children's book by Author Carol Savage. It was written about a true eye-opening event in her life. A portion of the book proceeds go to help the Grove and Grand Lake Humane Society, to whom the Savage family is deeply indebted. This book is being published by the Tate Publishing Company.

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Nicci Sefton
Website
Superbia - Book 3 The Deadly Sins
(Fiction: Paranormal Romance, Teen/YA)

With wedding bells in the air and fire brewing on the ground, you know things are much too perfect for something not to be brewing. As Derrick and Annabell prepare for their life together, a proud and bitter bounty hunter attacks them at their own wedding and shoots the bride, seeking revenge on the new Queen of the Damned.

Annabell’s subjects finally take a stand against the arrogant race of humans and are ready to fight for the sake of their race. But the battle won’t be the easy when the recruits have been sworn enemies since the beginning of time. Werewolves and Vampires.

Derrick must make the most important decision of his life, while another sees their own life slipping away. Plus, an unwelcomed visitor for Jonathan appears in the image of his beautiful blonde sire, who has a bit of a vendetta against Lucy. And as the conflicts begin against each race, Precious and Paul find themselves being torn apart by Pride and Prejudice, as a she-wolf starts to stalk her new prey.

Other Deadly Sins books include

Book 1: Luxeria

In high school all you ever really need to worry about are tests, gossip, and dating, right? Wrong!

Derrick Clark finds himself thrown into a world he never knew existed, one that includes vampires. When he is cast in the school play, he is paired up with his gifted poetry partner, Annabell Crystal, in the lead roles. But he finds Annabell and her sisters aren't what they seem... And on top of everything else another vampire shows up with his eyes on Annabell.

Can Derrick figure out all of Annabell's dark cryptic secrets before the sun sets and the undead come out for a Blood Party? Or is Annabell's world too dangerous for him?

Book 2: Invidia

What happened to me! - Annabell

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It’s been two months since his girlfriend, Annabell, defeated her enemy. It’s Halloween and everything seems to be going fine. And why not, when he’s Derrick Clark, the new hottie at Madison High and he’s dating one of the most gorgeous, popular girls ever... who just happens to be the new Queen of the undead…

As if high school isn't hard enough, just think how hard it is to get his vampire girlfriend out of his head and stay focused on school. Then, without warning, Derrick has to deal with yet another vampire who has his eyes on Annabell, and who may have an ulterior motive for arriving

As their relationship deepens, Derrick and Annabell must face new peril as Annabell takes on the role of Queen and is threatened by old enemies who destroyed her family and now seek to take her crown.

Hello, as I'm sure you all know my name is Nicole (Nicci) Sefton. I am the daughter of Angie and Kirk Sefton and was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. I have two older brothers, who live in Florida, who love to give me a hard time, but I love them just the same.

How I got started:

I started writing in third grade when my teacher Mrs. Turner said I'd be great to enter a writing competition our school was holding. So my first story I ever wrote (thanks to Mrs. Turner) was called (The Mouse in The Haunted House). I will admit you could defiantly tell a third grader wrote it but I was hooked the moment I started. I wrote little things here and there but I never thought about becoming an author. Like most kids at my age I wanted to be a teacher, a nurse, etc.

It wasn't until I moved to Bradenton, Florida that I realized I wanted to become an author. My eighth grade teacher Mrs. Henderson was making us do a poetry project. My friend and I spent hours on our poems. They seemed to just flow out of us. I'm pretty sure we handed in 15 out of the 5 we were suppose to do. That's when my friend gave me the idea to expand my writing abilities.
Now I do strongly suggest that if you are a little edgy like I was to start small. Again like most teens I went to fanfiction and loved reading all the stories based on TV shows, Movies, Books, etc. So I started there. I was so excited when I got my first comment saying I was good.

I started writing more fanfictions but I never finished them (writers block). I found out later that writers block was NOT going to be my friend. It seemed everything I started to write would always end up unfinished. I was starting to have doubts. But that next year I had a vision about a sci-fi sort of book. I started writing up chapter after chapter. I already knew my main characters background stories because I based them off five of my closest friends including myself. But as time went by I started to grow apart from the idea. All that years work, a waste. I was getting very frustrated with my writers block. Little did I know that this was a blessing in disguise. I still kept that story and still think of chapters for it and write it down as I do for my other unfinished stories.

Then my friend, Kristina, showed me my first vampire TV show. Can you guess what it was? That's right Buffy. I immediately fell in love with the characters Spike and Drusilla. I started watching more vampire movies with my friend and reading books. That next year while coming back from a family vacation with my parents Annabell came to life in my head. I was doing another fanfiction in my head and she materialized.

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Laurence Stoll
Website - Email - Link to Publisher
The Happy Accident
(Fiction: Inspirational)

The Happy Accident is a story of one man's effort to put his unhappy past behind him by running away from everything he loves. It is an effort that is doomed to fail.

I am an author and a poet. This year, 2011, I have been married to my High School Sweetheart for 64 years. Lucy and I have traveled all over the United States and Canada by RV, and presently live in the Missouri Ozarks in happy retirement from at least seven different occupations. (Eight, by some counts.)

Lucy and I grew up in south east Kansas. We had four children, two girls and two boys. Our youngest son, Ken, was killed in a climbing accident in 2008, doing what he loved, living life to the fullest. We miss him.

People ask me if “The Happy Accident” is the story of my life, and I say no, but my life is surely in the story. Ships, airplanes, motorcycles and RV’s have been an integral part of my personal story. It was natural for me to make them part of Brad Burke’s story, too.

I am available for speaking engagements on my experiences leading to "The Happy Accident"

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Ermal Williamson
Website - Email
Multiple Titles
(Fiction: Western, Historical, Civil War)

Books featured at this Festival:

Across the Brazos

The Man from the Brazos: When Matt Jorgensen learns that the man who helped him hone his deadly skills with a pistol is gunned down, he vows to bring the killer to justice. On the train to Abilene, Matt relives his early days in the Kansas territory when he found himself embroiled in the rising turmoil of a nation at odds over slavery. Free soils and slavers fought against each other at the expense of the innocent farmers of the territory. Matt would have to learn to be fast, accurate, and lethal with a gun to survive. Together, Matt and his gunslinging mentor, Rod Best, were able to bring law and order to the Kansas territory. However, all of Matt's skill and daring wouldn't help him with the biggest challenge of his life: learning to live without the woman he loved.

In this second book in Williamson's Brazos series, Matt Jorgensen arrives in Abilen as the man from the Brazos, whose destiny is a showdown with the ghosts of his past and the murderous outlaws of the present.

Call of the Brazos: The second book in Williamson's Brazos series

We Conquer or Die: The third book in Williamson's Brazos series

The Last Bullet

The Ghost of Ginny McBride: Ginny is somewhere, suffering from amnesia. Matt has spent the length and breath of the Civil War trying to find her - and she him when she recovers.

The subplot to this great novel is about Jesse James, the Younger Gang and Belle Starr as they meet up with our heroes, Matt and Steve. The reader is in for a surprise ending.

(AFTRA-SAG) and stage Actor, and author has dedicated his career, keeping Duke's image alive for over 24 years.

14 of those years were aboard Duke's yacht, the Wild Goose. Ermal has made a number of movies, TV sitcoms and plays in and around Hollywood, California.

He doubled as the Duke in the Coors Light computerized commercials with the Duke's face on his body. He is available for just about anything one could think of John Wayne doing.

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