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In his debut book, author Steve Boughton uses Detroit as the main setting for his Francisco Takes Flight.

“I fell in love with the city,” he said. “I wanted to showcase the beauty of the city.”

His Chilean flamenco gets to fly all over the city. At first, Boughton only intended the book for his friends and family. But the project grew with the help of collaborators, editor and wife Beth Boughton, and a childhood friend illustrator Jesse Faye.

His website is franciscoandfriends.com which is where the book can be purchased (it is also available at Schuler books, a novel concept in Lansing, and the Detroit zoo gift shop!) also a portion of all copies sold is donated to the Detroit zoo!

Listen for a chance to win an autographed copy of Francisco Takes Flight.

Sponsored by Doc Chavent, The Lowell Ledger, and Modern History Press.

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So, you’ve worked hard writing every day in November in NaNoWriMo, and you won. Listen in to the winners in this year’s NaNoWriMo, authors Jean Davis, Vera West, and Emma Palova.

“I wish I had this advise many years ago,” Palova said.

Sponsored by Doc Chavent, The Lowell Ledger and Modern History Press.

Copyright (c) Emma Palova. All rights reserved.

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So, step aboard this terror ride, with no harnesses allowed or sunglasses, you need to see it all. Psychic Liotta’s crystal ball shows the way; from a caged monster, death by beast Wendigo, lightning, and by the angry waters and the northern woods.

Horror authors Andrew Allen Smith, Craig Brockman, Matthew Hellman, Robert Williams, and ghost author Stacey Rourke drag you deep down the rabbit hole, where there is no light. But be careful, you might like it there. 

In this special Halloween episode, Smith read from his ‘Another Slice of Fear’, Brockman from ‘Dead of November’, Williams from ‘A Yooper’s Tale’, Hellman from ‘The Biting Cold’ and psychic Liotta came alive from Corpse’s Queen by Rourke.

Find out what inspires these authors or if anything at all will stop them from taking you over the edge. Participating in the panel discussion were authors Diana Plopa and editor-publisher Victor Volkman.

A sincere thank you to everyone who made this possible.

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To-day……I will be chatting with author, and artist Joanna Walitalo who will announce the details of her book giveaway of Woodburnings after the reading at the end of the interview.

When did you move to the UP? And are you a full-time Yooper?

Joanna Walitalo grew up in Oil City Michigan, taking art classes in middle school and high school. She attended Central Michigan University, where she earned a BS in Biology and Environmental Policies. From there, she moved to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan where she earned a Master’s in Forestry at Michigan Technological University. She is currently finishing her Ph.D. in Forest Science at MTU and continues to live in the UP with her loving husband and son.

J Walitalo Woodburnings, Highlights from the first five years” is a book of fine artwork done in pyrography. It captures the range of artwork that the Walitalo’s have created, and promotes environmental ethics through the use of scrap wood as the platform for the artwork, as well as through the images they create. “Our goal is to help spread appreciation and love for our natural environment and wildlife by sharing the beauty of it through art.”

Sponsored by Doc Chavent, The Lowell Ledger and Modern History Press.