Rev. Judith Laxer ~ presents ~ Along the Wheel of Time

TITLE: Along the Wheel of Time: Sacred Stories for Nature Lovers

RELEASE DATE: June 25, 2016

AUTHOR: Rev. Judith Laxer

KEYWORDS: nature, magic, pagan, paganism, ceremony, seasons, earth/air/water/spirit, spiritual, rituals, life cycle

CATEGORIES: Magical Realism/Paganism

PAGE COUNT: 196

ISBN: 978-0692736340

IMPRINT: Gaia’s Essence

BOOK PAGE: http://ravenswoodpublishing.com/bookpages/alongthewheeloftime.html

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The various characters in this collection of magical short stories demonstrate how the changing seasons are a spiritual model for the soul.

SYNOPSIS:

A young woman follows her lover and finds her spiritual calling in the Autumn realm of the dead; a first-time mother gives birth on the Winter solstice; a daughter’s grief heals in a Spring garden; a joyous ceremony of mature sexuality celebrates the peak of Summer: these stories and more explore magickal realism in ordinary life. Following the Pagan Wheel of the Year through the experience of the characters, this collection of stories demonstrates how the changing of the seasons is a spiritual model for the soul.

AUTHOR BIO:

Rev. Judith Laxer is a modern-day mystic who believes that humor, beauty and the wonders of nature make life worth living. The founding Priestess of Gaia’s Temple, an inclusive, earth-based ministry, Judith also enjoys a successful private practice as a psychic, spiritual counselor, hypnotherapist, shamanic practitioner and teacher of women’s mysteries. A keynote speaker and author of Along the Wheel of Time: Sacred Stories for Nature Lovers, Judith has presented classes and workshops on the re-emergence of the Divine Feminine since 1993 at conferences nationally. She dedicates her work to restoring the balance between feminine and masculine energy in our culture. www.judithlaxer.com, www.gaiastemple.org

 

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What they’re saying:

Along the Wheel of Time: Sacred Stories for Nature Lovers beautifully illuminates the heart of earth-based spiritual practice. Rev. Laxer, a contemporary Priestess, weaves stories of modern life infused with the sacred and with ancient ways of worship. I loved this book. -Shawna Carol, author of The Way of Song: A Guide to freeing the Voice and Sounding the Spirit

In Along the Wheel of Time: Sacred Stories for Nature Lovers the personal and the mythical intertwine, which is how sacred story should be. Page after page, Judith Laxer pours out the mystery of time and being like a wondrous broth and on it we dine. We are served nourishment through our seasons from her lips, from her heart, and from the voices that move through her beyond the veils of time. –Normandi Ellis, author of Awakening Osiris: the Egyptian Book of the Dead. www.normandiellis.com

Rev. Judith Laxer’s Along the Wheel of Time: Sacred Stories for Nature Lovers seamlessly melds the mythic journey of the seasonal holy days to sacred stories of diverse human relationships. Through the mirror if Judith’s storytelling this unique juxtaposition transforms the mundane to the sacred and the sacred mysteries deepen. -Ruth Barrett, author of Women’s Rites, Women’s Mysteries, Intuitive Ritual Creation. www.dancingtreemusic.com

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Christopher Scott Wagoner ~ presents ~ We the People: Liberty or Death

TITLE: “We the People: Liberty or Death”

RELEASE DATE: July 10, 2016

AUTHOR: Christopher Scott Wagoner

KEYWORDS: goth, alien contact, zombies, fantasy, dystopian, alien invasion, young adult

CATEGORIES: New Adult/Science Fiction

PAGE COUNT: 306

ISBN: 978-1533547996

IMPRINT: Devil’s Tower

BOOK PAGE: http://ravenswoodpublishing.com/bookpages/libertyordeath.html

ONE LINER:

An immortal young woman must travel back in time to the American Revolution to stop an alien menace from re-writing our history, aided by Benjamin Franklin and John Stark.

SYNOPSIS:

You'd think being indestructible would be an easy life…

Unless you're Morticia Thane, living-dead amnesiac and government agent.  Thane hasn't been able to regain her memories, even with the combined resources of the FBI and US armed forces.  They certainly make good use of her abilities, however, using her to break up a human trafficking ring.

Thane is called back to her old unit, a group of misfit teens much liker herself.  While tracking down the Extraterrestrial fugitive Dr. Kass they are hurtled back through time to the American Revolution.  Hampered by their lack of historical knowledge (Franklin is the guy on the hundred dollar bill, right?) and their own bickering, they struggle to achieve their goal;  Save the future of the human race.

Perhaps Benjamin Franklin, founding father and inventor can help...if he can stop being distracted by his misogynistic tendencies and libido.

Thane must face both the Redcoat army and her own lack of faith in humanity.  Can she pull her team together and save the world one more time?  Or will her disillusionment mean the end of our history?

We the People: Liberty or Death is full of action, angst, zombies, and enough belly-laughs to thrill you no matter what century you were born in.

AUTHOR BIO:

Chris Wagoner was jettisoned from his doomed home planet as an infant and crash landed in a field in the Midwest.  He was taken in by a kindly couple and now lives to fight for truth, justice, and the American way!  Sometimes he finds a free moment to pen novels like We the People.

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Ken Koprowski ~ guest post and his novel Father's Collected Poems: 1973 - 2005

TITLE: Fathers (Collected Poems 1973-2015)

RELEASE DATE: July 30, 2016

AUTHOR: Ken Koprowski

KEYWORDS: fathers, fatherhood, poetry, parenthood, wilderness, war, death and survival, love, triumph

CATEGORIES: Poetry/Family

PAGE COUNT: 66

ISBN: 978-0692734827

IMPRINT: Veritas

BOOK PAGE: http://ravenswoodpublishing.com/bookpages/fathers.html

ONE LINER:

Fathers is an inspiring, highly emotive collection of poems exploring fatherhood – its mysteries, triumphs, magic, humor, pain, and loss.  In it the poet illustrates that being a Dad is perhaps the most rewarding aspect of living, and at times, one of the most frustrating -- engaging all that is human in the reader.

SYNOPSIS:

Fathers is an inspiring and highly emotive collection of poems spanning 40 years. Fatherhood is the inspiration for much of this book – its mysteries, triumphs, magic, humor, pain, and loss.  In it the poet – an acute observer and lyrical writer – explores fatherhood from the perspective of a grandson, son, father, husband, and grandfather. His poems illustrate that being a dad is perhaps the most rewarding aspect of living, and at times, one of the most frustrating. The pages of this remarkable volume will engage all that is human in the reader.

GUEST POST:

On again, off again. Intermittent. Interminable. Life intervenes in strange and unpredictable ways – generally for the good, in my experience.

Why Fathers? The relationships between fathers and sons are among the most complex of all human interactions. They extend far beyond actual parents to the priest, teachers, neighbors, and dads of friends, and bosses males encounter throughout their development and maturation. Exploring the feelings and thoughts that infest these interactions is an amazing exercise in self-knowledge – what poetry can often do better than any other medium. 

This book began more than 40 years ago with the earliest collection published as my Master’s Thesis at Syracuse University. Some of those early works are included here, with my (hopefully, readers will agree) more mature work.

I paused my poetry when my plans for an academic career morphed into a career in public relations – an emerging profession that valued writing a bit more than most poetry publishers in 1975. (This, an early lesson in financial communications.) Pursuing my writing in the corporate world engaged all of my creative and analytic skills, often depleting all of my energy and zeal for my first love – poetry and fiction.

My personal writing also took a back seat to parenting, first as a single parent, then, a father of three and now four, with nine grandchildren. But, conscious choice or not, there were no trade-offs. Being a Dad is perhaps the most rewarding aspect of living, and at times, one of the most frustrating. Fatherhood is the inspiration for much of this book.

AUTHOR BIO:

Ken Koprowski is a poet, writer, communications consultant, and educator. His collection of poetry, Fathers – Collected Poems 1973-2015, is being published by Ravenswood Publishing in the spring of 2016. In addition to being a prolific writer, he is an award-winning creative director and producer, and photographer. He earned his M.A. in Creative Writing with a specialization in poetry and completed his doctoral coursework at Syracuse University before pursuing a career in public relations. He is working on a second book of poetry and a collection of short stories entitled Draft Dodgers. 

He currently teaches advanced public relations writing and a range of public relations subjects in the Master’s programs at New York University, Iona College and Manhattanville College. In addition, he teaches crisis communication and reputation management – courses he designed -- in the MBA program and business communications at UConn Stamford.

Ken has extensive advertising, marketing and communication management experience. He served as corporate spokesperson in diverse, complex and difficult situations. Ken has written speeches for many well-known corporate leaders, annual and CSR reports, OPEDs, communications plans, ads, video and audio scripts, websites, blogs, and more. He recently edited, and wrote the introduction and chapter on using digital and social media in crisis communications for a popular crisis communications handbook.

Ken grew up in the Midwest – in Chicago and central and northern Wisconsin. For the past 40 years, he’s lived and worked in New York, southwestern Connecticut and southern Vermont. He and his wife of 35 years have three sons and a daughter, and they in turn have nine children of their own.

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http://twitter.com/KenKoprowski
http://www.linkedin.com/in/kenkoprowski

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