Join us this Sunday, July 7, as we welcome back author Mary K. Tilghman. She will be releasing her latest book, "Step into the Sunlight."

Born on opposite sides of the Boardwalk, the mayor’s son and French fry-stand owner’s daughter battle for their futures…and love.

Join us as we welcome Rico Cosby to The Greyhound on Sunday, June 23, from 11 AM - 1 PM. He’ll be “paw signing” his book documenting his adventures as a mine detection dog. Stop by and give some belly rubs to this very special pup!

Join us this Sunday at The Greyhound as we host author Garry Cosnett. He will be signing copies of his book, "Everything Slows Down."

On the occasion of his 65th birthday, Garry Cosnett took stock of his full and eventful life and was "stunned" to realize how much of it had been flavored by his largely hidden and recurring battle against clinical depression. Cycling through numerous colleges and universities, and seeking a relief from pain through a remarkable series of psychiatrists, hospitals, relationships, jobs and drugs, he realized that sharing his candid story might bring hope to other sufferers. Because, at the end of it all, he has found a kind of peace - one preserved by attentive physicians and never-ending vigilance on the part of him and his wife, to whom he dedicates the book. "Most important," he writes, "this is a book about hope. Hope that even in the most pernicious cases, depression can be managed, like so many other chronic diseases. I am a living example of that possibility."

Diana wrote her first novel, Stuck in the Onesies over a ten year period while working for Ecolab. She retired after 26 years to follow her passion for writing. She published Stuck in the Onesies in January, 2017. Stuck in the Onesies is loosely based on a true story about her mother and best friends raising kids in the Donna Reed era of the 1960s in the Washington, D.C. suburbs.

Stuck in the Onesies will give your spirit a lift, your face a good laugh, and your history-buff side a tap on the shoulder.

You’ll fall in love with Barb and Ellie, two housewives raising kids in the tumultuous 60’s in the D.C. suburbs. Their antics make Lucy and Ethel look tame. The husbands, Jake and Will, are also as close as brothers and the friendship becomes more like family than friends. It’s the story of their close relationships, and how they evolve along with the times without taking part in the bra-burning activities that swirl around them.

Stuck in the Onesies is more than just a story of two families. The issues of the 60’s are intertwined, racism, women’s rights, the Viet Nam war, just to name a few. Southern roots ran deep and in the ‘60’s (even north of the Mason Dixon line) and those roots were dug up and exposed. The story shows some of its evolution through its characters as well as the events of the decade. Stuck in the Onesies will help you to understand the struggles on both sides and how as a society, we tried to bring equality to everyone. Sometimes we succeeded, and sometimes not. You decide.

Diana is the mother of three children and Grandy of eleven.

Call 410.641.0291 to register!

Telling a great story is a composite of magic, craft, and self-control. As writers, we must learn to cull the dull and control the elements of time and space. This workshop explores the seemingly mystical processes of self-editing and revision that apply to all types of writing.

You will gain insight into the five types of editing, know when you need to work with a professional editor, and understand what you and - and should - expect from that relationship. We examine the basic rules of graceful grammar and proper punctuation, discuss when to break them, and probe the use of strong dialogue tags.

You will learn to ask yourself three basic questions about your writing and grasp the importance of developing a personal style sheet early in the writing process. And we will review a few absolute must-have resources that will change your writing life - for the better!

About the Instructor: Bill Cecil began wrangling words as a rookie reporter for a series of small-town newspapers back when fax machines weighed forty pounds and took three minutes to transmit one page. After growing weary of writing about late-night council meetings, he became a new editor and learned the hard way how not to bore readers to death. He has written massive amounts of unread material that dwell in dark corners as government documents and reports. A retired public-school educator, he has taught writing skills to diverse audiences around the country, and currently teaches college writing at an HBCU. Cecil offers editing services at the Wounded Writing Repair Shop.

When Internet conspiracy theorist Sherry Shriner told one of her long-time followers, Steven Mineo, that his new girlfriend Barbara Rogers was a deadly reptilian agent, Steven broke with Shriner's cult. Two months later, he was dead from a gunshot wound to the head, and Barbara had been charged with his murder. Shriner claimed credit for a true prophecy. But the truth was darker.

Journalist Tony Russo's investigation of Mineo's death, along with the earlier suicide of another cult member, led him inside an exotic new form of religion, where true believers assemble in internet chat rooms to stave off the demonic hordes of Lucifer, the New World Order, cell phone towers and reptilian shape-shifters. 

Dragged Into the Light is a look at how conspiracy cults wield surprising power, and what their growth says about deepening religious and political divides in the U.S.

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Telling compelling stories about ordinary people has been Tony Russo's specialty for the entirety of his journalism career. Whether profiling artists, community leaders, or combat veterans, he has a knack for helping people connect to personal stories.

After nearly 20 years covering news and writing features for local outlets, Tony moved into independent journalism, telling stories about how small events affected the larger culture.

In addition to writing about the craft beer revolution, Tony wrote and hosted "This Is War" a narrative podcast documenting the personal stories of combat veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan.
His most recent work, Dragged Into the Light: Truthers, Reptilians, Super Soldiers, and Death Inside an Online Cult looks into how one nondescript woman was able to tap into the rising paranoia that birthed the conspiracy theory culture.

Tony lives on Maryland's Eastern Shore with his wife and the only of his four daughters who has yet to move out. Together they keep their dog and cats comfortable.

A story competition sponsored by The Greyhound - An Indie Bookstore.

QUESTIONS:     editor@secantpublishing.com (410) 845-3193

Secant Publishing announces a contest to find the year’s best short stories devoted to the theme of communication between dogs and humans. This is especially apt coming toward the end of a worldwide pandemic in which so many people have been sheltering in place and pets have been more psychologically important than ever to millions.

CASH PRIZES AND BOOK PUBLICATION
One Gold Medal finalist will receive $500 in cash and two Silver Medal finalists will receive $250 each, to be awarded on completion of the contest. The finalists' submissions along with up to 30 winning entries chosen by a panel of independent judges will be published in book anthology format with complimentary copies for contributors. The publication will occur in time for the holiday season, 2021.

CRITERIA
Original pieces of fiction, never before published, 500-3,000 words long. Winners will be, quite simply, highly readable, entertaining, and emotionally affecting. They can be in any genre, from literary and mystery to romance and paranormal. Humor is always welcome. Stories may or may not have conventionally happy endings, but they all must evince understanding of the human-canine connection and illuminate some aspect of communication across our species. Stories featuring gratuitous cruelty or violence to animals will be rejected.

ELIGIBILITY
Anyone 18 and above is eligible to enter. There will be a reading fee of $10 which is payable at the time of submission. Contributors will retain copyright but Secant will reserve first worldwide publication rights in the English language. In addition to the three cash prizes described above, all contributors will receive two complimentary copies of the book upon publication and will be able to buy as many additional copies as they want at the standard author discount of 50%.
 

DEADLINE
Deadline for submissions is May 1, 2021. The finished volume will be published in Fall 2021.
 

HOW TO ENTER
All entries will be taken through the Duosuma submissions platform. Registration (through Duotrope) is free. There is a $10 reading fee.

JUDGES
Initial screening of entries will be done by Ron Sauder, Publisher. A panel of independent judges will read all of the finalists and vote on one Gold Medal and two Silver Medal winners. Any ties following canvass of the judges will be broken by the publisher in conferral with Susan and Maury Wimbrow, owners, The Greyhound – An Indie Bookstore.

The judges are:
Joan Drescher Cooper is the author of Birds Like Me, a poetry collection published by Finishing Line Press, and three novels in the Lilac Hill series through Salt Water Media of Berlin, Maryland. Joan reviews books for The Greyhound – An Indie Bookstore. She is an avid walker of her rescue dog Hopper. See www.joandcooper.com . 

Bonnie Feldstein, writing as Anna Gill, has spent her literary career studying and writing about important vanishing cultures in America. Chesapeake Bay country is where she centers most of her six novels.  She is a public speaker and newsletter editor. Bonnie lives in Rochester, New York.

David Healey has written several novels, including the popular Caje Cole World War II series and a mystery, The House that Went Down with the Ship. His nonfiction books include Great Storms of the Chesapeake and 1812: Rediscovering Chesapeake Bay's Forgotten War. He lives in Chesapeake City, Maryland.

Kenton Kilgore is the author of the post-apocalypse novel Lost Dogs, as well as other science-fiction and fantasy books. He has lived on Kent Island, Maryland since 1998 and has just wrapped up a two-year term as president of the Eastern Shore Writers Association. See www.kentonkilgore.com.  

Judy Reveal is a published author in several genres including mystery, memoir, paranormal, and nonfiction. She is a professional book reviewer and scholarly journal editor based in Greensboro, Maryland. Visit her website at www.justcreativewriting.com. 

Lizanne Waterman spent 32 years as a middle school English teacher in New York State. She and her husband, a falconer, retired near Berlin, Maryland, where she helps walk their three pointers, works part-time for a local winery, and participates in a book club at The Greyhound – An Indie Bookstore.

Novelist and poet, Joan Drescher Cooper teaches high school seniors at Salisbury’s James M. Bennett to enjoy research and wordplay. Her first collection of poetry, Birds Like Me, will debut from Finishing Line Press in October 2019. The collection catalogs life on the Eastern Shore—the natural world, the foibles of people, and the revelations found in rumination. 

Finding Home at Lilac Hill begins a series set in rural West Virginia. The novel was published through Salt Water Media of Berlin in 2014. Based on the lives of two sisters raising their families on a mountainside farm, the series explores themes of working women, the role of family, mental illness, and self-reliance. The following short story collection, Return to Lilac Hill, features the same setting but includes a Dickens-style fable, a journey of discovery, and a fictionalized true-crime story with a supernatural edge. Published in 2016, Lilac Hill Folly extends the theme of the supernatural along with fictionalized true-crime as a prodigal returns home and stirs up ghosts.

My new book, INN BY THE LAKE, was just released in paperback by Champagne Book Group. The book signing at The Greyhound serves as the celebration of my book’s publication. The story of Luke and Amanda meeting at Luke’s parents’ Deep Creek Lake inn. Bad aid brought the lawyer and the innkeeper’s son together. Controversy over the future of the old inn drove them apart. Can the inn’s past promise Amanda and Luke a future?

Meaghan is an elementary school librarian who lives on the Eastern Shore of Maryland with her husband and daughter. She loves sharing her love for yoga, meditation, and reading with others. The Power in Words is her second book. Her debut title, The Power in Me, encourages readers to use the power of their breath to diminish their fears and anxieties. She hopes her words will empower children.

The Power in Words: An Empowering Guide to Speaking With Purpose

Words matter--we can use them to lift others up or break them down.

Do you want your child to discover the powerful impact of their words?
Help your child make mindful choices about the way they speak to others and about themselves with this charming narrative. The Power in Words reminds children that they have the ability to choose their words and actions. Through rhyme and thought-provoking illustrations, readers will explore engaging scenes to help them consider the way broken promises, gossip, and unkind words impact others.

Children will be inspired to use their voices to create more beauty, love, and peace in their lives.
"If we all put in effort to be a bit kinder,
our actions will spread and become a reminder,
that our words have the power to make someone's day.
We can lift others up with the words that we say!"

Confident self-talk will increase your child's emotional resilience, self-worth, and happiness. Your child's self-worth will soar as they explore ways their words can spread love and kindness to others. Readers will learn to speak compassionately about themselves and develop confidence with empowering affirmations, or "I am" statements.

Join ZoZo, her family and friends in solving a mystery that involves all of them and in helping her celebrate her 5th birthday. This is Ellen Krawczak's second book, and it highlights the importance of generosity. Her first book, "Ollie Gives a Hoot" highlights the importance of friendship.

Ellen is retired and enjoying the quiet life on Maryland's Eastern Shore. Her work background is varied – she was a paralegal in a New York City Law firm, and a real estate settlement officer and a substitute teacher in Maryland.

Her short story, “Seven Postcards From My Unmarried Aunt Betsy,” was published in “30 Ways to Love Maryland,” a 2019 Maryland Writers' Association Anthology. She has been on the Editorial Board for the Bay to Ocean Anthology for the last two years. “Ollie Gives a Hoot!,” is her first book

Fury: A Soldier’s Journey

Joe Myles recounts his experiences in the US Army during the Vietnam War. This book includes several photographs and stands as his best recollection of the people and events as they happened.

Maria Grosskettler is a lover of the written word. She knows the power and magic it holds. As an elementary teacher, she strives to inspire this same love into young readers and writers. As a writer, she strives to bring that magic into the hands and minds of readers both young and young at heart. 

When not reading, writing or teaching, Maria enjoys spending time with her husband and son seeking adventures everyday. As a family, they enjoy traveling, hiking, biking and kayaking. She lives in Maryland part of the year. The rest of the time, she travels the world creating her own adventures which are often what inspire her stories.

She is excited to announce her debut novel for young readers entitled TRACKS which will be available on Kindle and print format FALL 2020.

The passing of a loved one is never easy. There can be so many words left unsaid or plans still not arranged. It sometimes happens suddenly; sometimes its just a matter of days. Among the many types of relationships that are hardest to face, losing a grandparent can be agonizing. They are the grounding, the bedrock of your family. Your idols suddenly arent physically there anymore. However, the connection doesnt end here on earth.

As a Certified Angel Card Reader and Angelic Life Coach with intuitive abilities, Andrea R. Freeman has encountered her grandparents never-ending messages all around her. She knows that they are well, safe, and guiding her always. You can experience this bond as well. The question is, Are you noticing the signs?

Messages from My Grandparents in Heaven will take you on a spiritual healing journey toward rediscovering your connection with your grandparents that goes way beyond your memories with them on earth. Once you begin, you will distinguish methods in which your grandparents are connecting with you, with the help of your guardian angels; embrace your intuitive abilities to be receptive of your grandparents and guardian angels energies; find clarity, comfort, and restored balance in knowing youre not imagining the messages/signs that you are receiving; and
learn new ways you can enhance the connection with your grandparents.

Your grandparents are still with you each and every step you take in lifeever patient and always ready as you begin your days of healing. Let them begin today!

Aimee Massey will be signing copies of her new release, “Odric the Bold.”

Book summary: When his village doesn't have enough blue gourds for their annual fall festival, young Odric decides to go searching for them in the forest. It proves to be a challenging task, but Odric is determined to bring back the gourds, and he finds help from some unusual animal friends along the way...

Thomas F. Linehan, Jr. (Tim) began creative writing in 1985. He holds BS and MS degrees in Engineering. He is an Institute of Children’s Literature graduate and member of the Coastal Writers. His YA Civil War historical novel, Drums of Courage was published in 2005.

He will be signing his newest release, Hannah Gould.

Book Summary: In 1942 war-torn Poland, a Jewish family is murdered by the Nazis and Ukrainians, but fifteen-year-old Hannah Gould miraculously escapes. Alone and desperate, Hannah ultimately makes her way to a group of Jewish and Russian partisans between Poland and Russia. She is transformed from an innocent, sheltered Jewish girl from Warsaw to a cold killer in the forests of Belorussia. She meets kind strangers and sadistic enemies on her journey to discovering who she is. Her romantic encounter with a handsome Russian officer gives her hope for the future. But as the German noose is tightening, Hannah makes a daring move to save her group from sure death. Finally, the big Russian counter-offensive to drive the Germans back to Berlin is on. Hannah is mentally exhausted with nagging grief, even unable to cry. She joins the army advance, but struggles with what to do next.

We'll be collaborating with Sister’s Wine Bar for our holiday party at The Greyhound, Wednesday, December 14, 11-2pm. Refreshments will be served during the author signings of three local authors. Joan Drescher Cooper will debut "Birds Like Me, A Collection of Poems," poet Cary Kamarat will debut "American Legends" and playwright Andrew Heller will be reading from his new book "A Bunch of Ellipses."