I found out about this web site today: http://www.coalcampusa.com/.

Ron

Book signing THE BLACK ROCK THAT BUILT AMERICA by Gerald McKerns , Sat., Nov.,
14 ,2009 at the Mahanoy City Library. $2.00 will be donated to the library for
each book sold.
Gerald McKerns

http://www.readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=160794

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New book on the block. Check out "Wreck of the Red Arrow" on Amazon !

Thanks, Clem and Mary!

Ron

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Nice going, Ron!

Mary




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From: RonB <rbreznay@...>
To: coalregionbooknook@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sun, November 1, 2009 9:51:06 AM
Subject: [Coal Region Book Nook] Re: The Writing Show Halloween Short Story
Contest Winners


The winning stories have now been posted at http://www.writings how.com/index.
html.

Ron







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Well, done, Ron!

--- In coalregionbooknook@yahoogroups.com, "RonB" <rbreznay@...> wrote:
>
> The winning stories have now been posted at
http://www.writingshow.com/index.html.
>
> Ron
>

The winning stories have now been posted at
http://www.writingshow.com/index.html.

Ron

Hi, Ken,

I read about your book on Amazon and it sounds very interesting. I will
definitely be picking up a copy. While not horror per se, your book certainly is
dark and horrific. Alcoholics, being real, are scarier than vampires or zombies.
I could keep your name on file for next year's Halloween Horror Book Signing, or
if you're going to be at another local signing, please post about it here. Good
luck with your book!

Ron

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I wish I would have known about this sooner! My book, Demon Alcohol and the
Monstermen, is set in the fictional town of Tallenook, a stand-in for
Wilkes-Barre and would be perfect for this event.
 
If anyone from the group finds out about other signings at this BN store, please
post as soon as possible. Sorry I will have to miss it.
 
Best,
 
Ken Kirsch
 




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For those of Slovak heritage or those who have an interest, on the same day at
the same store is a separate signing by Thomas J. Lipovsky, author of the novel
The Slovakian.

"Although my characters are fictitious the novel deals with the Slovaks' endless
struggle for survival. For a thousand years they were under the boot of the
invading barbaric Huns. During the reign of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in the
early nineteen hundred Slovaks migrated to America where life was hard but
eventually fruitful. The defeat of the Hungarian during World War I finally
brought justice and equality. The two main characters, Jon and Stasha, are
involved in a romantic relationship that will baffle the imagination."


--- In coalregionbooknook@yahoogroups.com, "RonB" <rbreznay@...> wrote:
>
> A reminder as the date gets closer:
>
> --- In coalregionbooknook@yahoogroups.com, "ronbreznay" <rbreznay@> wrote:
> >
> > The fourth annual Halloween Horror Book-Signing at Barnes & Noble in the
Arena Hub Plaza in Wilkes-Barre will take place on Saturday, October 17, 2009,
from 2:00 to 5:00. The authors attending are Nick Cato, Lawrence Connolly, Lorne
Dixon, Amy Grech, Monica O'Rourke, and E.F. Watkins. Store information: 421
Arena Hub Plaza, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702, Phone: (570) 829-4210.
> >
> > Of special interest to this group are two coal-related novels.
> >
> > Danu's Children, by E.F. Watkins. In a small Pennsylvania coal town, modern
greed confronts an even darker power--as old as the Earth, itself.
Photojournalist Kevin O'Leary returns to his home town of Carbonville for the
funeral of his newspaper-reporter cousin, Tom. Before he died in a car accident,
Tom was looking into charges of corruption behind a huge new mall construction
project, and Kevin suspects murder. On the pretext of doing a photography book
on the town, he stays around to investigate. Kevin soon meets Megan Carey, who
heads up the Citizens Against Valley Exploitation (CAVE), a local ecology group
battling the mall project. Megan hates the developer, Sal Ricciardi, and fans
Kevin's suspicions that Sal arranged Tom's 'accident.' But as the conflict
between the two factions escalates, Kevin realizes both are capable of lethal
violence. He also learns that Megan and her followers believe an ancient Celtic
earth god protects the valley, and will help them prevent the mall's
opening...one way or another...
> >
> > Veins, by Lawrence C. Connolly. Fleeing from what should have been a perfect
crime, four crooks in a black Mustang race into the Pennsylvania highlands. On
the backseat, a briefcase full of cash. On their tail, a tattooed madman who
wants them dead. The driver calls himself Axle. A local boy, he knows the
landscape, the coal-hauling roads and steep trails that lead to the perfect
hideout: the crater of an abandoned mine. But Axle fears the crater. Terrible
things happened there. Things that he has spent years trying to forget. Enter
Kwetis, the nightflyer, a specter from Axle's ancestral past. Part memory, part
nightmare, Kwetis has planned a heist of his own. And soon Axle, his partners in
crime, and their pursuer will learn that their arrival at the mine was foretold
long ago . . . and that each of them is a piece of a plan devised by the spirits
of the Earth.
> >
> > Hope to see some of you there!
> >
> > Ron
> >
>

A reminder as the date gets closer:

--- In coalregionbooknook@yahoogroups.com, "ronbreznay" <rbreznay@...> wrote:
>
> The fourth annual Halloween Horror Book-Signing at Barnes & Noble in the Arena
Hub Plaza in Wilkes-Barre will take place on Saturday, October 17, 2009, from
2:00 to 5:00. The authors attending are Nick Cato, Lawrence Connolly, Lorne
Dixon, Amy Grech, Monica O'Rourke, and E.F. Watkins. Store information: 421
Arena Hub Plaza, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702, Phone: (570) 829-4210.
>
> Of special interest to this group are two coal-related novels.
>
> Danu's Children, by E.F. Watkins. In a small Pennsylvania coal town, modern
greed confronts an even darker power--as old as the Earth, itself.
Photojournalist Kevin O'Leary returns to his home town of Carbonville for the
funeral of his newspaper-reporter cousin, Tom. Before he died in a car accident,
Tom was looking into charges of corruption behind a huge new mall construction
project, and Kevin suspects murder. On the pretext of doing a photography book
on the town, he stays around to investigate. Kevin soon meets Megan Carey, who
heads up the Citizens Against Valley Exploitation (CAVE), a local ecology group
battling the mall project. Megan hates the developer, Sal Ricciardi, and fans
Kevin's suspicions that Sal arranged Tom's 'accident.' But as the conflict
between the two factions escalates, Kevin realizes both are capable of lethal
violence. He also learns that Megan and her followers believe an ancient Celtic
earth god protects the valley, and will help them prevent the mall's
opening...one way or another...
>
> Veins, by Lawrence C. Connolly. Fleeing from what should have been a perfect
crime, four crooks in a black Mustang race into the Pennsylvania highlands. On
the backseat, a briefcase full of cash. On their tail, a tattooed madman who
wants them dead. The driver calls himself Axle. A local boy, he knows the
landscape, the coal-hauling roads and steep trails that lead to the perfect
hideout: the crater of an abandoned mine. But Axle fears the crater. Terrible
things happened there. Things that he has spent years trying to forget. Enter
Kwetis, the nightflyer, a specter from Axle's ancestral past. Part memory, part
nightmare, Kwetis has planned a heist of his own. And soon Axle, his partners in
crime, and their pursuer will learn that their arrival at the mine was foretold
long ago . . . and that each of them is a piece of a plan devised by the spirits
of the Earth.
>
> Hope to see some of you there!
>
> Ron
>

Thanks, everyone!

Ron

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Adding my congrats Ron. Remind us again with the link closer to the date so
we don't forget to listen to your story.

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Watch The Hour (April 2009), Whiskey Creek Press

Corruption's Child (June 2008), Whiskey Creek Press

The Accidental Spy (July 2008), Lachesis Publishing

http://jlind11.tripod.com for reviews and sample chapters





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Way to go, Ron!




________________________________
From: ronbreznay <rbreznay@...>
To: coalregionbooknook@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, September 14, 2009 8:52:42 PM
Subject: [Coal Region Book Nook] The Writing Show Halloween Short Story Contest
Winners


The Writing Show announced the winners of the 2009 Halloween short story
contest:

Ron Breznay: "The Absinthe Club"
Scott Middlemist: "Crosshair"

Honorable mentions go to:
Bart Silverstrim: "Cleanup on Aisle Died"
Cora J. Ramos: "Bayou Justice"
Lyn C. A. Gardner: "The Angel of the House"
Lyn C. A. Gardner: "The Angles of Midnight"
Brian Mann: "The Camp Out"

You will be able to hear the two winning stories the week of Halloween at
http://www.writings how.com/index. html.

Ron







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hey, i see you won some contest!  congrats!
yes!
john


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Well, Ron, jolly good show!
Clem Page

The Writing Show announced the winners of the 2009 Halloween short story
contest:

Ron Breznay: "The Absinthe Club"
Scott Middlemist: "Crosshair"

Honorable mentions go to:
Bart Silverstrim: "Cleanup on Aisle Died"
Cora J. Ramos: "Bayou Justice"
Lyn C. A. Gardner: "The Angel of the House"
Lyn C. A. Gardner: "The Angles of Midnight"
Brian Mann: "The Camp Out"

You will be able to hear the two winning stories the week of Halloween at
http://www.writingshow.com/index.html.

Ron

The fourth annual Halloween Horror Book-Signing at Barnes & Noble in the Arena
Hub Plaza in Wilkes-Barre will take place on Saturday, October 17, 2009, from
2:00 to 5:00. The authors attending are Nick Cato, Lawrence Connolly, Lorne
Dixon, Amy Grech, Monica O'Rourke, and E.F. Watkins. Store information: 421
Arena Hub Plaza, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702, Phone: (570) 829-4210.

Of special interest to this group are two coal-related novels.

Danu's Children, by E.F. Watkins. In a small Pennsylvania coal town, modern
greed confronts an even darker power--as old as the Earth, itself.
Photojournalist Kevin O'Leary returns to his home town of Carbonville for the
funeral of his newspaper-reporter cousin, Tom. Before he died in a car accident,
Tom was looking into charges of corruption behind a huge new mall construction
project, and Kevin suspects murder. On the pretext of doing a photography book
on the town, he stays around to investigate. Kevin soon meets Megan Carey, who
heads up the Citizens Against Valley Exploitation (CAVE), a local ecology group
battling the mall project. Megan hates the developer, Sal Ricciardi, and fans
Kevin's suspicions that Sal arranged Tom's 'accident.' But as the conflict
between the two factions escalates, Kevin realizes both are capable of lethal
violence. He also learns that Megan and her followers believe an ancient Celtic
earth god protects the valley, and will help them prevent the mall's
opening...one way or another...

Veins, by Lawrence C. Connolly. Fleeing from what should have been a perfect
crime, four crooks in a black Mustang race into the Pennsylvania highlands. On
the backseat, a briefcase full of cash. On their tail, a tattooed madman who
wants them dead. The driver calls himself Axle. A local boy, he knows the
landscape, the coal-hauling roads and steep trails that lead to the perfect
hideout: the crater of an abandoned mine. But Axle fears the crater. Terrible
things happened there. Things that he has spent years trying to forget. Enter
Kwetis, the nightflyer, a specter from Axle's ancestral past. Part memory, part
nightmare, Kwetis has planned a heist of his own. And soon Axle, his partners in
crime, and their pursuer will learn that their arrival at the mine was foretold
long ago . . . and that each of them is a piece of a plan devised by the spirits
of the Earth.

Hope to see some of you there!

Ron

Come visit me today, Tuesday and Wednesday at Bookland Heights,
http://www.booklandheights.blogspot.com

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Watch The Hour (April 2009), Whiskey Creek Press

Corruption's Child (June 2008), Whiskey Creek Press

The Accidental Spy (July 2008), Lachesis Publishing

Cruel Cuts (Nov. 2007), Whiskey Creek Press

Something In Common (June 2007), Whiskey Creek Press

http://jlind11.tripod.com for reviews and sample chapters





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Watch The Hour just got its first review and it's a good one. You can read
it here:
http://longandshortreviews.blogspot.com/2009/06/watch-hour-by-jr-lindermuth.
html

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Watch The Hour (April 2009), Whiskey Creek Press

Corruption's Child (June 2008), Whiskey Creek Press

The Accidental Spy (July 2008), Lachesis Publishing

Cruel Cuts (Nov. 2007), Whiskey Creek Press

Something In Common (June 2007), Whiskey Creek Press

http://jlind11.tripod.com for reviews and sample chapters





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Sounds like a good novel, John. Congratulations!

I don't see an option for ordering the paperback. Will that come later? I prefer
a printed book to something I have to read on the computer.

Ron

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Hi all,

My new novel, Watch The Hour, was released today by Whiskey Creek Press,
www.whiskeycreekpress.com <http://www.whiskeycreekpress.com/> , in both
print and electronic forms.

Set in the turbulent 1870s in a fictional coal region patch, the novel
explores the conflict between mine owners and their employees, particularly
the Irish immigrants, and the complications it poses for a romance between a
young coal and iron policeman and an Irish lass.

There's an excerpt on the publisher's webpage and I'll be posting more.

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Watch The Hour (April 2009), Whiskey Creek Press

Corruption's Child (June 2008), Whiskey Creek Press

The Accidental Spy (July 2008), Lachesis Publishing

http://jlind11.tripod.com for reviews and sample chapters





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Friday, February 27

An Irish Pub Experience with Music & Book Signing at the Lazy Dog
Coffeehouse 7-10 pm


Irish Roads & The Pipes Are Calling.

18 E. Sunbury St., Minersville, PA 17954
    570.544.4800

Poet, lyricist and novelist Loretta Murphy will transform the Lazy Dog
into an Irish Pub experience with a night of dinner, music, readings,
story telling and book signing.  Irish Roads is a collection of poems
inspired by Loretta's recent pilgrimage across Ireland.  The Pipes Are
Calling is a novel laced with romance, coal-country (Molly Maguire)
history, and the lure of Ireland.  Loretta and guitarist, Paul Noon, aka
"The Troubles" will perform original music as well as folk songs from
the 60's, 70's and 80's.

$3 music cover

Visit The Troubles at http://thetroubles55.webs.com/
<http://thetroubles55.webs.com/>

Visit The Lazy Dog at http://www.lazydogcoffeehouse.com/
<http://www.lazydogcoffeehouse.com/>

http://www.freewebs.com/lorettamurphy
<http://www.freewebs.com/lorettamurphy>



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Corruption's Child, third in the Sticks Hetrick mystery series, just got
another 'thumbs up' review. You can read it at www.premierbookreviews.com

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Corruption's Child (June 2008), Whiskey Creek Press

The Accidental Spy (July 2008), Lachesis Publishing

Cruel Cuts (Nov. 2007), Whiskey Creek Press

Something In Common (June 2007), Whiskey Creek Press

St. Hubert's Stag (2004), iUniverse

Schlussel's Woman (2003), Author's Choice Press

Twin Stars, short story, Amazon Shorts

Trees and Memories, short story, Amazon Shorts

Thin Ice, short story, Amazon Shorts

http://jlind11.tripod.com for reviews and sample chapters





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I enjoyed chatting with you, Mary. Congratulations on selling all your books,
though that was bad for me. I guess I'll have to try again at another signing.

Ron

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For your information this was in the Pottsville Republican and Herald
today.

Stu Richards

Area writers, readers to meet, discuss works
STAFF WRITER
mherne@...
Published: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 4:11 AM EST
By Maria Herne

HAMBURG — Local aficionados of the written word are invited to join
the latest venture sponsored by the Hamburg Our Town Foundation.

Hamburg's downtown revitalization effort is launching a writers guild
group for published and non-published writers as well as a book club
for others who love to read and discuss what they have read.

"This will give writers and fans of literature across northern Berks
a chance to network, share insights into great books and compare
their writing with local contemporaries," foundation co-organizer
Mary Domsicz said.

The groups' first meeting will be held Thursday at the Gallery of
Hamburg, 335 State St. The book club will meet at 7 p.m. with the
writers guild convening at 8 p.m. The groups are open to writers and
readers from high school age and older and will meet on a monthly
basis.

Participants will discuss strategies for getting published and plan
reading lists. They will also hold readings of poetry, essays and
prose by local writers.

There is no membership fee and members from both Berks and Schuylkill
counties are welcome to join, Domsicz said.

Further information can be obtained by email at
hamburgwriters@... or by calling the Our Town Foundation at
610-562-3106.

I was happy to meet Ron Breznay of CRBN yesterday at Barnes and Noble.
Thanks for stopping by at the book signing, Ron! It's great to put a
face to online friends.

My publisher, Nicole Langan, did a nice job with publicity for the
signing. She even had WBRE-TV show up, although their brief report was
replete with errors :(

WBRE reported that I'm a nationally acclaimed writer (not even in my
own mind!), but guess I won't have them retract that ;) They also said
my book was about Eastern European immigrants when the title actually
mentions the Molly Maguires!

I sold all the books B&N had stocked before the two hours were up, and
several people ordered books as well so I guess it was a success.

Mary

Just noticed your son placed at 22 on the cover for Call Me Kate. Really
stiff competition in that category, so give him a good pat on the back.

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Corruption's Child (June 2008), Whiskey Creek Press

The Accidental Spy (July 2008), Lachesis Publishing

Cruel Cuts (Nov. 2007), Whiskey Creek Press

Something In Common (June 2007), Whiskey Creek Press

St. Hubert's Stag (2004), iUniverse

Schlussel's Woman (2003), Author's Choice Press

Twin Stars, short story, Amazon Shorts

Trees and Memories, short story, Amazon Shorts

Thin Ice, short story, Amazon Shorts

http://jlind11.tripod.com for reviews and sample chapters





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Thanks Mary. By the way, I don't know whether you've checked but Call Me
Kate and Loretta's Irish Roads both placed at 26. So congrats to you, too.



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From: coalregionbooknook@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:coalregionbooknook@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Mary Slaby
Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2009 6:25 PM
To: coalregionbooknook@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Coal Region Book Nook] Thanks



Awesome! Way to go, John.

--- On Sun, 2/8/09, John R. Lindermuth <john.lindermuth@
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<mailto:john.lindermuth%40verizon.net> verizon.net>
Subject: [Coal Region Book Nook] Thanks
To: coalregionbooknook@ <mailto:coalregionbooknook%40yahoogroups.com>
yahoogroups.com
Date: Sunday, February 8, 2009, 6:17 PM

To all who voted for me in the Preditors & Editors poll. Corruption's Child,

third in my Sticks Hetrick mystery series, placed in the Top 10 in the

mystery category and The Accidental Spy came in at number 16 in the other

novels category.

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The Accidental Spy (July 2008), Lachesis Publishing

Cruel Cuts (Nov. 2007), Whiskey Creek Press

Something In Common (June 2007), Whiskey Creek Press

St. Hubert's Stag (2004), iUniverse

Schlussel's Woman (2003), Author's Choice Press

Twin Stars, short story, Amazon Shorts

Trees and Memories, short story, Amazon Shorts

Thin Ice, short story, Amazon Shorts

http://jlind11. tripod.com for reviews and sample chapters

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Awesome! Way to go, John.

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From: John R. Lindermuth <john.lindermuth@...>
Subject: [Coal Region Book Nook] Thanks
To: coalregionbooknook@yahoogroups.com
Date: Sunday, February 8, 2009, 6:17 PM












             To all who voted for me in the Preditors & Editors poll.
Corruption's Child,

third in my Sticks Hetrick mystery series, placed in the Top 10 in the

mystery category and The Accidental Spy came in at number 16 in the other

novels category.



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Cruel Cuts (Nov. 2007), Whiskey Creek Press



Something In Common (June 2007), Whiskey Creek Press



St. Hubert's Stag (2004), iUniverse



Schlussel's Woman (2003), Author's Choice Press



Twin Stars, short story, Amazon Shorts



Trees and Memories, short story, Amazon Shorts



Thin Ice, short story, Amazon Shorts



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