I have spent most of my adult life reading three books a week and perusing two daily newspapers and innumerous magazines. I have watched untold hours of educational TV, thousands of news reports, and scores of movies, all in a quest for learning - and what did it get me? Confusion, anger and dissatisfaction. Day after day, I watched the ignorant, the unaware and the uneducated saunter down the sunny side of the street and wondered why that couldn’t be me.
 
 
 
We authors have more friends now than ever before. Back in the day, Leo Tolstoi had maybe ten friends, tops, and they only liked him because he made a helluva borscht. Virginia Wolff had maybe three good pals, but then again she suffered from mental illness and sometimes believed she was a pickle.  
 
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    The Most Interesting Man in the House

    Author Spotlight

    Vincent Courtney published 17 books with Random House, Pinnacle and Zebra Books. He is the developer of Scary Good Writing an online writing course for kids. He is also a writer-in-resident at the Florida Tech Creative Writing Institute. By the by, he is the only man in the house.

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    Comedy Thriller

    In five days, the president of the United States, the U.S. Congress and the Chancellor of Germany will be infected with a deadly bacterium that makes anthrax look like a mild yeast infection. One million will die within a week. Ten million by the end of the month. There is no vaccine. No antibiotic. The world’s only hope is a one-legged lovelorn virgin named Danni Dunne who has three days to lead a pair of secret agents to the hideout of her boyfriend, a reputed terrorist. Standing in her way are a family of merciless mercenaries, a murderous midget mayor, a kindly granny with a dark secret, a curious bull, and her virginity. 

    It’s The Spy Who Loved Me Not. 

    Carrot #1

    A mad assassin stalks the Vice President of the United  States.  It’s up to White House chief of Staff Ben Harrison to stop him.  But how does he do it when the lunatic happens to be his boss, the president of  the United States? 

    For the Kids!

    Fun for Kids

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    Santa Claus, Schmanta Claus. Paxton Porter isn’t buying it anymore. This Christmas Eve he's going to catch his mom and dad delivering his crummy presents and end the phony baloney charade once and for all. Instead, the ten-year-old boy watches in terror as a big game hunter and his gun bearer kidnap jolly Saint Nick.

    Santa Claus is now part of a collection of one-of-a-kind oddities owned by Billiam Bucksworth, the richest kid on the planet. It is up to Paxton and the elf that betrayed Santa to save Christmas. Standing in their way is an army of merciless mercenaries and a billionaire brat with enough money to buy anything, maybe even Paxton's soul. 

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