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A Realistic Guide to Drastically Improving Your Child’s Writing After twenty-five years as an educator working with at-risk youth, Micheal Maxwell has certainly learned what works and what doesn't in teaching basic writing skills to people who have no real interest in writing. “If your student is failing or falling desperately behind, this guide will give them the tools to build their confidence in writing, and take away the, “I don’t know where to start”. Shari Damaso, recently said in an Amazon.com review, “This is a great tool for adults who want to help kids improve their ...

Where Is Justice? Who will listen to the innocent pleas of a high school teacher accused of an unspeakable crime? When a pillar of the community turns vigilante and begins killing drug dealers in his beloved hometown, who will defend him? Can a tech giant take the home of a defenseless widow just because they have the money to make it happen? Adam Dupree, the former corporate lawyer, becomes the only lawyer in the small town of White Owl, Washington who can defend the vulnerable. But public opinion is fickle and one wrong choice can easily turn a hero into an enemy. If you like JOHN GRISHAM...

A father struggles to cope with the pressures and responsibilities of life while dealing with the soul-searing tragedy. From the depths of his despair, he discovers the answer to forgiveness, healing, and redemption.

Can the Black Sheep of the Family be its Guardian Angel? Cole Dust opens with inheriting a farm in the small town of Orvin, Oklahoma from a cousin he never knew. When investigative journalist Cole Sage stumbles upon an old trunk in the attic of his family’s farmhouse, he unearths something far more valuable than gold. Inside, neatly bound and yellowed with age, are the journals of his grandfather, George Sage—an enigmatic man Cole barely knew. These journals pull Cole into a story from the past, one that intertwines with his own life in ways he never expected. As Cole delves deeper into...

Five Bodies, Five Suspects, One Chance to get it Right! When a series of brutal hate crimes grip the small town of Orvin, Cole Sage is asked to return for one final story. What starts as a shocking, racially charged murder quickly spirals into a nightmare of violence and suspicion. The quiet Oklahoma town is now a battleground, with deep-rooted prejudices toward undocumented aliens surfacing and more bodies turning up. As Cole digs deeper, he discovers that everyone seems to have a motive—and no one can be trusted. Reunited with his old friend, FBI Agent Carter Washington, the two find ...

A festival of music, mushrooms, and murder. Two detectives who couldn’t be more out of place—or out of sync. The last thing Detectives Flynt and Steele expected when they were sent to a sun-soaked California music festival was to investigate a brutal murder. But when a vendor is found stabbed in the back amidst the swirling crowd of festival-goers, it’s clear that something far darker is happening beneath the haze of peace, love, and rock ‘n’ roll. The vendor wasn’t just any festival regular—he had deep ties to a local polygamist community, where multiple wives may hold ...

Love, Danger, and Time Itself: Can Chant Baker Save History and His Heart? As Chant faces mounting dangers and impossible decisions, he realizes that time is a fragile thing—and so is love. Will he be able to safeguard both? Not a Second Time is a riveting blend of historical action, legendary figures, and an emotional love story that transcends time. In Time on My Side (Book 7), Chant Baker faces escalating danger, time-hopping between eras while trying to protect the ones he loves. As his bond with Mary grows deeper, they both navigate a web of historical conflicts and perilous moments....

If you dig too deep, you might find skeletons! JAfter Cole Sage’s newspaper career ends abruptly, he’s left questioning his future. The world of academia beckons, offering the chance for Cole to teach Journalism and stand up for the underdogs once again. But it doesn’t take long for him to realize that narrow-mindedness and bullying run just as deep in the ivory towers of academia as in the newsroom. Seeking solace and inspiration, Cole returns to the quiet town of Orvin, where he plans to transform his Cole Dust journals into a novel. But peace is hard to find when the past has a way...

“They took a clean-cut kid and they made a killer out of him, that’s what they did” – Bob Dylan From Innocence to Assassin Logan Connor was the perfect all-American boy—adopted into a loving family, living a quiet life in a small town. But that idyllic image shatters when a buried secret about his past is uncovered, throwing Logan into a brutal world he never knew existed. Enter Titus Crow, a master manipulator and government operative who sees raw potential in Logan. Crow recruits him into a shadowy network of covert operations, where lies, murder, and betrayal are just another ...

The First Chapter is an anthology that traces the evolution of Michael Maxwell's storytelling, from his earliest short stories to the polished prose of today. Spanning decades of creative growth, this collection showcases a variety of narratives—from flash fiction that captures raw, fleeting moments to The Whistler, an epic fantasy adventure written for his oldest son. In The Whistler, a young man sets off on a daring quest to reach the sea—a feat no one in his small village has ever attempted—making this tale a thrilling journey of discovery, courage, and wonder for young adults. For...

Stand Tall with Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr.! In the final thrilling chapter of the Time Pedaler series, The Times They Are A-Changin', Chant Baker finds himself standing alongside history’s greatest advocates for peace and justice—Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. As he joins these legendary figures in their fight for civil rights and non-violence, Chant faces challenges that not only threaten history but also his future with Mary. Their love, tested across centuries, is stronger than ever. But as Chant’s time-traveling missions become more dangerous, the stakes rise. ...

In No Road Home, Sam Grodin emerges from ten years in a brutal South American prison, alone, lost, and forced to start over. Wrongfully convicted and abandoned in a foreign land his only comfort the fading memory of his Mary, and the hope that she still waits for him but, every day without her deepens his longing. Beyond the prison walls hides its dangers, where every step forward pulls Sam deeper into a labyrinth of betrayal, haunting memories, and powerful forces that will stop at nothing to protect their secrets. Sam must face terrifying truths to survive. Drawn to a beautiful, ...

An Ice Pick Murderer Is Terrorizing San Francisco San Francisco is reeling from a series of brutal icepick murders, and Cole Sage is distracted when his secretary and sidekick, Hanna, takes in a troubled teenage girl. The girl is on the run, and as it turns out is hiding things Hanna should know. Cole works with Lt. Leonard Chin to find the perpetrator of the savage killings terrorizing the city. As Cole and Hanna try to protect the girl, they find themselves caught in a deadly game of cat and mouse, where every answer leads to more danger. With the body count rising, Cole must navigate a ...

Peace, Love and a Dirty Bomb Cole Sage has settled into his new job in San Francisco, when cryptic call from an unhinged eco-terrorist from the sixties, Jason Reed—a man on a mission to bring about mass destruction in the name of Mother Earth. As the clock ticks down to Reed’s catastrophic plan, Cole finds himself racing across the city to do Reed’s last interview. Can Cole prevent a disaster that could claim thousands of lives? A warning phone call from notorious cult leader Charles Manson from San Quinten warns Cole just who he is up against. But San Francisco isn’t the only ...

Would you kill someone to be with your family? When the unexpected deaths of a local minister and his wife send shockwaves through Orvin, Kelly Sage finds herself entangled in the middle of a troubled family's secrets. Meanwhile, Cole Sage is kept on the sidelines, unaware that an even darker web is being spun around him. Where is his traditional role as the crime solver? Meanwhile, government regulations and prejudice have left Native American veteran Michael Blackbear alone and desperate. His Iraqi wife and son have been torn from him by distance, bureaucracy, and the war he fought to win...

A deadly accident. A grieving boyfriend. A detective duo that can barely stand each other. When a high-speed collision leaves a young woman dead and her boyfriend devastated, Detectives Flynt and Steele are called to investigate what looks like an open-and-shut case. But as the bruises from the crash fade, a darker truth emerges—this was no accident. Someone wanted her dead, and they’re ready to kill again. Steele, ever the pragmatist, wants to follow procedure and let the evidence lead the way. Flynt, however, feels something more sinister lurking beneath the surface, and his instinct ...

Face Off with Shakespeare and Mozart! In Time Won’t Let Me, Chant Baker finds himself drawn back to the world where he first met Mary—Shakespeare’s London. This time, however, he’s not just a visitor. As he dives deeper into Elizabethan politics and Shakespeare’s circle, Chant realizes that history is more fragile than he thought. From the bustling theaters of London to the royal courts of Vienna, where he encounters the musical genius of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Chant is on a high-stakes journey through time. But even as Chant tackles the complexities of the past, his connection ...

What Burns Hotter, Love or Hate? Cole Sage is caught in a firestorm of chaos when two deadly threats erupt in San Francisco. On one side, a mentally unstable, PTSD-stricken Vietnam veteran launches a series of violent arson attacks targeting the city’s Asian community, leaving destruction and terror in his wake. On the other side, Jesse Monday, a self-proclaimed messiah, amasses a dangerous cult following after his sudden death—as rumors swirl of his miraculous resurrection. As Cole once again works alongside FBI agent Carter Washington to uncover the arsonist’s motives and stop the ...