Writing Contest for New Mexico Writers

LAS CRUCES - An outstanding New Mexican writer will be honored for her work in non-fiction next spring when her book receives the prestigious Zia Award. Given each year by the New Mexico Press Women at their annual spring conference, women
writers living in the state are invited to submit their books for consideration for the award. The 2009 Zia Award will be given to the author of a non-fiction book published in 2006, 2007 or 2008. Some suggested non-fiction categories include general, essay, biography, autobiography, history, cookbook, humor, instructional, religious or inspirational, or photography. Each year the award rotates to one of three categories: non-fiction, fiction and children's literature. To accommodate this schedule, a book published in the last three years is eligible. Submissions can be made by the author or by someone else on behalf of the author, such as a publisher. Membership in the association is not required, but the writer must be a woman. Authors must also live in the state or have a strong connection to New Mexico; however the book can be published anywhere. A $10 submission fee is required and helps to defray the costs of the award. Entries must be postmarked by Jan. 10, 2009. The 2008 Zia Award went to Anne Weaver for her children's book titled The Voyage of the Beetle. The 2010 Zia Award will be designated for fiction. The Zia Award was started by members in 1953 to honor an outstanding woman in New Mexico media. The New Mexico Press Women is the state chapter affiliate of the National Federation of Press Women and exists to provide professional development, networking and First Amendment right protection to professional journalists and communicators. For More information on the association please visit the website at: www.NewMexicoPressWomen.org.

Book entries are considered a donation to the organization and are not returned. The books will be part of the silent auction held at the annual spring awards banquet to raise scholarship funds. To submit a book entry to the Zia Award contest please send a cover letter containing contact information and a paragraph stating the author's connection to New Mexico, along with the book and a check for $10 payable to New Mexico Press Women to the following address postmarked by Jan. 10, 2009:

Jessica Savage
Zia Award Contest Chair
1612 Ralph Drive
Las Cruces New M exco 88001

Connie Gotsch
Author Snap Me a Future and A Mouth Full of Shell DLSIJpress.com
Coming in August 2009, Belle's Star Artemesia Press

Mark David Gerson, author of the award-winning "true fantasy"
The MoonQuest has an exciting blog for writers called Voice of Your Muse! Check it out by cutting and pasting the blog address here,http://thevoiceofyourmuse.com or just hunt it down on the right side of this blog and click.

Moon Quest won a 2008 New Mexico Book Award for Science Fiction and Fantasy.

Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com

Always in Print ‘Cuz They’re Print on Demand!

Coming in 2009, Belle’s Star,’ a youth novel from Artemesia Press at http://www.apbooks.net

New Mexico Book Award Winners

Congratulations to all who entered the 2008 New Mexico Book Awards and to the winners. The list is below and is also on the nmbookaward.com website.

2008 New Mexico Book Awards Winners
Children’s Picture Book
Red Truck (Viking Children’s Books) — Kersten Hamilton

Children’s Activity Book
New Mexico A to Z (Enchantment Lane Publications) — Jill Lane
READdiscover New Mexico (Sunstone Press) — Kathy Barco

Young Readers Book
Loco Dog and the Dust Devil in the Railyard (AZRO Press) — Marcy Heller

Juvenile Book
From Slave to Superstar of the Wild West (Legends of the West Publishing) — Tom DeMund

Young Adult Book
Lawn Boy (Random House) — Gary Paulsen

Anthropology
Chaco Astronomy (Ocean Tree Books) — Anna Sofaer

Anthology Book
Peace Beyond All Fear: A Tribute to John Denver’s Vision (Petals & Pages Press) — Hank Bruce

Arts Book
Southwestern Indian Jewelry (Rizzoli New York) — Dexter Cirillo
Talking with the Clay (SAR Press) — Stephen Trimble

Biography
Into the Devils Den (Ballantine Books) — Dave Hall & Tim Burkey

Business Book
The Keyword Tutorial Ebook (Feathered Soul Press) — Hope Kiah

Cookbook
Cuisines of the Southwest (Golden West Publishers) — Dave DeWitt
Red or Green (Clearlight Publishers) — Clyde Casey

Gardening Book
Ma Frump’s Guide to Plastic Gardening (Sunstone Press) — Marcia Muth

Health Book
Working Like Dogs: The Service Dog Guidebook (Alpine Publications) — Marcie Davis & Melissa Bunnell

History Book
A Peculiar Alchemy (SAR Press) — Nancy Owen Lewis & Kay Leigh Hagan

Nature/Environment
Bearing Witness: 25 Years of Refuge (La Alameda Press) — Lou Liberty & Margy O’Brien

New Age Book
Soul Oriented Solutions (Soul Resources) — Rheanni Lightwater

Parenting/Family Issues
Syra’s Scribbles (PublishAmerica) — Syra Divine

Political Book
Your Money and Your Life (AU Publishing) — Martha Burk

Reference Book
Decoding Design (HOW Books) — Maggie MacNab

Religious Book
Saints of the Pueblos (Rio Grande Books) — Charles Carrillo

Self-help Book
Dying: A Natural Passage (Three Whales Publishers) — Denys Cope

Travel Book
Backroads & Byways of New Mexico (The Countryman Press) — Sally Moore

Multi-cultural Subject
Patterns of Exchange (University of Oklahoma Press) — Teresa Wilkins

Other Nonfiction
New Mexico: Biographical Dictionary Vol. II (Rio Grande Books) — Don Bullis

Adventure or Drama Novel
Avenging Victorio (Rio Grande Books) — Dave DeWitt

Historical Fiction/Novel
Arizona War (La Frontera Publishing) — Melody Groves
Bell County Bushwhackers (Outskirts Press) — Dave Bushmire

Mystery/Suspense Novel
Turquoise Girl (Forge/Macmillan) — Aimee and David Thurlo

Romance Novel
Annie’s Song (Whiskey Creek Press) — Sabra Steinsiek

Science Fiction & Fantasy
The MoonQuest (Light Lines Media) — Mark David Gerson

Other Fiction
The Pageant Unveiled (Infinity Publishing) — Lucretia Tippit

Poetry Book
Graven Images (Sunstone Press) — Mike Sutin
The Seasons of Yes (Sunstone Press) — Lorraine Schechter

First Book
Our Favorite Recipes (Rio Grande Books) — Albuquerque The Magazine
The Road from La Cueva (Sunstone Press) — Sheila Ortego

People’s Choice
Milagro Beanfield War (Holt Paperbacks) — John Nichols

Best of Show
Into the Devils Den (Ballantine Books) — Dave Hall & Tim Burkey
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Paul Rhetts
LPD Press & Rio Grande Books
925 Salamanca NW
Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, NM 87107
505/344-9382
FAX 505/345-5129
LPD_Press@msn.com
http://nmsantos.com

Publisher of “Our Favorite Recipes,”
voted Best in Show Booksellers' Choice
at the 2008 Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers meeting

Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com

Always in Print ‘Cuz They’re Print on Demand!

Coming in 2009, Belle’s Star,’ a youth novel from Artemesia Press at http://www.apbooks.net

New Mexico Book CoOp News

November 12, 2008

NEW MEXICO BOOK AWARDS BANQUET TICKETS GOING FAST!!!!
Come be a part of the biggest gala for NM books in 2008! The finalists in the 2008 NM Book Awards were announced last month and banquet tickets have been going very fast. There are some left if you have not reserved yet but if you want to attend you should make reservations very soon before all the seats are gone!. The winners will be announced at the Banquet on November 21. Cost is $46 per person. RSVP 505-344-9382. You can also pay for your reservation online at http://nmbookcoop.com/page5/page105/page105.html. The list of finalists can be found at http://nmbookcoop.com/page5/page108/page108.html. Winners will be announced on the website on Saturday November 22.

CO-OP HOLIDAY PARTY WILL BE AT LIN’S BUFFET DECEMBER 5
The NM Book Co-op holiday party will be at Lin’s Buffet on Friday, December 5 starting at 11:30am, 10100 Coors Road (about 1.3 miles north of Hometown Buffet on the opposite side of Coors). Come and enjoy the kick-off for the holiday season with local authors and publishers. When you pay tell them that you are in the private party! Lunch is $9.48 (includes tax and drink; please add about $1.50 for a tip!!!!). No speaker -- just a good time! You must RSVP (344-9382) that you are coming so we get the right size room!

BOOK ASSOCIATION HOLIDAY PARTY WILL BE AT THE LODGE AT SANTA FE DECEMBER 5
The annual New Mexico Book Association !Holiday Fiesta! social gathering is also on Friday, December 5 at The Lodge at Santa Fe from 5:30 to 7:30pm The Lodge is up St. Francis Drive, above the cemeteries and view of the mountains. Finger food (more than last year), including salmon, buffalo wings, fruits, cheese and veggies, cider, and sangria! Cost just $12 for everyone. Reservations not necessary. We'll present three awards in recognition of people who've accomplished much to get the word out about New Mexico-produced books.

INVITE YOUR FRIENDS AND CUSTOMERS TO COME AND BUY LOCAL BOOKS AT ZIA ARTS & CRAFTS SHOW
The NM Book Co-op Book Booth at the Zia Art & Crafts Show at the State Fairgrounds in Albuquerque, November 21- 23 will have over 100 local books on display and for sale. Please let your friends and customers know that the event is featuring local books. The show, at the Manuel Lujan Building at the NM Expo Fairgrounds in Albuquerque, will be Friday 10am to 5pm, Saturday 10am to 6pm and Sunday 10am to 5pm. Admission to the show is $5.00.
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New Mexico Book Coop
925 Salamanca NW
Los Ranchos, NM 87107
505.344-9382
info@nmbookcoop.com

http://www.nmbookcoop.com

Write On Four Corners Author Carolyn Howard Johnson to Give Career Seminar

Author to Advise Boomers Seeking New Careers
Author advocate Carolyn Howard-Johnson will appear with Paul Bruno on his Career Czar talk radio program on January 30, 2009. This unique Internet talk radio program focuses on all aspects of the world of careers.
The two will chat about something dear to the hearts of baby-boomers--reinventing yourself at retirement. Howard-Johnson was selected because her writing career spans everything from journalism to poetry and writing movie reviews to writing novels. The first segment of Paul's hour-long show will be about careers in freelance and journalism. The second segment will be about forging a career in fiction (novels and short stories). The third segment will cover the joys of poetry. And the fourth segment will be about nonfiction. It will include how Howard-Johnson's nonfiction books for writers have helped her career and those of others and how some similar how to books or books of inspiration can work for yours.
Bruno has had guests like " Rudy Ruettiger (www.rudyinternational.com), whose dream to go to Notre Dame and play football for the Fighting Irish was chronicled in the 1993 movie Rudy, and Brian Kurth (www.vocationvacations.com), President of Vocation Vacations and author of Test-Drive Your Dream Job.
After the broadcast, the show will be available to those thinking about a career change or enhancement at www.alltalkradio.net/careerczar. Download the show dated 01-30-09 or cut and paste www.alltalkradio.net/careerczar/career013009.mp3 into a web browser.
Howard-Johnson instructs at UCLA Extension's world renowned Writers' Program. Her first novel, This Is the Place, won eight awards. Her second book, Harkening: A Collection of Stories Remembered, creative nonfiction, won three. She is also an award-winning poet. Her how-to book for writers, The Frugal Book Promoter: How to Do What Your Publisher Won't is recommended reading for her classes, was named USA Book News' "Best Professional Book" and is an Irwin Award winner. Her second book in the How To Do It Frugally series is The Frugal Editor: Put Your Best Book Forward to Avoid Humiliation and Ensure Success. It, too, is a USA Book News award-winner as well as the winner of the Reader View's Literary Award.

She is the recipient of both the California Legislature's Woman of the Year in Arts and Entertainment Award and the Glendale American Business Women's Association's Woman of the Year award. Her community's Character and Ethics Committee honored her for promoting tolerance with her writing. She was also named to Pasadena Weekly's list of 14 "San Gabriel Valley women who make life happen." She is a popular speaker and actor. Paul the Career Czar® has taught at the college level; worked as a Dale Carnegie instructor; written, with his wife, over ten screenplays; and has had numerous articles published in technical journals as well as a historical journal. He has appeared on the History Channel's History IQ game show. Career Czar® Paul had to learn to manage his career and life balance in the trenches. He is eager to help others create the career and life they want.
Learn more about Howard-Johnson at www.howtodoitfrugally.com or where she blogs at www.sharingwithwriters.blogspot.com.

Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com

Always in Print ‘Cuz They’re Print on Demand!

Coming in 2009, Belle’s Star,’ a youth novel from Artemesia Press at http://www.apbooks.net

Rio Grande Books is pleased to announce the release of the second volume in the New Mexico: A Biographical Dictionary series. A multi-volume encyclopedia of the people of New Mexico—the 47th State in the Union, the book is a cross-section of people who have had an influence on life—and sometimes death—in the Land of Enchantment, from the time the first Europeans arrived around 1540 until 1980.

Volume I included over 600 entries and Volume II includes another 400 entries as well as a Historical Timeline of New Mexico’s history.

The series has received eight awards, including Finalist, 2008 New Mexico Book Awards, Winner, 2007 New Mexico Book Awards, Finalist-Historical Biography, 2007 National Best Books Award, Finalist-Reference, 2007 INDIE Excellence Book Awards, and Bronze Medalist-Reference Book, 2007 IPPY Book Awards.

AUTHOR INFO: Don Bullis is the author of five non-fiction books and two novels, including “The Old West Trivia Book” (1993), “New Mexico’s Finest: Peace Officers Killed in the Line of Duty, 1847-1999” (1999), “Bloodville” (2002) “99 New Mexicans …and a few other folks” (2005), and “Bull’s Eye” (2006) “New Mexico: A Biographical Dictionary 1540-1980, Volume I” has received seven (7) awards/honors, including Winner-New Mexico, 2007 New Mexico Book Awards, Winner-Nonfiction/Biography, 2007 New Mexico Press Women Awards, Finalist-Historical Biography, 2007 National Best Books Awards, Finalist-Reference, 2007 New Mexico Book Awards, Finalist-Reference, 2007 INDIE Excellence Book Awards, Bronze Medalist-Reference Book, 2007 IPPY Book Awards, and Notable Book, 2007 Southwest Books of the Year, Tucson-Pima Library System. Don Bullis is the Sheriff (president) of the Albuquerque Corral of Westerners International; member of the Board of Directors of the Historical Society of New Mexico; and a member of the Western History Association, Western Writers of America, the Albuquerque Historical Society, the Sandoval County Historical Society, the Corrales Historical Society, and the Billy the Kid Outlaw Gang. A graduate of Eastern New Mexico University, he lives in Rio Rancho, New Mexico.

RAVE REVIEWS FOR THIS AWARD-WINNING SERIES:
“At last a dictionary I can read without being accused of spending time at a pursuit my wife finds laughable. I infrequently open a tattered Random House unbridged dictionary, flip through the pages, look up words strange to me and learn their definitions. Don Bullis has come to the rescue.” — Albuquerque Journal

“An entertaining book featuring a panoply of interesting people—some famous, some infamous, some obscure. But it is not just fun to read. It’s well researched. With sources, an extensive bibliography, and names indexed both alphabetically and grouped by exploits, the book is a useful reference tool that belongs on the shelves of southwestern writers, historians, genealogists, and anyone else who has an interest in the Land of Enchantment. — abqArts Magazine

“Bullis is well-known for his knowledge of New Mexico history. Indexed and annotated to serve as a research tool, this book is equally interesting to those interested in dipping into New Mexico’s unique history.” — POSH New Mexico Magazine

“For regional readers, this is a keeper.”— El Paso Times


251 photographs – 408 pages
$19.95 (978-1-890689-17-9/PB) $32.95 (978-1-890689-22-3/HB)
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Paul Rhetts
LPD Press & Rio Grande Books
925 Salamanca NW
Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, NM 87107
505/344-9382
FAX 505/345-5129
LPD_Press@msn.com
http://nmsantos.com

Publisher of “Our Favorite Recipes,”
voted Best in Show Booksellers' Choice
at the 2008 Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers meeting

Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com

Always in Print ‘Cuz They’re Print on Demand!

Coming in 2009, Belle’s Star,’ a youth novel from Artemesia Press at http://www.apbooks.net

The Stranger Comes at Sundown: Living and Dying with Parkinsons Disease

Rio Grande Books
925 Salamanca NW, Los Ranchos, NM 87107
505-344-9382 info@nmsantos.com www.nmsantoscom

BOOK SIGNINGS
TIPS & OBSERVATIONS FOR CAREGIVERS!
The Stranger Comes At Sundown:
Living & Dying With Parkinson’s Disease by Jane Kriete Awalt 202 pages
ISBN 978-1-890689-33-9 (17.95) ISBN 978-1-890689-59-9 (32.95)

BOOK DEALS WITH LIVING WITH PARKINSON’S DISEASE
Jane Kriete Awalt, a resident of Oak Crest in Parkville, Maryland, is the author of a new book “The Stranger Comes At Sundown: Living & Dying With Parkinson’s Disease,” which was released in May. The book is a journal of Mrs. Awalt caring for her husband Bob, who died of Parkinson’s Disease in August, 2007. Bob Awalt was a graduate of The Johns Hopkins University (1943) and on faculty at The Johns Hopkins University from 1970 to 1990. The book is published by Rio Grande Books in Los Ranchos, New Mexico. The book is Awalt’s first. Awalt, a spry 83 years old, has already spoken to many care groups and support groups. She was also profiled in the Oak Crest resident newspaper “Village Voice.”

A personal journal of one family’s struggle with the progression of Parkinson’s disease — one can understand the medicine and the treatment for this devastating disease, but nothing prepares one for living & dying with Parkinson’s; this journal takes the reader by the hand as this disease takes control of one man’s life. More than 1,000,000 people in the United States are living, struggling, and dying with Parkinson’s Disease — 50,000 more are diagnosed in this country every year. Jane Awalt shares her personal journal of living and dying with her husband’s disease as a gift to others, helping us understand the stages and progression of this devasting illness. Bob’s story unfolds slowly like the disease, often taking startling turns and twists.

A must for caregivers and the families of Parkinson’s patients.

Proceeds from the book are being donated to
The Johns Hopkins Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders Center

Sunday, November 23, 2008, 1:00-3:00pm
Booksigning at Borders at Cottonwood,
10420 Coors Bypass NW, Albuquerque

Monday, November 24, 2008, 1:00-3:00pm
Booksigning at Collected Works,
208 W San Francisco St., Santa Fe

For most of the last two years of her husband’s fifteen-year battle with Parkinson’s disease, Awalt kept a journal. As a primary caregiver, she brings the reader into her concerns: Will he wander away from the apartment during the night? Will he manage to reach the toilet or will she have another major cleanup chore? Will she be able to get him back into his bed when he falls out? Over and over, she gives thanks for the washer and dryer in the apartment. Over and over we hear about that Stranger who comes, frequently at sundown, to take over her husband’s personality, a Stranger who begins to act out violently. During the final three months, when she knows she can no longer continue to care for him herself, Awalt goes daily to spend hours with him at the Medical Center. This part of her journal kept me turning page after page to see what would happen next. Written for other caregivers, Awalt makes her case clear for better communication between doctor and family members. She spells out flags to watch for in other Parkinson’s patients. One wonders what her husband’s last days would have been like without her presence in the Medical Center, in spite of the good care and extremely high costs of his treatment. Several unclear passages might have been reworked. Some of the repetitiveness could have been eased. But for all that, an insightful read. -- www.readingnewmexico.com

I highly recommend this book for anyone in any type of caregiver situation. I cried like baby after finishing The Stranger Comes At Sundown. Jane Awalt keeps a personal diary of the final few years of her husband’s life. Both are in their 80’s, yet their courage and attitude are amazing. Most of all, it is a legacy of care, love and support as this couple goes through the end of life together. For those dealing with a relative who has Parkinson’s disease this is a must read. It gave me a much better idea of what my parent’s both went through in my dad’s final years...and a hope that progress will be made in dealing with Parkinson’s. — Steve Stucker, KOB-TV (4) Albuquerque

FINALIST,
2008 New Mexico
Book Awards
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Paul Rhetts
LPD Press & Rio Grande Books
925 Salamanca NW
Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, NM 87107
505/344-9382
FAX 505/345-5129
LPD_Press@msn.com
http://nmsantos.com

Publisher of “Our Favorite Recipes,”
voted Best in Show Booksellers' Choice
at the 2008 Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com

Always in Print ‘Cuz They’re Print on Demand!

Coming in 2009, Belle’s Star,’ a youth novel from Artemesia Press at http://www.apbooks.net
Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers meeting

The Write On Four Corners Schedule for November 2008 KSJE FM


The Write On Four Corners Schedule for September, 2008 KSJE FM

Wed. Nov. 12 and Fri. Nov. 14 Gwyneth Doland Cook Books Seductive Salsa Mole Cilantro Tantalizing Tamales Rio Nuevo Publishing Tuscon Arizona

Wed. Nov 19 and Fri. Nov. 21 Amy Irvine Trespass Living at the Edge of the Promised Land. North Point Press

Wed. Nov. 26 and Fri. Nov. 28 Ron Chapman Seeing True Ninety Contemplations in 90 Days Ozark Mountain Publishing

Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
Always in Print ‘Cuz They’re Print on Demand!

Coming in 2009, Belle’s Star,’ a youth novel from Artemesia Press at http://www.apbooks.net

Cosmic Raccoon

Gwynne Spencer's Cosmic Raccoon is up for November. To get it, click her web site on this blog.

Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com

Always in Print ‘Cuz They’re Print on Demand!

Coming in 2009, Belle’s Star,’ a youth novel from Artemesia Press at http://www.apbooks.net