The winners of the January Author & Book of the Month Awards are:

Author of the Month

Chosin File
by
Dale Dye
Historical Fiction

&

Tom Clancy Presents: Act of Valor
by
George Galdorisi & Dick Couch

I'm proud to announce my latest book, 'Who's Minding the Store?' will be on exhibit at the San Diego Public Library. This is a yearly event for local authors to display their books in the public library. The event will take place on Friday, February 1, 2013. All authors living in San Diego with a published book in 2012 are eligible.

I'm proud to announce my 2nd published book is now available on amazon.com. It was released this Veteran's Day, and I could not have received a better gift from my editor.

My book is a comedy about life in a retail home improvement store. It's something I believe all of us can relate to because we've all had a retail job at some point in our lives. It really makes you wonder why anyone would think 'the customer is always right!'

Happy reading!

David Lucero

The Author and Book of the Month for November are: 


       Author of the Month                       Book of the Month
  Haysoos the Honu (Childrens)     The Rengades (Thriller/Mystery)
          by Kristin Barnes                            by  Tom Young

In the November 4 issue of the New York Times is this article by a former political speechwriter that I'm passing on to everyone. Though the subject is his experience as a speechwriter, there are many aspects of his writing life that have broad application to the field. The link is: 

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/03/the-political-speechwrit...