{"id":626,"date":"2018-12-31T13:08:34","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T13:08:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=626"},"modified":"2018-12-31T13:08:34","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T13:08:34","slug":"lone-star-reviewsmichelle-newby-nbcc-35","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=626","title":{"rendered":"Lone Star ReviewsMichelle Newby, NBCC,"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/span><\/span>Lone Star Reviews<\/span>Michelle Newby, NBCC,<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n

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<\/span><\/span><\/span>Texas Reads<\/span>Glenn Dromgoole<\/span><\/h1>\n

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Children\u2019s adventures:<\/span> A new series of children\u2019s books, The Adventures of Willy Nilly & Thumper,<\/span><\/a><\/span> has made quite a hit in Midland, home of the authors, Jim Henry<\/span> and Jimmy Patterson<\/span>.<\/p>\n

The books ($6.95 paperback), beautifully illustrated by Marjorie van Heerden<\/span> of South Africa, provide a bridge for young readers moving up from picture books to chapter books and include factual notes at the end.<\/p>\n

Book one is The Lost Treasure of Mount Methuselah<\/span> and book two is The Hermit\u2019s Last Hairs.<\/span> The stories, featuring a dog and his rabbit friend, were told by Henry to his children and grandchildren over the years and then adapted into print by Patterson. More tales are on the way, Patterson says. Check out the series website, willynillyandthumper.com<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n

Patterson is also the author of a very impressive volume about the history of Midland, A History of Character: The Story of Midland, Texas<\/span> ($25 hardcover) that came out a couple of years ago. The first half of the book tells Midland\u2019s story chronologically and topically, while the second section focuses on short profiles of about seventy significant \u201cpeople of integrity, past and present.\u201d Read more at historyofcharacter.com<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n

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Bullying:<\/span> Steven T. Moore, <\/span>who teaches English at Abilene Christian University, has written a children\u2019s book about Theodore Thumbs<\/span><\/a><\/span>who is subjected to verbal taunts by bullies at school (Clear Fork Publishing, $16.99 hardcover). \u201cTheodore Thumbs,\u201d the author writes, \u201cshows us how to overcome bullying in our schools, neighborhoods, and communities.\u201d<\/p>\n

Illustrated by Morgan Davis<\/span> of Dallas, the story features a small, shy boy who has a hard time fitting in at school. At recess, the other children make fun of his clothes and his hair and make up a song ridiculing him. At home, his parents and neighbors assure Theodore that he is very special and give him his own special word to boost his self-confidence when others begin to tease him. For more, see clearforkpublishing.com<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n

Flying and faith:<\/span> A dream can come true, but sometimes we need help in making it happen. That\u2019s the theme of Abilene author Graham Hill Gutting\u2019s<\/span> children\u2019s book, TR\u2019s Dream: Never Give Up on Your Greatest Desires<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Christian Faith Publishers, $13.95 paperback).<\/p>\n

Gutting, who served in the Air Force and has ministered to children in church and secular venues, combines his passions for flying and faith in the story of TR, a trainer aircraft headed for the scrap heap until a miracle totally changes his future. At the end of the story, Gutting provides a \u201cspiritual application,\u201d relating TR\u2019s experience to the biblical accounts of Jesus\u2019 life, death and resurrection. A video about the book can be viewed on youtube.com.<\/p>\n

Purple: <\/span>TCU Press has published a coloring book for budding TCU fans \u2014 Color Me Purple \u2014 A TCU Coloring Book for All Ages,<\/span> thirty-two pages of line drawings featuring various aspects of campus life and quite a few horned frogs ($6.95 paperback). Good idea for any campus.<\/p>\n

Glenn Dromgoole <\/span>is co-author of 101 Essential Texas Books.<\/span><\/a><\/span> Contact him at g.dromgoole@suddenlink.net.<\/p>\n

>> <\/span>Check out his previous Texas Reads columns in Lone Star Lit<\/span><\/a><\/span>erary Life<\/span><\/h1>\n
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8.14.2016\u00a0 Jonah Lisa and Stephen Dyer: This season’s native-Texan power couple<\/h1>\n

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Texan-born Jonah Lisa Dyer and Stephen Dyer <\/span>are a married writing team who craft screenplays and novels. In a partnership exceeding twenty years, they\u2019ve made lots of amazing things together \u2014 the films <\/span>HysteriaAway and Back; a cozy home in the mountains of Idaho; a family; and most recently, the YA novel<\/span> The Season.<\/span><\/p>\n

LONE STAR LITERARY LIFE: <\/span>Jonah Lisa and Stephen, I\u2019ll start with the question that every couple gets. How did you two meet?<\/span><\/p>\n

JONAH LISA DYER: <\/span>We met in Dallas in 1993 at Deep Ellum Theatre\u2019s Christmas party. Stephen\u2019s sister, Dallas screenwriter Gretchen Dyer<\/span> (The Playroom, Late Bloomers<\/span>) had seen me in a play and kind of picked me out as a match for her little brother. She invited him to the party so she could introduce us. We weren\u2019t her only introduction that ended up getting married. She had a gift.<\/p>\n

Maybe it\u2019s because I, too, am a coauthor of a series of novels, but I seem to run into more and more people working as coauthors. How did you two start writing together?<\/p>\n

STEPHEN DYER: <\/span>We were living in New York in the early 2000s. I was producing indie films and Jonah Lisa was acting but was dipping her toe into standup comedy. We started out writing her standup material and realized we worked really well together. She would come up with something, I would build on it, she would build on that, or vice versa.<\/p>\n

JONAH LISA: It was fun at a time when we were both feeling sort of burned out on producing and acting. Also, right around that time Stephen had this great romantic comedy idea that he\u2019d been trying to get his sister to write and she just wasn\u2019t interested in it. Finally I said, \u201cStop trying to give away your idea! She doesn\u2019t like it! WE should write it!” And we did.<\/p>\n

STEPHEN: It didn\u2019t sell but it made people laugh out loud, and that got us a bunch of attention with production companies & studios. That\u2019s when we really decided to transition into writing full-time. >>READ MORE<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Texas’s only statewide, weekly calendar of book events<\/h1>\n

Bookish Texas<\/span> event highlights\u00a0 8.14.2016
<\/span>>><\/span><\/a><\/span> GO this week\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Michelle Newby, Contributing Editor<\/span><\/p>\n

LITERARY FESTIVALS IN TEXAS THIS WEEK: <\/span>Houston (Click for details)<\/span><\/span><\/span>AUSTIN\u00a0 Mon., Aug. 15\u00a0 BookPeople, JAYME LYNN BLASCHKE speaking & signing Inside The Texas Chicken Ranch: The Definitive Account of the Best Little Whorehouse, 7PM<\/span><\/span>(Also reading at The Twig Book Shop, San Antonio, Fri., Aug. 19, 6PM<\/span><\/span><\/span>HOUSTON\u00a0 Tues., Aug. 16, Murder By the Book, Lisa Scottoline will sign and discuss Damaged, 6:30PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>DALLAS\u00a0 Wed., Aug. 17, Lucky Dog Books – Oak Cliff, OPEN MIC STORYTELLING: FIGURES OF SPEAK, 7PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>AUSTIN\u00a0 Thurs., Aug. 18, BookPeople, WRITERS’ LEAGUE OF TEXAS Presents: BLACK LITERATURE MATTERS: A CONVERSATION ON WRITING AND RACE with Michael Hurd, Varian Johnson, Doyin Oyeniyi, and Jennifer M. Wilks, 7PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>EL PASO\u00a0 Sat., Aug. 19, Memorial Park Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop with Benjamin Alire S\u00e1enz: What Are You Most Afraid Of?, 12:45PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>SUGAR LAND\u00a0 Sun., Aug. 21, The Ismaili Jamatkhana and Center, moderated panel discussion: THE WRITING PROCESS: FROM INCUBATION TO PUBLICATION with Bapsi Sidhwa, Rodney Walther, and Ann Weisgarber, + book signing, 2PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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Lone Star Literary thanks Indiegogo donors<\/h1>\n

Back in the spring, we asked for your help <\/span>to ensure that Lone Star Literary Life could grow and improve our ability to bring you the bookish news, reviews, and interviews you want and depend on, every week. You rose to the challenge \u2014 with more than $5,700 in donations! We’d like to say a huge thank-you to all the supporters of Lone Star Literary Life who lent a hand (and scored some pretty good perks)..>>READ MORE<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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