Sixth Annual Carolina Book & Writer Conference Successful!

Our sixth annual Carolina Book & Writer Conference was in September 2022.

We were excited to have Amanda Lamb as one of our Keynote Speakers . She is a veteran television crime reporter with more than three decades of experience in the trenches. She works for an award-winning NBC affiliate, WRAL TV, in Raleigh, North Carolina. She also appears on a regular basis on national news magazine programs and networks which feature crime stories.

Amanda has recently taken on a new roleas the host, writer, and producer of a true crime podcast for WRAL Studios called Follow the Truth which features the in-depth investigation into the 1993 murder of Michael Jordan’s father. She is currently working on another podcast for WRAL called What Remains which is about connecting unidentified skeletal remains with missing and murdered people.

Check it out at carolinabwc.com and register soon for the 2023 event!

The Fifth Day Red Stitches

On the fifth day of Christmas, the Realization Press non-fiction book recommendations are LeAnne Shelton’s “Red Stitches,” describing how she learned how to play softball with one arm and is about defeat, destiny, hope and tenacity; Tom Atencio’s “Anatomy of a Winning Culture: A Handbook to Help Directors Build a Pathway to High-Performance, Well-Structured Team,a guide how to build a winning team; Holly Richard’s” One-Hundred and Twenty-six Days,” a deeply emotional, nonfiction account of how life can radically change in the blink of an eye; Michael McGinnis’ “GPS Guide for Athletes and Those Who Surround Them” for anyone on the conveyor belt within the sports world; and “Dear Passenger: Welcome to My Wacky World as a Flight Attendant” containing three decades of amusing anecdotes and episodes that have happened on and off the airplane.

The Fifth Day of Christmas Amata’s Choice

On the fifth day of Christmas, the Realization Press fiction book recommendations are Cheri Lassiter’s “Amata’s Choice” where a Vestal Virgin of ancient Rome, chosen to guard the eternal flame within Vesta’s Temple faces a challenge to follow her heart; Dianne Daniels’ “In the Shadows of Savannah”: The night train hissed as it pulled out of the Wilmington station, southbound to Savannah, the end of the line, a new life for Alison; Regina Orraca’s “Life Turned Inside Out” is the story of the rebirth of these two people as individuals, told from their separate points of view; Hank Fisher’s “Presumption,” a rough and tumble western romance set in the 1880s; and Diana Henderson’s “Gathering of Angels,” a novel about Angels coming to earth.

The Fourth Day of Christmas Anatomy of a Winning Culture

On the fourth day of Christmas, the Realization Press non-fiction book recommendations are Tom Atencio’s “Anatomy of a Winning Culture: A Handbook to Help Directors Build a Pathway to High-Performance, Well-Structured Team,a guide how to build a winning team; Holly Richard’s “One-Hundred and Twenty-six Days,” a deeply emotional, nonfiction account of how life can radically change in the blink of an eye; Michael McGinnis’ “GPS Guide for Athletes and Those Who Surround Them” for anyone on the conveyor belt within the sports world; and “Dear Passenger: Welcome to My Wacky World as a Flight Attendant” containing three decades of amusing anecdotes and episodes that have happened on and off the airplane.

Fourth Day of Christmas In the Shadows of Savannah

On the fourth day of Christmas, the Realization Press fiction book recommendations are Dianne Daniels’ “In the Shadows of Savannah”: The night train hissed and belched black smoke as it laboriously pulled out of the Wilmington station, southbound to Savannah, and at the end of the line, a new life for Alison; Regina Orraca’s “Life Turned Inside Out” is the story of the rebirth of these two people as individuals, told from their separate points of view;; Hank Fisher’s “Presumption,” a rough and tumble western romance set in the 1880s; and Diana Henderson’s “Gathering of Angels,” a novel about Angels coming to earth.

Third Day of Christmas 126 Days

On the third day of Christmas, the Realization Press non-fiction book recommendations are Holly Richard’s “One-Hundred and Twenty-six Days: an Unthinkable Journey” a deeply emotional, nonfiction account of how life can radically change in the blink of an eye; Michael McGinnis’ “GPS Guide for Athletes and Those Who Surround Them” for anyone on the conveyor belt within the sports world; and “Dear Passenger: Welcome to My Wacky World as a Flight Attendant” containing three decades of amusing anecdotes and episodes that have happened on and off the airplane.

Third Day of Christmas Life Turned Inside Out

On the third day of Christmas, the Realization Press fiction book recommendations are Regina Orraca’s “Life Turned Inside Out” is the story of the rebirth of these two people as individuals, told from their separate points of view; Hank Fisher’s “Presumption,” a rough and tumble western romance set in the 1880s; and Diana Henderson’s “Gathering of Angels,” a novel about Angels coming to earth.

Second Day Christmas Presumption

Hank Fisher’s Presumption is a rough and tumble western romance set in Denver in the 1880s. A fine read for those who like historical fiction and westerns as well as romances with an edge.

Second Day Christmas GPS Guide for Athletes

On the second day of Christmas, the Realization Press non-fiction book recommendations are Michael McGinnis’ “GPS Guide for Athletes and Those Who Surround Them” for anyone on the conveyor belt within the sports world; and “Dear Passenger: Welcome to My Wacky World as a Flight Attendant” containing three decades of amusing anecdotes and episodes that have happened on and off the airplane.