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James V. Lee
James V. Lee was born December
10, 1926 to Rita Belle Greenlee and Judson Warren (Dud) Lee in the O.
K. Community near O’Donnell in the Texas Panhandle.
Besides O.K., he grew up in various locales in West Texas, New Mexico,
and Arizona. When his mother remarried, he was finally able
to call home a small farm west of Ackerly, Texas.
James was graduated from
Abilene Christian College (now university) in 1949 with a
Bachelor’s degree in English and earned his
Master’s degree in education from Southwest Texas State
University. James married the former Hazel Juanita Lee (yes,
same last name, but no kin) in 1949. They enjoyed a
sixty-year marriage before Nita passed away in 2010. Kerry and Gail are
their only children.
Starting with his service in
the U. S. Navy, James has led a varied and interesting life as a
successful salesman and educator. As a civilian
teaching aboard U. S. Navy ships for five years, he traveled
extensively in thirty-six countries, most of the oceans of the world,
and “more islands than I can
remember.” His interests include
traveling, writing, physical fitness, and gardening. James
currently resides in Richardson, Texas.
James V. Lee
Senior Editor and Owner
Salado Press LLC
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Wendolynn Allen
Wendolynn Allen grew up in Richardson, Texas where she graduated from
high school in the top 4% of her class. She also received recognition
as the most accomplished member of the Track & Field team. She
then went on to attend the University of Texas at Austin, where she
became a top athlete with a 3.0 grade average.
But alone in her dorm room she wondered if this was all there was to
life. The answer came when she recalled the numerous church activities
she participated in throughout childhood—Sunday service,
Sunday school, vacation bible school, choir, usher, summer trips, drama
presentations, pageants—activities that held little meaning
to her at that time.
In the fall of 2002, she began studying a trail of thought that
developed into The
King’s Court, which
focuses on one of her favorite scripture passages, Proverbs 31:10-31,
more commonly referred to as “The Virtuous
Woman.”
Wendolynn Allen currently resides in Austin, Texas. She is an active
member of House of the Lord Fellowship Church and owns and operates
GreatWorks Fitness Personal Training and Nutritional Consulting
Services. A competitive athlete, she has received national
recognition in bodybuilding and power lifting and desires to glorify
God in all her work.
Barbara Rothschild Allen (Left) and Lauren Barrett (Right), Co-Authors of Effective Elder Caregiving
Sarah Bryce
Sarah Bryce married the man of her dreams and had a beautiful family, but she noticed something alarmingly different about Malcolm. Do Butterflies Have Spare Parts? is the touching, inspirational story of a mother’s love and determination to never give up, no matter what the experts said. Today, Sarah and her husband live in the Austin, Texas area.
Craig Budreau
The guru of Texas movers, Craig Budreau’s book, The Move, is a funny but practical look at something we all dread--moving. He shares funny and poignant stories in his book that we can identify with.
Susan Gobin
Susan Gobin, a fellow traveler on the path, is a spiritual teacher, hospice/Compassion In Action volunteer, and massage therapist. She seeks to share tools that have helped her experience the physical reality of spirituality. She was raised Catholic but now embraces no organized religion, living the Truth inherent in all of them. Her practice is Vipassana meditation as taught by S.N. Goenka.
She offers workshops on stress reduction, meditation and Self
realizing breathwork to enable
a person to experience their true Self. Change and impermanence are the
facts of life on a physical and mental level, the universal law of
nature or dhamma. Being able to observe this reality, without
attachment, is necessary to true happiness. She also acts as a personal
consultant on death and dying.
You can reach Susan at Letsallbreathe@aol.com
or through her publisher at JNwriter@aol.com. You may write to her c/o WordWright.biz,
Inc., 46561 State Highway 118,
Alpine, Texas 79830.
L.C. Hayden
L. C. Hayden is highly acclaimed author of the spiritually uplifting nonfiction book When Angels Touch You. In addition, Hayden has penned four mystery novels: Who’s Susan? When Colette Died, Where Secrets Lie, and What Others Know. Besides being an accomplished author, Hayden speaks at functions and school activities. Hayden taught high school English for twenty-six years and retired in May 2000. Although she calls El Paso, Texas home, she and her husband spend a vast amount of time on the road in their motor home, promoting books, speaking at schools or other organizations, as well as doing workshop presentations.
Bob Jamison
Between occupations in local
government and various credit union positions, Bob spent five years
getting his Bachelor of Theology degree from Fountain Gate Bible
College, and six years in full time ministry. During this period, he
served as Church Administrator, Director of a Children’s
Home, and President of a Christian Institute and Missions Ministry in
which he taught, and coordinated churches working together to help the
poor. He has other academic degrees with majors in Finance and Public
Administration, and is a retired Captain in the Navy Reserve.
Bob is currently retired and resides in the Texas Hill Country with
Janet, his wife of over 50 years. They have four children Alisa, Jeff,
Mark, and Rachel, eleven grandchildren, and three great grandchildren.
Bob volunteers as Treasurer of and writes weekly newspaper articles for
Helping Hand,
an inter-church ministry publication that helps individuals and
families in crisis with hope and resources to get back on their feet.
After writing a study on the feasibility of building and operating a
medical clinic for the uninsured poor, Bob is now part of a group to
build and operate the clinic.
Dan Kalenak
Writer, radio and TV personality, public speaker, and award winner, Dan Kalenak has brought readers the love story between Benjamin Franklin and his greatest invention, the United States of America. Kalenak is continually amazed, excited, and passionate in remembering the visionary men and women, and the incredible series of events that led to the creation of the United States of America.
With this book, Benjamin
Franklin: America’s Gift to the World,
Dan Kalenak shares his love of country and the beacon of freedom it
holds out to the world. Winner of the Odessa
American’s 2001
Freedom Newspaper’s R.C. Hoiles Award for Promoting America,
the Sertoma Club’s Benjamin Franklin Award for service to the
community, as well as numerous Toastmasters speaking awards, Dan
Kalenak has shown us a rarely seen side of Franklin.
With a host of collected items, some bought, many donated, Kalenak
plans to create a museum, “America’s Hall of
Fame,” to commemorate the brave men and women who brought the
dream of the United States of American to fruition.
Donna Lancaster
Born without femurs, Donna Lancaster made lemonade out of the crate of lemons life dealt her. Despite her deformity, she stood six feet tall, literally and figuratively. She had successful careers and is now retired south of Dallas.
Fred J. Lewis
Fred J. Lewis has an extensive background in both business and people development. His expertise and experiences developed over a successful thirty-year career with The Quaker Oats Company. There he held a wide variety of Sales, Management, and Leadership positions throughout the United States and helped to make names like Cap’n Crunch™, Kibbles ‘N Bits™, and Gatorade™ into household icons. His business responsibilities were balanced with a keen interest in finding great people and preparing them with the skills to face tomorrow’s challenges. In addition to Selecting Stars: The Handbook for Hiring Success, he is also the author of Winning isn’t Everything. His seminars on “The Dynamics of Leading and Managing” have been attended by thousands of business people and countless students from numerous companies, government agencies, and educational institutions. He was an Adjunct Professor of Marketing Management at Jersey City State College, and member of the school’s Executive Advisory Council. Currently he serves as a member of the Business Advisory Council at The University of West Florida College of Business. Fred holds a BSBA Degree in Marketing from Thomas Edison State College, and has completed The Johnson Graduate School of Management Executive Development Program at Cornell University.
Will McDonald
Will McDonald, the author of Cold War Warrior, faithfully served his country as a career officer during the tensest days of the Cold War. He retired as a Lieutenant-Colonel and retired to Austin, Texas. He is now deceased.
Joan R. Neubauer
A
native of Bristol,
Pennsylvania, Joan R. Neubauer began writing as a child and at the age
of nine, saw her first articles published in her local newspaper, The
Bristol Courier. With that first success, the writing bug took hold
and
Joan has been writing ever since.
Joan attended St. Ann School, graduated from Bristol High School and
then West Chester University in Pennsylvania with a B.S. in education.
She taught Spanish and ESL for a number of years before deciding to
tackle freelancing as a career.
In 1984 she began writing seriously for publication and in 1987 began
selling her work regularly. Eventually she expanded from freelancing
into copywriting, ghostwriting, editing, and now into publishing.
Joan and her husband Steve own and operate WordWright.biz, Inc., a
publishing house in Alpine, Texas.” Since 2000, WordWright
has published over two hundred titles for new authors. Joan continues
to write books, articles, and columns. She is available to speak on a
variety of subjects for writers groups, corporate functions, civic and
service organizations, and schools.
Joan is the author or co-author of twelve books, three of which are featured on this web site—Down But Not Out, Shadow Dancing, and Special Delivery, She can be reached at jnwriter@aol.com or phone 432-364-2483 or 432-386-0161.
Stephen F. Neubauer
Steve
Neubauer is a co-founder of the publishing firm WordWright.biz, Inc.
The company serves as an incubator for new authors and works with
professional speakers and consultants to create books about their
specialty areas. Steve worked 25 years for IBM as a senior market
intelligence professional researching and analyzing emerging social,
technological, environmental, economic, and political trends. His
analyses helped shape the designs of many products and services that
lead the industry in new and innovative approaches.
He now focuses on helping new writers establish themselves
and fulfill their publication dreams. Steve and his wife Joan own and
operate WordWright.biz, Inc. and help develop new and talented writers.
They offer everything an author needs from editing, cover design,
typesetting, distribution, royalties, and promotion. Word Wright
International has published over 200 books that help authors present
their books to the marketplace, build credibility, polish their
promotional skills, and approach bigger publishers.
Steve holds a Bachelor of Science in Education from West Chester
University, Market Intelligence Certification from the University of
Georgia, and a Master of Science in the Study of the Future from the
University of Houston.
Dr. Joyce Willard Teal
Dr. Joyce Willard Teal is a
retired educator. She has taught at the elementary, middle, high school
and college levels, but she says her level of choice is middle school
where she spent the bulk of her career.
Her six grandchildren: Elizabeth, James, Derian, Ann Marie, Mark and
Michael, “Are the light of my life,” she declares
emphatically.
“I am so proud of them!”
In addition to writing, Dr. Teal enjoys traveling, biking, bowling and
reading.
She and her husband, Prince, live in Dallas, Texas.
Other books by Dr. Joyce Willard Teal:
It’s
O.K. To Be Different
The Point System
Sister, It’s Not Okay
The Yield
MotorVation
Don’t Sweat It Kid
– Volume 1
Cliford’s War and
A.E.P.
Joyce
invites you to visit her website at
http://www.untealthen.com/
Tom Townsend
Tom
Townsend is an
internationally known author of twenty-seven books, several original
pieces of music, and some three hundred magazine articles. His best
selling books include Where
the Pirates Are, Panzer
Spirit and Nadia
of The Nightwitches. His
literary awards include the Bluebonnet Master List, the Friends Of
American Writers Award, and two awards for screenplays based on his
books. He and his wife Jan live on their ranch in East Texas.
Edith Wright
Edith Wright is the pseudonym
chosen by the author of Feast
of Famine for two reasons. She
wishes to
retain her anonymity and she says, “This book isn’t
about me, but everyone out there who struggles with eating disorders.
This is just one story and perhaps it can help someone else.”
Feast of Famine
is the very human and very touching story of the
author’s struggle to break her eating disorder before it
broke her. Today, she is a successful businesswoman in the Austin area.
Bill Zaner
Bill Zaner owns and operates Bill Zaner’s Art Haus Gallery in Boerne Texas, his home for 31 years.
Contact
Bill at:
BillZanerPaintsTexas.com
BZPaintsTexas@juno.com
830/249-1650 (Gallery)
830/249-3700 (Studio)