Bøger udgivet af Bill Dodds

Golden is a story about deciding ... and remembering. About looking back on a life that had its full share of hard times and heartaches, of graces and blessings.-It's the story of a boy orphaned at fifteen, heading across the country to attend his sophomore through senior years at an upper-crust boarding school. Its lone charity case. A time of deep friendship ... and teenage venom.-It's the story of an eighteen-year-old enlisting in the Army and going to Vietnam to avenge his father's being killed in action there. A time of comradeship ... and death.-It's the story of a twenty-year-old vet returning to civilian life. A time of first love, lost love ... and the long-term effects of combat.-It's the story-the autobiographical life review-of sixty-eight-year-old John Eastman. Now a retired mail carrier. Never married, no children, not in great health. Undecided about attending the fiftieth reunion of the Brookfield Washington Academy Class of 1969. A couple guys he'd like to see ... more than a few, no way.Golden is one person's story, with universal truths that are a part of all our stories.

In this updated edition, Bill Dodds tells the delightful story of Michael Farrell who thought he was going to a birthday party . . . not eighty-eight years back in time!Now, on the day Michael turns twelve and his great-grandfather turns one hundred, Michael finds himself on the family farm in the year 1898. And, he discovers, he and his great-grandfather are both twelve years oldAs Michael learns more about this strange new - old! - world, he finds out he's going to play an important role in saving the family from a disaster. It's all up to him.My Great-grandfather Turns 12 Today is a tale of adventure for the younger generation, and a reminder to the older that the stories of family members' lives are treasures meant to be shared.

If you've wanted to write a novel but . . . If you've started to write your novel but . . . Then here's the book for you.This is a method, a nine-week plan, that works! Day by day, award-winning novelist Bill Dodds and a sock-puppet "coauthor" named Little Willie Sockspeare offer practical suggestions, valuable tips, and sincere encouragement to help you complete your book. Your novel. Bill was the first American to win the 3-Day Novel Contest and has had dozens of fiction and non-fiction books published. And Willie . . . Well, Willie firmly believes he wrote "Hamlet," "Romeo and Juliet," and "Macbeth."Together they help make the hard work of novel writing a lot more entertaining. (And their free companion podcast is really something!) Daily topics include How to More Easily Start Each Day's Writing, The Myth of the Muses, When and Where You Write Best, Going with Your Strengths and Overcoming Your Weaknesses, How to Write Faster, The Perils of Perfectionism, and much, much more. In nine weeks, you can be a novelist.

There can be a fine line between a mystical experience and just some really weird stuff happening. And, as Debra Patrick discovers, it can be both ... at the same time.>Debra's biggest concern had been the gigantic house being built on the small formerly-empty lot next to hers. But then Miriam shows up and all ... heaven ... breaks loose.>Here's the touching and comical story of Debra, Miriam, Shelley, Emily, and Arnold (the big, dumb dog) sharing a week together in the little town of Black Diamond.