What Are You Up To?

Wonder what's going on with our authors since the release of By The Bay 2?  Well here's what's going on with Mike Owens!

Mike Owens, of East Beach Writers Guild, announces the publication of his new novel, SCREWED, a torrid saga based, in part, on the lusty adventures of Defoe’s 18^th century tale, MOLL FLANDERS.

“Her employment resume includes stints as stripper, madam, and courtesan, all unseemly, but all paying well above minimum wage. Now she’s a fugitive with fifteen million in a secret Swiss bank account and a pack of killers hot on her trail.”

SCREWED

Available from The Wild Rose Press

www.thewilderroses.com

www.mikeowens42.com

Author Interview: Mike Owens

Have you met our author Mike Owens?

No?

If you click on the AUTHOR INTERVIEW TAB you'll find an interview that we did with him as well as a few photos.

Each of the contributing authors submitted a question for this interview.  Which makes for an interesting interview.

So stop by and check out Mike's interview.  Here's just a sample of one of the many questions.

What is your favorite genre movie and is it the same genre that you like to read?

This one is easy, no favorite genre. Just tell/show me a good story, presented well, and I'm happy.

Prodigal

Today we have an excerpt from "Prodigal" by Mike Owens.

But first let's read his blurb. 

When he got up that morning, Lou Ballantine had the feeling that something wasn't right. By mid-afternoon he knew why.

Wow!  Don't you want more with that?

Well here's a bit more,  check out an excerpt from his story.

Favorite Books of 2016 - Mike Owens

Writers read!  And here is one of our By the Bay 2 authors’ favorite books of 2016.


Written by Mike Owens

Cathcart and Klein, Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar. These two authors discuss various philosophies from Aristotle on down, and illustrate with jokes. 

If philosophy had been this much fun when I was an undergraduate, I'd have majored in it. And as that worldly philosopher, Groucho Marx said, "These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others."

About the author: Mike Owens has written two medical textbooks on end of life care as well as two novels, The Threshold and The End of Free Will. His story, Herbie Meets his Match appeared in East Beach Stories, Vol 1, and The Prodigal will appear in Volume II.

Chesapeake Bay Living: Slover Library

Did you know thate we had a talk on June 28th at Slover Library?  We did!

We were also fortunate enough to get a tour of the library from our very own Will Hopkins.  We really appreciated the time he took to tell us the history and show us around.  It was fantastic!

I know what you're thinking.  What's so great about a dark, cramped library?  Well for one it isn't dark.  Two, it isn't cramped.  This place is huge!  I could honestly get lost in it.  It's very open and bright.  

Karen Harris, Gina Warren Buzby,
Will Hopkins & Jayne Ormerod

And it quite modern.  I was blown away when I found out you can look up books at the special kiosks.  I'm from a time when you had to search through card catalogs.  I may have just dated myself there, but that's okay.

Plus it's not just books.  They have computers and offer different classes.  I won't tell all, you'll just have to go check it out for yourself.  This place is fabulous and offers a lot!

And I absolutely love that they incorporated the old building with the new structure.  There's so much beautiful architecture downtown that I was glad they blended instead of just tearing a building down.

So if you are in the downtown Norfolk Area, I highly recommend stopping by.  And if you haven't already, get yourself a library card.

Book Signing

February 27th was your opportunity to get an autographed copy of our book.  Did you miss your opportunity?  

Jenny Sparks, Mike Owens, Jayne Ormerod, Mary-Jac O'Daniel,
Karen Harris, Michelle Davenport, Patrick Clark & Gina Warren Buzby

Not to worry!  We will have another book signing on April 30th, so mark your calendars!  More information to come on that event.

Origins Part Three

Did you read Origins Part One?  How About Origins Part Two?

No?

Well go ahead and read it, we'll wait.  Take your time, we're in no hurry.

So you're back for more right?  You would like to know where more of the stories from in By The Bay came from right?  Did it stem from something that happened to them or was it just a creative idea?

Well wonder no more!  Our wonderful author, Jenny Sparks, came up with a great idea.  Why not share how we came up with our stories.  

So, over the course of the month we will share our authors thoughts with you.

I hope you enjoy installment number three!

Books For The Holiday

On November 20th the East Beach Writers Guild got together for their monthly meeting.  This month we brought children's books to donate to Toys For Tots.  Books can be a fantastic gift.  From toddlers to teenagers we donated books that we thought someone else would love.

Back Row: Gina Warren Buzby, Jayne Ormerod, Jenny Sparks & Patrick Clark
Front Row: Mike Owens, Skip McLamb, Mary-Jac O'Daniel, Karen Harris, Michelle Davenport & Will Hopkins

Big Screen Dreams: Herbie Meets His Match

So not that long ago one of our authors came up with a great thought.  Who would we have cast as the character of our stories if it was made into a movie?  Be it big screen or a made for TV movie.

Hey an author can dream!

Everyone envisions a character differently, but wouldn't it be interesting to see what our authors were seeing in their mind's eye when they wrote their story?  So here's our chance!

And please feel free to comment below on who you 'saw' this character as.  Does your idea of who the character looks like go with who the author envisions?

Mike Owens says he envisions Herbie being played by Jim Parsons and Anna played by Sofia Vergara.

Herbie

Anna

What do you think?

Guess Who's Coming To Dinner?

Graham Green

The table is laid out beautifully, a centerpiece of mums is surrounded by food that makes your mouth water at the sight of it.  You are handed a glass of wine and told to choose a seat.

I'm sure at this point you're wondering what exactly is going on.  

I've just set the scene for a literary dinner party.  We asked our authors if they could choose three authors, living or dead, to bring to a literary dinner party.  So I thought I would share a few.

Mike Owens has invited Charles Dickens, Graham Green and Patrick O'Brian.

I wonder what these four men will be discussing?  

Herbie Meets His Match Excerpt

Today we are releasing an excerpt of "Herbie Meets His Match" by Mike Owens.

But first why not read the blurb?

Herbie longed for an ideal world where everything was orderly and predictable. But then he met Anna.

Wow!

Now check out the excerpt.

Author Interview: Mike Owens

Have you met our author Mike Owens?

No?

Well if you go click on our AUTHOR INTERVIEW tab you'll find an interview that we did with him.  Each contributing author submitted a question.  It's proving to be interesting.

Did you know that Mike's favorite sport is tennis?  His favorite player?  Roger Federer. 

So stop by and check out Mike's answers.