October 2007 Barbara Baldwin, Jamie Hall, Lee Killough, Linda Madl and Sheri L. McGathy will be signing books at the PolkaFest in Paxico, KS, October 13th (Saturday) from 10 am to 5pm. If you’re in the area, please stop by. We’d love to meet you.

August 2007 Sheri McGathy's short story, "The Birth of Spring" won a Dream Realm Award in the Young Adult category!

July 2007 Sheri McGathy is a double finalist in the Dream Realm Awards! Her short story, "The Birth of Spring" is a finalist in the Young Adult category, and The Stygian Soul is a finalist in the Anthology category. Sheri was an editor of the anthology as well as a contributor.

June 2007 Jamie Hill, Lee Killough, Barbara Baldwin, Linda Madl and Sheri McGathy will be signing books at the Town Crier, Emporia, Kansas on Saturday, June 9th

May-July 2007 Lee Killough will be appearing at several cons this summer:

Mayhem in the Midlands (Mystery) - Embassy Suites Hotel, Omaha - May 24 and 25

Book signing (along with other members of the Coffeeshop Writers), Town Crier, Emporia, Kansas on Saturday, June 9th

ConQuesT(SciFi) - Airport Hilton, Kansas City MO - May 25-27

Conestoga (SciFi) - Radisson Hotel Tulsa, Tulsa, OK, July 20 - 22

May 2007 Sheri McGathy's "The Birth of Spring" placed 2nd in the Lorries contest, sponsored by From the Heart Romance Writers.

March 2007 Linda Madl attended the Novelists, Inc. conference in San Diego, CA. Linda is secretary of the professional organization of multi-published authors of genre fiction.

February 2007 Linda Madl taught a four-session UFM class on "How to Create a Novel from Scratch."

September 2006  Barbara Baldwin, Jamie Hill, Lee Killough and Sheri L. McGathy will be in Wichita, KS September 30th, 2006 for the KANSAS BOOK FESTIVAL - Celebrating Books, Art and Kansas Heritage.

September 2006  Linda Madl will present two workshops at the Kansas Author’s Club Convention and Writing Conference in Junction City, Kansas, Sept. 29-Oct 1. Workshop titles are “Great Beginnings: Romantic and Otherwise” and “Your Setting is More than a Stage.” The conference theme is “Painting Your Canvas with Words” with the keynote speaker is Kansas Poet Laureate, Jonathan Holden. For more details go to http://skyways.lib.ks.us/orgs/kac/convention.html.

August 2006  Ravenstone Press is moving to Sun City Center, Florida. The Ravenstone Press website and email contacts will remain the same.

June 2006  Linda Madl is teaching a four-session course on “How to Write and Publish Your Novel” for the UFM Community Learning Center in Manhattan, Kansas. For more details go to www.tryufm.org.

May 2006 Trespassing Time - Ghost Stories from the Prairie was a Foreword magazine Book of the Year for 2005 finalist.

May 2006 Lee Killough's new novel, The Leopard's Daughter, is now available from Yard Dog Press in trade paperback.

April 2006 Jerri Garretson, Sheri L. McGathy, and Linda Madl presented readings from Trespassing Time: Ghost Stories from the Prairie to the Manhattan Public Library Association annual meeting. The presentation was covered by the Kansas State Collegian.

April 2006 Jerri was a featured author at the both the Scott City Young Authors  Reception in Scott City, Kansas on April 9th and the Emporia Young Authors Conference in Emporia, Kansas on April 22nd.

April 2006 Sheri McGathy's new short story, "The Birth of Spring," is now available from Double Dragon Publishing in a variety of e-book formats as well as paperback.

April 2006  Lee Killough was one of the Kansas authors honored at the 2006 Tri-Conference Author's Dinner, April 6, in Wichita.

February 2006  Linda Madl spoke to the patrons of the Louisburg Public Library in honor of Valentine’s Day. Her topic was “Why I Write Romance and Why Women Read It.” The event was covered by the local newspaper.

December 2005 Linda Madl’s Scottish historical romance, Speak of Love, was released by Hard Shell Word Factory and is available in ebook or paperback. Linda traveled to the wild shores of the Isle of Skye to do background research for this story of love and betrayal during the English Civil war.

February 2004 - Jerri Garretson's The Secret of Whispering Springs has been selected as an Accelerated Reader title and will be offered by PermaBound Books.

January 2004 - Sheri McGathy is a triple EPPIE award finalist! Twilight Crossings is in the running for Best Anthology; Sheri's novella "Thief of Dreams" from that anthology is also a finalist in the Fantasy category. Sheri's short story "The Ancient One," from the anthology From Within the Mist, is also a Fantasy finalist. Both anthologies were published by Double Dragon Publishing.

The EPPIE awards are an annual contest to recognize the best in electronically-published fiction and non-fiction, and are sponsored by EPIC, a professional organization for electronically-published authors.

October 2003 - The Great Manhattan Mystery Conclave is coming to Kansas in October, 2004! With "Celebration of a Small Town Mystery" as the theme, this myster-lovers' fan convention will feature authors, contests and more. We'll include more information as it becomes available, or check http://www.manhattanmysteries.com for more details. 

August 2003 - Sheri McGathy's short story "The Ancient One" is now available in the anthology From Within the Mist. She will also have a novella included in the anthology Twilight Crossings II out in 2004, as well as her second novel, Within the Shadow of Stone, all from Double Dragon Publishing.

June 2003 - Jerri Garretson's The Secret of Whispering Springs was selected by the Pennsylvania Association of School Librarians as one of the top Young Adult books of 2002. It is nominated for consideration of the Kansas William Allen White List and the South Carolina book award list. Actual selections will be named in the fall.

June 2005 Twilight Crossings II, an anthology featuring Sheri L. McGathy's novella "Where Lies Beauty" has been nominated for a Dream Realm Award!

June 2005 Sheri McGathy's new book, The Season of Silver - Elfen Gold Book Two is now available from Double Dragon Publishing!

The Season of Silver, Elfen Gold Book Two ~ The adventure continues….

"Come, come. Do not dally. My old bones creak and moan their protests, begging me to finish what I have already begun. 

"A tale awaits us, its ending yet to be told," the Storyteller proclaimed. "'Tis a tale of legend, of magic and elves, of sorrow, and of hope.

"Come, gather near, and we will discover what mysteries abound within the mists of enchantment, and learn together, what fate holds for our young heroes."

The Storyteller waved his wrinkled hand before him as he nodded to a spot near his feet. "Come, sit, and listen, and I will continue the tale Ra-May and Michall began when first they set out to save the Elfen kingdom of Ra-Jee. 

"And so," whispered the old Storyteller. "The tale begins…." 

June 2005 Lee Killough's new book Killer Karma is now available from Meisha Merlin Publishing!

In Killer Karma, Inspector Cole Dunavan finds himself standing in a parking garage with no memory except of his murder.  And that's just the start of his problems...

June 2005 Jean Ponte's new book Slipping the Fold is now available from XLibris!

June 2005 Barbara Baldwin's new book How Far Will You Go will be released in December by Whiskey Creek Press.

April, 2005 The four Trespassing Time authors launched their new book with presentations on writing ghost stories and the "stories behind the stories" beginning with the Kansas Library Association Triconference in Overland Park, Kansas on April 1, 2005.

April 2005 Linda Madl is currently serving as Secretary on the Board of Novelist, Inc., a professional organization of multi-published authors, and visited New York for the annual conference in April.

In June, Linda Madl will sit on a panel at the Jesse James Conference in Liberty, Missouri. Her novel, SUNNY, featured an appearance of the legendary outlaw.

Sheri L. McGathy has made the semi-finals in the 2005 IPPY (The Ninth Annual Independent Publisher Book Award) for Best Fantasy/Science Fiction with her book Within the Shadow of Stone.

October, 2004 Jerri Garretson's article, "The Giant Made Me Do It," is featured in the Winter 2004 issue of the Kansas Journal of Reading.

October, 2004 Jerri Garretson was one of six American author-illustrators chosen to present programs to over 300 children at the Fort Hays State University Young Readers Conference in October.