The Big Book - a short story, is free in the Kindle Store Saturday, March 31st

Forty-seven year old Gwendolyn arrives at the pearly gates. St. Peter searches and finds her name recorded in The Big Book. She is distressed to learn that she is barred entrance to Heaven. He gives her one last mission to complete on earth. Will she achieve success and be granted entry by St. Peter?

From the Author

Short stories are my pleasure to write.  "The Big Book" was especially fun.  I am quite convinced that God has a wonderful sense of humour and in this story my imagination clearly visualized this woman learning her life lessons in a most unique way.  I hope you enjoy reading  the story as much as I enjoyed writing it.

 

 

 

The Big Book - a short story, is free for your reading pleasure in the Kindle Store Saturday, March 31, 2018.

 

Happy Easter! 

When God Gives Us Spring ....

 

When God Gives Us Spring is currently available

in both Paperback and Kindle formats

on all Amazon sites.

 

Soon to be available in Audio Book format

on Amazon, Audibles, and & Tunes.

 

Revised cover design by

http://yuneekpix.com

 

 

"Hope of Glory" ... a short story, free in the Kindle Store Sunday, March 25th

Their father died and mom needed to work. To her young son she insisted, "hold her hand, Lester." And hold his sister's hand he did. They reached a certain age and a role reversal took place. Now it was sister, Linda, keeping her eye on her big brother who was heading in the wrong direction. Later on his death bed Lester is convinced there is no hope of glory for him. Little does he know of his sister's love and the power of prayer.

When writing Hope of Glory I thought of my own childhood and my brother who at a young age became father figure to myself and my younger siblings. Fortunately for our family my brother did not take a wrong path but it is easy to understand how a young man might make some wrong choices given such heavy responsibility at too early an age.  In addition there have been many times throughout my life when I've been assured that the power of prayer is a force to be reckoned with.  These are some of the influences which impacted on my writing of this short story.  I hope you enjoy this story.

Hope of Glory ... this short story is free for your reading pleasure in the Kindle Store on all Amazon sites, Sunday, March 25th.

Check out my author's page at http://www.amazon.com/author/audreyaustin

If you enjoyed this short story, you will want to check out my short story anthologies which are available in both Kindle and Paperback formats on all Amazon sites.

Check out 'Promo for When God Gives Us Spring' on Youtube

https://youtu.be/R11v9DrFmh4

The Silent Star .. a short story is free for your reading pleasure Friday, March 23rd

Young Andrew suffers many losses. An orphan, he feels alone and unwanted. He becomes the silent star. He walks alongside the track in life; often getting stuck on the wrong side. Rose is his redeemer and, because of her and their love for one another, he overcomes all odds and becomes an inspiration to others.

The Silent Star won first place in a WynLit writing competition hosted by Wynterblue Publishing Canada.  In addition to standing alone as a short story, it is also a part of my anthology titled The Silent Star Plus a Dozen Selections which is also available on Amazon.  If you enjoy this story you will want to check out the anthology.   This is a story of abuse, overcoming, redemption and inspiration.

The Silent Star is free in the Kindle Store for your reading enjoyment, tomorrow, Friday, March 23rd.

Thanks for visiting my author's page at http://www.amazon.com/author/audreyaustin

If you enjoyed this short story or any of my works, your positive reviews are invited and most welcome.   Thank you.

When God Gives Us Spring -- character voices

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykmW2rDAiFQ&feature=youtu.be

 

How exciting it is to have my first audio book produced and how blessed I am to have it produced by narrator, Earl Sewell, pictured above.

 

When God Gives Us Spring  is currently available in both Paperback and Kindle formats.

 

Currently in production, the audiobook will soon be available

 

from Amazon, Audibles, and ITunes.

 

Check out the link below to hear Earl Sewell

bring alive some of the characters in  When God Gives Us Spring

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykmW2rDAiFQ&feature=youtu.be

 

 

An Audiobook Adventure -- When God Gives Us Spring

 



I'm happy and excited to be entering the new audiobook world!   When I chose When God

Gives Us Spring to be the first of my publications to begin this new adventure, I also hoped I would not have difficulty finding a talented narrator to bring my story alive. 

I was overjoyed when Earl Sewell offered to produce this story in audiobook format.

 

Here's a little bit about When God Gives Us Spring. 

 

Michael Custis Washington is a young black slave living on a cotton plantation in the Province of Virginia. He was born in 1802. Left an orphan at the age of five he is taken into the big house by his master, Alfred Gordon, to be trained as a house servant. While in this house he suffers severe emotional and sexual abuse. When he finally runs away with his wife Lucinda he is helped by the Quakers. Through the Underground Railway they reach the Elgin Settlement in Ontario, Canada. Freedom is his at last. But when the American Civil War breaks out in 1861 Michael chooses to join the Union Army. He works his way back to Virginia. Is he seeking justice or vengeance?

 

Michael is the main character but this historical fiction novella is home to many diverse and wonderful characters.  With his incredible talent, Earl Sewell, brings them all alive.  I feel

blessed to be working with him on this exciting project.

 

With his permission, let me introduce my reading friends to multi-talented, Earl Sewell.

 

 National bestselling and award-winning author Earl Sewell has written over twenty novels and has had his work featured in several anthologies and magazines. He has won literary awards for the novels "The Flip Side of Money" "Keysha's Drama," and "Maya's Choice." In addition, the American Library Association placed several of his teen titles on its widely distributed Reluctant Readers List. 

Sewell is also a voice-over talent and has narrated several books written by other writers and has done voice-over work to promote products and inspirational videos.He earned his Bachelor of Arts Degree from Columbia College in Chicago and a Master of Fine Arts Degree in creative writing from Goddard College.
Earl is also an endurance athlete who has finished a number of marathons and Ironman 70.3 triathlons. Additionally, has completed a cross-country bicycle tour from Red Wing, MN, to Bar Harbor, ME.

When God Gives Us Spring is available in paperback and Kindle formats on all Amazon sites.

 

Soon it will also be available in audiobook format.   Watch for it!

 

Visit my author's page at http://www.amazon.com/author/audreyaustin

When God Gives Us Spring ... audio book coming soon

 

When God Gives Us Spring  is available

in Paperback & Kindle format

on all Amazon sites.

 

Audiobook will be available soon

on Amazon; Audibles; and ITunes.

Quest for Cammirand, a short story, is free in the Kindle Store Sunday, March 11th

Peter Lowenza is an insurance investigator in search of a woman, Cammirand Gauthier, whose husband Jessie Gauthier has died. Cammirand is beneficiary of his estate and stands to inherit millions of dollars.

She had been abandoned by her parents at an early age, abused and deceived by her husband, Jessie Gauthier who was known to be a ruthless businessman. Rumour has it he was an abusive husband.

 Is this why Cammirand has disappeared? It is the insurance investigator's job to find her. What happened to Cammirand Gauthier? Peter sets out on a quest.

"Quest for Cammirand" is a story written for a mature audience exploring as it does social issues including spousal abuse; rape; deception; betrayal, murder and other topics of a sensitive nature.  It is not a story for young readers. 

I love writing short stories and, as is  often the case, with this story I found that, once I got started, the characters took the lead and it was all I could do to keep up with them.  I hope you enjoy the story.

Quest for Cammirand  is free for your reading pleasure tomorrow, Sunday, March 11th, in the Kindle Store on all Amazon sites.

Visit my author's page at  http://www.amazon.com/author/audreyaustin

Simply BE .. a collection to inspire

Simply BE is a collection of inspirational thoughts, sayings and quotations. This book is a reminder of the importance of striving to be who we really are. It’s all about choice, and knowing that who we really are is a good thing to be, I wanted to illustrate this book although I am not a visual artist. The most important thing I hope to illustrate is that we don’t have to be perfect. We do the best we can with what we have and give thanks. It is my hope that Simply BE will encourage you to step up and be all that you know you can be.

My passion is creative writing. This summer I will celebrate my eleventh writing anniversary and I invite you to enjoy reading my many poems, short stories, novellas and novels.

I was inspired to create Simply BE by the loving memory of my dear sister and of my parents.

Check out my author's page at amazon.com/author/audreyaustin

The Linen Cupboard .. free in the Kindle Store, Friday, March 2nd

It is moving day; a most difficult time. Not only is she saying good-bye to the house but also to her mother. She feels okay though, keeping herself together, until she reaches the linen cupboard.

 

I love writing short stories and it was my pleasure to add this short story titled The Linen Cupboard to my current collection available for your reading pleasure.   When my mother passed away more than 25 years ago I truly was okay leaving her home; that is, until I knew it was time to empty her linen cupboard.   This personal experience

is the inspiration

for this fictional story.

 

 



The Linen Cupboard - a short story is free for your reading pleasure in the Kindle Store on Friday, March 2nd.

 

Check out my author's page at  http://www.amazon.com/author/audreyaustin 

 





Small Town Authors/Rhymes and Times Remembered

It's true that personal issues and events have consumed my time and attention over the past several months.   One result of this inattention is that I've ignored a couple of my blogs; one titled Rhymes and Times Remembered and the other titled  Small Town Authors.

Author, Bela Kaul, brought this to my attention yesterday when she asked, "Are you still offering opportunities for authors to promote their books on http://www.smalltownauthors.blogspot.com  ?

Now I'm happy to announce that Bela Kaul is February's featured author; sharing an excerpt from her latest book, Beyond Boundaries on Small Town Authors.

Would you like to be featured author on this site for March or  April?   If so, contact me, audrey@persona.ca  and it shall be done.

Just send me your short story or your novel excerpt along with a short bio and, if you wish, a photo of yourself.  

Are you a poet who would like to share a poem or two on my poetry site, http://www.rhymesandtimesremembered.blogspot.com  ?   If so, contact me and I will be happy to put your poem onto my site.

I do not edit, neither do I critique.   What you send to me shall be posted.

Writers helping writers is what it is all about!  ☺

Learning

A few days ago I didn't know what a podcast is.   Today I am learning how to record one. 

Life is like that sometimes.  The right thoughts, the right people with the right ideas, just seem to be there.   It's like the old saying, "When the student is ready, the teacher will appear."

In the past 2 or 3 weeks I was happy for writing friends who were announcing and celebrating their first audio book publications.

This led me on a journey; a journey that now finds me with my own audio book in production,  (thank you, Earl Sewell),  and the beautiful cover for When God Gives Us Spring already created and uploaded.  (Thank you Yuneekpix.com).

A good friend visited yesterday.  I asked, do you know how to record a podcast?  Well, I certainly asked the right person.    And I will spend a good part of today seeing just how much I will remember of his generous teaching.  (Thank you, John).

I'm hoping I can produce a promotional podcast for what will soon be my first audio book.

Once I have achieved this goal, I'm thinking maybe I can learn to narrate some of my own stories? 

So I'm challenged on this new learning curve; excited by this new adventure. 

There have been many times throughout my life when I've been in situations I didn't know how to handle --   if there is anything I have learned, it is that I am capable of learning.

Life is good and life goes on. 

available soon on Amazon, Audibles, and ITunes

Audio Book coming soon!

When God Gives Us Spring   is available on all Amazon sites in both paperback and kindle formats   These books have this cover:

Audio book edition of When God Gives Us Spring  will soon be available on all Amazon sites; on Audibles; and on ITunes with the following

beautiful cover

designed by Susan Ruby K

http://www.yuneekpix.com

 

AUDIO BOOK

 

COMING SOON!

 

 

Moose Road, a Canadian Tragedy ... feeling at home in Kindle Store on Amazon.ca

 #3 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Canadian > Drama

 

#3 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Drama > Canadian

#14 in Books > Literature & Fiction > Canadian > Dramas & Plays

 

Alan Black

5.0 out of 5 starsTragic and compelling

April 7, 2014 - Published on Amazon.com

Format: Kindle Edition|Verified Purchase

Austin has written a not so simple story, weaving the lives of multiple residents on Moose Road around one tragic accident that leaves no one on the road or in the nearby Northern Ontario Canada town untouched. The subplots tug at our desire to comfort some residents of this town with a hug and those same subplots yank at our exasperation switch yelling at us to slap sense into some of these same people. The main story cries for our attention and gets it.

Austin is able to show us one tragedy from every point of view except the moose. The characters are so real that I wonder what Austin's neighbors thought about having their secret lives dragged into the public view. I started this book just to have something to read in between my own chores. However to heck with the chores, I finished the book in one sitting.

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Mae Beth Williams

4.0 out of 5 starsHard to put down; leads to reflection perhaps

June 13, 2014 - Published on Amazon.com

Format: Kindle Edition|Verified Purchase

The first narrator, the road itself, reappears to provide commentary on the views and viewpoints of the families living in this rural community. Strong characterizations that are not stereotyped help the book develop thoughtfully. The Canadian setting added local flavor to a 'far north' setting. I found this book enjoyable - if you can say that about a tragedy...

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Mary J. Dicarlo

5.0 out of 5 starsTragic Story

March 12, 2014 - Published on Amazon.com

Format: Kindle Edition|Verified Purchase

Very sad and tragic story told from many points of view. If only roads COULD talk we'd know so much

My first audio book is now in production. :-)

Earl Sewell is an author of over 20 works of fiction, an amazing voice-over talent, and an American English Professor. I am over the moon with excitement and happiness because he has offered to produce my book 'When God Gives Us Spring' as an audio book.

This will be my first audio book. It is currently in production and I will keep you posted on its progress.

 

Keeping It Simple ... Imagine Being Whole

https://www.amazon.ca/Keeping-Simple-Imagine-Being-Whole-ebook/dp/B00F8HEX9E/ref=sr_1_6?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1518566527&sr=1-6&keywords=Audrey+AustinKeeping it Simple: Imagine Being Whole

Emotional Healing through Meditation, the Chakras and Psychospiritual Therapy

 

BASE CHAKRA is located at the base of the spine. This energy centre is your survival centre, your connection to the earth, your human-ness. When we think of the base chakra we associate it with the colour red.

SACRAL CHAKRA is located below the navel. This energy centre is the centre of all desire; physical, emotional, mental and spiritual. When we think of the sacral chakra we associate it with the colour orange.

SOLAR PLEXUS CHAKRA is located just above the navel and below the breast. This energy centre is the centre of will, determination and perseverance. When we think of the solar plexus chakra we associate it with the colour yellow.

HEART CHAKRA is located between the breast bone and the neck. This energy centre is the centre of unconditional love; love of self and others. A fond reference to the heart chakra is, “the place where heaven and earth meet.”
This fond reference is used because the base, sacral and solar plexus chakras are all energy centres associated with our human-ness whereas the next three chakras are considered centres of a spiritual nature. When we think of the heart chakra we associate with it the colours pink or green.

THROAT CHAKRA is located in the area of the throat. This energy centre is the centre of all forms of communication and creativity. When we think of the throat chakra we associate with it the colour blue.

BROW CHAKRA is located in the centre of the forehead. This energy centre is the centre of our understanding. When we think of the brow chakra we associate with it the colour indigo.

CROWN CHAKRA is located in the top centre of the head. This energy centre is the connection to your higher self and to your Higher Power. When we think of the crown chakra we associate with it the colour purple or white.

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Other books by Audrey Austin .... available on all Amazon sites and also available from Create Space.    Below are the Create Space addresses.

To purchase Social Studies – Book One   

CreateSpace eStore: https://www.createspace.com/4712947  

To purchase Social Studies – Book Two

CreateSpace eStore: https://www.createspace.com/4713265 

To purchase Social Studies – Book Three

CreateSpace eStore:   https://www.createspace.com/4713425  

To purchase Moose Road – a Canadian Tragedy: 

CreateSpace eStore:   https://www.createspace.com/4463611  

To purchase Sara, a Canadian Saga

CreateSpace eStore:   https://www.createspace.com/4461846 

To purchase Keeping It Simple

CreateSpace eStore:      https://www.createspace.com/4733596  

To purchase Ellen and The Hummingtree

CreateSpace eStore:     https://www.createspace.com/4743813  

To purchase When God Gives Us Spring

CreateSpace eStore:     https://www.createspace.com/4754962  

To purchase Beyond The Blue

CreateSpace eStore: https://www.createspace.com/4895004  

To purchase Crabapple Court

CreateSpace eStore: https://www.createspace.com/4894247  

To purchase Recompense

CreateSpace eStore: https://www.createspace.com/4901516  

To purchase Dinner At Seven

CreateSpace eStore: https://www.createspace.com/5339180  

To purchase Silent Star Selections

CreateSpace eStore:    https://www.createspace.com/5343129\  

To purchase Simply BE

CreateSpace eStore: https://www.createspace.com/5378530

To purchase The Last Drop

CreateSpace eStore: https://www.createspace.com/5390505  

To purchase Poetry from A to Z

CreateSpace eStore:  https://www.createspace.com/4973413  

To purchase All Them Houses

CreateSpace eStore:  https://www.createspace.com/6900612 

 

#4 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Canadian > Drama

#4 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Drama > Canadian

#17 in Books > Literature & Fiction > Canadian > Dramas & Plays

Available in both Kindle & Paperback on all Amazon sites.

 

https://www.amazon.ca/Moose-Canadian-Tragedy-Audrey-Austin-ebook/dp/B00FHP7SFS/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1518565662&sr=1-1&keywords=Audrey+Austin&dpID=51N5Glad3BL&preST=_SX342_QL70_&dpSrc=srch

 

Moose Road, a Canadian Tragedy

#1 in Books > Literature & Fiction > Canadian > Dramas & Plays
#1 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Canadian > Drama
#1 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Drama > Canadian

Moose Road is doing okay in the Amazon.ca Kindle Store

Cover design:  http://yuneekpix.com 

The Hole In The Wall, a short story, free in Kindle Store, Friday, Feb. 2nd

 

 

Lucille is worried. The mortgage is due and she doesn't have the money. What leads her into the basement? And is the hole in the wall really an answer to prayer?

This short story is free in the Kindle Store, Friday, February 2nd, 2018, for your reading enjoyment.

Check out my author's page: https://www.amazon.com/author/audreyaustin