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The attraction of a Totalitarian system, which has had a powerful allure for many, has had its roots in a fear of freedom and responsiblity. -- Tzvetan Todorov
An autobiography originally written in 1970. A blast from the past that will have you marveling at how things have changed.
A true story that is funny, sad and fresh.
A top seller in Christian Romance - one of the best sequel's written.
Everyone knows about dirty bomb threats - but did you know about contagious disease threats?
Photography book with accompanying stories. Some funny, some sad, all informative with great pics.
If you ever thought Jesus Christ is a wimp, you need to read this book. He doesn't make an appearance, but He sure has presence.
Book 2 Great Lakes Great Guns Historical Series
#1 in the series - an astounding sense of our countrymen and the battles they fought.
The sequel to Martha's first autobiography. Find out what she's doing thirty-six years later.
Christian Worldview -title pending, but knowing this author's writing, it will be a good one
Great example of a well-researched niche subject becoming of global interest because of the quality of detail
Artwork by Shuck
Double Edge Press - Books
Holidays Plus - Georgia Dangel - original artwork and prints
Hummingbird World Media Home Page
Martha Dougherty - Heritage Photo - fine photographic prints
Russ Shaffer - Embossed Engravings - original artworkTomorrow is the West Alexander United Methodist Church Fundraiser Booksigning. What does my to-do list look like with less than 24 hours to go? It looks like this:
remember to bring several catalogs for thumbing through.
remember to bring extra stock of Double Edge Press other than the books being featured (people may be interested in further […]
The first print runs of all three of Martha Dougherty’s books arrived at her home yesterday (I had them shipped there as 1: all the pre-ordered copies needed autographed, and 2: her home is closer to the book signing venue — if we were to get, heaven forbid, a bad snow storm or ice storm […]
PRESS RELEASE:
NOVEMBER 28, 2007
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
VISITING AUTHOR, PUBLISHER HAS MANY LOCAL TIES
Rebecca Melvin, owner of Double Edge Press publishing and author of the historical romance novel In the Brief Eternal Silence will be doing a book signing at Borders Book Store, Meadowbrook Mall on December 8, 2007. Although being several hours from her own home, […]
Well, ladies and gentlemen, it is official: As of today, we have tripled our sales from last year. Not doubled — tripled. And the nice thing is we still have a month to go in the year and two more booksignings. Will we quadruple? Not unless we sell tremendously well, but we certainly will not […]
Today is the beginning of my ‘relaxed work’. Relaxed work to me is reading manuscripts and editing.
I’ve been doing both off and on, hit and miss for the past month, but mostly I was concentrating on the immediate details needing done for the two booksignings now looming straight ahead.
At this point, other than some last […]
There are two different approaches on what role dialogue should play in your writing. The first school of thought seems to be to keep your dialogue to a minimum and only have your characters speak when necessary. It is up to the narrator to tell you about the character’s character, fill you in on the […]
Now that the final details are wrapped up for the upcoming Church Fundraising Booksigning, I’m finally able to turn my attention to the Borders Booksigning the following week.
With booksignings on back to back weekends, trying to give each the attention they deserve has been challenging. My normal mode of operation when under pressure is this: […]
Yesterday saw the last scramble towards being ready for the joint booksigning on December 1. By final scramble, I mean getting one last pre-ordered books count, estimating how many over and above will be needed and getting the order in to ensure the books will arrive in time.
The launch of a new book and the […]
Lies don’t fly in writing. Not even in fiction. Maybe especially not even in fiction.
If you’re scratching your head at those statements, I can well understand it. The meaning of the word ‘fiction’, after all is seemingly contrary to truth. It’s considered the opposite of ‘fact’. So, how, then, can it possibly be honest?
The underpinning of […]
Double Edge Press identifies itself as a Christian Friendly publisher. In a nutshell, this means that any Christian should be able to pick up one of our books and not be unduly offended by it. Things we leave out are:
Graphic sex scenes
Exceedingly foul language
The promotion of casual sex
The promotion of alternate religions
That’s pretty much it […]
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