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Self-Publishing Author Spotlight: T.L. Needham

Outskirts Press is proud of the many self-published authors who’ve produced thousands of high-quality books with the help of our talented self-publishing and marketing experts. Over the years, these authors have racked up a number of accomplishments, awards, author benchmarks and recognitions that serve as a testament to the quality of their — and our — work.

In a tip of the hat to our talented authors, we like to showcase a different author in our regular Self-Publishing Author Spotlight. This time around, we’re shining our spotlight on author T.L. Needham, who has published two books through Outskirts Press: When I was a Child and Kitty Claus. We expect even more great things in the future from this accomplished author.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:T.L. Needham

T.L. Needham has published several award-winning books, including When I Was a Child and a collection of poetry called Pesky Poems, in which Kitty Claus was originally published. Needham was also founder and publisher of Relocation/Realty UPDATE, a national news magazine on corporate relocation and real estate issues, and he was publisher and editor of Kansas City Parent magazine during the late 1980s and early 1990s. He has also been a national speaker and trainer on real estate and relocation issues. Now retired, Needham lives in the Chicago area and writes full time.

When I Was a ChildWhen I Was a Child

On Ash Wednesday, 1926, a young couple, Alex and Theresa, left their six children home on the farm. They drove through heavy rains to attend mass in town. That’s when the temperature dropped fast, and the heavy rain became a snowy windswept blizzard. Only one of them would survive that night.

Focusing on the extraordinary life of Louis Pfeifer, this vividly rendered book juxtaposes vignettes of a tragic past—the loss of a mother, father, and grandmother—against Louis’s harrowing experiences as an 82nd Airborne paratrooper and prisoner of war during World War II. What emerges is an inspirational story of love and family bonds as Louis and his siblings grow up to become devoted, successful parents—despite all odds. Powerful, honest, and unflinching, When I Was a Child is about the suffering that life inflicts—and the bravery that gets us to the other side, becoming much wiser and stronger along the way.

When I Was a Child received a Bronze Medal in the annual Readers’ Favorite Awards, as well as the Best Book Award from USA Book News.

Kitty ClausKitty Claus

Can Kitty Claus, the meanest cat around, learn what Christmas is all about?

On a snowy Christmas Eve, a fierce cat named Kitty Claws rules over a family of thin, starving mice, keeping them from the tempting treats left out for Santa. But when the father mouse rescues Kitty Claws from danger, their relationship is transformed from one of adversity to a new bond of mutual friendship and Christmas spirit. Kitty Claus is a delightful story-poem of transformation, courage and righteous behavior. Kitty Claus is illustrated by talented young artist Lizzy Dodig. With beautiful illustrations and endearing characters, this book will be a treasured addition to any family’s library.

One reader who reviewed the book called it “the best read I have done in a long time, adding: “When I can get right into the book and be part of the family ups and downs and live the action as you described it, that makes for a terrific page-turner.”

Kitty Claus received a Gold Medal in the annual Readers’ Favorite Awards.

Pesky PoemsPesky Poems

A collection of poems that are a reflection of love won and lost, children, pets and love of life in general, all designed to entertain and inspire the reader.

Pesky Poems has been awarded a Silver Medal in the annual Readers’ Favorite Awards.

 

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Amazon Featured Book-of-the-Week: Kitty Claus by T L Needham

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Kitty Claus

by T L Needham

Price: $19.95

Can Kitty Claus, the meanest cat around, learn what Christmas is all about?

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Self-Publishing Book Spotlight: Big Business and Body Bags by Lincoln R. Peters

Self-publishing a book is an exciting undertaking. Because we understand the dedication required to write a quality book, we like to feature our top authors each week so you can get to know more about them and their works. This week, we are featuring Lincoln R. Peters’s Big Business and Body Bags.

In his latest book, self-publishing Outskirts Press author Lincoln R. Peters chronicles the life of a young man with no job skills and no education drifting along the saloon circuits, who finds himself entangled in a big city street gang. There he is indoctrinated in all their reprehensible and vicious activities, including the ultimate act: murder.

Johnny Howell was a typical young man growing up in the inner city streets and back alleys of Chicago. His life was no different than those of thousands of others; they were all poor and looking for a way to make a buck. Johnny found a way, but it dragged him down into the deadly depths of the lucrative drug business.

Selling drugs in the inner cities is a cash cow that has attracted the attention of all the major street gangs in the country. This has now even grown to include the murderous Mexican drug cartels. The drugs have accumulated into large supplies in Mexico but the markets and the money are all up north of the U.S. border. This creates a murderous internecine battle for the shipping routes and the trafficking of the drugs into our country. The book describes the methods and details of the penetration of the Mexican drug cartels operations in the northern cities. It also details their attempts to forge alliances with the local neighborhood street gangs.

The steady flow of news reports of the brutal drug wars raging down on the Mexico border are reported almost daily. The ensuing battles among the Mexicans drug cartels and their government have produced more casualties than the treacherous wars going on in the Middle East right now. Johnny Howell ended his career the same way all the other drug dealers did.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Lincoln R. Peters is a disabled veteran of WWII He was wounded during the invasion of the Philippine Islands in 1945. He has been married to his wife Maureen for 54 years. He has two sons and five grandchildren.

For more information or to contact the author, visit www.outskirtspress.com/bigbusinessandbodybags.

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Self-Publishing Book Spotlight: When I Was a Child by T.L. Needham

Self-publishing a book is an exciting undertaking. Because we understand the dedication required to write a quality book, we like to feature our top authors each week so you can get to know more about them and their works. This week, we are featuring T.L. Needham’s When I Was a Child.

In his latest book, self-publishing Outskirts Press author, T.L. Needham, tells a stunning story of love, death and survival on the Kansas Prairie.

On Ash Wednesday, 1926, a young couple, Alex and Theresa, left their six children home on the farm. They drove through heavy rains to attend Mass in town. That’s when the temperature dropped fast, and the heavy rain became a snowy windswept blizzard. Only one of them would survive that night. The terrible loss upended the lives of this working-class family in ways no one could have expected. Through it all, the ironclad bonds of love held them together as they endured the Great Depression and an unceasing string of trials, losses, and hardships.

Based on actual events, When I Was a Child documents the inner strength, courage, and sheer grit that steadied the couple’s children through loss, economic crises, tornados, dust storms and war. Focusing on the extraordinary life of Louis Pfeifer, this vividly rendered book juxtaposes vignettes of a tragic past—the loss of a mother, father, and grandmother—against Louis’s harrowing experiences as an 82nd Airborne paratrooper and prisoner of war during World War II. What emerges is an inspirational story of love and family bonds as Louis and his siblings grow up to become devoted, successful parents—despite all odds.

Powerful, honest, and unflinching, When I Was a Child is about the suffering that life inflicts—and the bravery that gets us to the other side, becoming much wiser and stronger along the way.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

T. L. Needham, a native of Kansas City, grew up with the tales of survival of his mother’s family, who endured life during the 1920s and 1930s in western Kansas. His publishing background is extensive. Needham published Pesky Poems, a collection, in 2008. He is the author of Winning and Keeping Relocation Business. Needham also founded and wrote for Relocation/Realty UPDATE news magazine during the 1980s and 90s, and was publisher of Kansas City Parent magazine. Needham was a national speaker and trainer on corporate relocation and real estate issues two decades. He lives in Illinois.

For more information or to contact the author, visit www.outskirtspress.com/wheniwasachild.

This author purchased the Book Blast package, saving 25% on 5 powerful marketing services to blast the book into the stratosphere! The Book Blast package includes the following options: Custom Press Release, PR Publicist Campaign, Book Review Submission Service, Book Video (shown above) and Personal Marketing Assistant. Outskirts Press authors can easily and conveniently add this package at any time from the Marketing Options screen of the Publishing Center.

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Amazon Featured Book of the Week: When I Was A Child by T.L. Needham

Here’s this week’s Featured Book-of-the-Week available now on Amazon.com!


When I Was A Child

by T. L. Needham

(5 Stars – 16 Customer Reviews)

Price: $21.95

A Stunning Story of Love, Death, and Survival on the Kansas Prairie…

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