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Two novels written by Gene Cryer, former editor of the Sun-Sentinel and immediate past president of the Writers' Network of South Florida, are now available. Just a Slow News Day is a satirical tale of a chronic failure who is unable to even commit suicide but wakes up on Christmas morning to learn he has won $100 million in the Florida Lottery. And then things get worse. Follow the Dollar is a mystery/thriller based on an investigative project Cryer wrote as a young reporter. In the fictional version, the discovery of a paper bag stuffed with cash in a jail kitchen and the murder of two men in a state park forest are seemingly unrelated...except in the opinion of reporter Jake Ward. His pursuit of the source of the dollars leads to a bloody trail across two states and ends in a lethal confrontation in the foyer of his own home. Both books are now available at www.createspace.com and will be available on amazon.com in early September.

Arlene Scollar, of Deerfield Beach and a finalist in the children's story division of the 2009 Writers' Network Writing Contest, is the co-author of the mystery novel Putting for the Green, published by AuthorHouse (www.authorhouse.com). Margaret Flynn of Brooklyn, NY, is her partner. Putting for the Green tells the story of a million dollar golf tournament where elite country club members with questionable pedigrees compete with elements of the Mafia to win or steal the prize being offered at the club in New York's Westchester. Arlene started playing golf when she was 7 and was a member of the first women's golf team at the University of Michigan, where she earned a degree in jurnalism. This is her first novel.
A humorous essay written by Network director Tina Koenig and called Teens Take Flight will appear in the forthcoming anthology The Ultimate Mom, shipping in March. The book is being published by HCI (Health Communications Inc.), the largest publisher of "life issues" books in the US. They publish many of the Chicken Soup for the Soul titles.

	Deborah Sharp's first mystery novel is out! MAMA DOES TIME is a series debut for Deborah, a former USA Today reporter and Florida native. Funny, set in a down-home slice of the state, the series will be published by Midnight Ink. MAMA DOES TIME is a traditional mystery with a Southern-fried edge: Think Agatha Christie meets "My Name is Earl.''

	Marjory Lyons has announced that two of her life stories will be published in anthologies. One, "Soul Mates No More" to be published in Life After Death: Stories of Surviving Ex-Spouses, and the second, "I'm Not Telling You" to be published in One For the Road, an anthology for teenagers living in abusive families. Pseudonyms were used for both stories.



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