- Index -

What's New?

Charter

ChanOps

Regulars

Gallery

Links

Newsgroup

- wOOhOOs!!! -

Software

PRH Pages

Contact

Join Us

#AuthorsCafe

About

Updated: March 11, 1999


# A U T H O R S   w O O h O O s ! ! !

This wOOhOOs!!! Page is one place where we celebrate each others' successes. We applaud anyone from #Authors who sells a work, publishes a work, or has good news in general ... by announcing that accomplishment in a channel topic, a s(Pam), and on our Web pages. A wOOhOO Triple Hurrah!!!

We take successes seriously. After all, that's why we are in the writing business in the first place. Whether it's a first sale or the one-hundredth: They "ALL" matter here!!!

Select a month:

Other Stuff:


Now you can chat with us from your browser with no plug-ins.


Take a look at the past #AuthorsCafe Interviews.


Do you want to see whom you are chatting with? View the gallery.


Some of us have been busy! See our successes on the wOOhOOs page.


Do you need help with writer's resources? Check out our links page.

Copyright © 1999 by Those of Us Who Care. All Rights Reserved.







wOOhOOs for March 1999

wOOhOO & Congrats Balboa!!! SEX, DEAD DOGS, AND ME author just signed with the Memphis Executive's Speakers Bureau (bestselling book AND HUGE SPEAKING FEES!!!)

wOOhOO and Congrats (again!!!) Balboa!!! Signed w/a NYC agent & she expects a package deal for his next book (ROUGH AS A COB) and pb of SEX, DEAD DOGS, AND ME!!'

Back to Top

wOOhOOs for February 1999

wOOhOO and Congrats katykat!!! Her book, Build a Web Site the Lazy Way, is in bookstores now. You can read about it on amazon.com at: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0028630181/pamelaricehahnthA/

wOOhOO and CONGRATS Balboa!!! Nominated in Creative Non-Fiction in the Georgia Author of the Year Awards for "SEX, DEAD DOGS, and ME..."

wOOhOO & Congrats!!! wyzaz (aka Troy More) is now editor of "Undercurrents" -- the Undernet's newsmagazine

wOOhOO & Congrats, Fawnn & Emeric!! Mastering the Grill the Lazy Way, released June 21, 1999, http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0028631579/pamelaricehahnthA (the book was so good, they had to change the title)

wOOhOO & Congrats Doc Hensley!!! Dr. Dennis E. Hensley will serve as one of the judges for the 1999 Evangelical Press Association Awards. Dr. Hensley will judge the "Standing Column" category, wherein approximately 64 columnists compete for first through fifth place honors. This is Dr. Hensley's ninth time to serve as an EPA judge in various categories.

Back to Top

wOOhOOs for January 1999

wOOhOO & Congrats Doc Hensley!!! The February, 1999, issue of THE WRITER features a two page article by Dr. Dennis E. Hensley on pages 26 and 27 called "Character Profiles." His article, "Realities of Promoting a New Book," appears in the February issue of WRITER'S JOURNAL on pages 18 and 19. His article, "Five New Ways to View Rejection Letters," appears in the January issue of THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNICATOR on pages 14 and 15. The forthcoming May issue of WRITER'S DIGEST will contain a cover story by Dennis on "An Insider's View on How to Make the Most of a Writer's Conference."

wOOhOO & Congrats Bigsky!!! Bigsky's book "NetWare 5 CNE: Integrating Windows NT Study Guide" is now on the market...Congrats! Bigsky (and hubby)

Back to Top

wOOhOOs for December 1998

wOOhOO & Congrats Goondaddy!!!
Goondaddy is the proud poppa of a baby girl, Rebecca Catherine Wall was born at 5:30 am. 9lbs, 8oz - 21.5 inches.
You can read more about the great news (and have some fun & some laughs & some "awwwwww" moments while doing so) at:

http://www.klondyke.net/whome/art/art-baby.html

wOOhOO & Congrats!!! Emeric & Fawnn have a contract (for advance AND royalties AND 50/50 THEME PARK RIGHTS) for Grilling the Lazy Way!!!- grilling with attitude

wOOhOO & Congrats Dojers!!! Dojers does an endzone jig -- Her son got a full scholarship to play football at Washington Jefferson State University!!!!!!!!!!

wOOhOO & Congrats TerryW!!! on the publishing contract on his co-authored book about advanced therapy techniques, based on his lecture and seminar work.'

wOOhOO & Congrats Balboa!!! for the GA BDalton #1 Selling Book in 1998 Award!!! No other local author has ever rec'd that honor. Excerpt at www.blueroses.com

Back to Top

wOOhOOs for November 1998

wOOhOO & Congrats Emeric and Fawnn
HTML 4 Unleashed, 2nd edition, by Rick Darnell, et al is now shipping!!! You can read details about this 1100-page book at: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0672313472/pamelaricehahnthA/
Emeric (Keith Giddeon) and Fawnn (Pamela Rice Hahn) served as co-tech editors and -authors for this book. (Bylined chapters are 35/Internationalizing the HTML Character Set and Language Tags and 38/Search Engine and Indexing Strategies.)

Back to Top

wOOhOOs for October 1998

wOOhOO & Congrats wyzaz!!! Another sale: "Troy's Guide To Winter Sports" Troy More is going places!!! (As soon as he can sneak over the border!)

wOOhOO & Congrats LadyLu!!! Just hired as administrative support for Altos Engineering (which means she'll write their docs, newsletters, ...)

wOOhOO & Congrats Fawnnie!!! A publishing contract on the way for RHYMES AND REASONS!!! SOMEBODY STOP THIS WOMAN!!!

wOOhOO & Congrats Doc Hensley!!! THE WRITER'S HANDBOOK 1999 includes a chapter written by Dr. Dennis E. Hensley (http://www.blueroses.com/writingforprofit/).

wOOhOO & Congrats!!! Balboa's book (SEX, DEAD DOGS, AND ME: THE JULIETTE JOURNALS) is now in its 2nd printing!!!

Back to Top

wOOhOOs for September 1998

wOOhOO & Congrats HorrorBiz!!! (He finished his screenplay: The Joseph Black Story) Read ALL about it SOON at www.blueroses.com ;)

wOOhOO saxylady!!!! Congratulations on making the speech team! (We know how you love to talk!) Read ALL about it SOON at www.blueroses.com ;)

wOOhOO & Congrats wyzaz!!! (Scored 90%+++ in his Network Administration/Technician entrance exam)

wOOhOO & Congrats Idiot!!! (aka Mike Smith). ... on your sale of a humor essay to FAMILY TIMES magazine!!! Mike's article will appear in their October issue. Way to go, Mike!!!

wOOhOO & Congrats wyzaz!!! (Scored 90%+++ in his Network Administration/Technician entrance exam), and is teaching a stage writing seminar this month, too!!!

wOOhOO & Congrats Balboa!!! Randy Murray of BTO did a book review for his Amazon.com listing.

wOOhOO & Congrats Doc Hensley!!! The FLORIDA GONDOLIER, the daily newspaper of Coral Gables, Florida, ran a huge front-page story this week on Doc Hensley's new book MILLENNIUM APPROACHES, including a photo of the cover of the book.

'wOOhOO and Congrats Emeric and Fawnn!!! They've just signed to tech edit another book for Macmillan!!!

Back to Top

wOOhOOs for August 1998

wOOhOO & Congrats Balboa!!! He's outselling Clancy!!! (Read on. ...) Ed writes: "I also saw Todd Smith, the manager of the local BDalton. He said that sales of the book are actually going up and that it has regained the number one sales spot in the store (for one week we can say we whipped Tom Clancy - lol)"

wOOhOO & Congrats Canadiummm!!! This week's THE ROCK, the FREE newsletter from The Painted Rock Reader's and Writer's Colony (http://www.paintedrock.com/) includes: -- Profile: Inspirational author Gail Sattler, by Ann Bachman

wOOhOO & Congrats Fawnnie!!! (http://www.blueroses.com/writingforprofit/ has info on Fawnn's book, co-written with Dr. Dennis E. Hensley, WRITING FOR PROFIT)

wOOhOO & Congrats wyzaz!!! The Lesson/The Chief/Little Johnny's Ferris Wheel all accepted for publication in "The Drive" -- The Magazine of the Vancouver Echo

wOOhOO & Congrats MCristo -- Winner of an OLMA AWARD for DEVIANT WAY!!!

wOOhOO & Congrats katykat!!! Another new mcp book contract!!!

Back to Top

wOOhOOs for July 1998

wOOeyhOOey & Congrats Fawnn!!! Contracts are all signed and the book co-authored w/Dr. Dennis E. Hensley (WRITING FOR PROFIT) is almost ready for publication!!

wOOhOO & Congrats KatyKat!!! writing _Build a Web Site the Lazy Way_, Lazy Way series for McMillan!!!

wOOhOO & Congrats Balboa!!! Balboa aka Ed Williams sold 86 books at Barnes and Noble book signing today!!!

wOOhOO & Congrats Canadiummm!!! ... on another sale!!! A novel entitled GONE CAMPING, release date April/99 to Heartsong Presents.

woohooandcongratsfawnnandemeric! ANOTHER book project for the team - damn youse anyway!!

wOOhOO!!! The Summer Issue of THE BLUE ROSE BOUQUET is NOW ONLINE at http://www.blueroses.com ... Please visit soon!!! Great writing from great writers!!!

Back to Top

wOOhOOs for June 1998

wOOhOO & Congrats!!! Balboa (Ed Williams) Ed was interviewed by Ed Grisamore last night for the Macon Telegraph. Ed also got a call today from WMAZ TV -- the local Georgia CBS affiliate that has been broadcasting since the 1950s. Ed advised that "I have been invited to be interviewed live on their evening newscast.

wOOhOO & Congrats MCristo!!! HorrorNet is HOTLISTING MCristo's book!!!

wOOhOO & Congrats Emeric & Fawnn!!! Contract to write 2 chapters and do the tech edits on an HTML book from SAMS!!!'

wOOhOO & Congrats spike!!! Received 2 Canadian writing awards -- for best arts writing for a novel excerpt (DEAD WOOD) & for best business writing

wOOhOO & Congrats MCristo!!! Richard Montanari's THE VIOLET HOUR is featured on Barnes & Noble's SUSPENSE PAGE (along with Stephen King and Clive Barker -- not too bad for company! HOWEVER, MCristo's book is listed TOP-OF-THE-PAGE wOOhOO FIRST!!!) See It!!

wOOhOO and congrats, Debz!!! Two more books under contract now with Avon!!! Way to go ... on another HISTORICALs event!!!

Back to Top

wOOhOOs for May 1998

wOOhOO & Congrats ManKiller!!! aka Don Zaidle (author of _American ManKillers_ -- a book about preditory animals stalking the suburbs and/or attacking hikers, etc. and now in its gazillionth printing!)...appeared overnight on the Art Bell radio program.

wOOhOO & Congrats Blip!!! on National Science/Literature Award! 1st place in Para Leer la Ciencia desde México! Won cash, a week in Mexico City, and publication.

wOOhOO & Congrats RomDos on publication of _Words at Play : Quips, Quirks & Oddities.

wOOhOO & Congrats Balboa!!! 300+ copies of his book sold locally already & GA Writers is sponsoring his STATE-WIDE BOOK-SIGNING TOUR!!!

wOOhOO & Congrats Writer!!! #Authors' own British Dynamic Superstar Steve Harris has done it again! (That's okay, we could raise the bail.) Yes, TWO NEW Steve Harris titles are almost available! (The attempted injunctions fell through.) Watch for the following titles, coming soon to a bookstore near you (Provided that you live in England, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, or South Africa.)

Spike was on a tv chat show today to talk about his new book!!'

wOOhOO & Congrats MCristo!!! Murder Ink (Manhattan) is going to spotlight THE VIOLET HOUR in their store .... plus it'll be in the May 15th BOOKLIST hotlist

wOOhOO & Congrats MCristo!!! according to PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY, _The Violet Hour_ is "Consistently surprising ... right until its gory end."

wOOhOO & Congrats trishj!!! Trish Jensen won the Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award for Best Love and Laughter of 1997 & sold her 3rd book to Kensington!!!

Back to Top

wOOhOOs for March - April 1998

wOOhOO & Congrats MCristo!!! The May 4 issue of PEOPLE MAGAZINE has a full color ad for his book, THE VIOLET HOUR (byline Richard Montanari), on page 120!!!'

wOOhOO & Congrats Balboa on your first TV interview!!! Cliff Chandler of Art With A Capital "A" on WGNM-TV 64 in Macon, GA is gonna interview our Balboa!!!

wOOhOO & Congrats mwc!!! mwc (Rob Falla) has another article up at http://www.webreview.com/

wOOhOO and CONGRATS!!! Fawnn now has an MHABGSITW, too!!! It's a BOY!!!

wOOhOO & Congrats Balboa!!! His book *Sex, Dead Dogs, and Me* will be in the stores this summer!!!

wOOhOO & Congrats Kate_Eryn!!! Our Katie just sold an article to INTERNET TODAY!!!

wOOhOO! and CONGRATS Magiste on your graduation!!!

wOOhOO and Congrats Di!!! Diana Whitney's OOH BABY, BABY (Book #3 of Silhouette's 36-Hours Series) is a finalist in Colorado Romance Writers Award of Excellence

wOOhOO and Congrats Kurt!!! Kurt's audioplay "Herd Mentality" is playing at http://www.scifi.com/set/originals/herd/

wOOhOO & Congrats ManKiller!!! Signed a 2-book contract, hired an agent, and also negotiating with St. Martin's Press!!! AND 1st book (American Mankillers) going into 2nd Printing!!!

wOOhOO & Congrats mwc!!! Article published at http://www.webreview.com/wr/pub/98/03/20/feature/part1.html

wOOhOO & Congrats Canadiummm!!! Her book (WALKING THE DOG by Gail Sattler) received 4 Stars in its ROMANTIC TIMES review!!!

wOOhOO & Congrats wyzaz!!! His all-knowing editor said: your story "is hilarious!!!" Troy (aka wyzaz) More's story, THE LESSON, will appear in The Vancouver Sun. (Editor is Randy Shore aka spike)

wOOhOO & Congrats TV!!! ToonVoice cited by The Philosophers' Magazine (U.K./Europe) for "contributions to Continental Philosophy" in America for his Web site!!!'

wOOhOO & Congrats MCristo!!! THE VIOLET HOUR is #22 at: http://www.ingrambook.com/Surf/product_info/category_info/category_files/fp.htm

wOOhOO!!! We're 1 ;) Sat, 14 Mar 1998. Happy First Anniversary, #Authors!!!!!

Back to Top