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check the Chatroom Schedule for information on upcoming guests and writing-related chat topics. Visit our Previous Guests page to catch up on what you've missed. SELF-PUB SPOTLIGHT ON SANDRA TOOLEY! Mystery author Sandra Tooley is the creator of the Sam Casey Series and the Chase Dagger Series (written as Lee Driver)
She has held a number of interesting and diverse jobs such as administrative assistant to a local mayor, car salesman, sales assistant, assistant to the president of a franchise consulting firm, and seminar coordinator. Her most enjoyable job was the six years she spent as a casino dealer. The author is particularly fond of the unusual and has carried her interests in the unknown and unbelievable to her writing. Her
Sam Casey Series features a Native American detective with the unique ability to hear the dead speak, mixing mystery with paranormal. Her Chase Dagger Series (written as Lee Driver) includes a young Native American woman who is a shapeshifter, combining mystery with fantasy. The Rhine Research Center and Institute for Parapsychology in North Carolina has published two of her short stories in an anthology titled, A Mystery in Mind, a selection of mystery and suspense stories with an underlying theme of the supernatural or paranormal. Sara Morningsky, one of these short stories, was nominated for a Derringer Award. Sandy was featured in the October 2004 issue
of Self-Publishing Essentials published by Writer’s Digest. The article is titled “Success Stories: 14 Authors on How to Make It Big.” After attending a course on publishing at Columbia College in Chicago as well as numerous publishing sessions conducted by Publishers Marketing Association, Sandy started Full Moon Publishing LLC in May 1998. Since 1999 she has published seven titles as well as re-releasing some of her backlist in paperback. Her Sam Casey Series has won ForeWord Magazine’s Book of the Year Award twice and a Reader’s Choice Award. The Unseen won the 2005 IPPY Award for Best Horror. [Editor's note: At TWC we look for self-pubbed authors who have
sold over 5,000 copies of their books. Sandy qualified because she has sales of over 20,000 copies!...Audrey] The Skull, her December 2006 release, has been nominated for ForeWord Magazine’s Book of the Year Award in the Young Adult category. The winner will be announced at the Book Expo in New York City in June. Her titles have received favorable reviews in Booklist, Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, and Midwest Book Review. A native of a Chicago south suburb, Sandy currently lives in Northwest Indiana. Website: www.sdtooley.com 
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DOOR PRIZE Sandra Tooley has donated a copy of her 4th Sam Casey novel, Echoes From the Grave. This will be awarded to a lucky chatter at the mid-point of the chat. Remember, you MUST be present to win! Please feel free to pass this announcement on to anyone or any groups that you think may be interested. Thank you. WHEN? Sunday, June 3, 2007 Eastern USA Time……………………..7 PM Not sure what time that is wherever in the world you are? http://www.worldtimeserver.com WHERE? The Writers Chatroom at: http://writerschatroom.com Click on "Enter Chatroom". It may take a moment to load. Type in the name you wish to be known by, and click Login. No password needed. Please note: The chatroom is only open for regularly scheduled chats. Don't forget the open chat on Wednesday nights, 8-11
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