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Gadzooks! Actor Kent Hayes Honored for Community Service

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Straight to Audio Productions Actor Kent Hayes was recently honored by the Community Foundation of Utah for his efforts to improve the quality of life in our state. Kent was selected as a member of the “Enlightened 50,” which recognizes citizens who promote and educate the community in ways that encourage collaboration, entrepreneurship and creativity  http://www.utahcf.org/ . In addition to being an actor, writer, singer, and artist, Kent is also co-artistic director of the Kayenta Arts Foundation. This organization was created in 2011 for the purpose of providing educationally and artistically diverse productions in Southern Utah. Presently, KAF is building a 144-seat Center for the Arts in Kayenta  http://kayentaartsfoundation.org/ . Prior to his work at KAF, Kent spent 25 years as president of a post-production facility in Los Angeles. He is also the co-founder of Man of Two Worlds, LLC which is an arts and entertainment development company in Southern

A Review of The Old Willis Place

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The Old Willis Place by Mary Downing Hahn is a ghost story aimed at young adult readers http://www.amazon.com/Willis-Place-Mary-Downing-Hahn/dp/0618897410/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1402937334&sr=1-1&keywords=the+old+willis+place YA is a genre I enjoy, so I thought I'd give this a read. One thing I don't like about some YA authors is they they are often use a smarmy and saccharin narration style. Fortunately, Mary Downing Hahn isn't one of them. While soupy sweet nuances are mercifully absent in The Old Willis Place, the story is not without purpose. One of the best, and most striking things about The Old Willis Place, is the subtle way Hahn sneaks in the lesson of forgiveness. All to often, ghost stories tend to be about revenge, with things not ending well for the restless spirit. The Old Willis Place dares to explore the healing nature of forgiveness. More importantly, Hahn's main characters in the story, two

Meet Garry Morris

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Garry Morris I was raised on the Jersey Shore, and as a child I spent idyllic summers on the boardwalk going on rides, playing games and eating lots and lots of pizza and cotton candy. And I still haven’t met Snooki or “The Situation," thank God. I went to college in Rhode Island, Ohio and England and got degrees in acting. Afterward, I backpacked Europe for a few months and then moved to L.A. La La Land – one of my favorite places in the world! I spent many years in the land of sunshine before moving to Utah where I now live with 16 wives and two dogs. Okay, no wives. Okay, no dogs. But I do occasionally see a mouse in my courtyard. A Note from Adele Garry Morris has worked on all three of my audio books and two of my three promotional videos. Garry also served as Casting Director for Yikes! Another Quirky Audio Book. In Gadzooks! A Comically Quirky Audio Book, Garry voices the part of Joseph Stratton, the chara

June is Audiobook Month!

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Here's just one more reason to celebrate the month of June: it's Audiobook Month! In honor of the occasion, I'm kicking off the month by listening to Bad Monkey by Carl Hiassen http://www.carlhiaasen.com/ . Normally, I want to savor every funny word Hiassen writes, but in this case, the audiobook version was better because I'm listening to it with my husband. Carl Hiassen is one of the few fiction writers we both can agree on, joining a small band of other fabulous authors including Christopher Moore http://www.chrismoore.com/ and Tom Robbins http://www.amazon.com/Tom-Robbins/e/B000APVAHM. This is an opportune time to note that both Christopher Moore and Tom Robbins have new books out this summer. Moore's latest work is called The Serpent of Venice. As the title implies, the action is set in Venice. Pocket from Fool: A Novel, returns in The Serpent of Venice , lured there on the promise of scoring a with a hot chick. As luck would