November 1st: Stories of Strength Released - Click Here To Order
Meet the Contributors

What you're about to read comes from writers the world over. Some are best-selling authors, editors, and journalists; for others, this is their first publication ever. These are their stories, both true and fiction, along with a range of poems, essays and more. Broken into sections ranging from Strength of Love to The Strength to Start Over, you'll find something to guide you through any trial with warmth, humor, or simply a warm cup of sympathy.

Names listed in red are links to websites. Click a name to visit that person’s site.

Production and Design

Acquisitions editor: MacAllister Stone
Cover design by: Danny Mehl
Copy editor: Lisa M. Abbate
Lead editor: Jenna Glatzer

Manuscript editors: Frank Baron, Janet Paszkowski, Julia Rosien (Senior editor at ePregnancy), Amy Rea, Jim Zola (Poetry editor at Melic Review), Lisa Waterman Gray, Denise DiFulco, B. J. Robinson, Ph.D, Sue Poremba, Gwen Moran, Jacqueline H. Kessler

Web designer: Richard Cobbett

Strength of Spirit
  • Let No Hands Be Idle Here by Orson Scott Card and Mark Mitchell
  • The Shrine by Matthew James
  • The Organ Man by Janet Ross-Pilla
  • Trust in This Dark Night by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
  • The Wonderful Transformation of the Library Troll by Amy Mullis
  • Willow by Kimberly Ripley
  • Look Beyond by Moira Richards
  • The Art of Forgiving by Sarah Crabtree
  • Mirror of Time and Uranus by David Lee Summers
  • My Mother’s Table by Noreen Braman
  • Gone Fishing by Diane Stilwell
  • A Real, Super, Human by Jill Miller Zimon
  • What is Strength? by Debbie Burton-Peddle
  • The Truths about Rains and Floods by Raymond K. Wong
  • Taking Back My Heart by Deborah Rose
  • I Was in My Rose Garden by Janet Paszkowski
  • Beachside Revelations by Shelly Wiseman Webb
  • Of Buildings and Babies by Linley B. Marcum
  • Just Believe by Kim Gogo-Melvin
  • The Beauty Within by Erin D. Zapletal
  • Finding Peace in Times of Chaos by Sheryl McCarty
  • Just Some Old Man? by Michele Ivy Davis
Physical Strength
  • Just Keep Going by Wil Wheaton
  • A Father’s Consolation by B. J. Bourg
  • The Weld Maker by Jan P. Myskowski
  • Merry Christmas. Panama, 1989. by Mark Pettus
  • The Hurdle Jumper by Christine M. Krannich
  • The Bracelet by Sarah Chauncey
  • The Prize Is the Journey by Kesi Augustine
  • Running with the Wolf Pack by Roberta Beach Jacobson
  • Stop, Thief! by Charmian Christie
Strength of Faith
Role Models of Strength
  • Peacekeeper’s Coffee by Doug Setter
  • The Ace I Got Dealt by C.J. Piperly
  • The 10K Walk by Frank Baron
  • Little Niño by Allison Cooke
  • About Jorge: Walking the Talk by Lisa Abbate
  • Perceiving the Possible by Ellen Lewis Lief
  • Legacy: Thoughts on Courage and Inspiration by Patti Wigington
  • Larger Arenas by John Vanek
  • A Hero’s Medal by Olinda Wheatley
  • My Quiet Relationship with Dad by Meryl K. Evans
  • The Plant by Ruth Cooke
  • Tom by Kim Ramsey
  • Where Have All the Heroes Gone? by Patti Wigington
  • Looking Up to a Shortstop by Chris Manning
Strength of Community
  • What Really Matters by Julia Rosien
  • The Power of One by VL Marshall
  • Heart of the Mountain by Stephanie Cordray
  • Canberra’s Bushfire - January 2003 by Gillian Polack
  • Hope For A Safer Place by Shelagh Watkins
  • The Little Angel by Carolee Eubanks
  • Relief Effort Blossoms by Jamie Engle
  • Blizzards and Friends by Ken Schneider
Borrowing Strength
  • Wet and Naked by Charmian Christie
  • Merlin by Yvonne Oots
  • What Remains by Audrey Glassman Vernick
  • Condemned and Redeemed by Janine Peterson
  • One Breath At A Time by Cynthia L. Kryder
Strength of Love
The Strength to Start Over
Strength in Fiction

In addition to those listed above, many experts volunteered their time and services for free. Writers spoke to their colleagues and friends to ask for help with formatting, advertising, publicity, corporate sponsorship, and bookstore distribution. To all these people, our thanks.

Current total: $4500

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  2. December 2005
  3. November 2005
  4. October 2005
"The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it."
-- Woodrow Wilson