
WHAT WE LOVE is the fourth edition in The Community Book Project series, where people come together to write and submit essays on a particular theme under the guidance of USA Today best-selling and award-winning author Donna Kozik. WHAT WE LOVE describes relationships with children, spouses, pets, nature, travel and more. We are pleased to share the results with you in this book celebrating love: the inspirational essays, narratives and insights. The intention of this book is to empower and uplift you, too, to notice what's around you that's ready for love from you. Thank you for reading—and celebrating—what we love! Contributing authors: Danielle Guerin; Nancy Moorhouse; Susan Shatzer; Holly R Fitzpatrick; Connie Ragen Green; Nicole Bissett; Katie De Souza; Cody Dakota Wooten; Martin Salama; Lori Sweet; Dr. Irena Kay; Diane Kurzava; Kim Forthofer; LaVerne M. Byrd; Michelle Francik; Marcelle della Faille; Jen DG; Tara Alexandra Kachaturoff; Charlisa E. Delancy-Cash; Chineme Noke; Paula S Webb; Carol Stockall; Cheryl A Major; Lorrie M. Nixon; Carma Spence; Sylvio Roy; Carol Brusegar; Ruben J. Rocha; Heidi Miller-Ford; Asha Khalil; Warren L. Henderson; LC Plaunt; Margy Lang; Alberta Fredricksen; Shona Battersby; Crystal Rector; Mary Anne Strange; Bill McCarthy; Stewart Forthofer; Pamela James; Julaina Kleist-Corwin; Taeko Hayatsu; Colin Bird; Melissa Ellen Penn; Robyn Campbell; Patti Smith; Joyce Blue; Melanie Day; Merwyn Evans; Shirley J. Noah; Diana Bianchi; Ruth McGarry; Roberta Gold; Barbara Cole; LuWanda Ford; Robyn MacKillop; Fiona-Louise; Norma Bonner Elmore; Kerri McManus; Sharon G. Teed; Suzy Taylor Oakley; Judi G. Reid; Mary Choo; Francis Heran; Metka Lebar; Mike Myers; Gwyn Goodrow; Daphne Bach Greer; Joe Raab; Nikki Brown; Donna M. Mogan; Dixie L. Thompson; Sergey Skudaev; Holly Pitas; Rebecca Brown; Letitia Hicks; Patrice Porter; Lori R Winslow; Karen Hannon; Barbara Watson; Carol Caffey; Donna Burgher; Nancy Haberstich; Dona C. Murphy; Tina Nies; Susan J Walklate; Beth Munro; Debbie Bolton; Joy Harris; Michelle Denier; Angela Boothroyd; Leasha West; Renee A. Moses; Gregory Paul Hoffmaster; Melinda J. Kelly; Benjamin M. Boyle; Suzanne S. Farmer; Corinne McKeown; Michael E. Bourland; Nancy Haberstich; Anitra S. White; Dawn Eileen; Megan Saint-Marie; Nancy Haberstich; Diane L. Haworth; Michelle Barrial; Nicole Toomey Davis; Ginger Wellspring; Peggy S. Lynn; Agata Szkiela; Maria Falcon; Tonia Sample; Ruth Strebe; Jewelle Colwell Boldt; Marius Bill; Danielle Guerin.
Authors

Michelle has always loved to write and create imaginary worlds. She loves to make people laugh and feel better. Her stories have characters we all know or wish we knew. They find themselves in familiar but dangerous situations and have to find their way out. Men are strong, but loving. Women are smart, funny and strong. They love with all their hearts-family, life, each other. But they tend to get themselves into trouble, and half the fun is wondering how they'll get out of the next jam! Michelle writes for Sweet Promise Press and also self-publishes. You can find her books on Amazon! Her Amazon author page: https://amzn.to/2L6kup3 Her Facebook author page: https://www.facebook.com/MFrancik-aut...

Rebecca Brown’s diverse oeuvre contains collections of essays and short stories, a fictionalized autobiography, a modern bestiary, a memoir in the guise of a medical dictionary, a libretto for a dance opera, a play, and various kinds of fantasy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_...


PATTI SMITH is a writer, performer, and visual artist. She gained recognition in the 1970s for her revolutionary merging of poetry and rock. She has released twelve albums, including Horses, which has been hailed as one of the top one hundred albums of all time by Rolling Stone. Smith had her first exhibit of drawings at the Gotham Book Mart in 1973 and has been represented by the Robert Miller Gallery since 1978. Her books include Just Kids, winner of the National Book Award in 2010, Wītt, Babel, Woolgathering, The Coral Sea, and Auguries of Innocence. In 2005, the French Ministry of Culture awarded Smith the title of Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres, the highest honor given to an artist by the French Republic. She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2007. Smith married the musician Fred Sonic Smith in Detroit in 1980. They had a son, Jackson, and a daughter, Jesse. Smith resides in New York City.

Danielle Guérin écrit des ouvrages pratiques pour les entrepreneurs. Elle écrit aussi des romans contemporains qui mettent en lumière des femmes. Chacun d'eux est inspiré d'un fait vécu par l'auteure ou une de ses amies. Danielle est diplômée en Lettres et Langues au Cégep de l'Outaouais et elle a obtenu un baccalauréat en éducation à l'Université du Québec en Outaouais. Elle accompagne les nouveaux auteurs dans l'écriture, la publication et la commercialisation de leurs livres.

Sergey Skudaev is currently living in Arizona. He got a Master’s Degree in biology from a foreign University, where he specialized in neurophysiology. He also has a degree in Computer Science from BMCC, which he attained after moving to the States. Since then, Sergey has been working as a software quality tester and web developer for a company in Florida. He has more than ten years of teaching experience and a long-standing interest in new computer technologies, psychology, and brain physiology. When he has time to relax, Sergey enjoys swimming in the ocean off the Florida coast or going for walks with his dog on Window Rock trail. He also enjoys traveling, particularly in the USA.

I have been a storyteller all my life. I showed an aptitude for writing at an early age. My first attempts were in fiction at the tender age of 4. And then in the 4th Grade, my teacher (bless her heart) pulled me aside one day after school and told me I should really consider a career in writing. I took those words to heart and they have sustained me when the going got rough. In college, while earning a Bachelor’s degree in Biology, I discovered science writing and went on to pursue a Master's degree in Journalism specializing in this area. I built a career in science and health marketing communications and public relations for more than 20 years, plying my craft to communicate complex topics to a lay audience. Once I ventured out on my own, I started dabbling in book-length nonfiction. My first two books where cookbooks. I followed those with two books about online marketing. And, finally, my fifth book, now available for pre-sale wherever books are sold, is about public speaking. But on the side, my fiction and poetry have always been where my heart is. My fiction work gravitates toward the fantastic. I like to write stories that involve space travel, supernatural beings or faerie creatures. Even those that don’t, often have a surreal or unusual bent. I wrote my first short fiction sometime before I turned a two-digit age. It was pretty bad, but you have to start somewhere. I maintain an eclectic assortment of blogs for which I write educational content, review books, and host podcasts. You can find my blogs here: Public Speaking: PublicSpeakingSuperPowers.com Business and Mindset Topics: CarmaSpence.com Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Related Travel: The Genre Traveler Cooking and Food: CarmasCookery.com Fiction, Poetry, and Random Thoughts: CarmaSpenceWriter.com History and Sociology of Science Fiction: YesterYearsFuture.com In addition, I co-host a science fiction film review video podcast with my husband at C2SciFi.com.