Luminare Press

06/16/2025

The Third Time’s the Charm
Still Foolin' Around in Bed
by Brent L. Kendrick, Ph.D.

Finding Meaning in Life’s Small Moments
Whether you’re reading in bed, on a favorite chair, or anywhere your journey takes you, The Third Time’s the Charm: Still Foolin’ Around in Bed promises to entertain, uplift, and inspire. Settle in and let the journey begin.
In his third volume of delightfully thought-provoking essays, master storyteller Dr. Brent L. Kendrick invites readers into the most intimate spaces—both literal and metaphorical—of a life lived fully and authentically.
From the Appalachian coal camps of childhood to the deep connections forged with family, friends, and a loyal canine companion, these essays explore the complexities of joy and loss, solitude and connection, memory and reinvention with warmth, wit, and unflinching honesty. Stories of dust bunnies and online dating, gardening and global warming, grief, and the wonder of AI offer a window into the universal truths that shape our lives, reminding readers that their own “postage stamp” is as unique and rich as the soil it’s rooted in.

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06/15/2025

Is giving your book away for free a good idea? In most cases, yes!
We examine the benefits of Giveaways and some strategies around them in our latest post.

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Which Giveaways have you tried? Did they work?

06/12/2025

📣 “Everyone on Patricia's team has been an absolute pleasure to work with, and I would thoroughly recommend them, especially for new authors. Thank you so much for everything.”
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
–Edward McBride, author of “Redeemers”

Thank you for your kind words!

06/11/2025

Grape Explications
by Neal D. Hulkower

Entertaining, eclectic, and thought-provoking, Grape Explications reflects on the diversity of the wine world over time and across continents in a collection of articles and wine book reviews by an OG oenophile. Immerse yourself in Neal Hulkower’s quirky and sometimes controversial perspective on wine words, scores, spitting, and much more:
- Visit with wine personalities
- Meet globetrotting wine economists
- Take a quick look at Slow Wine
- Explore the burgeoning Willamette Valley with an insider
- Wine lovers, wine curious, and anyone who appreciates a good read will find something to savor.

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06/09/2025

The Second Mrs. London
Charmian Kittredge Shares Her Life with Jack London
by Marlo Faulkner

San Francisco, Spring of 1900: Charmian Kittredge is an ambitious woman of twenty-nine, single, and unafraid to challenge the conventions of polite society. Her life will be forever changed when she accompanies her literary editor aunt to a luncheon to meet a young writer, Jack London, fresh from the Klondike and ready for fame. They experience instant chemistry.
Jack is charmed to discover that Charmian’s intellect is as compelling as her beauty, and the attraction builds with each encounter, culminating in an invitation to a picnic date—one that Jack will break with the barest of notes announcing his marriage to another.
Yet social circles conspire to bring them back together, and the pair discover that time has done nothing to quell the attraction they feel. Charmian chooses to be in Jack’s life no matter the consequences—becoming his friend, confidante, editor, lover—and eventually The Second Mrs. London.

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06/08/2025

It's easy to get attached to your writing and resist the idea that editors are partners rather than judges in making your work better and closer to what you (and your readers) want it to be.

This interview with editors from Graywolf, Viking, and Riverhead reminds us what they do and why it’s important.

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You’ve probably heard the names Ernest Hemingway, Tom Wolfe, and F. Scott Fitzgerald. But do you know the name Max Perkins?

06/07/2025

Join author Neal D. Hulkower for his Oregon event.
On June 14, he'll sign books at the Wine Rose Estate in Dayton.
No registration needed.

06/06/2025

Friday's quote by Abraham Lincoln. Please, be my friend.

06/05/2025

Always, Tessie
by Doug Underwood

Set against the tensions of the Vietnam War era and the beauty of the Pacific Northwest, high school lovers Tessie Faber and Derek Hemphill become enmeshed in a 1960s version of a story that profoundly alters their lives. Together, they explore hidden childhood memories and find themselves up against a man’s world, where women are forced to deal with sexual trauma in a society that doesn’t acknowledge its seriousness. As Tessie reveals the subterranean parts of her life, Derek’s eyes are opened, and the two try to build their relationship upon empathy and equality—a kind of psychological Truth and Reconciliation for all genders. Inspired by Thomas Hardy’s Tess of the d’Urbervilles, Underwood’s Always, Tessie is a modern reflection of what women faced before the contemporary movement and the now repealed Roe versus Wade abortion ruling. It invites today’s readers to ponder what has and has not changed in the circumstances of abused and traumatized women and other marginalized groups throughout history.

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06/03/2025

S*x on the Beach
by Rebecca Marks

Dana Cohen, a retired NYPD detective, thought she left the chaos of New York behind when she traded the concrete jungle for the quiet shores of Cape Ann, Massachusetts. But when a brutal attack on a local jogger leads to the wrongful arrest of several Hispanic teens, Dana’s detective instincts are ignited. The town is quick to point fingers, but Dana knows something’s off.
With the help of her crack investigator, Itzy Itzkowitz, Dana begins to unravel a web of deceit that leads straight to the doorstep of one of Cape Ann’s most powerful families. But the stakes are higher than ever as the town rallies against the innocent teens.
In a race against time, Dana must navigate abuse, lies, prejudice, and the cold indifference of privilege to uncover the truth—before it’s too late. S*x on the Beach is a gripping tale of injustice, redemption, and one woman’s relentless pursuit of the truth in a world determined to keep it hidden.

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06/01/2025

Making your book available for free can be a good strategy, but be aware that when you don't pay for something, you also tend to attribute less value to it.
Running a free promo can be a good tactic, but it shouldn't be your only strategy.

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05/31/2025

Join our author Sara Shai for her book launch at the Blue Sky Chateau in Los Angeles.

No registration needed.