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  Animal Communication Talk: Dogs Say the Darndest Things: Are You Listening? You CAN Hear Your Dog!

Saturday, April 3, 2 pm: Popular Sedona animal communicator, Maia Kincaid, returns to The Well Red Coyote to discuss her new book, DOGS SAY THE DARNDEST THINGS: ARE YOU LISTENING? AN ANIMAL COMMUNICATOR DIALOGS WITH DOGS.

Have you ever wondered what your dog might say to us if you were to listen?

When author Maia Kincaid, Ph.D. paused for a few moments to listen years ago she was amazed to hear the voices of the animals around her, and she naturally began a new career based on the gift she discovered.

In her new book, DOGS SAY THE DARNDEST THINGS: ARE YOU LISTENING?, she shares the most fascinating conversations with dogs and insight into the awakening of your own natural listening abilities. It is her belief that all humans possess the gift she has discovered, and her mission to help fellow humans become aware of their ability to hear their dogs and to converse with all the life around them. Join Maia, as she offers practical guidance to enhance your own listening skills.

Through her many years specializing in animal communication, Maia has gathered fascinating dialogues shared for the very first time in her new books available at The Well Red Coyote Bookstore: BEING HUMAN AND LOVING LIFE, LEARNING TO LOVE: FROM THE WISE COUNSEL OF PLANTS, ANIMALS, INSECTS AND THE EARTH and THE JOY OF BEING HUMAN.
 
       

Spirituality Talk: Can You Go Beyond Religion In Your Own Personal Way?

Friday, April 9, 7 pm: As more people find themselves questioning or actually leaving religions of their youth and adult life, Barbara Mayer, author of BEYOND RELIGION, provides answers and guidance for moving ahead on one’s own more personal spiritual path – either still within institutionalized religion or beyond any singular religious belief.

In this lively talk, Barbara will address the reasons why so many people are leaving organized religions, and she'll explain concepts such as the Bifurcation Point, which she believes has led the human species to a Point of No Return in religion as well as in today’s society. She'll also present various religion’s concept of “God” and newer ways to look at the life and meaning of Jesus. She'll also mention the spiritual beliefs of eastern religions beyond the Judeo-Christian culture and offer ways an individual can move ahead to a fuller and more meaningful life, either still within – or beyond – any particular religious belief system.

In BEYOND RELIGION, in a reader-friendly style, former nun Barbara Mayer offers hope and meaning for moving beyond patriarchal religious dictates. Topics include the current rise of feminine spiritual energy, understanding one’s religious roots, new perspectives on the historical Jesus and the Christ Mind, greater understanding of world religions, the Quantum Factor and non-linear thought, as well as meditation, healing and wholeness. With rising consciousness demanding more answers in today’s chaotic world, this book offers clear ideas for attaining a more meaningful life. BEYOND RELIGION is the perfect guide for those ready to move beyond blind faith and religion by rote.

From her early days as a singing nun, through years has a teacher, then editor of a Midwestern newspaper, Barbara Mayer has followed a lifelong spiritual path. After thirteen years in the convent, she has remained dedicated to finding truth beyond teachings of patriarchal hierarchies and self-styled religious pundits. Considering many universal beliefs of world religions and rising consciousness in today’s Axial Age, she promotes personal encounter with the God Source. Barbara Mayer is a spiritual facilitator, meditation guide, Reiki Master and poet.

  
   
 
  Book Launch Party & Special 2-hour Characterization Workshop w/exercises

Book Launch Party & Reader Signing: 1:00 pm
Workshop: 2 pm

Saturday, April 10, 2 pm: WRC co-owner, Kris Neri, will debut the third adventure in her multi-award-nominated Tracy Eaton mystery series, REVENGE FOR OLD TIMES' SAKE, at a special 2-hour characterization workshop. Kris will share her techniques for finding the core of a character and building from the inside-out, to create memorable characters that live off the page, and which make readers demand new books featuring those characters.

Her well-received exercise will help writers delve into unexpected parts of her characters' psyches. Kris has added to her profile, for those who have done it before. For more advanced writers, she will provide insights into taking characterizations further.

Kris Neri is the author of the Lefty Award-nominated HIGH CRIMES ON THE MAGICAL PLANE, an urban fantasy, NEVER SAY DIE, a standalone thriller, as well as the Agatha, Anthony, Macavity Award-nominated Tracy Eaton mysteries, REVENGE OF THE GYPSY QUEEN, DEM BONES' REVENGE and her latest, REVENGE FOR OLD TIMES' SAKE. She has published some sixty short stories, and is a two-time Derringer Award winner and a two-time Pushcart Prize nominee for her short fiction. Some of her stories have been compiled into a collection, THE ROSE IN THE SNOW.

A popular Sedona writing instructor and freelance editor, Kris also teaches writing online for the prestigious Writers' Program of the UCLA Extension School, and is one of its highest rated instructors.

Kris's highly-popular workshops tend to be SRO. Come early to get a seat. 		 
       
     
       
     
 
       
 
 

WRC 5th Anniversary Event: 10% discount on all books on Saturday, April 17 in honor of our 5th Anniversary!

One Book Arizona Read: Arizonans have voted and chosen the one book they want to read in 2010! Let's discuss and celebrate it!

NOTE UNUSUAL STARTING TIME - TO ACCOMODATE JANA'S SCHEDULE, WE'LL BE STARTING THIS PROGRAM AT 3 PM

Saturday, April 17, 3 pm : Join Arizona author, Jana Bommersbach as she shares insights into her true crime book, the One Book Arizona Read for 2010, THE TRUNK MURDERESS: WINNIE RUTH JUDD.

If history is right, a 26 year-old beauty named Winnie Ruth Judd murdered her two best girlfriends one hot Phoenix night in 1931. Then she hacked up their bodies, stuffed the pieces into a trunk, and took them by train to Los Angeles as her baggage. If history is right, she was sentenced to die but “cheated the gallows” by acting insane. She spent nearly 40 years in Arizona's insane asylum-flummoxing officials by escaping six times. If history is right, she only got her freedom at age 66-after serving more time than any other convicted murderer in the history of the nation -- because Arizona was finally tired of punishing her. But if history is wrong, Winnie Ruth Judd's life was squandered in a horrible miscarriage of justice.

Award-winning journalist Jana Bommersbach reinvestigates the twisted, bizarre murder case that has captivated the nation for decades. She not only uncovers evidence long hidden, but gets Winnie Ruth Judd to break her life-long silence and finally speak.

In telling the story of this American crime legend, Bommersbach also tells the story of Phoenix, Arizona-a backwater town that would become a major American city-and the story of a unique moment in American history filled with social taboos. But most of all, she tells the story of a woman with the courage to survive.

Jana Bommersbach is one of Arizona's most respected and acclaimed journalists. She has earned numerous national, state and regional awards, including the prestigious Don Bolles Award for investigative reporting for the newspaper series on Winnie Ruth Judd that led to this book. She is always a popular speaker in Sedona, so come early for a good seat. .