Dr. Kenneth MacLean, Ph.D., is a man
for all seasons: a dedicated educator, journalist, editor,
poet, soldier, essayist, and pioneer in the study of
microwave electronics and its potential impact to society.
Born in Berkeley, California, his Scotch and Irish parents
made their home in Seattle, Washington. After serving
in the armed forces in Korea, Dr. MacLean graduated
from the University of Washington with a B.A. in English
and began a three-year career as a newspaper reporter
and editor, and received his M.A. from the University
of Washington. He joined Central Washington University
Faculty and continued doctoral studies at Rutgers University,
receiving his doctorate from Indiana University of Pennsylvania
in 1984. During his tenure as a professor of American
Literature and Creative Writing at Seattle University,
Dr. MacLean conducted the University’s literary
magazine: Fragments. His literary works include critical
reviews, essays in literature, and two books of poetry:
The Long Way Home and Blue Heron’s Sky. He is
now retired as Emeritus Professor of English and lives
with his wife, Verna, in Seattle, Washington, near their
children and grandchildren. The Mind Keepers is a reflection
of Dr. MacLean’s adventurous spirit, study and
personal experiences.
Verna MacLean discovered Scotland
when she was five years old. It happened in her Sunday
School class when she picked up an old bible and found
maps of "The Known World," and The Holy
Land. The prettiest country was colored in buttercup
yellow, and since she had learned to read, she sounded
out the letters of this appealing country: S-c-o-t-l-a-n-d:
Scotland. It was many years before she was finally
able to visit Scotland, but once there she fell in
love with the country and its people.
As a consequence, an intended book about her children's
Scottish heritage (her husband's family was from the
Isle of Skye) quickly changed into something more
serious: she learned about the Highland Clearances,
a little known part of Scottish history, at least
in the United States. The suffering and despair of
the ordinary Highland folk is eloquently described
in the novel.
Verna MacLean was born and grew up in Washington State.
She graduated from the University of Washington and
later worked in its School of International Studies
for many years. She did much of her research at the
university's Suzzallo Library, adding her own primary
research in the land and its people.
Grandmaster Linick is one of the world's
leading experts on Karate and Okinawan weapons of self-defense.”
OFFICIAL KARATE MAGAZINE He has achieved the status of Hanshi—10th
Dan in Chinese-Okinawan Shorinji-Ryu Karate-Do, Kobujutsu
(Weaponry) and has distinguished rank in the Martial Arts
of Judo, JuJitsu and Aikijutsu. He is also contributing
editor for over a dozen major martial arts, travel, health
and fitness magazines.
Andrew
S. Linick, Ph.D.
is to mail order/direct marketing circles what Steven Spielberg
is to special effects film-making. Dr. Linick is known in
the trade as The Copyologist®, and is the world's highest
paid freelance copywriter in direct marketing because of his
consistently astounding success.
Starting in his spare time—with a kitchen table for
an "office"—he built an international mail
order publishing empire. Dr. Linick sold over $800 million
worth of products and services for himself and clients since
he founded his business in 1968. Among his many achievements,
he was inducted into the Copywriter's Council Hall of Fame
in 1987.
Today, Dr. Linick knows that anybody can find, write, print,
publish, market, advertise, promote, distribute and sell
books, cd’s, videos, dvd’s e-books, and information
products via measurable mail order, interactive direct response
advertising and targeted public relations placements on
a guaranteed basis.
He believes that capital, experience—even the product
are of secondary importance. Knowing how to promote, market
and sell—your product or service—is the most
important thing.
Dr. Linick attributes his vast expertise to mentors Joe
Pinkus and Joseph Cossman. Pinkus was featured in the November
1952 issue of Advertising Age in a breakthrough article
titled "Unique Mail Order Specialist Runs $42 Ad into
Million-Dollar Business," and Cossman wrote the 1963
classic best-seller, “ How I Made a Million Dollars
in Mail Order.”
In Robert W. Bly's blockbuster, Secrets of a Freelance
Writer: How to make $85,000 a Year, Dr. Linick is cited
as "…one of the most successful freelance mail-order
writers of all time." He is the only expert quoted
twice in Shane A. Hills' The Ten Wisest Sayings About
Copywriting. He was even featured in Advertising Age
‘s cartoon caption that read: "We need someone
with vision, creativity, and great marketing instincts .
. . someone like Andrew Linick."
Dr. Linick is listed in more than 22 Who's Who directories,
including Who's Who in: Consulting; Direct Marketing; World;
America; East; Finance and Business; Finance and Industry;
and The Martial Arts Elite.
Dr. Linick is the author-publisher of more than a dozen
books, 26 special reports and 450 magazine articles. He
has also been quoted in the two-volume bestseller More
Than You Ever Wanted To Know About Mail Order Advertising
by H.G. Lewis and Direct Marketing Association's Direct
Response Print Space Monograph Series.
Andrew
S. Linick, Ph.D.
is to mail order/direct marketing circles what Steven Spielberg
is to special effects film-making. Dr. Linick is known in
the trade as The Copyologist®, and is the world's highest
paid freelance copywriter in direct marketing because of his
consistently astounding success.
Starting in his spare time—with a kitchen table for
an "office"— he built an international mail
order publishing empire. Dr. Linick sold over $800 million
worth of products and services for himself and clients since
he founded his business in 1968. Among his many achievements,
he was inducted into the Copywriter's Council Hall of Fame
in 1987.
Today, Dr. Linick knows that anybody can find, write, print,
publish, market, advertise, promote, distribute and sell books,
cd’s, videos, dvd’s e-books, and information products
via measurable mail order, interactive direct response advertising
and targeted public relations placements on a guaranteed basis.
He believes that capital, experience—even the product
are of secondary importance. Knowing how to promote, market
and sell—your product or service—is the most important
thing.
Dr. Linick attributes his vast expertise to mentors Joe Pinkus
and Joseph Cossman. Pinkus was featured in the November 1952
issue of Advertising Age in a breakthrough article titled
"Unique Mail Order Specialist Runs $42 Ad into Million-Dollar
Business," and Cossman wrote the 1963 classic best-seller,
“ How I Made a Million Dollars in Mail Order.”
In Robert W. Bly's blockbuster, Secrets of a Freelance
Writer: How to make $85,000 a Year, Dr. Linick is cited
as "…one of the most successful freelance mail-order
writers of all time." He is the only expert quoted twice
in Shane A. Hills' The Ten Wisest Sayings About Copywriting.
He was even featured in Advertising Age ‘s cartoon caption
that read: "We need someone with vision, creativity,
and great marketing instincts . . . someone like Andrew Linick."
Dr. Linick is listed in more than 22 Who's Who directories,
including Who's Who in: Consulting; Direct Marketing; World;
America; East; Finance and Business; Finance and Industry;
and The Martial Arts Elite.
Dr. Linick is the author-publisher of more than a dozen books,
26 special reports and 450 magazine articles. He has also
been quoted in the two-volume bestseller More Than You
Ever Wanted To Know About Mail Order Advertising by H.G.
Lewis and Direct Marketing Association's Direct Response Print
Space Monograph Series.
Mr. Nolte
is an ordained minister and a graduate of Rhema Bible College.
He wrote and illustrated Shared Moments after seeing the book
in a dream; and with the hope that parents, extended family
members, and teachers will be brought closer to their children
through entertaining, quality moments shared around Bible
stories of Jesus and his times. Mr. Nolte conducted an in-depth
study of the Jewish traditions of Jesus’ era before
writing Shared Moments. Many historical and traditional elements
are found throughout his book.
Eryn Adams
wrote her first story at the age of six and first published
at age seventeen in a national journalistic magazine. As a
small child, she learned the navigation of the stars from
her father, an expert woodsman, who was concerned she might
be lost in a forest someday. A stargazer from an early age,
Eryn graduated with honors from Rogers State College and continued
writing fiction, poetry and advertising copy through her following
years as a Real Estate Management Specialist. She lives with
her family in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Hal Schweig has written a number of short stories, one
of which was published by the Ohio Journal, the
literary quarterly of Ohio State University, and
subsequently won the publication’s award as the best
prose published in the Journal that year. He lives in
the Chicago suburbs with his wife, Norma, and dog,
Charlie. The Strange Odyssey of Peter Sampson is his
first novel.
Andrew
S. Linick, Ph.D. 
Eryn Adams