Love's Illusions: A romantic beach read for the bifocal set (Life, Love, and Bifocals) (Volume 2)
Jan (Liv) penned a weekly Op-Ed column “I Wonder…” on the editorial page of The Weston Forum, Weston, CT, 1995 - 1998. (“Still wondering…” is on www.jananestis.com) Jan also authored “Laughter Therapy” in 2004 for Bountiful Health, a magazine briefly available in health food stores in Tennessee, and her first novel, a forty-something romantic beach read, BLUE LIGHT SPECIAL was published in 2013. Jan’s brain is always imagining stories and she treasured the challenge of weaving the characters’ stories together for MIND OVER MIRROR and LOVE’S ILLUSIONS. Wandaleen Cole (Guen) is a retired corporate lawyer who practiced for over thirty years. Her creative talents were spent writing pleadings, briefs, contracts, software licenses, opinions and instruction manuals. Stepping into Guen's shoes was a pleasant and relaxing experience for her, a relief from years of convincing, protecting, securing, opining and instructing. Wanda also hosted a local television program for several years that invited the audience to ask questions related to the law. MIND OVER MIRROR and LOVE’S ILLUSIONS are her first novels. Jack Hailey (Rich) is a policy analyst in health and human services in California. He wrote "Teaching Writing, K-8," for U.C. Berkeley, distributed by the National Council of Teachers of English, and he was for many years a teacher-consultant for the Bay Area Writing Project. Jack spends weekends at his sweetie's gallery, talking to people about how art feeds the soul. MIND OVER MIRROR and LOVE’S ILLUSIONS are his first novels. Bill McDonald (Scotty) has published one non-fiction book and numerous articles of historical research plus several devotional works. He lectures on the topics of racism, religion, and other simmering realities. McDonald spoke at the Kentucky Governor’s Inauguration in 2007 and 2011. From 1983-2008 Bill penned a weekly faith and humor column, Out of My Mind, often stolen by or quoted in other newsletters and columns. For 19 years McDonald has managed and played bass for a classic rock band. MIND OVER MIRROR and LOVE’S ILLUSIONS are his first novels. Jo Ann Walther (Mary Alice, aka, Malice or M) spent thirty-five years teaching secondary English in Cambridge, Massachusetts, writing recommendations for many of her more than three thousand students and three dozen student teachers. She is currently working on a memoir, "November in My Soul," a cautionary tale for her grandchildren. MIND OVER MIRROR and LOVE’S ILLUSIONS are her first novels.