Today my short story of Memories of a Baby Boomer is FREE for Amazon Prime Members. Check out the lifestyle we lived in the 50s.......a totally different world than today's!!
Monday, May 28, 2012
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
ANNE ---- Now available @ Amazon
ANNE.....sequel to Serenia's Kanzas is now available in hardback on Amazon. The fierce wind, weather and ravages of the Indians, Kansas Lawmakers and New York Bankers work against the best efforts of Anne's family, but they prevail by bending with that wind and will amaze you with their sacrifices.
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Tuesday, May 1, 2012
ANNE...now available in Hardback
Dear Kathleen,
Congratulations for the publication of ANNE! Your book has now completed the production process and may be ordered by yourself and the public. It has been a honor to work with you throughout the production process and we look forward to a long and prosperous partnership.
Now the sequel to SERENIA'S KANZAS is available through Publish America @ http://www.publishamerica.net/product47487.html
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Jenny and Doug admit an attraction for one another.....
“Also, I am going to admit that I saw you working out this evening and am quite envious of your pace on your treadmill!” Jenny wondered if the wine was loosening her tongue.
“I’m flattered!” Doug admitted and blushed.
“I too noticed you earlier today exiting your Jag. Quite a figure you cut for a moving day…..I was impressed!” Doug told on himself.
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"Are you available?" Doug continued.
“Yes, it is no secret actually. I caught my husband with his assistant doing much more than architecture and divorced him six months ago. I have had several offers from old beaus for dates since then but have declined until I was situated in this new house. However, now you have beat them all to the punch, so to speak (and Jenny blushed), and I find I am quite enjoying being single again!” She finished with a wee giggle.
“Well, I am glad you are glad. When I saw you were moving in I too was glad. You see I have a special fondness for redheads ever since I was a child and fell in love with Maureen O’Hara in The Quiet Man. You see Mom is Irish and Scottish with a maiden name of O’Reilly and she loved any movie that featured Ireland or the Irish, so I saw Maureen O’Hara often and she imprinted as the ideal woman for me. And now I am making you blush again. I’m sorry, but I think I must be as outspoken as you are!” Doug laughed and so did Jenny.
Saturday, January 14, 2012
AT FIRST GLANCE.....a sneak peek inside the covers
Doug loaded scrambled eggs and three slices of bacon on his plate and also buttered some wheat toast. He had opened the curtain and the scene was of the Airbase and they could see the fighter planes taking off and landing with regularity with the sunrise to their left fading into deep oranges of the sky on the horizon and the ocean below. Texas A&M, Corpus Campus was to their right seemingly right on the beach. They both commented how that would have kept them from their books, for sure. They then compared backgrounds of military experiences in the family.
“My father fought in Viet Nam and I have always had a bad taste in my mouth for war since learning of what he had to go through when he returned. How about your Dad?”
“Yeah, he did too. He was in Intelligence though and never really was exposed to what many faced during that war. He was aware of it though. He said in College, afterwards, that several of his Professors were over there and one even broke down in class and cried when he was retelling part of his experience. “
…….“Are you meeting someone specific when you reach Tamaulipas?” Doug inquired.
“Ricardo is the name of my contact. Fred never gives last names, as I imagine they won’t know mine unless I tell them…and they won’t ask. I find that having red hair keeps most Latinos staring at my hair and other female parts and ignoring most of what I say, anyway.”
“Darlin’, it’s more than your hair that keeps all of the male population watching you. Though, as I told you, that was what first got my attention too. Your obvious intellect is what keeps us looking. It is unusual to confront a woman of your looks and find a mind too….quite unusual.” Doug ended smiling.
With Arms Wide Open....a look inside the pages at HPHS
When Mr. West told me there was a School Newspaper I knew I had to change my classes and immediately the next morning requested changing my courses to include The Bagpiper. This was to be the most fortunate thing I did to add a dear friend to my life who is still like a sister to me. I immediately went into my new classes and in the Bagpiper class I met Susanne Boyles my new best friend and Ron Keefover, also still a friend forever. I think that since we all enjoyed writing so much we formed a bond that will last into our next life. Ron still writes for a living as Education and Information Officer of the Office of Judicial Administration in Topeka, Kansas, and Susanne passed her writing ability on to her daughter Mary Sembera who just published Rennillia, a Romantic Thriller. Susanne was Editor of the 1st page, Ron the 2nd , Steve Workman had the Sports page and I was given Editorials and 4th page, which encompassed “Student Issues” and most of the ads. I was fortunate to get a Ray Beers ad of half a page secured for the next two years which helped us to know how much room was available for articles and that we were funded for the cost of printing the paper. I had several Series that were approved over the next several years until graduation including Potential Careers, in which I interviewed professionals in career fields around town giving the students insight into what could be their chosen profession. I also interviewed all the teachers and received testimony from them as to why they chose to teach and what else they might have done first (or second) as a career field.
The most fun we all had was in running down those elusive filler ads which seemed to take time every week for the whole semester…..at least we convinced our Instructor this was true. We three (Susanne, Ron and I) really bonded and when I got a full scholarship to both Washburn and Emporia State Teachers College. I chose Washburn just so I could be with my buddies Susanne, Ron and the rest of our crew from HPHS.
Susanne and I were fast friends and rarely did we do anything without consulting the other. Originally we had even planned to spend our junior summer in Estes Park working for the Federal Parks Department and then attend KU together. She was so beautiful that most guys ignored me when I was in her company but I loved her so much (and still do) that I really didn’t care. Besides, we never agreed on the same guys to date….our tastes were too different.
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Media Blitz Today for With Arms Wide Open
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PublishAmerica Presents With Arms Wide Open by Kathleen Boston McCune
Frederick, MD November 8, 2011 -- PublishAmerica is proud to present With Arms Wide Open: About Kathleen Boston McCune by Overland Park, Kansas author Kathleen Boston McCune.
“From the hot and arid wheat fields of Salina to the deserts of Arizona and the bayous of Baton Rouge, I spent my life to date exploring the challenges ever present in our America,” McCune said. “The eldest of six children, I accepted responsibilities early, relishing the results of a job well done. Learning too of the rich strains in our heritage inspired me to heights which might otherwise have felt too high to reach.
“Beginning my career as Deputy Treasurer for the State of Kansas was a political apex which encouraged me to continue in the field of budgets, investments and computerization at a time in America when these areas of management were and still are the integral part of whether we as a Leader in the World will continue in that coveted role or not.
“Perhaps in the reading and enjoyment of my life, those who are also pivotal in these roles or could be, might too take away the compulsion to keep the United States as the Leading Nation our forefathers and foremothers oftentimes gave their lives to achieve, if not for them, for us and our children and grandchildren……a Nation which not only is formed with the religions and nationalities of all Nations, but one which educates her children to the utmost of knowledge already history and the scientific possibilities of what may be learned in the future.”
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