Congratulations October First Place Winner! New Dawn: The Battle for Fallujah

Title: New Dawn: The Battle for Fallujah
Author: Richard Lowry
Trailer Creator: Savas Beatie LLC, David Van Dusen



Blurb:
Fallujah. Few names conjure up as many images of blood, sacrifice, and valor as does this ancient city in Al Anbar province forty miles west of Baghdad. This sprawling concrete jungle was the scene of two major U.S. combat operations in 2004. The first was Operation Vigilant Resolve, an aborted effort that April by U.S. Marines intent on punishing the city's insurgents. The second, Operation Phantom Fury, was launched seven months later. Richard Lowry's New Dawn: The Battles for Fallujah is the first comprehensive history of this fighting.

Also known as the Second Battle for Fallujah, Operation Phantom Fury was a protracted house-to-house and street-to-street combat that began on November 7 and continued unabated for seven bloody and exhausting weeks. It was the largest fight of Operation Iraqi Freedom and the heaviest urban combat since the Battle of Hue City, Vietnam in 1968. Death and redemption were found everywhere, from narrow streets to courtyards, kitchens, bedrooms, and rooftops. By the time the fighting ended, more than 1,400 insurgents were dead, compared to ninety-five Americans (and another 1,000 wounded).

Lowry (Marines in the Garden of Eden) spent years researching and writing his new campaign history. In addition to archival research, New Dawn is based upon the personal recollections of nearly 200 soldiers and Marines who participated in the battles for Fallujah, from the commanding generals who planned the operations to the privates who kicked in the doors. The result is a gripping, page-turning narrative of individual sacrifice and valor that also documents the battles for future military historians.

The struggle against a determined enemy at the crossroads of civilization is the story of American kids who grew up down the block from you only to fly halfway around the world to fight in the largest battle of the war. New Dawn is about their courage, their sacrifice, and their commitment to freedom. And it is a story you will never forget.

Congratulations October Second Place Winner! The Noricin Chronicles: Chronicle The First Part 1

Title: The Noricin Chronicles: Chronicle the First Part 1: The Lost Boy
Author: Mark Sheldon
Trailer Creator: Mark Sheldon



Blurb:
What if you found out you could do anything at all with just your mind?
What if you thought you were alone in the world only to find out that you are a part of something bigger than you ever imagined?
What if you found out that a madman wanted you dead?
What would YOU do?
Would you run and hide?
Or would you FIGHT?
Dan Regal is about to find out the answers to all of these questions
And more...

Congratulations OctoberThird Place Winner! Maybe Never Maybe Now

Title:  Maybe Never, Maybe Now
Author:  Kimberly Joy Peters
Trailer Creator:  Kimberly Joy Peters



Back cover blurb:
(ages 13 and up)  It's the start of eleventh grade, and Caitlyn is ready to forget the abusive relationship she was trapped in last year. Since breaking free of Tyler's grip, she has put up a wall to protect herself so she won't be hurt that way again. When an opportunity arises to go on an exchange trip to Quebec, Caitlyn wonders if this is her chance for a fresh start. But soon after her departure, old fears and insecurities start to creep back in, and she second-guesses herself at every turn. As she embarks on a new romance, a figure from her past tries to make amends. Can she find it within herself to trust again?

Maybe Never, Maybe Now is the sequel to Kimberly Joy Peters's award-winning novel, Painting Caitlyn, and is one of four linked titles that feature the intersecting stories of best friends, Caitlyn and Ashley.

Congratulations October 2010 YGR Videos Winners!

          CONGRATULATIONS TO THE

YOU GOTTA READ VIDEOS
OCTOBER 2010 WINNERS!

  First Place

Title: New Dawn: the Battle for Fallujah

Author:Richard Lowry

Trailer Creator: Savas Beatie LLC, David Van Dusen

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Second Place

Title: The Noricin Chronicles - Chronicle the First Part 1: The Lost Boy

Author: Mark Sheldon

Trailer Creator: Mark Sheldon

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Third Place 

Title:  Maybe Never, Maybe Now

Author:  Kimberly Joy Peters

Trailer Creator:  Kimberly Joy Peters

October 2010 YGR Video Best Trailer Voting Poll is Up!

Thank you everyone for your entries. The Voting Poll is now posted for October 2010 YGR Best Trailer! You can use the index on the right hand sidebar to view the videos or scroll down the page. Feel free to leave comments to encourage the authors and trailer creators. Tell your family and friends - Get out and vote! Voting will close 11:00pm Central October 26.

Winners will be announced October 27th, and the 3rd place winner featured on the 28th, 2nd place on the 29th and 1st place on the 30th.

SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW FULL FOR NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER. SUBMISSIONS ARE BEING ACCEPTED FOR JANUARY 2011!! Remember that we schedule postings by receipt date.

Please follow instructions in the sidebar by including in your submission:
Title:
Author:
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You Tube link, Embedded code or link to the trailer where embedded code can be obtained.
Blurb

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Now go get out the votes!

October 2010 Entry #20 Fine Print

Title: Fine Print
Author: Alanna Coca
Trailer Creator: Alanna Coca



Blurb:
Three years ago, Kara Sorrento’s husband died in the line of duty. The fact that they never started a family is the one thing that she can’t lay to rest. Knowing that she could never love again, Kara decides to conceive a child in a more…non-traditional way. All she needs now is the ideal DNA, and she’s found it in Derek Martinez. Physically he’s a perfect specimen, with dark features so much like her late husband’s. Then Derek suggests changes to the insemination contract, and he threatens to disrupt not only her plan, but Kara’s entire highly structured and ultra-organized world. She would be required to let down her guard and join the living, no matter how vulnerable that would make her. She can do it, she’s a strong woman. It shouldn’t be that hard to resist Derek’s charms. She’d just have to think with her head, and not her heart. When ghosts of Kara’s past surface, Kara isn’t sure that she can trust her heart anyway.

October 2010 Entry #19 Zellia's Blade

Title: Zellia's Blade
Author: Kitty DuCane
Creator: Kitty DuCane



Blurb:
Dr. Zellia Calderon journeys across Colombia to find the lab and the answers that have plagued her for six years. Her only problem is trying to lose the handsome man called Blade who insists on tagging along. He’s too sexy, too male, and too hot for her. He makes her burn with a passion that she’s never known.
Blade’s wolf recognizes Zellia as his mate and knows that she has a secret that she won’t share with him. But with two attempts on her life, he’s determined to keep her safe and hopes she learns to trust him. The only thing harder than keeping his mate alive is keeping his hands off her.
But when Zellia is kidnapped, will Blade reach his mate in time to save her life and the secret that she’s waited six years to find?

October 2010 Entry #18 Owned by Rome

Title: "Owned By Rome"
Author: Katalina Leon
Trailer creator: Mr. Leon aka "The Jackman"



Blurb
On the edge of the Roman Empire, Queen Boudica’s rebellion has ended and a time of great tragedy has passed.
Atellus, a Roman magistrate living on the western frontier of Gaul discovers he’s no longer sympathetic to Rome and must now question every facet of his life.
A cunning Celtic woman with golden-red hair arrives in the slave markets defiant and angry-a danger to anyone foolish enough to purchase her. As punishment for her willful destruction of Roman property she is to be offered as a sexual favor to guests at a lavish feast and put to death for their entertainment.
For Atellus it’s love at first sight. He rescues Rutila and takes ownership of her. Together they embark on an erotic and turbulent journey through a lonely Celtic forest. He soon discovers his beautiful slave is harboring a painful secret and must never again speak her true name. Suspicions rise that she is Celtic royalty and the last of her kind.
In the heart of the forest, two strong-willed lovers clash, fall in love and catch a glimpse of what the future can be if both can learn to trust and forgive.

October 2010 Entry #17 Runes

Title: RUNES
Author: Em Petrova
Creator: Em Petrova



Blurb:
When immortals Will and Evangeline are thrown together by a phenomenon known as The Calling, they share their blood and bodies, entwining their minds and souls. But Evangeline has been yanked from the arms of her mortal love, Sean, and the echo of his touch never leaves her. Will and Sean make a pact to share the woman they love and find new desires arising in the arms of each other.

October 2010 Entry #16 Louisiana Hot Sauce

Title: Louisiana Hot Sauce
Author: Mickie Sherwood
Trailer Creator: Mickie Sherwood – Keyhole Productions



Blurb:
Reclusive Mesha Rayburn's safe haven disintegrated when athletic Jack Connolly raced into her life. He was like an uninvited guest to her pity party. Yet, his brashness stoked her dormant emotions and injected spunk into her veins with every bated word. And—calling the cinnamon-skinned Black woman "biggety" didn't help matters.

Mechanic Jack Connolly thought the trip down South to patch up and retrieve the bullet-ridden helicopter would be a pain. He never imagined the rhetoric becoming reality. But, thanks to Mesha's panicked outcry, it had. The pain radiating in his palm bothered him less than the one in his rear. Bold and beautiful, he had to know why she hid out in the boonies. As her transient tenant, he intended to find out at the risk of feeling the sting of her Louisiana Hot Sauce temper.

October 2010 Entry #15 When Ties Break

Title: When Ties Break, A Memoir about How to Thrive After Loss
Author: Margaret Norton
Trailer Creator:



Blurb:
"The day of my father's funeral, my brother expelled me from the family as my other family members stood by and did nothing. He was right about one thing. I had made some bad choices for which I would pay dearly.

Divorce, abuse, abortion, excommunication, chronic illness, homelessness, death, bankruptcy, sibling rivalry, adultery, single parenthood, drug addiction, low self-esteem, depression—some people suffer from one or several of these in their life; others deal with them daily. What makes the story in When Ties Break different, exceptional, and inspirational is that the author has lived through each one of these challenging, sometimes terrifying problems. Through God's help and her own courage and perseverance, Margaret not only thrived after loss but came out on top with a new energy, a renewed spirit, and a sense of worth."

October 2010 Entry #14 Valley Thunder: The Battle of New Market

Title: Valley Thunder: The Battle of New Market
Author: Charles R. Knight
Trailer Creator: Savas Beatie, LLC David Van Dusen



Blurb:
Charles R. Knight's Valley Thunder is the first full-length account in more than three decades to examine the combat at New Market on May 15, 1864-the battle that opened the pivotal 1864 Shenandoah Valley Campaign.

October 2010 Entry #13 New Dawn: The Battle for Fallujah

Title: New Dawn: The Battle for Fallujah
Author: Richard Lowry
Trailer Creator: Savas Beatie LLC, David Van Dusen



Blurb:
Fallujah. Few names conjure up as many images of blood, sacrifice, and valor as does this ancient city in Al Anbar province forty miles west of Baghdad. This sprawling concrete jungle was the scene of two major U.S. combat operations in 2004. The first was Operation Vigilant Resolve, an aborted effort that April by U.S. Marines intent on punishing the city's insurgents. The second, Operation Phantom Fury, was launched seven months later. Richard Lowry's New Dawn: The Battles for Fallujah is the first comprehensive history of this fighting.

Also known as the Second Battle for Fallujah, Operation Phantom Fury was a protracted house-to-house and street-to-street combat that began on November 7 and continued unabated for seven bloody and exhausting weeks. It was the largest fight of Operation Iraqi Freedom and the heaviest urban combat since the Battle of Hue City, Vietnam in 1968. Death and redemption were found everywhere, from narrow streets to courtyards, kitchens, bedrooms, and rooftops. By the time the fighting ended, more than 1,400 insurgents were dead, compared to ninety-five Americans (and another 1,000 wounded).

Lowry (Marines in the Garden of Eden) spent years researching and writing his new campaign history. In addition to archival research, New Dawn is based upon the personal recollections of nearly 200 soldiers and Marines who participated in the battles for Fallujah, from the commanding generals who planned the operations to the privates who kicked in the doors. The result is a gripping, page-turning narrative of individual sacrifice and valor that also documents the battles for future military historians.

The struggle against a determined enemy at the crossroads of civilization is the story of American kids who grew up down the block from you only to fly halfway around the world to fight in the largest battle of the war. New Dawn is about their courage, their sacrifice, and their commitment to freedom. And it is a story you will never forget.

October 2010 Entry #12 Blood Lily

Title: Blood Lily
Author: Mason Cranswick
Trailer Creator: Walter Krogh



Blurb:
“Scott is facing bankruptcy amid the turmoil that grips the financial markets of 2008. He is saved when money is transferred to his account from an unexpected source. We flash back to war-torn 1970's Rhodesia where Scott is growing up as a privileged white boy alongside his best friend, Simba, a black boy, on his parents' farm...

A sweeping tale of naivety, treachery, war and genocide, of love and friendship... and ultimately of hope and regeneration.”

October 2010 Entry #11 Shortcomings

Title: Shortcomings
Author: Ginger Simpson
Trailer Creator: Ginger Simpson



Blurb:
Our shortcomings don't define who we are, unless we let them. Cindy Johnson needs to learn that. Born with one leg shorter than the other, she has no self-esteem because of the cruel comments and cold stares she receives from her classmates. When Cory Neil, the football quarterback asks her to Homecoming, she's quite sure he's asked her on a dare and refuses. It takes more than just her mother's assurances that Cindy's beautiful before she realizes she may have made a mistake in turning him down.

October 2010 Entry #10 The Texan's Irish Bride

Title: THE TEXAN'S IRISH BRIDE

Author: Caroline Clemmons

Video Creator: Stephanie Suesan Smith

Blurb:

Cenora Rose O’Neill knows her father somehow arranged the trap for Dallas, but she agrees to wed handsome stranger. She’d do anything to protect her family, and she wants to save herself from the bully Tom Williams. A fine settled man like Dallas will rid himself of her soon enough, but at least she and her family will be safely away from Tom Williams.

Texas rancher Dallas McClintock has no plans to wed for several years. Right now, he’s trying to establish himself as a successful horse breeder. Severely wounded rescuing Cenora from kidnappers, Dallas is taken to her family’s wagon to be tended. He is trapped into marrying Cenora, but he is not a man who goes back on his word. His wife has a silly superstition for everything, but passion-filled nights with her make up for everything—even when her eccentric family drives him to distraction.

October 2010 Entry #8 The Bible, Genesis & Geology

Title: The Bible, Genesis & Geology
Author: Gaines R. Johnson
Trailer Creator: Gaines Johnson



Blurb:
"Does a time gap exist between the first two verses of Genesis? In this book you will learn about a controversial, lesser known literal interpretation of the Genesis narrative that does not contradict the scientific evidence for an Old Earth. Commonly called the "Gap Theory" or Ruin-Reconstruction interpretation, it is a theological interpretation much older than Darwin's Theory of Evolution. It is based on the Scriptural fact that in the second verse of Genesis, the Holy Bible simply and clearly states that the planet Earth was already here (but in a ruined state) before the creative process of the seven days even begins. The Bible itself provides insight into a great mystery in Earth's natural history at what is known as the Pleistocene - Holocene boundary. Science remains at a loss to definitively explain the Ice Age and the anomaly of the mysterious mega fauna extinctions across the face of the Earth about 12,000 to 10,000 Radio Carbon years ago. Geologic evidence from that period indicates extraordinary global massive volcanism, gigantic tidal waves, seismic activity on a vast scale, and extreme temperature swings on the Earth over a geologically brief period of time. It is no coincidence that the Bible at Genesis 1:2 describes the Earth as flooded, desolate, and in darkness in the time frame closely corresponding to these catastrophic events in the Earth's natural history. Clearly, these two mysteries are linked. The Earth has an ancient natural history that can be deciphered from the geologic record, but it also has an equally important ancient spiritual history that can only be deciphered from Rightly-Dividing the Holy Bible. Knowledge of both is required to correctly reconcile Geology and the Book of Genesis."

October 2010 Entry #7 Sellout

Title: Sellout
Author: James W. lewis
Trailer Creator: Multivision Productions



Blurb:
Check out a scene from the summers hottest book, SELLOUT by James W. Lewis, about what happens when a black woman, black man, and white woman find themselves helplessly attracted to someone from another race. Now available on Amazon.com, BN.com, smashwords.com, and goodreads.com!

October 2010 Entry #6 Pandora's Hope

Title: Pandora's Hope
Author: Lisa Lane
Video designer: Lisa Lane

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Blurb:
Captain Nora Bradley, her fiancé and First Officer Robert Smith, and crew have developed quite the reputation: their current tactical officer is an astral clone of the one they started with; a race of shape-shifting aliens currently travels the stars as an impostor of "Pandora's Hope"; and everyone is still recovering from the embarrassing and life-changing ship-wide orgy caused by their bout with the "space flu." Worst of all, though, is that the more Nora tries to plan their wedding, the more Robert gets cold feet....

Now that the ship is back on mission, with a glorified babysitter from Space-Corp on its way, it seems that the ship-wide fun might be forced to an end - but first impressions always prove wrong on Pandora's Hope, and the new addition to their crew, "Quality Control Officer" Patrice Jocar, might have more in common with her new peers than they think. In this second installment of the Lust in Space series, the crew of Pandora's Hope explores more exotic intergalactic regions, picking up the most unlikely of refugees and encountering new alien species - while their wild and sexy antics continue.

Will Nora and Robert's relationship survive another excursion into deep space, or will the experience tear them apart for good?

October 2010 Entry #5 Take the Monkeys and Run

Title: Take the Monkeys and Run
Author: Karen Cantwell
Creator: Ethan Cantwell



Blurb:
Film lover Barbara Marr is a typical suburban mom living the typical suburban life in her sleepy little town of Rustic Woods, Virginia. Typical, that is until she sets out to find the missing link between a bizarre monkey sighting in her yard and the bone chilling middle-of-the-night fright fest at the strangely vacant house next door. When Barb talks her two friends into some seemingly innocent Charlie’s Angels-like sleuthing, they stumble upon way more than they bargained for and uncover a piece of neighborhood history that certain people would kill to keep on the cutting room floor.

Enter sexy PI Colt Baron, Barb’s ex-boyfriend who would love to be cast as new leading man, filling the role just vacated by her recently estranged husband, Howard. When Colt flies in from out of town to help Barb, events careen out of control and suddenly this mini-van driving mother of three becomes a major player in a treacherous and potentially deadly FBI undercover operation. It’s up to her now. With little time to spare, she and she alone, must summon the inner strength necessary to become a true action heroine and save the lives of those she loves. The question is can she get them out alive before the credits roll?

October 2010 Entry #4 Maybe Never, Maybe Now

Title:  Maybe Never, Maybe Now
Author:  Kimberly Joy Peters
Trailer Creator:  Kimberly Joy Peters



Back cover blurb:
(ages 13 and up)  It's the start of eleventh grade, and Caitlyn is ready to forget the abusive relationship she was trapped in last year. Since breaking free of Tyler's grip, she has put up a wall to protect herself so she won't be hurt that way again. When an opportunity arises to go on an exchange trip to Quebec, Caitlyn wonders if this is her chance for a fresh start. But soon after her departure, old fears and insecurities start to creep back in, and she second-guesses herself at every turn. As she embarks on a new romance, a figure from her past tries to make amends. Can she find it within herself to trust again?

Maybe Never, Maybe Now is the sequel to Kimberly Joy Peters's award-winning novel, Painting Caitlyn, and is one of four linked titles that feature the intersecting stories of best friends, Caitlyn and Ashley.

October 2010 Entry #3 Malevolent Dead

Title: Malevolent Dead

Author: Heather Kuehl

Trailer Creator: Heather Kuehl

Blurb:

Werewolf Sarah Vargas thought all she had to worry about was the Blood Moon Corporation's retaliation. She never dreamed that another vampire would arrive, disputing Damian’s claim over the throne to Charleston, SC. To make matters worse, he is no ordinary vamp; he’s a vampire necromancer. He’s exceptionally hard to kill and Sarah is going to have to do whatever she can to keep those that she loves safe...

Even if it means doing the unthinkable.

October 2010 Entry #2 In His Love

Title: In His Love
Author: Deborah Brodie
Trailer Creator: Jeffery Patrick Photography



Blurb:
In His Love, is an exciting romance/drama unveiling the journey of a woman's pursuit of her calling, her dream, and the love of her life. In her second book, author Deborah Brodie unveils the struggle of relationship versus religion. Follow Sarah's journey as she contends with religion, surrenders her fear, and pursues love. Will she ever be able to fully believe In His Love?

October 2010 Entry #1 The Noricin Chronicles: Chronicle the First Part 1

Title: The Noricin Chronicles: Chronicle the First Part 1: The Lost Boy
Author: Mark Sheldon
Trailer Creator: Mark Sheldon



Blurb:
What if you found out you could do anything at all with just your mind?
What if you thought you were alone in the world only to find out that you are a part of something bigger than you ever imagined?
What if you found out that a madman wanted you dead?
What would YOU do?
Would you run and hide?
Or would you FIGHT?
Dan Regal is about to find out the answers to all of these questions
And more...