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Welcome to the September issue of Attitudes at Altitude …
From the Founder …
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Tick ... Tick ... TOCK!
Next week ... it’s all happening ... our Biennial Gala, where a dozen amazing authors are celebrated.
✔ Our Emcee, Dom Testa is ready. ✔ Our Photographer, Ashlee Bratton is ready. ✔ Our Inductees are ready.
✔ Our hotel site, the Doubletree Hilton Denver, is ready.
✔ The Program booklets created by Rebecca Finkel are ready.
✔ The Silent Auction is ready.
✔ Barnes & Noble is ready.
✔ The Hall’s Board is ready.
✔ We are ready ... the question is ... are you?
Whew ... so much thinking, planning, and doing to deliver over 3 ½ hours or Monday evening, September 11th. Finally, we are comfortable in saying that we will be out on time. Love it!
And ... why not get your seat now for the Induction Gala? ... September 11th is the big night for the 3rd Induction Gala for the Colorado Authors Hall of Fame. You can register up to September 4th if you want to eat!
We are honored that Denver’s Mayor Mike Johnston and Aurora’s Mayor Mike Coffman are proclaiming that Monday, September 11 2023 is Colorado Authors Hall of Fame
Day.
This month’s featured authors are Robert Heinlein and Dom Testa. Dom shares his review and recommendation for a path to create new habits that are stackable.
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Onward … Don’t miss out on September's Friday Author Happy Hour with Kevin J Anderson. He’s a 2021 Hall Inductee. Writing in fiction and nonfiction genres, Kevin is a STAR in Fantasy and SciFi writing worlds. It would be an hour not to miss ... or forget. Join us for a breadth of insights on writing and the persistence of being an author—Kevin was
rejected 750 times!
Each month, one of our Inductees is featured on the second Friday of the month. What they are currently working on in their writing ... and life.
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It's the Hall’s gift to anyone who supports authors and books. Be part of it. You will have the opportunity to ask the featured author questions. Answers are sometimes surprising, as past Inductees have revealed.
A separate email will go out with registration to attend. All sessions will be recorded, with replays emailed to those who were registered. Hold the date on your calendar: Friday, September 8th, with Kevin and me at 5:00 P.M. Mountain Time.
It’s free ...
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Attitudes at Altitude’s promises to our readers…
We celebrate the outstanding authors inducted into the Colorado Authors’ Hall of Fame. They are the first in the United States with a connection to Colorado to have been honored as published authors highlighting the impact and breadth of their work.
The next Induction will be on September 11, 2023. Put the date on your
calendar. The venue is the DoubleTree Hilton Denver Tech Center in Greenwood Village.
• Each month, past Inductees are featured with their backgrounds and latest books.
• One of our past Inductees will offer their sage advice on "how they do it"—whatever "it" is.
• You will be the first to hear about planned Hall Events. Meet a favorite author ... or a new one that has delivered mega hours of reading enjoyment ... one that has made an impact on society or their field.
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Celebrate the New Hall Inductees
on Monday, September
11th
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The Inductees are thrilled to be part of the upcoming third Induction of the Authors Hall of Fame. Their information has been forwarded for the website and the Gala brochure.
Are you ready to meet them? To hear their stories as they speak at the September 11th event? To celebrate them at the Induction?
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September 4th is the last day to select your dinner option. What will it be—salmon, chicken, or vegetarian? Dessert is a flourless chocolate cake or cheesecake with berry sauce.
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Why not grab your ticket now … or host a table with book lover friends at the Induction Gala? Tables can fill eight book lovers and hungry eaters.
The location is the DoubleTree by Hilton Denver Tech in Greenwood Village.
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September 8th at 5:00 P.M. MT
Meet and Learn from
Author Kevin J. Anderson
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Join bestselling Colorado Authors Hall of Fame Inductee Kevin J. Anderson as he takes center stage and reveals his journey to becoming an author ... oh, the places he has been ... and will go.
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Who is Kevin J. Anderson?
✔ He pulls your imagination in and writes fiction and nonfiction.
✔ He has written spin-off novels for Star Wars, StarCraft, Titan A.E. and The X-Files, and with Brian Herbert, is the co-author of the Dune prequel series.
✔ He holds the Guinness World Record for the "Largest Single Author Signing”
event.
✔ He is the director of the graduate program in Publishing at Western Colorado
University.
✔ He has published more than 175 books, 58 of which have been national or international bestsellers.
✔ He was inducted into the Colorado Authors Hall of Fame
in 2021.
It's a great author stop and awe time with the Inductees of the Colorado Authors Hall of Fame. All sessions will be recorded, and registrants will receive the replay ... and they are FREE.
Listen in. Join in the conversation. Have fun. Ask Kevin your questions.
Author Happy Talk is live the second Friday of each month and features one of the Colorado Authors Hall of Fame Inductees. Next month, on September 8th, Patricia Raybon is featured.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email. On Friday, you will get a reminder and Zoom link.
Kevin and I look forward to our hour with you.
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Judith Briles,
Founder of the Colorado Authors Hall of Fame
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Dom Testa
is an author, speakers and broadcaster. For twenty-five years, he has captained the morning radio show The Dom and Jeremy Show on Denver’s Mix 100, a four-time winner for Best Morning Radio Show, presented by the Colorado Broadcasters Association.
Dom is also a well-known, award-winning author of both fiction and non-fiction who writes within multiple genres. Among his sixteen published books are the Galahad Series of young adult books (Tor/Macmillan), which won the International Grand Prize from Writer’s Digest and claimed a Top Shelf selection from The American Library Association.
His Mindbender Books have reached #1 on The Denver Post’s bestseller list, and the Color of Your Dreams was written for anyone who has longed to see their name on a book cover and his new Eric Swan spy thriller series debuts in 2020.
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July 7, 1907 – May 8, 1988Calling Colorado Springs home in 1949, Robert Heinlein’s personally designed house was featured in Popular Mechanics. Often called the "dean of science fiction writers," he was among the first to emphasize scientific accuracy in his fiction and became a pioneer of the subgenre of hard science fiction. He was an American science-fiction author, aeronautical engineer, and Naval officer, creating 32 published novels, 59 short stories, and 16 collections during his life. Four films, two television series, several episodes of a radio series, and a board game have been derived directly from his work. Heinlein edited an anthology of other writers' Science Fiction short stories.
WWII, the atomic bombings in Japan, and the Cold War galvanized Heinlein's determination to
make a difference with his writing. He published four influential short stories for The Saturday Evening Post magazine, including The Green Hills of Earth, which made him the first science fiction writer to break out of the "pulp ghetto." In 1950, the movie Destination Moon—the documentary-like film for which he had written the story and scenario, co-written the script, and invented many of the effects—won an Academy Award for special effects. Understanding that the YA market devoured fantasy and sci-fi, he embarked on a series of juvenile novels for the Charles Scribner's Sons publishing company that went from 1947 through 1959, at the rate of one book each autumn, in time for Christmas presents to teenagers.
Books of note: Stranger in a Strange Land, The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress, Starship Troopers
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Dom Testa’s Book Club Pick
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By Charles Duhigg, it was originally published in 2012 and has earned over 37,000 ratings on Amazon.
It’s not unusual for people to pick up self-help books at the beginning of a year, anxious to begin some new routines to get their life on track.
Well, why wait for January? Here’s the kind of book that can help you right now.
Charles Duhigg, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who once worked for The New York Times, researched the fascinating world of habits. He found the science behind the way we do things and wrote a terrific book that has helped to change the lives of thousands of people.
Basically, the idea is to achieve success in life by examining the patterns that shape our lives. One little change here and another there can often be the starting point that alters your future for the better.
I’m not a fan of traditional “self-help” books, which often seem like mindless cheerleading to me. But this book taps into the science that I enjoy so much and makes it much more accessible, I think, for people to actually embrace.
Looking to make some changes in your life?
This could be the catalyst.
Dom Testa does short and insightful reviews – both fiction and nonfiction. You can find them on his website, www.DomTesta.com
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The Hall is honored to have a breadth of dedication and support from men and women who are supportive of the power of the written word and Hall’s mission. You
can find information about each on Hall’s website HERE:
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I retired from the corporate and business world four years ago, serving in executive roles in the energy and financial sectors. I have always had a passion for community outreach and have served on numerous boards throughout my professional life, as well as in these new retirement years. I am always inquisitive and willing to learn new things. I
pledged to myself to find some new ventures to support that I didn’t know a lot about, and, voilà, along comes the opportunity to join this insightful, fun, and educational group.
I am not a writer or creative by background or nature, other than innumerable papers, reports, and business writings in my career – and the occasional helping my daughter with schoolwork and reports! I am an avid reader and now have the time to expand my pleasure by reading all the books I’ve accumulated and received.
I had the pleasure of meeting a few authors like Margaret Atwood, Erik Larson, and others when they visited Colorado Springs for events and readings. So, I’m especially excited about opportunities to meet many others. These kinds of opportunities really are inspirational. I am almost a Colorado native, having lived here since I was two after
coming to the United States as a newly adopted child from Japan.
I also have a passion for mentoring young adults and have worked with several students through university programs and other settings. I’m pleased that our organization offered the “Aspiring Author Scholarships” last year to five individuals to further the careers of many new prospective authors of all ages.
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Support the Hall
The Colorado Authors' Hall of Fame celebrates the accomplishments of living and past authors connected to Colorado—their words, wisdom, accomplishments, and the life-changing impact their works create. The result: their legacy lives on.
The Hall is an all-volunteer-run
501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that honors and celebrates authors connected with Colorado by birth; by residence; by temporary residency for writing encouragement and support; by writing about elements within Colorado; or by placing storylines in or about Colorado.
Authors’ words have immense power and impact on others’ lives. They solve problems, bring awareness to a topic, and provide hours of pleasurable reading. It’s the power of their words.
Your financial assistance through donations and participation at events supports the bi-annual Induction Gala in odd-numbered years, the
Aspiring Author Scholarships, and the general operation to bring these events to the public.
Support the Hall for this year and in the future.
Authors' Hall of Fame (coloradoauthorshalloffame.org)
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