Welcome to www.ConnieCWilson.com, home to information about the publications of Connie (Corcoran) Wilson including directions for obtaining any of these books.
- Connie has published 7 books representing a variety of genres. Wilson’s first book, published by Performance Learning Systems, Inc. of Emerson, New Jersey, Training the Teacher As A Champion, put forth the teaching techniques and principles taught by the nation’s largest teacher training firm. Written by Wilson in collaboration with PLS founder Joseph Hasenstaab, the book gives an insight into the effective teaching practices of successful teachers, those techniques included in that organization’s Project T.E.A.C.H. (Teacher Effectiveness and Classroom Handling).
- Two of the books represent formerly published work, such as the humor columns and poetry that make up 2004’s Both Sides Now or the movie reviews that comprise Classic Cinema of the ‘70s .
- The humorous essays of Both Sides Now contain the humorous feeling of Erma Bombeck or David Sedaris. They were first published in the Rock Island (IL) Reminder and East Moline’s Metro East; the movie reviews were published by Davenport, Iowa’s Quad City Times in the seventies, but they also contain major cast, trivia and 76 pictures to accompany the 50 reviews (and 4 “Best of/Worst of”) lists.
- Three of the books are short story collections. Ghostly Tales of Route 66, [Volume I] and Ghostly Tales of Route 66 [Volume II], from Quixote Press are part of a three-book trilogy, which began in Chicago following old Route 66. The first book was collaboration with Bram Stoker Nominee Michael McCarty. The last two books are a solo project for Wilson, as she journeyed from Oklahoma to Arizona. The third volume will feature tales Connie heard while traversing old Route 66 between November 14 and November 24 of 2008 and will cover the route from Arizona to California.
- Hellfire & Damnation from Sam’s Dot Publishing is a collection of short stories organized around the unifying principle of Dante’s Inferno. Each story represents one of the sins punished on that level of the 9 circles of hell. Featuring an introduction by William F. Nolan (Logan’s Run) and blurbs from this year’s winner of the Stoker Award for Best First Novel, Lisa Mannetti (The Gentling Box) and multiple nominee Gary Braunbeck (Coffin County), the book is a sometimes funny, always entertaining look at the sins punishable by Hellfire & Damnation.
Wilson also collaborated on a time travel Sci-Fi thriller Out of Time (www.outoftimethenovel.com), an 80,000-word novel published by Lachesis in December of 2008. (See website)
Web-sites (some currently under construction) that will feature the books mentioned above include: www.outoftimethenovel.com; www.ghostlytalesofroute66.com; www.hellfireanddamnation.com; and www.classiccinemaofthe70s.com. You can also read more of Connie’s writing at her own blog, www.weeklywilson.com, or on www.associatedcontent.com, where she was named 2008 Content Producer of the Year. Connie has written for 3 other blogs, including www.jollyjo.com (second coming stories); www.speakaboutit.com and www.blogforiowa.com (archived).