Stories great and small...                            by Kim Ballard
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Truly, what is better to do in this world than to read a story? 

Kim would say to write a story!

It's the best kind of relationship: the story teller and the listener, the writer and the reader.

Story has been a way of life for Kim and her family--for generations.  They are each voracious story tellers or readers.  Film makers, published authors, journalists, biographers, poets, homilists, novelists, short story writers...

For Kim, telling stories comes naturally, with hard work.  In college she published fiction and non-fiction in national and local magazines, and  in the oncampus arts magazine.  She has since written and produced for small stage, as well as published two novels with one on the way.

Her first novel "Light at Summer's End" was published in 1990 by Harold Shaw Publishers and in the spring of 2007 was bought for reprint by Capstone Fiction, available on the links below.


A second novel, "Julia's Quest" was released in the spring of 2008, available on the links below.

Check out the weblog http//blog.storykim.com.  Chat about "Light at Summer's End" or "Julia's Quest"...

To read a sneak preview click on the title below:

Julia's Quest sneak preview
Light at Summer's End sneak preview

To order your copy of "Julia's Quest" and "Light at Summer's End," go to www.barnesandnoble.com, www.buy.com, www.booksamillion.com, www.OakTara.com , www.amazon.com, www.target.comhttp://www.parable.com/capstone/

Check out the catalogue on the OakTara site under "Issues" for "Julia's Quest" and "Young Adult" for "Light at Summer's End." www.OakTara.com

If you have any trouble ordering from the above websites, especially the capstone fiction website, please contact Jeff Nesbit at jnesbit@OakTara.com and let him know--Thank you!!

Write Kim directly at inkieballard@hotmail.com