About this item
Whether you are a first-time visitor or a well-traveled native, there is no better way to explore and experience California’s 1,100 miles of coast than with this book by your side. It will immediately become your closest friend and most valuable traveling companion. Open these pages for lively and easy-to-understand descriptions of California’s diverse natural and cultural history, plus firsthand insider information about local, regional, state, and national parks, great museums, historic ships, and more! Whether you are looking for a short hike, a bird-watching adventure, encounters with elephant seals, a camping trip, or an extended vacation along California’s 1,100-mile coastline, this reference will quickly lead you to the best of the best.
About the Author
Dahlynn McKowen is a busy woman. She is CEO and Publisher of Publishing Syndicate, a publishing house based in Northern California. The company has upwards of 25 book contracts going at any one time with emerging and exciting authors.Since selling her first feature article in 1987, Dahlynn has sold/had published over 2,000 works including business features and travel articles. Her integrity and reputation is such that she has also ghostwritten for a former U.S. president, more than two dozen Fortune 100 and 500 corporate founders and CEOs and a few California governors.Dahlynn has been referred to by Chicken Soup for the Soul founders as one of their most trusted coauthors, having worked a decade with series creators Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen and their staffs. She, along with her husband Ken, coauthored "Chicken Soup for the Fisherman's Soul" and "Chicken Soup for the Soul: Celebrating Brothers and Sisters." Dahlynn also coauthored, along with Canfield and Hansen, "Chicken Soup for the Soul in Menopause" and "Chicken Soup for the Entrepreneur's Soul," working closely with the nation's top entrepreneurs/founders from companies such as Monster.com, Curves, Famous Dave's, Cookie Lee Incorporated, Jelly Belly, Celestial Seasonings, Zelda Wisdom, eWomenNetwork, Jazzercise and Dippin' Dots. Dahlynn has also ghost-created and edited too many Chicken Soup titles to list. She has also spoken all over the country and has given hundreds of media interviews regarding her writing career.Taking what they learned during their ten years as coauthors, consultants and editors for Chicken Soup, in October 2012, the McKowens launched their own anthology series: "Not Your Mother's Book...[subtitle]." The first book released is "Not Your Mother's Book...On Being a Woman," with "Not Your Mother's Book...On Being a Stupid Kid" and "Not Your Mother's Book...On Dogs" set to release by the end of the year. A new anthology for a new century, the series does not accept stories that are sad, sappy or preachy, and they will never use death-and-dying stories. For submission guidelines: www.PublishingSyndicate.com.The McKowens are also noted travel freelancers and authors. In 2007, their title "Best of California's Missions, Mansions and Museums: Bringing the Golden State's Past Alive for Today's Travelers" (Wilderness Press) took home Publisher's Marketing Association's prestigious Benjamin Franklin Award as the best independently published travel guide in the country. Their follow-up book was "Best of Oregon and Washington's Mansions, Museums and More," also through Wilderness Press.They also author winery-destination books, including "The Wine-Oh! Guide to California's Sierra Foothills" and "Wine Wherever: In California's Mid-Coast & Inland Regions." Currently, a Wine Wherever
