Here's what some of your fellow A'Guild members are up to these days. If you want to share your news, keep an eye out for the AvantGuild newsletter for details how.

Todd Felton's first book, A Journey into the Transcendentalists' New England will be hitting book stores in July. "It has already garnered a mention in Vanity Fair and reviews in The New England Watershed and on the American Transcendentalism website. My next book, on The Irish Literary Revival, has a late fall publication date and will be followed by a third literary travel guide on the British Lake District." For more information, check out Roaring Forties Press and rtfelton.com.

What could spike gasoline prices higher? To find out, read L. A. Starks' new thriller, 13 Days: The Pythagoras Conspiracy. Available at bookstores and online in June.