PA Signs John Roger Schofield of The Myriad

PublishAmerica recently signed a contract with Mr. John Roger Schofield, bassist for The Myriad, the internationally-popular mixed-sound band currently signed with Koch Records in New York.

Drawing rave reviews from both fans and critics worldwide, The Myriad's music covers a diversely artistic panorama. Atmospheric, melodic strains fill lyrics of heartache, doubt, and guts, while epic soundtracks span thundering anthems and sincere confessions with a mighty thump!

The Myriad will be performing live from Times Square on December 15, 2007, and the concert is to be broadcast on MTV.

Men of Mystery - Celebrating Men Who Write Mysteries

PublishAmerica author Frederick Price (Lair of the Dragon and Dragon's Ghost) is among 50

mystery writers invited to participate in the eighth annual "Men of Mystery" luncheon on November 3, 2007, in Irvine, CA. Held in the Grand Ballroom of the Irvine Marriott Hotel, this MWA Raven Award-winning event will include Tim Green and Vince Flynn as featured speakers. During the day long event, mystery fans (limited to 500 guests)will have the opportunity to purchase books, get them signed, and have lunch with the authors.

Books by the authors will be on sale throughout the day in the adjoining salons. Books are provided by Mysterious Galaxy bookstore, San Diego, CA.

RALLY CAPS Featured at the National Baseball Hall of Fame Museum

The newly released children's book RALLY CAPS hit the shelves of the National Baseball Hall of Fame

Savage Journey Featured on BBC Radio Wales

Savage Journey by Richard Prygodzizc was featured on BBC Radio Wales' book programme "Phil the Shelf," and was broadcast on Sunday July 15, 2007 at 5:32 PM and on Monday July 16, 2007 at 9:32 PM.
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Arizona Charter School Uses Bean in Curriculum

Academy of Excellence, a small charter school located in an under-served area of Phoenix, Arizona, has

Arlene Uslander Included in Chicken Soup

Material from Arlene S. Uslander's 2003 PublishAmerica title Children's Gems for the Heart: I

Angelo Saverino Co-Hosts Radio Show

Angelo Saverino, author of The Heart of the Order and Seven Turns of the Key (not yet in print),

Jeanette Woodall on BBC Radio
Jeanette Woodall, author of Three Weeks Last Spring, was interviewed on the BBC's Breakfast

PA Author Signs Movie Contract with Dare 2 Dream
Author Carl Veno has signed a movie agreement with Dare 2 Dream Film

PublishAmerica Authors Finalists For Best Books 2006 Book Awards

PublishAmerica is proud to announce that a number of the Frederick, Maryland based company’s authors were named as finalists for the Best Books 2006 Book Awards. The contest was

Tammy Varner Hornbeck to Be Interviewed on Christian Radio
Tammy Varner Hornbeck, author of Faith, Hope…and the Greatest of These Is: LOVE! (currently in production), will be interviewed on

My Husband Left Me for a Man on WVOL Nashville, Tennessee
Charise Y. Ridley and Marie Baker Mason will be interviewed on a major radio talk show on the

Carole Harris Barton Speaks at Joint State-Wide Kentucky Associations Meeting
Author Carole Harris Barton (Rainbows in Coal Country) will be speaking about her book at the annual joint meeting of the

PA Author joins News Talk WPRO-AM
Laura Clarizio, author of If I Had a Magic Carpet and If I Had a Magic

T.L. Moore Signs Movie Contract
Ronald F. Debranski of Atlantic Movie Productions in Georgia had requested a copy of T.L. Moore's Sins of Sunset

Feelings Featured in Five Mississippi Counties
Tempie is pleased to announce that her book, Feelings is featured in thirteen libraries,

The Heart of the Order Recorded for Blind and Visually Impaired
Angelo Saverino's motivational sports novel, The Heart of the Order, has been accepted for inclusion in

Jay Leno Endorses PA Author
Jay Leno, the popular host of NBC's Tonight Show, recently endorsed Richard J.

Saundra McFarland Receives Bronze Award from Family Review Magazine
PublishAmerica author Saundra McFarland received the Bronze Award from Family Review Magazine's Family Review

Center in recognition of her second book, Material Things Don't Matter.

In addition, Chris from the Family Review Center reviewed Ms. McFarland's book, and Ms. McFarland received a certificate commemorating the award as well.

Saundra McFarland is also the author of Good News Jesus Loves You.

Angelo Saverino on the Helen Glover Show
Angelo Saverino, author of The Heart of the Order will be appearing on the Helen Glover Show on August 3,

James Tullos Appeared on NBC
James Tullos, author of Poems by a Country Boy, appeared on Jackson, Mississippi's NBC

Movie Plans Proceed for Silent Duets
The screen play for Jillann Olvera's Silent Duets is now complete. Tosca Musk is scouting locations for shooting, and

Tim Smith to Be Featured Speaker at Indianapolis Bookfest Sponsor's Luncheon
Tim Smith, author of Memories Die Last and Never Trust Your Dreams, has been invited to be the featured speaker at

the Indianapolis Bookfest Sponsor's Luncheon on June 16, 2006.

The festival, to be held the day after Mr. Smith's speech, will be covered on C-SPAN's Book TV.

For the past few weeks, the festival has also been promoted on CNN.

Mr. Smith urges anyone in the area to "stop by and say hello."

Theological Immortal Romance = Celebrity Reading Material
Upon client request, John Barrett of the famous John Barrett Salon in New York has purchased 50

Carole Harris Barton Tells Story in Tim Russert’s Latest Book
Carole Harris Barton, author of Rainbows in Coal Country, has contributed a story to political commentator Tim Russert’s Wisdom of Our Fathers: Lessons and Letters from Daughters and Sons.

Casting Call for Vortex of Revelation
A.B. Keller's spiritual novel, Vortex of Revelation, is going to be a feature film! Kodron Productions, a film production company in

Hedda Nussbaum Inspires the Beginning of Change in Religious Communities
At Dominican College on March 13, 2006, Hedda Nussbaum, author of Surviving Intimate Terrorism, stood

Angelo Saverino to Appear . . .
PA author, Angelo Saverino, will be appearing on the number one rated morning drive radio show at the Jersey Shore. Saverino will be a guest on The Shawn and Lisa Morning Show, on WOBM-FM, 92.7, on Tuesday, April 25th at 7:40AM.

A.D. Adams Attends Ohio Book Festival, Raises Money for Relief from Katrina
The Rocky River Public Library Book Festival will be held Saturday, April 22, 2006, from 10:00 AM to 2:30 PM, at the Don Umerley Civic Center Auditorium. Among the authors taking part is A. D. Adams, author of the mystery Death on Lake Ice (PublishAmerica 2005) and The Dragon Healer of Tone "Book 1" (PublishAmerica 2006). Ten percent of all book sales will go towards helping the Hancock County Library System rebuild after Hurricane Katrina. The auditorium is located at 21016 Hilliard Boulevard. Contact Chris Nowak, of the Rocky River Public Library, at 440-333-7610 (extension 266) or at c.nowak@rrpl.org for more information.

First Lady Receives A Childhood Taken Away By a Mother and Grandfather
Author Linda Sommer Farley, of A Childhood Taken Away by a Mother and Grandfather, was delighted to receive a card from Mrs. Laura Bush on April 8, 2006. The card, written as a "thank you" for sending the first lady a copy of Ms. Farley's book, included a personal note from Mrs. Bush as well. About the recognition, Ms. Farley says that she was "overwhelmed and [that] everyone that has found out about my card wants to read it and they also ask about my book. I just want to say - THANK YOU PUBLISH AMERICA."

Gary Spangler Goes Live in His Hometown
Gary Spangler, author of Tunnel Vision Poetry, has been invited to do a live TV interview in his former hometown. He will appear on the morning show of WVVA NewsCenter 6 in Bluefield, West Virginia, and his appearance is scheduled for Monday, April 24, 2006. Mr. Spangler will be speaking about his current book of poems and discussing his next book. Wish him luck!

Meri Kennedy and Helen Glover--Survivors
PA Author Meri R. Kennedy will appear on WHJJ 920 AM radio on Wednesday, April 5th at 11:10 am. Kennedy will discuss her book, "My Enemy, Myself" and her survival from childhood sexual abuse and rape with radio talkshow Host Helen Glover. Glover, a final four contestant on the television show "Survivor - Thailand," will discuss with Kennedy her experiences with writing such a personal account of her abuse and how it has impacted the community. Glover replaced the syndicated talk show host Jerry Springer on WHJJ in Rhode Island last year. The Helen Glover Show recently received the Associated Press Award for best talk show.

Author-Thon Major Success!

The PublishAmerica Author-Thon, sponsored by Waldenbooks and the Gulf View Square Mall in Port Richey, Florida, was a huge success, according to D'Maria Scaglione, author of A Unique Bunny, who hosted the event.

According to Ms. Scaglione, fourteen PublishAmerica authors participated (Margaret Myers, author of Angel Assurance, was unable to attend, due to a family emergency) in the event, which was held on Saturday, March 18, and Sunday, March 19, 2006.

Portions of the royalties from sales at the Author-Thon will be going to each author's favorite charity. Some of the charities to receive donations include The American Heart Association, National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, and The AIDS Quilt for the Clinton AIDS Foundation.

During the two-day event, the participating authors accumulated more than $1,000 from the sales of their books.

Gaye Hight to Appear on Television
Gaye Hight, author of Comfort's Top 42 Poems: Comfort Ye, Comfort Ye My People Saith Your God. Isaiah 40:1, will appear on Women Rising, a Spokane, Washington-based talk show, on April 4 & 18 at 5:00 p.m. The show, hosted by Evangelist Stephy Nobles-Beans, is designed to empower female authors, businesswomen, and women striving to rise up in the Inland Northwest.

Nadia Brown: In the Writers Spotlight
The Literary Essence Book Club currently features Nadia Brown, author of Unscrambled Eggs, in their Writers Spotlight. The Book Club lauds Unscrambled Eggs as a "smooth mixture of honest poetry". Ms. Brown explains that, although the theme of her book is self-realization, Unscrambled Eggs is not a 'how-to' book---it is a guide to which readers can relate. For more information, please visit: www.literaryessence.com.

Also:

From March 15 - April 15, 2006, Nadia Brown is hosting a poetry contest---the prizes for which are $50.00 and an autographed copy of Unscrambled Eggs. Previously unpublished poems about any topic (except those that include profanity, erotica, or 'hate-poetry') may be submitted. For contest rules and guidelines, please visit www.nadiabrown.com.

New PA Book Illustrated by Famous Illustrator

The color picture book, When Mommy Was a Soldier (not yet in print) by Fran E. Orr is illustrated by Mr. Glen W. Hill. Glen began work at Disney and continued a successful 23-year career in television and film production. When he wasn't animating, directing, and producing on such films as The Fox and the Hound, The Book of Virtues, The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, and the show The Family Guy, Glen continued to illustrate for film, TV Guide and magazines.
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RALLY CAPS Published in Italian

Co-Authors Stephen J. Cutler and his daughter Jodi Cutler Del Dottore who has lived in Tuscany for eleven years

Mysterious Sky to Be Published in German

PublishAmerica is pleased to announce that Arlo-Verlag has acquired the German printing rights to Mysterious Sky: Soviet UFO Phenomenon by Philip Mantle and Paul Stonehill.

Cindy Bauer Interviewed on Artist First

On August 1, 2007 Cindy Bauer, author of Chasing Memories (January 2006) and Shades of Blue (not yet

Chamberlain Receives Kind Note from Archbishop

Letha C. Chamberlain, author of Wait, Beloved, for Darkness's Gift, received a note from the Archbishop, urging her to "continue to

Algerian Site Wishes a Happy Birthday to Pierette Komarek

Retour en Algérie, a website for French-speaking Algerians, wished author Pierette Lili Camps-Komarek

First Lady Receives Elmer Snow's A View From Iraq

Elmer L. Snow III, author of A View from Iraq sent an autographed copy of his book to First Lady Laura

Matthew Dovel to Appear on 20/20
In a follow up to last seasons 20/20 TV show on near-death experiences where people have

Bill Metz to Host Paranormal Radio Show

The author of Rest In Peace, Bill Metz, will be hosting his own paranormal radio talk show. The talk show will air every

Alissa Dunn Recognized by Writer's Digest
Alissa Dunn, author of The Unclaimed Christmas Gift, received honorable mention in the 75^th Annual Writer's

Fran Maklary on Ghost Hunters
Fran Maklary, author of Mi Reina: Don't Be Afraid, appeared on the sci-fi television show Ghost

Frederick Hawthorne Receives Honors in Duarte, California
On October 24, 2006 at 7:00 PM, Frederick Hawthorne, author of Mud Free Rose: 109 Roses of Hope, Triumph and Perservance,

Spooky Story Gets Second Chance at TV Spot
Donald J. Lemire, author of The Stories of a Haunted House off the 45 Bypass, will appear for the

American Book Requested by North Korean Delegate
Alejandro Cao de Benos, Special Delegate of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (known as North

Florida Governor's Wife Writes Noreen Jenkins
Noreen Ann Jenkins, author of You'll Learn to Love Me was ecstatic to receive the following letter from

Angelo Saverino to Appear at Celebrity Golf Tournament
Angelo Saverino, author of The Heart of the Order and Seven Turns of the Key (in production),

Celebrities Endorse Hope Fields
Celebrity Victor Rivers, who has had appearances on Miami Vice, 24, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, CSI Miami, The Mask

of Zorro, JAG, and the popular crime drama series Numb3rs, with Mim Eichler Rivas, author of Beautiful Jim Key, had nothing but good things to say about Hope Fields and her works.

"We strongly recommend," the celebrities said, "that readers discover paths to hope and healing that Hope Fields/Kelli Deister brings to all her work. Through writing and storytelling, she demonstrates the transformational power of truth-telling and draws from her own survival to inspire and help others."

Way to go Hope Fields!

J. L. Clark to be Interviewed on KETK-NBC Region 56
J. L. Clark, author of Dust on the Saddle: The life and times of William Henry Parker, has been interviewed for an

Edward S. Kearney to Appear on Therlin Kearney Gospel Show
Edward S. Kearney, author of The Goodness of the Lord, will appear on the Therlin Kearney Gospel Show

J. L. Clark to Appear on KETK-NBC
J. L. Clark, author of Dust on the Saddle: The life and times of William Henry Parker, will be

Fonzie and Dr. Wade Read a PA Book
Willie McGuire and the Land of the People by Lawrence Schulenberg is in the hands of Henry Winkler

Lawrence Schulenberg at the Iowa Library Association Convention
The author of To Catch the Snowflakes and Willie McGuire and the Land of the People, Lawrence Schulenberg, will

be a featured panelist during the Iowa Library Association convention in Council Bluffs, Iowa in October.

Mr. Schulenberg will one of the local authors at the Writers Fair at the Council Bluffs, Iowa Public Library in September.

He has had booksignings at the Barnes and Noble Booksellers in Council Bluffs, G-G's in Falls City, Nebraska, the Council Bluffs, Iowa Public Library, and at the Graham County Library in Hill City, Kansas. Others are being scheduled in Carter Lake, Iowa and Omaha, Nebraska.

Ollie Ollie in Come Free! on Arizona TV
Nicole Rocheleau, author of Ollie Ollie in Come Free!, the story of a young girl whose typical world suddenly becomes

Tempie Invited to White Lotus Hollyhock Retreat Workshop
Tempie, the author of Feelings, has been invited to speak and participate at The White Lotus Hollyhock Retreat

Massachusetts Congressman Endorses Mortal Angels
Congressman Richard E. Neal of Massachusetts recently received a letter from David H. Fekay, the author of Mortal

Current River Redemption Takes Honorable Mention in IPPY Awards
Carol June Stover's Current River Redemption, a gripping account of a girl's struggle with dark held family secrets in her strict

PublishAmerica Has Gone to College!
Professor Wanita Sipe-Elison at the Lexington Community College at the University of Kentucky has assigned Mint Julep by Nita Clarke as a course textbook in both History and Political Science. The book is also offered at the

Meri Kennedy to return to the Helen Glover Radio Talk Show
PA Author Meri R. Kennedy has been asked to return to the Helen Glover radio talkshow on WHJJ 920 AM on Friday, May 26nd at 11:00 am. She first appeared on the talkshow on April 5th to discuss her book.

Trapper Tom Receives Letter from the President
Trapper Tom, author of Americana - Country Style: The Best of Trapper Tom, sent a collection of "high-quality framed patriotic poetry" from his book. In response, the president wrote:

Dear Thomas:

Thank you for the copies of the patriotic poems. I appreciate your kind gesture and thoughtfulness.

Our Nation is grateful for the courage, dedication and sacrifice of our veterans. By answering the call of duty, our brave men and women in uniform have helped secure our Nation, liberate others from the threats of tyranny and terror, and advance the universal hope of freedom around the world.

Laura and I send our best wishes. May God bless you, and may God continue to bless America.

Sincerely,
(Signed)
George W. Bush

Askin Ozcan Featured in Major Turkish-American Internet Journal
Askin Ozcan has been featured in Turkish Digest, a major Turkish-American internet journal published in Florida and sent to Turkish-Americans all over the USA. The digest published an extensive review of all books by Askin Ozcan, including Lightning and a Bouquet of Roses. For more information, visit www.turkishdigest.com.

Italian America chooses Beyond Bagheria by E.P. Vallone for Spring 2006
PublishAmerica is proud to announce that E.P. Vallone’s Beyond Bagheria was chosen by The Sons of Italy Book Club as one of their Spring 2006 Selections worth reading in Italian America magazine. Beyond Bagheria, the story of a young orphaned Sicilian girl, Isabella, was among only six books included in the Spring 2006 edition of Italian America, a magazine recognized as the nation’s most widely read for people of Italian heritage.

Nadia Brown Featured in May 2006 Issue of All Things Girl
Nadia Brown, author of Unscrambled Eggs, is this month's featured author for All Things Girl. The All Things Girl is an online community where women can showcase their talents--"artwork, photography, poetry, prose, articles on health, reviews, thoughts on business, creative endeavours and so much more." For more information, please visit AllThingsGirl.com

Doris "Dusty" Smith Interviews with Lou Gentile
Doris "Dusty" Smith, author of Dread & the Dead Filled the Dunnam House, will be featured as an interviewee on the Lou Gentile Show on April 11, 2006, from 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM.

Ms. Smith will be discussing the paranormal case featured in her newly released book with Mr. Gentile and listeners can call in with questions.

Ms. Smith's book was also recently filmed for an episode on the TV series, "A Haunting" which is on The Discovery Channel on Friday nights at 10:00 PM, and is scheduled to air in late May or early June.

Ms. Smith is ecstatic with the attention that her first book is receiving and thrilled because she donates a portion of every book sold to historic cemetery preservation & restoration, and the sales are going quite well!

Hedda Nussbaum Featured on Larry King Live
On Tuesday, December 13th, PA author Hedda Nussbaum appeared on Larry King Live to promote her book, Surviving Intimate Terrorism. On Monday night, Larry King announced Ms. Nussbaum's Tuesday appearance.

Sonja Heinze Coryat's Book Makes Student Reading Short-List
Sunny, Ward of the State by Sonja Heinze Coryat has been selected for the Montana Heritage Project's 1930's Bibliography for Student Reading. Each book on the list is set in the 1930's.

Ms. Coryat is "thrilled and honored to be on such a short recommended reading list among such illustrious writers" as John Steinbeck (The Grapes of Wrath), Harper Lee (To Kill a Mockingbird), and Laura Hillenbrand (Seabiscuit: An American Legend).

For the rest of the reading list, please visit The Montana Heritage Project.

Radio Celebrity Publishes with PA

Dennis James Bartel, morning host for WGMS 103.9, a Washington, DC-based radio station, has chosen PublishAmerica to publish his book, Voyeurs: Stories by Dennis James Bartel. The book is currently in production.

Michael Chabon, winner of the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for fiction, said of Mr. Bartel's work:

"It was my distinct pleasure to read Dennis James Bartel's collection. They are stories in the classic manner, scale models of a world that is both peculiarly Bartel's and a dead ringer for our own, replete with the flawed, pathetic, lost and yearning characters, at once drowning and exulting in life's ironies, who populate the tales of the modern masters of the form. His style has the sunny, effortless air of true literary art, casting sharp and profound shadows."

Fabulous Foods Author Former Walker, Texas Ranger Extra

PublishAmerica author Marcia Miles has appeared in several episodes of the show Walker, Texas Ranger, including the ninth-season episodes, "The Avenging Angel" and "The White Buffalo."

Broadway Playwright, Hollywood Producer . . . PA Author

Irving Elman is not your average PublishAmerica author. Including his three books published with PA (Abe Lincoln's Doctor's Dog, A Tango in Time: a romantic history, and Bells on Her Toes: The Embellished Memoirs of the Irrepressible Sisters

Business Women Honor Author with National Award

Award-winning author Carolyn Howard-Johnson will receive the American Business Women's Association's (ABWA) Outstanding Woman Award at the their 19th national American

Business Women's Day Celebration, Sat., Sept. 8, at the Embassy Suites Hotel, Anaheim, CA.

The ABWA is an organization that brings together businesswomen of diverse occupations and provides opportunities for personal and professional growth. Their motto "Together we can do it" unites tens of thousands of members throughout the world who benefit from membership and its national magazine Women in Business.

Tempie and Albert Williams to Attend Reggae Love Alive Music, Arts and Cultural Event Festival

Tempie King (Feelings) and Albert Williams (Haunted Heritage and other stories) will be attending this year's Reggae Love Alive Music, Arts and Cultural Event Festival on December 1, 2007 in Kingston, Jamaica.

Christian Wingate and Kevin Curry Invited to Join AAA
Christian Wingate (The Shades of Another World: When Evil Rises) and Kevin Curry (Eden's Family) have been invited to join the American Authors Association. Both authors will receive a review written by the AAA, which they will then be able to share in the promotion and marketing of their books.
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Trapper Tom Honors the Tomb of the Unknowns on Air
Trapper Tom, author of Americana - Country Style: The Best of Trapper Tom, will be reading a

Askin Ozcan Receives Letter from the Pope
Askin Ozcan, a Turkish author, resident in Stockholm, Sweden sent his book Lightning and a Bouquet

Tempie King Featured on Front Page of Major Mid-Southern Newspaper

Tempie King, the author of Feelings, made front-page news in the November 22, 2006 edition of The Memphis Commercial Appeal.

PA Authors Attend School Book Fair
Gay Ingram (Till Death Do Us Part and Troubled Times, Rebecca Kelly (East Texas Towns and Their Ghosts and North Central Texas Ghosts),

Fred Hawthorne Hosts Benefit for Breast Cancer Research

Fred Hawthorne, author of Mud Free Rose: 109 Roses of Hope, Triumph and Perservance, will be hosting

Distinguished Director, Novelist Re-signs With PublishAmerica
Distinguished director, producer, screenwriter and novelist, Raymond DeVere-Austin, also known as

Dick Stodghill Interviewed for History Channel Appearance
When author Dick Stodghill (Normandy 1944: A Young Rifleman's War) received a call from a British production company

Frederick Hawthorne Hosts Concert
Frederick Hawthorne, author of Mud Free Rose: 109 Roses of Hope, Triumph and Perservance

Eddie Winston's Sister Interviews Him on News Talk Radio
Eddie Winston, author of 6410 Monmouth: Music in Atlantic City

Barry Southers Meets Best-Selling Authors
New York Times best-selling author Jeannette Walls (The Glass Castle), and

Losing Innocence Included in University English Course
Northern Illinois University English Literture instructor Karley Adney

Meri Kennedy Interviewed Again on Helen Glover Radio Talk Show
Meri R. Kennedy, Author of My Enemy, Myself, will return to the Helen Glover Radio Talk show once

General Shepherd Chosen as August 2006 AllBooks Review Feature
Minister Christian Nseka's book, General Shepherd: A New Perspective on the Mission of the Messiah

Renee Hand on ArtistFirst Again
Renee Hand, author of the romance novel Magic Hearts, will be on ArtistFirst World Radio on August 7, 2006 at 6:00 p.m.

Manny Strumpf on WCBS 880 Radio
On Thursday July 21, 2006, Manny Strumpf, author of Murder at the Statue of Liberty will have an

Jeffery S. Miller LIVE on Artist First
Author Jeffery S. Miller of Higgins: An American Story will be interviewed LIVE on Artist First Radio Network on July

Jean McLeod Hendrickson Receives Two Awards
Jean McLeod Henderson, author of Tiny Poems for women who think they hate

Meri Kennedy Speaks up for Jessica's Law
PA Author, Meri R. Kennedy ("My Enemy, Myself"), has assisted with the passage of Jessica's Law in

Sherri L. Gibson to Appear on Midday with Mike and AM MORNING
Sherri L. Gibson, author of A Doorway to Hearts will appear for an interview on WFIE TV 14's

Harry C. Smith to Appear on Atlanta Live
Harry C. Smith, author of Articulated Emotions and Spiritually Stimulated Emotions will

appear on Atlanta Live on Tuesday, May 30, 2006, between 8:00 and 8:30 p.m EST. The interview will be broadcast nationally from Atlanta's WATC TV channel 57.

Thriller Takes 1st Prize in Illinois Press Contest
Randy Richardson's Lost in the Ivy (Publish America, June 2005) took 1st prize in the fiction novel category of the 2006 Mate E. Palmer Communications Contest, sponsored by the Illinois Woman's Press Association (IWPA).

Unscrambled Eggs Nominated for "Noble" Prize
Unscrambled Eggs by Nadia Brown has been nominated for the Carolyn Howard-Johnson's “Noble” Prize for Literature. (That's "Noble," not "Nobel.")

Out of the Darkness to Appear in Joshua
Sheila MacDonald's Out of the Darkness (Postpartum Depression Is Not Something We Can Fight Alone) will appear in the upcoming movie, Joshua, produced by Joshua

Hobbstown Author Receives History Award from Cultural & Heritage Commission
Cindy Williams Newsome, author of Hobbstown: The Forgotten Legacy of a Unique African-American Community, has been selected to receive the History Award from the Cultural & Heritage Commission of the County of Somerset, NJ. The award will be presented at a ceremony and reception held in Ms. Newsome's honor on May 22, 2006 at the Historic Courthouse in Somerville, NJ.

Second PublishAmerica Author-Thon October 21-22, 2006

There will be a second PublishAmerica Author-Thon this fall. Sponsored again by Waldenbooks and the Gulfview Square Mall in Port Richey, Florida, this event will be held twice per year--in Spring and Fall. Authors interested in participating this Fall should contact D'Maria Scaglione at her website.

PA Book Chosen to Help Rebuild New Orleans School Library
Eighth grade students from Metairie Park Country Day School in New Orleans, Louisiana have asked governors from all fifty states to send books written by prominent authors in each state to help in the reconstruction of their school library.

Governor Kathleen Sibelius, of Kansas, sent the students Maggie Rose and Sass, a young adult novel by PublishAmerica author Eunice Boeve. Set in Kansas, the book tells the tale of an all African American town settled in 1877 by former slaves from Kentucky.

Maggie Rose and Sass will be added to the Day School's "Governors' Collection." These books will be presented to the school by the New Orleans students at their eighth grade graduation on May 26, 2006.

Steven C. Rose and the 2006 Public Safety Writers Association Writing Competition
Hit the Streets!: The Other Side of the Badge, Steven C. Rose's collection of short stories told by real-life police officers, won third place in the 2006 Public Safety Writers Association Writing Competition. The author also received honorable mention in the Non-Fiction Short Story category, for the story "The Frozen Stiff (Butch's memorable story from the inside of a vacant residence and not so vacant freezer!"

The grand prize winner of the contest received a $1,099 book package from iUniverse, while first and second place winners received engraved plaques. Steven C. Rose and other third place and honorable mention winners received certificates to commemorate their awards.

Tempie King Wins Promotion Package from Book Entrée
Tempie King, author of Feelings won a one-month state promotion package from Book Entrée when she attended the SORMAG (Shades of Romance Magazine) On-Line Writer’s Conference. Ms. King was notified of her winning entry on October 27, 2005, and was told that her prize would be held until her book was published in February 2006.

This State Promotion Package consisted of Two Newsletters from Book Entrée, sent twice monthly to thousands of librarians in the states of Tennessee, Mississippi and Illinois. Ms. King's book has also been placed on the Unsung Great Books page, indefinitely.

Tempie King received this award for "exemplified participation in writing discussions and workshops of the conference."

For more information, please visit BookEntree.com.

Jim Hickman to Be on National Radio
Jim Hickman, author of The Alien Menace, 5000 Years of UFO's: Are We Really Alone?, and The Rancher's Nightmare, will be interviewed on the X-Zone radio show on March 31, 2006 at 10:00 p.m. Eastern Time. For more information about X-Zone, go to xzone-radio.com.

A Chase After Wind Selected as Finalist for ForeWord Magazine's 2005 Book of the Year Award
Robert Fasone's debut novel, A Chase After Wind, has made the finalist round for ForeWord Magazine's 2005 Book of the Year Award in the general fiction category.

Notification of the announcement went out the week of March 13, 2006 in ForeWor