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Members Announcements
May 2013 Adventures with Dad: A Father and Daughter's Journey Through a Senior Acting Class, has been published! |
I first started thinking about writing the book 9 years ago. As many of you know, acting changed my life!
Lee Gale Gruen gowergulch@yahoo.com http://AdventuresWithDadTheBook.com
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Adventures
with Dad: A Father and Daughter's Journey Through a Senior Acting Class, has been
published just in time for Father's Day gifts. As it's a father/daughter bonding book with
a twist; we were both seniors at the time. The book's font is a little larger for aging
eyes. It's can be purchased on Amazon.com, barnesandnoble.com, my publisher's website: authormikeink.com,
and can be ordered through local book stores. It will also be available in eBook format
in about a week. 
I'll
be giving author talk/book signing events around the greater Los Angeles area and will be
selling the book there. Click on my website just below my name to find out dates and locations.
I hope you can attend. May 2013 O'Neils Announce "Coastal Inspirations: Drawing Beauty and Meaning From the Sea" |
Your purchase will act as a vote towards their dream of becoming Best Sellers and empower them to spread the message of inspiration and healing to the world! In return for your support, you will not only receive their book for a mere $19.95, but they have also partnered with some Best Selling Authors, Social Media Experts, Marketing Experts, and Transformational Specialists to offer bonus gifts valuing over $2,000! These gifts can be instrumental to you as a writer and entrepreneur looking to build or enhance your platform.
Visit their website here and purchase a book: http://marissaoneil.com/ |
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Join
us on Wednesday May 8th for the launch of Marissa and Peter O'Neil's new book Coastal
Inspirations: Drawing Beauty and Meaning From the Sea. Visit the website and purchase
a book at: 
More
about the book: For this father and daughter collaboration, being on the coast is a time to
explore how the serenity, wisdom, and healing power of the sea expands their world. This book
highlights how the insights of thoughtful people can guide others along their path through
life. Grateful to share this success with the GLAWS Community, where an idea was born and
brought to life thanks to all of you! April 2013 Marla Miller "Kickstarts" New Book |
To quote Marla, "Opting for Indie publishing is my way of 'walking the walk.' It's a new world out here and Kickstarter has become a great tool for entrepreneurs of all kinds. I don't need to raise much money-just enough to cover basic costs-and any amount is appreciated. That said, I know times are tough so if you like what you see here in my Kickstarter presentation of Deadly Little Secrets but can't donate, you can still help - greatly - by sharing this link on your social media sites. It takes a village. I am reaching out to mine here and hope you share this link with yours. Thanks in advance" for any support. Click here to reach the Kickstarter Project page. |
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Marla
Miller announced that she has launched a Kickstarter project to raise funds for the 'Indie'
publication of Deadly Little Secrets, a novel She penned in the mid-1990's that zooms
in on the early days of the AIDS pandemic .She decided to 'go rogue' and publish this independently.
She teaches writers on the road to publication and has since 2003. March 2013 GLAWS Discount for Ghostwriters Unite! |
Ghostwriters Unite! May 3-5, 2013 Hilton Long Beach & Executive Meeting Center! Call: 800-641-3936 |
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GLAWS
members can still get the Early Bird price of $235 for the Ghostwriters Unite! conference
by using Promo Code GU13WAM. March 2013 GLAWS Author Mike Robinson Releases His Third Book, The Prince of Earth |
Mike told us, "I know you're not supposed to have a favorite child (or brainchild?) and honestly I don't. But if I had to choose this would be a high contender. And for those wondering, "Didn't he just have a book release?", this one and The Green-Eyed Monster, accepted within a month of each other, followed parallel production schedules, and near-releases are also part of the marketing strategy." |
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CQ
Press has just released Mike Robinison's psychological / existential horror novel The
Prince of Earth. As with prior books, it's available digitally, with the print debuting
imminently. March 2013 Donenfeld-Vernoux Novel Makes Quarter-Finals of the Amazon Breakthrough Award |
Alice Donenfeld-Vernoux announced that her first novel, 'Cave Dreams,' has made it to the quarter-finals of the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award in the Romance category. This is a very big deal for new authors and certainly for me as a first-time novelist. Only 500 books spread over 5 separate categories out of a total limit of 10,000 entries have made it this far. Now I need a lot of help to get it to the next level and wondered if our GLAWS members might assist. The next step is to get good reviews and here is how all the members can help: Go to Amazon.com and in the Amazon search bar put in Cave Dreams Alice Vernoux That leads to a place with a gold and black square with the name "Cave Dreams" - no photos or book cover at this time. There is a button on the top right of the screen that says 'Buy.' The cost is $0.00 - nothing, but the 'buy' button must be pushed in order to receive the first two chapters. After reading the chapters, if they've liked them, leave a review. If they don't like them, they don't have to say anything and I'm sorry I took up their time. If they liked the chapters, they can say as little or as much in the review as they wish...the most important thing is to give the book stars - 5 are, of course, the best. If members have enjoyed what they've read, please send this along to other friends who might be interested. Good reviews will help me get to the next level and, fingers crossed, might even result in a prize of a decent publishing contract. |
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March 2013 Citrin Publishes Poetry |
Three poems by Neil Citrin have been published by the online journal Danse Macabre. The poems can be read at www.dansemacabreonline.com. Click on the current issue (Cosmos) and the “poetry” button on the left side and then the button “Drei durch Drei.” |
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February 2013 David Gerrold Postpones Appearance |
We would also like to thank literary agent and attorney, Paul S. Levine, who expertily filled in and spoke on how to make money with publishers and avoid getting cheated. |
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David
Gerrold took ill upon his return from the U.K. and postponed his apperance. We wish him a
speedy recovery and will announce a new date ASAP. December 2012 BookBaby offers 15% discount to GLAWS Members |
BookBaby is a team of authors, bloggers, programmers, and dreamers based in Portland, Oregon. We're dedicated to helping authors make the journey from composition to publication. We believe all authors and writers deserve the opportunity to sell their books worldwide through Apple, Amazon, Barnes & Noble and beyond. And every author should experience the excitement of cracking open the first copy of his or her freshly minted work, hot off the printing press. Brian Felsen President, BookBaby | CD Baby | HostBaby |
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BookBaby
is proud to offer a 15% discount to GLAWS members. All they’ll have to do is sign
up with BookBaby, enter the coupon code GLAWS, and they’ll get 15% off of our
signup (and also cover design!) November 2012 WHO'S GOT THE MONEY? is a FINALIST in the 2012 USA BOOK NEWS BEST BOOK AWARDS |
By the way, that makes twice a book that Morgan St. James co-authored has placed in this National competition. In 2007 the first Silver Sisters Mystery, A Corpse in the Soup, was named Best Mystery Audio Book. |
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Whoopee! Our
funny crime caper, WHO'S GOT THE MONEY? was a FINALIST in the 2012 USA BOOK NEWS BEST BOOK
AWARDS. This tale of a big plot to embezzle millions from the Federal prison system
will keep you laughing while trying to figure out the twists and turns. 
A
NYT Best Selling author said, "Every time you think you've figured it out, another surprise
awaits." Available in paperback and Kindle from Oak Tree Press on Amazon and most online
booksellers or order from your local bookstore. CHANDLER, AZ (November, 2012) Judges of the Royal Dragonfly Book Awards contest, which recognizes excellence in literature, have spoken, and Romancing the Stove by Amy Reiley, won First Place in the Cover category. |
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“Winning
any place in the Royal Dragonfly Contest is a huge honor because in order to maintain the
integrity of the Dragonfly Book Awards, a minimum score is required before a 1st or 2nd place
or Honorable Mention will be awarded to the entrant – even if it is the sole entry in
a category,” explains Linda Radke, president of Five Star Publications, the sponsor
of the Dragonfly Book Awards. “Competition is steep, too, because there is no publication
date limit as long as the book is still in print.”
Romancing
the Stove is the fourth aphrodisiac cookbook by Master of Gastronomy Amy Reiley. Both the
cookbook’s cover and interior were designed by Deborah Daly. Romancing the Stove retails
for $16.95 and can be purchased via the publisher’s website at November 2012 Curiosity Quills Press publishes Mike Robinson's
supernatural mystery novel, |
Curiosity Quills Press has just published my supernatural mystery novel, The Green-Eyed Monster. It's available in both digital and print formats. Buy it on Amazon.
When one of them ends up dead at the other's home, an investigation is launched into their dark past, revealing a series of troubling stories from their childhood, adolescence and careers, throughout which we see the presence of an authorial entity with roots beyond our time or dimension – a sinister entity with far-reaching designs. The pen is truly mightier than the deadliest sword. Also, you can Like it on Facebook. |
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Martin
Smith and John Becker: bestselling authors with ordinary names and extraordinary minds. Rivals
since childhood, they live in the same town and are famous for their uncanny similarity
in physical manner and literary voice. October 2012 Gayl Murphy Speaks at the "Angel Launch" Social Media Mixer at the Microsoft Store in Century City on Tues, Oct. 9th |
And, it's free when you like their Facebook page http://bit.ly/RaHWx9 Gayl Murphy ~ Hollywood, CA USA Showbiz + Media on TV, Radio, Print + Online Phone: 01-323-417-5172 Author of “Interview Tactics! How To Survive The Media Without Getting Clobbered!” http://InterviewTactics.com |
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I'm
speaking at the "Angel Launch" Social Media Mixer at the Microsoft Store in Century
City on Tues, Oct. 9th. If you're in the area, this is going to be a fun and informative evening! 
Fiction
by local author and member of The Greater Los Angeles Writers Society, Marie Shield, will be
presented by “The New Short Fiction Series” the longest running spoken word series,
sponsored by the Pasadena Arts Council and Barnes & Noble, on May 13, 2012 at “The
Federal Bar” Noho’s premiere neighborhood bar, restaurant and event venue located
at 5303 Landershim Blvd., North Hollywood 91601.
Marie Shield is a Santa Barbara Writers Conference award winner, and her new short fiction, “Not
All Mothers Are Created Equal” has earned a reading at The Federal Bar by spoken word artist
Sally Shore and a stellar cast including Deborah Geffner (All That Jazz; Grey’s Anatomy),
Emmy award winner Barbara Keegan (NCIS Los Angeles) and Karen Teliha (Parks and Recreation).
In addition to her Santa Barbara honors, Shield has been a finalist in numerous literary contests,
and her short fiction has appeared in many noted publications including Timber Creek Review,
Houston Literary Review, and The Delmarva Review.
Doors open at 6:00 pm. Performance begins at 7:00 pm. Dining is beyond the usual fare of traditional
taverns, The Federal Bar offers gourmet & diverse food at reasonable prices. A vast selection
of micro beers and some of the finest bourbons & scotches made today, as well as an eclectic
wine list. Eat, drink and be literate. All mothers receive a complimentary rose for this performance.
To purchase tickets, please call 877 4FLY-TIX or order online at www.newshortfictionseries.com
March 2012
GLAWS
member Lisa Marguerite Mora is conducting a ONE DAY Hidden Wisdom Editing Workshop Saturday
April 21 from 10 to 4 in Venice at the Electric Lodge.
The workshop will begin with one improvisational writing exercise and then we will workshop up to 2500 words of your novel, memoir, narrative nonfiction or poetry. Limited to 6 participants.
Lisa is a prize winning poet, published writer,and professional editor.
She has studied with author Carolyn See, Jim Krusoe, Jack Grapes, as well as taken courses on
writing and copyediting through UCLA’s Writers Program. She was an assistant fiction editor
for 42 Opus—An Online Magazine of the Literary Arts and she has studied story structure
with
literary agent and consultant Lisa Cron. She has conducted workshops for California State University
Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Library, and was on staff at Santa Monica College Continuing Education.
You can contact her at lisa@barringtoneditorial.com or
through her
website www.barringtoneditorial.com
February 2012
Four of GLAWS member Dan Lambert's stories have been published in Daily Frights 2012, a horror flash fiction anthology. One of his stories has been published in Daily Flash 2012, a flash fiction anthology.
Los Angeles, California: January 8th, 2012 – Dan Lambert's stories "The Cleric", "A Letter to Aunt Sophie", “A Second Letter to Aunt Sophie”, and “A Third Letter to Aunt Sophie” appear in Daily Frights 2012: Leap Year Edition, an anthology of horror "flash fiction," featuring stories under 500 words in length. The anthology is described by the publisher as "366 Days of Horrifying Flash Fiction."
Dan’s story “She Came In Through the Bathroom Window” appears in Daily Flash 2012, a flash fiction anthology that features several genres.
The anthologies are published by Pill Hill Press, which is based in Chadron, Nebraska. The editor of the anthologies is Jessy Marie Roberts. Ms. Roberts has organized the books daily calendar anthologies, featuring one piece of flash fiction for every day of the year 2012.
Daily Frights 2012 and Daily Flash 2012 can be purchased online via www.PillHillPress.com and www.Amazon.com. The retail price of both books is $24.99, but they may be purchased for $22.49 from the publisher’s Web site. The ISBN number for Daily Frights 2012 is 978-1617061622. The ISBN number for Daily Flash 2012 is 978-1617061615.
December 2011
Henry Gaylord Wilshire: The Millionaire Socialist, is now published and in print.
The
name Wilshire immediately brings to mind Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles. The street is familiar
to millions of people, yet few know anything about HenryGaylord Wilshire, the man who developed
a 35 acre barley field that would become one of the most famous streets in the world. Was Wilshire
a man of the people with an enduring social conscience or an unethical charlatan and self promoter?
Read Henry Gaylord Wilshire: The Millionaire Socialist and decide for yourself
Author/GLAWS
Member Lou Rosen has lived and worked in Los Angeles all his life.He has a degree in history
from UCLA and a Ph.D. in education from Claremont Graduate University. He was a high school history
teacher and principal for thirty years. He has written three books on educational administration.
Lou lives in Pacific Palisades with his wife and their cat Lady Gwendolyn.
Henry Gaylord Wilshire: The Millionaire Socialist available both on Amazon, and all bookstores through Ingram. It is also available as an e book. (GLAWS) was helpful in many ways in writing and publishing the book.
Sept 2011
GLAWS Member Darlene Quinn Wins the Readers Favorite Silver Award!
Darlene
Quinn's third book in her international award winning Web Series, Webs of Fate is already the
Readers Favorite Silver Award Winner! This came as a huge surprise a full month before Webs of
Fate's official release on October 1, 2011.
Additionally Darlene received a five star review from Readers Favorite so Darlene will also receive a beautiful Five Star Sticker for her book cover - a nice compliment to the Silver Award Winner Sticker!
Darlene
invites you all to join her for a special Barnes & Noble Marina Pacifica book launch from
3 - 5. Rodney Bardin of KCTY 107.7 FM will interview Darlene at the book launch, which will include
Q&A from the audience.
We have an addition book launch at the Aliso Viejo Library on October 15th from 2 -4!
August 2011
LOS ANGELES PLAYWRIGHT WINS SECOND PLACE IN FIRST ANNUAL OHIO STATE PLAYWRITING CONTEST.
Los
Angeles playwright and novelist Gil Roscoe has won second place in the first annual playwriting
contest held at The Ohio State University at Newark. Two hundred and seventy-six plays were entered
and Mr. Roscoe's play Sunset Semester placed second bringing him a prize of $300. His eight character
play takes place in a college classroom as a physics teacher tries to explain the basics of Einstein's
theory of relativity to philosophy majors who are having trouble accepting its principles. Professor
Dave Williams praised the play and encouraged Mr. Roscoe to continue to try to get it produced.
Gil Roscoe has had one-act plays produced at both The Attic Theatre and The Group Repertory Theatre in Los Angeles. His novel Company of Thieves was published by Kensington Books in 2001. It was optioned by Alcon Entertainment (The Blind Side) for six years. He is a member of The Dramatists Guild and The Greater Los Angeles Writers Society.
You may contact Gil Roscoe athgroscoejr@yahoo.com, or 818-508-3061
July 2011
Morgan St. James speaks on Vito Colucci’s Crime Time radio show on Business Talk Radio
Morgan St. James will guest on Vito Colucci’s Crime Time radio show on Business Talk Radio this Sunday, July 3, at 8:00 p.m. PST and 11:00 p.m. EST for a one-hour interview. It airs in several broadcast radio markets across the country as well as online. They discuss her upcoming new Silver Sisters Mystery, Vanishing Act in Vegas filled with twists and turns, plus capers to make you laugh out loud, and Las Vegas kitsch. The wacky Silver Sister twins are at it again, outshined only by their 80 year-old mother and uncle, former vaudeville magicians who love to dress in disguise and go undercover.
They also discuss her new Writers’ Tricks of the Trade: 39 Things You Need to Know About the ABCs of Writing based upon her popular column in the Los Angeles and Las Vegas editions of www.examiner.com. The book will be released later this year. St. James describes it as the appetizer table at the writers' buffet--a handy reference for fiction writers presented in the humorous, conversational style of her column.
As St. James says, "I learned in the school of hard knocks and anecdotes are sprinkled throughout the book. I made the mistakes--why should you?"
Vito is a high profile private investigator who appears as a guest on many well known radio and TV shows.
This is the link to their website: http://www.businesstalkradio.net/weekend_host/hostgallery.shtml and specifically to Vito’s programs http://www.businesstalkradio.net/weekend_host/ctvc.shtml
The show will also be archived on the Business Talk Radio website as a podcast if you can’t listen to it live.
July 2011
Low-Cost Editing Service for GLAWS Members
Mike Robinson, GLAWS charter member and editor of the forthcoming GLAWS literary publication, is offering very reasonable freelance editing services for manuscripts. While his forte is fiction, he'll take nonfiction and memoirs as well.
Mike's editing experience covers thousands of pages and a decade of overhauls, revisions, tweaks and tinkers, of both his own and other writer's work. Your project will receive a thorough (and respectful) comb-over and analysis.
Having written since age seven, Mike sold his first short story at nineteen. Now twenty-seven, he has published short speculative fiction in a dozen magazines, anthologies and podcasts, such as Storyeller, All Possible Worlds, Northwoods, Wondrous Web Worlds and Wash, the literary and arts journal of Otis College of Art & Design.
You may contact Mike Robinson at mike.blackrat@gmail.com, or (310) 713-8457
June 2011
"Screenwriting 411" at Barnes and Noble Event
GLAWS Member Jennifer Grisanti, and Kathie Yoneda, Linda Seger, Pamela Smith
Barnes & Noble
is proud to present a special panel discussion featuring four of Hollywood's top screenwriting
experts:
Jen Grisanti, and Dr. Linda Seger, Pamela Jaye Smith and Kathie Fong Yoneda.
Tuesday June 28, 2011 7:00 PM
Barnes & Noble Booksellers
3rd Street Promenade (@ Wilshire Blvd)
1201 3rd Street, Santa Monica, CA 90401, 310-260-9110
June 2011
Lisa Morton wins Superior Achievement Award for First Novel "The Castle of Los Angeles" at the Horror Writers Association's 2010 Bram Stoker Awards
The
Horror Writers Association announced the winners of the 2010 Bram Stoker Awards at its annual
Stoker Banquet tonight as part of the Stoker Awards Weekend held this year in Long Island, New
York. Ten new bronze haunted-house statuettes were handed over to the writers responsible for
creating superior works of horror last year. This year’s winners included:GLAWS Member Lisa
Morton winning Superior Achievement Award in a tie for "The Castle of Los Angeles"
Lisa
Morton is a born-and-raised Los Angeleno, three-time Stoker Award winner, Black Quill Award
winner, occasional screenwriter, hopeless Sinophile, and Halloween expert. She lives online
at www.lisamorton.com.
Works can be recommended by any member of the HWA. Members with Active status then vote works onto a preliminary ballot. From there the field is narrowed to the final ballot and Active members choose the winners from that. The award is named for Bram Stoker, best known as the author of Dracula. The trophy, which resembles a miniature haunted house, was designed by author Harlan Ellison and sculptor Steven Kirk. For more information, visit www.horror.org.
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| The winners (left to right: Angel Leigh McCoy, Bruce Boston, Rocky Wood, Benjamin Kane Ethridge, Norman Prentiss, Peter Straub, Ellen Datlow, Lisa Morton). |
June 2011
Carole Eglash holds Signing for Two Novels and Book Soup in West Los Angeles
Carole Eglash will be signing both her books Monday June 20th, 7:00 pm
The Human Spirit –
Apartheid’s Unheralded Heroes
www.thehumanspirit-thebook.com
From
part of two years teaching in the Black townships of South Africa, Carole tells the stories of
those who worked during the worst times of apartheid to provide basic services for that country’s
most disadvantaged.
When
Stars Align
www.whenstarsalign-thebook.com
The love that Thaddeus, a young colored slave, and Amy, a white girl who comes to live at Moss Grove, share, can get them both killed in antebellum Louisiana. Follow their lives through the Civil War and Reconstruction in this historic fiction saga.
BOOK SOUP (on the Sunset Strip)
8818 West Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90069
(310) 659-3110
June 2011
Kathy Porter is the 2011 International Book Award Winner
GLAWS
member Kathy Porter’s Science Fiction Thriller Earth’s Ultimate Conflict was
honored as the winner by the 2011 International Book Awards for Fantasy/Sci-Fi. This is the third
win for Earth’s Ultimate Conflict, the first book in the Gray Guardians Science Fiction
thriller series, which won the 2010 USA Best Book Award for Fantasy/Sci-Fi, and is the winner
of the 2010 Indie Excellence Award for Science Fiction.
In the near future, a world-wide pandemic, increased seismic activity, and devastating climate changes, force Rosa De Angelo to flee Earth with her three alien hybrid children. In doing so she leaves behind Tony, her soul-mate and husband.
Ellen McCarthy is faced with the agonizing choice of abandoning her love-starved
hybrid child or finding a way back to her three-month-old human child Griffin, before it's too
late.
With Earth's inhabitants faced with seemingly insurmountable illness and destruction, two rival
alien species offer them salvation. The United Stares President Barbara Unger will make the ultimate
decision of who to trust: The Grays or the Guardians.
June 2011
Lisa Marguerite Mora Announces New Hidden Wisdom Writing Workshop
and Newsletter
GLAWS
member Lisa Marguerite Mora is conducting Hidden Wisdom Writing Workshop for five weeks in Venice
at the Electric Lodge. The Tuesday evening workshop begins at 7 to 9:30 from June 14 thru July
12. The workshop offers improvisational writing exercises and an opportunity to schedule constructive
critique on a chapter from your novel, memoir, or on your essays and poetry.
Lisa is a prize winning poet, published writer,and professional editor. She has studied with author Carolyn See, Jim Krusoe, Jack Grapes, as well as taken courses on writing and copyedting through UCLA’s Writers Program. She has studied story structure with literary agent and consultant Lisa Cron and has conducted workshops for California State University Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Library, and is on staff at Santa Monica College Continuing Education.
Lisa also puts out a newsletter once a month geared toward writing and editing--Wordsmith--A Short newsletter for readers & writers and the Occasional Fan of Charlotte Bronte. A section of the newsletter is devoted to Charlotte Bronte news and will also be including some words about Lisa's process in writing her novel-in-progress in which Bronte plays a part. The subscription is free to anyone who is interested.
Contact her at lisa@barringtoneditorial.com
or through her website www.barringtoneditorial.com
June 2011
Dan Lambert's stories "Sisters" and "The Horror at the Mall" published in Daily Bites of Flesh 2011, a horror flash-fiction anthology
Los
Angeles, California: May 18th, 2011 – GLAWS member Dan Lambert's stories "Sisters" and "The
Horror at the Mall" appear in Daily Bites of Flesh 2011, a yearly anthology of horror "flash
fiction," featuring stories under 500 words in length. The anthology is described by the
publisher as "365 Days of Horrifying Flash Fiction."
The anthology is published by Pill Hill Press, which is based in Chadron, Nebraska. The editor of the 546-page anthology is Jessy Marie Roberts. Ms. Roberts has organized the book as a daily calendar anthology, featuring one piece of horror flash fiction for every day of the year 2011. Lambert's stories appear in the anthology as March 27th and September 2nd, 2011.
Daily Bites of Flesh 2011 can be purchased online via www.pillhillpress.com.
The retail price of the book is $24.99. The ISBN number for the book is 978-1-61706-018-2.
In addition, Lambert's story "The Cleric" will appear in Daily Fright 2012: 366 Days
of Frightening Flash Fiction. Lambert's story "She Came in Through the Bathroom Window" will
appear in Daily Flash 2012: 366 Days of Flash Fiction, an anthology of "non-genre" stories.
These anthologies will be published in 2012 by Pill Hill Press.
Contacts:
Jessy Marie Roberts, Editor, Daily Flash Publications
An Imprint of Pill Hill Press www.pillhillpress.com
Dan Lambert
310-200-1223
DanLamb@aol.com | www.homestead.com/dan_lambert
May 2011
Darlene Quinn is now an International Award Winner
GLAWS author, Darlene Quinn’s novel, Twisted Webs, has recently been honored with the 2011 International Book Award for General Fiction. Additionally, we received word that Twisted Webs also won the 2011 National Indie Excellence Award for General Fiction!
“This has been an awesome, landmark week. I know, I know, I used a double adjective, but this has truly been a quadruple adjective five days.”
“After receiving word that Twisted Webs had been honored as the winner of the 2011 International Book Award for General Fiction, I received this fabulous endorsement for my upcoming novel:
"Ms. Quinn's Web of Fate is a great novel. It grabbed my interest
from the first line of the prologue and wouldn't let me go."
(Nancy Taylor Rosenber, New York Times bestselling author of The Cheater and My Lost Daughter)
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“Just
when I thought things couldn't get much better, I opened my e-mail Sunday night to discover that
Twisted Webs had also received the 2011 National Indie Excellence Awards for General Fiction.”
Winning awards in not new to Darlene. Webs of Power, the first novel of her Web Series, was the Winner of the 2009 National Indie Excellence Award for Fiction and a Finalist for the National USA Best Book Award for General Fiction.
Darlene is not slowing down to savor her wins, Webs of Fate, the prequel to her Webs Series, will be released October 1, 2011. Webs of Fate book launch will be at the Barnes & Noble at the Marina Pacifica Mall in Long Beach on September 2nd at 3:00PM.
Darlene is working on Unpredictable Webs for a Fall of 2012 release.
May 2011
Brennan Harvey Wins International Writing Contest & Honored at Hollywood Gala
GLAWS member Brennan Harvey from Huntington Beach, will be honored at the 27th Annual L. Ron Hubbard Achievement awards being held on Sunday, 15 May, at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, on Hollywood Blvd --first home of the Academy Awards. (He is pictured below (center) with GLAWS officers Ace Hall(L) and Tony N Todaro (R).
Brennan
Harvey's talent for writing was first recognized in high school. He won a certificate for composing
an exceptional article for the school bulletin. Brennan began writing fiction in 1998. He took
creative writing classes and attended workshops, seminars, conventions and conferences. He has
been entering the Writers of the Future contest since 2004.
The event will celebrate the annual winners in the L. Ron Hubbard Writers and Illustrators of the Future Contests, where Brennan was the 1st quarter, first place winner for this year, making it further than some several thousand others who entered the international competition, and where his winning story, Lies of Convenience will also be published in the bestselling Science Fiction anthology series – L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume XXVII.
Alongside Brennan will be winners flown in from as far away as Australia, South Africa, and across the USA. They will also be treated to a week long workshop taught by contest judges.
The intensive mentoring process has proven very successful. Past winners of the Writing and Illustrating Contests have had over 500 novels, 1,400 short stories and tens of thousands of illustrations published selling an impressive 31,000,000 books.
Learn more at: writerofthefuture.com
Contact Brennan at: BrennanHarvey.com
April 2011
Lisa Marguerite Mora Announces Hidden Wisdom Writing Workshop
GLAWS member Lisa Marguerite Mora is conducting Hidden Wisdom Writing Workshop for five weeks in Venice at the Electric Lodge. The Tuesday evening workshop begins at 7 to 9:30 p.m. or so from April 26 thru May 24.
The workshop offers improvisational writing exercises and an opportunity to bring in writing for feedback, optional homework assignments, as well as a schedule for constructive critique on a chapter from your novel, memoir,or on your essays and poetry.
Lisa is a prize winning poet, published writer,and professional editor. She has studied with author Carolyn See, Jim Krusoe, Jack Grapes, and has taken courses on writing and copyedting through UCLA’s Writers Program. She has studied story structure with literary agent and consultant Lisa Cron and has conducted workshops for California State University Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Library, and is on staff at Santa Monica College Continuing Education.
Contact her at lisa@barringtoneditorial.com
or through her website www.barringtoneditorial.com
Jan 2011
GLAWS Member Publishes Erotic Story
GLAWS member Dan Lambert's story "The Gazebo" has been published in the first issue of Daily Flashes of Erotica Quarterly, a journal of erotic fiction.
Los Angeles, California: January 1st, 2011 – Dan Lambert's story "The Gazebo" appears in Volume One, Number One of Daily Flashes of Erotica, a quarterly journal of erotic "flash fiction," featuring stories under 500 words in length.
The journal is published by Pill Hill Press, which is based in Chadron, Nebraska. The editor of the 85-page journal is Jessy Marie Roberts. Ms. Roberts has organized the journal as a daily calendar anthology, featuring one piece of erotic flash fiction for every day of the year 2011. Issue One features stories representing January 1st through March 31st. Lambert's story represents January 24th, 2011.
The first issue of Daily Flashes of Erotica can be purchased online via www.pillhillpress.com. The retail price of the journal is $9.99. The ISBN number for the journal is 978-1-61706-019-9.
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