I will be giving a one day seminar in Phoenix, Arizona, on March 31st.

Here are a few of the topics I will cover during this power-packed seminar:

* The top ten things you can do in 2012 to sell more books.

* The key secrets to setting up and carrying out an effective virtual book tour.

* How to have your book, your website, and your brand go viral via the Internet.

* The inside secrets to developing relationships that…

Trestle Press presents Sam Lang’s Reprisal, a digital short story series.

Reprisal is a dying town built on secrets and haunted by a mysterious shadow since its beginnings.

Eddie Newport must survive one night in this town with his oldest friend as a bus full of escaped murderers breaks down on Main Street.

Vengeance is on this bus. The prison transport…

A funny thing happened to me on the way to the theatre 

I thought you would enjoy this, and if I turn it into a short story and stick it on Amazon, perhaps they will pay me commission when you buy it.

But I am running ahead of myself; let me start at the beginning.

In the early 1970’s my family moved to London to lead two congregations for a particular denomination.

Samantha, one of the young ladies in the church, said to my wife, ‘I’ve got two tickets for…

Hi! First off my wife Sarah and I wish to thank everyone that has purchased our stories thus far. We are both humbled, happy and amazed at the response. We fully intend to deliver the best stories we possibly can and also have some great recipes for you. To date there are two stories, “Volume 1-TheEpiphany” and “Volume 2- Forgiveness”, in the series we have started…

Last week a new American classic exploded and I must confess its success is Greek to me. Author Suzanne Collins and the marketplace would agree.

The Amazon sales page for The Hunger Games calls it dystopian literature, so I grabbed my Oxford dictionary. That word’s not there. However, I found out that dis means the reverse of, deprivation of, or expulsion from something. Utopia means a place (topia) so perfect it does not (ou)…

Amish Knitting Circle: Complete Series is Volume 1-10 of a continuing short story series. Granny Weaver is spinning wool and decides to start a knitting circle, believing the women on her heart would be stronger if spun together. She invites five women, all with various issues such as infertility, poor body image and marital problems and haunting secrets. As they come…

I have self-published my books of poetry and my story, My Literary Profile: A Memoir, under the imprint Ohan Press at http://home.comcast.net/~hsarkiss.  These books are available at the Press and also at amazon.com and bn.com. Please feel free to visit and read descriptions, reviews and other information.

Helene Pilibosian 

hsarkiss@comcast.net

Bill Swears calls himself a service brat. He was born in Great Falls, Montana. He’s lived in England, Iran, Germany, and nine states. Bill flew military helicopters for twenty-two years, seven in the Army and fifteen in the Coast Guard. He sold his first short story while he was a Coast Guard rescue helicopter pilot, and immediately began writing a book. He finished that manuscript ten years later, after retiring from active duty.

On November 15, 2003, Bill broke his…

I used to think that I was the only kid that had been bullied when I was growing up.  As time passes, most "odd ducks" realize that they were not the only ones.

I often wonder what drives someone to become a bully?  Insecurity? False sense of superiority? I…

 A gifted but unloved child from a planet light years from Earth and 600 years in the future is accidentally transported to Wyoming in 1937, where he's adopted by a female scientist who has chosen to study wolves in the wilderness, far from the Depression and the prejudices women in that era faced.

  Alan Zendell spent more than thirty years as a scientist, aerospace…

My goodness, it seems like time to make a blog post arrives faster every week. Perhaps it's because I'm busy with other things now that we've had a taste of spring. I'm thinking about the garden, but today it is 53 with wind. Two nights this week it is to be in the 30's. That hasn't stopped me from planting two tubs with radish and lettuce which is up and…

Interview with Gabriel Celtic

JT: Hello!

This is JT Lewis coming to you from beautiful Southeast Indiana!

(Crickets chirping)

Wha?

(Dammit)

Ok….I know you all came here for my interview with Gabriel Celtic, but I just found out…

   Pepper Jones just can’t help it. Even driving to work leads her into a mystery. Pulling over to help a woman acting crazy, she is immediately thrown into a life and death situation with her mysterious partner Jacob Longstreet. Racing through the woods at full speed, will they find a missing child before it’s too late?

   After that, a little-known classmate seeks…

Blueprint is the story of one soul's journey in planning her last incarnation on earth and what happens when friends take over.

The novel opens with Arielle and Raphael in Heaven as they discuss Arielle's upcoming and last incarnation. Raphael, who's been her soul mate for thousands of years, offers to help her plan it and she accepts. He suggests that they…

1.  I teach English grammar and composition at a community college.

2.  I hate to talk; I prefer to write--odd how I became a teacher.

3.  I grew up on a farm.  I can tell anyone anything about cropping tobacco, the old-fashioned way.

4.  I met Michael Jordan, Sam Perkins, Kenny Smith, and Brad Daugherty in college before they became super…

Creative Cooking for the Global Kitchen – Review by Martha  A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat; Think With Your Taste Buds; A Book and  A Dish

My short story, "A Brown Boy of Our Own", was one of 101 stories chosen to be included in the March, 2012 Chicken Soup for the Soul book, "Family Caregivers" overseen by Joan Lunden. The book includes stories by Ms. Lunden plus selections by Leeza Gibbons, Jill Eikenberry, and Gail Sheehy.  What an honor to be included in such a heartwarming, informational book such as…

My interview aired 3/20/12 at 12pm PST at http://www.voiceamerica.com/show/2014/express-yourself. If you missed it, it will be downloadable http://expressyourselfteenradio.com/…