Giovanni Gelati's Blog – May 2012 Archive (47)

Submitting to Literary Magazines

Reprint with permission from author, Katrina Parker Williams

New and emerging writers interested in having their works published should consider submitting to literary magazines as an invaluable part of their writing goals. Writers need to understand the importance of submitting their poetry, fiction, and short stories…

Almost a year ago, I was handed an assignment. That’s how it felt, Trestle Press enjoyed my novel Daniel’s Lot and its exploration of Christian themes. They asked me if I would start a religious series for them. As authors do, I wanted to experiment. I wanted to talk about what religion meant to me. I felt too confined. Everybody has a different…

Son of Mine: Redemption, Volume III

             Aaron’s father confronts his past demons and falls further into darkness and despair.   It will take a miracle for Aaron and his brother to find out the truth and set the family on a path of faith and forgiveness.

            As our journey of the DeAngelis family comes to a close, we visit one man’s tragic past…

 I wanted a reminder of where it started. In celebration of the upcoming release of The Secret Queen, may I present –

From The Beginning (Sept 3, 2010)

I sat down with the purpose of writing a story for my children.

Thus, Empyrean was born.

(Kinda made that last sentence sound epic. Sheesh, writers can be self-important sometimes.)

Actually,…

The husband and wife writing duo Isaac & Sarah Martin bring you a very special short story, one that could apply to any day of the year really.

It is Mother’s Day, and the Jenkins are just waking up before they have to get ready for Church. Mrs. Jenkins implores Mr. Jenkins before they get out of bed that he skip playing basketball with his son, sons-in-law and…

Thodes is a research station in far-off interstellar space, isolated by intention, so its population of six scientists can work independent of outside influences. Their mission, to create intelligent androids capable of behaving and feeling like humans, was to have been the salvation of a galaxy-spanning economic Depression.  But no one has heard from Thodes for thirty years…

As different as the Amish are from the outside world, so is the Palatin Commune from the rest of their Amish brethren. Enigmatic and strict, the leaders of the sect have guarded their privacy for generations. In Part 3 of Secrets, Volume I of The Amish Mysteries series, we continue to watch the events unfold that will forever change the people inside and…