As a Boy Scout, Peter Baird fought in the Cold War by scanning the skies over Moscow, Idaho for inbound Soviet aircraft. He fought other wars as well, with paralytic polio, rock n roll, his mother s cancer and his father s Post Traumatic Stress Disorder from a World War Two gunshot wound. As an adult, Baird became a professional magician who gave shows across the country to benefit cancer research. He also became a trial lawyer who represented his wife before the United States Supreme Court in a freedom of belief case, Ernesto Miranda of the famous Miranda case, the Presbyterian Church U.S.A. which had been infiltrated by government spies, and four Hare Krishna members charged with loitering. As a man, Baird battled depression, made stupid mistakes, endured divorce, was accused of child abuse by his mentally ill daughter, suffered literary rejection, confronted herpes in Las Vegas, published a novel, and reconciled with his father as the old man descended into Alzheimer s. Throughout, Baird wrote essays and stories - sometimes hilariously funny and sometimes profoundly serious - about life as he lived it, and law as he practiced it. They are all here in Protecting Moscow From the Soviets. Winner of the 2009 San Fransico Book Festival Award for Compilations/Anthologies *trailer produced by Book Candy Studios ;-)
Ted E. DeCree works both as a media producer and a literary author. From music to television, to web development and the written word, he has the ability to inform and entertain audiences across a wide spectrum of delivery formats.
Teddy DeCree works both as a media producer and literary author. From music to television, to web and the written word, he has the ability to inform and entertain diverse audiences across a wide spectrum of delivery formats. www.teddydecree.com
Author Michelle Caple Taylor â Trouble Wonât Last Always (Christian Fiction). This is an excerpt from the Authors Pavilion Meet Signings and Discussion: Authors Working in the Community hosted by Patrick Oliver founder of, Say It Loud! Readers and Writers Series & host and executive producer Literary Nation KABF FM 88.3
Kareem Moody - Raise them Up: The Real Deal on Reaching Unreachable Kids. This is an excerpt from the Authors Pavilion Meet Signings and Discussion: Authors Working in the Community hosted by Patrick Oliver founder of, Say It Loud! Readers and Writers Series & host and executive producer Literary Nation KABF FM 88.3
Cora Coleman-Dunham â drummer for Prince and author of G.A.G.U. Gathering A Greater Understanding. This is an excerpt from the Authors Pavilion Meet Signings and Discussion: Authors Working in the Community hosted by Patrick Oliver founder of, Say It Loud! Readers and Writers Series & host and executive producer Literary Nation KABF FM 88.3
http://www.goldenagestories.com The 1930s and 1940s were a vibrant, seminal time for a gigantic audience of eager readers, probably the largest per capita audience of readers in American history. The sheer volume of tales released during this wondrous golden age remains unmatched in any other period of literary history. Pulp fiction authors were no-holds-barred entertainers, real storytellers. They were more interested in a thrilling plot twist, a horrific villain or a white-knuckle adventure than they were in lavish prose or convoluted metaphors. The authors were names such as Edgar Rice Burroughs, Dashiell Hammett, E.E. Doc Smith, Lester Dent, L. Ron Hubbard and Robert E. Howard who wrote in the tradition of writers such as Jules Verne, Charles Dickens and Alexandre Dumas. These stories are penned by L. Ron Hubbard and will give you a sense of the excitement pulp fiction evokes. Distributed by Tubemogul.
The 1930s and 1940s were a vibrant, seminal time for a gigantic audience of eager readers, probably the largest per capita audience of readers in American history. The sheer volume of tales released during this wondrous golden age remains unmatched in any other period of literary history. Pulp fiction authors were no-holds-barred entertainers, real storytellers. They were more interested in a thrilling plot twist, a horrific villain or a white-knuckle adventure than they were in lavish prose or convoluted metaphors. The authors were names such as Edgar Rice Burroughs, Dashiell Hammett, E.E. Doc Smith, Lester Dent, L. Ron Hubbard and Robert E. Howard who wrote in the tradition of writers such as Jules Verne, Charles Dickens and Alexandre Dumas. The Stories from the Golden Age are penned by L. Ron Hubbard and will give you a sense of the excitement and wonder, pulp fiction evokes. Distributed by Tubemogul.
Experience the enduring influence of Edgar Allan Poe in this exhibition about the American poet and inventor of the detective story. Commemorating the bicentennial of his birth, the exhibit draws upon the holdings of the Harry Ransom Center and the UVA to explore his literary body and his life. Distributed by Tubemogul.
http://www.writeyourbookin8days.com Tom Bird's phenomenal method of teaching helps writers in ways they may never have anticipated. Tom and participants at the Write a Book in Eight Days retreat held in Sedona, Arizona were interviewed for A Better World TV Show. Participants at this retreat not only learned the invaluable lesson of how to write a book but experienced tremendous professional and personal growth as well. Each one completed his/her book in the eight days and received an expressed interest from top literary agents in the industry (some as many as 60) to potentially represent their works to the top publishing houses in the world. Contact: Tom Bird | 928-203-0265 | TomBird@TomBird.com
http://www.writeyourbookin8days.com Tom Bird's phenomenal method of teaching helps writers in ways they may never have anticipated. Tom and participants at the Write a Book in Eight Days retreat held in Sedona, Arizona were interviewed for A Better World TV Show. Participants at this retreat not only learned the invaluable lesson of how to write a book but experienced tremendous professional and personal growth as well. Each one completed his/her book in the eight days and received an expressed interest from top literary agents in the industry (some as many as 60) to potentially represent their works to the top publishing houses in the world. Contact: Tom Bird | 928-203-0265 | TomBird@TomBird.com
http://www.writeyourbookin8days.com Tom Birds phenomenal method of teaching helps writers in ways they may never have anticipated. Tom and participants at the Write a Book in Eight Days retreat held in Sedona, Arizona were interviewed for A Better World TV Show. Participants at this retreat not only learned the invaluable lesson of how to write a book but experienced tremendous professional and personal growth as well. Each one completed his/her book in the eight days and received an expressed interest from top literary agents in the industry (some as many as 60) to potentially represent their works to the top publishing houses in the world. Contact: Tom Bird | 928-203-0265 | TomBird@TomBird.com
http://www.writeyourbookin8days.com Tom Birds phenomenal method of teaching helps writers in ways they may never have anticipated. Tom and participants at the Write a Book in Eight Days retreat held in Sedona, Arizona were interviewed for A Better World TV Show. Participants at this retreat not only learned the invaluable lesson of how to write a book but experienced tremendous professional and personal growth as well. Each one completed his/her book in the eight days and received an expressed interest from top literary agents in the industry (some as many as 60) to potentially represent their works to the top publishing houses in the world. Contact: Tom Bird | 928-203-0265 | TomBird@TomBird.com
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Ernest Hemingway look-alikes take to the streets during Key West's annual âRunning of the Bulls,â a lighthearted and much safer salute to the famed annual event in Pamplona, Spain. Key Westâs bull ramble featured scores of stocky, white-bearded Hemingway look-alikes and a herd of fake bulls indigenous to Key West. The event began outside Sloppy Joeâs Bar, Ernest Hemingwayâs favorite local watering hole and proceeds through a lively street fair on the island cityâs famed Duval Street. The sporting spoof was a highlight of Key Westâs Hemingway Days celebration, honoring the American literary giant who lived and wrote on the island throughout the 1930s.
http://www.writeyourbookin8days.com Tom Birds phenomenal method of teaching helps writers in ways they may never have anticipated. Tom and participants at the Write a Book in Eight Days retreat held in Sedona, Arizona were interviewed for A Better World TV Show. Participants at this retreat not only learned the invaluable lesson of how to write a book but experienced tremendous professional and personal growth as well. Each one completed his/her book in the eight days and received an expressed interest from top literary agents in the industry (some as many as 60) to potentially represent their works to the top publishing houses in the world. Contact: Tom Bird | 928-203-0265 | TomBird@TomBird.com
http://www.writeyourbookin8days.com Tom BirdâÃÂÃÂs phenomenal method of teaching helps writers in ways they may never have anticipated. Tom and participants at the Write a Book in Eight Days retreat held in Sedona, Arizona were interviewed for A Better World TV Show. Participants at this retreat not only learned the invaluable lesson of how to write a book but experienced tremendous professional and personal growth as well. Each one completed his/her book in the eight days and received an expressed interest from top literary agents in the industry (some as many as 60) to potentially represent their works to the top publishing houses in the world. Contact: Tom Bird | 928-203-0265 | TomBird@TomBird.com
http://www.writeyourbookin8days.com Tom BirdÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂs phenomenal method of teaching helps writers in ways they may never have anticipated. Tom and participants at the Write a Book in Eight Days retreat held in Sedona, Arizona were interviewed for A Better World TV Show. Participants at this retreat not only learned the invaluable lesson of how to write a book but experienced tremendous professional and personal growth as well. Each one completed his/her book in the eight days and received an expressed interest from top literary agents in the industry (some as many as 60) to potentially represent their works to the top publishing houses in the world. Contact: Tom Bird | 928-203-0265 | TomBird@TomBird.com
http://www.writeyourbookin8days.com Tom BirdâÃÂÃÂs phenomenal method of teaching helps writers in ways they may never have anticipated. Tom and participants at the Write a Book in Eight Days retreat held in Sedona, Arizona were interviewed for A Better World TV Show. Participants at this retreat not only learned the invaluable lesson of how to write a book but experienced tremendous professional and personal growth as well. Each one completed his/her book in the eight days and received an expressed interest from top literary agents in the industry (some as many as 60) to potentially represent their works to the top publishing houses in the world. Contact: Tom Bird | 928-203-0265 | TomBird@TomBird.com
http://www.writeyourbookin8days.com Tom BirdâÃÂÃÂs phenomenal method of teaching helps writers in ways they may never have anticipated. Tom and participants at the Write a Book in Eight Days retreat held in Sedona, Arizona were interviewed for A Better World TV Show. Participants at this retreat not only learned the invaluable lesson of how to write a book but experienced tremendous professional and personal growth as well. Each one completed his/her book in the eight days and received an expressed interest from top literary agents in the industry (some as many as 60) to potentially represent their works to the top publishing houses in the world. Contact: Tom Bird | 928-203-0265 | TomBird@TomBird.com
http://www.writeyourbookin8days.com Tom BirdâÃÂÃÂs phenomenal method of teaching helps writers in ways they may never have anticipated. Tom and participants at the Write a Book in Eight Days retreat held in Sedona, Arizona were interviewed for A Better World TV Show. Participants at this retreat not only learned the invaluable lesson of how to write a book but experienced tremendous professional and personal growth as well. Each one completed his/her book in the eight days and received an expressed interest from top literary agents in the industry (some as many as 60) to potentially represent their works to the top publishing houses in the world. Contact: Tom Bird | 928-203-0265 | TomBird@TomBird.com
Want to get published?
CompletelyNovel.com take you for a whistle-stop tour of the Writer's Handbook Live Event. This was an event put on by Palgrave Macmillan to accompany the launch of the Writer's Handbook 2010.
We have top tips from the publishers, literary agents, authors and lecturers who spoke to aspiring writers at the event and also found out just why events like this are so useful if you're looking to become the next bestseller. See http://www.completelynovel.com for more details.
John Orlando is the Head of Development for Contradiction Films. In this short testimonial, he discusses why he became involved with Movie Hatch. John Orlando began his career in entertainment writing and editing a magazine for Disney Channel where he caught the film bug. He went on to be a creative executive at Codikow Films and then took a job at the William Morris Agency where he worked for 2 1/2 years in the feature and television literary departments. John left WMA to get back into development, working in features development at John Wells Productions and subsequently at United Artists until the studio's restructuring in 2005. After UA, John worked as a talent/literary manager at Circle of Confusion where he saw the completion of the first feature he brought in to the company, SENSELESS, which shot independently in Scotland last year. Presently John runs production and development for Contradiction Films, an independent producer/financier based in Canada. They plan on shooting their first 2 feature, DIARY OF A SUPERHERO, this Winter. http://www.moviehatch.com
This is my commercial for 2nd period American History class for my Multi-Genre Portfolio Research Project. It is the Commercial - Column C option. If you are Mr. Cox, please look to my research packet to find my explanation of this video. If you do not currently have it, here it is:
My commercial is to promote literary freedom and banned books week. It discusses why people ban books, why it is important to fight for your literary freedom, and also talks of banned books week. It is a simple commercial, which support my thesis by restating my main points of why people ban books, and also show the flip side of why people try to stop book censorship.
This video is to advocate literary freedom, which I am a big fan of. Censoring books is not right! Please allow this video to make you think deeper into the subject.
This is my commercial for 2nd period American History class for my Multi-Genre Portfolio Research Project. It is the Commercial - Column C option. If you are Mr. Cox, please look to my research packet to find my explanation of this video. If you do not currently have it, here it is:
My commercial is to promote literary freedom and banned books week. It discusses why people ban books, why it is important to fight for your literary freedom, and also talks of banned books week. It is a simple commercial, which support my thesis by restating my main points of why people ban books, and also show the flip side of why people try to stop book censorship.
This video is to advocate literary freedom, which I am a big fan of. Censoring books is not right! Please allow this video to make you think deeper into the subject.
The importance of patience and understanding in the face of common error is not often stressed enough--a point that Miller makes in compelling fashion. Opal, Herby, and Squeaky is a welcome literary treat with a powerful, inviting message. To purchase: http://www.mybingobooks.com
Author Andrew Peterson (FIRST TO KILL) discusses the value of a freelance editor when seeking an agent, at the Southern California Writers' Conference.
On April 14, 2009, Ashrita Furman and around 100 helpers from around the world recited the poem "Precious" by Sri Chinmoy in 111 languages. Enjoy this multi-cultural literary event with many languages you have never heard before (Duration: 1:04 h) An interview with Guinness Champion Ashrita Furman can be found on http://www.srichinmoy.tv.
Exhaustively researched and ablaze with searing detail, I Still Have a Suitcase in Berlin is a literary monument of unflinching compassion, glittering with the decadence of Berlin cabaret society, resonant with the horrors of the holocaust, and giving form and voice to the ghosts of the tens of thousands of people murdered because of their sexual orientation. This important book carries a warning for all generations to come, of the deadly stealth of fascism in whatever form it may take.
http://www.vernissage.tv | Enrico David's solo show at the Museum für Gegenwartskunst in Basel titled bears the cryptical title How do You Love Dzzzzt by Mammy? The exhibition circles around just a few elements: Two photographs showing two small boys occupied with a piano - one of them the artist himself - and a portrait of a man. A second installation presents a room with a scene based on the Surrealist photo collage vielle femme et enfant (ca. 1935) by Dora Maar.
Enrico David, born in 1966 in Ancona, lives and works in London. His work (sculptures, gouaches, embroideries, photographs and installations) feature a broad spectrum of cultural reference systems, including Arte Povera Arte Povera, assemblage, set design and graphic art motifs from the 1920s and 30s, as well as numerous literary sources and elements from craft tradition.
Exhibition walk-through, January 15, 2009.
A beautiful Georgian townhouse hotel in the heart of literary Bloomsbury, steps from The British Museum and minutes from London's theatreland. Exemplary personal service, understated comfort, rich fabrics and cutting edge technology combine effortlessly to create the ambience of a fine country hotel on a London side street. The wide range of dining options includes a bistro style restaurant specializing in modern European cuisine which may also be enjoyed al fresco on the delightful terrace, while in summer the wooden deck area plays host to barbecues and spit roasts, events to savour in the heart of the city. The Montague on the Gardens 15 Montague Street London WC1 5BJ United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0) 20 7637 1001 www.montaguehotel.com
JOSÉ PROTACIO RIZAL MERCADO Y ALONSO REALONDA, patriot, physician and man of letters whose life and literary works were an inspiration to the Philippine nationalist movement. Born 19 June 1861, Calamba, Philippines. Died 30 December 1896, Manila, Philippines.
http://lukeford.net/archives/updates/081016.htm It constitutes Deuteronomy 33:1–34:12. Jews in the Diaspora generally read it in September or October on the Simchat Torah festival. Luke takes the traditional approach, Joey the heretical and Monica the literary.
http://lukeford.net/archives/updates/081016.htm It constitutes Deuteronomy 33:1–34:12. Jews in the Diaspora generally read it in September or October on the Simchat Torah festival. Luke takes the traditional approach, Joey the heretical and Monica the literary. What is the essence of "Star of Redemption"?
http://lukeford.net/archives/updates/081016.htm It constitutes Deuteronomy 33:1–34:12. Jews in the Diaspora generally read it in September or October on the Simchat Torah festival. Luke takes the traditional approach, Joey the heretical and Monica the literary. Baruch Goldstein gets a memorial on his grave but not Moshe.
http://lukeford.net/archives/updates/081016.htm It constitutes Deuteronomy 33:1–34:12. Jews in the Diaspora generally read it in September or October on the Simchat Torah festival. Luke takes the traditional approach, Joey the heretical and Monica the literary.
http://lukeford.net/archives/updates/081016.htm It constitutes Deuteronomy 33:1–34:12. Jews in the Diaspora generally read it in September or October on the Simchat Torah festival. Luke takes the traditional approach, Joey the heretical and Monica the literary.
Hungarian writer Gyozo Bordas spent an evening of literature with the readers of the Kaleidoscope literary monthly in the Matyas Pince in Toronto's Hungarian House. Bordas Gyozo irodalmi estje a torontoi Kalejdoszkop folyoirat szervezeseben a Magyar Haz Matyas Pincejeben. Produced by Zsolt Kovessy for MagyarTV-Toronto's Hungarian Channel.
SOME GOOD LINKS FOR WRITERS
SAMUEL BECKETT QUOTES AND WISDOM
http://writersmovement.blogspot.com/2008/11/samuel-beckett-quotes-and-wisdom.html
GETTING PUBLISHED - FIRST THINGS FIRST -THE OPTIONS
In order to be a writer these days, it is imperative one does first things first.
http://writersmovement.blogspot.com/2008/05/first-things-first-options.html
5 OPTIONS FOR PUBLISHING YOUR WRITING
http://writersmovement.blogspot.com/2008/05/5-options.html
PREDATORS AND EDITORS - GET THE FACTS ON PUBLISHERS
http://writersmovement.blogspot.com/2008/05/httpwwwinvirtuoccprededitors.html
LIST OF TRAVEL PUBLISHERS - CONTACTS
http://writersmovement.blogspot.com/2008/05/travel-publishers.html
MASSIVE LIST OF LITERARY AGENTS - USA AND WORLDWIDE
http://writersmovement.blogspot.com/2008/05/website-with-agents.html
SELF-PUBLISHING CHILDRENS BOOKS - HOW TO DO IT?
http://writersmovement.blogspot.com/2008/05/self-publishing.html
FORMATTING A NOVEL - PROPERLY
Here is a swift and practical insight into ...
A trailer for the new novel THE FIRE by Katherine Neville. Katherine Neville's groundbreaking novel, THE EIGHT, dazzled audiences more than twenty years ago and set the literary stage for the epic thriller. A quest for a mystical chess service that once belonged to Charlemagne, it spans two centuries and three continents, and intertwines historic and modern plots, archaeological treasure hunts, esoteric riddles, and puzzles encrypted with clues from the ancient past. Now the electrifying global adventure continues, in Neville's long anticipated sequel: THE FIRE.
"20 years have passed since Katherine Neville transfixed readers with The Eight. [In The Fire], ingenious puzzles, enthralling historical ambience, and masterful plot twists abound." -- Library Journal (starred review).
Available wherever books are sold. A Ballantine Books hardcover. http://www.KatherineNeville.com
Both mysterious and gripping, best-selling novelist, Stephen L. Carter, unveils dark secrets in his most recent work Palace Council, arriving on shelves July 8, 2008. Author of New England White and The Emperor of Ocean Park, Carter braces his audience for another riveting journey through political mayhem and racial lines.
Palace Council reveals the secret plan of twenty powerful men during the summer of 1952. Hidden on Martha’s Vineyard, their agenda is simple – to manipulate the President of the United States. The plot goes awry, however, after a well-known writer and Harlem’s literary son, Eddie Wesley, discovers an unsettling find, the dead body of one of the members. Unbeknownst to him, Eddie’s involvement in this complex web eventually draws in his lover and confidant, Aurelia Treene, and takes them on a twenty year journey through the darkness of high society to uncover the truth.
Not long ago in a galaxy that?s quite close by, an evil tyrant and his cruel henchman terrorised planets with devastating literary subterfuge. Only the Planet Nerd team stood in their way. Reduced to a skeleton crew by a galactic plague known only as ?I?m too busy this week?, our valiant heroes struggle to fight the [...]
Donna Deloney is the first Christian Fiction author signed to Hollygrove Publishing. Donna first stepped into the literary world when she entered the Black Expressions Book Club Fiction competition in 2007. Her manuscript won second place in a competition that had hundreds of entries from across the nation. Well, that second place manuscript is now a FIRST PLACE book.
In the Spring of 2009, Donna Deloney's debut novel, Journey To Jordan will be released. This story is about a successful business woman (Jordan) and her struggle to forgive those family members who have hurt her deeply. When the only man she's ever considered to be her father dies, Jordan is forced to face her feelings about her past and some of the people in it. While on this emotional journey, Jordan quickly learns that the road to forgiveness sometimes has a lot of turns.
This book will touch the hearts of every person that reads it. Go to the "Purchase Book" page and pre-order a copy of Journey To Jordan today.
Scottish Bard Reveals Literary Leanings on Video Podcast!
From Glasgow, Scotland, the very thoughtful singer/songwriter Alexi Murdoch crafts his tales of wonderment. Check out his interview with Dusty and two new stunning compositions performed live at Blue Ribbon Sound. (Powered by Shure).