Featured Poetry & Fiction
"I must have caught the club right in the temple. I remember her pale face against the inky blackness of the room, then a flash of searing white. And then darkness; total and complete darkness for what may have been one second or six hundred..."
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Refreshing Weird Monthly
Marketing Attention-Grabbers
It’s common to see candy companies change their packaging to red and pink hearts and cupids in February, or to see more hype over diet plans and calorie counting in (post-New Year’s resolution) January. Consumers expect to see these things, so maybe its time for marketing teams to think outside the box.
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Rediscovered Classics - The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
When The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins first appeared in 1868, it was printed in weekly installments in Charles Dickens’s magazine All the Year Round. Each week, readers thronged the streets in front of the magazine office, eager for the next part.
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Video Interviews

Video Interview: Tyler Oaks

Tyler Oaks earned her Bachelor of Arts in Spanish from California State University, Stanislaus and her Master of Arts in Spanish from California State University, Sacramento. Tyler lives in California's Napa Valley with her husband and twin daughters. Tyler is presently at work on her next novel.

Video Interview: Deborah Greenspan

Deborah Greenspan is a writer turned publisher, who brings to self publishing the same high standards as are expected of traditional publishing. Her company, Llumina Press, is a leader in the POD and self publishing field, and offers great, personal service as well as quality work. Call or email Llumina for a free editing evaluation.

Video Interview: Suzie Isaacs

Suzie Isaacs is a literary agent at Ampersand, Inc., located in Chicago, IL. Among the authors Suzie represents is Ron Janson, author of the book Red Money, and a featured author at the 2008 BEA.

Video Interview: Emmanuel Young

Emmanuel Young lives in Cleveland Heights, OH. The Psalms of a Warrior’s Heart is the first book by this up-and-coming author who was featured in Los Angeles this year at Book Expo America.

Video Interview: Ron Janson

Ron Janson has a unique and broad-based career, including corporate management positions, business consulting, entrepreneurial ventures, education and writing. He is the author of the nonfiction book Shareholder Value—A Business Experience (Butterworth-Heinemann) and another SterlingHouse fiction title, What Is Hers, due out in 2009. He currently resides in Connecticut. Ron was a featured author at the Book Expo America in 2008.

Video Interview: Michael Myette

Michael Myette, M. D. received his bachelor’s degree from Gonzaga University and his medical doctorate from the Medical College of Wisconsin. Trained in pediatric medicine and pediatric critical care medicine, Dr. Myette was a fellow of the Cardiovascular Research Institute in San Francisco. He currently practices and resides in Sacramento, CA.

Video Interview: Crissa Constantine

Crissa Constantine, author of the novel Broken Doll, holds master's degrees in Music and in Education. She was awarded a grant to start a music program at a school in California, and has released two CDs of her own piano compositions. She currently lives in British Columbia, Canada.