Washington Books News (United States)

Broken Publications is raising funds online and offline for the first annual Soul Vomit Anthology focusing on domestic violence stories, art, and poetry. Proceeds not used will be donated to a local domestic violence advocacy group.

The Gelett Burgess Center has Named Nicholas Beatty as Executive Director in leadership of the national awards committee responsible for selecting the best in family-friendly children's books and media.

Children's Authors and Illustrators Laurie Lee Eichorst, Sameena Bachmeier, and Janie Berry join the national Gelett Burgess Center, an organization devoted to selecting and promoting the best family-friendly books and media published annually.

Emily Hill, owner of A.V. Harrison Publishing spills the secret ingredients of how to grab attention for your eBooks on the global market in her updated guide for self-publishers, 'Self-Publishing for Smart Cookies'.

New poetry and art book by Jennifer-Crystal Johnson free giveaway of 5 signed copies on Goodreads. Giveaway end date is nearing! Last chance to sign up to win a free copy of the book signed by the author.

Local author discovers her Seattle Greenwood neighborhood, which includes a number of houses considered haunted, was platted on an abandoned cemetery in 1907. Her two 'Ghost Stories' books, on Kindle and Nook, reveal incidents of ghost sightings.

“The bodies may have been removed from where my Seattle 1907 house was built, but quite obviously, the spirits remain.” Seattle Author discovers that her 1907-established Greenwood neighborhood was built on site of Old Woodland Cemetery.

New annual anthology published by Broken Publications is now open for submissions for its 2012 issue of Soul Vomit. The theme for the issue is domestic violence, survival, aftermath, and recovery and healing.

A cleverly crafted collection of poetry and art by Jennifer-Crystal Johnson, Strangers with Familiar Faces illuminates the idea of the constantly changing and evolving self. No one is the same exact person from one moment to the next.

80-year-old Barbara Ross is surprised by the life she currently leads as founder & visionary of the award-winning children's publishing company Goops Unlimited. The company's focuses in creating fun & educational products for the entire family.

New Mexico Mother/Daughter design team, Liz and Stephanie Eisenbraun recently won the national Benjamin Franklin Award for best design of a children's book. This is the first national award shared by the mother and 14-year-old daughter.

Pacific Northwest Illustrator, 80-Year-old Betty Lou Dean, realized a life-long dream this month as her children's book The Frozen Princess went to press. A true success story, many seniors now see the first time illustrator as a role model.

Jane Marshall brings imaginary character to life as featured artist at Google.

A Step-by-Step Handbook for creating a "Functional Midlife Crisis" has been released by Dike Drummond MD for the Amazon Kindle. The Handbook contains unique life changing tools for the 10,000 Baby Boomers turning 50 every day looking for What's Next.

"Readers in the United Kingdom gave me my first #1 Kindle Best Seller and I love them for that!" Author Emily Hill, who has turned her attention to the paranormal realm, explains why ghost tales are of interest to the English, Scottish, and Irish.

Ghost Stories and Tales of Terror author, Emily Hill, discusses her ghost sightings and how the near death experiences of her and her mother link to their paranormal experiences. Hill points to research on children who see & talk to ghosts by Leader.

Responding to the enthusiasm of her readers, who made her a Kindle Best Selling Author with their interest in her first Ghost Stories book, Emily Hill releases an even more frightening 'Ghost Stories and Tales of Terror' on Kindle and Nook this week.

From Law School graduate to a life among ex-pats, diplomats, and aristocrats life had much in store for attorney Judith Works as she graduated, mid-life, from Lewis and Clark Law School. In 'Coins In The Fountain' you're treated to the excitment!

Barking Rain Press announced the acquisition of the steampunk fantasy novel "Of Machines & Magics" by UK author Adele Abbot.

Chinese rights to all of Rhemalda Publishing’s titles have been contracted to Three Youths Media Agency Shenzhen China.

This book explores the Andrea Doria and extreme diving through an introspective odyssey of memory and history back to the dangerous underwater world of Northeast shipwrecks.

Broken Publications is raising funds online and offline for the first annual Soul Vomit Anthology focusing on domestic violence stories, art, and poetry. Proceeds not used will be donated to a local domestic violence advocacy group.

The Gelett Burgess Center has Named Nicholas Beatty as Executive Director in leadership of the national awards committee responsible for selecting the best in family-friendly children's books and media.

Children's Authors and Illustrators Laurie Lee Eichorst, Sameena Bachmeier, and Janie Berry join the national Gelett Burgess Center, an organization devoted to selecting and promoting the best family-friendly books and media published annually.

Author, Richard A.M. Dixon, is pleased to announce the release of his new book, Dillon’s War – The Weretiger or Kontum. Deep in the jungle a soldier encounters a tiger for what will become a life-changing experience for both tiger and man.

In response to the growing fad of owning werewolves as pets, Senator Wooten institutes the W.O.C. (Werewolf Oversight Committee).

Author Douglas R. Brown will be interviewed by Mindy Drayer and Marshall McPeek on the NBC4 Morning Show in Columbus, Ohio for his newest novel TAMED.

The Gelett Burgess Children's Book Award program has officially opened, with a call for entries until May 15th, 2012. The awards program honors the best in family-friendly children's books published the previous calendar year.

The Gelett Burgess Center has announced their selections for the 2011 Gelett Burgess Children's Book Award. The Award honors the top family-friendly books published in the 2010/2011 season.

Northwest based author launches new author web site and makes PDF files available for purchase and download on her site. Short stories and poetry PDF files are $0.99 each and include cover art by the author; both poetry books also available.

Emily Hill, owner of A.V. Harrison Publishing spills the secret ingredients of how to grab attention for your eBooks on the global market in her updated guide for self-publishers, 'Self-Publishing for Smart Cookies'.

Strauberry Studios will showcase their complete line of children’s books and stuffed toys in the Made In America exhibit at AmericasMart’s Atlanta International Gift & Home Furnishings Market® January 13-17, 2012.

A Seattle author of Ghost Stories has tracked a number of haunted property locations in her former neighborhood of Greenwood. This week she adds two more pins noting properties she's discovered; one the location of woman who slowly went insane.

Northwest author, who has written of her experiences living in a Seattle haunted house details her efforts of tracking down Greenwood District properties where paranormal activity has played out over history. She discovers story of insanity in one.

Emily Hill, Author of 'Ghost Stories' returned, with her grown son, to their Greenwood neighborhood as they pointed out the houses anointed as 'Haunted' by the neighborhood children. Cupboard doors swinging open did not unsettle grown man as a youth.

On a quest to understand the trauma that occurred on the land her former Greenwood District, house sat on, the Seattle author of 'Ghost Stories From Beyond The Grave' follows her trail of clues to Crown Hill Cemetery and Phillip Howell, Caretaker.

New poetry and art book by Jennifer-Crystal Johnson free giveaway of 5 signed copies on Goodreads. Giveaway end date is nearing! Last chance to sign up to win a free copy of the book signed by the author.

Local author discovers her Seattle Greenwood neighborhood, which includes a number of houses considered haunted, was platted on an abandoned cemetery in 1907. Her two 'Ghost Stories' books, on Kindle and Nook, reveal incidents of ghost sightings.

“The bodies may have been removed from where my Seattle 1907 house was built, but quite obviously, the spirits remain.” Seattle Author discovers that her 1907-established Greenwood neighborhood was built on site of Old Woodland Cemetery.

New annual anthology published by Broken Publications is now open for submissions for its 2012 issue of Soul Vomit. The theme for the issue is domestic violence, survival, aftermath, and recovery and healing.

A cleverly crafted collection of poetry and art by Jennifer-Crystal Johnson, Strangers with Familiar Faces illuminates the idea of the constantly changing and evolving self. No one is the same exact person from one moment to the next.

Steve Wilhelm proudly publishes his first eBook December 12, 2011. He is excited to share his completed project with the world.

80-year-old Barbara Ross is surprised by the life she currently leads as founder & visionary of the award-winning children's publishing company Goops Unlimited. The company's focuses in creating fun & educational products for the entire family.

Each chapter left me hanging in anticipation of the next. The author's writing style is conversational and the story rolls along easily. There are many surprises and twists, some of them completely shocking and unexpected.

New Mexico Mother/Daughter design team, Liz and Stephanie Eisenbraun recently won the national Benjamin Franklin Award for best design of a children's book. This is the first national award shared by the mother and 14-year-old daughter.

Pacific Northwest Illustrator, 80-Year-old Betty Lou Dean, realized a life-long dream this month as her children's book The Frozen Princess went to press. A true success story, many seniors now see the first time illustrator as a role model.

I really enjoyed this book! The author does a great job of drawing you in to the characters and their story- I found myself relating to each of them!

A great fantasy adventure with two of the most entertaining characters you could ever hope to find. Oliver and Jem get into some classic scrapes including some very worrisome monsters....

Jane Marshall brings imaginary character to life as featured artist at Google.

Seventeen-year old Burien native Marta Stahlfeld will be selling copies of her middle school / young adult book "Darkwoods" at the Highland Park Elementary Holiday Bazaar in West Seattle, WA, on Saturday, December 10, 2011, from 10am - 3pm.

The humour in this book is at the same time subtle and yet also obvious in the way that it is thus able to expose the psychology of human nature in the raw and also in all its horror.

A Step-by-Step Handbook for creating a "Functional Midlife Crisis" has been released by Dike Drummond MD for the Amazon Kindle. The Handbook contains unique life changing tools for the 10,000 Baby Boomers turning 50 every day looking for What's Next.

Book review on Wallace Wattle's, Financial Success Through Creative Thought.

Author Karen Amanda Hooper shares how the movies SPLASH and CLASH OF THE TITANS helped her debut novel TANGLED TIDES make waves in the reading world last week.

Yara Jones is a human pulled to the depths of the ocean and into the tangled relationships between merfolk and selkies in Karen Amanda Hooper’s debut novel, Tangled Tides.

"Readers in the United Kingdom gave me my first #1 Kindle Best Seller and I love them for that!" Author Emily Hill, who has turned her attention to the paranormal realm, explains why ghost tales are of interest to the English, Scottish, and Irish.

Ghost Stories and Tales of Terror author, Emily Hill, discusses her ghost sightings and how the near death experiences of her and her mother link to their paranormal experiences. Hill points to research on children who see & talk to ghosts by Leader.

Responding to the enthusiasm of her readers, who made her a Kindle Best Selling Author with their interest in her first Ghost Stories book, Emily Hill releases an even more frightening 'Ghost Stories and Tales of Terror' on Kindle and Nook this week.

Debut Epic Fantasy Life Descending by John Hennessy available November 18

“David R. Gross is incredibly knowledgeable in his field as evidenced by the wealth of his professional publications. Now he casts his pen to a memoir reminiscent of James Herriot, but on American soil.”

From Law School graduate to a life among ex-pats, diplomats, and aristocrats life had much in store for attorney Judith Works as she graduated, mid-life, from Lewis and Clark Law School. In 'Coins In The Fountain' you're treated to the excitment!

You want Italy! You’ve GOT Italy! As only Judith Works, former United Nations attorney can bring it to you! Funny, and Fascinating! ‘Coins In The Fountain’ is this season’s breakthrough travel memoir. Ex-Pats! Diplomats! Aristocrats!

Barking Rain Press announced the acquisition of the steampunk fantasy novel "Of Machines & Magics" by UK author Adele Abbot.

The only way to save humanity is to expose it. The human homeworlds are in decline, completely dependent on machines and overrun by excesses of sex and drug use, they are slowing dying. An old enemy emerges and humanity’s creators are discovered.

Dead Game: In this Video Game, ‘Game Over’ Means You’re Dead...When Serial Killers Terrorize a California Beach Community, One Woman Stands in Their Way

Regardless of the season people all over the world love 'Ghost Chaser' and 'Ghost Hunter' stories. And, it seems, everyone has a ghost story to tell. That is why best selling Amazon Kindle author, Emily Hill, is inviting ghost story submissions.

The statistics are daunting if you are a writer still waiting to be made into an author by a literary agent (an author being someone who actually makes money on their books). Only ONE in ten PUBLISHED writers today are represented by an agent - why?

Chinese rights to all of Rhemalda Publishing’s titles have been contracted to Three Youths Media Agency Shenzhen China.

What happens when a #1 news team becomes the top story instead of reporting it?

Meet the Misfitz! Some are odd, some mischievous, some lovable and some are just down-right unlucky.