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Mar 8
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Librarians Everywhere Shocked by the Children’s Book of Necromancy

Posted on Tuesday, March 8, 2011 in A Children's Book of Necromancy

Magical tomes, dark secrets, an army of zombies mystical rituals held in the dark of night by black cloaked figures, a science lesson … wait,

Shocked Librarians

Shocked Librarians

what?

Librarians the world over are finding the Children’s Book of Necromancy a shocking surprise. Within the pages of this modern magical grimoire are secrets librarians’ never thought they would find.

“I was stunned,” one hapless librarian told me when I interviewed her. “And then I was, appalled, then I was surprised and then I was intrigued, after that there was acceptance and recovery. I still don’t know who could have written such a thing, but I am glad they did. We have to break out of our old ways of thinking and accept this new way of doing things. Raising the dead isn’t always the horror show we think it’s going to be. Libraries and bookstores everywhere should pick up this book.”

“Yeah, I get it,” said another librarian, “I am still shocked though.”

Why so shocking ...?

Why so shocking ...?

The debate is hot and heavy but I can see a common consensus amongst the masses, you HAVE to check out this book. Penned by a mysterious publishing mogul from right here in the great Metroplex and his loyal minions the Children’s Book of Necromancy is a must read for children and parents alike. It takes you on a wild ride of bullying, betrayal, determination, revenge, and science. It whips you from one emotion to the next and in the end teaches you, dear reader, how to raise the dead.

I know you are intrigued and are dying to get your hands on this book never fear I have the inside scoop. I can get you closer than you’ve ever been to this book of pure power, I my friends and a secret minion of the Great and Fearless author of this book. Follow this link and I promise you all your dreams will come true.

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Jan 19

In the Big Leagues

Posted on Wednesday, January 19, 2011 in Announcements

Greetings Friends and Fans,

chapter 1We have some pretty exciting news to share with you. As of right this instant, our books are available on Amazon.com and at Barnes and Noble.com. You can pick up your favorite volume of An Honest Lie at your favorite book store and all for a reduced rate.
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An Honest Lie Volume 1: Encouraging the Delinquency of Your Inner Child includes great pieces by top of the pile authors like Brittney Dillard, Bob Clark, Robert Dean, and Will Terry. This is a “can’t miss” volume of some of the best up and coming writers in the business today.

An Honest Lie Volume 2: Delusions of Insignificance is just as exciting and features new authors like, Claire Ibarra, Cynthia Witherspoon, Patrick Scalisi, and Jessica Dunn as well as returning greats such as Eric Trant (who is also, incidentally, the winner of the coveted An Honest Lie Book Deal) and C.B. Calsing who gave us All Along the Pacific.

Wow! such great reading just sitting there waiting to be read, by you our dear faithful friends and fans. It’s only because of you that we get to do this. So keep your support efforts coming in and we will continue to thrill you with the best emerging literature.

barnes_noble_1Don’t forget, we are also taking submissions for An Honest Lie Volume 3: Justifiable Hypocrisy. We’ve seen more than a few great submissions and now, we are looking to read yours. Throw down your fanciest gauntlet and see if you have the chops to make the grade. Check out the Submission Guidelines for more information.
And now … as always it has been a thrill but we must, I’m afraid, bid you a fond farewell. Until next time dear friends and fans; until next time.

Jan 12
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What’s Going On?

Posted on Wednesday, January 12, 2011 in Jr. Editor Blog

ohpnewlogoHey there friends and fans of Open Heart Publishing. We hope your new year is treating you right so far. Things are looking bright for us and I am here to share some of it with you today.

Last night the staff of Open Heart Publishing gathered to do some brain storming and to make some decisions about the coming months. And, because you can’t have a creative meeting and not have some fun, we celebrated not one but two birthdays. Our fearless leader Debrin turned on the eighth and our newest addition Melanie turned yesterday. Happy birthday to you both.

As you already know our An Honest Lie Volume 1 winner Eric Trant will be bringing us something amazing in the coming year. Without giving away too many details, I want to tell you that what we are looking at is simply amazing. We’re excited about it.

Also, we are working on a new project, a quarterly literary ezine called “Ramble Tree”. This is going to be a great project. And with it are going to come some great updates to our websites. Keep following us over the next 60 days or so for sneak peeks and all of the glorious details.

Debrin will soon be embarking on a bit of a walk about as well. He’s going to be visiting book stores, libraries and other places around the country promoting our work and our company. Stay tuned for his schedule and when he’s in your town drop in to say hi, and buy a book. Who knows, he may even sign one for you.

Finally, and this is amazing, one of our contributors, Cynthia Witherspoon, writing as Cynthia Gael, is in the running for The Best Young Adult award for her novel Balefire and Moonstone. Look her up and vote for her here. While you’re at it like her Facebook page as well.

Until next time … keep writing, keep reading.

Davin Kimble
Jr. Editor

Jan 9
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Ready … Prompt … Go

Posted on Sunday, January 9, 2011 in Jr. Editor Blog

After the spirit of the holidays and in the spirit of great literature I wanted to talk to you about the theme of this year’s An Honest Lie anthology. As you know ever year we at Open Heart Publishing give ya’ll an opportunity to win a book deal with us. All you have to do is write a tale that follows a simple prompt.

frontcover-184x300In the first year we offered, for your writing pleasure, An Honest Lie Volume 1: Encouraging the Delinquency of Your Inner Child. We received hundreds of submissions and out of those published fourteen of the best authors I’ve had the fortune to read. Encouraging the Delinquency of Your Inner Child attracted wonderful and thrilling entries like, Gran’s Prophesy by C.B. Calsing, a tale about a man whose Inner child made him a king in his time, and our winner Eric Trant’s submission Apple Tree, where we follow two boys on a mission. Everyone put their inner child forward and made us proud.

An Honest Lie volume 2: Delusions of Insignificance challenged our writers even further. The response was ahlv2_cover-204x300almost overwhelming but being the dedicated people we are we were able to give you an even greater effort. The stories were better than before. We are happy to have published great authors like Terry Sanville, Claire Ibarra, Rob Rosen and Patrick Scalisi. In An Honest Lie Volume 2: Delusions of Insignificance they told us about secret world’s hidden right in our own homes, young super heroes in training, high power highbrows, and crushing weight. Vote for your favorite and help them win that book deal.

This year, we really stepped out and brought our most thought provoking prompt yet: Justifiable Hypocrisy. I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about those two small words. I am after all expected to present a submission for publication. From the great stories we’ve been reading I am sure we are well on our way to presenting the best anthology yet.

We look forward to reading your work.

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