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Penny-Farthing Press submissions policy
Penny-Farthing Press publishes comic books, graphic novels, and children’s books that exemplify quality storytelling, artwork, and printing. They welcome your submissions and all submissions will be reviewed. Submissions for PFP’s Mythics line of children’s books should be stories of mythological content, such as alternate realities, magic or supernatural subject matter. Children’s book writers should send […]
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Review: Gem City Gypsy
June 14, 2013
Gem City Gypsy By Kristin Kuhns Alexandre Sisterhood Publications May 2013 158 pages In 1915, Neci Stans fled Dayton, Ohio and her Gypsy heritage only to fall victim to a series of unfortunate incidents including the sinking of the Lusitania and the European invasion by the Germans. A changed, more refined woman, she returns to […]
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Peek into the world of canine mental illness
June 13, 2013
Crazy Bitch. The title made me laugh at first. I enjoyed the pun. Little did I know the seriousness of the ride on which this story would take me. Crazy Bitch follows the author through her journey of living with a dog that has canine compulsive disorder. It is an eye-opening, knowledge-inducing peek into the […]
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Bloomsbury Spark seeking teen, YA, and new adult fiction
June 12, 2013
Bloomsbury Spark is a new global, digital imprint from Bloomsbury Publishing. Beginning in September 2013, they will be publishing a variety of fiction ebooks for teen, YA, and new adult readers. Their list will feature multiple genres: romance, contemporary, dystopian, paranormal, sci-fi, mystery, thriller, and more. YA editor Meredith Rich will supervise the imprint in […]
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Review: The Stolen Dog
June 7, 2013
The Stolen Dog By Tricia O’Malley Park & Stowell Publishing May 2013 Briggs, a 2-year old Boston terrier was the light of Tricia and Josh O’Malley’s lives. The day he was stolen from their deck in broad daylight in a Milwaukee neighborhood, their world was turned upside down. Tricia wasted little time shifting into high […]
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Review: Greenhorn
June 5, 2013
Greenhorn Written by Anna Olswanger Illustrated by Miriam Nerlove NewSouth Books 48 pages In 1946, 20 boys arrive at the yeshiva (Jewish school) in Brooklyn and the other students are not happy. The dorm rooms and classrooms are already crowded. But these boys are not ordinary students. They came all the way from Poland because […]
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Review: It’s Just a Dog
May 22, 2013
It’s Just a Dog By Russ Ryan CreateSpace May 2013 190 pages When Charlie Keefe’s Jack Russell terrier Pete died at the ripe old age of 16 – and a half—Charlie lost more than his “precious pal.” He lost his “meal ticket.” You see, Charlie is the world famous “painter of dogs” – the “Picasso […]
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June 19, 2013
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