And the Winner Is…
Volume number 2 is now behind us, but not without declaring who is our winner. A big congratulations goes out to William Walton and his wonderful story “Ozzie the Clown”, our latest winner in the yearly Anthology contest “An Honest Lie”.
We are very pleased to be working with William Walton as our newest author, he is definitely a writer that I for one am looking forward to reading more from, and I can see that you are as well.
William, I want to thank you for taking the time to submit this wonderfully crafted story to our second volume, and also for revisiting us yet again for our third volume with “Mike from the Mailroom”, it’s always great to see Alumni returning to work with us again.
Open Heart Publishing is very pleased with the partnerships we’ve developed already and we are looking forward to developing more, maybe our next winning Author could be you.
Friends and Fans say, “What?”
“What,” you say?
Friends and Fans ...
“What indeed,” I say in reply. Well, if you will indulge, allow me to be vague.
You know when you are privy to some information that blew your socks off but you are forbidden to speak about it? It niggles at you doesn’t it? Well my dear Friends and Fans, say what.
“What,” you say? I can’t tell you. Not yet anyway, but I will … soon, I promise. It’s a BIG deal. A really BIG DEAL. I mean Debrin wen’t out on a walkabout and is on his way home with the Friggin Holy Grail level of BIG DAMNED DEAL! I don’t mean to be overly excited, but I am Blown Away Here. I can’t wait until I can tell you exactly what it’s all about.
In other news … Friends and fans say, “what?”
WHAT!
We have officially finished reading all of the submissions for An Honest Lie volume 3: Justifiable Hypocrisy. We will tell you that we are pleased first and foremost. We had the privilege of reading some very, very good stories. We would also like to report that there is a meeting scheduled for very soon where in we will be making decisions regarding the final cut. Of course you will all have to remember that Our Fearless Leader get’s the final say, i assure you he takes Our recommendations very seriously in his decision making.
Long story short? We are going to be making some anouncements soon that might affect you all, for the rest of your lives. Considering that we are all still here one would have to assume we were passed over for the raputure. I don’t know about you guys but I could go for a thousand years of peace and prosperity. And I look forward to becoming rich with you publishing and writing books.
Friends and Fans say, “what?”
Now, one thing you can’t forget …
An Honest Lie Volume 2: Delusions of Insignificance is not only on sale but it is also still in the voting stages. One of those lucky authors will be winning a book deal with us at the end of this thing so vote for your favorite today!
Keeping Austin Weird and Taking it Big Easy
I love this city
Hey there friends and fans. It is I, your intrepid Jr. Editor back from a bit of an extended vacation. It was a necessary break and it was healthy and fun to get away for a while. While the break meant not doing much of some things, like working, it involved doing a lot of other things, like gaming. The break though gave me an opportunity to refresh my mind and spirit and open up to the great possibilities of my mind. I see a bright future and so I pursue it with a dogged determination.
I am not the only one following my dreams with passion and persistence. Debrin is also on the road to his dreams. He is also literally on the road. Rambling across our great country, walking into his bliss, Debrin is spreading the work about Open Heart Publishing and he is also spreading a good word of hope and determination at various locations across the country. It’s an ambitious trip, it’s a massive quest and it seems as it progresses to be necessary in more ways than we ever knew when we were planning it.
Debrin began here in Dallas and moved on to Austin a little over two week ago. Austin, being the modern city that it is, embraced him and wove his dream into their hearts adding, as Debrin said, “a bit of their flame to his fire.” While there he met some amazing people all of them with dreams and journey’s of their own. To a man they were inspired by, or lent inspiration to, Debrin’s Journey.
Finding himself, after leaving here, backed up an unable to go, Debrin never the less wet out into the world bravely and in time found his movement. I believe it was the influence of Austin, its people and its cuisine that helped him relax enough to move on but that is the beauty of this journey. It’s going to cause us all to grow in ways we may never have considered. In Austin Debrin found his legs, his beginning if you will, there is now little doubt that what he’s doing is possible and that there will be people the lad over willing to hear him, accept him and share their truth with us all.
Now he’s moving on. Leaving Austin with a sense of regret for what is falling behind and a great sense of anticipation for what lies ahead 
Debrin is moving on to New Orleans. I don’t know about you but I for one can’t wait to see what the Big Easy has to teach us. You can follow the Ramble at Debrins Journey Blog “Ramble Tree”. We wish Debrin the best on his journey and send all of our positive vibes his way. Debrin! Hollar at us dog!
Remember friends and fans that we here at home are working very hard reading the stories for An Honest Lie Volume 3: Justifiable Hypocrisy. It is not too late to get your stories submitted. The deadline is May, 15th 2011. Submit your work, follow our Facebook and Twitter, and buy our books.
Thank you, thank you, thank you … you’re far too kind.
