This is Life @ OHP baby!
Hey ya’ll. It is I, your intrepid Jr. Editor back again with some great news. This news is so engrossing, so
engaging, so very world shattering that it will change the way you look at this life we live forever. But first I must aside.
I know things have been quiet around here lately so I want to ask you to wait for the other shoe to drop for a few hundred words more while I update you on what’s been going on. As many of you know we’ve extended the submission deadline for An Honest Lie Volume 3: Justifiable Hypocrisy. If you are going to submit I would suggest you do it now. Do it here. Do it now. Many of you already have and we truly appreciate it. I’ve read some very, very good stories and I’ve read some Great ones as well. I believe that AHL V3 is going to be our best volume yet! You guys are awesome.
Are you new here? Do you find yourself a bit confused about to what it is I refer? Well, we here at Open Heart Publishing pride ourselves in having released some of the finest books in the world of independent publishing. Our first two anthologies, “An Honest Lie Volume 1: Encouraging the Delinquency of Your Inner Child” and “An Honest Lie Volume 2: Delusions of Insignificance”, are chock full of great stories from some of the premiere emerging writers in the nation. One of those authors, C.B. Calsing blessed us with a fabulous collection set in and around San Louis Obispo called “All Along the Pacific”. We have also worked closely with the community through our opportunity project and put together, with the help of some very talented young people, “The Cave of Colors”. And our biggest book, our most controversial piece of work “The Children’s Book of Necromancy [Not Intended for Children]”. You can pick them all up here at our store.
Okay, you’ve done your due and sat through my PSA. You are now sanctioned to hear the news and you are not going to believe me when I tell you what we are doing this summer season. Well, by “we” I mean more specifically, Our Fearless Leader Debrin Case. He is embarking on a massive journey across our great nation to bring the Open Heart Publishing name to a home town near you. But he is not just promoting our company and our great products, oh no, Debrin is also bringing you a great message of vision and passion and nurturing both even if you have to start at Rock Bottom. He is embarking on a walkabout and, though he walks alone, he walks on behalf of us all. He, better than anyone, can tell you the depths of his vision and mission so I would suggest following his quest at his blog Ramble Tree and find out when and where he’ll be speaking at his mission headquarters Starting @ Rock Bottom.
I am completely proud of where we’ve been, I am excited to be involved with what we have going on now, and I see a bright and bold future ahead for us all. We love you guys. We do this for the love, but we also do this for the writers, for the readers, for the friends and fans, we do this for you. Take a moment to lend us your support. Submit your work, follow our Facebook and Twitter, and buy our books.
… and a happy New year!
Happy New Year
It’s past Christmas but we are still fully in the swing of the holiday season. It’s not too late to order your copy of any of our great books. You can do your part to support the small press and check out our store.
Earlier today I had a long conversation with Our Fearless Leader and he let me in on some pretty exciting stuff. Something about t***rs and a bit about e****s and some thing else about E***c T***t. As you can see the company censors are all over it and won’t let me leak anything right now. I can tell you that we have some secrets and surprises in store for 2011. Even though I’m not allowed to give any spoilers … I am going to do everything I can to ferret out the details and, as ever friends and fans, I will spirit them on swift wings to your ear.
Until then, I wish you all a happy and prosperous new year. Have a safe and sane weekend. See you next year baby! Whooo!
A Secret
Okay. I am probably going to get fired for this blog Buuuut … here we go. I am going to give away the secret to bribing your faithful Jr. Editor into fighting for your story. Yes, yes, please, hold your applause and questions until the end please. Thank you.
Ahhem … In three easy steps you are going to come one complete third closer to becoming published. Again I do this fo you at the peril of my position at Open Heart Publishing. Appreciate this effort to get you published and … well …
Step number one:
Follow the submission guidelines. They are very simple and easily found here.
Step number two:
Please have something of a viable story. I know this might sound like I am just blowing my Jr. Editor horn here, but no, really if you haven’t followed step number one, and then you send your absolute first draft on top of it; well, son, the chances of your piece being accepted by us become next to impossible.
And we, here at OHP bring you the infamous 3!:
If you want our vote, the one thing you can do is personalize your self. I’m not saying beg and grovel. That will just break my heart and MAKE ME HATE YOU! Ummm … sorry. however,
If you, dear submitter, humanize your self to us, and do it convincingly I will become Amateur Sucker Editor Extraordinaire. i will fight for you until the end.
There is, after I consider it, an adendum to this that I must, in good conscience, make you aware of. You will have to follow my blog’s my stuff and buy my stuff. Peace I am Your
