Words and Wisdom
Welcome back dear Friends and Fans. As always we are glad to have you hear with us experiencing life at Open Heart Publishing. As you know we have quite a bit going on around here and it is my most humble duty to share what we’ve learned with you and to inspire you to your own little piece of greatness. Ha! Or maybe you’re like me and you’re looking to eat the whole pie. Either way, here’s another slice!
As you know, or may not know, Debrin, or illustrious publisher is off on a literary walkabout sharing his wisdom, meeting artists and writers like yourselves and spreading the word about Open Heart Publishing. “Growing the Brand,” you might call it “doing the dance arms all akimbo taking a major leap of faith. I am in awe of the gumption it must take. He was most recently in the Big Easy taking it slow on the banks of Lake Pontchartrain. There he met two of our returning contributors C.B. Calsing, who not only provided us with some great stories for our anthologies but also blessed us with a collection she wrote called “Along the Pacific”; and Robert Dean who gave us “Blue Eyeliner” for “An Honest Lie Volume 1: Encouraging the Delinquency of Your Inner Child”. That, is a great story. We’d love the read more of your work, if you’re reading this dude.
But, alas, on who walks about never can for long remain in one local so, Debrin has moved on again, the wanderlust snatching his feet and carrying him onward; this time to Nashville. Let us send with him our best wishes and let’s hope his luck improves. Here’s to you my brother … godspeed.
And while or publisher is doing the leg work on the road, we here at home are holding down the OHP fort. I am happy to say that we’ve read almost everything you guys have sent and we will be announcing the short list within weeks. I know it seems to have been an extra long haul with the submissions extension and everything but the time is drawing short I promise you. I can say that I am extremely pleased with the submissions we received. You are one creative group of writers and I am privledged to be one of the first to read your work. We are going to have a hard time choosing the lucky few, but I think we are about to put out our best book yet. I can’t wait.
Alright then, with all of the words and all of the wisdom imparted, I will see you anon.
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.
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.
