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Palette of Secrets Runner-Up in 2016 Best Indie Book

Joan Fallon has good reason to be proud of Palette of Secrets. It is an amazingly well-written story of Nancy Miller, an aging artist struggles to forget the secret that …

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Advisors and Readers

We are happy to have many people whose opinions we value. They read our manuscripts when needed, give advice when asked (and sometimes when not asked), and generally support our …

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All Roads Lead to the Same Place–and It Isn’t Rome

Looking for a publisher should be simple, right? How hard can it be? Do a Google search and surely pages of publishers will pop out. I decided to try doing …

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Assignment Dhaka

Margaret Riccardelli enjoyed an international airline career and traveled to more than 50 countries before joining the American Foreign Service, but she wasn’t as worldly wise as she thought she …

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Aunt Nellie B

Charli is convinced that the women in her family are the victims of a curse—they go through husbands at an alarming rate. At a very young age, she begins a …

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Author Reading of The 45th Nail

Ian Lahey, who co-authored The 45th Nail with his father, Michael Lahey, lives and writes in Italy. His appreciation of the culture and the traditions of Italy shine through the …

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Bad News Travels Fast

When Appalachian Trail thru-hiker Lydia Manzo becomes lost in the woods of Maine, then is found dead, it sets off a chain of events that upsets the fragile peace of …

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Switch to Advanced Search for Book Titles Search by Title or Keyword Palette of Secrets Runner-Up in 2016 Best Indie Book Joan Fallon has good reason to be proud of …

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Bernie O’Dea Mysteries

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Best Friends Forever

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Beware the Wolf in Sheep’s Clothes

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Bobbi Carducci

Bobbi Carducci is the author of the memoir, Confessions of an Imperfect Caregiver, the true story of the seven years she spent as a caregiver for her mentally and physically …

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Born a Refugee

NOVEMBER 1974: Ali, reeking of tear gas, darts down an alley, listening for the thud of combat boots behind him. Living amidst the overcrowding, poverty, and political violence of the …

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Born a Refugee

The haunting yet beautiful story of a family of four brothers and their widowed mother living in a tiny house in the Kalandia Refugee Camp near Jerusalem as they face …

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Born a Refugee

This is a deep, rich, poignant and profoundly humanistic book. It is also one of the best “political” books I have ever read.

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Breakfast in Palestine

Breakfast in Palestine recounts Dixiane’s introduction to her new Palestinian family, and how she coped with a new language, new culture, new social demands, and her love affair with the …

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Caregiver: You Are Not Alone

Caregiver: You Are Not Alone is an anthology of caregiver stories representing varying ages, genders, and family dynamics—all doing the hardest job they ever had to do. Each story is …

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Checkpoint Kalandia

The story of one man’s journey to the depths of human despondency.

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Civil War Reenactment

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Cold Hard News

Meticulous! Compelling! A Page Turner! Extraordinarily Accomplished!

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Cold Hard News

(Milliken) builds the plot like someone meticulously laying kindling for a bonfire — stick by stick.

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Cold Hard News

In Bernie O’Dea, Maureen Milliken has created a one of the most complicated, compelling heroines I’ve read in ages. Deeply flawed, but strong in both heart and nerve, I’d follow …

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Cold Hard News

… Milliken nails the people and politics of a small town, while keeping us glued to the page with a pair of wounded protagonists we can’t help rooting for. It’s …

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Cold Hard News

Bernie O’Dea is the owner/editor of the Peaks Weekly Watcher, a small town newspaper, so you’ll get a real inside look at the newspaper world. And no one knows the …

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Colleen Grimes

Ms. Grimes writes children’s books and historical mysteries, as well as human interest short stories. She lives on a small horse farm in western Loudoun County, Virginia with her husband, …

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Commercial Publishing: How Brief the Joy!

How long does it take an author to write a book? The answer varies from author to author. Some authors can take years to research the facts behind their stories. …

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Please direct general inquiries to books@sandhpublishing.com or PO Box 456, Purcellville, VA 20134

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Dames Quixote – Four Women Tilting at Windmills

Jean Reeves is a grandmother, an investment and financial advisor, a pacifist, and a very reluctant “private investigator.” She and her three friends mix humor with danger, tragedy with triumph …

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Dames Quixote – Piggy

“There are those who believe life ends with menopause. Then, there are Miss Piggy and the Dames Quixote who show us otherwise.”

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Dames Quixote – Queen

“All the characters are strong and believable. The dialogue is funny and natural…highly engaging.” G.B.Knetl

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Dames Quixote – Warrior

“Roop takes on a difficult subject and deftly weaves her story around it…leaving me to look forward to the next adventure of the Dames Quixote.” Barbara Seider, author

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Dames Quixote: Queen and Warrior (Set)

“Smart, funny, and involved in their community…I wish these women were my friends, family, and neighbors.” Barbara Seiders, author

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Dixiane Hallaj

Dixiane Hallaj lives in the small town of Purcellville, Virginia, with her cat named Dog. After a long career as an educator and a business woman, she earned her Ph.D. …

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Dixiane Hallaj, Ph.D.

When Dixiane’s doctoral dissertation was described as a page-turner, she turned her talents to writing fiction. Impatient with the trade publishing process, she founded S & H Publishing, Inc. in …

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Don Roberts

Don Roberts began his formal education in a one-room country school and ended with a Ph.D. in History at the University of Pittsburgh. In between, he graduated from Slippery Rock …

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Dream Time

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Echoes From the Hollow

Growing up is never easy, not even in a small Pennsylvania town in the fifties. Harry Morgan has his faults, but he tries. Judgmental but often clueless, he resolutely makes …

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From Contract to Store Shelves

It’s a dream come true – you have a contract with a Big Publisher! Hooray! Bring out the fireworks! Your friends are all excited. They ask when the book will be …

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Get It Right

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Good writing is a craft …

  … a skill that even the most experienced writer continues to hone and develop. Looking for Professional Help? There is more to a good book than a good story. …

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Guess Who’s Writing Books?

We were seated near a group of gray-beards in our local Ihop. Stray words spoken less than two feet from my ear penetrated the pauses in my own conversation. “…replaced …

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History (and more)

S & H Publishing was formed with one goal in mind – providing quality books for our readers. We want to attract a following of devoted readers who depend on …

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I’d Rather Die

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Ian Lahey

Ian Lahey was born in Milan, Italy, to an American father and an Italian mother. In the 80’s his dad took him and his brother on a long tour around …

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Insights, Tips, Interviews, and Opinion are the Focus of Scribe & Hortatory, the Official Blog of S&H Publishing

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Interview with Lenora Rain-Lee Good

Madame Dorion: Her Journey to the Oregon Country—historically accurate with fun-filled fiction. The fact that the fiction is clearly identifiable was one of the things that attracted me to this …

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Interview with Maureen Milliken

Maureen writes about what she knows and what she loves: newspapers and Maine. As a third generation newspaper editor, she portrays her protagonist, Bernie O’Dea, with a realism that can’t …

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It’s Just Lola

Born in 1894, youngest daughter of a wealthy Peruvian landowner, Lola was seduced at an early age, disowned and forced to leave her father’s plantation. Twice widowed with three children …

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James Knights

James Knights is a retired FBI Special Agent. He received a B.A. from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and an M.A. from the University of Chicago. A native of …

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Jane Roop

Jane Roop lives in Kennewick, Washington, home of the Kennewick Man, at the convergence of three rivers: the Columbia, the Snake, and the Yakima. She shares her life on an …

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Join Us Thursday’s 3-5pm (EST) on Facebook to “Ask the Editor” and “Ask the Publisher”

Can’t be there? No problem. Just post your question and check back after the Thursday afternoon session. We’ll answer all questions.

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Krisi Keley

Krisi Keley is a writer and artist with a degree in theology from DeSales University, who has also studied foreign and classical languages. In addition to Mareritt and Vingede, the …

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Leah Marie Dorion

Leah Marie Dorion is a direct descendant of Jean Baptist Dorion! She is an Indigenous (Metis) interdisciplinary artist raised in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada. She is a self-taught visual artist …

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Lenora Rain-Lee Good

Lenora Rain-Lee Good is a native of the Pacific Northwest, born and raised in Portland, Oregon and now resides in the steppes, or high desert, of Washington State. She writes …

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Madame Dorion

Now with Illustrations Marie Dorion was an incredibly strong and brave woman who not only witnessed history and the opening of the Oregon Country to trappers and immigrants, but she …

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Madame Dorion

I literally could not put the book down once I had started reading it. I thought the author did a wonderful job of attempting to interpret and determine how the …

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Make a Writer Happy this Christmas

What a great gift! Buy a workshop, a set of workshops, or even an entire year of great learning experiences for your favorite writer. This is a one-time opportunity that …

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Mareritt

As beauty lies sleeping … Four pretty, partying high school seniors, four strange and startling accidents the police believe the girls have brought on themselves. Do demonic nightmares and fairy …

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Margaret Riccardelli

Margaret Riccardelli traveled to more than 50 countries. She enjoyed an international airline career in her early years. Later, she traveled with the American Foreign Service working at our embassies …

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Marjorie Rommel

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Marjorie Rommel, M.F.A.

Marjorie Rommel lives in Auburn, WA, where she cares for her husband, three cats, 847 birds, 54 squirrels, and a snarky brace of possums in her large back yard. She …

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Mary DeMauro, B.A.

With a degree in Fine Arts from George Mason University, Mary brings many talents to S & H Publishing. Since her arrival, our social media presence has expanded and acquired …

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Maureen Milliken

Maureen Milliken is the author of the Bernie O’Dea mystery series, COLD HARD NEWS, which was released by S&H Publishing in June 2015, and NO NEWS IS BAD NEWS, which …

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Michael Lahey

Michael Lahey was born in 1942, in Cleveland, Ohio. He visited Italy in the 1960s and fell in love with it so he moved there to teach English and learn …

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Myri’s Hands

From childhood, Myri saw things other people didn’t see, like pulsating arcs of energy and spirits. Her dad had warned her. Best to keep such nonsense to herself. But in …

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No News is Bad News

A grisly discovery in the woods of Redimere, Maine, resurrects Police Chief Pete Novotny’s old case of a missing boy—just one of the ghosts that haunts the town in the …

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No News is Bad News

Newspaper reporter/editor Bernadette “Bernie” O’Dea’s life has been chaotic since her move to Redimere, Maine. In Cold Hard News, which takes place several months before this book begins, Bernie and …

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No News is Bad News

I really like Bernie O’Dea. She’s owner/editor of a small town newspaper in fictional Redimere, Maine.She likes to walk at night, looking at “porch lights or lit windows blinking through …

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Not THAT Kind of Trailer

Before the advent of the ebook, a book trailer might have been the only way to take enough books along on your summer vacation. However, we now have all manner …

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Novel Class podcast features Gila Green

In Episode 3.07, Dave Pezza and guest host Daniel Ford (Black Coffee, Sid Sanford Lives!) discuss Gila Green’s Passport Control. They LOVED it! Listen to the entire podcast and hear …

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O’Budlin Matricentricity

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Omaha to Ogallala

Returning to Dad’s home state on an idealistic seven-day trip dubbed The Wise Woman Summit, the Korth sisters trek across Nebraska with hopes of rekindling their childhood friendship. Independent, tenacious, …

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On Writing

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Other Anthologies

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Our Authors

Bobbi Carducci Terry Korth Fischer Lenora Rain-Lee Good Colleen Grimes Dixiane Hallaj Krisi Keley James Knights Ian Lahey Maureen Milliken Margaret Riccardelli Don Roberts Jane Roop

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Our Titles

View: Grid Card Details The 45th Nail The 45th Nail Ian Lahey Michael Lahey Historical Fiction Political Fiction Dead Men Don’t Send Christmas Cards … Or Do They? A Christmas …

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Passport Control

Overflowing with drama, politics, personality, and angst, Gila Green’s Passport Control delivers on all these fronts. It’s 1992. When twenty year old Miriam learns that she is no longer welcome …

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Piggy

In this third and delightful book, Piggy, by Jane Roop, we continue the quartet of books about four grandmothers who find themselves involved in various mysteries in the Tri-Cities of …

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Services The policies actually worth reading. Shipping costs, delivery times, refunds. Short and to the point. Postage: $3 per book will be added upon purchase. Delivery times: 8 to 10 …

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Full of legalese, but the bottom line is we take all reasonable measures to ensure the security of your data. This policy (the “Policy”) explains the privacy practices of S&H …

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Resources for Writers

Good writing is a craft …   … a skill that even the most experienced writer continues to hone and develop. Looking for Professional Help? There is more to a …

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Resources for Writers

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Reviews From a Sneak Peek

We showed a sneak peek of the first workshop to a writers group with awesome results. Even after seeing the video, more than half of the attendees signed up! We …

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Richard Bunning

I have been writing speculative science fiction, and short mixed genre flash fiction recently, although I have done some adaptations of neoclassical plays in the past. All the rest is fairly …

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S&H Books Is Not Accepting New Submissions Until Further Notice

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S&H International Anthologies

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S&H Publishing

High Quality Fiction for the Contemporary Woman Intelligent, curious, imaginative, and willing to learn and explore. Not defined by genre or age, she is practical one moment, dreaming the next, …

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Saints & Heathens

Saints and heathens might be flip sides of the same coin. Perhaps it depends on your perspective. Can you tell which is which? This collection of stories will make you …

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Scribe & Hortatory

January 1, 2019PublishingTags: Submissions Now Due for New Anthology: Strife & Harmony This book was published on 11/6/2019 Stories 2,500 – 8,000 words long are requested for a new anthology. …

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The policies actually worth reading. Shipping costs, delivery times, refunds. Short and to the point. Postage: $3 per book will be added upon purchase. Delivery times: 8 to 10 days …

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Short & Happy (or not)

An International Anthology of 36 stories from 25 talented authors Short & Happy (or not) brings together authors from English-speaking countries around the globe and a sprinkling of others who …

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Small Publisher & Happy Authors

For those who are just discovering S&H Publishing, this is a little bit about us and what we do. S&H Publishing was formed with one goal in mind—providing quality books …

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Soldier Girl Blue

Based on the remarkable true story of Sarah Emma Edmunds of New Brunswick, Canada, a little known Civil War heroine Author of the Benjamin’s Field Trilogy Forward by retired astronaut …

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Soldier Girl Blue Reviewed

If you’re a fan of Civil War fiction with drama, suspense, an engaging plot, and an interesting historical twist, Soldier Girl Blue by J. J. Knights is for you. Inspired …

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Spies & Heroes

Seventeen original stories by English-speaking authors from various corners of the globe Some of the stories are potpourri, subtle clouds of poignant fragrances, while others are awash with the stench …

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Start with a Dream

A book is far more than putting words on the page. Before you begin, you should have a realistic view of what lies ahead. The path to publication must be …

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Start with an outstanding book and push it to the next level

Because Writing is an Art, and Publishing is a Business. The book market of today is more alive than ever and brimming with exciting new books. Authors and publishers are …

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Stranglehold

While the Nazis are being sentenced for war crimes in Nuremberg, someone is getting away with murder in New York City. Four prominent businessmen have been murdered—viciously strangled with their …

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Strife & Harmony

Strife, doubt, & suspicion — heroic (and not-so-heroic) characters search for harmony

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Submission Guidelines

S & H Publishing’s mission is to provide quality books to our readers, and to provide opportunities for new talented authors to stand out from the crowd. In order to …

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Submissions Now Due for New Anthology: Strife & Harmony

This book was published on 11/6/2019 Stories 2,500 – 8,000 words long are requested for a new anthology. New authors are encouraged, as are manuscripts from writers from across the …

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Terms of Use

A bit of a snooze, but the lawyer wrote it. These Terms of Use (“Terms”) constitute a legal agreement that applies to all users and uses of this Website (“Site”) …

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Terry Korth Fischer

Terry Korth Fischer is the author of short fiction, memoir, and mystery. Second oldest in a family that boasts nine children, she writes from life experiences, drawing often from her …

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The 10% Solution

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The 45th Nail

Dead Men Don’t Send Christmas Cards … Or Do They? A Christmas card from Italy arrived on Robert Svenson’s desk. There was no return address, but when Bob opened the …

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The Bad

It is the beginning of a new year and time to take another look at small publishers. This month we will discuss the BAD and leave the Ugly for the shortest …

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The Foreign Service Journal

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The Friar Tobe Fairy Tale Files

Friar Tobe, an ex-novitiate turned private investigator, works to solve modern mysteries where the clues may lie deep within the darkness of ancient fairy tales. Sometimes it takes a leap …

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The Good

This is the time of year for happiness and good cheer, so today will only cover THE GOOD, leaving THE BAD and THE UGLY for another day. A Good Small …

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The Kalandia Series

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The Storyboard

Where do we find the building blocks for a trailer? Think about your goal. Think about your message. Think about your intended audience. The limits are set by your imagination. …

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The Ugly

The Ugly Publisher not only treats authors badly, but does so with malice aforethought. The Granddaddy of ugly publishers is Author Solutions. Our August post Beware the Wolf in Sheep’s …

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Traditional Publishers: Who are They, and Why are the Gates Closed?

Traditional Publishers are considered the Gold Standard, the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow for any author. And they are usually just as elusive as the legendary …

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Vingede

A swan song cry no one has yet heard… A boy who speaks mysterious, rhyming riddles… a mute girl who can only communicate through art and has an odd collecting …

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Welcome to the New and Improved S&H Publishing Website

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Where to Look for Answers

Before you commit your novel to a publisher, do your homework. Make sure you are a good fit. Remember, there is no one-size-fits-all. How do you do this? Where do …

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Who We Are

Dixiane Hallaj, Ph.D. Acquisitions Editor When Dixiane’s doctoral dissertation was described as a page-turner, she turned her talents to writing fiction. Impatient with the trade publishing process, she founded S …

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