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 Comic Host Brett Walkow chats with Story Merchant and Writing Coach Ken Atchity on ActorsEntertainment.com, December 15, 2011.
WATCH INTERVIEW
 Ken was in Rome October 28 for the European premiere of "Hysteria," starring Maggie Gyllenhaal and Hugh Dancy. A gala reception was held at the Hotel de Minerva.
Since the film's world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival, the TRAILER is going viral!
Sony Pictures Classics is in negotiations to acquire
domestic rights... MORE
 "...intrigued? Then press play on this trailer, but beware of the slight NSFW bits..."
NY Magazine
"...Maggie Gyllenhaall and Hugh Dancy are going to have a scream this fall...so loosen your girdle, things are about to heat up..."
Huffington Post
"...has a sweetness that keeps you watching..."
Hollywood Reporter
"...When Harry Met Sally probably has the most famous solo orgasm in movie history, but this movie has a chorus...."
Inside Movies
"...a fun ride that may get a little silly at times, but then again, one would be hard-pressed to present the invention of the vibrator in a serious tone..."
Stanford Daily
"...a witty and sweet comedy. Featuring swift direction from Tanya Wexler and pithy performances from its cast, all of whom work wonders with Stephen Dyer and Jonah Lisa Dyer’s clever script - it is, as it should be, a pleasure..."
Toronto Int'l Film Festival
"...Hysteria is a Smart and Riotous Comedy..."
Indie Wire
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 You asked for it - Now here it is! G-Spot 2 Betrayal by Noire
WHAT READERS ARE SAYING
AAMBC's Michelle Cuttino recently interviewed Noire:
...Respect the written word enough to learn what it takes to construct a novel. It’s not all about the quick dollar.... MORE
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 Royce Buckingham's The Dead Boys was recently featured on NPR!
· 2011 Cybils Award Finalist
· Fall 2011 Junior Library Guild Selection
· St. Louis, MO Battle of the Books
· Isinglass Teen Book AwardsNominee
...This creepy tale is packed with action, suspense, sly humor and an environmental message as well...
Karen Yingling
Charlotte's LIbrary
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Serdar Ozkan's The Missing Rose was featured on Paulo Coelho's blog!
"...There was once a wave in the ocean, rolling along, enjoying the warmth of the sun and the swiftness of the breeze.
It smiled at everything around it as it made its way toward the shore. ..."
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 Nominees Ken Atchity and Chi-Li Wong at the Emmy Awards!
MORE EMMY PICS
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 Poisoned
Pen Press Announces the Upcoming Release of Fever
Dream by Dennis
Palumbo - available nationwide on November
1, 2011
"...Palumbo takes the reader into the seamy side of the Steel City, chock-full of corruption and crime, love and loss..."
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Ken attended the Emmy awards ceremony at Lincoln
Center where he and fellow Executive Producer
Chi-Li Wong, along with authors Jerry Blaine and
Lisa McCubbin were nominated for The Discovery
Channel special based on The
Kennedy Detail, (Number 10 on the New
York Times Political Bestseller List).
Authors Gerald Blaine and Clint Hill appeared at
the West
Virginia Book Festival Oct. 22nd!
VIEWER RESPONSE
The movie was an entry at the 2011 Breckenridge Film Festival in Breckenridge, Colorado.
VIDEO TRAILER
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 Story Merchant client Lisa Cerasoli’s film "14 Days with Alzheimer’s" won Audience Choice Award at the Life and Death Film Festival in Boulder, CO  VIDEO
More festival love for Lisa:
·Honorable Mention: Los Angeles
Reel Film Festival
·Official Selection: Independents' Film
Festival, Tampa
·Official Selection: Grand Rapids Film
Festival
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 SeattleWrote did a feature story about Demonkeeper author Royce Buckingham! |
 Goodreads has compiled a list of 41 reviews of Royce Buckingham's The Dead Boys. Meanwhile, Royce has sold two MORE books to Brendan Deneen at Thomas Dunne Books!
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| Alan Roth's original screenplay "One More for the Road" has been optioned by Tonic Entertainment (Nicholas Clainos and Bud Carr) for production as a feature, with Ken Atchity & Chi-Li Wong as executive producers.
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"...a theme-park ride of a thriller...Thompson has created a double whammy: a thief of sleep as you turn the pages and a fount of fear as you take your next prescription pill..."
Richmond Times-Dispatch
"...I won’t tell you how it ends, but I will tell you I read the last 186 (of 306!) pages in one sitting..."
Woodlands Traveler
Larry Thompson appeared at BN in Houston suburb Woodlands on April 2 to meet readers and sign copies of The Trial. The novel's international launch was celebrated at an event at Houston's Murder By The Book on March 29.
 The Huffington Post spotted Boardwalk Empire star Christopher McDonald reading The Trial at Sundance 2011!
Booklist on The Trial
:...fans of legal thrillers will likely lose some sleep..."
 Larry Thompson with Ken at Colony Club
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 "New Directions in Publishing, Entertainment & PR: The Future is Here" was the topic, and Ken was the featured speaker at a Book Publicists of Southern California event on April 13 in Studio City.
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 Brett Battles, author of
The Silenced: A Novel, appeared at a booksigning event March 26 at Book Soup in Hollywood.
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 Author Alex Cord spoke with DayBreak USA's Scott West on Elizabeth Taylor, Sammy Davis, Jr., The Rat Pack, and writing A Feather in the Rain.
 Part 1 (and links to Parts 2 & 3)
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4 Awards In 2011 and Counting For Five Star Publications Author Lisa Cerasoli!
 On the Brink of Bliss and Insanity, a fictional romance written with stark wit and mad fascinating characters, just picked up its second win of the year at The 2010 Los Angeles Book Festival. It also won The London Book Festival this past January...More
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 Jin Robertson delivered the keynote speech at the Women In Leadership Forum in Malaysia, and was a featured speaker at the "In the Heart of Success" conference in Stratford, CT on March 5.
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 Allan Horlick's Rabbit's Foot is now available on amazon.com!
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USA Today has chosen Clarence B. Jones & Stuart Connelly's Behind The Dream was noted as one of 4 top new releases for Black History Month!
"...an extraordinarily rich perspective on the large and small events and decisions that combined to make the March on Washington as well as the Dream Speech one of the greatest events in American history..."
The NAACP's Defenders Online
"...recounts the practical details—the logistics, politics, egos, personalities and realities of that day and that moment, up to and including the process and paperwork necessary to copyright King’s eternal words to prevent others from profiting from them..."
Maclean's
"...Jones shares his memories with us by filling his book with anecdotes and stories about the events and the players...the inside story of private meetings and conversations...the spontaneous shout from Mahalia Jackson to King to 'Tell them about the dream!'..."
Technorati
"...One of the most remarkable books in recent years for students of public speaking..."
Forbes
"...Jones turned to someone beside him and said, 'These people don't know it, but they're about to go to church'..."
Columbus Dispatch
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Catch Stephanie Kathan's INTERVIEW WITH KEN on blogtalkradio!
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"The independent film market is in a perennial renaissance...If you want to break in, and you're my client or partner, I'm going to tell you to become a proactive film maker..." More at Huffington Post
Click above to hear Ken's CYMASCOPE and visit The Story Merchant!
 AUDIO of Ken's Webinar with Penny Sansevieri on "Finding a Publisher Today"
Ken's radio interview with Jeff Rivera of the Gatekeeper’s Post
AUDIO from Ken's "appearance" on the recent "Author In You" teleseminar
Humor & Health Journal's INTERVIEW with Ken!
Ken was interviewed on blogtalkradio by thatwritingchic
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Kennedy Detail Press Tour Photos
The Kennedy Detail was recently featured in The Huffington Post, CNN, Discovery Channel News, myfoxdc, and The Mikey Show San Diego, and Colorado's 9NEWS.
All three authors appeared to discuss the book with readers at Book Soup in Los Angeles on Dec 6, and at Book Passage in San Francisco Nov. 30. More
From Library Journal:
"...will create controversy as it denies all conspiracy theories about who shot President Kennedy. It is an important contribution to Kennedy assassination literature for its presentation in riveting detail..." More
From Blog on Books:
"...gripping, sequential and astonishing detail. The effect is somewhere between storytelling and a detailed crime report..." More
Appearing at Georgetown University, author Jerry Blaine revealed that "President John F. Kennedy's secret service agents "worked for about $1.80 an hour" More
From Hartford Books Examiner:
"...Here are vivid scenes that could come only from inside...a true, must-read story..." More
From Fascinating Authors:
"...a book that everyone should read..." More
From ABC News:
"...The Kennedy Detail has brought a new perspective to the story..." More
From Technorati.:
"...a welcome addition to the library of any serious Kennedy student..." More
From The Washington Times.:
"...this book is remarkable in its poignant yet terse presentation of the day President Kennedy died and plunged America into mourning...." More
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 After
24 months of negotiation, AEI has finalized its deal
to franchise Ripley's Believe-It-Or-Not!
as a series of major motion pictures, on the
model of "Indiana Jones," to be produced by Ken Atchity
and Chi-Li Wong with Alphaville's Jim Jacks and Sean
Daniels ("The Mummy") for Paramount Pictures. The deal
was made with Sherry Lansing, Donald DeLine, and Tom
Jacobson of Paramount, and Norm Deska of Ripley Entertainment.
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