STORIES REQUESTED:
1. I am writing about PROBLEMS EXPERIENCED BY COLLEGE STUDENTS, especially the problems not addressed, or not adequately addressed, by the resources usually available in colleges and universities. I am also interested in humorous anecdotes about college life, stories from the lives of college students who encounter difficulties etc. Is college driving you crazy? Let me know about it.
lauriejane@mindspring.com2. I'm looking for stories on OVERCOMING LOSSES IN RELATIONSHIPS.
Situations where one was sad about a parent, friend, husband or wife leaving and in the end it turned out to be a good thing that they left.
Please email stories within the email text (without attachments) to
Phyllis Utley. My email address is
utley@yahoo.com/ 828-242-5806
3. Advocate of PARENTAL RIGHTS IN CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CARE in the American medical system seeks contribution for new book for this point: "When doctors ask yes or no, parents should have the right to say no." --Shirley Cheng I am looking for articles (unbiased, factual), personal experience stories, case studies from medical personnel (doctors, psychologists, etc.), lawyers, reporters, journalists, writers, parents, survivors (children), and anyone who has involved in this issue or has written about this issue, about the injustice system that strips the rights from parents and that takes the child away from their parents over medical disputes. I am especially interested in the cases of Abraham Cherrix (Virginia, 2006), Edward and Michele Wernecke concerning their daughter Katie (Texas, 2005), Corissa Mueller (2002), Pam Anderson concerning her son, Anthony Mitchell (2000), Miguel Regino and Adela Martinez concerning their daughter Anamarie Martinez-Regino (New Mexico, 2000), Sherry and Paul Lipscomb (Ohio, 2000), Valerie Emerson (Maine, 1998), and Tina Phifer concerning her daughter Amkia (1997); and I'd also be very interested in any articles anyone has written concerning my own mother Juliet Cheng's custody case in 1990 that made international headlines.
I will need permission to reprint any contribution in my new book and will give full credits to the contributors at the back of the book. No monetary rewards will be given, but every contributor will receive a free copy of the book and can buy the books at a discount. Please e-mail me at
info@shirleycheng.com and visit
http://www.shirleycheng.com Thank you and please pass the word on!
--Shirley Cheng, a blind and physically disabled 23-year-old author of four books, is the survivor of mother Juliet Cheng's two custody cases in America.
4. I am looking for stories from BUSY, WORKING WOMEN (this includes stay-at-home moms, too!!!) who have found creative ways to carve out time for themselves. Finalists will have their stories included in my book It All Started When I Stopped Using Lotion and will also receive a free copy.
Please e-mail me at
ktownsend@consultant.com.5. I need true life stories on how (the contributor) has dealt with HEALING AFTER A TRAUMATIC EVENT. The event can be from death, divorce, broken relationships, etc. The object of the book I'm writing is how people have been able to go on with their lives by healing, coping, functioning, and becoming productive again. Of course all names and locations, etc. will be changed to protect the identity of those who contribute their stories.
www.MenDontListen.com email me at
MenDontListen@aol.com.--Wayne L. Misner
6. I'm looking for stories on PEOPLE who are or have been OVERWHELMED BY CLUTTER, and how clutter impacted their lives in a negative way.
In conjunction I am looking for stories about PEOPLE WHO HAVE CONQUERED CLUTTER, and how getting more organized impacted their lives in a positive way.
Please email stories within the body of the text (no attachments
please) to Doug Morris at
roma79@aol.com.7. Writing a book on WEDDING GUIDANCE FOR THE FATHER OF THE BRIDE.
Encouraging fathers to move from a 'be supportive, write checks' role to a move active role. Would like any antecdotes or speeches that you made at your daughter's wedding. Send to Ken York at
ken@weddingguidance.com.8. True stories wanted with a specifically CHRISTIAN OR JEWISH THEME for a new edition of The Simple Touch of Fate. Stories should tell in 2,000 words or less about how being at the right place at the right time, or not being at the wrong place at the wrong time, deeply affected or changed one's life. Send to
auslander@theramp.net.--Arlene
9. We are looking for stories that relate to BUSH FLYING IN THE ARCTIC, especially relating to the DHC-2 Beaver and other bush workhorses. Tales of bravery, heroism, valor, survival, rescue, tragedy, love, inspiration, and/or simply stories of flying, and its history, in the Yukon, Alaska, British Columbia area, for our upcoming book. Anecdotes relating to Dick and Theresa Bond, and flying supplies around Atlin BC, Juneau and Whitehorse would be gold dust.
Please email stories within the e-mail text (without attachments) to
brendanlillis@yahoo.com.com. Cell 404 488 4642.
www.brendanlilliswords.comSource attribution and free book to contributors
10. Are you someone who has "amped up" your life? HAVE YOU MADE APPRECIABLE CHANGES IN YOUR LIFE by accessing new possibilities that came to you in a flash? Have you created success in your life that still feels like a dream?
I would love to include your story in my new book, "Amp it Up! And Other Secrets from Science for Creating the Life of Your Dreams." Please drop me a note at
kim@kimmarcille.com. I look forward to hearing about your success!
--Kim Marcille,
kim@kimmarcille.com,
www.kimmarcille.com, (305) 439-9326
11. YOUR DIVORCE STORY (www.yourdivorcestory.com). Call for submission of stories pertaining to divorce. We want the good, bad, and ugly. Set your ex's stuff on fire? Took a chainsaw to the dining set? Re-connected and got re-married to the person you divorced 10 years ago? We want to hear it all.
www.yourdivorcestory.com. Submit your story TODAY!
--Manisha Solomon, Book Publishing Project Coordinator Solotext Editorial,
www.solotext.com, 905.704.4490 / 866.777.7455
info@solotext.com
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