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Bestselling Author Joan Gelfand Shares Strategic Steps To Get Your Book Published   San Francisco, CA, June 11, 2020 - National Book Critics Circle Member and award-winning writer, Joan Gelfand’s new summer beach read, EXTREME, will be released July 14 (Blue Light Press/First World Publishing). Also the published author of three poetry collections, a book of short fiction, and You Can Be a Winning Writer: the 4 C’s of Successful Authors, Joan shares 7 tips to getting your first book published:   Create a Marketing Plan (aka a “book proposal”). This is the foundation of “pitching” the book to the right literary agent...

2020 WOODSTOCK FILM FESTIVAL SUMMER YOUTH FILM LAB GOES ONLINE   MENTORS INCLUDE: Actor Kelsey Grammar (CHEERS), Director Debra Granik (WINTER'S BONE), Music Supervisor Tracy McKnight (THE HUNGER GAMES), Editor Kate Sanford (THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL), Producer Peter Saraf (THE FAREWELL), Screenwriter Ron Nyswaner (PHILADELPHIA), Animators Joy Buran & Noelle Melody (HUMAN KIND OF) THEMES INCLUDE: “Together & Apart”, “The Best Day Ever”, “Climate Change”   Woodstock, NY, June: The Woodstock Film Festival announced today the return of its 3rd annual Summer Youth Film Lab in a new online format. This free-of-charge educational program, generously underwritten by an anonymous donor,...

Musical Savant Inspires Heartbroken Pianist In Return Of The Song San Antonio, TX, June 5, 2020 — Caroline Carlyle, a gifted pianist, has abandoned her unfinished compositions and traded her old ambitions for the comfort and familiarity of being the town’s favorite piano teacher. The music that once filled her heart died along with her fiancé in the floodwaters of Guatemala six years ago. Struggling with aching loss and a splintered faith, she has long since given up on rediscovering the inspiration that once came so easily.   Until, that is, a prodigious, musical savant enters Caroline’s life, shattering her...

TV's Top Baker on Banana Bread's Rise to Fame & Mini Pancake Cereal While the world adjusts to a current new normal, many have taken to their kitchens to cook and bake to their heart's content. Everything from novice chefs taking a spin at Banana Bread to family meals now done with simple pantry ingredients. We would love to introduce you to one of TV's favorite bakers, Chris Tucker - Betta with Butta (ABC's "The Great American Baking Show") and recently featured with his famous Banana Bread recipe on INSIDE EDITION, to share with your audience his top baking tips and secrets, as he launches...

PAC-MAN TURNS 40 YEARS OLD! Numskull Designs celebrates 40th anniversary with the launch of limited-edition PAC-MAN Quarter Arcades and a range of officially licensed 40th celebratory exclusives One of the most iconic video games of all time has hit a major milestone. Arriving and revolutionising the gaming scene in 1980 PAC-MAN is celebrating its 40th anniversary – yes the favourite yellow character has been in the maze for 40 years running away from ghosts and gobbling up power pellets and he’s not done yet. To celebrate this momentous occasion, Numskull Designs has teamed up with BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment to introduce a whole host of ‘PAC-MAN’ exclusives to ensure this gaming legend keeps on gobbling and entertaining fans, old and new, everywhere.     EXTREMELY LIMITED EDITION: PAC-MAN 40th Anniversary...