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Lost fairy tale from the Brothers Grimm found in
the attic of an antebellum home in
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Janet Elaine Smith, Marketing Director for Star Publish
Email Address: marketingstarpublish@yahoo.com
Website: www.starpublishllc.com
Emily: Out of My Mother's Darkness
Janie Lancaster
ISBN: 978-1-935188-03-2
Autobiographical Fiction
Tweens and Up
$13.95 / 136 pages
Star Publish Releases the Voice of a Silenced Child
Star Publish LLC announces the release of Emily: Out of My Mother’s Darkness, by Janie Lancaster. This is Lancaster’s second book and is autobiographical fiction. Her first book, Julie & The Lost Fairy Tale, a middle grade novel, has been not only well received in libraries and schools, but syndicated in newspapers nationwide as well.
In Emily: Out of My Mother’s Darkness, Lancaster draws on some personal traumatic events and creates an enchanting story that not only entertains, but shows how to turn a person’s scars into stars. The reader will easily be able to relate to the fear and anxieties Emily feels as she dares to open a forbidden cedar chest, unlocks a Chinese box and discovers dark secrets. Emily must find a way to escape from the darkness her mother has created in her world.
Review:
"Great book. Powerful writing. Haunting words. I have read many books about abuse.
This one really focuses on the truly dark secrets and the struggles that continued to cling for a very long time. — "Dore E. Frances, M.A. Therapeutic Consultant) Horizon Family Solutions, LLC
Lancaster lives in the Southern California area and she is available to speak to groups on Opening the Mind Through Creative Writing. Therapeutic writing for troubled teens will be one of her favored topics.
Emily: Out of My Mother’s Darkness is available in online bookstores and at brick-and-mortar bookstores across the country. If not in stock, it can be easily ordered by asking the store manager. Visit the author’s website at www.janielancaster.com.
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Midwest Book Review
Children's Bookwatch: July 2008
The Fantasy/SciFi Shelf
First published as a serial story in the newspapers, "Julie & The Lost Fairy Tale" is now compiled into the form of a novel for children and young adults. An original and captivating tale, "Julie & The Lost Fairy Tale" follows the relationship between Julie, her grandmother, and a chest she's forbidden to open. Highly recommended for community library young adult fiction collections.
Read a book review by One Book Two Book
Listen to an Interview with Chris Bridges News-JournalOnline in Datona Beach Florida http://www.nieworld.com/special/julie/author_interview.htm
Read an article written by Cheryl Walker in the Union Tribune
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20080301/news_lz1mc1granny.html
Read an article by Christina Macone- Greene in the North County Voice
http://www.thenorthcountyvoice.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=874&Itemid=10005
Janie's 1st book Julie & The Lost Fairy Tale is one of the Top Ten for Historical Fiction on Writers to Believe In.
http://www.writerstobelievein.com/HistoricalFiction.php
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
2006
Contact: Janet Elaine Smith, Marketing Director for Star Publish
Email Address: marketingstarpublish@yahoo.com
Website: http://starpublishllc.com
Star Publish LLC Releases Julie & The Lost Fairy Tale by Janie Lancaster
Star Publish announces the release of Julie & The Lost Fairy Tale by Janie Lancaster. It is available for purchase at your local bookstore or at online stores such as Amazon.com and BN.com. In Julie’s story, you come across a mysterious travel chest, a lost fairy tale, Miss Eagle Eyes, an editor with a squirrel and kindred spirits. You travel back in time, go to an Extravaganza, and meet Cordelia Grimm, great, great granddaughter of one of the Brothers Grimm.
Julie & The Lost Fairy Tale is the first children's book that Star Publish has published. “I was not planning to accept children's books,” Star Publish owner Kristie Leigh Maguire states, “but Julie & The Lost Fairy Tale was too good to pass up. I had to have it for my company. Another first for Star Publish is the fact that Julie & The Lost Fairy Tale is being serialized in newspapers across the country through the Newspapers in Education programs where children read newspapers in classrooms.”
According to Anna McCartney, Erie Times-News Newspaper in Education and Literacy Projects Coordinator, “The response received when we published the serial story, Julie & The Lost Fairy Tale on our NIE Extra-Extra! Read All About It! literacy page was phenomenal. The story was an excellent choice to help us reach our goal of bridging the gap between the classroom and the real world. It helped us foster communication with educators, students and their families and the entire community.”
Janie Lancaster grew up in
and a teenage granddaughter. She now lives in southern
husband Don, her blue eyed childhood sweetheart. After working as a sign
language interpreter for the last fifteen years and a college professor for seven she
has set out on a course to fulfill her childhood dream to publish her written works.
In 1997 at the Wildacres Children's Book Writers Workshop in
Janie was picked “the most determined to be a writer.” She has gone to numerous
conferences sponsored by The Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators,
The San Diego Book Awards Association and The
Guild. At this time she has written three children's novels, fifteen picture books and numerous poems.
For further information, go to http://starpublishllc.com or http://www.janielancaster.com/
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Attention: Features Editor
Creative Writing Gave Voice to a Silenced Child and Gave Birth to a
Middle Grade Novel
Please visit Janie's web site to see how her creative writing put together her Humpty Dumpty childhood pieces and take a look at her work of fiction -- a new middle grade novel that ignites a sense of wonder in its readers.
In the Charles Dickens tradition, Julie & The Lost Fairy Tale was printed first as a serial story in newspapers.
Reviews:
"The suspense surrounding Julie's discovery of the fairy tale--found buried in an old travel chest in her Grandmother's attic -- takes readers on an eventful and fascinating journey through time." Cora Niver, NIE coordinator for The Times Herald
"I love it. It is unique and fascinating and the students will love it too." Millie Jedrosko, a school teacher in
Description: In Julie's story you come across a mysterious travel chest, a lost fairy tale, Miss Eagle Eyes, an editor with a squirrel and kindred spirits. You travel back in time, go to an Extravaganza and meet me, Cordelia Grimm, great, great granddaughter of one of the Brothers Grimm.
Author: The book of Julie was inspired by Janie's deep love for her grandmother and by her fond memories of fairy tales--fairy tales that gave Janie hope and strength to keep her going through a difficult childhood.
(Free teacher's lesson plans online at:)
Contact Janie for more information or for an interview.
ISBN: 13: 978-1-932993-60-8
(Paperback)
Price $10.95 # Pages 116
Distributed by:
Ingram
Baker and Taylor
Available in bookstores and on-line at:
Barnesandnobles.com & Amazon.com
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Announcement
Julie & The Lost Fairy Tale on the Bestselling
Hot New Releases for Children's Literature and Stories on Amazon.
January 9, 2007 # 20
January 16, 2007 # 12
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Will this book become a movie or a Broadway Play?
Stay tuned.
Interview with Ednews
Michael F. Shaughnessy Senior Columnist EdNews.org
Eastern New Mexico University
January 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Janie Lancaster 760-743-7572
Email Address: janielbl@aol.com
Website: www.janielancaster.com
Children's Author Moves to San Marcos
We live in a troubled world. Today's kids need a way out, something to hang their hopes on. Something that makes them believe in dreams and even in fairy tales.
Janie Lancaster's delightful book, "Julie & The Lost Fairy Tale," is doing just that for its readers. The story has also been serialized in newspapers across the country through the Newspapers in Education programs where Janie’s story has had rave reviews by teachers and newspapers alike. http://janielancaster.com/Juliebook.html
Janie was picked one of the top ten for Writers to Believe In on November 2007 and January 2008. http://www.writerstobelievein.com/HistoricalFiction.php
January 2007 this book hit # 12 on Amazon's Hot New Releases for the Children's Literature & Stories Category.
In Julie's story, you come across a mysterious travel chest, a lost fairy tale, Miss Eagle Eyes, an editor with a squirrel and kindred spirits. You travel back in time, go to an Extravaganza and meet Cordelia Grimm, great, great granddaughter of one of the Brothers Grimm.
Janie Lancaster will be available to visit classrooms to help motivate kids to write their own stories. Free teacher's lesson plans are also available with her book. The lesson plans support 2nd through 6th grade curriculum.
Janie will also give power point lectures for teachers and groups on Opening the Mind Through Creative Writing. She will use some of her written works as well as sharing some of her research on awakening the right side of the brain. the creative side.
For further information, go to: www.janielancaster.com or http://starpublishllc.com
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