PRESS RELEASE: Introducing Dressed In Love Press: A New Chapter in Publishing formed by critically acclaimed author and speaker, Dr. Katherine Hayes

Dear Friends and Fellow Readers,

We are thrilled to announce the launch of our new publishing company, Dressed In Love Press! Our mission is to share stories that resonate with the heart and soul, focusing on projects that align with a Christian worldview and prioritize clear, engaging reads. 

At Dressed In Love Press, we believe in the power of storytelling to uplift, inspire, and foster understanding. We are particularly passionate about amplifying the voices of marginalized individuals and sharing narratives that reflect a diverse range of experiences and perspectives. 

Currently, we are focusing our efforts on publishing high-quality material in various genres, including Christian Living, children’s literature, romance, and suspense. Our goal is to curate a collection of works that not only entertain but also inspire and educate our readers.

We are currently not accepting unsolicited queries. Instead, we are investing in projects from talented individuals we’ve encountered at various conferences and events. Our goal is to build a community of authors who share our vision and commitment to producing uplifting content.

We look forward to embarking on this exciting journey and are eager to bring meaningful stories to life. Thank you for your support as we strive to make a positive impact in the publishing world.

Stay tuned for updates, insights, and sneak peeks into our upcoming projects!

About Dr. Katherine Hayes:

Author, speaker, educational consultant, and editor–Katherine Hutchinson-Hayes, Ed. D. has had her hand in leadership for many years. She loves speaking to groups and delivering messages with a quick wit and real-life stories. Katherine is a freelance writer/content editor, a content editor/writing coach for Iron Stream Media, and a sensitivity reader for Sensitivity Between the Lines.

She is a review board member and contributor to Inkspirations (an online magazine for Christian writers), and her writing has been published in Guideposts. Her work in art/writing is distinguished by awards, including the New York Mayor’s Contribution to the Arts, Outstanding Resident Artist of Arizona, and the Foundations Awards at the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writer’s Conference (2016, 2019, 2021). She is a member of Word Weavers International and serves as an online chapter president and mentor. She belongs to FWA (Florida Writers Association), ACFW (American Christian Fiction Writers), CWoC (Crime Writers of Color), AWSA (Advanced Writers and Speakers Association), and AASA (American Association of School Administrators). She serves on the board of the nonprofit organization Submersion 14 and is an art instructor for the nonprofit organization Light for the Future. Katherine hosts the podcast Murder, Mystery & Mayhem Laced with Morality. She has authored a Christian Bible study for women and is currently working on the sequel to her first general market thriller novel.

PRESS RELEASE: Get Out Now!!!! An epic thriller about love on the dark side by Barbara Harrison

Released by Rockhill Publishing 

The book is available worldwide in digital and print format

Get Out Now! – Kindle edition by Harrison, Barbara, Paris, Athina. Health, Fitness & Dieting Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.

RockHill BookStore – RockHill Publishing LLC

About Barbara

Barbara Harrison is a woman who loves telling stories. She was an avid reader as a teenager, whose interest in the world of imagination was first stirred by the written word. Barbara started with writing scripts for plays and poetry. This love for words, then extended into a passion for acting and bringing the written word to life. As a hopeless romantic, she mostly enjoyed reading books about true love and finding a soulmate. As she grew into womanhood, the young Barbara began to realize that sadly, the love stories depicted in Mills and Boon novels, were far removed from real life. In 1988 she married her late husband, Russel Harrison, and they raised two children together. After many marital ups and downs and twelve years of marriage, Russel moved to Florida, USA. This was a huge shock to Barbara and their children, who had no desire to relocate overseas. For a period of fourteen years. Barbara lived a life of split family on two continents, travelling between America and South Africa. Tragically, in August 2012, after a mole biopsy on his arm, Russel received news that it had become a melanoma. He recovered well from the surgery to remove the cancer; however, it had spread, and in April 2014 was considered to be stage four and therefore terminal. Both returned to South Africa in July 2014, where Russ received treatment and they could be with family and friends during that dreadful time. On 1 October 2015, their twenty-seventh wedding anniversary, Russel passed away, leaving Barbara a grieving widow. Barbara began to slowly move forward again, and as she looked back to take stock of her life, she began to realize that she had spent most of her married life, living her husband’s dream. Although she thoroughly enjoyed being a wife and mother, there had been no ambition, other than the love of acting many years ago, to follow a career. At the age of fifty, encouraged by two of her friends, Barbara began to write again. Her first couple of endeavors were in the non-fiction world and she did not attempt to publish. One of her friends suggested that she try her hand at writing novels. Another friend greatly believed in her ability to write and constantly encouraged her to keep going, ultimately birthing the book you now hold in your hands.

PRESS RELEASE: JOURNALIST AND WRITER JONATHAN HANDEL RELEASES NEW KIDS BOOK

AI’s Promise and Perils on Display in Lyrical New Kids Book by Critically Acclaimed Entertainment Lawyer, Journalist, Poet and Writer Jonathan Handel

The text is by Handel but the 110 illustrations in Who Do You Want to Be? were generated by AI in a single day at a cost of $0.66. As kids decide who they want to be when they grow up, is AI narrowing the choices or creating new opportunities?

More info, video and pics at https://who2b.kids.

Who Do You Want to Be? (Hollywood Analytics; January 1, 2024; paper USD $14.99; hardcover USD $25.99; Kindle USD $6.99) by Jonathan Handel asks kids the eternal question: what do you want to do when you grow up?

One day my best friendSaid to meWho in the worldDo you wanna be?I thought and thoughtAnd thought and saidMaybe a firemanCuz their trucks are red?


That’s not a great reason—but there are many other possibilities in this lyrical story, a rhymed and illustrated exploration for kids showcasing dozens of jobs, careers and occupations. It’s an affirming book written for diverse kids aged 4-8 and their parents, and just might appeal to anyone who isn’t sure what they want to do for work. It’s a fun, clever book that delights kids, parents and teachers alike.

At 68 pages but only 630 words, Who Do You Want to Be? is about a 15-minute read. And because the text began life as part of a song, you can sing the book too!

But there’s an irony: Handel wrote the text, but AI did the book’s 110 illustrations (60 of them full-page). They would have cost about $15,000 and taken months to render had a human illustrator drawn them. Using DALL-E via ChatGPT, it took less than 24 hours and the equivalent of USD $0.66 (one day of a $20 per month subscription). That’s a half-cent per full-page illustration instead of $165, a cost ratio of over 30,000 to one—seemingly enough to put some illustrators out of work.

Handel couldn’t spend $15,000 on the artwork, so no illustrators actually lost work on this project. But illustrators’ past work was reportedly used by OpenAI to train DALL-E. For that reason, Handel is donating 10 percent of the book’s net revenue to The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, a nonprofit organization. “It’s a collaboration of man and machine, author and automation,” he said, “so I wanted to give back.” And that’s a lesson worth remembering too.

     About the Book

Title: WHO DO YOU WANT TO BE?Author: Jonathan HandelPublication Date: January 1, 2024Copyright Date: 2024Publisher: Hollywood AnalyticsPp.: 68 pp. + vi + career indexHardcover: USD $25.99; https://amzn.to/48i4vNh;  ISBN 979-8-9898418-1-3Paper: USD $14.99; https://amzn.to/47iXSsS; ISBN 979-8-9898418-0-6Kindle: USD $6.99; https://amzn.to/3H3ltTJ; ASIN B0CR8BFSL3Features: 110 illus. (60 full-page); parent/teacher resource list; career index

About Jonathan Handel

Jonathan Handel practices transactional entertainment and technology law at Feig/Finkel in Los Angeles and independently, and is also a journalist, media commentator, and writer of poetry, scripts, stories and nonfiction.

Handel has written for Puck and was a contributing editor from 2010-20 for The Hollywood Reporter, where he wrote over 1,400 articles. He’s appeared in the media as an expert over 1,600 times.

A graduate of Harvard College (applied math and computer science) and Harvard Law School, Handel is also a former computer scientist and was involved in local politics for a decade. His writing has also been published in the Los Angeles Times, Variety and elsewhere. Handel is a member of the Television Academy and associate member of the Dramatists Guild and the Society of Composers & Lyricists. For several years, he taught a film appreciation and screening class to approximately 400 students for UCLA Extension.  

More information about Jonathan can be found at jhandel.com and jhandel.news.
To request review copies or an interview with Jonathan Handel, please contact Mickey Mikkelson at Creative Edge Publicity: mickey.creativeedge@gmail.com

PRESS RELEASE: CALINE: A VLADA TALE OF THE DAMNED BY AUTHOR CHRISTOPHER DENMEAD LAUNCHES ON KICKSTARTER!

Caline

A Vlada Tale of The Damned

Brought to you by Christopher Denmead, acclaimed radio-show host and writer 

An exclusive Kickstarter for the ages that will start on August 15th 2025!!

Art by Legend Tim Vigil and covers by him and interior and cover by Matty Slay and covers by Ken Hunt, Wendy Shaner, Heather Rose, and Len Danovich 

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/vlada-audio-book/caline-a-vlada-tale-of-the-damned

More in the series:

Illustrations by Ken Hunt and a foreword by NY Times Bestseller, Jonathan Mayberry!

We take the entire cast of Dracula and Gender Swapped the cast, Its the classic story with new twists and turns. This is a prose novel. Very akin to Bernie Wrightson Frankenstein with 24 black and white illustrations by Ken Hunt.

Christopher Denmead has both updated and gender-swapped Bram Stoker’s life-impaired Transylvania nobleman. Vlad is now Countess Vlada Dracula, and she is now pitted against a female Harker and -of course – a new take on Van Helsing. It’s both a re-telling of the story and an original take, bringing freshness and a dark sense of fun to a story we only think we know by heart.

It’s a quick read -pause through to drink in the wonderful artwork-and a thoroughly entertaining one. Scary and smart, fast and very furious. It is -pun entirely intended – something to really sink your teeth into.  Turn the page. Take the bite.   Jonathan Mayberry, NY Times Bestselling author of V-Wars, Ink, & Rot & Ruin

Amazon.com:  Vlada a Dracula Tale: Denmead, Mr Christopher David, Hunt, Ken: 9798718583601: Amazon.com: Books

About Christopher Denmead:

Christopher Denmead is the publisher of several biographies about local businesses and film makers in New England. His most recent book is about comic book store owners. When he’s not writing he hosts a radio show Sunday nights at 10pm

The Dr. Chris Radio of Horror show in Worcester MA. The show has been broadcasting on 91.3 FM from the WCUW building since Oct, 2007.

In 2021 he published Vlada a Dracula Tale, a Graphic Novella with artist Ken Hunt.   He lives in Framingham MA.

To request additional about the Kickstarter or an interview with Christopher Denmead, please contact Mickey Mikkelson at Creative Edge Publicity: mickey.creativeedge@gmail.com

PRESS RELEASE: CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED AUTHOR JASON KRISTOPHER SHARES RENOWNED ZOMBIE BOOK SERIES “THE DYING OF THE LIGHT”

The Dying of the Light Series

World-ending literature at its best by critically acclaimed author Jason Kristopher

 “The best zombie book since World War Z!

 “I didn’t see Rebecca die the second time.”A group of books on the cover

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Get END today to experience a zombie thriller packed with action, emotion, and the final flickers of hope.

The Dying of the Light (4 book series) Kindle Edition

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What Survivors Are Saying

“The Walker Chronicles add to an already excellent series of books by this talented author… these are like no other zombie books.” — Amazon Review

“There are few really impressive zombie series… a well thought-out tale that manages to emphasise the plight of the survivors while keeping the reader gripped to the book. It’s got tension, humour, intelligence and above all is written in an easy reading style that belies the superb and talented prose. Zombie fan or not you should read this.” — SF Book Reviews

“Kristopher’s invigorating prose and storytelling abilities blew me away as I read. He’s created an extremely scary novel intertwining real world current events with the zombie apocalypse. I was fascinated.” — A Book Vacation

“[Beginning is] an exhilarating and satisfying conclusion to the DYING OF THE LIGHT trilogy.”— George Wright Padgett, Author of SpindownCruel Devices, Addleton Heights, and Drift Pattern.

About Jason Kristopher:

Jason Kristopher is the award-winning author terrifying readers with zombies in The Dying of the Light, thrilling them with 1940s noir in Loco Moco, and harrowing them with boy-meets-gryphon-meets-robot adventure in When Iron Wakes. With the love of his life and the dog that rescued him by his side, he plots his next traumatizing stories from Florida beaches.

Find more information at jasonkristopher.com or The Fire in Our Heads (Patreon).

To request review copies or an interview with Jason Kristopher, please contact Mickey Mikkelson at Creative Edge Publicity: mickey.creativeedge@gmail.com

PRESS RELEASE: AUTHOR D.C. GOMEZ GIVES AWAY 1 MILLION COPIES OF AWARD WINNING BOOK TO PROMOTE LITERACY

Local Author commits to promoting literacy and joy by giving away one million copies of her award winning book – Death’s Intern for the next year

Nash, Texas,

USA Today Best-selling author DC Gomez is on a mission to help readers and her fans alike by gifting in the next year one million copies in e-book format of her debut Award-Winning fantasy novel, Death’s Intern.  Death’s Intern, which kicked off the Intern Diaries series is the first book in the five-book series and also includes a critically acclaimed novella.  The book has received positive feedback from over 300 Amazon reviews including critical acclaim from positive sources such as Top 100 Amazon book reviewer, Grady Harp and reputable North American blogger, Anthony Avina. 

Message from DC Gomez:

In this climate full of uncertainties and fears, I would like to add a piece of joy to people’s life. Books have always been my escape and place of peace. When I wrote Death’s Intern, I was in a very dark place in my career. I found myself depressed, unfulfilled and hating everything I was doing. This group of characters changed my life and brought so much joy to my days. My goal is to share it with the world.

A talking cat, a boy genius, missing people, and an untrained Intern for Death. What could possibly go wrong?

Death’s Intern is book one in the humorous Urban Fantasy Series The Intern Diaries. Isis Black is thrown into a supernatural world she didn’t know existed, and learns the hard way the Horsemen are real. Her world will never be the same. If you love quirky characters and action-packed adventure with lots of sass, dive in now!

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About D.C.

D. C. Gomez is an award-winning USA Today Bestselling Author, podcaster, motivational speaker, and coach. Born in the Dominican Republic, she grew up in Salem, Massachusetts. D. C. studied film and television at New York University. After college she joined the US Army, and proudly served for four years. 

D. C. has a Master’s Degree in Science Administration from the Central Michigan University, as well as a Master in Adult Education from Texas A&M- Texarkana University.  She is a certified John Maxwell Team speaker and coach, and a certified meditation instructor from the Chopra Center. 

One of D. C. passions is helping those around her overcome their self-limiting beliefs.  She writes both non-fiction and fiction books, ranging from Urban Fantasy to Children’s Books. To learn more about her books and her passion, you can find her at www.dcgomez-author.com

To request additional information or an interview with DC Gomez, please contact Mickey Mikkelson at Creative Edge Publicity: mickey.creativeedge@gmail.com

PRESS RELEASE: ROCKHILL PUBLISHING RELEASES THE RUBY CRADLE, BOOK TWO IN AUTHOR JAMES L. HILL’S GEMSTONES SERIES

The Ruby Cradle, Book 2 of the Gemstone Series

The critically acclaimed historical fantasy series continues by Rockhill Publishing’s own, James L. Hill

Released by Rockhill Publishing 

The book is available worldwide in digital and print format

New dragons come to power in Europe and now threaten the balance of power in the world. The world of dragons is one of total destruction. They take over an area and cause wars until the world is in ruins. The dragons can’t be killed but can be drained of power causing them to turn into ruby-like stones. Only a dragon can consume another dragon, increasing its power.

Apollonia becomes a sorceress and can retain her power for years out of water with the help of her sisters. She raises a champion in France to battle the dragons’ growing threat of England’s Vargrerot and Russia’s Deyhezas. After destroying a Castle in the Alps and capturing its dragon in the Ruby Cradle, Napoli, the Dragon Killer, confronts the English at the Battle of Hastings. Apollonia returns to the sea and spawns two more mermaids. Afterwards she returns to the world of men to continue the hundred year war and is burned at the stake as Joan of Arc.

Zabella knows she must prepare men to fight and destroy the dragons before the world is at war once more. She knows dragons can be killed.

The Ruby Cradle (Gemstone): Hill, James L: 9781945286810: Amazon.com: Books

RockHill Publishing LLC – RockHill Publishing LLC

Other Books in the series:

A fantasy Pirate/Mermaid love story set in the golden age of Pirates of the 17th and 18th centuries.

The Emerald Lady (Gemstone Series Book 1) – Kindle edition by J. L. Hill, Paris, Athina. Literature & Fiction Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.                         

The Emerald Lady (Paperback)

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About The Author

James L Hill, a.k.a. J L Hill, is a native New Yorker from the South Bronx, Fort Apache, of the turbulent 60’s. He earned a degree in computer programming, his other love. A multi-genre author, his experiences seasoned his novels and the worlds he imagined. James started RockHill Publishing LLC to publish his own work and give others access to the literary world.

To request additional review copies or an interview with James Hill, please contact Mickey Mikkelson at Creative Edge Publicity: mickey.creativeedge@gmail.com

PRESS RELEASE: MANIFOLD PUBLISHING RELEASES CAGED, BOOK TWO IN THE AWARD WINNING YA DYSTOPIAN DIVIDED SERIES BY AUTHOR C.C. ROBINSON

The walls are closing in on Rose.

But when powerful enemies move her from house arrest to a literal prison, Rose finds herself alone. Caged. And without help.

Isolated from her friends and allies, yet stumbling on the truth of her captors’ schemes, Rose must free herself. If she doesn’t make it out in time, evil oppressors will take over her city.

Can Rose escape her cage before her foes win and destroy what took the Underground generations to build?

Find out in the second book in the award-winning YA dystopian Divided series that reviewers say reminds them of such classic YA dystopian as Divergent and The Giver.

Amazon.com: Caged: Book Two in the Divided Series eBook : Robinson, CC: Kindle Store

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More In the Series:

The future America is divided. Walls separate racial groups inside cities, a madman dictator is bent on ruling the world, and four teens are determined to resist his oppression. Rose, Marcos, Harriet, and Jason are from different areas in Queenstown, but have one thing in common – their dreams for a better future, a free future.

In CC Robinson’s Divided series, these four teens must use their unique skills to come together and fight against the oppressive regime. From secret labor camps to the Underground resistance movement to a fight for their nation, they face impossible odds and powerful oppressors.

Each book in the series is a stand-alone adventure that will keep readers on the edge of their seats. If you enjoyed Marie Lu’s Legend series or Pierce Brown’s Red Rising series, you’ll love CC Robinson’s Divided series.

Divided (2 book series) Kindle Edition

Caged made me feel everything—anger, fear, sadness, hope, even moments of joy and laughter. It’s one of those books that entertains you but also makes you think. The emotional depth really stood out to me” _ Amazon Reviewer, Ayelen

Satisfying on every level, this dystopian ‘fiction’ alerts all readers to examine possibilities, and in doing so, nearly guaranteeing eagerly awaiting the future novels in this series. Very highly recommended” _ Top 100 Amazon Reviewer, Grady Harp

“It is a gripping tale that delves into the struggle to liberate a nation filled with hazards, showcasing the heroism and fortitude of Marcos and his friends_ Alireads

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About C.C. Robinson

CC Robinson has over two decades’ experience in cross-cultural settings as a medical doctor working in post-civil war nations and as an Associate Pastor at a multi-ethnic congregation led by an African-American man in Cincinnati, the setting for Divided. When she’s not throwing on her superhero cape to save her characters from their dystopian antics, CC enjoys hiking, gardening, dancing, swimming, and driving her jeep through the woods with her husband and three kids.  

More information about C.C. can be found at:  BOOKS | CCRobinson (ccrobinsonauthor.com)

To request additional review copies or an interview with C.C. Robinson, please contact Mickey Mikkelson at Creative Edge Publicity: mickey.creativeedge@gmail.com

PRESS RELEASE: Glenda Benevides, Grammy Award Considered Musician, Now an accomplished author with not one but two books out!!!

Having clarity, courage, confidence and
commitment is a reflection of your core
being. Whether you’re an introvert or an
extravert foundations for a Badass Goddess
lifestyle begins with you creating a self-care
environment that works.


Creating the right conditions supports a
thriving uplifted experience in all aspects of
your Goddess self. It’s then body, mind,
spirit flourishes and anything and everything
is possible.


It’s Ritual! The Ritual of building an
invigorating self-care Badass Goddess
lifestyle is a very direct and potent way of
understanding who you truly are. It’s
something you can rely on daily, that gives
you a strong foundation in this amazing and
ever-changing world.


Amazon.com: Own The Goddess Within
eBook : Benevides, Glenda: Kindle Store

Soul On Fire, The Power Of Owning
Your Full Self Expression, is how to
keep inspired daily, activate your own
insights, passions and have daily
mantras to help shift the way you take
care of ourselves while doing it with
grace and ease.

Growing our self-love is medicine to our
soul and to the world’s broken heart.
When you heal, we all heal. When you
give yourself more grace,
understanding and compassion you are
able to give this to others and the
world. To live a life with a soul on fire is
the way life has the fullest self-
expression and freedom!


Soul On Fire: The Power Of Owning Your
Full Self Expression! – Kindle edition by
Benevides, Glenda . Self-Help Kindle
eBooks @ Amazon.com.

Check Out The Newest Single by Glenda!

We Walk On Past” is a poignant and socially conscious song that
delves into the issues of indifference and neglect in society.
Through its evocative lyrics, the song highlights various forms of
suffering and injustice that people often overlook or ignore.
The song’s verses paint vivid pictures of different individuals in
distress, such as a lonely woman, a hungry child, a broken soldier,
a homeless man, a missing father, a sister gone, a jailed brother,
and a dying person. These characters represent the broader issues
of poverty, war, family disintegration, and systemic inequality.
The recurring phrase “we walk on past, the pride of it all”


underscores the collective apathy and pride that prevent society from addressing these issues.
The chorus emphasizes the shared responsibility in this neglect, as it repeats the act of walking
past these tragedies, highlighting a sense of communal complicity. The repetition of “walk past”
and “the pride of it all” serves as a powerful reminder of the moral and ethical failings that allow
such suffering to continue unchecked.


Overall, “We Walk On Past” is a call to action, urging listeners to recognize and confront the
pride and apathy that contribute to societal neglect and to take steps towards compassion and
justice.

YES, every time you buy a song, I’m planting a tree!
It’s Simple: You buy my song or EP and I plant a Tree for you.
I give back by planting a tree for all music purchased. Together we can be In action and
apart of the solution!  Thank You!
To Plant More Trees!  https://onetreeplanted.org                           
PLANT A TREE

GLENDA’S MUSIC CREATES ACTION!
EVERYTIME, YOU BUY A SINGLE, EP, MERCH OR
COURAGE BOOK. I PLANT A TREE FOR YOU!

About Glenda:

Glenda Benevides is not just a musician; she is a force of nature, seamlessly
weaving together the threads of music and storytelling to inspire audiences
worldwide. Her journey from a Grammy-considered artist to a recording
academy voting member has been punctuated by her unwavering commitment
to spreading messages of courage, unity, and action through her artistry.
Glenda is not only an award-winning performer but also an acclaimed author,
with her book Courage serving as a testament to her dedication to empowering
others.


Glenda Benevides is more than just a performer and writer; she is a catalyst for
positive change, igniting audiences with her powerful messages of courage,
unity, and action. Through her music, storytelling, and insightful talks, Glenda inspires others to
embrace clarity, courage, confidence, commitment, and community, empowering them to create
meaningful impact in their lives and the world around them. We can do this together!