Hello Everyone,
October is National Domestic Violence Month for those of you that aren't aware. Gentle Storm Publishing is working on an anthology of poems, words of inspiration/encouragement, and advice for survivors of abuse. Be it physical, mental, emotional, drug, alcohol, you get the picture. We are pushing to have the book Invisible Memories released in time for National Child Abuse Prevention Month in April 2009.
If your company deals with the needs of abuse survivors and getting them help, and you'd like to sponsor a page in the book to advertize your services, please send an email to sponsors@gentlestorms.com. In your email please put in the subject line Invisible Sponsor. Tell us a little about your company and provide a website link.
If you are a business or individual that is just interested in supporting this project, please send an email to the address above for further details.
Anyone affiliated with child abuse or domestic violence organizations, please send us a message. We want to provide as many helpful resources as possible in this book to help those that want/need the help.
Gentle Storm Publishing would like to congratulate the following writers on being selected for the GSP Abuse/Self Esteem Anthology Invisible Memories:
J.L. Dillard
www.myspace.com/jldillard1
Bharati Ishaya
www.myspace.com/bharatiishaya
A. Kai
www.myspace.com/discoverkai
Kiexiza 'Mis Tiger' Rodriguez
www.myspace.com/mistiger
Leah Ruddick
www.myspace.com/leopardspottedlady
Danny Urato
www.myspace.com/wuzisname
More names to be added soon.
These writers all submitted original, powerful, thought provoking works that add to the presence we want Invisible Memories to put forth. They wrote about painful topics such as cutting, sexual abuse of very young children, suicide, and domestic violence.
If you think you have something to add to this powerful, growing anthology, please read the message below. There are still contributor slots available.
If you are a writer and interested in submitting to the anthology, please send your poem or short short story to submissions@gentlestorms.com
We would appreciate any reposts of this message to your blogs or anywhere people that might be interesting will see it.
Thank you,
Gentle Storm