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    Today's Publisher's Pride is  Anger Anonymous  by Dennis Ortman, which recently reached #76 on Amazon in anger management self-help. Book Description: When you feel in the grip of anger, ask yourself these questions: Do you feel powerless to control your temper? Does your anger frighten you so much that you feel compelled to suppress it? Does your life feel unmanageable because of your anger? Does your preoccupation with the unfairness of life and being wronged interfere with your happiness Do you feel hopeless about finding a cure for your temper?  If you answer "yes" to these questions, you may be addicted to your anger. It acts like a drug that stimulates you, energizes you, and causes you to act insanely. Viewing your anger as an addiction, Dr. Ortman guides you through the time-tested Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous to find healing and growth. He shows how the Steps offer practical wisdom to use the natural energy of your anger wisely and well, nei...

  Excerpt from excerpt from  From Deep Within  (Lewis)  The Tattoo Lady   “I am not going inside that bitch’s office!” the woman screamed. “My husband is in prison in Iowa for selling marijuana. I wish he would come home! I need some help bringing him back and she just wants to talk about my medicine.”   “Ma’am, please sit down,” Anita, the secretary at the front window, said. “People in the waiting area are getting scared by your screaming. Please speak calmly about what you want.” Anita was fearless in the face of ranting patients. She had seen it all, from seizures in the waiting room to a patient wielding a knife. We all hid behind her feathers as she protected her flock of frightened clinicians.   I didn’t know who pressed the buzzer, the signal used if someone felt threatened by a client, but I heard it in the hallway. A single buzz alerted other staff for assistance; if two were sounded, the alarm rang straight to the police station and what loo...

  It is Tuesday. Monday's madness is over, and Wednesday will take us over the hump, so Tuesday it is--for some serious discussion with authors. Tuesday talks mean to address authors in waiting and self-published authors who would like to go a more traditional route or who would at least like to take their steps with a publisher by their side. This week seems like a good time to do something we have never done before, but perhaps we should have. Perhaps we even should do it periodically. What is it? Information about San Juan Books, our hybrid publishing division, and perhaps one of the better kept secrets around, given the many ways in which San Juan Books supports authors. So, here is what you may need to know about SJB -- and, if you do not need to know it, perhaps you know someone who does! So, here is our own marketing information (for SJB). PUBLISH YOUR BOOK WITH CONFIDENCE! At MSI Press, we believe every author deserves exceptional services at a transparent, affordable rate....