October First: Two Great Local Writers' Giving a Talk in Topanga, Schmitt + Pierpont

Topanga Public Library is in the process of becoming a local literary salon.  They're hosting the Topanga Author's Group on the evening of Wednesday, October first.

See: http://topangaaWednesday Ocuthorsgroup.wordpress.com/

If you are an author, editor or reader, click on the above link to find out more about this upcoming event. Schmitt is aiming for the little kids and Pierpoint is writing for the middle school crowd.  Both writers are getting rave reviews.  For authors, editors and readers their stories of how they made it in today's publishing market is inspiring.  Worth the trek to Topanga.

"To boil water, must add heat." - Sensei Yamaguchi + Sensei James Field, Shotokan Karate Instructors

After writing a scorching hot grant application to the folks over at the Goldhirsch Foundation, we were flummoxed…and kind of amused…when they passed on our project in under thirty-six hours; that's got to be some kind of record. 

Our next step will be to select a fiscal sponsor to house our new non-profit. To that end, we have applications in place at a number of venues.  

Once we have committed to the right entity and have a GO, we will pursue additional funding opportunities.

In the meanwhile, the great side effect of writing a grant is focusing on fitting our known budgetary needs into the constraints of the possible and articulating our vision for the first year's work in print. 

To quote genius karate instructors Sensei Yamaguch and Sensei James Field: "To boil water, must add heat.'

We are adding the HEAT.

Sempill Press is a community press with a simple vision: we want to publish books that will change the world.

Beautiful literature.
Happy children's books.
Great science.
Excellent history.
Innovative explorations of democracy.

We will be posting the biographies of our founders and linking in to the website of our extraordinary design team.

We see crowd-sourcing as the best way to launch new books.

Join us.

A good idea takes follow through.

We're in this for the long run.

Sincerely,
Melina Watts
Publisher +  Editor
Sempill Press