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A Must for Everyone who wants to write, Pie in the Sky is a personal journey in writing and publishing that will entertain and inspire you. Patricia Condon Johnston discusses writing for magazines, writing books, self-publishing books, and the small press she started that is publishing some of the world's stellar writers, including Jon Hassler, Carol Bly, Bill Holm, and Senator Eugene McCarthy. Patricia's magazine articles led to books, the first five of which she successfully self-published. Her magazine articles and books led to a college diploma. Johnston parlayed her writing experience into a Bachelor of Liberal Arts degree. Johnston also speaks publicly for the first time about the murder in 1993 of her daughter, Jane Ellen Neumann, and her personal fight to bring the killer to justice. Jane's death, and the mystery surrounding it, was the subject of a CBS 48 Hours television program. Johnston founded the Afton Historical Society Press just months before Jane's death. The meteoric success of the Afton Historical Society Press in Afton, Minnesota, is nothing short of phenomenal. In addition to publishing exceptional books (in terms of scholarship, literary value, design, and production), Afton Press sponsors public television documentaries and museum exhibitions based on its books. Its first documentary, Death of the Dream, co-produced in 1999 by Afton Press and Twin Cities Public Television, won four Emmys! In 2001 Afton Press sponsored an exhibition of watercolor paintings showcased in its book, Painting the Dakota: Seth Eastman at Fort Snelling, at the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian in New York.Synopsis
A Must for Everyone who wants to write, Pie in the Sky is a personal journey in writing and publishing that will entertain and inspire you. Patricia Condon Johnston discusses writing for magazines, writing books, self-publishing books, and the small press she started that is publishing some of the world's stellar writers, including Jon Hassler, Carol Bly, Bill Holm, and Senator Eugene McCarthy. Patricia's magazine articles led to books, the first five of which she successfully self-published. Her magazine articles and books led to a college diploma. Johnston parlayed her writing experience into a Bachelor of Liberal Arts degree. Johnston also speaks publicly for the first time about the murder in 1993 of her daughter, Jane Ellen Neumann, and her personal fight to bring the killer to justice. Jane's death, and the mystery surrounding it, was the subject of a CBS 48 Hours television program. Johnston founded the Afton Historical Society Press just months before Jane's death. The meteoric success of the Afton Historical Society Press in Afton, Minnesota, is nothing short of phenomenal. In addition to publishing exceptional books (in terms of scholarship, literary value, design, and production), Afton Press sponsors public television documentaries and museum exhibitions based on its books. Its first documentary, Death of the Dream, co-produced in 1999 by Afton Press and Twin Cities Public Television, won four Emmys! In 2001 Afton Press sponsored an exhibition of watercolor paintings showcased in its book, Painting the Dakota: Seth Eastman at Fort Snelling, at the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian in New York.
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In Pie In The Sky: A Memoir About Writing And Publishing, Patricia Johnston shares her personal journey as a writer and self-publisher. Along the way Patricia also shares her views regarding the 1993 murder of her daughter, Jane Ellen Neuman, the subject of a CBS "48 Hours" television program and Patricia's ultimately successful crusade to bring her daughter's killer to justice. As a publisher, Patricia's Afton Historical Society Press has produced 37 titles (many of them award winners) and has pursued partnerships to produce and sponsor television documentaries and art exhibitions. Pie In The Sky will prove of intense interest to anyone who aspires to have their writings published, to become a small press publisher, or who has an interest in the small press phenomena and trends in today's highly competitive and rapidly evolving publishing community.
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In Pie In The Sky: A Memoir About Writing And Publishing, Patricia Johnston shares her personal journey as a writer and self-publisher. Along the way Patricia also shares her views regarding the 1993 murder of her daughter, Jane Ellen Neuman, the subject of a CBS "48 Hours" television program and Patricia's ultimately successful crusade to bring her daughter's killer to justice. As a publisher, Patricia's Afton Historical Society Press has produced 37 titles (many of them award winners) and has pursued partnerships to produce and sponsor television documentaries and art exhibitions. Pie In The Sky will prove of intense interest to anyone who aspires to have their writings published, to become a small press publisher, or who has an interest in the small press phenomena and trends in today's highly competitive and rapidly evolving publishing community.