PRWeb.com Press Release Feed - PRWeb Press Release Account Feed http://www.rsspad.com/rss2a/84315.xml PRWeb.com Press Release Feed - Press Releases en xml@emediawire.com xml@emediawire.com 30 The Firefighter Story: New Non-Profit Uses Storytelling to Bring Quality to Parks http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/02/prweb507693.htm The mission at Quality Parks, a nonprofit organization, is two-fold: to consult park managers on how to more effectively bring quality to their park systems, while at the same time educating the public about the importance of, and participation in, conservation. But their way of merging these goals with money raising efforts is unique: they are producing a book. The Firefighter Story (working title) uses reader volunteers, corporate sponsors, and authors to create a continual learning environment that will ultimately benefit communities and their natural resources. (PRWeb Feb 28, 2007)

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]]> Wed, 28 Feb 2007 08:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/02/prweb507693.htm Found Money and Hurricanes - One Florida Author Embodies Spirit of Thanksgiving by Donating Her Royalties to the Red Cross’s Disaster Relief Fund http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/11/prweb179036.htm Courtney L. Mroch, author of Beneath the Morvan Moon and Cellfish Ways, was among the millions of Florida residents who endured six weeks of hurricane hell this summer. But residents weren’t the only ones hard hit. The American Red Cross, in its efforts to help all of the victims, found its resources taxed during the record-setting hurricane season. That’s what sparked the author’s decision to donate 20% of all of her future royalties to the Red Cross’s Disaster Relief Fund. (PRWeb Nov 17, 2004)

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]]> Wed, 17 Nov 2004 08:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/11/prweb179036.htm Real-Life Vampire Lawsuit and Werewolf Trial Inspiration for New Mystery Novel. http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/04/prweb118301.htm In 1946 Romanian villagers executed a shoemaker because they thought he was a vampire. His outraged widow fought a 50-year legal battle for the right to bury his head with the rest of his body. (His head had been buried separately to prevent the vampire from returning to life.) Author Courtney L. Mroch found inspiration for her debut mystery, Beneath the Morvan Moon, in this wacky lawsuit. (PRWeb Apr 14, 2004)

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]]> Wed, 14 Apr 2004 07:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/04/prweb118301.htm Award-Winning Short Story Published, Tops Publisher’s Bestseller List, Destined for the Silver Screen? http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/02/prweb104434.htm “Cellfish Ways,” by Courts Mroch, garnered a Special Honorable Mention nod in the New Century Writers Award 2003 Short Story competition before finding publication through Echelon Press’s Dollar Download program. Released on January 10, 2004, “Cellfish Ways” now finds itself the year-to-date leader of Echelon’s Dollar Download bestseller list. If the author’s lucky streak continues, her wish of seeing her story as a movie could come true. (PRWeb Feb 13, 2004)

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