February 2010: Marilyn is now working with Editor Alan Rinzler on the editing of her science fiction novel, Gods in the Machine.
February 2010: Marilyn's short story, Dialing the Future, has been published in the anthology, Twisted Tails V: Apocalypses Now and Then.
October 7, 2009: Marilyn's short story, Bright Moon, set in modern-day China, is published on the wonderful Glass Cases blog run by publishing industry assistant Sarah LaPolla: http://bigglasscases.blogspot.com
September 2009: Marilyn has completed writing Gods in the Machine, an adult science fiction novel. She's now looking for a literary agent to represent her work.
May 2009: Several of Marilyn Peake's submissions are published in Book: The Sequel at Book Expo America 2009! More information about this can be found on Marilyn's website, in the section for Book: The Sequel.
May 2009: TWO Honorable Mention Awards, 2008 ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Awards:
May 2009: Inside Scoop: Articles about Acting and Writing by Hollywood Insiders and Published Authors, edited and compiled by Marilyn Peake, wins HONORABLE MENTION Award in the "Performing Arts/Drama" category of the 2008 ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Awards:
http://www.forewordmagazine.com/botya/search2k8.aspx?srchtype=category&srchval=36
May 2009: Twisted Tails III: Pure Fear wins HONORABLE MENTION Award in the "Fiction - Horror" category of the 2008 ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Awards:
http://www.forewordmagazine.com/botya/search2k8.aspx?srchtype=category&srchval=61
May 2009: Marilyn's flash fiction piece, Time Travel Machine, was published at Tuesday Shorts:
http://www.tuesdayshorts.com
March 2009: THREE Finalist Awards, 2008 ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Awards:
March 2009: Inside Scoop: Articles about Acting and Writing by Hollywood Insiders and Published Authors, edited and compiled by Marilyn Peake, is a Finalist in the "Performing Arts/Drama" category of the 2008 ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Awards:
http://www.forewordmagazine.com/botya/search2k8.aspx?srchtype=category&srchval=36
March 2009: Inside Scoop: Articles about Acting and Writing by Hollywood Insiders and Published Authors, edited and compiled by Marilyn Peake, is also a Finalist in the "Writing" category of the 2008 ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Awards:
http://www.forewordmagazine.com/botya/search2k8.aspx?srchtype=category&srchval=62
March 2009: Twisted Tails III: Pure Fear is a Finalist in the "Fiction - Horror" category of the 2008 ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Awards:
http://www.forewordmagazine.com/botya/search2k8.aspx?srchtype=category&srchval=61
March 2009: EPPIE Award Winner
Inside Scoop: Articles about Acting and Writing by Hollywood Insiders and Published Authors, edited and compiled by Marilyn Peake, is a 2009 EPPIE Award Winner, in the "Anthology - Complete - Non-fiction" category:
http://www.epicauthors.com
February 2009: TOP TEN Finisher, 2008 Preditors & Editors Readers Poll
Day of the Dead, short story by Marilyn Peake, published in the Twisted Tails III: Pure Fear anthology, has been voted a TOP TEN Finisher, 2008 Preditors & Editors Readers Poll, "Short Horror Story" Category:
http://anotherealm.com/prededitors/votessh08.htm
February 2009: Featured e-Author at NightsAndWeekends.com
Marilyn Peake is delighted to be the Featured e-Author for February 2009 at NightsAndWeekends.com, and to be interviewed there by Reviewer Margaret Marr. Margaret is actually the only reviewer who didn't especially like Marilyn's children's novel, The Fisherman's Son. However, to Marilyn's great delight, this reviewer loves her adult fiction, referring to Marilyn as "one of the best e-authors on the Internet":
http://www.nightsandweekends.com/articles/09/NW0900048.php
December 1, 2008: Inside Scoop: Articles about Acting and Writing by Hollywood Insiders and Published Authors, edited and compiled by Marilyn Peake, has been named a Finalist in the 2009 EPPIE Awards: http://www.epicauthors.com
SILVER AWARD WINNER: 2007 ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Awards
From Hollywood Experts and Published Authors: Words of Wisdom for Starving Artists, edited and compiled by Marilyn Peake, is a SILVER AWARD WINNER in the 2007 ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Awards:
http://www.forewordmagazine.com/botya/search2k7.aspx?srchlimit=1&srchtype=author&srchval=Marilyn%20Peake
May 2008: Featured Author at The Literary World
Marilyn Peake is delighted to have been the Featured Author at The Literary World for May 2008, as quite a few of their Featured Authors are New York Times Best-selling Authors. The Literary World can be found here: http://www.literaryworld.org. Marilyn's interview by The Literary World about her book, The Fisherman's Son, can be found by scrolling down to her name on the left side of the following page: http://www.literaryworld.org/frame.html
"Introduction to Television Writing" Course Taught by Thom Bray
Marilyn took an online course entitled
"Introduction to Television Writing" at www.write4television.com. The course was taught by Thom Bray. His credentials include: acting roles in "Riptide" and "Lou
Grant," and his experience as a television scriptwriter for shows including
"Designing Women," Evening Shade," and "Now and Again."
To read a list of
Thom Bray's credentials, click here:
http://www.tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet/PersonDetail/personid-24304
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