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Green Phoenix Joins Hands with Amador Publishers
2007 marks a significant development for GPP. As we have intended from the start, in addition to producing Rick Allen's poetry CD "Inconstant Bard" and our line of Synchronicity ritual scarves and vestments and other artful/healing products, we are now a book publisher!
Green Phoenix Productions, An Imprint of Amador Publishers, LLC presents its first literary offering: LAST OF THE NICE GIRLS: How a Nice Girl from the British Empire Ends Up a Witch in the New Mexico Desert (Edited by Michelle Miller Allen), a posthumous memoir, the life's work of late dear friend and writing peer, Elizabeth McBride.
Pre-publication orders are being taken now. Books will be available as of June 2007. Click here for advance Early Bird ordering!
Important Things to Tell Other Women . . .
Elizabeth McBride (1933-2004) spent the last part of her life in New Mexico involved in spiritually-based and writerly pursuits — and the decade previous, involved in political activism in Latin America. This elegant and feisty Scottish woman of the British Empire was born in Hong Kong, and lived a very international life as a writer and adventurer. Fortunately for us, she kept intimate and intricate diaries her whole life. From these she culled her memoir, which spans from her girlhood days in the 1940s to the last few weeks before her death on February 6, 2004.
During her final year, knowing that she was dying, Elizabeth spoke to Michelle Miller Allen often about her increasingly urgent feeling that she must talk to other women, that she had important things to tell them about living their life as free women with choices. As her time and energy were diminishing by then, Miller Allen assured her that finishing this book would be the way she could do that.
With Green Phoenix Productions' dual existence now in New Mexico and Central Scotland, it is appropriate that our first publication should be Elizabeth McBride's book, as it joins the hands of these two cultures of her origin and her final days in an elegant way.
A Note From Amador Publishers, LLC . . .
Amador Publishers, LLC has joined forces with Green Phoenix Productions to bring to the public LAST OF THE NICE GIRLS, the posthumous memoir of Elizabeth McBride. The author's quest for self-knowledge, coupled with her intense interest in and deep respect for all the cultures she encountered in the course of her widely-traveled life, have secured her place in the Amador fold. We feel we know her, and want our readers to know her too. Her story has the appeal of romance and far-flung adventure, but works on a deeper level as well. It has been the source of much discussion among ourselves and all those who worked on the project — we hope LAST OF THE NICE GIRLS will be read widely so we can keep talking about it! Congratulations to editor Michelle Miller Allen for completing the enormous task entrusted to her with integrity and style. We are proud to be part of her team.
—The Editors, Amador Publishers, LLC
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Book-Launching Events Summer 2007
Visit our new page, FACE-TO-FACE, for a calendar of events this summer to launch and honor Elizabeth McBride's memoir, Amador Publishers' books by women authors, and a memoir forum event to be held in July 2007 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, hosted by New Mexico Woman, GPP and Barnes & Noble. We would love to meet you in person, and promise a good time, good books and good conversation!
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A Room Of Her Own Foundation
"A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write."
—Virginia Woolf
To honor Elizabeth McBride's desire to do something to help other women to courageously pursue their writing vocations, The Elizabeth McBride Trust is donating a portion of the proceeds from the sale of LAST OF THE NICE GIRLS to the "A Room of Her Own Foundation" (AROHO).
"A Room of Her Own Foundation is truly honored to receive proceeds from the sale of this book. We hope that all creative women who read this book will be inspired to find the Elizabeth McBride inside of themselves, ready to write their own stories." —AROHO
We encourage you to visit AROHO's website to find out about their awards and retreat opportunities. Visit them at www.aroomofherownfoundation.org.
For more information about LAST OF THE NICE GIRLS — reviews, excerpts, photos, book parties, ordering information, and The Elizabeth McBride Trust donation to AROHO, click here.
Paypal is Here!
 Now it's easier to order your favorite GPP products. We have set up PAYPAL payments by email. When you are ready to place an order for any of our products, just send us an email and we will calculate your shipping and generate the invoice for you. (You do NOT need to have a PAYPAL account to pay this way.) Then PAYPAL will send you an email invoice and you can pay through them, at no additional cost, using a credit card or your bank account and ensuring your privacy. OR, if you want to sign up for a Paypal account, click their logo provided here!
We also still accept payments by check or money order. Email if you have any questions spiritbear1@btinternet.com.
GPP Products Available
GPP products continue to be available either via this website or at The Jemez Mountain Trading Company, Jemez Springs, New Mexico. Since we are located both in New Mexico and Central Scotland, delivery and order-fulfillment options are always flexible and interesting! Check our Products page!
Synchronicity Ritual Scarves and Vestments
We take special pride in this line of custom, handmade, wearable meditations of heart, courage and healing. Please visit our Synchronicity page and then email us about your fantasy garment! All spiritual/religious persuasions welcome.
Online Creativity Workshop/Salon: A Bear Named Hope
Our free online creativity salon has been going strong now since the spring of 2006, bringing together creative individuals of all genres and nations for informal discussions that tend to go wherever creative minds go. We invite you to join in and are always open to letting new people host a workshop. Whether you are an artist, musician, writer, creative entrepreneur, spiritual seeker, gardener, fabric artist, whatever — whether you have a resume or are just starting out, we love to hear from you, from anywhere on the planet. It's easy to take part, it's easy to be a host (and it takes little time or effort, we walk you through the technicalities and welcome your new energy). Contact us by email for more information or stop by the salon and see what we are talking about this week.
Book Reviews
Check out the latest book review of JOURNEY FROM THE KEEP OF BONES (by Michelle Miller Allen, Amador Publishers 2003) at Fallen Angel Reviews — there's a link from their delightful logo on our JKOB page, here!
The novel was awarded #1 Runner Up for Best Visionary Fiction in the 2003 Coalition of Visionary Resources (COVR) Awards. The honors were bestowed on Green Phoenix Productions (distributor) on June 29, 2003 at the International New Age Trade Show West (INATS West) Awards Banquet held at the Denver Merchandise Mart, Denver, Colorado.
Several on-line book reviews of JOURNEY FROM THE KEEP OF BONES and interviews with the author have been published over the past couple of years. If you Google the title, you can find and read them.
Great Reads Column, New Mexico Woman Magazine
Michelle Miller Allen continues to write her monthly book review column in which she features thematic groupings of books by and about New Mexico women (www.nmwoman.com). She has also added CDs to the mix and is always happy to receive review copies of books and CDs by New Mexico women artists and musicians. Email spiritbear1@btinternet.com for more information.
Investors Invited
From time to time we have offers to invest, from supporters of what we are trying to do at Green Phoenix Productions. A little here, a little there. We gratefully accept such offers, which so far have been informal and based on a belief by these people that "GPP will do great things!" If you are interested in talking to us about this, please contact Michelle Miller Allen at spiritbear1@btinternet.com. It can take a few years for a little business like ours to get on its feet and become self-sustaining, so we're happy for any help we get. We are gradually producing more, distributing more, and taking on the work of more artists, writers and musicians whose work speaks to us.
We are also into barter, open to suggestions. And, of course, the BEST way you can help us keep going is . . . go to the GPP Products egg and ORDER SOMETHING!
Looking For Reviewers
If you are interested in writing a review of any of our literary offerings for any publication, on-line magazine or book review website, we would like to hear from you. The potential venues for the McBride memoir are vast, as McBride's life covered many continents and areas of interest and expertise. Interest groups include the arts, women's studies, Latin American politics, Native American spirituality and Jungian circles, to name a few! Miller Allen's visionary fiction is reviewable in publications focused on sexuality, New Mexico, spirituality, Jungian, New Age and literary concerns. Rick Allen's poetry CD is reviewable both in music and poetry venues, Celtic and bardic. Review copies are available and link exchanges are always welcome. Contact us at spiritbear1@btinternet.com.
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2003 News Archive — Miller Allen's Novel Wins Prestigious Award
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