Quill Hawk Publishing

12/07/2024

We’re excited to welcome Patrick Cyclewriter Greenwood back as a judge this year for the QHP Best Indie Choice writing contest for self published authors!!

Patrick Greenwood, after military service, embarks on a 25-year career in the information technology field working in various roles in sales, engineering, support, and design. Many of his inspirations for writing came from his business travels to places like Vietnam, China, Japan, Taiwan, and Portugal. A true believer in listening to one’s passion, Patrick began writing in early 2020 based on several trips he made while cycling in various countries.

Patrick holds a BS and MBA in Global Marketing along with completing several post-graduate certificate programs in information security, the Internet of things, and global management from MIT.

12/04/2024

Welcome to the QHP family, Nick Patras!!

Nick P. Patras, Ph.D., is the author of Stories from the Other Side of Goodbye: Finding Life’s Lessons in Loss, coming next year from

Nick brings a unique career history to his writing, beginning at age 17 with more than a decade of funeral service where he became a licensed funeral director serving thousands of families dealing with grief. After leaving the professional funeral service he spent twenty plus years in sales and sales management for two national insurance companies where he recruited and trained other sales professionals and managed a diverse client base. Dr. Patras currently serves clients in private practice mental health counseling along with professional coaching services devoted to assisting clients develop and refine their life purpose to create alignment in their personal and professional lives.

He is a Licensed Professional Counselor-Supervisor who received a BS Degree in Organizational Communication from St. Edward’s University in Austin, a master’s degree in Community Counseling, and a Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Counselor Education and Supervision from East Texas A&M (formerly Texas A&M University-Commerce}. He is a former first responder and U.S. Army Veteran. He has advanced training in the areas of grief and loss, trauma, couples’ counseling, and critical incident response teams.

Dr. Patras excels in coaching first-time entrepreneurs who are launching their businesses and need the guidance of someone who has created three successful businesses from the ground up. In the counseling space Nick provides both individual counseling and retreat style intensives for couples’ work, clients dealing with unresolved trauma, and those with grief from any type of loss.

In writing his first non-fiction book, Nick shares personal narratives taken from four decades of his professional life that guide readers through grief, showing how even in the darkest times, life offers invaluable lessons.

12/02/2024

We met this wonderful soul at past writers' conferences and are excited Joyce Goforth-Hanewinkel chose Quill Hawk Publishing to publish her book, An Unforeseen Chance!

Joyce Hanewinkel is an award-winning poet and author. She has numerous awards for her short stories and poetry in fiction, memoir, and essay genres. Hanewinkel’s writing is rich with humor, inspiration, and strong messages. She has been published in Life’s Vintage Magazine, eMerge Magazine, and the Tulsa County Library website. Her stories are drawn from various life experiences gained from her active-duty service in the Army, playing recreational soccer, and working in healthcare, telecommunications, and manufacturing. She now debuts her award-winning novel, An Unforeseen Chance, a profound and moving woman’s story lush with drama, recovery, and romance that pulls at the heartstrings of any reader.

About An Unforeseen Chance:

Dawn, a sixty-five-year-old Army Veteran, discovers the bodies of her husband and daughter on the day her daughter was to move home for protection from a violent ex-boyfriend. Still traumatized a year later, the unsolved murders motivate Dawn to step up and rescue a battered teen and her newborn baby from a stalker. A romantic connection from forty years ago surprises Dawn, prompting her to question whether she can enjoy a fulfilling relationship with him before getting justice for her family. Can Dawn protect the teen and her baby from a relentless stalker? Will she attain justice for her family? Can a one-night stand from the past provide a loving future?

11/27/2024

We had the honor of reading, editing, and formatting Dr. Juliet Dang's memoir, Modern Asian Mom, and soon we'll be publishing Juju's stories of fertility, motherhood, and life.

This memoir is in your face with raw emotions, from fear to loss, anger, betrayal, jubilation, and more. The author does not hold back and bares it all.

What does it mean to be a Modern Asian Mom? Dr. Juliet Dang gives you the answer at the end, but this memoir's heart and soul is about loving yourself and giving yourself grace above all else.

11/26/2024

*Trigger Warning*

An excerpt from Jenn Mangini’s upcoming memoir, A Shadow of Me - Coming early 2025

“The Southwest Bell building had become the hub for us and other government agencies to use and operate out of as well as the US Post office because of the proximity and location.

So we go to where we are supposed to talk about our feelings (which as a young strong soldier and someone who was always taught to ‘suck it up,’ ‘don’t cry,’ and ‘shake it off’ - well, my answer was usually one word. Fine. Oh, you and I know I was far from it, but I was not aware of it or maybe better said, I did not know how to articulate or explain anything. Besides, I was in soldier mode. Also, we were in the uniforms we had been wearing for the long shift, picking up and going through… victims. I mean, I already told you that death smells different, and this horror brought the worst out in those people.

So sitting in a circle, all of us smelly and physically, mentally, and emotionally exhausted, we said as little as possible so we could get out of there and decompress ourselves with hot showers and alcohol. At least that’s what I did, except before we could leave, I glanced down at my boot. It was not shiny. It was black leather, but there was gray matter all over my left boot. I froze. My breath caught in my throat, a mix of horror and disbelief.

The others on my team followed my gaze at my boot, because maybe I was saying my one word answers of ‘fine’ or maybe I gasped. I do not know.

Whoever was in charge said, “Hey, Mangini, they have a makeshift PX at the post office. Why don’t you walk over and grab some new boots.”

I nodded in agreement, which was not like me, but this was not a normal situation as you already know.”

11/24/2024

Congratulations to Dr. Randy Kluver, who was awarded the 2024 Global Achievement Award by The Board of Sister Cities International OKC. Both Dr. Kluver and Dr. Charles W. Grim are recipients of their prestigious awards and were recognized on Friday, November 22nd.

Dr. Randy Kluver's family sponsored over 250 Vietnamese refugees in the 1970s and 1980s and helped them resettle in the Oklahoma area. His parents wrote about their experiences, and "Chào to Main Street" will be published in memory of them by the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon in 2025.

A. Randolph Kluver is the Associate Provost and Dean of OSU Global and a Professor in the School of Media and Strategic Communication at Oklahoma State University. He also holds the Don and Cathey Humphreys Chair in Global Studies.

As the senior international officer for the University, Dr. Kluver's role is to develop, implement, and coordinate global educational partnerships and manage the university's global strategy. His responsibilities include oversight of the Study Abroad/National Student Exchange Office, the Wes Watkins Center for International Trade Development, International Students and Scholars, the English Language Institute, the China Programs Office, the OSU/UPAEP Liaison Office, the Fulbright Program, and the School of Global Studies graduate program.

Dr. Kluver has extensive international experience, having previously taught at Jiangxi Normal University (China), National University of Singapore, and Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. In 2017, he was a visiting fellow in the Department of Media and Communication at the University of Canterbury (New Zealand), and in 2012, was the recipient of a Fulbright Administrator’s Award in South Korea.

He has published widely in the fields of new media, Asian politics, the Internet in Asian societies, public diplomacy and international communication.

We are so honored to partner with Dr. Kluver on this momentous book, Chào to Main Street, which will be published in April 2025. We celebrate his many achievements!
https://www.citynewsokc.com/community/sister-cities-international-oklahoma-city-honor-global-vision-award-winners/article_19df1188-87e5-11ef-956c-577d7ea84376.html

11/24/2024

We’re close to publishing this book by Christina Shifflett, The Green Nurse Educator!

So excited to receive the author proof of my upcoming book! 📖 It’s getting real!

11/22/2024

The first time we read his poems, we cried. One of his poems, Returning Vet’s Saga, is in the novel SNOW IN SEATTLE by (chapter 12).

Quill Hawk Publishing is beyond thrilled to welcome Charles Peters to our family!

Charlies has been married for 50 years and has four children, nine grandchildren, and thirteen great-grandchildren. He accidently started writing poetry in 1990 and discovered that poetry proved to be an outlet to release the frustration of PTSD symptoms. He wrote poetry for about ten years. Two of his poems were runner-ups in national poetry contests—“A Man Less Than His Best” and “Stairway.” Then he shifted his writing efforts to political commentary and satire, which two of his published books resulted from those commentaries— “The National Debt? The Sinking of America!” (2008) and “TEA Time Has Arrived ‘We the People’ Versus Washington Bureaucracy.” (2009). He has now decided to publish many of the poems he wrote in the 1990s and this book is a result of his poetry writing.

“Returning Vet’s Saga: The Healing Power of Poetry” is a work that may appeal to those suffering from unexplained moments of anger, frustration, frightening nightmares, and unexplained moments of depression, which may be accompanied by a down pouring of tears. The author experienced all of those symptoms after returning from the military and the symptoms lasted for about fifteen years, before those symptoms even had a name which we now call “PTSD.” The author found that a sound, a smell, a spoken word, another’s voice inflection, or something as simple as a commercial on television can trigger an episode of PTSD.

There is no magic in poetry. However, the magic comes in being able to put feelings to paper, coming directly from the heart and completely bypassing the brain. We may not think of ourselves as poets, but if we just let the words flow we may find that we are in fact poets of a special kind.

This book ends with the poem that got it all started.

11/20/2024

We love seeing two of our partners That Digital Rush and Katrina Editorial collaborate on this project!

👻 NEW FLASH DROP! 👻

Brace yourself for chills—member Ashley Werner-Sithonnorath’s horrifying new story, "Feast of Shadows," is live now on The Fiction Lab! 🖤 Dive into this spine-tingling tale that will leave you looking over your shoulder.

🔗 Read it here: https://bit.ly/3V2JUbb

What’s your favorite part of the story? Let us know if you dare... 🕯️✨

11/19/2024

Quill Hawk Publishing is excited to welcome to our family of authors!

Here is Nikki McCurtain's personal introduction:

"Spending a few years in Africa as a child, I developed a deep connection to their culture that continues to inspire me. Now living in Oklahoma and teaching for 12 years, I’ve spent countless nights creating bedtime stories for my three children. Those cherished moments led me to write my first book. I hope you fall in love with Abigail as much as we have. I’m excited to share this story rooted in imagination and love."

Nikki McCurtain is an elementary teacher from Oklahoma with 12 years of experience. Her husband and her three children live in Sand Springs, Oklahoma. When she’s not teaching or writing, she is crafting and spending time with her family.

About her "Abigail's Watermelon" :

Abigail loves watermelon, but she definitely doesn’t like to share with her friends. She’s afraid they will be mean, especially when she's messy. Her friends are kind and try to understand Abigail by not making fun of her mess.

Abigail's Watermelon will be illustrated by the talented Pan is drawing and coming out in 2025!

11/16/2024

We’re always so excited when one of our talented authors win a writing contest! Recognition of their hard work means bragging rights and sometimes, fabulous prizes!

Congratulations Shelley Malicote-Stutchman and Barbara Shepherd!!

Quill Hawk Publishing is accepting submissions now through January 31, 2025 for our Best Indie Choice Writing Contest. All self published books from 2022-2024 are eligible to enter!

Details can be found on our website!

https://quillhawkpublishing.com/products/quill-hawk-publishing-best-book-award-entry

11/16/2024

A new book baby is coming very soon by and illustrated by Stan Perl. We can’t wait to share Bello the Cello, a bilingual book in English and Romanian. The ebook is available now on Amazon. Paperback and hardback coming soon!

A young cello named Bello navigates the uncertainties of his first day of school and discovers the magic of his song.

Un mic violoncel cu numele Belu navighează prima lui zi de școală cu incertitudini și descoperă magia din cântecul lui.

11/15/2024

is excited to welcome to our family as a copy editor!

Malia Marshall Ogawa is an editor, writer, historian, and educator living abroad in Tokyo, Japan. A self proclaimed “wordsmith,” she also has quite a diverse background; she is mixed race (Japanese, Hawaiian, European), speaks two and a half languages (English, French, and a little bit of Japanese), and has lived in four countries (the US, France, the UK, Japan). She obtained her BA in History with a Minor in French at Lake Forest College and her MA in Modern History at King’s College London, and began working as a writer following her graduation.

She has 10+ years of experience in both copy and content, as well as 7+ years as an English language educator. Recently, she has moved towards the editing field, obtaining a certification in copy editing, and has editing experience in books, content, copy, articles, and magazines. She helps fellow writers with all of their copy editing wants and needs. As a writer herself, she understands the writer’s perspective–what they’re trying to say, what they want to say, what they need to say–and always wants to see her clients succeed. This makes her indispensable as an editor. Malia is an avid reader and writer, and some of her prime interests include history, food, culture, travel, feminism, and identity.