Apr 29, 2005

Author Hits One "Out of the Park" With Dream Season

Lincoln, NE - March 10, 2005 - For many of us, it's difficult to recall a time when baseball was about more than million-dollar contracts and individual statistics. That's not the case for author E Dee Merriken, who tells the remarkable and heartwarming story of early Los Angeles baseball and her grandfather, Walter Settle in the novel Dream Season.
An exciting mix of baseball and history, Dream Season parallels the struggles of Walter Settle, a young pitcher born into a devout Methodist family, with the struggles of an emerging new town, Norwalk, California. An exceptional athlete, Settle pushed for perfection, aimed high, and dreamed of playing major league baseball. So remarkable was Settle's pitching arm, he eventually caught the attention of Baltimore Orioles' manager Ned Hanlon. Settle had the skills and the ambition to make it in the big leagues, but his life took an unexpected turn when both his love of family and sense of community caused him to rethink his aspirations.
"As I researched my grandfather's story, I realized that Dream Season would be much more than a simple baseball book," said Ms. Merriken. "It also details the common traits shared by all successful individuals and reflects the choices we all must make, no matter what endeavors we pursue."
Inspired by the life of a true baseball hero, Dream Season reveals a young man's ambition to play professional baseball, his unrelenting push for perfection, his family's disdain for the sport, and his disappointments and triumphs along the way.
Title: Dream Season
Author: E Dee Merriken
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1-58348-022-6
Pub. Date: April 2005
Pages: 240
Price: $13.95
Publisher: iUniverse, Inc.

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Apr 12, 2005

Self-Publishing Gaining Mainstream Acceptance

The Beacon Journal reports how author Nicole Hunter overcame the publishing hurdle by turning to iUniverse as her book publisher.

...she "couldn't get past the query stage" with her novel Waiting for the World to End. After taking six years to write the book, Hunter didn't want to spend more time looking for an agent and reading rejection letters...