About MilSpeak Books MilSpeak Books is the nonprofit electronic books publishing arm of MilSpeak Foundation (501c3 pending). MilSpeak Books was founded because military people’s contributions to the arts, particularly creative writing, go largely unrecognized by corporate America. MilSpeak Books is dedicated to publishing creative works by military people. Genres considered for publication include nonfiction (memoir, essay, biography, autobiography, photo-essay, graphic), poetry, fiction, photography and art. Creative works by civilian writers addressing important military life themes will be considered for publication. MilSpeak Books is not an academic publisher. Nor does it publish war fighting volumes or political tomes. Presses abound that publish such works. MilSpeak Books publishes creative works - short stories, novels, autobiography, biography, memoir, essay, photo-essays, photography, art, etx., primarily by military people. Not all of MB’s titles will be military life-themed. The purpose of this press is to publish and promote CREATIVE WORKS by military people. MilSpeak Foundation defines military people as active duty military members, former military, veterans, retirees, military family members present and past, members of the National Guard and Reserves, Merchant Marines, and federal and civil employees working or retired from a position within the military civil support network. MB’s electronic books division launched its first two titles December 24, 2009. Visit the Recent Releases page for full details and coupon information. The majority of the purchase price of each title goes directly toward supporting Milspeak Foundation (501c3 pending) operations. Milspeak Foundation is operated by volunteers and has no salaried employees at this time. Foundation programs are free to participants. Milspeak Books’ authors are paid standard royalties, as any other independent press would do. MilSpeak Books is not a vanity press or a self-publishing business. Sally Drumm, MilSpeak Books’ General Editor, received a BAIS with emphasis in literature and philosophy from University of South Carolina (2003) and an MFA in Creative Writing from Queens University of Charlotte, NC (2005). Sally is a published essayist, memoirist, playwright, and short story author. Her writing received honorable mention in Best American Essays 2005. She is editor of Milspeak: Warriors, Veterans, Family and Friends Writing the Military Experience. She is especially interested in myth, symbology, and rites of passage as cultural context and construct within literature. She also loves reading true stories about military life and working with military people who want to write. She served as an editor of Apostrophe, USCB Journal of the Arts from 2002-2006. Alan Tessaro, MilSpeak Books’ Poetry Editor, teaches English at Spartanburg Community College in South Carolina. Alan was born long, long ago in a strange and distant land on a dark and dreary night…but in 2008, he earned an MFA in Writing, University of Nebraska. In 1999, Alan earned an MA in English, University of Nebraska, and in 1997, a BA in English, University of Tennessee. Alan is retired from the United States Air Force. He served from 1973-1993, including four overseas tours: Germany (1977-1980), Spain (1980-1981), Turkey (1983-1984), and United Kingdom (1984-1988). Alan is also the workshop leader for MCWS/SCC (MilSpeak Creative Writing Seminars/Spartanburg Community College. Submissions If you're a military person who writes, consider submitting your longer work to Milspeak Books and your shorter work to Milspeak Memo for publication. See our Submissions page to learn how. Recent Releases to schedule a reading* contact postmaster@milspeak.org *travel expenses must be covered by requesting party. MilSpeak Foundation programs are not government or grant funded at this time. help support the foundation and keep programs free by buying a book from MilSpeak Books at http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/milspeak

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