Miss Grimshaw, my English teacher, beat me in our 9th grade classroom. Metaphorically, of course. I stood defenseless at my desk as she slung words at me, like, “prepositional phrase” and “dependent clause.” Furthermore, she applied large red “X’s” to the places where I had randomly put commas, colons, and semi-colons in my paper. She [...] Read more »

If you’re deciding to buy or rent your home, consider this: both choices force you to depend on a partner. If you buy, you will have a banker as a new friend. If you rent, you will sign a deal with a landlord. Who’s your best new friend? Would it be the banker who will [...] Read more »

One Monkey Typing Publishing is honored to interview the architect of a new health program that fundamentally alters the way we provide health care in America. Dane Zeller, editor, conducts the interview of Dr. Hamlet Peel, author of “Fundamental Health Care: A Measured Step to a Cure.” DZ: We are honored to have you here, [...] Read more »

OneBanana Two, a Personal Finance and Economics expert at One Monkey Typing publishing, has shattered the financial world with her new discovery. She reveals her strategy in her interview with Dane Zeller, an editor at the publishing company. DZ: I am honored to have you reveal this important new idea here at the headquarters of [...] Read more »

Our writer, OneBanana Two, has agreed to blog about personal finance tips based on her recent bout with bankruptcy. Ms. Two says, “Trust me, I’ve done everything wrong. My advice can’t be anything but helpful to our readers.” Trust me, if you don’t want to mow a lawn, don’t buy a house. No, the kid [...] Read more »

Dane Zeller, an editor at One Monkey Typing Publishing, is a minimalist. Eschewing the traditional 7-step or 10-step guide to marketing your self-published book, Zeller has distilled all you need to know into his 1-step recommendation. Readers, Thank goodness we’re rid of those obstinate gatekeepers, the literary agents. Now we can turn our attention to [...] Read more »

Hamlet Monk, author of “Hobo Soup,” has had an argument with his muse. One Monkey Typing microphones were inadvertently left on in Hamlet’s cubicle at the publisher’s headquarters. Hamlet: Well? Muse: So? Hamlet: Inspire me. Muse: Four score and… Hamlet: No, that’s a cliche; you’ll have to do better. Muse: …and I took the road [...] Read more »

In a short press-release, One Monkey Typing, publisher of Dane Zeller’s Drive-By Romances (Good Men and Women Done Wrong), announced the giveaway of the short anthology during Wednesday and Thursday, 6/27/12-6/28/12. Editor O.M.Typing. cited this Amazon web page as the location of the free book. When asked how he can make money by giving it [...] Read more »

After examining thousands of entries that flooded our email inbox, the editorial board has selected Cleon Bruford from the state of Arkansas for the 2012 Scammie Award. Here is his entry: Hey, Bud! I got your email address from the biggest flea market dealer in southwest Arkansas. He says you’re generous fella. Well, I’m in [...] Read more »

I am talking today with Dawn Downey, author of “Stumbling Toward the Buddha,” a collection of personal experiences that is stumbling toward being at one with publishing. O.M.T. Who was the person who most inspired you to write? Dawn: My kindergarten teacher, who said “what do you mean you don’t want to take a nap? [...] Read more »