About Pressing Stories
Pressing Stories exists to promote innovative content in both fiction and non-fiction writing that’s humanist, kind, funny, optimistic, neurodiversity inclusive, and solution-focused. Our world—this beautiful, constantly evolving planet and every living being on it—needs those courageous traits emphasized now. To that end, Pressing Stories is not a venue for anyone who wants books and movies to glorify violence, old, busted notions about women (or men), cherry-picked history designed to keep people apart, scapegoating or “monstering,” or the decimation of Earth and its animal kingdom.
P.S. Life is hard enough. Enjoy what you put in your head.
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Meet Lanie Lanawits
Lanie Lanawits (the comedy-writing pen name of a very serious attorney) has a history with lions—actual great cats—as well as fierce humans who protect natural resources, oppose deceptive practices, and make movies. Ever since her first career took her around the country, she has been struck by what people have in common and the calamities that ensue from denying it. But rather than amplifying tragedy, she prefers to channel it into hilarious stories that transform the worst into a tiny bit of wisdom. The 24-Hour Howl (Bad Valentine’s Day) is her second novel and tenth screen story. Other award-winning comedy stories by Lanie Lanawits include Carneyval, High Again, and The Tweak (Part One: The Messenger). She also writes dark comedies and thrillers, like BANKED, under the pen name Betty St. Brigid.
Upcoming Pressing Stories
