Welcome to Our Literary Grove
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We are a small press located in Central Florida that publishes adult and children's books. Our focus is on stories about love, wellness, and humor, with a concentration on the female audience. Take a look at our books below.
We are deeply passionate about stories. We want to fall in love with unforgettable characters and intriguing places. We want to laugh, cry, and gasp at the unexpected. We want a story to stay with us after the reading is long finished.
We also offer a variety of services from editing to speaking events to ad design. |
Upcoming Events
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Join Us Virtually March 2-5, 2022
The biggest virtual event for women in the publishing industry! Over 40 workshops for Nonfiction/General, Fiction, and Children's book authors! This event is for: authors, editors, publishers, marketers. Culminating on International Women's Day, we celebrate, empower, encourage, and support women writers and professionals in the publishing industry. |
Pling's Party Awarded Children's Book of the Year
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In the 2021 Royal Palm Literary Awards, presented by the Florida Writers Association, our picture book Pling's Party was awarded Gold in the Published Picture Book category. It was also given the highest honor for children's books, Children's Book of the Year.
Pling's Party previously won a Story Monster's award and received a five star seal from Reader's Favorite. It is our most-awarded book! What happens when an exuberant exclamation point keeps taking over a story? Things get pretty interesting... Pling is an exclamation point--he adds excitement to stories. He has one rule to follow: he can only appear twice in the story. As the tale of three goats unfolds, Pling has trouble staying out of the story until he's needed. Things get a bit out of hand and hilarity ensues. |
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Believe. Pray. Find Joy.
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Grow your faith with The Believer's Journal for Everyday Faith. Part devotional, part workbook, the exercises within these pages will guide you as you strengthen your spiritual connection, learn to access inner peace, and align yourself on the path you were created to travel down.
Select a focus word to guide your journey and check in each day to reflect and pray about how it applies to your past, present, and future. Take a faith inventory to discover where you are and where you’d like to be. Record prayers and check off those that get answered. Monthly topics to explore include a vision for your life, finding daily joy, developing a healthy mindset, trusting God’s timing, physical health, education, relationships with family and friends, your profession, and serving others. Pick up this journal any time of the year and start at Day One. The quick daily focus activities, weekly verses, and monthly reflections will be your key to enriching your faith, calming your spirit, and trusting in God. |
Send a Journal to Your Favorite Nurse
One thing is for certain: nurses have given so much of themselves the last year, almost everything they have to fight this pandemic and save lives. I wanted to make something to help with nurse burnout and stress.
So I partnered with nurse and author extraordinaire Angela Hosking to make a resource nurses can use to find more balance in their lives. If anyone deserves more happiness, it's these amazing folks.
"You are your most vulnerable patient. When was the last time you did a complete head-to-toe on yourself? This journal is designed to be your weekly partner in creating a plan for managing stress and anxiety, and mitigating the emotional and physical drain from long nursing shifts.
Spend only 20 minutes each week: 10 minutes creating your plan at the beginning of the week, and 10 minutes reflecting at the end of the week so you can see learnings, make progress, and find balance between your work and the rest of your life.
Dive deeper into your thoughts and feelings with longer monthly reflections as you practice balance, strengthen your resiliency muscle, and care for yourself in the way you care for others. Go from burnout to balance with this Focus Journal created by a nurse with inside knowledge to your special needs."
Buy on Amazon
So I partnered with nurse and author extraordinaire Angela Hosking to make a resource nurses can use to find more balance in their lives. If anyone deserves more happiness, it's these amazing folks.
"You are your most vulnerable patient. When was the last time you did a complete head-to-toe on yourself? This journal is designed to be your weekly partner in creating a plan for managing stress and anxiety, and mitigating the emotional and physical drain from long nursing shifts.
Spend only 20 minutes each week: 10 minutes creating your plan at the beginning of the week, and 10 minutes reflecting at the end of the week so you can see learnings, make progress, and find balance between your work and the rest of your life.
Dive deeper into your thoughts and feelings with longer monthly reflections as you practice balance, strengthen your resiliency muscle, and care for yourself in the way you care for others. Go from burnout to balance with this Focus Journal created by a nurse with inside knowledge to your special needs."
Buy on Amazon
Mass, a YA Novel by Kristin Durfee
WINNER OF THE 2021 GOLD AWARD FOR YOUNG ADULT FICTION IN THE ROYAL PALM LITERARY AWARDS.
Sixteen-year-old Stevie Albie is a religious person, but nothing prepares her for meeting Mary. Like the Mary, mother of Jesus. Just as Stevie becomes convinced she has a special connection with God, doctors discover a brain tumor in her frontal lobe they claim is causing the hallucinations.
Her parents insist on removing the tumor as quickly as possible, but Stevie isn’t so sure. Feeling special for the first time in her life, she runs away to a religious cult that’s convinced her visions are their salvation and vow to protect her. But as time goes on she suspects they have their own agenda. Torn on who to trust, Stevie wonders if she'll have to choose: her visions or her future?
*There are two versions of this novel. The original version contains profanity and a reference to sex. The clean version is profanity-free and the sex reference has been removed.
Sixteen-year-old Stevie Albie is a religious person, but nothing prepares her for meeting Mary. Like the Mary, mother of Jesus. Just as Stevie becomes convinced she has a special connection with God, doctors discover a brain tumor in her frontal lobe they claim is causing the hallucinations.
Her parents insist on removing the tumor as quickly as possible, but Stevie isn’t so sure. Feeling special for the first time in her life, she runs away to a religious cult that’s convinced her visions are their salvation and vow to protect her. But as time goes on she suspects they have their own agenda. Torn on who to trust, Stevie wonders if she'll have to choose: her visions or her future?
*There are two versions of this novel. The original version contains profanity and a reference to sex. The clean version is profanity-free and the sex reference has been removed.
Award-Winning Books
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Our Involvement in the Literary Community
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Our Founder
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Previously an elementary teacher, Arielle Haughee (Hoy) is a five-time RPLA-winning author and the owner of Orange Blossom Publishing. She is an editor, speaker, and coach. She is the author of The Complete Revision Workbook for Writers, the children’s books Grumbler, Joyride, Pling’s Party, and Sixth Sunday, the editor of the How I Met My Other anthology series, and the creator of the Focus Journal line of journals. She was also honored with the President’s Award from the Florida Writers Association in 2020.
She has a serious reading addiction, fantasy romance her absolute favorite, and loves nothing more than good conversation paired with a good wine. She is surrounded by males at home—a husband, two sons, and an energetic dog—and tries to integrate as much purple and flowers in the house as possible. |