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Freelance Articles; "Opposable Thumbs and Other Desires of Miles the Cat" - 2007 The Mississippi Crow Magazine, "Quite Thurber-esque" - 2006 The Mississippi Crow Magazine, "The Evolution of America" - 2003 EdgeLife Magazine, "'Tis the Season to be..Stressed?" - 2005 Tea Experience Digest, "The Perfect Pause" - 2004 EdgeLife Magazine. 

Short Stories; "TheAmericanDream" - 2007 The Mississippi Crow Magazine.

Published Books;  "From The Land Of The Lost" - 2006 Lulu Publishing, "The Perfect Pause - A Beginner's Meditation Guide and Journal" - 2005 Lulu Publishing, "Continuum" - 2004 PublishAmerica, "If I Had Thumbs Like People Do" - 2003 Xlibris/Random House.

Poetry; Four pieces, "Providence", "Green Mill", "Alarm Clock Dawn", and "Rush Street" published by All About Jazz (http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/contrib.php?id=2118) - 2004-6.  "Dream Ultimate", published by Mississippi Crow Magazine - Fall 2006. Several poems published in the Short North Gazette from 2003 to present.

Awards/Contests; A winner of the 2005 James Thurber "Treat" Fable writing contest, sponsered by the ThurberHouse. Winner of numerous poetry contests.

Comic Strip; Creator of the successful comic strip, "As Good As It Gets?" which appeared in EdgeLife Magazine (formerly The Edge Newspaper) from 1998-2000.

Unpublished Book Projects

The following five book projects are in various stages of completion.  Eric is actively seeking publication for all projects listed on this page. Please contact the author at: EricVanceWalton@gmail.com if you are interested in learning more about and/or publishing any of the books listed here.

101 Relatively Harmless Ways to Temporarily Escape Reality (A Comprehensive Guide to Sanity in the Grown-up World) - A great book for anyone who has the misfortune of taking life too seriously! 1o1 recommendations for adding a bit of whimsy to your life. Fully complete.

The Land of Things We Wish For (Children's picturebook - 24 pages)  -  A touching story of Sophia, a little girl who has a tantrum because her mother doesn't buy the toy that she just HAS to have. Sophia gets ready for bed and just a few minutes after her mother closes her door a magical dragon appears!  This dragon transports Sophia to The Land of Things We Wish for, where everyone's dreams come true.  Once there, she realizes that people are wishing very different wishes than her own.  Some wish for food to eat and clothes to wear, in the end Sophia realizes how very lucky she is and learns to be more content with what she already has.  This book (text and illustrations) are fully completed.

Twelve From Memory Lane (Children's poetry with pen and ink illustrations - 20 pages) - This book transports you to a simpler time.  Remember when a whole afternoon could be spent on the playground immersed in an imaginary world of wonder?  This book is full of witty, humorous children's poems and great black and white illustrations (in the spirit of Shel Silverstien's, "Where the Sidewalk Ends.) This book is fully completed.

Bubba and the Stickman (Children's picturebook - 22 pages) - Bubba is overweight and doesn't feel very good about himself so he has no friends to play with.  Every night he goes to his room and creates a world of his own on his drawing pad.  One night he draws a special character, "The Stickman" who leaps from the pad!  The Stickman takes Bubba on a confidence-building adventure and makes him realize that he is special and does deserve to be happy!  Text is completed and the illustrations are 25% complete.