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Stephen recently wrote a guest blog for his college roommate, Mario Insenga. Mario has built one of the most successful and environmentally-friendly companies in the world. His clients include the U.S. government (he's done work for the White House and the Pentagon), Marriott, Westin, and Hilton hotels, among many others. Last month he was interviewed for a feature article in the Wall Street Journal. Here is the link to Stephen's guest blog: http://www.therefinishingtouch.com/blog/index.html.  

Stephen will speak at the Southwest Manuscripters monthly meeting on March 15, 2010. The meeting starts at 7pm and is being held at the Palos Verdes Library (701 Silver Spur Road, Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274, 310-377-9584). Southwest Manuscripters has been around since 1949 and has hosted such speakers as Ray Bradbury, Rod Serling, Carolyn See and Steve Allen. Click Herefor more information about Southwest Manuscripters. This will be the first time the novel Cathedral of the Senseswill be sold (it will officially be a pre-publication edition, made available for that night). Stephen will also perform a few of the songs from the Cathedral of the Senses music album. (Click Hereif you would like to listen to the songs.)

In 1989 Stephen Smoke wrote the novel Trick of the Light (published by Beyond Words Publishing, the same company that published The Secret). At that time he released an album with the same title. It was a small effort but it included such well known and respected musicians as Garth Hudson (keyboard player for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame group, The Band), David Vaught (bass player for The Flying Burrito Brothers and other famous groups), popular artist/producer, Barry Keenan, and several other well known studio musicians.While the book was never made into a movie, it was optioned by Hemdale (the company that won Best Picture Academy Awards for “Platoon” and “Last Emperor of China”). Most of Stephen's novels (... [More]

Companies of all sizes have a social, economic, and environmental impact on their communities. It's easy to see that employees and stockholders are directly and negatively impacted when corporations and their executives are not held accountable for their actions. At the same time Corporate America creates jobs, provides benefits, and produces goods and services this country cannot do without. When people lose faith in Corporate America, every American is hurt. Author Stephen Smoke has written a business book that is different from any other book of its kind. Corporate Bill of Responsibilities (Jodere Group, ISBN 1-58872-080-2, $12.00) is an interactive experience that offers employers, employees, and the general public a template for bei... [More]