Charles Ota Heller

vimeo.com/50099779It’s a discussion of my book at the Walden University plenary session in Orlando, Florida. (I don’t know why I keep looking at the papers in my hand. They don’t contain the answers to the questions. Bad habit!)

A week ago, I had the pleasure and honor to participate in an annual Authors’ Luncheon in Annapolis, Maryland. It was sponsored by Metavivor, a wonderful organization which advocates for research funding for MBC — metastatic breast cancer, a terminal illness. With some ninety persons, many of them cancer survivors, in the audience, seven authors discussed their books,…

On Saturday, September 15, 11:00 am – 2:30 pm, at the Doubletree Hotel on Holiday Court, off Riva Road, in Annapolis, Maryland:   I’ll be privileged to participate in an Authors’ Luncheon, sponsored by a wonderful organization – METAvivor – devoted to funding research in the field of metastatic breast cancer. This is the Annapolis…

The Paralympic Games begin today in London and go through September 9. I am rooting for (and supporting) an incredible young lady — an engineering graduate of my alma mater, Oklahoma State University — named Cassie Mitchell. Please check out the telecast below to learn more about a woman who, after a tragedy which would…

I am a huge fan of the Olympics. While the Games — Summer or Winter — are going on, I become a couch potato, glued to the TV. My admiration for Olympic athletes, especially those in sports which don’t bring them riches (rowing, judo, fencing, …) knows no bounds. At the same time, the contempt I feel for…

Orlando Residency Keynote Session (featuring Charles Ota Heller) Saturday, August 18, 1 p.m. Eastern timeLocation: Peabody Orlando, Orlando, Fla. Author Charles Ota Heller will speak at Walden University’s Orlando, Fla., residency on Aug. 18, 2012, at the Peabody Orlando. An entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and teacher, Dr. Heller was born in Czechoslovakia on the eve of…

I have a busy schedule of discussions and signings of my book, Prague: My Long Journey Home. In addition to various book-club appearances, three upcoming events are: Monday, August 13, 2012, 3:30 pm, at the Easton Club East clubhouse, Easton, Maryland Saturday, August 18, 2012, at the Plenary Session of the Walden University Residency, Peabody…

I was both surprised and pleased when my book, PRAGUE: MY LONG JOURNEY HOME, was selected as a finalist for the 2012 Next Generation Indie Book Award. Here I am, standing on the Annapolis waterfront, wearing the finalist medal. No, I don’t wear it at any other time!

My e-mail penpal, Karl Okerstrom, sent me a story today. I had read it before. But it is so incredible — yet believable — that it was worth rereading. In case you havenot had the opportunity to read it, here it is: August 1942. Piotrkow, Poland The sky was gloomy that morning as we waited…

On Sunday, June 17, 3:00 – 4:00 pm, my book — PRAGUE: MY LONG JOURNEY HOME — will be available, and I’ll be signing, in Annapolis, Maryland, at the MARYLAND AVENUE & STATE CIRCLE IRISH FESTIVAL Beautiful Maryland Avenue, extending from State Circle to the Main Gate of the Naval Academy, will closed to automobile traffic and…