Like Father Like Daughter? Young Artist Becomes Finalist in Science Fiction Contest Her Father Won 20 Years Ago

HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Jan. 29 - What are the odds? Two decades after her father won what has since become one of the longest running amateur writing contests worldwide, April Aldridge of Fort Walton Beach, Florida has been named a finalist for its companion, the L. Ron Hubbard Illustrators of the Future contest.

"She wasn't even born yet when I won," said Ray Aldridge, a winner of the 1986 Writers of the Future Contest for his winning short story.

"The odds are probably 10,000 to 1 that April was even chosen," said Joni Labaqui, Contest Director. "Since entries are anonymous, we have no idea who the artist is when selecting finalists."

What follows will be a month of suspense in the Aldridge household while the final judges cast their votes and the results come in to see if April, like her father, will be named a winner.

"If April wins, she will be our first 'second generation' winner," Labaqui said.

Winning artists will be published in the upcoming L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, an annual anthology that sells in all major book stores.

Judges of the years' finalists include multiple award-winning artists Frank Frazetta, Bob Eggleton, Vincent DiFate, Ron Lindahn, Val Lakey Lindahn, Stephen Hickman, Cliff Nielsen, Stephan Martiniere and Laura Brodian Freas.

www.writersofthefuture.com

Brain Drain: Relationship Between Physical and Mental Health

Brain Drain (ISBN: 0984196307; 978-0984196302) authored by Charles F. Glassman, M.D., FACP, is a powerful new book that teaches people how to break free of their brains' automatic responses through understanding and controlling their mind/body connections.

Brain Drain was patient driven. Five years ago, Dr. Glassman founded the New York Center for Longevity and Wellness - its goal to take a comprehensive approach to medicine and to balance mind/body concepts with conventional medicine. Two years later, he began distributing a weekly, motivational e-mail message to patients and friends; its popularity quickly grew. As a result, he was prompted to turn his practical advice into a book.

The book offers a groundbreaking revelation that provides readers with the necessary tools to stop personal brain drain while helping them to find the things in life that are right for them. It explores many areas that include: how to get out of an unhappy relationship; how to improve overall physical health; how to increase energy; how to break free of bad habits; and much more.

Broken down into 19 chapters and three parts: The Automatic Brain; The Power of Our Mind; and Seven Days to Belief, Brain Drain connects the dots between mind, body, spirit and wellness.

Brain Drain recently won honorable mention at the prestigious New England Book Festival in the non-fiction category. It's 240 pages and available in hard cover for $29.95 on Amazon.com and at: www.CharlesGlassmanMD.com.

About the Author:

Dr. Charles Glassman's internal medicine practice in Pomona, NY emphasizes wellness and prevention. He is patient focused rather than problem focused; and driven to provide health care rather than sick care.

A Fellow of the American College of Physicians and a member of the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine, and the Life Extension Foundation, his approach to medicine is integrative - using traditionally-approved methods while recognizing the power of unconventional therapies. He is consistently voted a "Top Doctor" in Hudson Valley Magazine and New York Metro.

Dr. Glassman has appeared on ABC News, Bloomberg Radio, National Public Radio and The Wall Street Journal Radio. He has had numerous health care articles appear in The New York Times and other publications, and is quickly becoming a leading medical community expert on mind/body/spirit concerning the physician-patient relationship.

He lives in Rockland County, New York with his wife Melanie and their four children (and dog, Ginger).