11/30/11: An early Christmas gift! In Our House: Tantalizing Tales of Terror has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize!
11/15/11: My second book, In Our House: Tantalizing Tales of Terror is now available. Check out my Books page for more information.
9/26/11: My short story "Chamber Music" has been named as a finalist in the Short Story Category by the 2012 EPIC eBook Awards. Winners will be announced March of 2012. COOL!
6/27/11: It is official: In Our House: Tantalizing Tales of Terror will be published by Bards and Sages Press. Its release date is November of 2011. A blessing of a birthday gift!
6/12/11: Peter participates in IWOSC READS ITS OWN at Vroman's Bookstore in Pasadena. Watch him read an excerpt from his award-winning short story "Chamber Music" here.
2/15/11: What a way to start off 2011!! My gothic horror short story "Chamber Music"---which was the finale at THE NEW SHORT FICTION SERIES, was awarded Top Ten Finalist by the Preditors and Editors Reader's Poll for Best Horror Short Story of 2010 (Ranked 2nd! So close, yet so far!!). Check it out here.
10/10/10: THE NEW SHORT FICTION SERIES was a smashing success! Check out the photos of this wonderful event here. Be sure to check out his photos from his Panel Discussion Appearances at The Santa Barbara (9/27/08) and West Hollywood (9/28/08) Book Festivals now FINALLY published.
9/30/10: A SUPER SEPTEMBER!!! Now only has my short story "Wash Cycle" found a home at Speculative Fiction World, my gothic horror novella "The Chameleon's Addiction" has now been published and is on Amazon. Meanwhile, one more week till the New Short Fiction Series on October 10,2010 (oooh, 10/10/10. Cool!)!
8/13/10: YET another positive FRIDAY THE 13TH: "Chamber Music" is now on sale on Amazon! "Chamber Music" and three other stories will be featured/read/performed at The New Short Fiction Series on 10/10/10---The HALLOWEEN SPECIAL!!
4/29/10: As Peter waits (im)patiently for his gothic horror story "Chamber Music" to be published as an Amazon e-story by Uncial Press in August/September, his story gets its first cover blurb: "In 'Chamber Music,' the story of a convicted murderer who finds compassion within the music of insanity, Peter A. Balaskas touches the reader's soul with the ultimate truth that evil exacts a cost, that the universe does not forsake good. Haunting and as horribly beautiful as it is disturbing, 'Chamber Music' will resonate in memory long after the tune ends."--C.S. Fuqua, author of "Eyes of a Child".
3/29/10: Ex Machina Press is officially closed. Click here for his message.
10/22/09: Peter is awarded Publicist of the Year by the Book Publicists of Southern California 2009 Awards. Watch him receive his award from Best Selling author and L.A.Times columnist Chris Erskine, as well as his acceptance speech here.
10/15/09: The Grandmaster named Best Horror Novel of 2009 by Books and Authors.net and Best Horror Novel finalist of 2009 by USA Book News Best Book Awards.
8/23/09: Peter learns how to make updates on his website by himself! Woo hoo!!
4/23/08: Peter is interviewed on "The West Coast Authors Show" to talk about his book, The Grandmaster.
6/1/09: The Grandmaster wins Honorable Mention in the science fiction category at the 2009 New York Book Festival.
6/1/09: The Grandmaster wins Runner Up in the science fiction category at the 2009 Beach Book Festival.
5/3/09: The Grandmaster wins Honorable Mention in the science fiction category at the 2009 San Francisco Book Festival.
4/25-26/09: Peter and Ex Machina Press appear at the LA Times Festival of Books, on the MAIN STRIP.
3/13/09 (FRIDAY THE 13TH): Peter's unpublished short story, "Oranna's Song," was awarded Honorable Mention in the Romance Category (SECOND in the nation) by the Writer's Digest Popular Fiction Awards. Listed in the July/August Issue of Writer's Digest.
2/21-23/09: Peter, in association with the Independent Writer's of Southern California, teaches a Short Story Seminar Class on 2/21/09. He also serves as moderator for the IWOSC Short Stories Panel. Check out the audio seminars: here
12/15/08: "The Grandmaster" wins Best Science Fiction Novel at the New England Book Festival and Honorable Mention in the Genre Category at the London Book Festival.
9/28/08: Ex Machina Press made its third appearance at the West Hollywood Book Fair, where Peter was be a panelist on the First Fiction panel, along with first time novelists David Fuller, Natasha Bauman, Selden Edwards, and Amy Wallen. See the photos here. Check it out on YouTube:
9/27/08: Ex Machina Press made its second appearance at the Santa Barbara Book Fair, where Peter was a panelist on the Variety is the Mystery of Life Panel (fellow Panelists included Best Selling Thriller Authors Gayle Lynds, Robert Gregory Browne, and award winning author of Stolen Boy, Michael Mehas). Check it out here.
9/11/08: The Northeast Book Reviews gives a glowing review of The Grandmaster: Northeast Book Reviews Link, written by renowned critic, Mona Lisa Safai.
7/20/08: IWOSC (Independent Writers of Southern California) Reads Its Own --- Peter will read an excerpt from his short novel "The Grandmaster." Watch parts 1 and 2 of Peter's reading.
7/11-12/08: "The Grandmaster" is awarded Best Science Fiction Novel at the 2008 Hollywood Book Festival. Peter then read three excerpts from his novel at The Grove Plaza in Hollywood.
5/16/08: Peter's letter regarding Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull got published in the 5/23/08 Issue of Entertainment Weekly. Rock and Roll!!!
4/26-27/08: Ex Machina Press at L.A. Times Festival of Books for the third year in a row! (UCLA)
4/23/08: Peter is interviewed on "The Michael Dresser Show" to talk about his book, The Grandmaster.
4/3/08: Peter is interviewed by John Seeley on Write On!, a radio show dedicated for IWOSC (Independent Writers of Southern California). Click here to listen to the interview!
3/14/08: My website is up!!!! You can listen to my radio interviews, including where I am interviewed by Martin Perlich on KCSN (88.5 FM), "Arts and Roots Forum." Click here to listen to the interview!
