Check Mates – Conditional Publications

Watch the ‘Check Mates’ OCD Book Launch Party!

Vrinda Pendred — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 12:41:42 +0000

The launch party for ‘Check Mates: A Collection of Fiction, Poetry and Artwork about Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, by People with OCD’ – available on Amazon today. Also, now in a kindle edition! Part of the proceeds will be donated to OCD charities.

At the launch, Vrinda Pendred (Editor & Founder of Conditional Publications), Sharon Meyer (Promotions & Communications Assistant) and Beth Barker, all writers for ‘Check Mates’, gave readings from the book, talked about its purpose, and shared a little bit about what OCD really means.

Watch Part One

Watch Part Two

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Conditional Publications Interviewed by Joanna Penn on YouTube

Vrinda Pendred — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 20:25:47 +0000

We’re on YouTube! Don’t miss this personal interview on The Creative Penn, all about Conditional Publications, what we stand for, what we’re trying to accomplish, and of course Check Mates: A Collection of Fiction, Poetry and Artwork about Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, by People with OCD.

VIDEO: Author, publisher Vrinda Pendred on how writers with OCD, Tourette’s & other neurological disorders came together to write international bestseller Check Mates.

If you cannot view the video on this page, click here to watch it ON YOU TUBE now.

Click below to order Check Mates, the first ever collection of fiction poetry and artwork about OCD

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2 New Interviews re: Check Mates – OCD Fiction, Poetry & Art

Vrinda Pendred — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 12:44:37 +0000

Please do check out ‘The Unspoken Truth about OCD’ – an interview conducted by online book promoter and life coach Lynn Serafinn, here

as well as ‘OCD – Everyone Relates to It and It Can Be Overcome’, with relationship coach Geoff Laughton, which can be found here – as well as OCD, this interview touches on bipolar disorder.

Click below to order Check Mates, the first ever collection of fiction poetry and artwork about OCD

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‘Check Mates’ Reviewed in Tourette Syndrome Magazine

Vrinda Pendred — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 19:39:22 +0000

In the Fall 2010 edition of Inside TSA, the quarterly newsletter of the National Tourette Syndrome Association, Inc., you will find a section titled ‘Off the Bookshelf’ featuring a review of none other than Check Mates: A Collection of Fiction, Poetry and Artwork about Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, by People with OCD.

Click here to read their review – and be sure to get your copy of the book on all Amazon sites now.

Interview: What OCD Really Is, Overcoming It & Writing a Book

Vrinda Pendred — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 09:11:35 +0000

The latest interview tied to Check Mates: A Collection of Fiction, Poetry and Artwork about Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, by People with OCD, available on Amazon now. Download and listen to the interview here (download time 4 mins on a high-speed connection):

The interview was conducted by Marifran Korb, who runs the website Mentally Ill Parents, opening people’s minds to the positives of mental diversity.

Click below to order Check Mates, the first ever collection of fiction poetry and artwork about OCD

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‘Check Mates’ featured on ‘Wise Words’ blog

Vrinda Pendred — Wed, 26 May 2010 12:32:17 +0000

Louise Wise of ‘Wise Words’ has posted a blog on Check Mates: A Collection of Fiction, Poetry and Artwork about Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, by People with OCD. Click here to read the full story!

International OCD Foundation Lists ‘Check Mates’!

Vrinda Pendred — Fri, 21 May 2010 11:46:59 +0000

The International OCD Foundation website is now listing Check Mates: A Collection of Fiction, Poetry and Artwork about Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, by People with OCD on their recommended reading list.

You can view this by clicking here and scrolling down to the ‘Personal Memoirs’ section.

3 New Podcast Interviews about ‘Check Mates’, OCD Fiction, Poetry & Art

Vrinda Pendred — Sun, 16 May 2010 14:51:27 +0000

There have been three new interviews with Vrinda Pendred to promote Conditional Publications, and more specifically Check Mates: A Collection of Fiction, Poetry and Artwork about Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, by People with OCD – available on Amazon worldwide. In each interview, Vrinda also shares insights into life with neurological disorders and explains what OCD really is.

1. Click here to check out Yvonne Perry’s Writers in the Sky podcast and promotional page for Check Mates. You can also subscribe to the podcast via iTunes by searching for ‘Writers in the Sky’.

2. Click here to listen to ‘Can You Be an Author and Have OCD?’, an interview conducted by the Rev. Daya Devi-Doolin, Director of The Doolin Healing Sanctuary & Yoga Center, Unity Minister / Spiritual Counselor-Healer, and Award-Winning Author metaphysical books for children and adults.

3. Click here to listen to ‘The Unspoken Truth about OCD’, an interview by author, transformation coach and book promotion coach Lynn Serafinn – who, incidentally, helped us with the Check Mates launch promotion!

‘Check Mates’ / OCD Virtual Blog Tour – Last Stop! Now Time to Buy the Book!

Vrinda Pendred — Mon, 10 May 2010 11:26:44 +0000

Read Vrinda Pendred’s interview with life coach Lyabo Asani – and remember to purchase Check Mates tomorrow, 11 May, on Amazon for your chance to claim free online goodies, including a free short story about Tourette Syndrome by Vrinda Pendred.

‘Check Mates’ / OCD Virtual Blog Tour – Stop 16

Vrinda Pendred — Mon, 10 May 2010 11:26:38 +0000

Read Paula Tarrant’s interview with Vrinda Pendred on creating from the challenge of OCD