Guest author tour begins at Walton County Senior Center

DEFUNIAK SPRINGS - Patriot Media Inc., a Walton County-based publisher, is presenting a monthly series entitled the Patriot Media Guest Author Tour. The first event is from 2 to 3:30 p.m., May 7, at the Walton County Life Enrichment Senior Center, 208 College Avenue.
Nelson O. Ottenhausen is the featured author. He is a retired Army officer and an accomplished writer, published nationally in periodicals and anthologies. His novels are published internationally.
 In November of 2005 Ottenhausen released a selected collection of poetry and short stories entitled “Flowers, Love & Other Things.”
 A short story of his is included in “Chicken Soup for the Fisherman’s Soul,” now available in stores everywhere. Another appeared in the December/January issue of the Pensacola Today magazine.
He has published three novels, “Civil War II,” released in May 2004, and “The Blue Heron,” released in October 2005. His latest novel, “The Killing Zone: Evil’s Playground,” was released in 2007.
Ottenhausen is the founder of the Pen WISE Poets (Writers in Service to Education), a literary arts outreach program in the schools of Northwest Florida, which he managed from 1994 through 1998. In 1995, he was cited by Florida Governor Lawton Chiles for this work. In October of 1995, he received a fellowship for his writings, and in August of the same year was appointed by Florida’s Secretary of State as one of five poets throughout the state to the Directory of Visiting Artists.
 For more information about the Patriot Media Guest Author Tour, call Leigh at the Life Enrichment Senior Center at (850) 892-8746.
A reception will immediately follow the presentation.