Meet My Partners

Josh and Danielle Menning are award-winning producers, directors, and screenplay writers. Josh was recently nominated for Best Director in the category of Christian Documentary at the International Christian Film and Music Festival in Orlando, FL for the film Gateway of Hope. Beast of Our Fathers is slated for its premiere in the fall of 2019. Also in the fall of 2019, Menning Films will begin production for the novel, Song of the Tree Frogs, written by me, J. W. Kitson.

CASA, short for Court Appointed Special Advocates, is an organization dedicated to helping abused and neglected children in the foster care system and in the courts. CASA plays a vital role in the process of stabilizing children’s home environment and reducing the amount of time they spend in foster care.

Forest City Publications exists for one reason. Authors. It is our mission to help authors spread their message and get their books into as many readers’ hands as possible – without breaking the bank.

We offer guided self-publishing with the expert guidance of publishing industry insider secrets. We also offer publishing packages for authors who want their publisher to do the design work for them.

By lifting the veil on the publishing world, Forest City Publications empowers authors and helps them reach their goals and dream big.

At the Studio, editor and publisher Lara Helmling teaches real business to real authors…authorpreneurs who aren’t already connected to the Who’s Who of All-Things-Publishing and who don’t have an email list of 100,000 readers and 40,000 Twitter followers.

We guide authors to the goal – a marketing system that combines a strong website, active social media, traditional media opportunities, and a good book. Our authors become a force to be reckoned with – one that draws readers in and keeps them coming back.