Ted Michael

Swearing off relationships after being dumped, Garrett is drawn into a clique of popular girls who require her to seduce the school bad boy and break his heart, a plan that backfires when the couple falls in love. Simultaneous.

Crash Test Love

Geared toward hopeful musical theater, show choir, a cappella, and glee club singers, as well as all shower singers that want to improve their skills, this enthusiastic and practical guide can help anyone's inner superstardom make a public appearance. Full of straightforward, well-organized advice for every step of the process, this book will help you train your vocal cords, pick the right audition material, and become comfortable with the spotlight. Interactive quizzes, helpful sidebars, and words of advice from industry professionals add a personalized and real-world touch. Author Ted Michael, a veteran of music and theater, along with the help of popular actors, actresses, and singers, provides all the tools young singers need in order to nail their auditions and nurture their natural show-stopping abilities.

The Ultimate Audition Guide

So You Wanna Be a Superstar?

When popular high school senior Marni is publicly dumped by her boyfriend, she and her best friends, collectively known as the Diamonds, take over the school's mock trial system and turn it into a form of peer mediation, until a rift between them turns the tables.

The Diamonds

The last thing Henry Arlington wants is a girlfriend. He's just very, very good with girls—reading their body language, knowing what they want to hear, and more importantly: getting them into the backseat of his car. But all that changes when he meets Garrett Lennox at one of the many Sweet Sixteen parties he crashes. Garrett thinks she's done with guys. She was dumped by her ex when she moved from Chicago to Long Island, and now she realizes that she needs to find out who she is by herself, instead of with a boyfriend. What she really needs is some good friends. Fortunately for Garrett, the J Squad—the "it" girls of East Shore High School—want her in their clique. All she has to do is pass one little test: get East Shore god Henry Arlington to take her to one of the biggest Sweet Sixteens of the year, then dump him in front of everyone. Garrett has promised herself not to fall for another guy, so playing with Henry's heart shouldn't be hard. Right? And Henry doesn't fall for girls, so when he and Garrett start to click, it doesn't matter. Does it?As William Shakespeare once said, "Love is blind," or in this case, the lovers may be, as Henry and Garrett fall in love—and into the trap that awaits them. Because neither of them can even begin to see what the girls of Henry Arlington's past have in store. This hilarious, sharp, and surprisingly thoughtful novel is the teen Wedding Crashers, filled with love, hope, laughs, and surprising insights about the terrifying process of falling in love.

Josh Pultz

A collection of short stories highlights the struggles, hopes, failures, and triumphs of young aspiring singers, dancers, actors, actresses, and performers.

16 Stories that Steal the Spotlight

Starry-Eyed

Wer vor der Liebe wegrennt, bricht garantiert sein Herz Beide haben gute Gründe: Henry dafür, dass er Mädchen lieber ins Bett kriegt, als sich zu verlieben. Und Garrett dafür, dass sie von Jungs am liebsten gar nichts mehr hören will. Als die it-Clique an der neuen Schule sie zu einer Wette herausfordert - sie soll Herzensbrecher-Henry eine Lektion erteilen -, willigt sie ein. Doch das, was zwischen ihnen an Funken sprüht, ist echt nicht mehr normal! Henry wehrt sich mit Händen und Füssen ... immerhin hat er nicht nur sein überraschend sensibles Herz, sondern auch einen Ruf zu verlieren. Ted Michael wurde 1984 geboren und ist in Roslyn Heights/New York aufgewachsen. Er hat an der Columbia University und der Juillard School seinen Abschluss als 'Presidential Scholar in the Arts' gemacht.

Wie man Herzen bricht

No light is as unforgiving as the spotlight, but to be in it while being a teenager is just plain brutal. This collection of fictional short stories highlight the struggles, hopes, failures, and triumphs of young aspiring singers, dancers, actors, actresses, and performers. While these characters may feel out of place during their everyday lives, they are able to find a home onstage and in rehearsals. Woven throughout the anthology are personal anecdotes from several of today's most celebrated performers of stage, screen, and television. Whether hilarious or romantic or devastating or suspenseful, these diverse coming-of-age stories are perfect for anyone who is reaching for the stars.

Ted Michael

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