Pseudonyms in a Time of Social Media: It Ain’t the Old Days

April 24th, 2012 | Posted by: Kristen Tsetsi

  • [cross-posted at my personal website and Inside the Writers' Studio] In 1987, Joyce Carol Oates was revealed to be Rosamond Smith, the author of Lives of the Twins, a mystery novel slated for publication the same year as You Must Remember This, a “real” Oates novel. Oates was disappointed to have been discovered–”I wanted to

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  • A Sticky Spot: Should Authors Review Other Authors?

    April 18th, 2012 | Posted by: Kristen Tsetsi

  • Last week, I read two new (to me) books, one by Ms. X and one by Ms. Y. I found the books after I found the authors. Ms. Y had been a Facebook friend of mine for some time, but as is common with Facebook friends, I didn’t really know her. As much as I [...]

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  • Not all Mormons are Vampires

    October 3rd, 2011 | Posted by: Uncategorized

  • The Avengers are back. But I’m not talking about Iron Man, Captain America and Thor. This is the Mormon Avengers, led by the heavy hammer of Sebastian Taight and the stiletto pen of Knox Hilliard along with the rest of the tribe. Just like the previous Tales of Dunham, this one starts by shooting the [...]

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  • The Wendy House – a preview

    July 25th, 2010 | Posted by: R.J. Keller

  • The updated release date for The Wendy House (the follow up to Waiting For Spring) is April 2011. I know that’s six months later than originally scheduled, but I want to make sure the book is absolutely the best it can be. I promise it will be worth the wait. In the meantime, as a peace [...]

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  • On Comics and Sci-Fi

    June 30th, 2010 | Posted by: Henry Baum

  • In the tradition of Cheryl Anne Gardner’s What a Pod Peep Reads, here’s what I’ve been reading: and The trajectory of underground comics is somewhat similar to that of self-publishing – something that no one took seriously, and now is given art exhibitions. From an interview with Dan Clowes: Early in your career, did you [...]

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  • “Slush Fatigue” Fatigue

    June 24th, 2010 | Posted by: Henry Baum

  • I like this post I wrote at the Self-Publishing Review regarding Laura Miller’s post on Salon – her theory is that the onslaught of self-published books being released out into the wild will lead to “slush fatigue” and it will be hard to separate the wheat from the chaff.  Does she think that self-published books [...]

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  • I Love Gatekeepers

    June 12th, 2010 | Posted by: Henry Baum

  • Winning a Gold IPPY award recently for my novel is sort of a strange feeling.  In a way, it’s like the acceptance of a publisher, and I’ve spent a fair amount of time arguing that the acceptance of a publisher doesn’t mean that your book is good or bad  – or else all traditionally published [...]

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  • The looming extinction of everyday art & history.

    June 12th, 2010 | Posted by: Kristen Tsetsi

  • I was lightly accused, in a recent discussion on the Kindle Boards, of “railing against” ebooks when I posted the following message: There’s been a lot of talk lately about ebooks, the death of the print book, etc., and after reading yet another such article (on my computer, ironically) I immediately posted this facebook status: [...]

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  • Interview with Eddie Wright

    June 7th, 2010 | Posted by: Eddie Wright

  • Moxie Mezcal recently reviewed Broken Bulbs and interviewed me (Eddie Wright) about my writing, self-publishing, the future, and Backword Books. Enjoy. http://blog.moxiemezcal.com/2010/06/eddie-wright-is-not-nothing-explosive.html

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  • The occasionally perilous pitfalls of POV

    May 31st, 2010 | Posted by: Craig Lancaster

  • (Cross-posted from my blog, A Mind Adrift in the West) When I started writing The Summer Son more than a year ago, I began with a first-person point of view. The idea for the story came from a personal place, and I found that I wanted to steer the protagonist, Mitch Quillen, from inside his own head. [...]

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