September 16th, 2009 | Posted by: Uncategorized
Welcome to the Backword Books contest.
Grand Prize: A package of seven books by Backword authors: Homefront by Kristen Tsetsi, Spam & Eggs by Andrew Kent, The Brightest Moon of the Century by Christopher Meeks, Threshold by Bonnie Kozek, Broken Bulbs by Eddie Wright, Waiting for Spring by RJ Keller, and North of Sunset by Henry [...]
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September 14th, 2009 | Posted by: Andrew Kent
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I’ve just released my second book, “The Green Monster: A Johnny Denovo Mystery,” and once again face the long climb up Mt. Marketing. No matter whether you’re an indie author or published traditionally, if you’re anyone other than Dan Brown, book marketing is a major challenge.
I like the challenge of the climb. It’s [...]
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September 12th, 2009 | Posted by: Uncategorized
Today’s writer is both creator of a product and a marketer. I do not like to think of my books as “product” any more than I would think of my children as items for consumption. The angst, love, hope, and insight I put into books and with my kids demand another category. Something personal.
That said, [...]
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September 10th, 2009 | Posted by: Uncategorized
Several authors - including a bunch of Backword Books authors - will be on Book Chatter tomorrow (Friday) night at 9 PM EST to talk about our books, writing, publishing, to answer questions from readers, etc.
You can watch the show live over the internet here: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/bookchatter
Or, too, you can call in to the show’s line [...]
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September 9th, 2009 | Posted by: Uncategorized
Several Backword Books members on Stacey Cochran’s BookChatter (http://www.ustream.tv/channel/bookchatter) FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 at 9 PM, EDT. Join us! Fun show, lots of information, good author-writing-publishing talk.
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September 9th, 2009 | Posted by: Kristen Tsetsi
The talk show host, afraid to upset the show’s listeners, wanted to change topics from talking (with a book club) about Homefront’s story and characters to talking about publishing and writing, in general, because there was concern the readers of the book, and listeners of the show, would get upset.
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September 7th, 2009 | Posted by: Christopher Meeks
My panel proposal for this topic has been accepted at the country’s largest gathering of creative writers, the AWP Convention, which will be held in Denver in April. The Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) includes individual writers and most graduate and undergraduate creative writing programs in this country and Canada. Alternate forms of [...]
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September 4th, 2009 | Posted by: Kristen Tsetsi
Because my memories of Fargo are still vivid (I lived there for seven years), having Mia move around that apartment was easy enough while she was inside. All I had to do was remember my time there the first four months Ian was gone. Dredging up the emotions was absolutely no trouble.
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September 2nd, 2009 | Posted by: R.J. Keller
Author Stacey Cochran has recently started an online tv interview show on UStream called BookChatter. This Friday at 11pm (EDT), like last Friday, I’ll be a panelist - along with Holly Christine - as Stacey interviews Jamie Lynn Braziel and Sam Landstrom. The big difference this week will be that I’ll attempt a video hookup, so I won’t be able [...]
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August 31st, 2009 | Posted by: Kristen Tsetsi
I considered it a shame that many collections had themes, a consistent tone, a voice with no inflection. It disappointed me to read collections and know what to expect from one story to the next.
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