November 13th, 2009 | Posted by: Eddie Wright, Henry Baum
An interview with Eddie Wright, author of Broken Bulbs. Check the end of the interview to see how you can win a copy.
Henry Baum: For people who haven’t yet picked up Broken Bulbs - what’s the novel about: on the most literal level and thematically?
Eddie Wright: Broken Bulbs is about a confused young man [...]
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October 16th, 2009 | Posted by: Henry Baum, Kristen Tsetsi
The following questions are those I might ask if Baum were sitting in a store at a signing table. And I hadn’t read anything about his book. Not even the back of the jacket.
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September 25th, 2009 | Posted by: Henry Baum, Kristen Tsetsi
The more people who download “Homefront” at Lulu.com, the more money I’ll be able to donate to Bumpus Harley-Davidson in Murfreesboro, TN so they can send their care packages to deployed troops.
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August 26th, 2009 | Posted by: Henry Baum
I’m tempted to put this on the Self-Publishing Review, but I’ve made a point of not getting overly political there - but this comes out of a discussion on the site. Self-publishing is non-partisan, and in my travels in the world of self-publishing I’ve been led to some self-publishers’ blogs with a political bent [...]
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July 22nd, 2009 | Posted by: Henry Baum
In my post on Self-Publishing Review about Backword, I say “Our niche is self-publishing,” which defines us as a group. This actually isn’t entirely accurate. Self-publishing is a huge niche and I’ve always contended that for self-publishing to be taken seriously as an avenue for legitimate publication more “literary” work is going to [...]
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July 4th, 2009 | Posted by: Henry Baum
I’ve become fairly obsessed with the Michael Jackson story. At first I was totally puzzled by the outpouring. As a father, even if someone has the hint of abusing children that should be a major part of the person’s story. Though I have to admit, writers like Woody Allen and Dostoevsky have [...]
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July 1st, 2009 | Posted by: Henry Baum
In my quest to figure out why I’ve become a self-publishing zealot supporter, I’ve come to realize that all points in my life have been pointing in this direction. My novels themselves have an outside-looking-in quality. My first novel, The Golden Calf, is about a celebrity stalker – a man who comes to [...]
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June 18th, 2009 | Posted by: Henry Baum
I’ve been thinking about how I’ve gotten to this point and why I’ve become such a zealot for self-publishing. I have to say that self-publishing was an absolutely last resort for me. I was trying and trying to make it in the world of traditional publishing. And I’ve had some luck. I mean some people [...]
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June 14th, 2009 | Posted by: Henry Baum
The inaugural post of Backword. It occurs to me that some people are going to take issue with this whole enterprise. In the world of self-publishing, there are people who are so embittered by the gatekeeper’s hold on traditional publishing that they’re cynical about the concept of gatekeeping entirely. This has been apparent in the [...]
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