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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