I cannot believe it's actually happened, but I have completed the re-release of Falling Down and Mystery, Malevolence & Murder: Volume One. Both books have now successfully been released through my own press, as of yesterday. For some reason it continues to defy belief that I started this process a few years ago with a simple thought, a simple spark of inspiration. Now it's grown into this huge thing that I've been blessed to witness firsthand. God has really been very good to me on a number of levels and I'm glad that I was wise enough to slow down and accept his blessing.
This was one of a few things on my short list that I'm marking down. The next challenge will be to complete my thesis and graduate from CCNY this coming December. I'm so busy getting Lux ex Tenebris ready for evaluation and will be meeting with a faculty advisor, who will serve as a mentor to me through this process. It's not over by a long shot; there will be a lot of long nights ahead of me, but I can do it. If I can get my publishing company off the ground, and do so where it doesn't break the bank, I can do just about anything.
In the upcoming months I have a few other projects I'm working on. I have another short story collection that I'm putting together. Lux will be released through Another Shore Press, LLC sometime late next year or early 2013. MM&M Volume Two was completed a year ago and will enter the copy editing stage shortly. The Falling Down film project is moving forward. Lots of great things coming, so I'm looking forward to posting them here.
Stick with me. There's a lot more to come.
Special Thanks: Rolf Wolff, David P. Schafer.
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Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Saturday, April 3, 2010
"Lux" and LLC's!
Well, my fourth semester is drawing to a close, and though it's been a fairly hectic few months I've been quite happy with what I've accomplished. I've screened my latest novel, Lux ex Tenebris, to my novel workshop class and the response has been wonderful. In upcoming weeks I will be doing extensive re-writes of the book, with the hope that I will have everything completed (to my satisfaction) by the end of the year. I'm also in the middle of a new project titled The Merchant Chronicles, which is a four-part piece about a strange old man who owns a "curio shop from hell." Fun stuff! I will tell more at a later time.
I also have made a decision, one that I feel is leading me in the right direction. For a long time I've considered the possibility of running my own independent press. Given the economy and the change in how people read books (Kindle, eBooks), publishers are selecting fewer new writers, and for those they DO choose, funding for book tours and literary events is next to nothing. These days the writers have to, as Hercule Poirot would say, "exercise the little grey cells" in order to gain a following. Because of the sophistication of computers, the internet, social networking sites and a little will power, I think it's possible for writers to create a market of their own. I've spent the last year carefully putting together a business plan for an independent press - one that I think, if done correctly, will enable me to have the freedom of expression I've been searching for, as well as the ability to blaze a trail of my own. Therefore, after sharing ideas with a dear friend from Ohio, I've selected "Another Shore Press" as the name of my press for two reasons: first, it reminds me of The Marginal Way in Ogunquit, Maine - one of the most serene places I've ever visited. Second, it denotes an arrival at a new destination where there is opportunity in a place not originally seen before. This is the shore where I will search for the meaning of life through the written word. In this land is where my destiny resides.
A general site is now available. There will be further updates to the site as the official launch date nears.
www.anothershorepress.com
I also have made a decision, one that I feel is leading me in the right direction. For a long time I've considered the possibility of running my own independent press. Given the economy and the change in how people read books (Kindle, eBooks), publishers are selecting fewer new writers, and for those they DO choose, funding for book tours and literary events is next to nothing. These days the writers have to, as Hercule Poirot would say, "exercise the little grey cells" in order to gain a following. Because of the sophistication of computers, the internet, social networking sites and a little will power, I think it's possible for writers to create a market of their own. I've spent the last year carefully putting together a business plan for an independent press - one that I think, if done correctly, will enable me to have the freedom of expression I've been searching for, as well as the ability to blaze a trail of my own. Therefore, after sharing ideas with a dear friend from Ohio, I've selected "Another Shore Press" as the name of my press for two reasons: first, it reminds me of The Marginal Way in Ogunquit, Maine - one of the most serene places I've ever visited. Second, it denotes an arrival at a new destination where there is opportunity in a place not originally seen before. This is the shore where I will search for the meaning of life through the written word. In this land is where my destiny resides.
A general site is now available. There will be further updates to the site as the official launch date nears.
www.anothershorepress.com
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