Publishing – Page 11 – Jacke Wilson

January 3, 2014

New Year, New Cover!

Happy New Year, everyone! And guess what? I’m very excited to unveil the new cover for The Race: A Novella. I couldn’t be happier with how it looks and the way it suggests the themes and tone of the book. Many thanks to my brilliant designer and all the others who put in their comments and… Continue reading

Fiction, Novellas, Publishing, The Race

Arts, cover design, Literary fiction, Self-Publishing

December 23, 2013

Small-Press Shoutout: Overlook Press!

Stop me… stop me before I small-press shoutout again! I know, I know. I promised one last shoutout before the holidays. But then I ran across Overlook Press. They are bigger than some of our other shoutoutees, but I’m not holding that against them. They have that indie spirit – and if anything, their size… Continue reading

Authors, Fiction, Publishing, Writing

Business, Charles McCarry, Charles Portis, Coen Brothers, Overlook Press, Robert Ludlum, True Grit, United States

December 18, 2013

Small Press Shout-Outs: Last Call for the Holidays!

With a week left until the Great Opening of The Presents Day, just a very quick reminder of all the holiday gift ideas we’ve had here lately: Equip your favorite spy (or spy wannabe) with the Passport to Crime bundle from Soho Press Drop into a fluffy Minnesota snowdrift with Graywolf Press (and see if… Continue reading

Authors, Publishing, Writing

Arts, Atticus Books, Graywolf Press, Kaya Press, Literature, Publishing, Small press, Soho Press, Tiny TOE Press

December 13, 2013

Writer in Your Life? The Greatest Gift Idea Ever

Great Paris Review interview with the amazing Ursula K. Le Guin. Two quick points: Le Guin mentions getting an early boost from Ace Doubles, a series by Ace Publishing that sought to put out two short novels combined in one book. I love this idea – and what great covers they had! Worth a roam through the… Continue reading

Authors, Publishing, Writing

Arts, Interview, Online Writing, Poetry, Soho Press, Ursula K Le Guin, Writers Resources

December 9, 2013

My Dante, Part II

Yesterday I gave my advice for how to enjoy Dante and proposed a new translation. Today I put myself to the test, to see whether my approach to translating Dante is superior to the recent (highly accomplished) verse of Clive James and Mary Jo Bang. Before we get to that, let me emphasize again the… Continue reading

Authors, Publishing, Writing

Clive James, Dante, Dante Alighieri, Francesca and Paolo, Guinevere, Lancelot, Mary Jo Bang, reading, Translation

December 8, 2013

Dante in Translation

In my shout-out to Graywolf press yesterday I neglected to mention their well-received edition of Dante, translated by the accomplished poet Mary Jo Bang. Writing in The New York Review of Books, Robert Pogue Harrison makes a strong case for Bang’s translation over the recent Clive James version. It does sound better. But frankly I’m not sure either is… Continue reading

Authors, Publishing, Writing

Clive James, Dante, Dante Alighieri, inferno, Mary Jo Bang, Robert Pogue Harrison, The New York Review of Books, Translation

December 7, 2013

Small Press Shout-Out: Graywolf Press!

Graywolf Press! We’ve looked at some great small presses recently (including the smokin’ hot Kaya Press and the medieval throwbacks over at Tiny TOE). Soho Press made me want to buy a bundle of international crime fiction for everyone I know. But Graywolf… ah, Graywolf makes me want to move to Minnesota! You know Minnesota – the… Continue reading

Authors, Fiction, Publishing, Writing

Carl Phillips, Charles Baxter, Graywolf Press, Jane Kenyon, Robert Boswell, Sven Birkerts, Tess Gallagher, Tony Hoagland

December 6, 2013

Small Press Shout-Out: Soho Press!

Today’s small press shout-out is the fabulous Soho Press! Soho has been pumping out quality books from New York City since 1986. They specialize in literary fiction and young adult books and I’m sure they’re all great, but… ah, there’s no point in denying it, I’m most drawn to Soho Crime, their international-themed crime fiction imprint.… Continue reading

Fiction, Publishing

Arts, Book, Crime fiction, Literature, New York City, Publishing, Small press, Soho Press

December 4, 2013

Self-Publishing and the Silicon Valley Fortune Teller

Surprisingly good interview with Netscape founder and Silicon Valley gazillionaire Marc Andreessen the other day. Andreessen thinks a lot about the future – not in a dreamy, techno-utopian way, but because every day he has the best and brightest inventors and entrepreneurs pitching their visions to him. And what does he see? Newspapers, magazines, television.… Continue reading

Authors, Publishing, The Race, Uncategorized

Amazon Kindle, Critical Margins, E-book, Marc Andreessen, Netflix, Self-Publishing, Silicon Valley, Spotify, YouTube

December 1, 2013

Marc Maron, Unlikely Inspiration

Anyone looking for a self-publishing success story doesn’t need to look far. The examples of newly minted millionaires (like Amanda Hocking and E.L. James) are highly Google-able. But that’s not why I decided to strike out on my own. No, if I have to point to one inspiration, it would probably be comedian and podcaster… Continue reading

Authors, Publishing

Amanda Hocking, Jon Stewart, Louis C.K, Marc Maron, Podcast, Self-Publishing, Tonight Show, WTF with Marc Maron