Writing – Page 47 – Jacke Wilson

November 3, 2013

Indie Publishing: What Would Ezra Pound Do?

We’ve seen some great examples of the indie publishing spirit, from Dr. Johnson to Stéphane Mallarmé, to Marcel Proust. Next up: poetry’s mad scientist, the original miglior fabbro (well, except for the real miglior fabbro), the Tireless Champion of the Arts who wound up living – literally – in a cage. An amazing, awful life story: Ezra Pound! Pound of… Continue reading

Authors, Publishing, Writing

Arts, Ezra, Ezra Pound, Indie Publishing, Italy, Lume Spento, Marcel Proust, Online Writing, Poetry, Self-Publishing

November 2, 2013

Inmates, Asylums, Etc.

Noreen Malone provides a fascinating look at Simon & Schuster’s Jeremie Ruby-Strauss, The King of Trash Publishing: He was the very picture of civilized, a quality less abundant in the books he acquires. Ruby-Strauss had just come from the set of the “Today” show, where he’d shepherded three new authors, the young women behind the… Continue reading

Authors, Fiction, Publishing, Writing

Cat Marnell, E-Books, Jeremie Ruby-Strauss, Phyllis Schlafly, Publishing, Schuster Simon, Self-Publishing, Snooki, Tucker Max, Writer

November 1, 2013

On Digitization, Democracy, and Dignity

Several times now we’ve referred to the dignity of small audiences in arguing for self-publishing as a worthy endeavor, which should be celebrated rather than stigmatized. I’m glad to see the great Jeremy Waldron (incidentally a former professor of mine, and one of my favorites) has come out with a new book on the subject.… Continue reading

Authors, Fiction, GNTOC, Publishing, Tournament of Champions, Uncategorized, Writing

Democracy, Dignity, E-Books, God, Ishmael, Jeremy Waldron, Moby-Dick, Nation, Samuel Moyn, Self-Publishing, Writer, Writing

October 31, 2013

Beta Readers: New Jacke Book Shipping Today!

Definition of a good day: A Halloween post on the indie-publishing spirit of nineteenth-century France (did you miss the Halloween connection? look again!) Shipping out copies of the next Jacke Wilson book to my fantastic early readers I’m trying a new tactic this time: hard copies, a comment sheet, and a return envelope, postage paid.… Continue reading

Authors, Fiction, Publishing, Writing

Beta reader, Halloween, Literary fiction, Self-Publishing, Writing

October 31, 2013

Independent Publishing: What Would Stéphane Mallarmé Do?

Steve Moyer provides a fascinating look at the intersection of technology and publishing in nineteenth-century France. As Moyer observes, Stéphane Mallarmé not only excelled in poetry, essays, and translations, but in reconceptualizing the nature of the book: He was given to imagining new possibilities for the book, and in the 1870s and 1880s, he worked to… Continue reading

Authors, Fiction, Publishing, Writing

Arts, Édouard Manet, E-Books, Gustave Flaubert, Le Corbeau, Mallarmé, Publishing, Raven, Self-Publishing, Stéphane Mallarmé, Writer

October 30, 2013

Feelin’ Gaststättenneueröffnungsuntergangsgewissheit…

It’s become kind of a cliché to say “Oh, the Germans probably have a word for it.” But as Ian Crouch (reviewing Ben Schott’s new book, Schottenfreude: German Words for the Human Condition, among others) points out, more often than not, they do: Leertretung Stepping down heavily on a stair that isn’t there. Void-Stepping Tageslichtspielschock… Continue reading

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Ben Schott, Escalator, German, German language, neologisms, New York Times, Writers Resources, Writing

October 29, 2013

Independent Publishing: What Would Marcel Proust Do?

This is an easy one: we know what Proust would do, because he did it: Still, for all the brouhaha, many modern readers still find themselves in agreement with the two French publishers who turned down Proust’s manuscript [Swann’s Way] in 1912. A third agreed to publish it, provided that Proust himself cover the expenses. I… Continue reading

Authors, Fiction, Publishing, Uncategorized, Writing

André Aciman, French language, In Search of Lost Time, Literary fiction, Marcel Proust, Proust, Self-Publishing, Shakespeare, Swann, Writer, Writing

October 28, 2013

Embrace Your Inner Homer (and Publish Your Book!)

Okay, before we begin, please watch this video. It’s by far the best use of 24 seconds you’ll spend today: What does this have to do with self-publishing? Well, I could point to the dignity of the little robot with his little tennis racket arm, and the moving way he pulls himself down the road… Continue reading

Authors, Fiction, Publishing, Writing

Arts, Greek, Homer, Robot, Self-Publishing, Simpsons

October 27, 2013

Free Fiction Weekend: The Race by Jacke Wilson

His wife once called him “a fifth-rate husband, a shoddy human being, and a washed-up Judas.” Now he’s running again. And he needs her support. Readers! A free excerpt of The Race: A Novella by Jacke Wilson is below. Want to read the whole thing? Like free stuff? I also have some free review copies available. I’m happy… Continue reading

Fiction, Novellas, The Race, Writing

Big Boy, Business, Fiction, Italy, Jacke Wilson, New York Times, Politics, Saturday Night Live, Sunday, The Race, Wisconsin

October 26, 2013

Self-Publishing Update: Moving Up the Ladder of Success

Now that The Race: A Novella has been available for sale for a little over a week, it’s time to check in on our Levels of Financial Success for Writers. As you may recall, the last time we did an update I was still absorbing the blow of shelling out 250 bucks for a block… Continue reading

Authors, Novellas, Publishing, Uncategorized, Writing