“If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot. There is no way around these two things that I am aware of, no shortcut.” That famous quote from author Stephen King pretty much describes Everett De Morier, an author from Binghamton, N.Y.,…
Point of View: Which One Is for You? This week’s Ask the Editor question comes from a high school friend of mine—and someone who’s a novelist in her own right—Janet DiFabio Kath (hope I’m pronouncing that right, Janet!). Janet asks which is preferred: first-person point of view or third-person? On the off chance that anybody…
Ways to Get Published Whenever we do live events, I get asked the same question over and over again. People ask, “How much do you charge to publish a book?” Now, the fact that I hear this question so much tells me that most people—even the ones who hope to get published—don’t know a whole…
Welcome to our first segment of Ask the Editor. Shooting live video is about the last thing on Earth that a painfully shy person like me wants to do, so that should tell you how much I care about this stuff. Now, let’s hope I survive it. When people find out I’m an editor, they…
Today we’d like to introduce you to Kevin Cooper. Kevin, let’s start with your story. We’d love to hear how you got started and how the journey has been so far. A few years ago, my daughter was visiting me — she teaches writing skills to inmates in a facility in Pennsylvania. The novel that…
The following is a press release, issued October 16, 2015, by Hornpin Media: New type of film development company, betting on a new type of novel Hornpin Media–a non-corporated collective of motion picture investors, producers and developers–have just acquired the film option for their very first media project. A feature film based on the novel,…
We all know the story: Cinderella overcomes her obstacles, falls in love with Prince Charming, and lives happily ever after. But what happens after reality sets in—when life is more about smelly socks and dirty diapers than glass slippers and pumpkins that turn into carriages? This holiday season, we find out. In A Cinderella Story,…
Blydyn Square Books, a Philadelphia publisher, will be hosting a one-day event in Dover to celebrate books, readers, and writers. “We live in a very unique time in the book world,” says editor in chief Tara Tomczyk. “On one side you have the big five publishers and on the other you have an ever-growing self-publishing…
LANSDALE, PA — Blydyn Square Books, a Lansdale small press that opened its doors in 2015, is celebrating its first anniversary by hosting a publisher’s celebration for the community. Blydyn Square Books released its first three titles on March 15, 2015: Quiet Hearts by Martin (Anonymous), Eye of Horace by Addison L. Jones, and Thirty-three…
It is the most influential story of ancient Egyptian mythology: The god of chaos, Set, murders his brother, Osiris, and takes over the throne. Osiris’s grieving widow, Isis, restores her husband’s body long enough to allow him to conceive a son with her. That child, Horus, becomes the new rival for the throne, and a…
