Author: shaun (Shaun Ledgerwood)

Raw Dog Screaming Press is quickly approaching its 10th year of publishing so I've been thinking a lot about how much things have changed during the business in those 10 years. For such a long time the same Agent-Publisher model was in place where, in order to be published, authors needed to get an agent...

I've met them before, Seton Hill alum or students. They seem normal (well as normal as authors can be anyway) until you mention the Seton Hill Popular Writing program and they all break out into the same goofy grin. I've been hearing about Seton Hill since we first published Mike Arnzen in 2004. He's on...

Looks like Amazon has decided to do something about people who snag free content from the internet, format it as an ebook and sell it for Kindle. I blogged about this awhile back (http://raw-dog.livejournal.com/245555.html). I figured this kind of thing was behind the email we recently got explaining what type of content is acceptable for...

The Morgantown Poets reading with Jason Jack Miller and Michael Arnzen was the most fun event we've had in a long time. You can see the pics and report here.

This Friday, 7-9 pm, Morgantown Poets is hosting an RDSP book party with authors Michael Arnzen and Jason Jack Miller. The event is being held at the Monongalia Arts Center in Morgantown, WV. We've heard a lot of people are coming from out of state so we will be giving away a goody bag full of RDSP...

Several RDSP authors are featured in the newest issue of IWW Book Review: Larry Fondation—"Tear Down"Michael Gills—"Last Stand at Lonoke"Eric Miles Williamson—"Pay the Boy"

Back cover text is one of  the most important elements for selling a book. However writing it is not easy, even for the author, or maybe, especially for the author. If they could have said everything they needed to in a couple of paragraphs then why write a book? Since good back cover text is...

Lately I've been thinking that publishing has become increasingly difficult. RDSP's 10-year anniversary is right around the corner and this is definitely not how I imagined things would be at this milestone. At first I thought I was just tired, burnt-out, in a rut and tried to shake it off. I figured it was not...

For the past two weeks RDSP has been featured on Heidi Ruby Miller's blog. Get to know our authors through some quick Pick Six interviews: Michael Arnzen Larry Fondation Michael Gills John Edward Lawson Jeremy C. Shipp Paul Toth George Williams D. Harlan Wilson Mickey Z. Also take a look at these follow up pieces:•...

The Suicide Girls blog is featuring one of Larry Fondation's short stories, "Dirty Girl." Read it for free!

D. Harlan Wilson tells it like it is in this interview with D.A. Bale. Here's an excerpt: "I'm not writing for a wide audience.  Not that I'm oblivious to a readership. I simply apply a heavy intellectual onus on readers and expect a lot from them. Not a popular thing these days – has it ever...

Lance Olsen has just been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship. Here's an article on his work and the award.

Architectures of Possibility has been getting a lot of press recently. Here are links to the most recent reviews and interviews. –HTMLGIANT interview Excerpt: "…for me, innovative writing represents a possibility space where everything can and should be attempted, challenged, thought, where every architecture should be explored.  In other words, we’re talking about the ideology...

Great interview of Lance Olsen by Ben Segal in Continent. Here's an excerpt: "Architectures of Possibility conceives of creativity as a possibility space, a locale just outside our comfort zones where we can and should take multiple chances in order to imagine in new ways, explore fresh strategies for finding and cultivating ideas, re-view what...

Wednesday, April 4th • 8 pm EDT Virtual Q&A with Steven Archer and Donna Lynchhosted here by ShinDig (the only thing you need to attend is internet access and Flash) Perhaps best known as the dark electronic rock band Ego Likeness (Metropolis Records), Archer and Lynch have also collaborated on an illustrated book of poetry,...

Wednesday, April 4 • 5-7 pm George Williams will be reading from Gardens of Earthly Delight at the Savannah College of Art & Design Museum of art. "In his first short story collection, Williams (Degenerate) shows a darkly comic sensibility more akin to that of the filmmaking Coen brothers (think Barton Fink) than to more...

John Edward Lawson is the featured writer for Authors Not-so-Anonymous this week.

Excellent review of ARCHITECTURES OF POSSIBILITY at By the Book Reviews: "I am…crowning Lance Olsen’s book as the single best advisory to writers I have ever encountered. This is an absolutely masterful text."

UKAZOO Books in Towson, MD is currently displaying works by artist Steven Archer. You can also check out his work in the RDSP art book Daughters of Lilith.

ARCHITECTURES OF POSSIBILITY is now available for KINDLE.

The Digital Ink Spot had some good things to say about THE GORELETS OMNIBUS: "Every poem jumps you right into the muck, the guts and the gore…It's great to see an artist overcome a 140 character limit. Included are a few examples of flash fiction. These are great examples of Arnzen's ability to tell a...

Verminomicon—A Field Guide to the Vermin of Yuggoth; Abominations of a Haunted Worldis an illustrated text featuring the sculptures of Anthony DeBartolis and text from John Edward Lawson In a tribute to H.P. Lovecraft, Verminomicon showcases the imagination and skill of sculptor Anthony DeBartolis who has spent years crafting more than thirty different species of...

RDSP is excited to announce that John Wayne Comunale is now our Ebook Reviews Manager. If you are interested in receiving ebook review copies please contact him at reviews@rawdogscreaming.com. More about Comunale: John Wayne Comunale hails from the third coast of Houston Texas and spends his time playing guitar and singing in local rock/experimental band:...

Lots of events going on at AWP this year. RDSP author Michael Gills (GO LOVE) will be one of the readers at this event March 1st, 9 pm at Brando's Speakeasy, 343 S. Dearborn, Chicago. You can also catch Lance Olsen at the FC2 reading Thursday, March 1, 7:00pm in MST 410 South Michigan Avenue,...

Here's a quick round-up of Jason Jack Miller-ness: An unflinching interview at A Word Please JJM becomes a regular columnist for Inveterate Media Junkies Catch up with JJM on his blog