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Halloween is so fun we should have it twice a year. Don’t forget to check out the RDSP authors at World Fantasy this weekend Madison, Wisconsin, November 3-6, 2005 Programming • Forrest Aguirre, Michael A. Arnzen, John Edward Lawson, and D. Harlan Wilson: Autograph Reception, Friday 8:00-10:30PM, in Capitol & University • Michael A. Arnzen:…

With imaginative vigor, Aguirre explores the fluctuating boundaries that separate human from inhuman, terrestrial from extraterrestrial, and natural from supernatural in the 29 fantasies in his debut story collection. In “The Butterfly Artist,” a zoological illustrator discovers there’s more to life than he had imagined when he visits a postapocalyptic landscape where beautiful and dangerous…

It looks like we may be doing a Punktown Guide Book with Jeffrey Thomas. He was so impressed with the special edition I put together for Westermead that he was immediately inspired to come up with some great material. Of course this is still in the planning stages but Jeff is definitely fired up about…

For anyone counting yesterday marked the 15th year John and I have spent together. It really doesn’t seem like it’s been that long. The whole Bizarro thing motivated me to try to get more reading done. So I burned through Jeremy Robert Johnson’s Angel Dust Apocalypse and really enjoyed it. I haven’t done any reading…

The new issue of The Dream People (http://www.dreampeople.org) guest edited by Royce Icon is now online. This time I wound up doing the work to put the thing together. I tell you, getting that thing up can be a hassle. I don’t know when I’ll get around to sending out the announcement that it’s gone…

It sounds like Forrest had a great time at WisCon last week and did an excellent job of representing RDSP. He gave us a full report right after the con but I just haven’t had the chance to do an update until now. Apparently lots of people were interested in our press but hadn’t heard…

The files for Play Dead went off to Thompson-Shore yesterday! Working with them has been so much different (and better) than my past experiences with printers. Of course the job is barely started but so far it’s been great. We actually got to pick out the jacket cloth, foil stamp color and headband color. All…

Since the cover artist for John’s book now has internet access I figured it’s time to slap a picture of his novel up here and let you know it is available for pre-order from Shocklines for a special $2 discount. http://store.yahoo.com/shocklines/labuinhebyjo.html Although the book doesn’t have a lot in the way of supernatural happenings it…

I’ve spent the weekend playing catch up with the RDSP finances. It’s time for royalties again! This time around we had to pay out quite a lot of money total because there are more authors being owed. Luckily we had enough money to cover it all in the checking account so no problem. The only…

We can now officially say that one of books has been nominated for the Stoker. That’s right 100 Jolts has made it on to the final ballot for the Stokers. Lots of works get recommended for a Stoker but only a few make it to the final ballot and we are quite pleased to get…

Hey, they extended that promotion through April. If I had known I wouldn’t have had to work my poor little fingers down to nubs to meet today’s deadline. But heck, nubs are in these days. Since I have most of those titles done and am not under a crazy deadline I was able to finally…

Glad to see people like the sample Play Dead playing cards. Shame on me for not mentioning the name of the artist: Dave Lipscomb. He’s the one who illustrated John’s chapbook Psych Noir. He also did the bookplate for the Everybody Scream! grimoire and he’s done a lot of art for us at The Dream…

Still didn’t get Tempting Disaster to the printer yet but hopefully will send the file later on tonight. I’m starting to work on the first aid kits we’re going to use to promo Tempting Disaster. They will be somewhat like the Sick Bags but come in a box instead which will contain a pill bottle,…

I’ve enjoyed reading a lot of people’s lists of things they’ve done so here’s my list: Some Things I’ve Done that People on my LJ Probably Haven’t + Performed live in a planetarium with the stars swirling (the acoustics in a dome are crazy!) + Reported several dozen rolls stolen and described them to the…

It’s cool to see a positive response to the Pseudo-City cover. I just love these jetpack, bowler-hatted guys the artist made. I can’t stop using them for stuff! One thing I’ve added to the site is a specials section on the catalog page. Right now you can order A Dirge for the Temporal and Bare…

I spent the weekend and Monday doing the website over to get rid of the frames. So now I can post links directly to any page and you can too! The site doesn’t look too much different though for all the time it took. However, the sidebar now changes depending on which page you go…

WHC is shaping up to be pretty cool this year. It will definitely be cool to hang out with Michael, Jen and Oliver from Cthulhu Sex again. But we’ll also get to meet wretlind and he’s promised to give us a one-of-a-kind, home-brewed, leather bound chapbook of his work that’s been trimmed with a hacksaw….

by cakeearthhead See what I mean? I love this collage! I would put up scans of the buttons but I don’t think they would scan that well.

Apparently PW will be reviewing Everybody Scream! in their 11/08 issue. I have no idea whether it will be a positive or negative review but we’re so excited because this is our first title to be reviewed in PW. Supposedly any exposure there can boost sales. PW THE BIGGIE for bookstores and libraries. Finally we…

The InDesign class is going well but sitting and listening all day without email or lj makes me a little crazy. I was thinking today about how the success of promo opportunities like the Horror of Writing workshop and the chats can’t just be measured by how many people showed up. The beauty of these…

Somebody recently asked for our advice on how to approach publishers which got me thinking. I can only speak about the small press but after being on the publishing side for a little while this is how I would do it: Each press is an individual case so the best thing to do is research…

Yesterday we met up with Jon S., the business half of Z. Malice, to pick up another batch of special editions. We had a great lunch chatting with Jon and Nadine about future projects and how Z. Malice got started. It’s always fun meeting people instead of doing everything through email. The special editions have…

posted by rdsp Yes, it’s been a while since I outlined promo techniques for publishers and authors. But I return from the book wars with new and improved methods of attack to share with you. Behold: * PRweb.com — Who could turn down free exposure to thousands of online viewers? And, at it’s cheapest ($10),…

Today I’m going to try not to be so controversial. Usually it’s John who causes all the ruckus. There is an absolutely KILLER review of Bare Bone #5 up at Horror-web. Read it if you dare. Any review that starts out, “Damn that crew at Raw Dog Screaming Press, Damn them all!” is tops in…

I’ve been diligently inputting info into this publishing financial software program. It’s been tedious but I was under the impression that information added to the trial version would still be there if we decided to buy the program. Then yesterday I tried to restore a backup copy of the database and wound up wiping out…