OK, so I finally got something DONE over the weekend. The Fall of Never interior layout is complete! I’m still working on the cover though. Also the new issue of The Dream People is now up. Struggles with the computer continue. I’ve now conquered the PDF problem and re-enslaved the cd writer to do my […]
The office is progressing nicely. I put the new desk together last night but haven’t set the computer up on it yet. Also called up Apple support to get some help networking the computers. It turned out my old machine was missing some important pieces necessary for file sharing which required a reinstallation of the […]
Heather Cox just posted a cool interview she did with Mike Arnzen for Bella Online. Here’s the link: http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art22279.asp/zzz I’ve been working on getting a bookplate designed for the Everybody Scream! special edition. If you don’t know what I’m talking about bookplates are like name tags that people put inside their books to say they […]
The file cabinet and computer desk came yesterday. I spent most the evening setting up the hanging folders and labeling. It’s great no longer having all those piles of paper on the floor! Didn’t get to the desk yet though. I finished reading nihilistic_kid’s book Move Under Ground a few days ago and, as promised, […]
Yesterday I updated the web site to announce that we will be publishing an anthology edited by Forrest Aguirre. We’re really excited about this project. There are not many people who get a reputation as excellent editors but Forrest is one of them. Leviathan 3, which he edited, was received very well and #4 is […]
Yesterday we were lucky enough to meet up with Matt Warner & Deena Warner and Val & Diane (www.reallyscary.com) for dinner. After a frustrating day of wrestling with databases and Amazon.com it was good to get out and get my mind off all these stinkin’ details. It was a great time and funny to find […]
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 […]
Got some great news yesterday from Darren Speegle. Ellen Datlow has recommended his story, Illusions of Amber, for the next Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror! The story was originally published in Underworlds but is also included in Dirge. I guess she still has to make her final decision about which stories will be reprinted and […]
I knew before we ever got involved in this publishing thing that distribution and getting books into the stores was going to be difficult. But it really is frustrating. We’re trying to set up this event at Barnes & Noble but unfortunately they can’t order RDSP titles because the titles are either marked as POD […]
Mike Arnzen’s eye-opening article, “What Corrupted Me” is now up on ReallyScary.com. It amazes me that Mike’s non-fiction is just as fascinating as his fiction. For example his essays in The Goreletter are filled with disgusting tangents and sick images but his point is always well argued and unique. He’s put a lot of thought […]
We had so much fun at the Gallery Neptune reading/exhibit. First of all it was great to see D. Harlan Wilson again. We were lucky enough to meet up with him, his fiancee Christine and his sister Jane before the reading to eat dinner. Though we’d never me his sister or fiancee it was like […]
I’ve been trying to be more active on message boards lately partly as a means of spreading the Raw Dog word and partly just to keep up with who is doing what but sometimes it’s overwhelming. Plus I’m an inveterate lurker and don’t usually like to post. But I did post a giveaway on the […]
I thought getting more work out the the RDSP duo would be like getting blood out of a stone…until I had the brilliant idea of getting another computer. Now John and I will be able to work side by side at all hours of the day, night & weekend. Maybe we can instant message each […]
Yesterday we received an excellent blurb from Gerard Houarner. Here’s part of what he said: “The Fall of Never is a dark, suspenseful descent into the wild heart of dream, where the primal power of the imagination can turn reality into nightmare.” Gerard Houarner, The Beast That Was Max, Road to Hell I’ve posted the […]
Ok, there’s a brand new Raw Dog quiz in town, What’s Your Psychological Horror Profile? This one was authored by the infamous Cake Earthhead. Check it out: http://quizilla.com/users/rawdogscreaming/quizzes/What%20is%20your%20Psychological%20Horror%20profile%3F Once you take the quiz don’t forget to post your results in your livejournal so the psychosis can spread!
Things have been going pretty well lately and a really good feeling about the momentum of RDSP has been building for some time. We’ve got a lot of *very* promising potential titles for next year. The sales seem to be slowly building each month and I’m particularly surprised to see our early titles 15 Serial […]
New review in for 15 Serial Killers over at Horror-Web. It’s a thoughtful and honest response that pretty much sums up how many readers—either with an acedemic or genre background—seem to react when reading Jaffe’s book. You can view it at http://www.horror-web.com/reviews/YaBB.cgi?board=Books;action=display;num=1087711153 Efrem has completed editing of The Fall of Never. He’s got a keen […]
WHOOSH! That big crashing sound you just heard was the wave of interest that smashed over us in the past day and a half over the Everybody Scream! special edition. I can’t believe only a few days ago we were wondering if we’d be able to sell all 100 copies. Now they are almost all […]
So we realized yesterday at the last minute that we need a dust jacket for the hardcover edition of Everybody Scream!. See I’d been concentrating so much on the special edition which needs to be a hardcover for the them to put the resin on to make the face. But that covers everything up so […]
I nearly had a major freakout last night when I was looking over the printed pages of what we had completed so far for Everybody Scream! and realized the type was way too small. Changing the typeface would not only add plenty of pages to the book costing us a lot more money but the […]
*sizzle* John (rdsp) has really been burning up the livejournal lately. He’s been adding people left and right and posting to his own journal plus commenting on other people’s. LJ is a pretty huge community but I’ve never been good at stirring things up the way he is. I read a lot of people’s journals […]
Phew! Things are busy, busy, busy. We finally have the edited manuscript for Everybody Scream!!!!! Jeff sent it while we were away at the Stokers. I’ve been so desperate to get my hands on that file that they’ve been itching. So even though I was still exhausted from the trip I spent last evening working […]