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Miseducation of the Writer Call for submissions: John Edward Lawson, Chesya Burke & Maurice Broaddus are co-editing a collection of essays by people of color about writing genre fiction which will be published by our non-fiction imprint Guide Dog Books. Click here for guidelines and info

posted by rdsp One of the most overlooked areas in book publishing is promotion. While all companies will engage in some level of promotion, few—if any—have the resources, time, and staff available to capitalize on every possible promo opportunity for each book. Even the large publishing houses fall into this category; the promo reps are…

I’ve put up a page for an anthology we’re releasing next year titled Avant-Garde for the New Millennium. Unfortunately I’ve just heard that one of the contributors, Thomas Wiloch, has passed away. It’s always sad when that happens. I think the same thing happened with Text:Ur.

On Sunday we took some time off for a baby shower. It was too much fun and great to see a lot of friends we haven’t seen for a looong time. I thought some of you might get a kick out of this. Here’s a few portraits showing what our families and friends think our…

It appears that there was a feature article on Harold Jaffe recently at the San Diego Tribune website. Here’s an excerpt: “As a writer, he’s a provocateur. Jaffe holds up a dark mirror to American society and what he sees is its fixation with crime, violence and sex. In his latest novel, “Jesus Coyote,” he…

October 25th, Terrault Contemporary • 7:30pm RDSP is celebrating Halloween bizarro style at Terrault Contemporary art gallery in Baltimore and you’re invited! With the impending release of the 20th Anniversary Edition of Grave Markings we’ve got a whole lot of weird to celebrate. John Edward Lawson will be your emcee and there will be readings…