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To a T

By Evan Swensen| 09/13/2022
Getting a book published has been described as giving birth. There’s an amount of prenatal care to ensure your book arrives with a good chance of becoming a well-known, respected … 0 More

What is the Associated Press?

By Evan Swensen| 09/12/2022
Associated Press is the network created in 1846 to share articles amongst newspapers in the days before the Internet. If a particular newspaper pays to subscribe to the Associated Press, … 0 More

Sleepless Nights Guaranteed

By Evan Swensen| 09/09/2022
Author Mastermind Carol Douglass (his real pen name), neurosurgeon turned author writes with gripping realism coming from his experience in the field. Carl decided on a pen name with his … 0 More

Desire, Dedication, and Discipline

By Evan Swensen| 09/06/2022
We’ve been asked, “How was Ollen Hunt (his real name) able to sell so many books that Buffalo Soldier had twelve printings?” One of the reasons was that Ollen worked … 0 More

Buffalo Soldier

By Evan Swensen| 09/05/2022
Ollen Hunt’s (his real name) book, Buffalo Soldier, entered our publishing process as, What I Have Done for My Country. This title didn’t seem correct for Ollen’s new book. Our … 0 More

Stuff Just Happens

By Evan Swensen| 09/02/2022
I don’t think a perfect publishing manuscript exists. I remember when we published my book, One Last Cast. Given that I was both author and publisher, I determined that the …

How Could That Happen

By Evan Swensen| 09/01/2022
Years ago, Randal (not his real name), one of our authors, attracted the attention of a narrow niche publisher. Their interest resulted in our selling the publishing rights of Randal’s … 0 More

Demons of Stony River

By Evan Swensen| 08/31/2022
We only published one book for Tom (his real name), Demons of Stony River. It was a fine book, and Tom had fun writing and illustrating it. Publishing Tom’s book … 0 More

Back Then

By Evan Swensen| 08/29/2022
Back then, we accepted an author’s work in whatever form best suited the author. Nowadays, we only accept manuscripts submitted as electronic files. Back then, it was not uncommon for …

Ten Top Fishing Rivers

By Evan Swensen| 08/16/2022
Ten Top Fishing Rivers I’m often asked where I think the best place to fish is. If my first quick response of “Whatever river you’re standing on,” is pressed further, … 0 More