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GET TO KNOW US
We’re Devil’s Party Press. We began in 2017 as a way to publish the writing of a small writing group we managed and hosted in our home. We soon realized we wanted to publish more authors, and more genres. To that end…
…we’re also Out of This World Press, where we publish sci-fi and speculative (and even a little fantasy is on the horizon) like the riveting and unusual new book HIBERNACULUM by Anthony Doyle.
We’re also Hawkshaw Press, where we publish hardboiled and cozy mysteries, like the amazing hardboiled novel, LET’S SAY JACK KENNEDY KILLED THE GIRL.. and Stan Charnofsky’s CHARLOTTE SMART series.
We’re huge horror fans, and for this reason we launched Gravelight Press. Having trouble staying awake at night? Gravelight Press can help! Start your horror journey with one of our award-winning HALLOWEEN PARTY anthologies, featured at the horror event, Horrorgasm, and available on Kindle and in Paperback! Watch for our new classic horror series: great old stories with new art and informative introductions!
And now we’ve really gone and done it! Through an amazing cooperation between us and some authors we love, we’re launching a poetry imprint. Old Scratch Press (OSP) is starting from scratch, and going to see what a group of people who love poetry and short form writing can do to bring it to the world. You can follow OSP from scratch, and watch as we develop our sense of self as a place to publish poetry (not an easy thing to do) and appreciate poetry. You can also follow and have a front row seat to the “science experiment” of a shared mission as it unfolds. It’s not the 1960s anymore, can a collective make it work?
I guess they say that most small businesses don’t make it past year one. And then, the ones that hang on, sometimes they hit a tipping point, and they begin to grow.
Over the years since we began, we (Dianne and Dave) have given our blood, sweet, tears, and quite substantial editing and design hours to our authors over and over again. Yes, we always need another week on that project. But we were so excited about it! We cannot wait to see the book in print, and to read it again, and again! And we love giving authors a chance to reach someone with their words. All we all want, all authors, are readers. And as we grow, we’re finding a way to give more opportunities. Some as editors/curators of collections, and some as artist/illustrators. We love late bloomers! We’re (fairly) late bloomers! And if you want to find out about the kind of late bloomers folks like us hang out with, you can see them here. It’s true, they’re my favorite people.
Follow us for great writing, free stuff, interviews with authors, and publishing opportunities too, and we have an account for all submissions through Duotrope. If there’s nothing available currently, check back. We’re dancing as fast as we can.
How’s about you? You look like you could use to put down your phone and pick up a book. Have I got a book for you!
IT’S THE TENTH AGAIN. DI’S ON AUTHORS ELECTRIC
Do you consider yourself a world-builder? Check out my post!
And thank you for reading~
PS: There are so many good authors there. I also really enjoyed this recent post (click the image to view it!):
BEFORE DAVE DID NOVELS
SIGN-UP FOR CRITIQUE WITH DIANNE
YES, EDITING IS EXPENSIVE… AND WORTH IT… AND WE HAVE A DEAL! OH, FEBRUARY: THE LOVE NEVER ENDS! (Until March, when it does….)
But right now you can get a deal!
Sign up for editing in the month of February (2023) and mention the ATWOOD20 code to get 20% off of our editing service.
You do not have to begin or end editing in February. As long as you sign-up BEFORE 2/28/23, and request a START DATE for a slot before May 2023, the discount is yours.
Sign-up here. Don’t worry if you may not know your “exact” word count yet; just send a small sample and let us know what we can do for you.
Recent projects:
Helped two authors finish dystopian books of over 600 pages each.
Worked with an LGBTQ novelist on fantasy world-building.
Helped a humor writer amp up the laughs.
Found the perfect ending to a short story.
Added pathos to a memoir.
Sharpened six query letters.
Provided three editorial assessments.
Got a manuscript ready for serializing on Kindle Vella.
Not everyone needs the same thing. Tell us how we can help you~
REALIZING A DREAM
I am so excited… poetry (chapbooks and short-form writing) is coming, soon, as its own thing, to the Devil’s Party Press family.
Watch this space for more information. And look for clues about it here.
NORMA TANEGA SENDS GREETINGS
OH MY GOODNESS! I love this song, “You’re Dead,” by Norma Tanega.
But wait, what if you were dead?
Have you prepared?
Today your writing, or art, is not just your writing, it is your intellectual property.
As such, when you ride off into the sunset someday, and leave your intellectual property behind, there is the very real possibility that someone you are blood-related to, or legally related to, will own this intellectual property.
Your publisher, whoever that may be, cannot just, “Send the checks to my wife!”
It does’t work like that, and you may find your published book is now… unpublished.
(Except that you will not not find it to be unpublished because you’ll be, you know, dead.)
WHAT YOU NEED TO DO:
If you want your books to stay available after you no longer are, you will need to put something in writing stating who the book(s) belong to, and whether or not you wish that person or those people, to continue to make them available for purchase. Your publisher needs a copy, and so do your heirs.
If you do not do that….Your book will sunset when you do.
It’s a choice, and you could also choose just to have your books go out of print. But they do not have to.
Here is a great blog post I found on preparing for this little hiccup that mortality throws at us.
We recommend that you check with your own estate lawyer, and your heirs. If you draw something up, and your heirs are unprepared for your daughter to own your books when your son thought he was getting them, again, your publisher will have to just cease the publication. Your publisher can’t make your children, Sue and Edward, love each other after all these years.
It’s an old Philly joke that we’re all going to die by SEPTA bus. Possibly it is an underserved ribbing. IDK, but I do know that now that I no longer live in Philadelphia, the chance of me getting hit by a SEPTA bus has lessened somewhat, but I still don’t feel as permanent as I would prefer to.
We are all the same in this boat.
So, think, for just a small moment, about your books, and what you would like to do with them. Make your wishes notarized, and legal, and known to those who want to own your books, and to your publisher(s), so that no one stops your books from outliving you.
Here’s wishing you a happy and healthy weekend, and I do implore you to watch out for the SEPTA busses. SEPTA: you never know when it will make that turn! (That’s my slogan, not theirs!)
YES, EDITING IS EXPENSIVE… AND WORTH IT… AND WE HAVE A DEAL! OH, VALENTINE: WE LOVE YOU!
But right now you can get a deal!
Sign up for editing in the month of February (2023) and mention the ATWOOD20 code to get 20% off of our editing service.
You do not have to begin or end editing in February. As long as you sign-up BEFORE 2/28/23, and request a START DATE for a slot before May 2023, the discount is yours.
Sign-up here. Don’t worry if you may not know your “exact” word count yet; just send a small sample and let us know what we can do for you.
Recent projects:
Helped two authors finish dystopian books of over 600 pages each.
Worked with an LGBTQ novelist on fantasy world-building.
Helped a humor writer amp up the laughs.
Found the perfect ending to a short story.
Added pathos to a memoir.
Sharpened six query letters.
Provided three editorial assessments.
Got a manuscript ready for serializing on Kindle Vella.
Not everyone needs the same thing. Tell us how we can help you~
DIANNE HAS A BYLINE
Check me out the 10th of every month! And leave me a comment sos that I know I’m not all by my lonesome.
And, these authors have been at it for years, so check them out too. This is a great site!
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