It’s the big day—our official launch! Thanks to everyone who has supported us and helped us so far. We’re grateful for every bit of assistance we receive.
Right now, we are planning five books for 2015, which will cover several genres, including young adult, cozy mystery, and non-fiction. In 2016, we hope to put together an anthology and perhaps even begin accepting books from others to publish. So keep an eye on the developments here at Word Posse. We may be only a few, but we can be mighty.
Getting the word out about new book releases isn’t easy! Fortunately, sometimes, you can find others to help with that. Cozy Up With Kathy is a blog that mostly focused on cozy mysteries but also sometimes features other genres as well. Look for Word Posse to be featured in an article on the site on November 14.
You can also follow Kathy’s blog on Facebook or follow her personal feed on Twitter.
Thanks, Kathy, for your help!
The first fruits of our labors.
The first copies of Pandora’s Mirror and Sleeping the Churchyard Sleep arrived via UPS this afternoon. We have one more chance to catch mistakes, and then it’ll be on to actual publication!
Kindle versions should be uploaded soon. And the proof copy of The Naturalist will likely be here in a week or maybe ten days.
It was only seven weeks ago that we decided to do this. Don’t say the Posse can’t get things done when we’re motivated!
The Posse
Yesterday was a watershed day for us—getting our pictures taken for Word Posse. After all, we’ll need photos for book covers, press releases, the internet, etc.
Like most Americans, none of us are keen to have our picture taken, but sometimes, you gotta do what you gotta do. Bonus points if you can have fun doing it. Which we did.
We hope you are looking forward to our November releases! Remember, you can tweet with us, check our Facebook page, or peruse this website for more details. Or sign up to get updates right in your mailbox!
On August 15, 2014, at the Alternate Historians monthly meeting, we discussed something that we’d been batting around on email for a few weeks: forming our own self-publishing venture. At that meeting, we decided that yes, we’re going to self-publish some of our works. The industry has come a long way from the old vanity press days, and there seems to be no overriding reason not to get our books out there where others can buy them.
And then we decided to make things easy on ourselves by choosing a launch date a mere 82 days in the future.
Ambitious, yes, but actually, we are on track to produce three novels for 2014. These will be our first attempts at self-publishing, which includes all kinds of fun tasks like designing covers, deciding on fonts, debating page number placement, worrying about logos, licensing any art or fonts that are not free for commercial use, and so on.
We’re learning a lot but in the end, it’s all about the writing, and we believe we have some great books to offer. We hope you will be back to purchase our books on or shortly after November 5. Until then, count the days!