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  • How Does a Literary Magazine Get Made?

    How Does a Literary Magazine Get Made?

    One of the questions we’re often asked is, “How does a literary magazine get made?” In the following video, Dianne (publisher of Instant Noodles) addresses this topic, highlighting the important elements that need to be managed with consistency, professionalism, and timeliness in order to produce and publish a quality literary magazine audiences will want to…


  • Authors Helping Authors

    Authors Helping Authors

    One of the things we know, from experience, is that publishing your book is only one part of the process. Another vital and incredibly time-consuming process is building an audience. It’s possible that Stephen King’s publisher has a list of email addresses of people who buy Stephen King’s books, and so can spam them with…


  • New Audiobooks!

    Recipes From My Garden by Nadja Maril is now an AUDIOBOOK! You can get the audiobook one of two ways: buy on Amazon and download to your device of choice. Subscribe to Audible. Pick up the Kindle or the Paperback too! SNOWFLAKES IN THE SOUTH is also now and AUDIOBOOK! You can get the audiobook…


  • Towson Here They Come!

    Towson Here They Come!

    I feel so privledged to be able to send two collections off to the Towsend Prize: Gabby Gilliam and No Ocean Spit Me Out, publishing 6/15, and Nadja Maril and Recipes from My Garden, publishing 9/8.I have known both authors for many years now, and their work is always fresh and moving. I think their…


  • Off They Go to Try Their Luck!

    Off They Go to Try Their Luck!

    Today was such an exciting day—I got to send off three new titles from Old Scratch Press to the National Book Awards! If you’ve been keeping tabs on us, you might remember we did the same thing last year. Sending our books to the National Book Awards feels like stepping into the ring with the…