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I admired the writers I read about who did it all themselves, and when I concluded the whole agent route was “a scream into the void,” I became excited to see if I could manage it all myself.

Lindsay McFerrin Bates 2 August 2012 Continue reading →

In 2009, I realized that because of the many marketing and PR jobs I held over the years, I had all of the computer, editing, writing and marketing skills necessary to launch a small press of my own, and that’s what I did. Mainly Murder Press is a traditional, royalty-paying publisher, not a vanity press. We now publish the work of nearly 30 talented writers.

Judith K. Iview 28 July 2012 Continue reading →

I’m constantly thinking about my stories, so I tend to scribble notes or scenes on anything I find. 

Diana Murdock 26 July 2012 Continue reading →

I write for myself, observing, of course, the rules of spelling and grammar. But I imagine the person who might read The Killing Ploy and/or Murder Without Pity, my murder mystery, wouldn’t necessarily have to be of a certain economic class. But he would have to be grounded, to live on this planet, not in some fantasy. As such, he’d be curious about life beyond his/her immediate surroundings. Have some interest in, say, current events, history. 

Steve Haberman 24 July 2012 Continue reading →

I love to write and put the stories in my head on paper, but nothing about the process is what I’d call easy.

Christy Hayes 21 July 2012 Continue reading →

I’d never consider publishing anything without an editor. That comes from my years publishing nonfiction books. Editors make my writing better.

Eleanor Sullivan 19 July 2012 Continue reading →

In 1997, I got a job with a nature photographer doing writing and graphics. He was a college president before he retired to do photography and loved challenging me to expand my horizons. 

Denise Hartman 17 July 2012 Continue reading →

I became less interested in creating a book that industry folks believed would be trendy. I wanted it to be as I envisioned. Looking back, I’m glad I chose to go Indie with this series.

Marsha A. Moore 14 July 2012 Continue reading →

Wait Until Moonrise is the book of my heart, and I’ve worked on it off and on since the Disney version of Beauty and the Beast came out.

Teri Thackston 12 July 2012 Continue reading →

It all came easily because I had a lot of fun writing it.

Chris Redding 10 July 2012 Continue reading →