Seth Harwood's Blog, page 23
September 17, 2010
Using Scribd.com to Publicize Your Book
Today I want to talk about a great new way to publicize your work online, one that's working very well for authors Kemble Scott, Hyla Molander, and today's guest Ransom Stephens: uploading your ebook to Scribd.com. Here, lots of readers can discover your work, "read-share" it via Facebook and generally help you get the word out.
Ransom Stephens uploaded his book The God Patent to Scribd in May 2009 and since then he's seen the book rack up over 19,000 reads and 80+ great reviews. This was...
September 8, 2010
With Young Junius drastically reworked for publication, should I repodcast it?
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What's old is what's new
Anyone recall that old commercial for Jamaica that went something like, "Come back to Jamaica, what's old is what's new... we want you to join us, we made it for you."
Well, they shoulda said they rolled one up for you, but nevertheless...
Anyway, today's news is that the old(er) cover for YOUNG JUNIUS by Jerry Scullion, you'll recall that this was originally supposed to be only for the special edition, is now the official formal cover for all formats of the book.
Don't worry, the special...
August 30, 2010
Foggy City My Home
Photo: Mark CogginsThanks to Janet Rudolph for posting this reminder essay on her blog Mystery Fanfare last week.
Direct link to "Fog on the Horizon."
It was a couple of years back, in summer 2008, when I wrote this essay about my newly adopted city of San Francisco and how living here enabled me to start writing the Jack Palms Crime series. These days I'd probably envoke Joyce's concept of exile to talk more about how I've been able to see the Cambridge of my youth more clearly this past year ...
August 23, 2010
Publisher's Weekly Review for YOUNG JUNIUS
It is IN!! Pub Weekly, the powerhouse reviewing company has weighed in on Young Junius. This is what they had to say:
Set in 1987, Harwood's searing if overlong look at doomed youth chronicles a few pivotal days in the life of 14-year-old Junius Posey, a captive of poverty, ignorance, and misguided social programming in the Rindge Towers, a drug-ridden Cambridge...
August 8, 2010
On the road again!
Hey folks, I'm on the road again this week, doing some traveling, but the good news is I'm lining up reading dates for YOUNG JUNIUS!!
So far we have NYC: Nov. 3rd -- Wednesday at 6:30 at the Mysterious Bookshop! Awesome! Hope to see you there!
August 5, 2010
New CrimeWAV hits the Net!
with Cousins Maggie and Shira at the Sawks!Hey! Have you checked out the new episode over at CrimeWAV? Jason Duke presents part THREE of Phoenix Nightlife. Hope you've been checking it out.
I'm in Boston, kicking back, working pages, and planning a few readings and events for the YOUNG JUNIUS release this fall. Wicked awesome!
You pumped? Hope so.
July 31, 2010
July 31st -- Last Day to Order YJ Special Edition!
TODAY -- July 31st is your last chance to pre-order a copy of the YOUNG JUNIUS SPECIAL EDITION.
No, after today you cannot get one. You'll have to cry and covet your friends' copies. Sorry.
You want one, you have to act now. Because after this we roll up the magic carpet of literary fancy-edition goodness and that's that.
Thanks to all of you who've already bought their copy. This promotion, pre-sale and special edition publishing endeavor have all been huge successes! Tyrus and I are stoked...
July 29, 2010
Last Hot Tub Cast! -- The END...
[image error]The Eisenhower Administration, Prohibition, the 1980s, Red Auerbach's Celtics teams, Dean Smith at North Carolina... all good (and bad) eras must come to an end.
And so today my series of Hot Tub Casts™ joins that long list. Listen here to find out more about why I've made this decision, what you can expect from me coming up (more fiction!) and what else I've been up to this summer.
You want the new publishing paradigm? Writing--that's what it's all really about. Writing the good fiction I...
July 22, 2010
Day full of HOT and awesome!
Wow! I got my hands today on this new galley/promo copy of Young Junius and it looks SWEET!!
I'm pretty pumped, as you can imagine. How pumped? Well, let's just say that this podcast I recorded today with Ben from Tyrus barely scratches the surface and it's still a pretty crazy one.
So you hear me? Nuff said. Just listen:
Man, having the book in my hands, seeing it in print? Yeah, there's s...
