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July 9, 2012
Scenes from the Cemetery Dance office: A Books of Horrors Is Shipping
The Limited Edition of A Book of Horrors edited by Stephen Jones, which Cemetery Dance is co-publishing with PS Publishing in the UK, is shipping now. If you look at the cover too much, it gets kind of trippy:
June 22, 2012
Scenes from the Cemetery Dance office: Something Odd Happened Today
Today’s “Scene from the Cemetery Dance Office” requires an introduction. Kate and I were at the office alone this afternoon while everyone else was out to lunch. The Post Office truck showed up for their daily pick-up, so we opened the big warehouse dock door, something we’ve done thousands of times over the last 10 years. Only something happened this time that has never happened before.
A few years ago, at the back of the warehouse, around the corner from the main floor, we mounted a basketba...
June 20, 2012
Scenes from the Cemetery Dance office: Something Sinister Is Watching Us Work
On top of the bookcases in the front office, something sinister is watching us work:
June 8, 2012
Stephen King on the Creative Process, the State of Fiction, and More
While organizing my bookmarks,Istumbled across this article on The Atlantic’s website from last year and I thought it might be of interest to readers and writers alike who may not have read it before:
Stephen King on the Creative Process, the State of Fiction, and More
There’s some good stuff in there, and it’s a pretty long interview, but I really liked this:
SK:In the old days, it would seem like ideas were crammed in like people in an elevator. And my head was sometimes a very noisy place to...
June 6, 2012
Ray Bradbury On Writing
Ray Bradbury on writing: “My stories run up and bite me in the leg — I respond by writing down everything that goes on during the bite. When I finish, the idea lets go and runs off.”
May 29, 2012
May 23, 2012
Scenes from the Cemetery Dance office: Two Cemetery Dance Baseball Caps
We’ve sold Cemetery Dance baseball caps from time to time, but the other hat in this photo was produced in an extremely limited quantity for a promotional photo shoot for a book we published in 2010. Can you name the book?
May 21, 2012
“ZOMBIES VS ROBOTS” IDW’s Unique Book Program Explained by Jeff Conner/IDW Publishing
Today I’m pleased to be posting this “guest post” byJeff Conner ofIDW Publishing to introduce their new line of prose books:
“ZOMBIES VS ROBOTS”
IDW’s Unique Book Program Explained
by Jeff Conner/IDW Publishing
As a contributing editor for IDW Publishing it’s my job to produce a line of prose collections, a relatively new venture for a company that most readers associate with award-winning comics, graphic novels, and art books. And by “produce” I mean commission work from writers and artists, edi...
May 18, 2012
John Steinbeck On Writing
John Steinbeck on writing: “Over the years I have written a great many stories and I still don’t know how to go about it except to write it and take my chances.”
Read the rest of this outstanding letter about the craft of writing at LettersofNote.com.
May 16, 2012
Photos of The Strain: The Deluxe Special Edition by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan
Here are a few photos of the Deluxe Special Edition of The Strain by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan, which I published at Lonely Road Books. If you’re reading this via email or on the front page or category page, click the “read more” button for the rest of the images.
Limited Edition Slipcase (L), Lettered Edition Traycase (R)
Limited Edition Slipcase (Top), Lettered Edition Traycase (Bottom)
Limited Edition book (Left), Lettered Edition book (Right)
Limited Edition (Left), Lettered Edition...
