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April 4, 2014
Velocipede Momentum
Here’s a sneak peek of the Spring 2014 issue of Momentum Magazine, in which LCP’s own Emily June Street and The Velocipede Races got a mention. Momentum’s spring issue hits stores first week of April.
March 31, 2014
Midnight Magic
I was sitting in a box seat watching the ballet Cinderella at San Francisco’s War Memorial Opera House when inspiration struck. Nothing surprising about this, as inspiration tends to strike me at the most inopportune moments (see my first Blog post, The Imps.) This inspiration was a long time coming, and I felt a sort of desperate dismay that I had no pen or pencil handy to write down what was suddenly so clearly wrong with my poor, meandering fantasy story called The Gantean. I feared I woul...
March 17, 2014
Strangers on the Interwebs
When Beth and I set out to become Luminous Creatures, we knew nothing about being self-published authors. We simply wanted to do it, and with characteristic earnestness and eagerness, we leapt into the deep end of the pool. Marketing quickly emerged as our butterfly stroke—you know the butterfly stroke, the one no one can learn, the one that makes you feel like you’re a flailing cow in the water? That’s marketing.
Our deepest marketing questions: In a market flush with too many options, how d...
February 19, 2014
LCP at Marin Academy
Here we are talking to the students at Marin Academy. Our talk was about self-publishing and genre fiction, and we did a writing exercise using the elements of mystery and fantasy. Great fun!
February 5, 2014
Marin Academy LitFest!
Next Tuesday we’re participating in the annual LitFest at Marin Academy, doing a presentation on writing, genre, and self-publishing.
January 22, 2014
Looking Back and Looking Forward
We’ve had a look back over our first year as Luminous Creatures Press and were pleased by what we saw! During 2013 we:
*published four books: two collections of short stories, a novella, and a novel.
*got some lovely reviews of our books on Amazon, Goodreads, and book blogs
*made great connections with other writers and readers via social media
*did a couple of interviews about our work
*did a guest blog post with Indie Jane
We also learned a couple of important things:
*finding readers, though key...
January 21, 2014
Sale of Velocipede Races in print!
Amazon has The Velocipede Races on sale in print for $1 off the list price.
Hurry and get your copy!
January 17, 2014
The Velocipede Races Now Available in Paperback!
We spent the holidays building the paperback version of The Velocipede Races. It is now available for earlybird purchase at the Createspace online store
It will be available via the Amazon store starting January 28. Look for further updates about availability other places.
December 4, 2013
November 4, 2013
Luminous Creatures Press interview on the Field Trip
Beth was interviewed on The Field Trip,a Radio Sausalito program hosted by Mitchell Field. Click here to listen!
