Nicholas Grabowsky's Blog, page 2
December 3, 2009
THE BLACK BED SHEET/DIVERSE COMPENDIUM NEWSLETTER November 2009
THE BLACK BED SHEET/DIVERSE COMPENDIUM NEWSLETTER November 2009
All things Grabowsky and then some.....
www.downwarden.com
www.downwarden.com/blackbedsheet
Hiya, all......a lot of cool things happening over here, so let's get started. But in a nutshell, BBS has about 50 authors signed currently, our 2010 lineup is almost full (including cook books from Hell's Kitchen alumni an other awesome chefs, and our Banana Phone line of children's books), and the 16 titles we have available now (with Fred Wiehe's "Holiday Madness" rounding out our 2009 titles) have been compiled into BBS' official Book Store Winter Catalog which includes special discounts for all, this holiday season, when ordering books directly from BBS (see below). Check out our site for several new BBS-related videos and trailers. You'll find more up to the minute news on the site and at www.twitter.com/blackbedsheet. So now let's get started:
1. OUR BOOK STORE WINTER CATALOG 2009-2010: Download directly from our homepage (www.downwarden.com/blackbedsheet). It lists our 2009 lineup with special direct-to-bookstore prices these places can't find if they order through our many distributors, called "Bookstore Direct." If any of my authors have ordered copies of their own books directly from me, yes, these are the same prices that I provide to you. The only difference is that when book stores order at these prices, you get your standard royalties. I'd like to encourage our authors to read the works of our other authors, so as BBS authors each of you can also order one anothers' books directly from me at these prices. When you order each other's books, the authors whose books you order also get standard royalties from those orders as well. And we're talking prices that are around 60% off retail in most cases. I think that's damn cool, and just in time for the Holidays! Also, I'm proud to announce that BBS now accepts major credit cards for these orders. For those who aren't BBS authors or book store reps, please inquire for special prices direct as well....we are working on making it possible for anyone to order our books directly off our site now that we do credit cards, details soon. (Those of you receiving this email directly have the winter catalog attached.)
2. TITLES FOR 2010/SUBMISSIONS: We're not publishing any further titles this year, and not accepting any more submissions until January, which is when I'll expect to be making more decisions along those lines. I'm concentrating on marketing what I have available already. However, next year's going to be an exciting one with titles already lined up in plenty of time for Spring: BLOOD ORCHARD by S.D. Hintz, THE RAISING by Cassandra Lee, CHOPHOUSE by Terry "Horns" Erwin, ...HUMAN NATURE...by Matthew Ewald, MEAT CITY & OTHER STORIES by Jason M. Tucker, IN THE BEGINNING by Cinsearae Santiago, plus works by Eric Enck, Jake Istre, and current authors returning for more. And yes, next year we're doing cook books including one with contributions by some brow-raising celebrity talent in the field, and BANANA PHONE BOOKS is emerging with THE ASHES OF MAY, 1000 SMELLS, and other innovations kids and adults will love.
3. BESTSELLERS AS OF NOVEMBER: Forrest J Ackerman's Anthology of the Living Dead; Demon Revolver; The Gentle Art of Making Enemies; The Butcher Bride.
4. KUDOS: to our author Matthew Ewald, who was recently awarded the the role of young James T. Kirk on the award winning internet television series "Star Trek: Phase II." Matthew previously played a major role in the popular FOX KIDS television show "Galidor" and co-starred in 2002's "Terminal Error." JASON GEHLERT has a video interview at veteran horror host Count Gore De Vol's website: www.countgore.com with other BBS author interviews to follow. Kudos also to Vince Churchill who made the front page of Jacksonville IL's Journal-Courier's entertainment guide with his "Butcher Bride," and to A Shot in the Dark Comics for delivering awesome preliminary artwork for their "Nicholas Grabowsky's Red Wet Dirt" comic book series due to grace stores with its first issue this Spring! And let's not forget Norm Applegate's script contribution to director J.L. Botelho's upcoming silent violent short (details at www.blogtalkradio.com/francy). Jake Istre was also on Good Day Sacramento just the other day.....
5. NICHOLAS GRABOWSKY STUFF: Thanks to Eve Blaack at Hacker's Source Magazine (www.eveblaackpub.com) and Shriek Freak Quarterly (www.shriekfreak.com) for their excellent reviews of RED WET DIRT. THE EVERBORN is now available in a special hardcover edition from our favorite publisher, BBS. Groovy cool. I've resumed putting together a full-length script for CUTTING EDGES so I can finally get the film ready for pre-production. I'm going to announce my touring schedule soon, with England or bust (World Horror Convention). Going to be with author Kristi Caye at SacCon December 13th.
6. PROMOTIONS/BANNERS: I'm encouraging our authors to feel free to copy/paste the official BBS banner (found on the bottom of the homepage), link it back and flaunt it on your web presence. I'm in the process of creating specific website banners to promote each of your books, and I'll let you know individually when yours is ready. Also, I have an book mark version of our banner with our winter titles on the flip side, BBS t-shirts, etc, if interested send me an email.
7. HWA/AWARDS/REVIEWERS: We are currently offering to HWA members, book reviewers, and awards affiliates up to three PDFs of our titles FOR FREE! Please inquire at downwarden@earthlink.net
8. FRANCY WEATHERMAN NEWS: I flew to South Carolina and brought her back to Sacramento with me to stay, and we're making wedding plans for next year. Talk about there being a reason for everything. Francy, of course, is the host of the mega-popular blogtalk radio show Francy & Friends (www.blogtalkradio.com/francy), presented by Triad Pictures. Some of her recent guests include Jeff Conaway, Vicki Lizzi, David Fostino, Coren Nemec, Tommy Grand, Hell's Kitchen alumni, Norm Applegate, and also myself. Listeners have ranged from Billy Bob Thorton to President Obama himself. She's also a film major :)
That's all for now, HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL!
---Nicholas Grabowsky
owner/founder/publisher
Black Bed Sheet Books
Diverse Media
All things Grabowsky and then some.....
www.downwarden.com
www.downwarden.com/blackbedsheet
Hiya, all......a lot of cool things happening over here, so let's get started. But in a nutshell, BBS has about 50 authors signed currently, our 2010 lineup is almost full (including cook books from Hell's Kitchen alumni an other awesome chefs, and our Banana Phone line of children's books), and the 16 titles we have available now (with Fred Wiehe's "Holiday Madness" rounding out our 2009 titles) have been compiled into BBS' official Book Store Winter Catalog which includes special discounts for all, this holiday season, when ordering books directly from BBS (see below). Check out our site for several new BBS-related videos and trailers. You'll find more up to the minute news on the site and at www.twitter.com/blackbedsheet. So now let's get started:
1. OUR BOOK STORE WINTER CATALOG 2009-2010: Download directly from our homepage (www.downwarden.com/blackbedsheet). It lists our 2009 lineup with special direct-to-bookstore prices these places can't find if they order through our many distributors, called "Bookstore Direct." If any of my authors have ordered copies of their own books directly from me, yes, these are the same prices that I provide to you. The only difference is that when book stores order at these prices, you get your standard royalties. I'd like to encourage our authors to read the works of our other authors, so as BBS authors each of you can also order one anothers' books directly from me at these prices. When you order each other's books, the authors whose books you order also get standard royalties from those orders as well. And we're talking prices that are around 60% off retail in most cases. I think that's damn cool, and just in time for the Holidays! Also, I'm proud to announce that BBS now accepts major credit cards for these orders. For those who aren't BBS authors or book store reps, please inquire for special prices direct as well....we are working on making it possible for anyone to order our books directly off our site now that we do credit cards, details soon. (Those of you receiving this email directly have the winter catalog attached.)
2. TITLES FOR 2010/SUBMISSIONS: We're not publishing any further titles this year, and not accepting any more submissions until January, which is when I'll expect to be making more decisions along those lines. I'm concentrating on marketing what I have available already. However, next year's going to be an exciting one with titles already lined up in plenty of time for Spring: BLOOD ORCHARD by S.D. Hintz, THE RAISING by Cassandra Lee, CHOPHOUSE by Terry "Horns" Erwin, ...HUMAN NATURE...by Matthew Ewald, MEAT CITY & OTHER STORIES by Jason M. Tucker, IN THE BEGINNING by Cinsearae Santiago, plus works by Eric Enck, Jake Istre, and current authors returning for more. And yes, next year we're doing cook books including one with contributions by some brow-raising celebrity talent in the field, and BANANA PHONE BOOKS is emerging with THE ASHES OF MAY, 1000 SMELLS, and other innovations kids and adults will love.
3. BESTSELLERS AS OF NOVEMBER: Forrest J Ackerman's Anthology of the Living Dead; Demon Revolver; The Gentle Art of Making Enemies; The Butcher Bride.
4. KUDOS: to our author Matthew Ewald, who was recently awarded the the role of young James T. Kirk on the award winning internet television series "Star Trek: Phase II." Matthew previously played a major role in the popular FOX KIDS television show "Galidor" and co-starred in 2002's "Terminal Error." JASON GEHLERT has a video interview at veteran horror host Count Gore De Vol's website: www.countgore.com with other BBS author interviews to follow. Kudos also to Vince Churchill who made the front page of Jacksonville IL's Journal-Courier's entertainment guide with his "Butcher Bride," and to A Shot in the Dark Comics for delivering awesome preliminary artwork for their "Nicholas Grabowsky's Red Wet Dirt" comic book series due to grace stores with its first issue this Spring! And let's not forget Norm Applegate's script contribution to director J.L. Botelho's upcoming silent violent short (details at www.blogtalkradio.com/francy). Jake Istre was also on Good Day Sacramento just the other day.....
5. NICHOLAS GRABOWSKY STUFF: Thanks to Eve Blaack at Hacker's Source Magazine (www.eveblaackpub.com) and Shriek Freak Quarterly (www.shriekfreak.com) for their excellent reviews of RED WET DIRT. THE EVERBORN is now available in a special hardcover edition from our favorite publisher, BBS. Groovy cool. I've resumed putting together a full-length script for CUTTING EDGES so I can finally get the film ready for pre-production. I'm going to announce my touring schedule soon, with England or bust (World Horror Convention). Going to be with author Kristi Caye at SacCon December 13th.
6. PROMOTIONS/BANNERS: I'm encouraging our authors to feel free to copy/paste the official BBS banner (found on the bottom of the homepage), link it back and flaunt it on your web presence. I'm in the process of creating specific website banners to promote each of your books, and I'll let you know individually when yours is ready. Also, I have an book mark version of our banner with our winter titles on the flip side, BBS t-shirts, etc, if interested send me an email.
7. HWA/AWARDS/REVIEWERS: We are currently offering to HWA members, book reviewers, and awards affiliates up to three PDFs of our titles FOR FREE! Please inquire at downwarden@earthlink.net
8. FRANCY WEATHERMAN NEWS: I flew to South Carolina and brought her back to Sacramento with me to stay, and we're making wedding plans for next year. Talk about there being a reason for everything. Francy, of course, is the host of the mega-popular blogtalk radio show Francy & Friends (www.blogtalkradio.com/francy), presented by Triad Pictures. Some of her recent guests include Jeff Conaway, Vicki Lizzi, David Fostino, Coren Nemec, Tommy Grand, Hell's Kitchen alumni, Norm Applegate, and also myself. Listeners have ranged from Billy Bob Thorton to President Obama himself. She's also a film major :)
That's all for now, HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL!
---Nicholas Grabowsky
owner/founder/publisher
Black Bed Sheet Books
Diverse Media
March 1, 2009
TO ALL HORROR READERS, AS WELL AS WRITERS, AND TO EVERYONE
TO ALL HORROR READERS, AS WELL AS WRITERS, AND TO EVERYONE
We’ve all got something to sell and news to tell:
BLACK BED SHEET/DIVERSE COMPENDIUM NEWSLETTER: FEB 2009
All things Grabowsky and then some.
WWW.DOWNWARDEN.COM
“Nick’s writings is smells.”
---something a serious meth abuser once told me in front of a karaoke bar, after he convinced me he had read one of my late ‘80’s horror paperbacks, and I asked him for a blurb of praise if I offered him a cigarette. I don’t know what it means, but it’s funny.
“Keep ‘em coming, Nicholas.” ---Stephen King, and I am.
____________________________________________________________________
Something to sell:
RED WET DIRT, folks…..it’s brand-spanking new and kick-ass. Its price is economy-sensitive. It’s available everywhere. I’m very proud of it. Given the chance, I’d shove it all down your throats and you’d thank me for it afterwards, each of you, and shower me with wows, to which I’d respond by putting out another newsletter and thanking you for making it worth all that time of drinking and chain smoking. You should see the trailer if you haven’t yet. I’m also putting together a CD of Red Wet Dirt-inspired music performed by independent bands. This release and the upcoming special edition of The Everborn are what I’ll be pushing this year, and I’ll be spreading it on thick. Both are the best I’ve ever written. Like, in my life.
What’s RED WET DIRT? Introducing three short stories & three novellas: While on vacation, a young man's fiancé becomes a heart-collecting Yuletide Thing on Christmas Eve. Get stuck in traffic when The Freeway Reaper claims another soul. A suburban family is plagued by a horde of were-rats. Special Agent Sam Cross, mortally wounded by a Jamaican specter, journeys into a psychedelic Festival of Fallen Souls in search of a supernatural healer whose lover's touch brings in contrast instant death. A legendary flesh eater arrives on the shores of an ancient Minoan city, infecting its population, beginning with a teenage boy's father who's summoned by the pompous king to become an undead garbage disposal. In Red Afterworld, an ex juvenile preacher gets his childhood wish of becoming a vampire when he's recruited into a male-only biker fraternity and finds himself one of the few survivors of global nuclear war, discovers a time portal in the Arizona desert with the hope of saving the world, and finds true love. Including extra minor works from the author's youth and the short screenplay Cutting Edges, the basis for an upcoming film and the author's directorial debut, Red Wet Dirt is to die for and is destined to become a classic way beyond its genre!
-----so says the description that’s going around, taken from the back of the book.
__________________________________________________________________
News to Tell:
BLACK BED SHEET BOOKS
I am proud to announce my small traditional publishing company, specializing in horror fiction, has taken flight. Here are some particulars, in the sort of way Writer’s Market would show it:
Black Bed Sheet Books/Diverse Media
Roseville, CA. Email: downwarden(at)earthlink.net Acquisitions: c/o Acquisitions Department. Estab. October 2008. Publishes hardcover and trade paperback originals and reprints. Publishes 10-15 titles per year. Receives 40% of books from first-time authors; 95% from unagented writers. Pays average of 12% royalty on wholesale price. Does not yet offer advance. Publishes book up to one year after acceptance, with an average of 4-5 months. Accepts simultaneous submissions. Publishes fiction and nonfiction of all types, but specializes in horror/fantasy fiction.
Recent titles: Blood Bar by Norm Applegate; Grave Whispers by Ryan B. Clark; Thoughts of Unbridled Black by Jake Istre, Flatty Kat Astray by Phyllis Haupert.
In the works: a MICHAEL MYERS anthology!
We’re accepting queries/submissions. Check out the Black Bed Sheet website at www.downwarden.com/blackbedsheet , take a look around and join the MESSAGE BOARD!
____________________________________________________________
Come to think of it, we’ve updated the Diverse Compendium at www.downwarden.com, with detailed news, specials, clips, and NICK READS & REVIEWS is catching up with that backlog of books to review. Keep an eye out for the recipe for MICHAEL MYERS PIE at Wicked Eats.
ADVERTISE WITH US! Downwarden.com has a new sidebar on all its major pages where monthly ad space is dirt cheap. Inquire for details.
WWW.DOWNWARDEN.COM ---the official site of all things Grabowsky, and then some.
WWW.DOWNWARDEN.COM/BLACKBEDSHEET ---“Publishers of exemplary literature, fiction & non.”
You are receiving this newsletter because we have corresponded before, or you have joined our mailing list. This isn’t spam. But this is our first newsletter in almost five years, so we’re working in part from an old list. Apologies if you received this in error, and please let us know if you’d rather not be bothered the next time. Thank you!
We’ve all got something to sell and news to tell:
BLACK BED SHEET/DIVERSE COMPENDIUM NEWSLETTER: FEB 2009
All things Grabowsky and then some.
WWW.DOWNWARDEN.COM
“Nick’s writings is smells.”
---something a serious meth abuser once told me in front of a karaoke bar, after he convinced me he had read one of my late ‘80’s horror paperbacks, and I asked him for a blurb of praise if I offered him a cigarette. I don’t know what it means, but it’s funny.
“Keep ‘em coming, Nicholas.” ---Stephen King, and I am.
____________________________________________________________________
Something to sell:
RED WET DIRT, folks…..it’s brand-spanking new and kick-ass. Its price is economy-sensitive. It’s available everywhere. I’m very proud of it. Given the chance, I’d shove it all down your throats and you’d thank me for it afterwards, each of you, and shower me with wows, to which I’d respond by putting out another newsletter and thanking you for making it worth all that time of drinking and chain smoking. You should see the trailer if you haven’t yet. I’m also putting together a CD of Red Wet Dirt-inspired music performed by independent bands. This release and the upcoming special edition of The Everborn are what I’ll be pushing this year, and I’ll be spreading it on thick. Both are the best I’ve ever written. Like, in my life.
What’s RED WET DIRT? Introducing three short stories & three novellas: While on vacation, a young man's fiancé becomes a heart-collecting Yuletide Thing on Christmas Eve. Get stuck in traffic when The Freeway Reaper claims another soul. A suburban family is plagued by a horde of were-rats. Special Agent Sam Cross, mortally wounded by a Jamaican specter, journeys into a psychedelic Festival of Fallen Souls in search of a supernatural healer whose lover's touch brings in contrast instant death. A legendary flesh eater arrives on the shores of an ancient Minoan city, infecting its population, beginning with a teenage boy's father who's summoned by the pompous king to become an undead garbage disposal. In Red Afterworld, an ex juvenile preacher gets his childhood wish of becoming a vampire when he's recruited into a male-only biker fraternity and finds himself one of the few survivors of global nuclear war, discovers a time portal in the Arizona desert with the hope of saving the world, and finds true love. Including extra minor works from the author's youth and the short screenplay Cutting Edges, the basis for an upcoming film and the author's directorial debut, Red Wet Dirt is to die for and is destined to become a classic way beyond its genre!
-----so says the description that’s going around, taken from the back of the book.
__________________________________________________________________
News to Tell:
BLACK BED SHEET BOOKS
I am proud to announce my small traditional publishing company, specializing in horror fiction, has taken flight. Here are some particulars, in the sort of way Writer’s Market would show it:
Black Bed Sheet Books/Diverse Media
Roseville, CA. Email: downwarden(at)earthlink.net Acquisitions: c/o Acquisitions Department. Estab. October 2008. Publishes hardcover and trade paperback originals and reprints. Publishes 10-15 titles per year. Receives 40% of books from first-time authors; 95% from unagented writers. Pays average of 12% royalty on wholesale price. Does not yet offer advance. Publishes book up to one year after acceptance, with an average of 4-5 months. Accepts simultaneous submissions. Publishes fiction and nonfiction of all types, but specializes in horror/fantasy fiction.
Recent titles: Blood Bar by Norm Applegate; Grave Whispers by Ryan B. Clark; Thoughts of Unbridled Black by Jake Istre, Flatty Kat Astray by Phyllis Haupert.
In the works: a MICHAEL MYERS anthology!
We’re accepting queries/submissions. Check out the Black Bed Sheet website at www.downwarden.com/blackbedsheet , take a look around and join the MESSAGE BOARD!
____________________________________________________________
Come to think of it, we’ve updated the Diverse Compendium at www.downwarden.com, with detailed news, specials, clips, and NICK READS & REVIEWS is catching up with that backlog of books to review. Keep an eye out for the recipe for MICHAEL MYERS PIE at Wicked Eats.
ADVERTISE WITH US! Downwarden.com has a new sidebar on all its major pages where monthly ad space is dirt cheap. Inquire for details.
WWW.DOWNWARDEN.COM ---the official site of all things Grabowsky, and then some.
WWW.DOWNWARDEN.COM/BLACKBEDSHEET ---“Publishers of exemplary literature, fiction & non.”
You are receiving this newsletter because we have corresponded before, or you have joined our mailing list. This isn’t spam. But this is our first newsletter in almost five years, so we’re working in part from an old list. Apologies if you received this in error, and please let us know if you’d rather not be bothered the next time. Thank you!
