I’d like to formally announce the launch of my new publis...

I’d like to formally announce the launch of my new publishing company:

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Gargoyle Publications is a publication house that is open to submissions for just about anything. Do you write? Do you want to have your own publication? Do you want me to pay for it? The way it works is first you need to have an idea, people have lots of those, then you have to do the work. Write it. If you can write it once, then you can write it again. For anything to be any good, it requires revision. So to be published by Gargoyle you have to be willing to go through a editorial process with me. I’m not an invasive editor. I respect whatever it is that you want to do. I’m interested in what you have to express. So my editorial process is more about helping you get the best results possible for the piece that you’d like to write.  We’ll refine your work, conceptualize the design and layout for the publication as well as any original art elements that could/should/would be included. Then at the behest of the designer I have on retainer, the book is designed, printed and officially published. If you can write a novel, I’ll pony up for serious design and print quality. If you have a few shorter pieces then the formatting will probably be closer to a ‘zine. The physical design as well as the typesetting of a publication must be in synchronicity with the contents of the book itself for it to succeed as a piece of art as a whole. This is what I do. I write and publish books. I’d like to extend my experience and encouragement to the general creative community.

That’s why, through Gargoyle, I’m also hosting this thing Called: Genre Lab. It’s a writer’s workshop where I prescribe a genre every two weeks (like Steampunk or Boxing story or Detective story) and if you want to come you have to write a piece that’s between 500-1000 words and show up on the day and share it. Then we talk about the process of creation, the genre itself, our thoughts, motivations and inspirations concerning the piece. Then afterwards if participants like I post the stories on Gargoyle’s website so that the progress of the workshop and it’s participants can be shared. Inevitably I’m sure I’ll publish anthology collections of these labs.

So if you know of anyone

There’s just a brief update on what I’ve been up to. Also you may have noticed that my website has changed a bit. I’m now giving away every major novel I’ve ever written for FREE. They’re PDFs. Take them. Share them.

Big shout out to Rob from Suna Studios for helping me get Gargoyle off the ground.