Publishing paper copy of The Knowers

For reasons slightly unknown to me, which is a current trend of mine, I’ve decided to publish a paper version of The Knowers through createspace.

I’m excited to see my book step out of the world of zero’s and one’s, and into the realm of flesh and blood.

I told myself I was content just to have The Knowers “out there,” published.  But truth be told, I’m turning forty in a few weeks, and so the majority of my relationship with books has been with the hard-copy kind.  Sitting in a bathtub, slightly wrinkling the pages with my wet hands, being reminded of characters and worlds I love when I catch a glimpse of a book’s spine on my shelf.

Bereft of a literary agent, a publishing house, and all the machinery that accompanies, I’ve ventured into my own imprint, YA Books.

Vanity, vanity, it’s all vanity, I suppose.  And so they call it a vanity press.  But I object to this pejorative description.  I don’t write to see my name attached to a work.  I write because I love stories and sharing stories.  I’m the friend that pushes books into the hands of others.  After finishing a good book, I can’t wait to hand it off to someone else.  I also make my students read books I love and find thought provoking (one of the many great perks of being a philosopher instructor!).

And so a plug – The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater.  I finished it two nights ago and started reading it again last night.  If YA paranormal is your genera, I highly recommend it.  The tone she sets is spot on, haunting.

Instead of editing the book I started this past summer, I’m working on the tedious process of getting The Knowers ready for press.  If wishes grew on trees, I’d pick someone to do all this horrible legwork for me.  I’d also travel by winged horse.