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Yesterday was Part II of an experiment that began here. The experiment consists of branching out into the arts and crafts circuit, something my mother has been doing with her artwork for over 27 years.
The initial thought was very simple: lets set up a booth (or in this case, because of our publishing my mother’s books, specifically […]

Before everyone has a heart-attack, we’re not tanking. BUT — I did come across a link that the Christian Blogosphere and Rapture Ready Forums are buzzing about:
5/25/2008 Prophecy Update: Signs in the Heavens
The minister is Steve Hadley. The information was given to him by a Messianic Jewish Rabbi (a Jew who believes in Christ as […]

I spent the weekend at an arts-crafts show with our books. It was quite interesting, and quite inconclusive, other than that I can firmly state that Distribution Still Rules. I.e. — if our only sales outlet was arts and crafts venue, we would be out of business in short order.
That being said, we did have […]

Here are some early reviews for upcoming Caledonian Privateer. It seems to be gathering a good early response, which we are quite happy about:

“Written by a superb story teller, The Caledonian Privateer seizes the reader’s interest on Page One and doesn’t let it go until the very end.” ~ Irene C. Michel, columnist, The Courier, […]

Here’s a look at my buying habits when I shop for a book, and usually I do my shopping on Amazon. It’s convenient, and I don’t mind waiting a week or ten days for my book (or books) to arrive.
The first thing I look at after subject and description are the reviews. Do I look […]

The Proofs arrived on schedule late Friday afternoon, and I think we have really outdone ourselves with James Spurr’s One Sloop and Slow Match. It is a beautiful book, thanks to the generous donation of an image for our use from the Michigan Mairtime Museum’s Peter Rindlisbacher original “Flight of Little Belt”
I was well-pleased with the […]

Friday saw the finish of the new cover for Sworn for Mackinaw, it’s release to coincide with the debut of Jim Spurr’s sequel historical novel, One Sloop and Slow Match.
Here’s a look at the new (left) vs. the old (right):
 
 
 
 As noted on this blog previously, the words ‘Book 1 Great Lakes, Great Guns Historical […]

The Irony of Blogs is this: when you have time to write, you don’t really have anything to write about.
When you have a great deal to write about, you don’t have the time to write it. . . lol.
Right now, I find myself in the latter circumstance. I have tons going on that I would […]

I had word this morning that Gail MacMillan (author of Maxwell Award winning Ceilidh’s Quest) will be doing a province wide radio interview today. She’ll be talking about her book Ceilidh’s Quest and her upcoming title Caledonian Privateer.
Good luck, Gail!

With my listing of the six new covers needing done in yesterday’s blog, it brings me around to thinking about our upcoming 2008 catalog. I had originally wanted it out by May, the reality is that it will probably be more like June. But I’m excited about the concept and the prospects of it.
Last year’s […]