Tag: Indie Press

Calls for Submissions is 6 months old!

I just realized this morning that CALLS FOR SUBMISSION has been out in the world for six months! It’s been a really great experience and I want to thank everyone who bought the book, bore with me during promotions, took the time to read it, review it and blurb it, and championed it either on your social media or through interviews and publications. I also want to thank my publisher/editor Mark Givens and Pelekinesis for midwifing and delivering this strange baby into the world with me. As I wrote in my announcement last May, none of this would have happened without all of you!

If you missed it and are like “Whaaaa? You had a book come out this year?” Check it:

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#Holiday tip: CALLS FOR SUBMISSION would make a great Yuletime gift for that gothy, weird, Lydia Deets-like cousin who is always reading by the fire rather than watching football and IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE with the rest of the fam.

The past six months have been a great journey. This was a minimal travel year for me, but I had a fabulous event at Tallahassee’s new independent bookstore, Midtown Reader (I was also honored to help them celebrate their first anniversary last weekend) and I’ve been doing several literary events around my hometown which have lead to new friends and a greater understanding of my community. I also got to present my thoughts on Hemingway and Horror in Key West during Papa’s annual summer celebration.

I’ve done several interviews with great readers, writers, and critics who helped me access and rethink a lot of what I have done and what I want to do in the future with my writing. I also was afforded some important publishing opportunities that allowed me to see my byline at some of my favorite literary publications and spaces. If you’d like to see where these various avenues took me, including at Literary Hub, Electric Literature, and Largehearted Boy, check out my #CFSBOOK round-up page here.

So, yeah, she’s growing up quite nicely.

If you have been wanting to read the book but just haven’t had the opportunity to, there are a few giveaways happening. The first is with THE OUTER DARK, where Scott Nicolay and I plotted a fun puzzle for Poe/Shelley fans to solve, and when my concluding Leonora Carrington article runs on Weird Fiction Review.com, there will be a combo giveaway there along with Carrington’s DOWN BELOW.

And if you’ve read the book and would like to help me out even more, I have one request: Spread the Word. Tell me what you thought or give me a shout out on Twitter or Instagram, tell your GoodReads community or blog readers what you thought, or shout it from the mountain top that is Amazon!

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Note to the Note: I still have some ARCs and would love to see CALLS FOR SUBMISSION receive more reviews. If you are a book blogger or reviewer, please drop me a line at LeFilleHST@gmail.com and I’ll hook you up.

 

RELEASE DAY: CALLS FOR SUBMISSION now available from Pelekinesis!!! Here’s how you can help!

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IMPORTANT LINKS:

CALLS FOR SUBMISSION can be ordered from the publisher directly: Pelekinesis,

But it is also available from SQUARE and SPD and the following locations:

Prefer an ebook? Yes m’am, we can do that:

Liked what you read? Please leave a review at Amazon & Goodreads! Or share on your social network. The hashtag for the book is #CFSBOOK. You can find me and Pelekinesis on Twitter and Instagram at: @BasBleuZombie & @Pelekinetic.

Thank you, again!

 

 

 

 

 

Paul Tremblay on Calls for Submission (PLUS UPDATES)!

THE FINAL COUNTDOWN:  My debut collection, CALLS FOR SUBMISSION, will be released May 15th (but you can pre-order from Pelekinesis now, if you’d like). That isn’t that far away, and to get pumped for the big day, I will be showcasing the awesome blurbs the collection has received. Every author that we queried has influenced me in some vital way, and as a thank you and token of my gratitude for their time and effort, I’ve written a little about each person and what their work has meant to my work.

So there are about 7 days left! In the past week or so, a few developments have occurred. First, more ordering options–including e-book versions–of Calls for Submission were made available. You can view them here.

Since then, Amazon announced it’s new diss to living writers, and I would like to personally urge you to purchase from Pelekinesis directly, or through Powell’s or your local indie bookstore. On those latter two, you may have to request a special order through the store and wait a hot minute, but ultimately you would be helping to defend working artists and contributing to a healthier literary community.  Plus, that would be helping me out too. However you want to do it, many thanks again to those who are pre-ordering!

Speaking of indie bookstores, I am excited to finally announce that I will be reading and discussing Calls for Submission at Tallahassee’s brand new and baller Midtown Reader.  That event will occur on June 16th at 5:30 pm.

Oof, and this was suppose to be about blurbs! It is, it is, my friends. Today’s blurb comes from the man who has single-handedly made Stephen King afraid of the dark:  Paul Tremblay!

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You all know Paul Tremblay as the best-selling rock star of A Head Full of Ghosts and Disappearance at Devil’s Rocks, but I first became hooked when I found a copy of The Harlequin and The Train at a friend’s house. My friend had already done the interactive bits, so that aspect was spoiled for me, but I got to see the final outcome, and it was just a light bulb for me.

The whole concept of an interactive text like this–mixing play with narrative responsibility and transparency–was just one of the coolest thwartings of how we read and consume mysteries. And it was one of the first contemporary examples of how to thwart and play within genre I’d come across. Something I needed badly at the time. Unfortunately, the experience is lost to a time and a place, as it was a limited edition of 400 copies and isn’t readily available now. But, believe me, the subversion of tropes and pop culture and all sorts of other surrealistic-punk principled goodness permeates in Ghosts and Devil’s Rock (which just came out in paperback). If you haven’t read Paul yet, rectify that now.

 

Publication Notes: CALLS FOR SUBMISSION Pre-order Updates

Yesterday was fun! I learned on Facebook that pre-orders of CALLS FOR SUBMISSION seem to be shipping out a bit early, and are showing up in the wild! I am so excited for everyone to read this, and if you have already pre-ordered, thank you so much and I hope it is enjoyable!

My own author copies also arrived, reminding me that there have been a few developments I’d like to share.

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CALLS FOR SUBMISSION  will be released by Pelekinesis on May 15th.

In addition to ordering directly from Pelekinesis, CALLS FOR SUBMISSION is now also available from SPD and the following locations:

If you prefer an ebook:

If you are in Canada, it is also available at Chapters/Indigo. (h/t to Alexis for letting me know!).

While the official release date isn’t until May 15th, it is possible those who pre-order hardcopies might receive their copy sooner, but it isn’t guaranteed.

TO REVIEWERS AND INTERVIEWERS:  I still have a few ARCs available. If you are interested in reviewing CALLS FOR SUBMISSION, drop me a line at: LeFilleHST@gmail.com, or hit me up on Facebook or on Twitter @BasBleuZombie.

Cover Reveal: Calls for Submission!!!

It’s a book!!!

Light up your cigars, pop the bubbly, and behold my little bundle of horrors, Calls For Submission, my debut collection published by Pelekinesis.

 

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I am thrilled that it is adorned by Joan Horne‘s cute & creepy cover, and includes an introduction by Molly Tanzer, and collaborations with Jesse Bullington and Virginia M Mohlere.

Arriving this May.

If you are a reviewer, blogger, or podcaster, and would like an ARC, please contact either me at LeFilleHST[at]gmail[dot]com or Pelekinesis at pelekinesis[at]gmail[dot]com.

And if you are interested in helping me get the word out, please share!