Social Media and Irritation: Don’t Cross the Fine Line
Social Media provides people with a certain amount of opportunity to become known and engage in promotions. However, the ease in which you can tell about yourself and your products can easily be...
View ArticleTall Corn Book Talk, Fall, 2012 with Ethel Barker
The Fall Tall Corn Book Talk for 2012 is out, our guest author is Ethel Barker, author of the new historical fiction novel on Orphan Train, For The Love of Pete. We also talk about creativity, farming,...
View ArticleFlorida Library Association Review of Love and Other Delusions
Love and Other Delusions Love and Other Delusions is Larry Baker’s newest contribution to Florida fiction, which includes The Flamingo Rising (1997) and A Good Man (2009). Baker lives in Iowa City and...
View ArticleFor The Love of Pete in the news
Several news stories and reviews have shown up on Ethel Barker’s new book For The Love of Pete on the orphan trains. As an Iowa City, Iowa, area author it is wonderful to have the local papers do what...
View ArticlePublishers’ Weekly review of Holding My Hand Through Hell
We’re so happy to learn that Publishers’ Weekly has run a good review of Susan Murphy Milano’s true crime, and abuse biography Holding My Hand Through Hell.
View ArticleThe meaning of Independent in Publishing and Bookselling (part one)
Publishing is an industry focused on words and the term independent is currently being flung around like a meteor shower in deep space. Everyone seemingly wants to be “independent” these days. Sadly,...
View ArticleTall Corn Book Show, Fall 2012, Ethel Barker
Tall Corn Book Show, Fall, 2012, featuring Ethel Barker’s For The Love of Pete: An Orphan Train Story
View ArticleTall Corn Book Talk, Winter, 2013 with Robert Sessions
Winter, 2013, Tall Corn Book Talk episode with Robert Sessions on his book Becoming Real: Finding Authenticity in an Age of Distractions Tall Corn Book Talk, Winter, 2013 with Robert Sessions
View ArticleEdible Omaha Farmscape Review!
Straight from the Farmer’s Mouth: Farmscape Brings Compelling New Voices to our Agricultural Discourse on line at:...
View ArticleIce Cube Press author at Akron pRhyme Time on The Prairie
The Akron Public Library in Akron, Iowa, will be hosting its 5th annual pRhyme Time on the Prairie, Friday and Saturday, April 12 and 13. They have invited three guest poets for this year’s event....
View ArticleUpcoming Oklahoma Writer’s Conference | Ice Cube Press
from the president’s blog; Steve Semken of Ice Cube Press will be taking pitches at the upcoming conference, May 2-4. I love his advice for beginning writers. It is so true. Never hide your light under...
View ArticlePraise for The Miracle Boy
“What if we had the ability to make our dreams come true? In the tradition of Jonathan Swift, these stories challenge both our hopes and dreams.”—Richard Burgin, Editor, Boulevard Magazine “Irreverent...
View ArticleThe Intern Speaks!: Why Publishing Interests Me
When I sought an internship with Ice Cube Press, no one asked me outright, “So, Lance, why publishing?” I suppose the answer seems self-explanatory to those who know me. Now, I’m a second-year graduate...
View ArticleDocudrama recounts “Brother’s Blood” murders
ANNOUNCEMENT: Discovery Channel’s “Investigation” will be airing the Mark Investigation and Trial episode on WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, at 9:00 PM. Just heard this from Lori Siegel, the producer who helped...
View ArticleFundamental Publishing Tips for Writers
When I began writing back in my early years of high school, I imagined that all established authors spent their days writing and their nights partying. I imagined plenty of alcohol and smoking by men...
View ArticleOrphan Train | Iowa | History Novel
For the Love of Pete: Photograph spurs author to pen fiction about Orphan Train July 13, 2013 5:00 pm • By HOLLY HUDSON, holly.hudson@wcfcourier.com from the Courier website:...
View ArticleKWWL TV on For The Love of Pete
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View ArticleWriting A Series
If you’re like me, then you spend an hour a day creeping on writing forums. Not too long ago, I stumbled upon a forum question asking how long it took to write a book. I was surprise to read that most...
View ArticleRiver of Ghosts | Gish Coming to Cedar Falls
Myth meets magic realism in Robert Gish’s Cedar Valley-based novel By MELODY PARKER, melody.parker@wcfcourier.com CEDAR FALLS, Iowa — Author Robert Gish admits a perverse fondness for the villains he...
View ArticleProject Collaboration: A Story of Love and Disappointment
When I started as an English major at University of Pittsburgh, I found myself constantly banging my head against the wall trying to scratch out “great stories.” For anyone who may not know, Pitt...
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