Thoughts About Publishing Trends Published on June 5, 2024 Of course I have thoughts on publishing trends. I have to take trends into consideration with every decision we at Weird Sisters Publishing make. Especially right now, while G. is finishing out her time with The Dallas Winds, and I’m the one holding down the fort full-time. In my last post I surveyed what data I could find to discover how readers find books these days. That’s valuable information when I want them to find ours! But...
10 months ago • 1 min read
Hi, Reader, I’ve been working hard to finalize the manuscript for A Bone to Pick, so I can finally publish it. I hope you've already read the first book, What's Bred in the Bone, and have been anticipating the next one. Let me assure you, I'm working as fast as I can. There are several fight scenes in the story. Recently I’ve had a chance to check the “fight choreography” with a 5th-degree Black Belt in karate. In addition to my advisor whose hands are deadly weapons, I also have had some...
about 4 years ago • 2 min read
Hello, Reader! We certainly do live in interesting times, but I hope this newsletter finds you in good health and safe. Among other things, the New Year has brought a new work space into being for Artdog Studio and Weird Sisters Publishing! My new studio (I always mess up the panorama setting on my phone: sorry for the "double vision" effect) isn't completely set up, but it's a usable work space now. You can tell I haven't done much artwork yet--it's too neat! Above, there's a "stereoscopic"...
about 4 years ago • 3 min read
Jan S. Gephardt's December 2020 Newsletter Hello, Reader! I hope this newsletter finds you well, cozy, and prepared for the holidays! The challenges and opportunities of 2020 continue, but I hope on the whole things are well with you! Around here, we're seeing progress with the ongoing Library Project. In last month's newsletter I shared a picture of the new flooring and painted walls. This month we've moved into the messy period when most of the infrastructure is in place, and we're starting...
over 4 years ago • 2 min read
Hello, Reader! Congratulations! We survived another month! And what a month it's been. It started with fires, hurricanes, and the ever-present pandemic. It ended with snow in Kansas City, an anticlimactic Halloween, and a harrowing election. Fiction updates In happier news, my sister's new story, Deep Ellum Blues, enjoyed a great debut. Thank you, if you were part of that! Both it and the first in her "Deep Ellum" series, Deep Ellum Pawn, briefly hit Amazon's Top 100 list in one of their...
over 4 years ago • 3 min read
Hello, Packmate Reader! XK9 Petunia's in a happy mood. © 2020 by Lucy A. Synk. It's been a busy summer on lockdown, around here! I hope you've managed to fare well. Biggest news: I've finished my final draft of A Bone to Pick, the second book of the XK9 "Bones" trilogy. This time, Charlie gets to be awake for the action! Rex and the Pack team up with their SBI and OPD allies once again, in pursuit of whoever's responsible for the destruction of the Whisper Syndicate's spaceship Izgubil. Turns...
over 4 years ago • 4 min read