May 2013
5 posts
Local Authors & Artists Event →
I’ll be at this event on Saturday! Stop by and say hi!
What I Think A Query (or Cover Letter) Should Look... →
If you were wondering what I want to see in a cover letter, I spell it out over on my personal blog.
How get most of Alliteration Ink in Your Twitter...
There’s a (mostly) complete list of authors, editors, and artists that have worked with Alliteration Ink in the past in this Twitter list:
https://twitter.com/AlliterationInk/aink-authors-and-editors
Go fill up your Twitter stream with awesome tweets by some awesome people!
Thank You For Supporting the ENnies! →
http://ideatrash.net/2013/05/thank-you-for-supporting-ennies-and-you.html
Yes, we came in fourth. But you still get to hear Steve sing over at ideatrash.net!
SIDEKICKS! Reading In Columbus 8 June @ 5pm
Venue:
Whetstone Library in Columbus, OH, 3909 N High St, Columbus, OH, US
Join us for a party featuring: -Free snacks and drinks! -One hour of live readings of stories from SIDEKICKS! by local authors -A raffle to win a copy of the book at 6pm -One hour of Q&A with the book’s authors, editor, and publisher -More free snacks and drinks! PLEASE NOTE: -All guests must arrive BEFORE...
April 2013
9 posts
Don't forget to bid to get Steve to sing (or not!)...
Remember that I’m participating in the ENnies Publisher Karaoke Fundraiser - the last day to bid on a publisher (and raise money for the ENnies) is tomorrow.
TOMORROW.
But you haven’t failed your saving throw against Hold Person! Go throw another buck or two in for your favorite publisher RIGHT NOW at http://www.ennie-awards.com/blog/about-us/ennies-publisher-karaoke-fundraiser/
WatchDonald J. Bingle - author of Net Impact, and featured in Sidekicks!, Eighth Day Genesis, and many of The Crimson Pact anthologies reads his story for the upcoming fifth volume of The Crimson Pact.
See four authors from SIDEKICKS! on 24 April!
Alex Bledsoe, Patrick Tomlinson, Bill Bodden, and Nayad Monroe are all going to be reading at A Room of One’s Own at 6:30pm on the 24th of April!
If you’re anywhere around Madison, WI, you owe it to yourself to check out A Room of One’s Own and this gathering of four fine authors!
RPGNow.com - Eighth Day Genesis: A Worldbuilding... →
A great review of our Origins Award nominated book “Eighth Day Genesis” over at RPGNow.com
Eighth Day Genesis is nominated for an Origins... →
Eighth Day Genesis, is nominated for an Origins award!
You want to build a world. Twenty authors want to help.
Featuring Maurice Broaddus, Tim Waggoner, Matthew Wayne Selznick, Donald J. Bingle, Janine Spendlove, Bryan Young, and fifteen more authors, these essays range from crafting believable ecosystems, creatures, and legal systems to the ways you can most effectively share your world with...
A nice, thoughtful review of SIDEKICKS! from Anton... →
SIDEKICKS! editor Sarah Hans on a quest for... →
Go check out her guest post on Denise Verrico’s Immortyl Revolution blog!
Make Steve Sing (or keep him from singing!) at...
As Alliteration Ink, I’m one of the publishers participating in the ENnies Publisher Karaoke Fundraiser.
You heard me. Karaoke.
If you’re not familiar with the ENnies, let me give you a quick rundown from the site:
The Gen Con EN World RPG Awards (the “ENnies”) are an annual fan-based celebration of excellence in tabletop roleplaying gaming. The ENnies give game designers, writers...
March 2013
10 posts
SIDEKICKS! Event at Epic Loot In Centerville OH
Join me, the editor, and other contributors to SIDEKICKS! at Epic Loot this Saturday, 6 April, from 4-6pm! Check out the full-size flyer and meet us there!
Going to Odyssey Con? Check out this reading!
Alex Bledsoe, Patrick Tomlinson, and Bill Bodden will all be reading at 2pm at Odyssey Con on Friday, April 12th. This is a perfect time for you to go to a reading - the convention won’t be crowded, and you’ll have lots of time to actually get to know these folks. (Seriously.) Swing by and say hello to them!
Story from DANGERS UNTOLD a finalist for a Shadows... →
Marty Young’s story “A Monstrous Touch”, which appeared in the anthology DANGERS UNTOLD, is a finalist for a Shadows Award. The Shadows are awarded to the stories and collections that best typify the horror genre, delivering a sense of ‘creeping dread’, leaving the reader with chills and a reluctance to turn out the light.
Congratulations to Marty for making the finalist...
Review of SIDEKICKS! from Read Village →
The folks over at Read Village have posted a nice review of SIDEKICKS!, and has perhaps the most awesome summary of a book I’ve seen in a long time:
If Rod Serling collaborated with O. Henry and Lorne Michaels, the result probably would be something similar to Sidekicks edited by Sarah Hans (Alliteration Ink, 2013), an anthology of comic-book, horror, fantasy and sci-fi short stories.
...
SIDEKICKS IS LIVE!
Sidekicks!, edited by Sarah Hans, is officially released today! Swing by sidekicks.alliterationink.com to pick up your very own print or digital copy!
Time's Running Out - ENTER TO WIN A FREE COPY OF...
Goodreads Book Giveaway
Sidekicks!
by Sarah Hans
Giveaway ends March 17, 2013.
See the giveaway details at Goodreads.
Enter to win
Enter to Win A Free Print (SIGNED BY EDITOR, MORE)...
During launch weekend, you can enter to win a free copy of SIDEKICKS!, signed by the publisher, editor, and as many of the authors as I can scare up at the release party!
You can enter at GoodReads at http://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/47153-sidekicks
Minimum Standards For Being a Publisher
This is both on the official website and I’ve addressed it on my personal blog, but let’s make this nice and sparkling clear:
This recent stuff is not about life-of-copyright, advances, royalty-only, or any of the rest of that negotiable stuff.
Publishing services - whether with me or someone else - means that a specific service is delivered for a specific fee. I do what you pay me...
The guy who did the cover for "Kicking the Habit"... →
The guy who did the cover for “Kicking the Habit” and SIDEKICKS! takes D & D Character Commissions! Black and White, $30 Color $40 Len is quick, and simply awesome. Check his work out and get to see your character!
Benefit from my mistake: Get SIDEKICKS! before... →
Really, the title says it all. SIDEKICKS! is not due to release until 15 March, but I must have messed up somewhere, and the print version is showing up on Amazon almost two weeks early.
Rather than take it down, I’m going to do something different. Buy the print anthology (from Amazon or anywhere else it shows up early) and send a copy of your receipt to steven {at} alliterationink.com. ...
February 2013
8 posts
"Kicking the Habit" is available in PRINT and... →
The publisher page (kicking.alliterationink.com) links to all the other places that allow you to buy the book right freaking now.
WARNING
This collection contains the following: Zombies looking for love. Robots looking for redemption. Time traveling honeymooners. Slaveowners summoning demons. The last scion of an alien empire hiding in the Old West. Vampires that don’t sparkle. Fairies...
Help Steve choose a song to sing at the ENnies!
The ENnie awards are doing a charity karaoke sing-off this year - and Steven is taking votes on what song he’ll volunteer to sing for charity!
GO VOTE NOW!
Win the SIGNED proof copy before you can buy it! →
The signed proof copy of Steven Saus’ short story collection Kicking the Habit and Other Stories is a GoodReads giveaway from now until Sunday! Go enter now at http://bit.ly/giveakick !
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Announcing the Table of Contents for SIDEKICKS!
Announcing the Table of Contents of SIDEKICKS!, edited by Sarah Hans
“Introduction” by Alasdair Stuart “Coffee and Collaborators” by Patrick Tomlinson “Hunter and Bagger” by Alex Bledsoe “Alex and the OCD Oracle” by D. Robert Hamm “Quintuple-A” by Nayad Monroe “Hero” by Kathy Watness Fangirl” by Steve Lickman...
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Nice review and commentary on "So You Want to Make... →
A writer going by the name “Lt Cdr Kirok of L’Stok” wrote some very nice things about my how-to book on making your own ePub by hand, as well as Catherine Ryan Howard’s manual. Since the whole point of the book is to enable anyone to be able to make their own eBook, it’s really awesome to see folks doing it… and that they found my efforts helpful.
It’s...
Review of "Dangers Untold" →
Drake Morgan, writing for Horror Novel Reviews posted their review of Dangers Untold:
“This anthology is a different breed of horror. While the classics never go out of style, it’s refreshing to discover new nightmares, new evils, and old things resurrected afresh.”
Pursued by Bears - The Imprint
Earlier, I pointed out on my personal blog that I failed one of my own tests for being a real publishing house. I publish some of my own stuff alongside the works I publish written by other authors. Well, that won’t do. I am announcing the Pursued by Bears imprint of Alliteration Ink. This imprint is actually an outgrowth of the publishing services that I already provide, and allows me to draw...
Review of "See No Evil, Say No Evil" →
“…fun, quirky, and definitely imaginative.”
“…not so much dragging through a book as skipping through a few alternate dimensions.”
January 2013
4 posts
Review of Dangers Untold at Shock Totem
There’s a great review of Dangers Untold up at Shock Totem today:
Dangers Untold is one of the best anthologies I’ve read this year, put out by a little group a lot of people haven’t heard of yet.
Go check out the rest of the review, and pick up Dangers Untold!
Spec The Halls Wrap-Up
A quick update on Spec The Halls - I sent $200 to the founder of Spec The Halls earlier today; thank you all so much for your donations and stories this year! If you hurry, you can still read the ones available at http://specthehalls.com/allsubmissions.html .
December 2012
3 posts
Fill up that eReader With Titles From Alliteration...
Did you just get an eReader? A tablet? Maybe a gift card to Amazon or Barnes & Noble? I’ve got some suggestions for you to get your post-holiday read on!
Eighth Day Genesis: An easy-to-read and informative book for writers/game-masters, with twenty authors wanting to help you build your imaginary worlds. Check out the customer reviews on Amazon.
Dangers Untold: For the horror...
Get your holiday reading (and writing) on!
Get some holiday reading on with Spec The Halls, including works from Christopher Stasheff, Rosemary Jones, Pete D’Alessio, and P.A. Gardinali! Check them out (under “All Submissions”) and submit your own story at http://specthehalls.com
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS - SPEC THE HALLS
Spec The Halls looks at the winter holidays - both real and fictional - from a speculative fiction point of view. Fantasy, horror, and science fiction take turns showing us this time of year from a slightly different point of view. The holiday may be fictional or real; it may be Christmas, Yule, Kwanzaa, Festivus, or any holiday we already know and love, or it may be something much stranger.
...
November 2012
5 posts
Donate Money, Help The Red Cross, Get a Book
I just saw Governor Christie on SNL, and he made a really good point in the midst of the jokes. While the danger might be past, the cleanup and reconstruction is just beginning.
I’ve worked with charitable services before, and it’s true: They get donations at certain times of year orrightwhen something bad happens… and then everyone forgets, somehow. Or we get distracted by a...
Part Four of The Interview with The Crimson Pact
As Halloween, All Saint’s Day, All Souls’ Day, and the Day of the Dead swing by, how better to celebrate than demons? Or at least, getting into the heads of authors who brought you the demons of The Crimson Pact. We’ll be running this interview in four parts through Saturday… and check out down at the bottom for a special deal! Participating in this roundtable interview...
Interview with The Crimson Pact - Part Three
As Halloween, All Saint’s Day, All Souls’ Day, and the Day of the Dead swing by, how better to celebrate than demons? Or at least, getting into the heads of authors who brought you the demons of The Crimson Pact. We’ll be running this interview in four parts through Saturday… and check out down at the bottom for a special deal! Participating in this roundtable interview...
Call for Submissions (reprints STRONGLY preferred)...
Our pal R.T. Kaelin, is putting together an eBook anthology with the proceeds to help after Sandy devastated the East Coast. It’ll only be live for 120 days post-publication; all other rights stay with you. He’s primarily looking for work that has already been published elsewhere, mostly so that he can get the thing together quickly. For more information, including ways to contact...
Interview with The Crimson Pact - Part Two
As Halloween, All Saint’s Day, All Souls’ Day, and the Day of the Dead swing by, how better to celebrate than demons? Or at least, getting into the heads of authors who brought you the demons of The Crimson Pact. We’ll be running this interview in four parts through Saturday… and check out down at the bottom for a special deal! Participating in this roundtable interview...
October 2012
20 posts
Roundtable interview with ten of the Crimson Pact...
As Halloween, All Saint’s Day, All Souls’ Day, and the Day of the Dead swing by, how better to celebrate than demons? Or at least, getting into the heads of authors who brought you the demons of The Crimson Pact. We’ll be running this interview in four parts through Saturday… and check out down at the bottom for a special deal! Participating in this roundtable interview...
10% discount on ALL digital titles from...
From now through Saturday, November third, you can get your eBook fix at Alliteration Ink at a discount - 10% off all titles in our digital bookstore.
Whether you’re interested in demon-fighting dark fantasy, horror with a new twist, spy thrillers, high fantasy, or non-fiction, we’ve got a bit of everything… and it’s all on sale through Saturday.
Go to...
Last day to enter to win a FREE paper copy of... →
Interview With Matt Betts, author of "See No Evil,...
It’s a cold chilly day here in Ohio, and it’s a great day to curl up with a fresh, fun take on all the horror, sci-fi, and fantasy conventions that we take for granted. Matt Betts does that in his chapbook of humorous genre poetry “See No Evil, Say No Evil”.
Without further ado, here’s our interview with Matt Betts!
What music do you listen to when you write? ...
Getting ready for NaNoWriMo? We Can Help.
It’s the last leg of planning for NaNoWriMo. Perhaps you already have an idea. Perhaps you’re still searching for inspiration. Maybe there’s something that just has you stuck. Or maybe you’re wondering how you’ll make your story believable once you’re done.
Whether you’re writing about pointy-eared folks with longbows, a couple in modern-day suburbia,...
Spec The Halls Will Be Returning Soon...
I know, I know, it’s not even Halloween yet. And we’ve got that holiday covered - with demons and deathbot/gardenbots and dangers untold (oh my!), so no worries there.
But I’m going to make an initial announcement about the (slightly different) take that this year’s run of Spec The Halls is going to take. I think it’ll help promote more storytelling, sharing, and...
