Jack Walker Press

books for verdant, thoughtful, and joyful living

Turning ideas into books

©by Laura Backes Maybe you’re one of those lucky writers whose head is bursting with ideas. Or perhaps you have one idea that’s been nagging you for weeks, always at the edge of your thoughts. Either way, you’re itching to begin writing. That’s good. But before you rush headlong into your story, stop and ask …

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Help a writer: write a blurb

If someone asks you to write a blurb for a book, it’s a compliment. It wasn’t easy for them you ask you.  No one wants to impose. Writers need blurbs. Your opinion and recommendation have been deemed valuable. A blurb is a bylined recommendation. It can be long or short, and even if it is …

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The subtle and big promise of literary nonfiction

We are thinking about titling our new anthology of literary nonfiction, which collects essays with the theme of transformation and inclusion.  Some of the changes are big–death; some are impactful in less obvious ways–a shift in how we see the racial divides expressed in our family.  This is a literary collection, and we need to …

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Market your cookbook

 by Pamela White Are you imagining divine recipes, luscious photographs?  This is your first cookbook and you look forward to those big royalty checks. So what’s your marketing plan for this book? What are you doing to increase sales? New writers often think the publisher arranges for all publicity. Not true. As the writer, you …

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