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Slant of Light launch event photos

bsp — Wed, 02 May 2012 21:51:28 +0000

Thanks to everyone who came out to Subterranean Books for Steve Wiegenstein’s launch event for his debut title, SLANT OF LIGHT. For those who couldn’t come, here’s a few photos of Steve and the standing room only crowd.

How to Become a Great Writer in 3 Months

bsp — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 20:14:30 +0000

We recently gave a BSP applicant the following advice that could apply to many other authors as well. Finish your current novel within a tight timeframe. Maybe give yourself 2 months to finish it, or start a new novel and give yourself 3 months. You need to prove to yourself that you can do this. [...]

Why Is The Hunger Games Universally Popular?

bsp — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 21:48:48 +0000

With The Hunger Games movie coming out tonight, the meteoric rise of the books have been the talk of the town. Turns out that there’s no Rowling-esque story at the origin of The Hunger Games; Suzanne Collins was already an established writer with a young adult series under her belt. According to a Salon.com article, “Scholastic bought “The Hunger [...]

Slant of Light Cover Selection!

bsp — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 05:44:13 +0000

Thank you all who voted and offered feedback on the cover of Steve Wiegenstein’s debut novel, Slant of Light. We’re really happy with the end result:

We randomly selected one of the commenters on the cover selection entry, and the winner of a copy of Slant of Light is Ellen [...]

“Slant of Light” Review

bsp — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 16:36:27 +0000

The early reviews are starting to come in for Slant of Light, and we like what we see!

Book Review: SLANT OF LIGHT by Steve Wiegenstein

Blank Slate Press

Review by Margo L. Dill
Published in the Champaign News-Gazette (Champaign, IL)

Steve Wiegenstein is a debut novelist with a brand new, independent publisher. [...]

A Must-Read Post for Authors

bsp — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 04:14:56 +0000

One of our authors, Fred Venturini, posted a must-read blog entry about his first year as a published author. Lots of honest insights here. The last one might be my favorite, because it’s so true, and so frustrating:

Read the blog entry.

Some Questions and Answers About Blank Slate Press

bsp — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 23:01:29 +0000

Here are a few questions we often receive from authors. If you have any other questions, feel free to leave them in the comments section.

What kind of books do we publish? Novels. We publish novels. We’re open to any type of novel in any genre. If we love the novel and we think we [...]

Cover Voting!

bsp — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 23:08:35 +0000

PLEASE VOTE for the one SLANT OF LIGHT cover concept you like best. From the very abstract to the photographic to the historical, we’ve got very different design ideas to consider. Please feel free to share your comments–we’ll take all votes and comments into consideration. And if you vote and leave a comment (tell us [...]

Authors, Ego, and True Stories

bsp — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 22:44:22 +0000

I wrote most of my first novel my senior year of college, way back in the golden days of 2003. As many first novels are, it was semi-autobiographical, and at the time, it was brilliant. An instant bestseller, in my mind.

It stalled out, and a year later, I went back and read over it. [...]

A Case for Blank Slate Press

bsp — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 22:49:54 +0000

We’ve been following the rapidly-changing publishing landscape and, of course, that includes the entertaining ongoing dialogue between two well known self-published authors and advocates, JA Konrath and Barry Eisler (the guy who famously turned down a $500,000 advance to self publish instead). Their latest discussion centered on Hachette’s internal memo about the value [...]