For a look behind the scenes from concept to multiple finished products and a developing brand identity, check out the “From the Editor’s Desk” series below:
- From the Editor’s Desk #0: Initial Steps, incl. Call for Submissions, Seeking Help
- From the Editor’s Desk #1: Background Operations and Overall Timetable
- From the Editor’s Desk #2: Updates on submissions and draft contract for all contributors
- From the Editor’s Desk #3: Sorting through submissions, knee deep in the process
- From the Editor’s Desk #4: Building an author community + considering book design
- From the Editor’s Desk #5: Budgeting update, the halfway mark (~35k wds) + building a setlist for a book
- From the Editor’s Desk #6: Third-Person Bios (advice)
- From the Editor’s Desk #7: Rapid-Fire Updates + letter to contributors
- From the Editor’s Desk #8: The Big Picture / Project Management
- From the Editor’s Desk #9: Call for Submissions Closed + Note to Contributors
- From the Editor’s Desk #10: Logos + What’s Next
- From the Editor’s Desk #11: In which we solve a potential contract problem…
- From the Editor’s Desk #12: Editing: organization and preventative steps
- From the Editor’s Desk #13: Defining Success, and Author Interview Request: Contributor Email
- From the Editor’s Desk #14: Beginning the contributing author interviews, and what I plan to do with those videos
- From the Editor’s Desk #15: Author Interviews Update (and a draft interview), Internship News, and Process Updates
- From the Editor’s Desk #16: July’s notes on the editorial process, the start of the text pour, etc.
- From the Editor’s Desk #17: Editorial notes are out on 35 of 35 stories; 26 of 35 stories edited and poured; interior design in progress; copyright question
- From the Editor’s Desk #18: Almost ready to kinda almost finalize the interior design! Updates here from the end of July 2024.
- From the Editor’s Desk #19: Trigger Warnings? What to do… what to do?
- From the Editor’s Desk #20: Editorial Update—All Edits are In! Galleys forthcoming…
- From the Editor’s Desk #21: Cover Reveal + Author Bios
- From the Editor’s Desk #22: Call for Submissions – Dread Mondays
- From the Editor’s Desk #23: So many moving parts at Whisper House Press, but we’ll be ready for test printing (Costs of Living) inside a week
- From the Editor’s Desk #24: Kickstarter Campaign Development for Costs of Living
- From the Editor’s Desk #25: Responding to Submissions for our call for Dread Mondays stories
- From the Editor’s Desk #26: Costs of Living Kickstarter project page is live for follows; report on submissions (and reviewing submissions) for Dread Mondays
- From the Editor’s Desk #27: Submissions rolling in for Dread Mondays… budget worries, Appearances at FanX, and more
- From the Editor’s Desk #28: Need help reaching BIPOC writers
- From the Editor’s Desk #29: First pass on Dread Mondays submissions underway! (Here’s what I’m looking for…)
- From the Editor’s Desk #30: The long road to publication—marketing for Costs of Living is underway
- From the Editor’s Desk #31: Finding Advance Readers for Costs of Living
- From the Editor’s Desk #32: Close of Dread Mondays submissions, entering second (and third, and fourth) round of reviews — quick Costs of Living updates
- From the Editor’s Desk #33: Budgeting for Dread Mondays + brief updates on submissions review process
- From the Editor’s Desk #34: Marketing in Publishing, Site Data
- From the Editor’s Desk #35: First email out to all Dread Mondays contributing authors after conclusion of review process
- From the Editor’s Desk #36: The Kickstarter Campaign is 3ish Days From Closing – Here’s what I’ve learned . . .
- From the Editor’s Desk #37: End Kickstarter + A recent brainchild: the “Independent Horror Publishing Consortium”
- From the Editor’s Desk #38: Kickstarter After Action Notes, Editing Procedure, Marketing Machine for 2 Anthologies
- From the Editor’s Desk #39: ISBNs, Cover Design, Back Cover Copy, and the intricate dance betwixt these elements
- From the Editor’s Desk #40: Authors who’ve worked with WHP have nice things to say. Collecting their thoughts seems like a good idea.
- From the Editor’s Desk #41: Featured Stories Workflow Notes
- From the Editor’s Desk #42: Style Guides & Style Sheets
- From the Editor’s Desk #43: Kickstarter Updates, Production News, and Promotions / Marketing Lessons
- From the Editor’s Desk #44: SO MANY UPDATES (the gist: deadlines approaching, lots of motion)
- From the Editor’s Desk #45: Quick update on the galley proof process
- From the Editor’s Desk #46: Galleys are in process; quick update on editorial passes
- From the Editor’s Desk #47: WHP’s first novella contract details
- From the Editor’s Desk #48: Marketing for two book launches: graphic design, “tour dates” poster, promotional packages for authors, etc.
- From the Editor’s Desk #49: Approaching the release of Costs of Living &tc.
- From the Editor’s Desk #50: We Have Liftoff.
- From the Editor’s Desk #51: What’s Next (StokerCon26, Year One anthology)
- From the Editor’s Desk #52: The Mountains and Plains Independent Bookseller Association FallCon in Denver, CO — building relationships and establishing a distribution network
- From the Editor’s Desk #53: Lessons Learned. Project Updates.
- From the Editor’s Desk #54: Seeking Diversity in the Face of Algorithmic Ethnocentrism and a Desire to Avoid AI / Scam Submissions
- From the Editor’s Desk #55: Year-End Updates for WHP Contributors
- From the Editor’s Desk #56: Oops! I underpriced my books…
- From the Editor’s Desk #57: A Drafted AI Policy
- From the Editor’s Desk #58: AI Uses Apart from Creative Work
- From the Editor’s Desk #59: Oops! (another mistake!)
- From the Editor’s Desk #60: Copyright Law for Anthologists and Authors (more lessons learned)
- From the Editor’s Desk #61: Workflow and Transparent Communication
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