So, part of why I have been quiet is because I felt, though I did not put the right words to it at the time, like I was having to fight my now former publisher at every step of the author process. I had gotten so disheartened, that I don’t think I typed more than 10k words in 2023 that wasn’t just updates or glassware research. Paperbacks were promised and teased, but yet formatting wasn’t right and before I knew it, almost 2 years had passed and I hadn’t even seen a picture of this box of prints to preview for release. As an author trying to help a friend get her publishing business going, that hurt. A lot.
Fast forward to last week. I had started getting back into the saddle with a list of shorts for anthologies, both with DSS and Dragon Soul Press, when DSS contacted me with some odd news and changes, seemingly targeting me for personal and professional beliefs. After communicating back and forth, and finding out that some professional advice was misread and taken wrong, DSS dropped me. I wish them all the best luck in the future, though I nor my works will be a part of it.
So, what happens when an author with a surprisingly strong background in business management needs a new place to publish? She gets talked into starting up her own Indie publishing company.
And so will begin Iron Umbrella Publishing. I am starting to tag it as the company publishing my own books as I settle paperwork, forms, fees, and other legalities over the rest of this year. I will post here with updates as to my own works and progress on IUP as it goes. Stay tuned within 12 months or so for when I begin opening up for new authors!
As for my own works: Stan Bubbles is once again live, soon to be across the board! Not all the stores carrying him are showing on his UBL, but there’s only 4 stores yet to list him. Keep checking back or search him on your favorite store! PAPERBACKS INCLUDED! https://books2read.com/SBEOMD
Genysis: I have a few additional stories and tidbits I intend to add in. Pre-Orders are slated to go live in a few days with a full release on June 15th.
Country Fangs: Currently in continuity edits with plans in the works for professional edits by Shelleys Editing Services. Cover has been changed from the romancey one provided by DSS to a more… thrillery one. 😉 Pre-orders slated for June with a release of Halloween.
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