Book Related Trends

For the past month or so I have noticed a few trends related to the publishing industry or books. I figured it would be interesting to share a few of the things I have noticed and see if anyone has noticed the same things or similar ones. To begin with, I have noticed that some recent ... Read More

The Writing Zone

I got to thinking in the last couple of hours. As I was spending some time in front of my computer writing my own stories, I thought, “How do authors/writers get in the zone to write?” After all, sitting and writing is very important if you want to tell a story or be a published ... Read More

Character Tests

Here are a few fun but surprisingly accurate tests for your characters to decide where their personalities fall. Be warned -- we here at Leucrota do not care much for the Mary Sue character types, so if your number falls in those categories... we strongly suggest that you reconsider your characters prior to submitting. Have fun: http://www.springhole.net/quizzes/marysue.htm http://www.springhole.net/quizzes/kirktest.htm Read More

A blog about blogs

So this blog is about blogs. Apparently, it seems as though blogs are the new big thing. And aside from the fact that blogs apparently make people feel as though everyone is interested in what everyone else is talking about or doing with their lives, blogs are being used as a way to spread information. ... Read More

Publicity: To Mention or Not To Mention…

Here’s an interesting publicity occurrence: An author goes onto a nationally televised show to announce and discuss their new book, and the entire time the author is there no one on the show will say the name of their book or show the cover. This is exactly what happened to Jackie Collins this week on ... Read More

The Suspension of Disbelief

Suspension of Disbelief. Its a term that is familiar to most writers, would-be writers, and editors. In fact, anyone who has taken even an introductory level creative writing course has probably come across this concept. The technical definition of this phrase is “a willingness to suspend one's critical faculties and believe the unbelievable.” So basically, ... Read More

Back from ConJour

Hi, everyone! I'm back from the writers convention in Houston (where I hawked Blood Sin like crazy)and if anyone wants to know about it, I've a blog with pix today at the Pink Fuzzy Slipper Writers http://www.pinkfuzzyslipperwriters.blogspot.com/ It was a great experience and I got to meet some nice and interesting people and do some ... Read More

Interview with the author: David M. Peak

Below is an interview between Leucrota Press Publisher, Danielle Kaheaku, and David M. Peak, author of the upcoming novel The Rocket's Red Glare. Danielle Kaheaku (DK): So The Rocket’s Red Glare is your first published novel, correct? What have you written prior to its publication? David M. Peak (DP): Yes. First published. Definitely not the first I've written, ... Read More

The Death (or Relocation) of the Slush Pile

So, a week or so ago someone pulled an article out of the Wall Street Journal for me. An article called “The Death of the Slush Pile.” I finally got around to reading it this morning over breakfast and I couldn’t help but write about it. Firstly, the title in and of itself is misleading, and ... Read More

Query vs. Submission

Having gotten a few months in submissions under my belt, it has become obvious that very few people actually know what "state whether this is a query or submission packet" in our submission guidelines means. Of course, this isn't the worse mistake an author can make, but I thought I would take the chance to ... Read More