World Enough and Crime — Our authors and their stories

On October 26, Carrick Publishing is thrilled to announce the release of our latest Excerpt Flight Deck anthology: WORLD ENOUGH AND CRIME. Poet Michael C. Slater kicks off the collection with his piece titled "Crime...Noun". Crime…Noun Michael C. Slater loves words. It all started in grade school with vocabulary tests. Sometimes, it was augmented by… Continue reading World Enough and Crime — Our authors and their stories

Coming soon: World Enough And Crime — the second in our EFD Anthology Series!

And now, at last, EFD2 is on the runway! With a fabulous cover by our own designer Sara Carrick, World Enough and Crime, our multi-author Crime anthology, is well underway. Featuring such exceptional authors as Kevin Thornton, Bloody Words finalist Joan O'Callaghan, John Thompson, M.H. Callway, Steven Moore and the Arthur Ellis Award winner Melodie… Continue reading Coming soon: World Enough And Crime — the second in our EFD Anthology Series!

EFD1: Starship Goodwords is coming to Print!

Good news, Anthology fans! The first in our Carrick Publishing series of anthologies, EFD1: Starship Goodwords, is coming to Print! The expected release date is October 30. Stay tuned for availability news! Buy From Amazon, Kindle Carrick Publishing is pleased to present: EFD1: Starship Goodwords, the first in a series of cross-genre anthologies brought to… Continue reading EFD1: Starship Goodwords is coming to Print!

COMEDY WRITER FALLS RIGHT OVER THE CLIFF ~ Melodie Campbell

Ever make a really bad typo? I mean really bad. My worst ever professional mistake was in an Annual Report for a one-hundred-million dollar corporation, in which an innocent little ‘t’ went missing from the word ‘assets.’ The board was not amused by “This year, we experienced an increase in corporate asses.” Today, I found… Continue reading COMEDY WRITER FALLS RIGHT OVER THE CLIFF ~ Melodie Campbell

Carrick Publishing Presents… EFD1: Starship Goodwords, available Sept. 14/12

Ta da! It is with great pride that we bring you the first in our series of 'cross-genre' anthologies, EFD1: Starship Goodwords, featuring more than 20 of today's talented authors. Now available at Amazon for your Kindle or Kindle App. Compiled and edited by Donna and Alex Carrick, this collection includes: Mystery, Crime, Flash Fiction,… Continue reading Carrick Publishing Presents… EFD1: Starship Goodwords, available Sept. 14/12

Announcing “Beyond the Excerpt Flight Deck” — an opportunity for members only…

And now, our announcement as promised! This will be of interest only to members of the Excerpt Flight Deck FaceBook group: As soon as our group reaches 200 members, we'll set a date to begin accepting submissions to the first of a series of Kindle anthologies designed to feature authors from across all genres. Formal… Continue reading Announcing “Beyond the Excerpt Flight Deck” — an opportunity for members only…

A “Great News” Week at Carrick Publishing…

I can honestly say there are times when Alex and I have no idea where this roller-coaster writing life will carry us next. Of course we have goals and plans -- you can't set off on a journey like this without some kind of road-map. And yet hardly a week goes by without an exciting… Continue reading A “Great News” Week at Carrick Publishing…

Today’s Author: Building a platform, Part II- Networking

So, you’ve got your blog running at full steam… (See Today’s Author: Part I at Carrick Publishing -- Blogging.) You’ve been toiling for weeks, churning out your most interesting thoughts, spinning tales into cyber-space. What’s that you say? Your site had three hits yesterday? Two of them were your mother? How do we entice readers?… Continue reading Today’s Author: Building a platform, Part II- Networking

Today’s Author: Building a platform, Part I

Understatement alert!: The literary world is changing…. Just thought I’d throw that out, by way of introducing my topic: Platform building. Sounds simple, right? We all want to be heard, to have our words reach readers in a meaningful way. With writers of every stripe rushing into Social Media, how can a lone writer hope… Continue reading Today’s Author: Building a platform, Part I

Being Indie Part IV ~ Ignore the Chair, by Jill Edmondson

At Carrick Publishing, we're keenly aware that there are many ways to approach this new Publishing industry of ours. In fact, there may be as many valid avenues as there are authors! The one thing all Indie authors have in common is the need to be highly-proactive in promoting our work. One exciting new author… Continue reading Being Indie Part IV ~ Ignore the Chair, by Jill Edmondson