Online Exclusive: “Two Hats at Once: A Book Publicist Turns Writer (and Markets Her Own Book Too),” by Caitlin Hamilton Summie.
“I have always believed in marketing a book for its full life, not for a season or a set time period. The one thing I have learned about marketing is that it can be endless.” Caitlin designed her own ads for email blasts such as this one. Sometimes an author is her own best publicist — and sometimes...
Contributor News: Daredevil Costume Designer Paloma Young is Tony-nominated again! And brings plenty of snacks to the ceremony.
Costume designer Paloma Young, who was interviewed for our second issue, “Hunt, Gather,” adds another Tony nomination in 2017 for Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 (that would be the one starring Josh Groban). She already has one statue, for her work on Peter and the Starcatcher in 2012, which won several other high-prestige...
What writers will do to keep paper and pen together …
This month, we celebrate the publication of From Pantyhose to Spandex: Writers on the Job Redux. The book is a veritable cornucopia of odd true tales about zany jobs that writers do to keep the ink flowing. And it happens to feature some of Broad Street‘s authors. The editors, Thomas E. Kennedy (“Prix Fixe,” from our...
Truth Teller Spotlight: Caitlin Hamilton Summie.
“We know that small press publicity is trench warfare …” After decades in publishing, where she carved out a niche as one of the industry’s top publicists and marketing strategists, Caitlin Hamilton Summie has just brought out her own first story collection, To Lay to Rest Our Ghosts, with Fomite Press. The book represents twenty-five years’ worth of story writing,...
Truth Teller Spotlight: Lee Strasburger, Artist.
“To express myself in that ‘calling moment’ is to give my energy in its purest, most positive form….” Lee Strasburger is a painter, photographer, and textile artist who has mounted one-person shows in Japan, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Her work has also been featured in group shows all over the globe. A true...
