At last, our first chapbook has officially launched.  Our launch party on the ning was a howling good time last night, I mailed the first batch of hand-crafted print chapbooks this morning, and the e-books are ready for purchase.

If you missed the launch party, don’t worry.  We still have all our multimedia goodies for you:

• video reading by Jessie Carty of an excerpt from Atom,  How We Met: Her Version
• mp3 reading by Mel Bosworth and J.S. Graustein of an excerpt from Atom, Covalent Bonds
• and a docudrama of how we produce the print edition Atom, embedded below.

And don’t forget that you can get a complimentary pdf copy of Jessie Carty’s The Wait of Atom by signing up for our monthly newsletter:

• send an email to goodness@foldedword.com
• type “subscribe” in the subject line
• tell us what country/state/province you’re in and which e-chapbook you’d like:  Jessie’s or Mel’s

Cheers & many thanks for all your support,

J.S.

So much is happening these days at Folded Word that I can only think in bullets:

chapbook and glimpse at your chances

• Our chapbook giveaway is still on.  You have 25 days left to enter (again).  Details here.  Remember, linking to any of our chapbook-related blog posts from your blog gets you two entries.
• Jessie Carty’s chapbook, The Wait of Atom, will be released on 10 November 2009.  Join us on our ning the evening of the 9th for our Live-Chat Launch to celebrate.
• Pre-orders for the print editions of both our chapbooks are going so well that we’ve had to change our expected ship dates on new orders.  If you order today, Jessie’s Atom will ship on 17 November 2009 and Mel’s Razzed will ship on 26 November 2009.  The pre-order discount and signature option will expire on 1 December 2009, so get your order in soon!

We hope you’re enjoying unFold and PicFic this week.  As always, we’d love your feedback.

Cheers,

J.S.

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Want your first glimpse at the hand-crafted print version of Jessie Carty’s forthcoming chapbook, The Wait of Atom? Then click on over to our Flickr set.

Jessie’s print-edition chapbook is still available for pre-order. Her e-chapbook will be available at the Kindle store and Mobipocket.com on 10 November 2009.

If you’d like to experience audio and video readings of Jessie’s poems, please join us for The Wait of Atom’s live-chat launch on our ning.

Don’t forget that you can get a free pdf copy of one chapbook sent to your inbox by signing up for our monthly newsletter:

• sending an email to goodness@foldedword.com
• type “subscribe” in the subject line
• tell us what country/state/province you’re in and which e-chapbook you’d like:  Jessie’s or Mel’s

Cheers,

J.S.

Halloween's chapbook drawing entries

You have 30 days left before we draw names. So if you want to win a print-edition chapbook (either Jessie Carty’s The Wait of Atom or Mel Bosworth’s When the Cats Razzed the Chickens & Other Stories), give us some love around cyberspace. We’re watching…and taking names:-)

Have you entered yet? If yes, enter again. We’ve still got loads of room in the jar and plenty of tickets, as you can see. Or don’t enter, and give yesterday’s entrants incredible odds;-P

Cheers, J.S.

Pre-orders are now open for the print edition of both our Signature Chapbooks:

• The Wait of Atom by Jessie Carty
• When the Cats Razzed the Chickens & Other Stories by Mel Bosworth

Purchase options and excerpts are available on the “buy” page of our website.

And seeing as it is Halloween, we’re offering goodies to those who knock on our door.  First of all, the offer of a free pdf copy of one chapbook still stands.  Secondly, we’re having a drawing on 1 December 2009 for a free print copy of each chapbook.

Here’s how it works:

1. I’ve got rolls of blank carnival tickets (don’t ask, I’m a mom).  For each entry, I’ll write your name on the back of a ticket and drop it in the contest jar.
2. On 0:01 GMT 1 December 2009, I will pour the entries into my lobster pot and stir them all up.
3. My son will draw one ticket and my daughter the other.
4. We’ll notify the winners and get postal information at that time.

How do you enter?  Join our ning and/or Fictionaut group, RT us on Twitter, comment on our Facebook posts, attend our launch events, and comment on our PicFic stories & unFold poems.  We’ll even give you two tickets if you link to this post on your blog (post a link to your blog in the comment section below to enter this way).

Did I mention that the chapbooks will be signed?  Or that unFold has a launch party tomorrow?  I’ve got LOADS of tickets in my closet.  Please help me use them:-)

Cheers,

J.S.

Jessie's chapbook cover unveiled

Are you ready for a crazy, jam-packed month of literary goodness?  We are.  November at Folded Word will burst at the seams with:

unFold’s launch on 2 November 2009. Catch some of our new Twitter poetry a day early at our “Live Chat Launch” on the Folded Word ning.  Or collect our poetweets in your mobile phone by following unFold on Twitter.  No mobile phone?  Then check out our archive.  No matter how you partake, let’s take this moment to pause and thank the unFold editor that’s cooked up this tasty dish:  Cheers, Rose!

Jessie Carty’s The Wait of Atom chapbook release on 10 November 2009. This will be the first in our Signature Series, which will be released as a hand-crafted print chapbook and as an e-book.  This chapbook contains 19 narrative poems, 17 of which are making their print debut.  You won’t want to miss the quirky adventures of Atom and Zoe.  Jessie’s accessible style truly shines in this collection.

Mel's chapbook cover unveiled

Mel Bosworth’s When the Cats Razzed the Chickens & Other Stories chapbook release on 19 November 2009. This will be the first fiction offering in our Signature Series, also to be released as a hand-crafted print chapbook and e-book.  This chapbook contains 12 short stories, one of which will be exclusively unveiled within its pages.  If you’ve only caught Mel’s tweets, you’re in for a real treat.  His range is amazing.

Pre-orders for both chapbooks will begin on Halloween, so be sure to pop on over here while you’re out Trick or Treating.  Or sign up for our monthly e-mail newsletter to receive a free pdf copy of one chapbook by:

• sending an email to goodness@foldedword.com
• type “subscribe” in the subject line
• tell us what country/state/province you’re in and which e-chapbook you’d like:  Jessie’s or Mel’s

Cheers!

J.S.

As we make the final preparations to launch our new poetry Twitter-zine, we thought you might like to know who’ll be featured in the first few issues.

If you’d like to take part in our “live-chat launch” event, pop over to our ning and sign up.  Rose Auslander (unFold’s editor) and I will be waiting to field your questions via chat there on 1 November 2009 from 12:00-13:00 Pacific time.  We will also have audio and video readings from forthcoming issues available on the ning until 12:00 Pacific the next day.

If you’d like to subscribe to unFold, simply follow “unFold_mag” on Twitter or click the orange RSS button on the unFold archive.

Cheers,

J.S.

As I slid down the Sierra Nevadas on my way home this weekend, I slipped some Heron goodness into the lovely towns along the highway. They’ll never be the same again;-)

Cheers,
J.S.

MSNBC News posted a video story about Twitter fiction this morning. Both David Erlewine (one of our contributors) and myself make an appearance in the 2 minute 24 second clip. Robert Swartwood of Hint Fiction fame is also interviewed.

I tried to embed the video directly here, but WordPress is not cooperating. If you don’t mind commercials, you may watch it at the MSNBC News site. Or our fabulous contributor, Mel Bosworth, has embedded it commercial free on his Blogger site.

Either way, check it out. It’s a lot of fun. And if you are one of our contributors, be sure to watch the screen shots carefully. You might see your work in lights:-)

Cheers,
J.S.

We’re so psyched!!!

More details soon.

Cheers,

J.S.