November Highlights, Low Lights, and, Delight.

A fall to remember... and forget. 

The dismay over what happened this election was tempered, if only slightly, by a few incredible appearances of our titles in prestigious magazines—Orion and Foreword. So honored by both.

 

 “In Secrets of Worry Dolls Impellizzeri winningly weaves together the stories of a mother and daughter ... both women are well drawn, and their stories take surprising turns that deepening their relationship.” — FOREWORD

 “Staffanson explains with awe and humility why he threw over a brilliant career in classical music to work on behalf of Native American values and make them available to a spiritually bankrupt nation.” — ORION MAGAZINE

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“Delight”

One of the wonderful lessons from graduate school this semester was the idea of bringing delight into the book experience, however that might be. I've always subscribed to this delightful philosophy...

Our second book-inspired scented candle ~ I was over the moon when I received my Secrets of Worry Dolls Book Scents Candle, complete with an itty bitty worry doll. Delighted.

Book-inspired seed packets ~ The ARCs of our environmental novel The Promise of Pierson Orchard were accompanied by Zinnia seeds, straight out of the story. Super delighted.

Crazy fun for an entertaining memoir ~ I went way out on a delightful limb with our spring celebrity memoir, giving a fanciful nod to the author's funny and determined spirit, the iconic role she had on 1970s TV and one of her legendary co-stars.

*SPOILER ALERT email me for an advance review copy of RUN, HOLLY, RUN! instead of watching this video

My Master’s Degree in Publishing Update...

I'm thrilled to report—one semester down! Two classes complete and 12 to go, and yes, a 4.0. I'm having a ball. Granted, I get a little defensive when textbooks, guest lecturers, or even the professors belittle the little *ahem* guys. 

I mentioned creating a fake book for one of the classes—watch the beginning of my final presentation, below. (Tip of the hat to Caroline Zani for her Fiverr.com voice-over guy! Too much fun.)

The ironic delight of this project (fake cover, below) came when my research for a fake pie-in-the-sky foreword writer—a celebrity with the disease—turned out to actually be in a real upcoming Spring 2017 Wyatt-MacKenzie book! Whoa. #mycrazypublishinglife #masters@50

Our October Surprises!

We're thrilled to have our titles featured in these prestigious publishing outlets! 

~ WE'VE BEEN BUSY ~

Our December book SECRETS OF WORRY DOLLS (Dec. 2016) is ready, and our January release THE WRONG KIND OF INDIAN (Jan 2017) will ship in about 4 weeks. ARCs for our Spring 2017 releases—MR. CLARK’S BIG BAND from Meredith O’Brien, MANNERS. I KNOW, RIGHT? from Norman Crampton and his team of millennials, and CREATE! by Ronald Rand which I am out-of-my-skull excited about designing—are in the layout department. I'm also extremely happy to be finishing my first semester of grad school! Stay tuned, I might post one of my final projects in the next blog. I thought I enjoyed having a real press, I'm having a BLAST creating a fake one!

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September Highlights at Wyatt-MacKenzie

Lots happened in September...

We were in the New York Post Sunday Book Section with MATILDA, THE ALGONQUIN CAT.

The launch of MATILDA was also streamed live on People Magazine Pets from the Algonquin Hotel in Times Square.

We were in the cover story of Newsweek with NATIONAL SECURITY MOM. I especially loved the ending of the article...“It wasn’t until Bennett’s children got older and read her book, NATIONAL SECURITY MOM, that they grasped just what their mother’s job entailed. 'My 11-year-old, my youngest, just read my book to do a book report at school,' Bennett says. ‘She thinks Mom is awesome and I’ve got the best job in the world.’”

 

We were in Redbook, Cosmopolitan and Elle magazine websites with TRIPLE LOVE SCORE featured in “15 Fall Books You Should Read Based On Your Favorite TV Shows and Movies.”

 And, we had great reviews in Kirkus and Foreword Reviews...

 “A lyrical, compelling coming-of-age story with magical elements.”

“While a sweet tale of a rekindled relationship forms the core of Triple Love Score, the narrative is less a love story and more about a woman’s journey to reclaim her life. Even though it handles heavy topics such as illicit affairs, estranged families, and drug abuse, the novel remains a light read. The upbeat tone provides an effective contrast to the theme that forms the backbone of Triple Love Score: sometimes life gives you what you want but not always in the form you expected.”

”An appealing, humorous introduction to a legendary hotel through a cat’s eyes.”