Crossroad Press discussion

This is a place you can drop in and tell us who you are and why you have joined our rag-tag band of literary ruffians. We're glad to meet you, whatever the answer. Oh...and be NICE.

Hi!

I'm Jon Recluse.
A big fan of CrossRoad Press.

That orange box is really annoying.....

I'm an author with Crossroad Press and have also read some of their books. David Wilson is a great guy to work with and produces some quality reads.

There we go. Welcome John, and Toby...well, I knew you were here...

Who's John?

The revelator (sorry Jon)

No problem, David.

hi, i'm kathy ptacek, and some of my books have been published by crossroad press. they are also reprinting a number of books by my late husband, charles l. grant.

the folks at crossroad are great ... wonderful to work with, actually.

[i think this is my first posting in goodreads ... heh ...]


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Kathy wrote: "hi, i'm kathy ptacek, and some of my books have been published by crossroad press. they are also reprinting a number of books by my late husband, charles l. grant.

the folks at crossroad are grea..."

Hi, Kathy!
Welcome to GR. It's a great place.
I'm a huge fan of your late husband.
I also have a few of your novels on my shelves.
Pleasure to meet you.

Hey Kathy - see what I made you do? (lol)

that's right, dave! heh!

that's nice to hear, jon. thanks. great to meet you, too!

Not a lot going on in the Crossroad Press group yet, but we're working on it. I've been hanging out with Jon and some others over in the Horror Aficionado's Group.

i'll have to check that out. i'm not sure what all is here right now.

in fact, i'm kind of lost. hahahahaha.

There are lots of things here...but yeah, there's LOTS of things, and it's hard to find all the places that fit well ...

yes ... i guess i'll just keep checking things out, bit by bit ... any recommendations?

Here's what I did. I searched on the GROUPS link at the top. I searched horror, urban fantasy, dark fantasy, etc. and joined the largest I could find... then just looked through the discussions for places to "take part" - never want to just jump in and promote, but as long as it's interesting, that's no problem.

Hey all, I'm Wednes. Writer, reader, internet get-about. My fave horror writers are Jack Ketchum and Stephen King. Come to think of it, I'm suspicious of any horror writer who doesn't like at least 2 books by Stephen King. Seriously.

The last horror book I read that I liked was Joe Hill's Heart Shaped Box. I write for Zombie Zone News (and do author interviews if you've got a relevant book you want hyped), GeekBinge (reviewing TV), and Kinkly.com

Also, I hate marketing.

Lol...welcome to the I hate marketing club...but there we are. Since we ARE the publishing machine now, we sort of have to take up the slack. Heck, you haven't reviewed any of MINE yet.

Whelp, you've got me there. I'll have to add that to my to-do list.

Hello, I'm Paul Wargelin, a Crossroad Press author, copy-editor, copywriter, and proofreader.

I echo Kathy's sentiment about how great the folks at Crossroad are. David's been very kind and encouraging about helping me promote my weird western short story collection, Twisted Tumbleweed Tales.

I've also enjoyed working with David and other Crossroad authors. We have a great selection of genres and titles to choose from, so browse around because you'll definitely find something worth reading.

Great to meet you Wednesday and Paul!

Paul in particular saved us recently. As many of you know, author Tom Piccirilli is still recovering from a serious surgery. Paul (who does this for a living and usually gets paid) volunteered his time to proof the galleys for Tom's novel NIGHTJACK so we could do it in paperback and hardcover...welcome indeed, Mr. Wargelin.

Hello, Everyone!

I'm Bill. New to Crossroads Press works, but looking forward to checking some of them out.

Plus, Toby shot me an invite (Hi, Toby!) and I see Mr. Recluse is here, as well, so I know CP has got to be good (Hi, Jon!)

Hiya, Bill!

Hi, Jon!! Glad to see that you were here :)

Thanks! :)
Glad to see you here, too!

Welcome aboard Bill. Plenty of things to come...

Thanks David. I was very happy to help out and I'm glad to hear that Tom is on the mend.

And I highly recommend NIGHTJACK. I was riveted throughout my "job" of proofing it. :-)

Bill wrote: "Hello, Everyone!

I'm Bill. New to Crossroads Press works, but looking forward to checking some of them out.

Plus, Toby shot me an invite (Hi, Toby!) and I see Mr. Recluse is here, as well, so I ..."

Good to "see" you, Bill!

Aloha chummies! Swimming by to say hi!

It's the mermaid lady!

hi i'm mari. i'm a writer and a reader and an editor. and stuff.

And stuff (lol) Welcome to the fun house. Activity here is in spurts... so much happening.

Wheeeee!

David wrote: "And stuff (lol)

hey, it's a ... list. :D

Toby wrote: "Wheeeee!"

hello there.

Hi Mari. I wrote message #3 way up at the top :) Nice to meet you.

Dave, package heading your way. Don't let the ticking inside bother you.

Hey, hi Tobi, hi Mari. Hi Paul, Bill, Ashley. Hope I didn't miss anybody. Wheeeee!

Something I've noticed or am I just a bit slow on the uptake. More and more, it seems I can't dip a toe online without having a talking or singing ad appear. It's gotten pretty bad. And more than ever, single or dual words become highlighted plugs for products. Very science-fiction-y. Big Brother Sales Pitch is Watching.

Hello, everyone! Haven't had time to introduce myself until now. I'm Ashley (the second Ashley in this thread, it appears), and I've done some editing for Crossroad Press.

Hey Ashley - welcome to the new monkey house.

Hi, I'm Stephen Moore, children's author. I'm new to Goodreads and new to Crossroad Press, so I'm still trying to find my way around... David is in the process of bringing out my backlist as ebooks. 'Tooth and Claw' and Skin and Bone' are already out if anyone wants a look. Just as important... say hello.

regards, Stephen

Hey Stephen. It's been quiet here, as I've been prepping for an umpcoming blog tour, and had to write 27 entries of variuos types for my 'hosts'...

Welcome one and all!

Sounds like a lot of work, David!

Hi David, good luck with the blog tour... let me know how it goes...

Welcome Bill...

Hello,

Starting at the end of November, I began Proofreading/Copy-editing for Crossroad Press. Thank you David and David for having me aboard. I'm looking forward to checking in here and meeting people from the group. For now I just wanted to say hello. So...Hello everybody =^_^=

Hi there, Tony!

Wednesday wrote: "Hi there, Tony!"

Hello Wednseday :)