Mountain Ash Press

21/06/2024

Exciting news for our press. Our client Carla Stotckton's new memoir is slated to come out later this year, and you can now pre-order your ebook.

This book is rich with the challenging questions of power, agency, and identity for women in 20th century America.

Pre-order your copy now through the link on our website. (Link in bio.)

20/06/2024

A Thursday writing prompt.
What is the story behind this photo?

19/06/2024

What about you? What fuels your writing? Solitude? The hustle and bustle of a city? When do you feel most at peace in your writing practice?
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18/06/2024

The view out the window. Where do you like to write?

13/06/2024

I, Caroline, worked on my book for several years. Now that it's coming out soon, I have to admit I'm nervous. How will it be received? Will it sell?

If you are having the same thoughts please don't hesitate to reach out!

12/06/2024

In the next couple of weeks, we are going to be recording more Riffs on Writing where we "answer your writing and publishing questions in 10 minutes or less" over on YouTube.

What questions do you have about writing practices? Publishing strategies? Marketing? We'd love to help you directly with a video.

Share your questions below, please. And be sure to follow our YouTube channel (link in bio) to keep up with our videos. THANKS.

11/06/2024

Sometimes we need to step away from our work in order to see all of its details.
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10/06/2024

The stories of how we survive, of our own suffering, of our own delight - they all matter.

07/06/2024

Ya'll, it's Andi here. Caroline is working away on her book and some other things, and so I'm just stopping in to tell you that we are grateful for you.

We are grateful for your likes, for your shares, for your purchases of our author's books.

Thank you from the bottom of our word-loving hearts.

05/06/2024

Sometimes, writing books can be quite pedantic with exact "rules" for how to write.

We don't believe that any one writing process works for every writer. Instead, we like writing wisdom that allows us each to be ourselves in the process of writing.

Today, we're sharing a list of books - via our affiliate link at Bookshop.org, a great supporter of indie bookstores - that give wisdom but not prescriptions. Hope you can find something you enjoy there.

Find the list here - https://bookshop.org/lists/worthwhile-writing-books

04/06/2024

These are six of the books that we have published or have forthcoming this year. Stay tuned for exciting news about the next three books we'll have out in the next few months.

It's the best part of this work - helping people get their words into print. What a great job!
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03/06/2024

The validation of a publication contract, or an agent's acceptance, or a sales goal - those things are all great for writers.

But the real power of writing is that it lets us be, fully, ourselves if we choose to embrace all of who we are.

We'd love to see you embrace all you have to say.
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30/05/2024

What is behind the gate?

29/05/2024

Writing Prompt - What is happening here?

[Image description - a man in a fedora and a suit is sitting in a leather chair next to a big bear, who is leaning toward him.]

28/05/2024

Do you have questions about writing or publishing? We are here to answer them. You can always book a free call with us or send us a message and we'll answer it on our next episode of Riffs on Writing.

27/05/2024

On this Memorial Day here in the US, we remember those who have fallen. It is, in a way, a day of collective memory.

24/05/2024

Andi here to tell you some of the most exciting news in the world - Caroline's book, Your Roots Cast A Shadow, is coming out on December 17th, and you can pre-order it NOW.

The book is part memoir, part cultural reflection about her family's experiences in Europe, the Soviet Union, and around the world. It's a story of being displaced and then finding home again. And it is beautiful.

I hope you will preorder it now because Caroline is a beautiful writer and has done the hard work for finding a publisher, a Simon and Schuster imprint at that, and deserves all the accoloades for this lovely book.

Order your copy at the link in our bio. No, really go order it now.

23/05/2024

Coffee? Check. Pastries? Check. Now we just need the people!

22/05/2024

Marketing is one of those things that is profoundly challenging for almost every writer, and yet, if we want readers, it is also very necessary that we rise to the challenge.

This book was profoundly helpful to Andi as she began her full-time career as an author. It's all about mindset but also strategies for finding readings. Tim Grahl is a generous writer, and if you're trying to sell books, this one is an essential for your library.
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21/05/2024

So many flats, so many stories!

20/05/2024

Perhaps this is one of the most important things about writing - that it can quite literally save us and heal us.

16/05/2024

Picture yourself at the very top of a ferris wheel. What do you see?

15/05/2024

In this week's video about writing, we're talking about the secret (okay, it's not really a secret) to great memoir. Check it out below.
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14/05/2024

A foggy day at the beach.
Close your eyes for a moment, and pretend you are standing in the middle of this photograph.
What do you see?
What do you hear?
What do you smell?
What do you feel?

13/05/2024

Notebooks full of ideas. Napkins scratched with character sketches. Middle of the night scribbles on the inside covers of books. Writers are idea collectors.

Sometimes that collection can feel like weight, like we have to do something with all those ideas, but what if, instead, we do what Kleon suggests and choose those that serve us best.
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10/05/2024

The number one thing that most people find difficult, in our experience, about the publishing process is marketing. It feels very hard and very overwhelming. We totally know.

But we can also help. We offer coaching on marketing for authors, and we'd love to chat with you about how we can help. Check out the link below and book a free call with us.

Book your free call here. https://calendly.com/mountainashpress/30min

09/05/2024

Sometimes we need to escape to a land of fairies and magic.

08/05/2024

If you have a book out or plan to have one out soon, today we're talking about the five essential things you need to have in your set-up. Check out the video and then like and subscribe for more.

Watch the video here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6OIQI8g8LU

06/05/2024

Most of us know that words have power, despite what the children's nursery rhyme says.

Most of us have a hard time remembering that our words are powerful when in the midst of creating them.

Maybe we need to try to remember more.
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04/05/2024

Something for us to think about today.

"One wants a room with no view."