Everyone in Michigan should care about what’s happening with our state’s marijuana legislature right now.
Yes: I mean you.
Because, whether you realize it or not, it affects us all. Every one of us either is, or has in our life a person who at one point or another will…
Hey there! Long time no read.
COSGRRRL the digital magazine has not only gone to print — it’s created a monster. More specifically: a new indie press called creativeonion Press, which specializes in fiction, poetry, and nonfiction by outsider authors.
What does that mean for you?
Well, one of a…
My colleague here on Medium, Jessica Wildfire, recently published a piece titled “I’m a Teacher. I’m About to Quit.”.
I’ve always enjoyed Jessica’s work, and I have a lot of respect for her and many of her views. I have to say I really didn’t enjoy the flavor of her…
It’s a real buzzy word right now. Anti-colonialist. It’s often paired with anti-capitalist, and sometimes swapped for anti-imperialism.
It conjures the image of a black-clad, umbrella armored hooligan busting bank windows to destroy the system, doesn’t it?
In the context of literature, it conjures a spectacle of radical manifestoes —…
Let me tell you a little story from my life, as an indie book publisher.
*spoiler alert:* It’s about how Amazon fucks over small business. I know: shocking.
Let’s start by pointing out that when I, as a publisher, sell books through Amazon (as I must, to survive in the…
creativeonion Press celebrates outsider voices with release of first two black-authored titles, forges ahead where mainstream publishers fear to tread
“There’s something freeing about having little left to lose,” says creativeonion Press founder and publisher, Marjorie Steele. “For me, starting the press wasn’t so much a conscious decision, as it…
“This is the most important book of the year,” says Manny of Duvay Knox’s new novella, SOUL COLLECTOR, on Amazon’s book reviews. “I LOVED this book!” says Douglas. …
No seriously. Buy my books. On creativeonionpress.com, not on Amazon. Tell your friends.
This is a hard post for me to write. I’m not much for the hard sales pitch, and believe it or not, I really hate being aggressive. It’s against my nature. But it’s even more against my…
The sound of Rush Limbaugh’s voice is the sound of my childhood.
It’s very strange, and confusing, the effect it has on me. On the one hand, it’s full of positive associations: hanging out with my dad in his pole barn, or his workshop. Dad snapping off the radio and…
