Preview copy of Shadow Song, Lorina’s historical fantasy novel, is now on its way from Lulu Publishing. One step closer to the expected release date of September 1, 2007. From a Canadian Author Arises a Canadian Historical Fantasy about the Mysteries of Upper Canada’s Backwoods In a sea of American literature comes the truly Canadian voice of Lorina Stephens, author of Shadow Song, the fourth publication and first novel of this Ontario born and raised…
Lorina’s new anthology of speculative and fantasy short stories, And the Angels Sang, is nearing completion and slated to be released mid-summer. Updates to follow very soon!
Gather any group of writers together and you’ll often hear conversation eventually turn toward annual income, infrequency of royalty statements and payments. Get them in full blow and you’ll find complaints about lack of promotion from their publishers, difficulties with book signings, gripes about contracts, and unreliability of agents. The list can be as impressive as the rejection slips the writers accrued along their way toward publishing success. Enter the burgeoning world of Print on…
Where is the Cooperage?It being re-enacting season once more, many of you have inquired why you cannot order cooperage through our website. The answer remains as it has been for some time, unfortunately: Gary still has orders in hand to complete, and stock to make, before once again opening our online store to cooperage orders.The next question usually is: When? We wish we could give you a definite answer. All we can say is hopefully…
A rule of thumb for wet cooperage is: once wet always wet. You may store your vessel filled with water indefinitely. Simply change the water monthly, and add a teaspoon of baking soda to the water to ensure the wood remains sweet. We highly advise people to refrain from using chlorine bleach, as we have recently discovered bleach causes the cells of the wood to corrode, rendering the wood porous.If you do not have facility…