Gift and Editing or Publishing Consult! Here's how we'll spend the first hour . . .

Is someone on your list working on a nonfiction or children’s book project? Gifting them an hour consult can help answer many writing, editing, and publishing questions and get them ready to launch their project or continue with confidence in the new year!

Here’s an idea of how the hour might be spent:

• 15 minutes. Author emails manuscript to me (Erin Wood, with more than a decade of publishing experience and more than 15 years of book editing experience). If it’s a children’s book manuscript, I will read the entire book. If it’s a nonfiction book, I’ll read as much as I can in 15 minutes to get a sense of the tone and potential edits.

• 45 minutes. Phone call or Zoom with author.

Discuss writer’s goals and how the consult can be most useful to them.  

Provide initial feedback based on reading and editorial assessment.

Discuss whether writer is more interested in editorial feedback or publishing advice, and depending, either:

Provide advice and suggestions about possible revisions including those related to character, narrative arc, tone, subject matter, etc. If appropriate, suggest reading materials. Discuss potential further editing needs and/or next steps for author revisions.

Provide advice and concrete steps toward publishing such as how to determine when the project is ready to send to publishers, how to find potential publishers, how to develop and write a query letter, and/or steps to take toward self-publishing.

A one-hour consult is $65, and other options are available under the “Consultations” tab at etaliapress.com. If you need something to wrap under the tree or to stick in their stocking, I’ve got printed gift certificates. Got another idea? DM me or email hello at etaliapress dot com. Happy holiday season!

Et Alia Press in Sunday Style Section of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

“A shipment of Sarah-Catherine Gutierrez's new book But First Save 10: The One Simple Money Move That Will Change Your Life was on the way to Et Alia Press one afternoon early in July and publisher Erin Wood was preparing for the onslaught.

"We've got 650 pounds of books coming today," she says. "My daughter is going to be helping put return address labels on all the packages and my husband is printing the address labels in his office."

“This is how things are run at Et Alia, the ambitious, Little Rock-based ‘small press for big voices’ that has published memoirs, children's books, anthologies, poetry, books on fashion, nature and Wood's award-winning 2019 collection of interviews and photography "Women Make Arkansas: Conversations With 50 Creatives," which also spawned the annual Women Make Arkansas Market.

“In the past five or six years, I've really wanted to make this a full-time thing," Wood, 42, says during a telephone interview. "It also became really clear to me that if you were going to publish three to five books a year, why not make them in Arkansas? This is my native state, and we've got lots of stories to tell.

“Georgia author Megan Volpert edited Closet Cases: Queers on What We Wear, which was published by Et Alia in March.

"‘I see Erin at the forefront of this new South we are all trying to build together, something that is a little more progressive, a little more diverse," Volpert says. "If you look at the types of writers she's publishing, it's a very diverse bunch and it's mostly women. She gets a lot credit for being a small, one-woman operation, but not a lot of people look at the very quiet and useful way that her selections have been political.’"

To read the rest of the article by Sean Clancy, CLICK HERE.

Et Alia Press Named Among 5 Independent Presses Publishing Hidden Gems

Thank you to Ezvid Wiki for selecting Et Alia among 5 "Independent Presses Finding And Publishing Hidden Gems.” What a boon to know that our work and our authors are being appreciated during this challenging time.

What a special honor to be included alongside the work of Rose Metal Press, whose books are on our shelves and whose work we’ve long admired.

Founded in 2011, Ezvid Wiki was the world's first video wiki and their YouTube channel has over 500,000 subscribers, with nearly 300 million views since founding.