From the monthly archives:

May 2010

Anxiety…My New Best Friend

by James 05.27.2010

5,172,525 times. That’s the number of edits I’ve made to SELLOUT.
All right, I’m exaggerating, but since early March, I’ve stared at the manuscript so many times, excerpts of the book are probably branded into the whites of my eyeballs. Rewrite after rewrite after f*ckin’ rewrite. Up all hours of the day AND night, trying to [...]

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SELLOUT Edits are… Done!

by Stephanie 05.25.2010

Mission Accomplished! I am happy to report that around 4pm on Sunday afternoon, I finished the final SELLOUT copyedit. Woo Hoo! My primary contribution to the pre-production of TPC’s debut novel is in the bag, off my plate, signed, sealed, and delivered. I’m ready to throw a huge party to celebrate up in [...]

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The Cost of Doing Business, Part 2

by Stephanie 05.22.2010

TPC loyalists may have noticed that TPC has been silent for the past week or so. This silence was the result of a mandated rest, recovery, and time-out period brought on by a major TPC blowout. Now, the TPC three have fought before, as is normal and natural in even the strongest relationships, but [...]

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May Check-In ~ James

by TPC 05.14.2010

James checking in…

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May Check-In ~ Omar

by TPC 05.13.2010

Omar checks in…

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May Check-In ~ Steph

by TPC 05.11.2010

Hello loyal readers! Apologies for the lull in posting–the TPC3 has been hard at work trying to get SELLOUT ready for release. Busy, Busy, Busy! This week, we’re going back to video for individual check-ins. First up, an editing update from Steph…

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Two Many Damn Hats!

by James 05.09.2010

I usually sport a skin-fade, but even if rocked dreadlocks, I still wouldn’t have much hair because I would’ve yanked out half those bad boys by now, just like the weeds in my backyard. I mean, damn, what the hell did we get ourselves into with this whole publisher-slash-small business-slash-author thing? And all at the [...]

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The Cost of Doing Business

by Stephanie 05.07.2010

As Omar mentioned in his last blog, “When Planning Meets Reality“, one of TPC’s greatest challenges (at the moment) is figuring out how to stretch our initial investment to cover the variety of start-up costs associated with launching a new business. When we had our initial funding discussion at the First Power Summit, we [...]

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When Planning Meets Reality

by Omar 05.05.2010

One of my favorite phrases of all time is ‘man plans and the universe laughs’ – a not so subtle wink at how little we control in our lives. Still, as Winston Churchill once famously said, “He who fails to plan is planning to fail.” Here at TPC, we have grand plans, masterful [...]

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A Little About Social Networking

by James 05.03.2010

Be honest: You spend as many hours on the Internet as you do at work. Social networks like Facebook and Twitter take out a big chunk of time you could use on that report your supervisor needs. You don’t just “post” a comment, you ‘tweet” it. When you claim to have 1625 friends, you’re actually [...]

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