Self-Publishing? The time is NOW. MERRIMACK MEDIA Will turn your manuscript into the book you’ve always wanted to publish. Our services include editing, book & cover design, publication, distribution, marketing, and sales. Let us help make your book a reality. Click here for information on Self-Publishing Services. 978.710.8075 Self-publishing now, more than ever, has become a [...]
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You’ve been thinking about self-publishing, but what holds you back? This empowering workshop helps you finish your book and develop a marketing plan; everything you need to get started, and the confidence to do so. Take both workshops for $165 (individual price, $90 each) Each workshop is held in an intimate online group with lots [...]
Dissertation Workshop: Meets online
Dissertation Workshop (Humanities and Social Sciences): Dissertation writing can prove tremendously challenging for even the most successful students. Firsthand research has found that exchanging conversation and feedback with a range of readers tends to the quality and hastens the completion of these projects. This workshop aims to recharge the thinking of participants by introducing the perspectives of writers with similar [...]
If you have been looking for guidance in recording a life-story or memoir, our Life Writing workshop provides an intimate online and classroom setting for class members to explore their ideas and share their responses to the life histories drawn up by their peers. We will investigate the fundamentals of character, setting, and point of view while [...]
Become a Better Writer at The Writer’s Table: Ongoing
Are you a Boston area writer looking for writing support and feedback? Merrimack Media‘s new team member, Danny Shain, will help you refine your writing in our monthly critiques called The Writer’s Table, which are limited to five participants so as to ensure one-on-one attention. Danny is a graduate of Union college with a degree [...]
Revenge and Redemption in San Francisco
Author John Nardizzi’s first novel, Telegraph Hill, has recently been published by Merrimack Media. The book follows private detective Ray Infantino as he searches for a missing girl named Tania. The case takes him to San Francisco, the city he abandoned years ago after his fiance was murdered. Thrust into his old city haunts, Ray [...]
Author Sunny Davidson has released her first book with Merrimack Media, Saying Yes to the Unexpected. Written over the course of ten years, the book is a collection of Davidson’s true stories about taking a chance by saying “yes” even when wanting to say no. The results of her bold affirmative stance have included many [...]
A new memoir published by Merrimack Media this week bears witness to a painful past. Lucie Burian Liebman, a holocaust refugee, one of the diminishing few who are still alive, recalls three years of her childhood in “Unconquered: A Tale of a Girl’s Survival During the Holocaust.” The book follows Liebman through the Nazi invasion [...]
If you missed today’s reading at Abigail’s you missed some wonderful stories by Russ Bubas, Tom Marshall, and Loren Schecter.
A really nice feature article about Merrimack Media author Steve Pinkham came out this week in the Bangor Daily News. Pinkham’s book “Old Tales of the Maine Woods” was the focus of the article. In it Pinkham discusses the types of stories in his book, his extensive research process, the influence of his grandmother on [...]
Capturing The Magic of Childhood
Have you ever wondered where authors get their ideas? In our latest episode of The Author Connection radio show, we talk to Joan Landy about the recent publication of her first children’s book Where Are You Going? Joan told us how a stroll through Boston Garden on a snowy night sparked the idea for the [...]
Why it Pays to Have Help Self-Publishing
We’ve heard these questions before, and if you’ve ever thought about publishing for yourself you’ve probably asked them too: “Why am I paying someone else to publish my book when I can do it myself? Is it worth it?” The truth is, you can publish your book by yourself. But if you think all that [...]
Brian Jud Returns to The Author Connection
Book marketing expert Brian Jud made another appearance on The Author Connection last week, discussing the path that took him from the corporate world and into book marketing. He talks about his role as the Executive Director of SPAN (Small Publishers Association of North America), its upcoming name change to AAPSS (Association of Authors and Publishers [...]
New Spring Classes and Workshops are Here
Merrimack Media is excited to announce six new classes and workshops beginning this spring. Whether you’re looking to jumpstart your writing, wondering how to market your book, or interested in how to work in a specific genre, you’ll find great options to really improve your work. How to Be a Click Magnet: Learn how to increase your book sales with social [...]
Self-Publishing Grows Ever More Prestigious
Despite the fact that author and playwright David Mamet is a Pulitzer Prize winner with a long career, he is choosing to self-publish his latest book, according to a recent article in the New York Times. From the article: “The announcement by ICM and Mr. Mamet suggests that self-publishing will begin to widen its net [...]
Self-Publishing Academy a Success
Last Saturday Merrimack Media hosted the first Self-Publishing Academy, a full day seminar designed to give a comprehensive overview of the self-publishing process to authors. Merrimack Media founder Jenny Hudson, editor and consultant Jennifer Powell, writing coach Lisa Abate and social media consultant Leigh Medeiros each gave presentations on various aspects of the book publishing [...]
Does It Grab And Hook Your Reader, or Did They Put It Back On the Shelf?
Your first page might very well be the most important page you write. Not only should it convey genre, style and tone, but it also must grab and hook the reader. That’s why Merrimack Media is offering FREE feedback on the first page of your book. Writers who choose the self-publishing route need extra eyes [...]
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