Saturday, July 14, 2012

Study The Masters - Writers, Illustrators, Publishers...

Yorli Huff, Turtel Onli, Eric Battle, Mshindo Heru Kuumba I. Afua Richardson, N. Steven Harris,  Uraeus/Jaycen Wise Study The Masters - The DuSable Museum's 38th Annual Arts & Crafts Festival / Chicago 2012

As the journey of writing towards publishing continues, one must take the time;
to brainstorm
create,
edit,
finalize,
legalize,
promote,
publicize,
market,
sell,
distribute
in hopes to fulfill the hopes and desires that you have for the product that you've worked hard for.
The road of self-publishing is a long road and sometimes for the artist..a lonely one...

However, there's strength in numbers..
Power in Unity and
this creates opportunities to share experiences, success and failures.
As an artist, as a person you can bridge the gap between what you know and what you don't by networking...
and once you do, you will be surprised at what you learn when you study those that came before you.

Read, Analyze, Adapt & Execute
and become a Master.

Pharaoh

Monday, July 2, 2012

A Relaunch & Remix...NKOSI Publishing Blog 2.0

Peace to all of those who have followed NKOSI Publishing on Twitter and Facebook.
I've posted a great deal of links about publishing and writing etc on those platforms, as well as info about my projects.  However, I've neglected the blog....not anymore.

1st there's the official banner. I've used it on the Facebook page, NKOSI Publishing.

Real quick, I've learned a great deal and there is much more to learn about writing and publishing.  The art and craft, as well as the business is balancing act, that many are trying to master.  Its not just about completing the best story you can write (though it is most critical) but also there's edits, social media etc.  Its fun and challenging as well.

I"m going to keep this short for the 1st post but because there's some writing to be done, some edits to make and world building to dive into...but rest assured there's more to come!

Stay Creative,
Pharaoh