Ford Knows Books
Mr. Troy Ford, Queerolina, Michael Steele, Caroline Osella (they/them), Dan Pal, Ellis Scott, Dana DuBois, Elle WatersEssays, stories & curiosities | Home of the Pink Sheep novels "Lamb" and "Waterspout" - "The Books We ❤️ Club" - and "The Road to Published" - the choose-your-own-adventure approach to writing and publishing books
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Postcards: An Author Exchange with Ellis Scott & Troy Ford
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I’m so pleased to offer this wonderfully candid exchange of notes between me and fellow LGBTQ+ literary fiction author , whose debut novel, Night Terminus from Dundurn Press, is a lyrical and atmospheric epic of...
Why I ❤️ Laurie R. King’s “The Beekeeper’s Apprentice”
I’ve been a huge Sherlock Holmes fan since I was a teen—Jeremy Brett, strange and startling as he sometimes was, will always be my go-to Holmes. I’ve read all the collected stories, and watched all the movies and shows (including, most rece...
The Costs of Indie Publishing: Adam Frankenstein, Debut Author
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Why I ❤️ Toshikazu Kawaguchi’s "Before the Coffee Gets Cold"
I haven’t read Before the Coffee Gets Cold yet, but after reading Rebecca Elise’s thoughtful reflection, I’ve got it sitting at the top of my teetering To Be Read pile. What begins as a whimsical premise—a coffee shop where you can travel b...
The Costs of Indie Publishing: State of the Biz
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90% of independently published books sell fewer than 100 copies over their lifetime, according to a commonly cited industry estimate.
Let that sink in.
Compare that to traditionally publi...
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Authors
The writers behind this newsletter.
Award-disdaining Author, Exile & Kook | Qstack - Highlighting the queer writers of Substack | Ford Knows Books - Books with a side of self-publishing chaos | The Pink Sheep Novels: Lamb and Waterspout | Assoc Producer - This Queer Book Saved My Life
We exist to empower ourselves, empower each other, and empower connection — building community, documenting history, and making sure Queer life across the state gets found, joined, and never forgotten.
Michael Steele is a full-time teacher and part-time writer in California.
Rewilded Anthropologist. Ex academic anthropologist in UK. Now a freelance writer. Big WIP is a (you guessed) campus novel. On Campus is issue-based but character-driven. Stay with me through 2026 to hear more. Excerpts on Substack (for now).
Dan Pal has been a Film Professor at DePaul University in Chicago, Film Critic, Director, Screenwriter, Festival Programmer & memoir writer. He writes about film, television, and music at https://danpal.substack.com/
Author of Night Terminus www.ellisscott.ca
Memoirist & cultural essayist. GenX word nerd. I write out loud. Co-host & booker: The Daily Whatever Show. Fine feminist. Loves storytelling, karaoke, ectomorphs, her two teens, and Oxford commas. Loathes the RHCP.
Fueled by chocolate and canned wine, Elle Waters writes steamy small town gay romances with guaranteed happy endings. Subscribe for updates on her fiction.
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