Solitary Confinement (Issue 8)

The official weekly Forsaken Press Newsletter:

Issue 8: 21/12/2019

From the desk of the President and Editor in Chief, Mr. Cameron Walker.

Hello everyone, its that time of the week once again and I am here with some exciting news and big announcements to make as usual. So strap yourselves in and lets get started. To begin with I would like to take the opportunity to announce an exciting new addition to our blog, Jenna’s Side, the official Forsaken Press reviews page, ran by our lovely Social Media Manager Jenna.

In it she will be conducting open and honest reviews of all Forsaken Press releases to add some insight to the products we release to help potential customers decide whether or not its for them. This week marks the launch of Jenna’s Side (the name aptly given because its her side of the story, and her own little corner of the blog) with her review of The Roots of Marvis Jedd. Each month she will be doing another review of our latest release and giving her honest opinion on it.

It’s that time of year again with the holidays upon us and what better way to celebrate the end of the year than with Christmas Cthulhu? That’s right, Forsaken Press’s newest release “Through the Gates of the Silver Key: The Best Collaborations and Ghost Writings of H.P. Lovecraft” is due out just in time for Christmas with a December 23rd release date. This project is a personal passion of mine as a huge fan of Lovecraft who has been a major influence on my own work. So it is something I have been very excited to work on as a labour of love for the craft. 😉 ….So much so that I decided to make the cover the featured image for this issue of the newsletter and will be doing so with future upcoming releases as well.

The new year will see the launch of our new blog on Blogger to work in conjunction with our wordpress blog to ensure we make the most of the opportunities presented to us by the online blogging community. Although it will feature a lot of the same content as the wordpress blog we have plans to mix things up a bit to give both blogs their own unique feel with some fresh and original content, so they are not just a carbon copy of each other.

In conjunction with this we will also be revamping our Instagram a bit and adding some new content to the Facebook page with easy to locate catalogs for you to view all of our wonderful releases. Don’t forget we also have the re-release of Devil’s Eye coming on December 30th, along with the release of the print edition, just in time for New Years.

Well that’s all from me for this week, the last announcement I have to make is this is the last issue of Solitary Confinement for the year. The newsletter is being put on hold until the January 7th edition, as we scale down our operations over the holiday period to focus on getting the two releases we have coming up in just over a week ready and out by their release dates.

I would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year. It’s been a great ride this past couple of months and we at Forsaken Press have a lot more to come in the new year with four releases scheduled in for the first few months of the year and a lot of big plans for the company to come over the next 12 months. Thanks to everyone who has supported us thus far, we hope you will continue to support us in 2020. We are all very excited and looking forward to what 2020 has in store for Forsaken Press.

With sincerest thanks and best wishes,

Cameron Walker,
Editor in Chief,
Forsaken Press.






Solitary Confinement (Issue 7)

The official weekly Forsaken Press Newsletter:

Issue 7: 14/12/2019

From the desk of the President and Editor in Chief, Mr. Cameron Walker.

Hello ladies and gentlemen,

Welcome to another issue of Solitary Confinement, the official Forsaken Press newsletter. We have a massive issue for you this week with lots of exciting news and announcements to make. First off, as we have been advertising a little bit these past couple of weeks we are now closed for submissions from the 14th of December until the 30th of January for the holiday period and to sort through the submissions we have while dedicating some time and effort to other things that require our attention.

Tomorrow also marks the official release of the first Forsaken Press title released under the company’s banner, Ken Dixon’s, The Roots of Marvis Jedd. An absurdist, satirical take on small town life in the American Mid-West, it tells the story of journalist Clay Reston returning to his home town, a place he despises after a fifteen year absence. You can find it available for purchase on Amazon, Smashwords, Kobo, Scribd and Apple Books.

“Returning apprehensively to his home town of Thune, writer Clay Reston endeavors to document the early years of enigmatic musician and fellow Thune native, Marvis Jedd. At every turn, he is reminded of the many reasons they both left as soon as they could.

The Roots of Marvis Jedd is a satirical, somewhat absurdist portrayal of small town life in the American Mid-West. Baring similarities to the work of existential philosopher Albert Camus, Clay Reston struggles to find a sense of meaning and purpose to his own existence and the people and events taking place around him, while writing a biography on his home town’s most famous son, Marvis Jedd.”

Not only that, but we have another two novels scheduled for release before the year is out with Through the Gates of the Silver Key: The Best Collaborative and Ghost Written Works of H.P. Lovecraft set for release on December 23rd and the second and print editions of Cameron Walker’s tale of pillage, plunder and pirates, Devil’s Eye out December 30th.

We’re all hard at work behind the scenes, with our Social Media Manager Jenna, and our Marketing Manager Ashley, working with us to really make our marketing and social media network something impressive and innovative that offers our authors a lot of exposure, support and presenting a refined and professional image that’s eye catching and easily identifiable. Jenna is working hard on our twitter to bring you all the latest news and updates, while Ashley recently took over management of our Instagram and we are all very excited to see what she achieves with that.

Meanwhile I am hard at work helping to prepare Devil’s Eye by going over it with a fine comb, and perfecting the manuscript for its print and our new and improved second edition release. In conjunction with the myriad of other tasks I deal with while conducting the every day operations of Forsaken Press and preparing some promotional pieces for The Roots of Marvis Jedd and our future releases out later this month. Priest is working hard at designing cover art and formatting manuscripts for their Ebook and print releases. If he escapes with his sanity intact, it may very well be a miracle.

In closing we are also revamping a few things around the place as part of our campaign to enhance our image and ensure Forsaken Press meets its potential, for clients and customers alike. If you’ve visited the blog before you’ll notice a few changes with a sidebar menu and options at the bottom of the page now clearly visible as we seek to flesh the blog out a bit and make it easier to navigate. We also have some new additions coming to the Facebook page and don’t forget to look us up on DeviantArt and Tumblr.

That’s all from me for this week, stay tuned for next week’s edition, which will be the last for a while as we wind things down a bit for the holidays and focus more on behind the scenes developments we have in the works.

Warm regards,

Cameron Walker,
President and Editor in Chief,
Forsaken Press.