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I blame brooksmoses for the fact that I now have some sort of vague notion that I ought to put out a call for submissions for good Discordian material and Kickstart a spiffy edition thereof.

Last week I went down to Town Hall and registered a DBA, so I am now the owner of an official sole-proprietorship small press. Which currently just produces calendars. But there are plans, many plans.

Basically, I am doing this because after some experience with working for a small POD press I think I can. And because I look at the world of niche pagan stuff and say, "I really wish that I could find a book about...." and the 'about' is something weird and nonspecific and maybe it would be a big deal if it came out but nobody's going to actually do it. And given that I have a lot of relevant knowledge and can pick up some of the rest of the stuff, I feel that, well, if I want these books to happen I should make them happen myself.

Which means that I will be looking to make books happen about:
* narrative and its role in religion from various angles
* historically-rooted mystical practice
* niche reconstructionist Stuff
* local/household/community religion
* and a bunch of stuff that falls out from that set of interests, which includes pop cultural paganism stuff, quirky individual stuff if it's interesting, and anthologies on related topics

Things that are in some level of planning include a volume of collected poetry, a cookbook, a book of Kemetic prayer-songs, and an anthology of experiences and thoughts about dealing with new, "lost", or lore-obscure gods, of things that I am fully hoping and have plans to make happen in the next two years.

I am hoping for (as other specific things I've talked with people about) the possibilities inherent in a book on ancestor practice, at least one topic-specific grimoire, possibly a book or anthology on superhero spirituality (though the person I contacted to possibly collect that one is not sure he can contribute beyond what's in a book that already exists), an anthology dealing with trans-specific religious experiences and rituals, a novel and book of ritual/mythology associated with a religion from the novel because really that works as a set, and a regionally specific reconstructionist ritual/lore/practice book. And something else I asked someone about ages ago which has fallen out of my head, argh, I hope he remembers.

I have done a fuckton of research into profit margins on various POD printers and need to do some more, but my current plan is to go with a mix of printers depending on the work in question, what it needs for a binding, and various other things.

But. That is one of my things that I am doing right now.

I should get the company logo resized so I can usericon it.