Castle Gate Press is unusual in several ways. One of them is in our team editing approach. The contests where we’ve been entering our books often ask who the editor of the book is, leaving space for the name of one editor. This is apparently the common way for the big publishers to do it, with […]
So you want to write a book review…
By Associate Editor Marisa Deshaies Book reviews online are bombarding social media. More and more people have their own blogs dedicated to book reviews, host giveaways and prize packages, chat with authors for interviews, promote novels of all genres, and display the various book review programs in which they participate. Social media sites such as […]
Marisa Deshaies
Associate Editor Marisa Deshaies can be summed up in one simple phrase: her life is a way with words. A lover of stories since before she can remember, Marisa cannot imagine life without books. She is a professional editor and book reviewer with too many books on her hands but never enough to keep her […]
A story midwife finds inspiration in her faith
Today we hear from guest blogger Marisa Deshaies. I have always been a reader — the power of stories consistently bewitches me. Some readers are also authors, writers who pen creative literary stories from their own imaginations. I have not been blessed with that gift, but I am still a writer, just one of different […]
Our staff
Editorial Director Suzanne Hartmann’s love for the written word has led her to work in nearly every aspect of the publishing industry, from library clerk, bookstore cashier, and distributor for a popular educational publisher in past years to her current work as an author, editor, and used book reseller… More Chief Executive Officer Phyllis Wheeler‘s […]