Personal Magazine by Wayne T. Dowdy
August 10, 2024, Update: I updated this version of Personal Magazine-2 by Wayne T. Dowdy, with new links to make this better for my readers. For other updates, …. I posted an interview on Smashwords.com, which still needs work because the automated links to my previously published books show two books not available in their Premium Catalog for expanded distribution because I use links to Amazon.com (Rivals).
The reason all my books do not appear under the Interview is because I am listed as the publisher of all my other books, which is true, but I am also the author. Just a matter of technical issues. If you want to read my interview, please click HERE.
Most content from Smashwords has migrated to Draft-2-Digital publishing, which you may access by clicking the links below in other updates that I done 08/10/2024, you can download the eBooks for Under Pressure and Under Pressure-Motivational Version on Draft-2-Digital, Amazon.com, and numerous eBook retailers. The paperback versions are available on Amazon.com (see Links below).
March 1, 2021, Update: My publisher posted this blog for me while I was held inside the United States Federal Bureau of Prisons. Before writing it, I learned that the technical aspects (content) is what determines whether a publication is a magazine versus a book.
My concept of a book was based on physical characteristics (e.g., a compilation of text and or photos bound in a spine and cover, rather than text and or pictures on pages stapled together in the center).
I learned what constituted a magazine after Confrontation Magazine, the Literary Journal of Long Island University, published a submission of mine that the editor chose to publish as a Letter to the Editor, titled, Prison and Khordorkovsky.
The content, not the binding or cover or other physical characteristics, makes a publication a magazine. By combining genres, I unintentionally made Essays and More Straight from the Pen a magazine instead of a book. 🙂
Here is a modified version of what was originally posted before my release.
I own a magazine, two actually. Imagine having a personal magazine for the world to read. When I created ESSAYS AND MORE STRAIGHT FROM THE PEN with Midnight Express Books*, I did not think about it as a magazine, but that’s what it is, regardless of what I thought. All it takes to have a magazine these days is a website to post them on, or some system to publish it by putting it in print for everyone to read.
What was I thinking? Well, I was thinking that I had twelve superb essays to share with all who wanted to read about a variety of topics that involved the infamous “Me.”
ESSAYS ABOUT WHAT? Essays about survival against the odds; essays about love and pain; essays about the cost of crime on human lives from a personal perspective; essays to inspire, to shed light on life from a different perspective; essays that show life inside the American criminal justice system; essays that show the price I paid to become a better man; essays, poetry, and a short story that offers something unique to the reader.
NOTE 08/10/2024: Smashwords migrated content to Draft-2-Digital, where I still offer some of my essays FREE. Check them out now by clicking the link I provided (Draft-2-Digital).
FREE ESSAYS: I periodically make some essays available for free, one of which is “No Sympathy,” currently. Check my authors page for an additional one. Make a request and I will offer a free coupon code (https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/WayneMrDowdy).
You may also purchase the essay for $0.99 at several online outlets. For downloading on a personal computer, use the html format option.
WHAT’S THE “MORE” IN THE TITLE? I wanted to give my readers more for their money, so I added three select poems and one short story, which is what converted my essay collection into a magazine by definition. My personal magazine. I hope you start reading it today by downloading a copy from your favorite eBook retailer. If not that, at least order yourself a paperback from Amazon.com or from your favorite bookstore, which I will really appreciate.
A Federal Bureau of Prisons case manager read Essays and More Straight from the Pen and commented that it contained a lot of wisdom, has parts to make you laugh, and others that were touching, a well-written book and enjoyable read. He said he read it in a couple of days. For that to come from a prison staff member, it’s a great compliment and one that made me proud of what me and Midnight Express Books put together.
Treat yourself by reading it today and then share it with others.* Many people have told me they found something to identify with in it and that it helped improve their outlook upon life.
I did a similar experiment with my first novel, UNDER PRESSURE by Mr. D. Things didn’t work out as I planned. When I created UNDER PRESSURE-MOTIVATIONAL VERSION by Mr. D., I accidentally turned it into a magazine, too. For more on that one, if you haven’t done so already, please read my other blog post, “PUBLISHING & UNKNOWN INNOCENCE.” So, I own two magazines. 🙂
After publishing Under Pressure and the Under Pressure-Motivational Version, I decided to give my readers a better deal by combining the content in Under Pressure with the sequel I was writing, UNKNOWN INNOCENCE. Author Jeffrey P. Frye wrote the Introduction that you may read HERE.
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* Midnight Express Books, P.O. Box 69, Berryville, Arkansas 72616 Email: MEBooks1@yahoo.com
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