Kate Burkett completed Portland State University’s graduate program in Book Publishing in June 2013. From her new home in Fort Collins, Colorado, Burkett talked a bit about what she’s been up to since graduation and reflected on her time in the program (spoiler alert: it was very productive). What drew you to PSU’s publishing program? […]
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The Last of Summer Term
By Sarah Hale
Summer term is wrapping up at the Ooligan office, but Sean and The Wax Bullet War will be maintaining a steady rhythm throughout the entire summer. The first week of August we hit our peak time, with Sean reading in Bend, Seattle, and Tacoma—all in one week! Tonight, he will be at Another Read Through […]
Bringing More than Marriage from idea to reality
By Margaret Schimming
Last spring, the pitch for the anthology More than Marriage was delivered to the Ooligan staff and voted into development. Since then, the team has been working on submission collection and getting the nuts and bolts of prepublication completed. Kate, the project manager for the anthology, has been keeping a record of the weekly goings-on […]
A Conversation with Alum Jonathan Stark
By Paul Dudley
It was my pleasure to have worked on a few academic projects with Ooligan graduate Jonathan Stark. When I met him as a fellow student, he was already had written a screenplay and was producing the indie film Population 2. He developed the Start to Finish program for Ooligan Press, and he is now involved […]
Beyond Start to Finish
By Ooligan PressInterview with Eliot Treichel by Miranda Rabuck Ooligan’s innovative Start to Finish pages, which document a book’s progress from its acquisition to its launch, are valuable to our authors because they give them a behind-the-scenes look at the development of their books. Since many authors think of their books as their babies, the blogging that […]
Start to Finish: From Idea to Reality
By Kate BurkettHi, everybody. My name is Kate. I developed Start to Finish. With the recent attention the project received in Publishers Weekly, I thought people might be interested to know the story of how Start to Finish went from a straightforward idea to the manifestation seen on Ooligan Press’ website today. While web developers have been […]