Whoring for a Literary good cause

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Short version: vote for Dzanc, here, please. kthxbai

long version:

I am involved with a non-profit publishing company which does far far more than just publish. It's called Dzanc.

On the publishing side, we seek out new authors in the field described as "literary fiction" -the serious stuff. We help them out of the Catch 22 created by todays marketing strategies. Big publishing companies either need an author's name to be known, or they need to be able to slot their work into one of their predefined style (marketing) categories. If they can't "put their finger on" exactly what it is that makes your work good, then they can't market it, so you're rejected. Dzanc seeks to right this wrong. among many other worthy literary aims.

On the not-quite-so-publishing-oriented side, we send writers into schools to mentor students, and we publish the students' work. Also, we award the Dzanc Prize -monetary help for an author to set up a literary community service, such as work with cancer patients, their families and caregivers.

There's a cash grant available from Chase Bank, but it's awarded on the basis of a public vote. So, if you like the sound of what we do (or don't care but love to vote online), please go onto facebook and vote for Dzanc.

Here's the official blurb about how to vote:

The voting is being done through Facebook, just click here, and all you need to do is log in and search for Dzanc Books and vote for us to help us out. If you have a Twitter account, you can pass along the news to all of your subscribers with a simple click of the mouse. Likewise, we would appreciate your contacting all your Facebook friends and asking them to vote for Dzanc.

And here's more about Dzanc. It's a 501c(3) organization, so if you like what you see and were needing to juice up the donation section of your tax return before the year expires.....

Thanks