Every month we get queries from people who want to write a book for us. And every month I send each of them a nice rejection letter. We simply don’t choose authors that way.
Every Lost Art Press book begins as a long conversation between the writer, John and me about things that may or may not become a book. Most of these conversations are dead ends, but they are interesting dead ends.
During the conversations, we’re also sizing up the author as a person and asking ourselves the questions: Do we want to be in business with this person? Do we like them? Do we share the same ethics about the craft and business?
If all the stars align, we start working on a book together. And if the stars align again, it gets published.
Starting Monday we’re going to introduce you to each of our authors through lengthy profiles written by Kara Gebhart Uhl and published here. The first one will be on Peter Galbert, author of “Chairmaker’s Notebook.”
This book started out as a three-way conversation between Peter, Curtis Buchanan and me in Berea, Ky. The project took several crazy turns until it finally was birthed as the massive “Chairmaker’s Notebook.”
I’ve already read Kara’s profile of Peter, and I learned a lot about Peter, even though I’ve known him for years.
I hope you enjoy these periodic profiles. After Peter, Kara will be writing about Robert Wearing and Matt Bickford.
— Christopher Schwarz
I would like to read the one on Andrew Lunn, but that book has yet to be published. ETA on that??
Nope. That book is entirely in Andrew’s hands. Not mine
cool thanks.
This will be cool, thanks!
Looking forward to this. Knowing the author makes the book more enjoyable. Meeting Matt Bickford made a very good book even better.
Hey I’d like to write a book. May I have a nice rejection letter too?
A way to get a personalized, free, original Schwarz writing!
Pitch the ultimate avian domicile guide. You might even get a personal slap in the cheek. 🙂
Awesome. >
Will you be including profiles on authors not yet published by LAP but who have books in the pipe line? Jeff Miller comes to mind. I think I remember reading he was going to be working on a design book.