A few days ago I was reflecting on Sakura Publishing’s wonderful achievements made in 2011. As a company we signed and published several promising new authors, re-vamped our website, and expanded into all sorts of social media platforms. To date we can claim eleven titles in print from authors...
Sarah: What advice do you have for aspiring authors? Derek: Just one piece of advice: Be you. Don't try to be your favorite author, although you can certainly invoke your favorite author's spirit in your writing. Simply say the truth as you have lived it or seen it or imagine it...
Hello, Readers! I have already proudly introduced the brilliant work of Daniel Picone to this blog. He is a Chicago-based poet who released his collection of poetry, Lost Evidents, through Sakura this past April. However, an enthusiastic appraisal of the art does very little to reveal much about the artist...
Hello, readers, authors, artists, and bloggers! I’ve taken an internship for a young publishing start-up called Sakura Publishing. It’s been in operation for only two years, but, since its inception, it’s developed a very impressive cache of promising literary talent. Sakura was founded by Derek Vasconi, an extremely kind, friendly,...