11/15/2014
Hello, everyone. This is just a quick, official statement from us owners at SMP.
Effective immediately, Storm Moon Press has closed its doors to outside submissions. There are several reasons behind this, but it is mostly because one of us owners has become chronically ill, so our priorities as individuals have shifted toward taking care of the health issues that have arisen. With less time to devote to Storm Moon Press, we are basically shutting our doors. This might ultimately be a temporary thing, but it will at the very least be an extended hiatus. The press' website will remain open, and various titles will remain on sale. At this time, we are in communication with our authors to see if they would like to negotiate for their rights back (it's not their fault we're so drastically cutting back with the press, after all) or let their books with us see out their contract terms to their natural ends. Each author is being treated individually, which means that our catalog might go through a few changes in the next couple months as we get all our current authors squared away.
After that, there will be the occasional release from the press, but we won't be putting out very many titles each year. Those we do will be either titles that are currently in production or from authors who have worked with us in the past and choose to do so again.
We're incredibly grateful to all the authors and staff who have worked with us at SMP, and are humbled by those who are continuing to do so as we go through this transition and face the health and wellness challenges that we're up against at our home base.
Thank you to readers for your patronage and support over the last five years we've been in business. Without all the readers and the exceptional authors we've worked with, Storm Moon Press would never have been a reality, and you all have our most sincere gratitude.
~K. Piet, S.L. Armstrong, Roger Armstrong
Owners
Storm Moon Press, LLC