INKUBATE

The frustration, as a writer, of having a message but no means to deploy it was the inspiration, last summer, for the development of INKUBATE. After a decade of being rejected by editors and agents and following one particularly discouraging dismissal in NYC, I broke down crying on a cross-town bus that landed me on the curb of where else but Bloomindales! Minutes later, I plop myself down in their Customer Service Lounge, and through stifled tears I called my friend, Jay Gale, who had always been my trusted “field partner” at my first environmental job. After hearing my recount of the day’s events and the choral refrain of my 10-year long effort to become a published author, Jay, also a geologist, and now my co-founder in INKUBATE, went to work writing the Magna Carta or Jay's Bill of Rights for writers—25 typewritten and close-spaced pages—and the virtual blueprint for INKUBATE as we know it today!

Shortly after what would become our first official INKUBATE conference call (yes, the one at Bloomingdales!), we teamed up with the co-founders of Portsmouth, N.H.-based PixelMEDIA, Thomas Obrey and Erik Dodier. In just one year we’ve completed the build out of the writers’ showcase and we’re now building the search engine that will enable publishers and agents to browse, review and select those works that fit their interests. We recently met with the executives of one of the top six U.S. publishing houses who are so interested in what we’re doing that they’ve invited us to present INKUBATE to the heads of their Children's, Y.A. and Adult Divisions this fall. This is very exciting news and it’s keeping all of us hopping!

It’s thrilling to be working with a phenomenal team of digital architects to provide writers with a far more democratic shot at traditional publication. We’re removing the obstacles that have turned so many writers away from pursuing their dream. I like to say that we are working to liberate writers and to help traditional publishers adapt to the awesome new challenges presented by Amazon and Google. Unless Publishers can thrive in what has become a markedly different literary landscape, traditional books and the varied imprints that we recognize as our favorites, will struggle to endure.

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