San Francisco Chronicle,  October  4, 2007   — read full articleThe only thing harder than writing a book seems to be getting it published. To wit, from American novelist Thomas Wolfe: “Publishing is a very mysterious business. It is very hard to predict what kind of sale or reception a book will have, and advertising seems to do very little good.”

To help alleviate some of the lack-of-exposure problems for an emerging writer, Ransom Stephens, a physicist and would-be author, has organized a night at Litquake. Called Barely Published Authors, the event aims to bring some of the Bay Area’s newest talents to the fore alongside Litquake’s programs of more established writers.