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Dance of the GoblinsDance of the Goblins is an essentially self-published* book by Britain-based American occult writer Jaq D. Hawkins, also known as Denise Channing. Unlike most self-published authors, Hawkins has a history in publishing, having published eight moderately successful books on magic through a small British press. Though her self-proclaimed cult following is nowhere in evidence, she already has a far better start at real success than the average self-published author; so while the book itself may be a hard sell,** I'm intrigued by her approach to promoting it. Since the first generation of this web page, I've had a chance to read Dance of the Goblins. I got halfway through, and oh, my dearests, I do not advise it. But if you should be tempted, read these links first:
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* International Waters has published only one other book—which was written by the owner; the press has not arranged any reviews or other publicity [Note: Hawkins contends this, but it is notable that the only accessable press attention the book has had seems to be generated by Hawkins's TV appearance, which she herself arranged]; at the moment when Hawkins scored a major publicity coup, the publisher's site was dead. Although Nicholas Waters has had well over a year to get his act together, as of April 2009, the site is nonfunctional, lacking even a link to a location where you can buy the press's books. International Waters appears to be a guy who set up his own press to self-publish his book, then took on Dance of the Goblins in a moment of "why the hell not?" It's not a genuine small press and it's not a vanity press, so in the absence of any better description, I'm going to have to call Hawkins essentially self-published. ** Spiritually advanced, nonhierarchical oppressed people clash with patriarchal, misogynistic overclass. Author believes this idea is fresh, wants to lead people to enlightenment with it. Red flags, my precious, yessssss.
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