Our idea for starting a press originated about 10 years ago, when Sonja dreamed up a plan to create a writing retreat, located in some remote-but-accessible corner of the country (far enough away from it all to see the stars at night, but close enough to urban settings for access to airports, train stations, and urban/academic communities). We hadn’t even met, yet, but when we did finally meet at grad school and work together on the literary journal, the idea quickly gained traction, growing to include a publishing component, and eventually named “Wild Lot.” Although specifics of the plans have changed over the years, the goal has basically remained the same: to contribute beautiful and valuable publications and to provide an affordable and idyllic setting for fledgling and pedigreed authors and other creatives to do nothing else but focus on their craft, while allowing us to do the same.

Read more about Creating our own Wild Lot, or what we’ve been doing, 2018 …