HISTORY
Iron Pyramid Publications was created by the owner-operator, R. D. Peters in 1996, although he did publish some works prior to officially becoming a publishing business entity. The company was created after R. D. Peters opened a literary agency, Peters Literary Agency, in 1996, finding that many publishers made it too difficult for new writers to break into writing as a career. It was after receiving a rejection back from a publisher regarding a writer Peters represented, stating, “If you think this writer is so good, why don’t you publish his work yourself,” that he decided to take the recommendation, giving birth to Iron Pyramid Publications. Since those days, the writing, publishing and marketing process has changed dramatically at Iron Pyramid.
The first publications were random in genre, size, quantity and format as Peters sought to find an audience, and struggled to be taken seriously and make sales. Some publications were comic book size, while others were perfect bound paper back novels, and at many different printing quality levels. This was an expensive research and development process that yielded few results, except for the accumulation of diverse works under several titles listed as, Iron Pyramid Publications. The process of experimentation continued until Peters had over 35,000 books in print, but he still endured, even when it appeared none would sell. However, like any collection of new and exploratory products, these first eighteen diverse works from Iron Pyramid Publications has taken on a new life by collectors who appreciate this view into raw creativity. Peters now has evolved to write and publish serialized works that remain connected to the reader audience issue after issue to provide entertainment continuity to fans. In the past decade R. D. Peters has learned to listen to his fans, and give them more of what they want.
Publisher is a deceptive description when referring to Iron Pyramid Publications, since Peters has painstakingly built a living literary laboratory which researches universal language skills, instead of supporting the standard rules of English. The ability to communicate, educate and provide good reading entertainment has been Peters crowning achievement, one which he now uses to help corporations build and develop better advertising and sales campaigns. This literary laboratory has used surreal and unconventional writing-publishing practices to survive hostile publishing markets and develop a unique brand among nonconformists.
Today, Iron Pyramid Publications has many new works to write, publish and unveil to the reading world. From a good foundation of past publishing experiences, many new written works are now on the shelf awaiting their turn at publication.
BIOGRAPHY
R. D. Peters, the writer, founder of Iron Pyramid Publications was born into extreme poverty, which was made worse by the divorce of his parents when he was four. He grew up attending public schools and was forced by need to care for an agoraphobic mother and a younger brother. It was a bleak childhood which included his developing credit at local grocery stores as he, mother and brother struggled to survive on welfare in the absence of child support payments from a negligent father. Creativity was developed in those years as Peters made the best of scarce toys to form make believe worlds and characters, many of which followed him until adulthood. It was also in those childhood years he created an inventive side, by creating, building and developing many of his own toys from discarded items he found through his neighborhood in southern Cape Girardeau, Missouri. These same creative traits also helped Peters to develop entrepreneurial skills as he mowed lawns and took part time work to help with family needs. Peters was content with his life until he reached adolescence and felt the need to date and find romance, something that sent his mother into a tirade of fear since this boy of thirteen was providing needed income for survival, and allowing her to remain secure as an agoraphobic recluse. From years thirteen to fifteen it became an almost non-stop battle for Peters to achieve a life of his own with a girl friend. It was at age fifteen he decided to contact his father and escape to another, but different abusive household.
R. D. Peters moved to his fathers hog farm near Carlyle, Illinois, dropping out of high school due to the turmoil within his life, and used his previous gained work and business skills to improve the father’s hog farm operation dramatically. He soon returned to school to graduate. It was there he gained his first taste of writing success as several of his short stories were recognized by teachers, to become reading material for the entire high school. There too, Peters found young women to date and share his teenage years with. However, in 1968 things deteriorated quickly when his father was diagnosed with lung cancer, and medical bills plunged the family into near bankruptcy. After his father’s death, Peters found himself homeless and was taken in by a Methodist family who heard of his plight through his high school superintendent, where he went on to complete a year of college. After a year of college, he realized he wanted to have a family life and married instead of returning to school.
Married at age twenty, Peters realized he needed to earn real money and became employed by a St. Louis riverboat builder, where he learned the trade and later became instrumental in reducing production costs through new and innovative production methods. At age twenty-three he was acquired by Anheuser-Busch, where he remained for twenty-three years as a production analyst and logistics expert, converting the companies’ transportation methods into a modern day operation. It was in 1995 that Peters decided to leave A-B to strike off on his own to work with other companies and develop his career as writer-publisher. Peters had experimented two years prior in 1993 with three separate publications realizing this is what he wanted to do with the rest of his life. Since then he has had the freedom to help other corporations and publish consistently.
MISSION STATEMENT
It is Iron Pyramid Publication’s mission to bring readers new and innovative styles in literature and writing from our founder, R. D. Peters. The goal of Iron Pyramid Publications is to become an industry leader through writing, providing our readers with an entertainment experience that is unequalled through any other publisher. Penetrating existing markets is important, while creating and developing entirely new markets for different levels of experience and entertainment is a top priority. Achieving and maintaining cutting edge literary technology is set to drive our products into every home, to compete with constantly evolving technology markets. R. D. Peters is determined to be among fast paced entertainment such as electronic games, to compliment the experiences consumers now enjoy through electronics. Many of our products are designed and meant to be blueprints for new electronic development. Instead of being intimidated by competition, Iron Pyramid feels it can enhance and learn from the electronic entertainment experience.
Iron Pyramid Publication will also strive to recognize achievement in all forms of entertainment and acknowledge those who excel. We hope to provide awards for achievement, and contests to locate new talent at all levels of entertainment. We hope to become known more as an entertainment and development company, than that of a book publisher. Through critique and reward systems, we hope to provide fans and followers with the best in all the many entertainment businesses.
Profits are always a key goal to success, and Iron Pyramid is no exception. We hope to grow through many varied business and writing programs we have developed to help others gain the same level of independence R. D. Peters has achieved through the creative experience. Along with writing lessons, we will provide business and promotion methods for writers and other entrepreneurs. We see every day as a new day, without limits for emotional, career and monetary success. While we know not all people can become independent writers and publishers, Iron Pyramid realizes all people can participate while striving for these goals, and it is our mission to include as many people as possible in the creative experience.
Last but not least among the goals of R. D. Peters and Iron Pyramid Publications is, helping readers, fans and business participants to have fun and enjoy life. We want to share our good experiences with others, and hope our fans and followers will do the same on our forum page. Iron Pyramid wants to be your friend, and wants to hear from you daily. Please join me on my forum where any subject is open for discussion.
FUTURE PROJECTS
Future plans include many diverse projects, most of which are already under development. One of the largest and most exciting, is that of producing low budget movies based on existing Iron Pyramid stories. This is a project in the making for the last ten years, and one that has not come to fruition until it is developed and branded to reflect the unique qualities of Iron Pyramid Publications. We have gone through a major technology revolution which has yielded a good deal of experience and information that will assure success for film making.
The above paragraph is only a part of the plan, since Iron Pyramid is also seeking to hybrid writing, publishing, movie making capabilities with music. Again, we hope to develop our own unique brand of music that will be linked to all aspects of Iron Pyramid’s creative network. We hope to acquire and facilitate the next new sound. The emphasis here is on sound, since that tends to be what differentiates one talent from another. Iron Pyramid seeks to offer support advice and products to aspiring musicians wanting to become a household name.
Artwork for book covers, CDs and DVD covers is also a priority for Iron Pyramid. We will be offering contests for those who want to compete for the artistic needs of our fans, partners and clients. It is our goal to provide and build a continuous salary base for the artist’s who provides the best visual expression for Iron Pyramid projects and its clients.
In the future, Iron Pyramid Publications will strive to create, promote and publish CDs and DVDs as well as E-books and paperback publications.
