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Posts matching 'about'
In Part One of this series, I argued that the one indispensable ingredient to the success of a novel is enthusiasm. Before you can expect people to buy your book, they have to be excited about it, and to get them excited about it, you have to be exci... [Read the full post]
Since my success with self-publishing my first novel, Mercury Falls, I am occasionally approached by other aspiring authors looking for guidance. It's somewhat telling, I suppose, that these writers never actually ask for writing advice; apparently t... [Read the full post]
Another entry in my series of Childhood Injustices that I Probably Should Have Gotten over by Now....
Dear Sunday school staff at Cascade Christian Reformed
Church of 1975:
I want you to know that I don’t blame any of you for the
“Duck, Duck,... [Read the full post]
Some of you may have heard that I have a new book out.
As I learned from my experience with Mercury Falls, one of
the most effective forms of marketing a book (assuming the book isn’t shite) is
to offer free copies to reviewers. When I was getti... [Read the full post]
A while back I heard about an opening for a columnist at a certain humor site that shall remain nameless because I DON'T NEED THOSE STUPID JERKS ANYWAY. They were holding a contest where you had to suggest a prospective column topic and then write se... [Read the full post]
Yes, yes, I know I promised to do some more substantive posts, but first I have a little business to get out of the way.The official release date for my new book, The Force is Middling in this One, is set for Tuesday, July 27, 2010. As with Mercury... [Read the full post]
So this morning I got an email from my old pal Johnny Virgil at 15 Minute Lunch. It seems that some douchebag with a MySpace blog* has been stealing Johnny's posts. JV wanted to give me a heads-up that DMB** had appropriated some of my content as wel... [Read the full post]
I have to admit that I walked into the theater with pretty low expectations for the new end-of-the-world flick 2012. Roland Emmerich, the instigator of such dreck as 10,000 BC and The Day After Tomorrow, has not proven to my satisfaction that he’s ca... [Read the full post]
As the MF'ing Blog Tour nears its end, I decided to do something a bit different today. What follows is a conversation I recently had with the author of the new novel Marvellous Hairy, Mark Rayner. As Mercury Falls and Marvellous Hairy are both ... [Read the full post]
I'm over at Avitable's place today. Caution: The tagline of Avitable's blog is "tact is for pussies," which may give you an idea of the sort of content you'll find over there.Meet me back here tomorrow for the first part of a conversation with Mark R... [Read the full post]
When I heard that ABC was remaking the classic 80s alien invasion miniseries V, I have to admit I got a little tingly. Having seen what the SciFi (now SyFy) Channel did with an interstellar cheese-fest like Battlestar Galactica, I couldn't help but e... [Read the full post]
OLYMPUS 10/25 – Domestic Disturbance: Police were summoned to the residence of Zeus and his wife Metis when neighbors complained of “a sound like somebody being eaten.” Officers found Zeus in his front yard, naked and apparently intoxicated. When ... [Read the full post]
To the boys of my fifth grade class who were in attendance at Jeff Cornell’s 11th birthday party:
Hey fellas!
Wow, it’s been a while, hasn’t it? Let me get right to the point. I suppose you all remember Jeff Cornell’s 11th birthday party, whe... [Read the full post]
If you're like me, you're sick to death of these posts about my novel, Mercury Falls, so I'll keep this short. Mercury Falls is now available through Amazon.com. Just click here to order it.There has been a slight delay with the Kindle version; ... [Read the full post]
That's kind of a cruel post title, isn't it? Okay, so let's get this out of the way: no, I'm still not giving up on Mattress Police. Ideas for stupid little essays keep popping into my head, and as long as that keeps happening, this blog will keep go... [Read the full post]
In a world not too different from our own, there is a man whose plumbing expertise is so impressive that his customers and co-workers have no choice but to put up with his unparalleled arrogance and eccentricity. That man is Gregory House, plumber. (... [Read the full post]
I’m back. I still can’t tell you why I stopped blogging exactly, but I can tell you why I started up again. The urge to blog hit me on the way in to work a few days ago, when I saw a bumper sticker that read:
I would rather be quilting in a be... [Read the full post]
But wait, this is good. I've finally come up with some details about how you can win a copy.
Here's how it will work: From now until August 31, I will give away one copy for every five new fans of MERCURY FALLS. For example, right now there are 27... [Read the full post]
Over the past several months, I've been working on finding a publisher for my novel, Mercury Falls. Although the reception from agents has been positive, this is a particularly bad time for a new author to be trying to get published. The always-risk-... [Read the full post]
Over 500 people have signed up for the Mercury Falls interest list! Many thanks to everyone who blogged, emailed, tweeted, facebook and arm-twisted to get people to sign up.As promised, I'm beginning the process of self-publishing the book. I'm doing... [Read the full post]
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