Caleb J. Ross, author of novels and surfer of internets

Stranger Will tour stop #3: Gregory Frye’s blog

March 22, 2011

Click here to read the guest post. About the Stranger Will Tour for Strange: My goal is to post at a different blog every few days beginning with the release of his novel Stranger Will in March 2011 to the release of my second novel, I Didn’t Mean to Be Kevin in November 2011. If you have connections to a lit blog of any type, professional journal or personal site, please contact me. I would love to compromise your integrity for a day. To be a groupie and follow this tour, subscribe to the Caleb J Ross blog RSS feed. Follow me on Twitter: @calebjross.com. Friend me on Facebook: Facebook.com/rosscaleb See all tour stops here

Stranger Will tour stop #2: Big Other (you can win an STD textbook!)

March 21, 2011

Click here to read the guest post. About the Stranger Will Tour for Strange: My goal is to post at a different blog every few days beginning with the release of his novel Stranger Will in March 2011 to the release of my second novel, I Didn’t Mean to Be Kevin in November 2011. If you have connections to a lit blog of any type, professional journal or personal site, please contact me. I would love to compromise your integrity for a day. To be a groupie and follow this tour, subscribe to the Caleb J Ross blog RSS feed. Follow me on Twitter: @calebjross.com. Friend me on Facebook: Facebook.com/rosscaleb See all tour stops here

Stranger Will tour stop #1: Outsider Writers Collective

March 18, 2011

Click here to read the guest post. About the Stranger Will Tour for Strange: My goal is to post at a different blog every few days beginning with the release of his novel Stranger Will in March 2011 to the release of my second novel, I Didn't Mean to Be Kevin in November 2011. If you have connections to a lit blog of any type, professional journal or personal site, please contact me. I would love to compromise your integrity for a day. To be a groupie and follow this tour, subscribe to the Caleb J Ross blog RSS feed. Follow me on Twitter: @calebjross.com. Friend me on Facebook: Facebook.com/rosscaleb See all tour stops here

It’s already strange in here…it’s about to get Stranger…

March 18, 2011

Buy Direct from Publisher: Click here for Paperback Click here for Hardcover From Amazon: Click here to buy from Amazon But you don't have to take my word for it (click) . Advance Praise “As someone who teaches, edits and reads for a living, I’m always looking for the scene, the character, the story I haven’t read a thousand times over and over. Something with the spark of originality and the courage to be different. When I see that something new, it’s always a joy. And, thanks to Caleb Ross and his Stranger Will, I had those moments of joy repeatedly throughout the book. This is an original—unlike anything you’ve ever read before.” -Rob Roberge, author of More Than They Could Chew and Drive “Stranger Will is a nightmare landscape littered with the carcasses of fatherhood and various social mores. This is one paranoid, challenging, beautiful, and pitch-dark book. I’m…

Looks like Chuck Palahniuk fans are the target market for loving babies

March 13, 2011

I don’t talk much about my son on this blog. Mostly because I am disappointed in him. I mean, damn, he’s two…get a fucking job! I jest. But you know what isn’t funny? Premature birth (see what I did there? I zig and I zag). My son was born 6 weeks early, which in the grand scheme of premature births isn’t quite the devastation that many new parents suffer. Jameson is perfect now, despite his early birth, thanks in part to the medical advances encouraged by donations to the March of Dimes March for Babies organization. I try to keep my pleading posts to a minimum here at my blog, but this time of year brings out the beggar in me. My wife has set up her annual fundraising micro-site at the March for Babies website with the goal of raising a meager $300 for the March for Babies. Of…

Talking the author performance with 4 other writers who know how to perform

March 11, 2011

Fresh from our own live readings, me, Ben Tanzer (You Can Make Him Like You), Ryan W. Bradley (publisher, Artistically Declined Press), Nik Korpon (Stay God), and Brandon Tietz (Out of Touch) have a sit down at Bourbon in Washington DC to discuss the hows and whys of author performance. Performance is part of the author’s life. Many of us may prefer the romance of the hermit writer to the reality of the performing writing, but as the culture shifts to a system of ever-spilling minutia (Twitter) and increasingly fragmented media distribution channels (hundreds of TV channels, YouTube, Hulu, and on and on), the author is expected to play an active role in selling both his book and himself. Performance—live author readings—offers a unique opportunity to do both. Listen to the full discussion over at The Velvet Podcast. Or you can subscribe to The Velvet Podcast via Feedburner, Podcast Alley, or…

Tuesday’s Twitter follower spotlight: @amoyal

March 8, 2011

This week's "Person you should Stalk 2.0: @amoyal. Why? Look at that Dick Tracy style hat. Just look at it! Bio:Brand engagement strategist for hire. Speaker/trainer. Love hugs, geosocial & interconnecting business, people & solutions for a sustainable, empowered society. Website: http://ariemoyal.com/ Good tweets as of late: [blackbirdpie url="http://twitter.com/amoyal/status/40002675571556352"] [blackbirdpie url="http://twitter.com/amoyal/status/39971981352898560"] [blackbirdpie url="http://twitter.com/amoyal/status/39528822478999552"]