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began writing his sophomore year of undergrad study when, tired of the formal art education then being taught, he abandoned the pursuit in the middle of a compositional drawing class. Major-less and fearful of losing his financial aid, he signed up to seek a degree in English Literature for no other reason than his lengthy history with the language. Coincidentally, this decision not only introduced him to writing but to reading as well. Prior this transition he had read three books. One of which he understood.

Caleb’s SNIPPETS OF TOMORROW (12/27/09)

@ This Blog Will Change Your Life, kindness aficionado and author extraordinaire, Ben Tanzer notes his excitement about Charactered Pieces. I'm excited too for his book Most Likely You Go Your Way and I'll Go Mine, which should be in the mail right now. People have good things to say. And I believe people. @ Oxyfication.net, each Charactered Pieces story is being discussed. I plan to offer the printed and bound discussions in the future to use as a giveaway. Join the conversation here. @Present Magazine Pete Dulin offers a generous review of Charactered Pieces. @Goodreads the reviews for Charactered Pieces keep coming in and are equally as generous as Pete's above.

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You know you want it…

The response to my free lit journal back issue offer has been beautiful. Thank you to all who have ordered a copy of Charactered Pieces, and thank you more for giving homes to those back issues sitting on my shelf. Originally, I intended to offer free back issues through the end of the year. But, because I have so many back issues and because I am in the middle of the Blog Orgy Tour, I figured, I might as well extend the offer through the duration of the tour. So, until January 16th, every order of Charactered Pieces placed directly with the publisher, will include a free back issue of a literary magazine (you even get to choose). Orders though Amazon.com cannot count, unfortunately. Click here to see the full list of remaining issues. Click here to see the full list of Blog Orgy Tour stops. The final bit of…

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Blog Orgy Tour stop #10: The Fives of ohohoh9

Lists are all the rage for some reason. Some say the end of the year and/or decade has something to do with it. I blame scare tactics perpetrated by a pencil, paper, and bullet point-funded media. Today, I provide a few lists, my top five books, blogs, and cigars of oh9, over at Chris Deal's blog. Note, these are items that I discovered in 2009; they are were not necessarily published, started, rolled in 2009. See all the other Blog Orgy Tour dates, here. And as always, if you'd like to have me drop by, just let me know. I demand fuchsia colored M&Ms. So help me if there is a single purple M among them.

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Blog Orgy Tour stop #9: Immersing in Setting

Writers enjoy solitude, sure. But even a cat has to sniff around in a different bag every once-in-a-while. Terrible metaphor aside, stop #9 on the Blog Orgy Tour is at Richard Thomas's What Does Not Kill Me blog, where I discuss what a writer's physical setting can do for his work. See all the other Blog Orgy Tour dates, here. And as always, if you'd like to have me drop by, just let me know. Operators are standing by.

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Blog Orgy Tour stop #8: Why it’s okay to trust a black magician

Today, the wind takes me to xTx's blog, Nothing to Say, where I say precisely that. Except I use words to do so. The post is a play on the title of xTx's chapbook, Nobody Trusts a Black Magician, which I suggest you read. After you read my guest post, of course. And, of course (x2), after you read my chapbook, Charactered Pieces: stories. See the rest of my stops and dates at the Blog Orgy Tour page. And definitely spread the word of my many virtual miles. If you ask nice, I might just do a stop at your blog, too (you actually don't have to ask nice...I'll do it).

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Free print Lit Journals through January 16th

Now, through the end of the year January 16th, every order of the print version of Charactered Pieces will include a free back issue of a literary journal (orders direct from the publisher only; no Amazon.com orders for this deal). I'll even let you pick which one you'd like (just put the title in the COMMENTS/SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS section of the PayPal checkout). The list is below (it's a long one; study it carefully). Contact me if you want to know the content of a specific issue. Keep in mind that the cover price for most of these journals is well above the $6 for Charactered Pieces. Just try to make a bad deal out of that. One way, I guess, would be to put all of the money you save into an emergency cash loan. But really, don't do that. I know that some of you out there have considered…

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Blog Orgy Tour stop #7: Breach your comfort zone

Today, I stop at the lovely Simon West-Bulford's blog to talk about the importance of reading outside your comfort zone. Click here to take in the genius ("genius" is German for "post," right?). Also, you may have to manually search the site for this post (there is no permalink available). See all the other stops and dates at the Blog Orgy Tour page. And please, spread the love via Twitter, Facebook, or by any other means. Spread the love like a herpes outbreak.

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