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Stranger Will tour stop #47: Ryan W. Bradley’s blog

July 29, 2011

Today I stop by Ryan W. Bradley's blog (publisher at Artistically Declined Press and future Black Coffee Press label-mate; his Code for Failure comes out in 2012, shortly after my I Didn't Mean to be Kevin later this year). I offer a few words on my humility as a writer and the idea that being humble is way different than being self-depreciating (the latter of which my dumb ass tends to do). Click here to read the guest post. Also, don’t forget that if you comment on all guest blog posts, you will get free stuff. 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

The Simpsons creates a market for messenger pigeons; Oddities a market for oddities

November 29, 2010

(part of my ongoing Unexpected Literary References series) Last night's The Simpsons struck me as especially coincidental. Not only have I posted about the show twice in the past week (11/26/10 and 11/24/10), but the episode shares subject matter with my upcoming novel, Stranger Will. Of all things, messenger pigeons. Random. What makes it even stranger (no pun intended...unless you laughed; then, pun intended) is that literally ten minutes before the episode aired, I was doing some messenger pigeon related research online. Fingers crossed that The Simpsons starts a cultural demand for messenger pigeon paraphernalia. UPDATE: Making this an official night of stringed coincidences, I happened upon a Science channel show called Oddities, which features a museum/store full of specimens meant for the morbid (mummified cats, taxidermied two-headed cows, and so much more). This could possibly be my new favorite show. But the coincidental part; the shop featured in this show…

Coming late 2011: I Didn’t Mean to Be Kevin (the book, not the apology)

August 16, 2010

It's official. Negotiations have been negotiated. Signatures have been signed. Bells have been sleighed. I Didn't Mean to Be Kevin will be published in late 2011 by Black Coffee Press. I'll keep this announcement short and tidy; there is plenty of time for me to drone on about how proud I am of this book. For now, just make sure your nutting pants are clean. Perhaps not coincidentally, I do drink my coffee black. Black Coffee Press has a quite a list of books lined up for 2011-12. Some I am especially looking forward to are: A Shiny, Unused Heart by J.A. Tyler (2011) This guy is everywhere. J.A. Tyler is one of those names that materializes on every lit site, from the smallish to the giantish. Sometimes I theorize these appearances are simply to make me feel inadequate. Well done, sir. Code for Failure by Ryan W. Bradley (2012)…