What makes an autographed book valuable? I bastardize this question and many more today at Stephen Graham Jones' blog. 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
I'm touched and honored. 810 seems like a big number. It makes me wish I had 806 more copies to give away. Thank you to everyone who has entered. There's still a couple more hours to try for a copy. Of course, there is always buying a copy, too. Goodreads Book Giveaway Stranger Will by Caleb J. Ross Giveaway ends April 25, 2011. See the giveaway details at Goodreads. Enter to win
Reading is as important to writers as writing. Simple. Which is why I love when stories stick with me long after reading; it makes me dream that my work will have the same effect. Today at the decomP Magazing blog, I write about three pieces that still work on me, even these many months after originally reading them. 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
Today at Lit Drift I write about one of my favorite topics: the intersection of cultural intelligence and cartoons. I love cartoons. I love feigning intelligence. I love combining these loves. I hope you love reading about the combination of these loves. 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
Today, at BL Pawelek’s blog I write about the overlap of visual arts concepts and creative writing concepts. This post is all a call to action for anyone with additional insight into the overlap to post in the blog comments. I am trying to gather some resources for a possible larger project for the future.. 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
Matt Bell's fiction originally captivated me the way most lasting fiction captivates me: grotesque imagery. Today, at Matt Bell's blog I write about why the grotesque is such an arresting form. 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
Bob Pastorella, keeper of the enviably-titled Obscuradrome blog, just posted a pants-tinglingly beautiful review of Stranger Will. Some excerpts: Saying Stranger Will is compelling is the understatement of the year. Quality fiction is both compelling and unpredictable. It’s also dangerous, which is why we read it. Ross writes with all of these factors in mind. From the first pages, he takes you by the hand, leading you down dark corridors where you really don’t want to go, but you’re unable to turn away. And when you look back at him, and he gives you that sly grin, you know that you have to walk the path, there is no turning back because you’re in too deep. Fiction 101 dictates we know our characters, and it’s obvious Caleb has spent a lot of time with his story people. Readers seek out this intimacy and relish the thrill when they find it. Consider…