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Pre-orders for Stranger Will are now open. Be cool before being cool gets cool.

March 3, 2011

Stranger Will is officially available for pre-order. What does that mean to you? Lots. You know that tingly, nether-region feeling you get when you’ve got amazing leftovers in your refrigerator ready for the next day’s lunch? You can have that feeling now with just a few mouse clicks. Feel like the hipster component of the upcoming Stranger Will Tour for Strange, like when you know the opening band’s catalog and will take every opportunity to tell fellow concert-goers how much better they are than the main band. In this convoluted comparison, the main band equates my inevitable super fame, and the opening band equates my current z-lister status. Your bookshelf will also get that item #1 feeling. Ef you Christmas in December! Try Christmas in March. Perhaps most important of all: Pre-orders will be personally inscribed. I try to make pre-orders special with all of my books (see video below,…

The top 5 most popular blog posts of 2010

December 23, 2010

During 2010 I went from a seldom-posting recluse to an annoying gnat. But apparently some people like being bothered by insects, because a few of my posts actually rose out of the white noise to become respectable accidental meant-to-search-for-porn landing pages. #1 | Great Unexpected Literary References (posted in June) Top entrance keywords: literary references, literature references in family guy, south park literary references, simpsons literary references, family guy brian great expectations reference #2 | Peter Griffin does porn and literature Top entrance keywords: peter griffin porn, griffin porn, caleb porn, porn in literature, porn literature #3 | My 2010 Lit Midget list of forthcoming small press books Top entrance keywords: midget list, noah cicero the insurgent, "noah cicero", "termite parade", "letter machine" #4 | You decide what I wear; voting for the Stranger Will cover Top entrance keywords: stranger vote 2010 nov, stranger vote november 2010 (most of the…

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…

Rémi Carreiro makes the important part of books

November 28, 2010

Most of you have liars for parents. Most of you were probably given the stork spiel when asked age-inappropriate questions about the origins of things. Some of you may have been told the truth, in graphic detail, from honest, though morally disinterested, parents. I’m here to tell you the truth. Birds and bees have nothing to do with it. Rémi Carreiro is responsible. Rémi Carreiro gives birth to book covers. Also, he may have some kids; I don’t know. When mocking up cover designs for Stranger Will, I began by searching for some seed images. Quickly, and thankfully, I found Rémi Carreiro’s Flickr gallery. While I ultimately chose his Park Bench image for the cover (well, actually readers of this blog chose the image, via a vote), this guy has some amazing images, many of which feel so perfect for book covers. See what I mean: NOTE: The images captioned…

The Velvet Podcast, Episode 009: Does This Novel Make Me Look Fat?

November 18, 2010

Episode #009 of The Velvet Podcast is now live! Authors Gordon Highland (Major Inversions), Brandon Tietz (Out of Touch), and Caleb J Ross (Stranger Will) have a spirited conversation about self- and vanity-publishing, debating its legitimacy, logistics, and financial aspects, as well as insights from their own experiences in this oft-scorned segment of the industry. Please, give it a listen. Subscribe via Feedburner, Podcast Alley, or iTunes.

Put a cover on that book! Nobody wants to see that.

November 7, 2010

Thanks to everyone who voted for the cover of Stranger Will. The winner is... I won't lie; this isn't the cover I was pulling for. But that doesn't mean that I don't really, really like it. Hell, I really, really liked them all.

Stranger Will popping up in strange places

October 17, 2010

News aggregator sites collect information in strange ways. Ever since Otherworld Publications went public with their 2011 book lineup, many unrelated aggregator sites have picked up the story. Usually, even with the seemingly unrelated, there is something within the text of a press release that would cause aggregators to jump on board. Let's see if we can find those reasons. First, here's the release in full: Otherworld Publications is Excited To Announce the 2011 Publication Line-up 04/10/2010 Otherworld Publications Louisville, KY (PRWEB) October 4, 2010 Otherworld Publications is tickled to denote the 2011 publication line-up. We have another breathless year ahead of us About the Authors: Michael Wallace Michael Wallace grew up reading all the history texts and novels he could find. His library shelves are filled up with a range of genres from H.G Wells and Jules Verne to Michael Crichton and Tom Clancy. It is only biological he…