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Tim Hall’s One Damn Thing After Another, preorder open

January 10, 2010

I've been a fan of Tim Hall's since first coming on board with Outsider Writer's Collective over a year ago. His articles were always great (his Open Letter to Oprah Winfrey as part of his Naked Opinion column is especially good), the email and forum exchanges I had with him consistently proved his dedication to both his writing and the writing community at large. His four books, published through his own Undie Press label, are all quite good. So, of course I'm damn happy that his newest book, a fiction collection called One Damn Thing After Another, will be the next title released through OW Press. I urge everyone to preorder a copy. Preorders will be a specially designated, signed, limited edition which will include a corrected manuscript page tipped in, original artwork, and other goodies. Head over to the OW Press page for full information. Books will begin to…

Oprah Read This > Oprah, Read This

January 1, 2010

The easiest characters are those with baggage included. OPRAH READ THIS > OPRAH, READ THIS is a collection of stories that each leverage the name-recognition of other writers to impart a meta-layer of interpretation. These are fictions. The writers are not. Here, we explore the overlap. This collection will be live for 11 months: January 2010-November 2010 Writers include: Mel Bosworth/Henry Miller Chris Deal/Chinaski/Charles Bukowski Christopher Dwyer/Jane Austen Paul Eckert/Kurt Vonnegut Gordon Highland/Stephenie Meyer Nik Korpon/Dexter Morgan Caleb J Ross/Sarah Palin Kevin Sampsell/Mary Gaitskill Richard Thomas/Stephen King Nathan Tyree/Tao Lin xTx/Stephen King

Charactered Pieces officially on sale, embarassing pictures to be had

November 16, 2009

Today, Charactered Pieces officially goes on sale after an absolutely amazing pre-sale period. I can't thank enough the many people who have traded their hard-earned cash for these bound words of mine. Due to such generosity, I have decided not to use the money to purchase a new Lay-Z-Boy for the PETA compound. They will get a used chair instead. The remaining money goes toward R&D for more painful ways to stub toes. It's a cause that is close to my heart. Charactered Pieces is available to purchase in two formats: 1) a perfect bound print version: $7.00 US 2) a .pdf eBook version: $2 US Either of which can be purchased by visiting the Outsider Writers Collective purchase page. Now starts the real struggle: getting as many eyes as possible on those pages. I'm truly, honestly, non-fakingly proud of every word in this collection. For that reason, I want…

CHARACTERED PIECES preorder open!

October 17, 2009

A few of you know how unbelievably happy I am to say this. The rest of you will likely get tired of me saying this: my story chapbook is now officially available for preorder! Books will ship around November 16th. All preorders will receive a copy of the book, along with the following: A (very) personal inscription. Note the specific name you would like the inscription made out to in the PayPal comments area. Also, note my use of the word “very;” I warn you: you may be disturbed by what I write. If you would rather a flat-signed, or “clean” copy, note that in the PayPal comments area as well. A picture of me signing the book (so there are no Antiques Roadshow conflicts 90 years from now) As part of the made up LUNGS FOR READERS program, each preorder will smell of delicious ACID cigars. Trust me, even…

CHARACTERED PIECES is coming!

October 6, 2009

Coming soon(ish): CHARACTERED PIECES by Caleb J Ross. Neat! I’ve done a lot of work for Outsider Writers Collective over the past year, so I can vouch for all of the energy that goes into their chapbooks. Well, into their first chapbook, anyway (CHARACTERED PIECES is only the second OW Press book). I did some editing and the cover design for the first book, ANTISOCIAL by David Blaine. Now, it's my name on the cover. A chapbook, for all who may not know, is the e.p album of the writing world, acting as a taste medium of things to come. CHARACTERED PIECES will consist of eight stories, four of which have been previously published (in print journals, so not many people have read them). More than most things in my life, I am damn proud of this collection. The print-run will be small (likely, beginning with 100 copies). I beg…

Solid Gold perspective

October 5, 2009

There is little inherent meaning in things. Objects are defined by their context. For example, in the African savanna, an elephant keeps an eye out for lions and crocodiles. In a circus, an elephant had better do some tricks. In both scenes, the elephant itself does not change. But the way it is described would change dramatically. Context defines everything. So went the impetus for my story “Vertigo Unbalanced,” which has been recently reprinted in the Gold Dust Magazine anthology, Solid Gold (Merilang Press). Strangely, so to went my personal reacceptance of this piece. Once a story is physically printed (a form of context) the new medium has a way of changing a story. Every detail suddenly becomes striking, flaws and strengths alike. But of course, from the author’s perspective the flaws stand out more. So when “Vertigo Unbalanced” was first published in Gold Dust Magazine late last year, I…

Norman Rockwell is Full of Baloney

October 1, 2009

I’ve long used the phrase Norman Rockwell nostalgia as a way to describe those yearnings for simpler times that, in truth, never existed. We watch reruns of Leave it to Beaver or Lassie and imagine how great it would have been to have lived during those depicted times, times when war meant girls and the biggest threat to our national heath was undercooked vegetables. Because these hyper-polished versions of reality were standard TV fare, they became following generations’ standard understanding of better times. But again, this type of harmony never existed. Is it escapism that causes us to willfully absorb into obvious fictions (along with the 1950’s audience who would have seen these shows during their original runs)? I think so. Can this concept of escaping to a fading past continue in a time when everything is recorded and youtubed? Will we ever have the opportunity to be fooled by…