Note: This review originally appeared in the now defunct DepravedPress.com Jason M. Heim. Remember to Blink. Lulu.com, 2003-04. $15.99, paper, ISBN: 1-4116-1121-7. The narrator of Jason M. Heim’s debut novel, Remember to Blink, suffers from what might best be described as a chronic case of boredom. Taking a cue from his mundane job in computer software maintenance at one of…
Some of you may have caught wind of the I Didn’t Mean to be Kevin free Kindle giveaway that is currently going on now through August 28th. What you may not know is that I am also planning to post details about the giveaway—details such as the giveaway totals and the tactics I used to make people aware of the…
de Tietz: "Caleb J.Ross writes like "if Jonathan Franzen did way too many barbiturates and got into a downward spiral." As always, Ben Tanzer moderates a fantastic episode of This Podcast Will Change Your Life. This episode brings with it Brandon Tietz, author of Out of Touch. He talks about his next book, Vanity, his work at The Cult, his…
For the big three-ohhhh post on this blog tour I stop by Phil Jourdan's blog. Phil is best known, to me at least, as the crazy smart philosophy guy and mastermind of the band Paris and the Hiltons. He's a guy worth knowing now, because one day everyone will know him. Click here to read the guest post. Also, don’t…
I've been asked a few times lately why I give so many 4-5 star ratings at online book sites like Goodreads and Amazon. "Surely," goes the thinking, "not all books I read can be ranked among the top 80% of all books." Well, actually they can. Here's how. Getting rid of the 1 star possibilities: If a book disappoints me…
Just when you thought you had over a year before getting offended by a book from me (I Didn’t Mean to Be Kevin, November 2011), I go and do something crazy like sign with another publisher to release a novel in March 2011. Stranger Will, a noir story of apathy and abortion, is coming early next year from Otherworld Publications.…
July will forever forward be known not as the month in which America celebrates its independence, but instead as the month that witnessed the release of Richard Thomas’s debut novel, Transubstantiate. This novel has been a long time coming, and I urge everyone to grab a copy as soon as possible. And as you do that, get involved with some…