Buy Direct from Publisher: Click here for Paperback Click here for Hardcover From Amazon: Click here to buy from Amazon But you don't have to take my word for it (click) . Advance Praise “As someone who teaches, edits and reads for a living, I’m always looking for the scene, the character, the story I haven’t read a thousand times over and over. Something with the spark of originality and the courage to be different. When I see that something new, it’s always a joy. And, thanks to Caleb Ross and his Stranger Will, I had those moments of joy repeatedly throughout the book. This is an original—unlike anything you’ve ever read before.” -Rob Roberge, author of More Than They Could Chew and Drive “Stranger Will is a nightmare landscape littered with the carcasses of fatherhood and various social mores. This is one paranoid, challenging, beautiful, and pitch-dark book. I’m…
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I don’t talk much about my son on this blog. Mostly because I am disappointed in him. I mean, damn, he’s two…get a fucking job! I jest. But you know what isn’t funny? Premature birth (see what I did there? I zig and I zag). My son was born 6 weeks early, which in the grand scheme of premature births isn’t quite the devastation that many new parents suffer. Jameson is perfect now, despite his early birth, thanks in part to the medical advances encouraged by donations to the March of Dimes March for Babies organization. I try to keep my pleading posts to a minimum here at my blog, but this time of year brings out the beggar in me. My wife has set up her annual fundraising micro-site at the March for Babies website with the goal of raising a meager $300 for the March for Babies. Of…
Fresh from our own live readings, me, Ben Tanzer (You Can Make Him Like You), Ryan W. Bradley (publisher, Artistically Declined Press), Nik Korpon (Stay God), and Brandon Tietz (Out of Touch) have a sit down at Bourbon in Washington DC to discuss the hows and whys of author performance. Performance is part of the author’s life. Many of us may prefer the romance of the hermit writer to the reality of the performing writing, but as the culture shifts to a system of ever-spilling minutia (Twitter) and increasingly fragmented media distribution channels (hundreds of TV channels, YouTube, Hulu, and on and on), the author is expected to play an active role in selling both his book and himself. Performance—live author readings—offers a unique opportunity to do both. Listen to the full discussion over at The Velvet Podcast. Or you can subscribe to The Velvet Podcast via Feedburner, Podcast Alley, or…
This week's "Person you should Stalk 2.0: @amoyal. Why? Look at that Dick Tracy style hat. Just look at it! Bio:Brand engagement strategist for hire. Speaker/trainer. Love hugs, geosocial & interconnecting business, people & solutions for a sustainable, empowered society. Website: http://ariemoyal.com/ Good tweets as of late: [blackbirdpie url="http://twitter.com/amoyal/status/40002675571556352"] [blackbirdpie url="http://twitter.com/amoyal/status/39971981352898560"] [blackbirdpie url="http://twitter.com/amoyal/status/39528822478999552"]
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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,…