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

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

    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 ship out on February 16th.

  • Blog Orgy Tour stop #20: Friday Five The 5 Best Things Caleb J Ross Has Read Recently

    Blog Orgy Tour stop #20: Friday Five The 5 Best Things Caleb J Ross Has Read Recently

    I learned about Deckfight when Josh, the guru over there, approached me about doing one of their “5 Best Things” segments. I’m ashamed that I didn’t know of the site before this. I’ve since perused their archives, and I can honestly say, they do some great things over there. So, after you pretend to care what I think by reading my “5 Best Things” post, be sure to scour the rest of the site.

    And don’t forget, A FULL WEEK AT THE 3AM BUZZWORDS BLOG all next week. I peed myself just now.

  • Blog Orgy Tour stop #19: Used Books, the Origin of the Book Networking Circle

    Blog Orgy Tour stop #19: Used Books, the Origin of the Book Networking Circle

    Today, as part of my Blog Orgy Tour in support of my fiction chapbook, Charactered Pieces (OW Press) I head over to Lit Drift to offer a few words on what I think could be the origin of the book networking circle that we know today.

    See the rest of my stops, both past and future, here.

  • My 2010 Lit Midget list of forthcoming small press books

    My 2010 Lit Midget list of forthcoming small press books

    The Millions recently posted a list of 2010 books forthcoming from literary giants. I’m looking forward to quite a few on that list. But, I think we are due a list from literary midgets, too, right?

    So here they are (the ones I can think of right now, anyway. I reserve the right to add more):

    Sawako Nakayasu’s Texture Notes and Travis Nichols’s Iowa from Letter Machine Editions. I only recently heard about Letter Machine Editions, and, other than a few excerpts from the above titles, I have no reason to think these books are worth anticipating. But I like the press’s simple webpage and their equally simple book design. I never said the lit midget list had to be supported by my knowledge of a press or its authors, did I?

    Noah Cicero’s The Insurgent from BLATT Books. Lot’s of people don’t like his stuff. I do. Will I ever look back on a Cicero book as a pivot point in my life? Probably not. Will I continue to read his stuff anyway? Yes.

    Scott C. Rogers’s Love Like a Molotov Cocktail to the Chest from Black Coffee Press. The potential here is all in the title. How could you not read that and sense at least a hint of potential? You can’t.

    Tim Hall’s One Damn Thing After Another from OW Press. Yeah, I’m partial. I have a hand in bringing this one to life. But know this: I would never have gotten my hand involved if I didn’t respect Mr. Hall, and more importantly, his writing. He’s good. Real good.

    Joshua Mohr’s Termite Parade from Two Dollar Radio. I’ve followed Two Dollar Radio for a while. Everything they release could be worthy of a spot on this list. They have a style in both literary and visual aesthetics that works for me. This title in particular looks enticing.

  • Blog Orgy Tour stop #18: Planing in the Workshop

    Blog Orgy Tour stop #18: Planing in the Workshop

    Just a few more stops on this crazy marathon tour. This thing has been amazing.

    Today, I get a bit learn-y as I hit Gordon Highland’s (author of Major Inversions) Medialysis blog. In his words, regarding the purpose of Medialysis:

    The idea is to share knowledge, identify and critique trends, stir the muse, and further our professional development. I advise from personal experience, offer tips, tricks, and quickie tutorials, link to items of interest, and just generally pimp stuff I think rocks. With some laughs along the way.

    I play my role with an answer to a question posed of me via Facebook. It’s a writing concern I’ve heard often, so I hope a few people find my answer useful. Paraphrased, “how can I workshop my stories without peeing my pants?”

    After finding out the answer at Medialysis, why not flip back through my previous Blog Orgy Tour stops, and take in the dates for the few remaining stops, here?

  • Blog Orgy Tour stop #17: The Story Junk Binder

    Blog Orgy Tour stop #17: The Story Junk Binder

    Today, Jason Kane is kind enough to have me at his blog. I’ve known Jason for a few years, and have been consistently impressed with his writing. There’s not much of it out there to read, but here’s hoping, fingers crossed and all that, that he starts putting some more out there soon.

    I post over there a bit about my story creation process. There’s even scans from my “junk binder.” Not that said binder contains any secrets, but come on, we’re all voyeurs.

    And don’t forget to check out the rest of the stop, here.

  • Blog Orgy Tour stop #16: this review will fuel me for years

    Blog Orgy Tour stop #16: this review will fuel me for years

    Craig Wallwork, author of the aptly titled Craig Wallwork blog, takes over with this stop, letting me rest for a day. But lucky for you, you beautiful groupie, Craig’s post may just be better than all of mine combined. At least my ego thinks so.

    Click over to Craig’s blog to read a stunning review of Charactered Pieces. This thing make me blush every time I read it (and I read it more this is probably healthy).

    Here’s a taste (read the whole thing at Craig’s blog to know what he means with the swimming analogy):

    It is a great achievement for any writer to see their work in print, but to produce a piece that could, given time, be a significant bit of storytelling of our age, is awe-inspiring. For personal reasons I am indebted to Caleb for allowing me to read his work. Like the boy of twelve years, I jumped into those deep waters with little hope of ever resurfacing the same person, or ever resurfacing at all. I was anxious and fearful of the consequences. And just how being forced under the water allowed me to appreciate the world above it, by the same token Charactered Pieces forced me to take that first breath again after turning that last page with a greater appreciation of life, even if it is flawed and imperfect.

    And don’t forget to check out the rest of the stop, here.

    Lastly, a second printing of Charactered Pieces is in the works! That means almost all 100 copies of the first print-run have been taken in by readers. I want to thank everyone who has purchased and read a copy. Because of you, I feel I may have something good going on here.

    In my possession, I have literally just 3 numbered copies of the initial print run left. I think Amazon.com has a few more too. After that, there will be no more numbered copies EVER! So, if you’re a book nerd like me, and you’d collect abortion pamphlets if they were signed by the author, then order quick.

    From OW Press

    From Amazon.com