Today , NOO Journal is kind enough to post an interview that author Nik Korpon did with me a few weeks back. NOO is too good to me. Click here to read the interview. Also, don’t forget that if you comment on all guest blog posts, you will get free stuff. See all tour stops here
Disclaimer: I actually really love each of the three aristocratic representative books in the above trailer. In fact, Freedom was definitely one of my favorites from last year. It's just fun to chip away at pillars.
You don't want to hang out with family this July 4th weekend anyway, right? For a limited time, through July 7th to be exact, Otherworld Publications is offering all five titles from their "Brat Pack" authors at $0.99 each. That's one penny for every moment of regret you'll have reading this rubbish. Stranger Will by Caleb J. Ross $0.99 Kindle Nook Smashwords Stay God by Nik Korpon $0.99 Kindle Smashwords Out of Touch by Brandon Tietz $0.99 Kindle Smashwords Transubstantiate by Richard Thomas $0.99 Kindle Nook Smashwords We are Oblivion by Michael Sonbert $0.99 Kindle Nook Smashwords TOTAL $4.95
Pablo D'Stair is easily the hardest working man in independent literature. The guy has operated his own publishing press (Brown Paper Publishing) for a few years now, he continuously produces his own amazing fiction (he's authored about 43,000 books, I think), he's innovative with his means of extracting meaningful dialog between author and reader (see: The Predicate Dialogues, and Norman Court for his latest projects in this space) and he works tirelessly to apply critical analysis to fiction in a way that maintains intellectual integrity without compromising accessibility. Above all, he's a passionate thinker. Though I've known Pablo for a while (I was involved in his first The Predicate Dialogues back in March 2010), his most recent critical contributions, and his inclusion of my novel Stranger Will, leave me no less impressed. Pablo is currently conducting a series of Six Investigations of the Act of Reading for the Sunday Observer…
Today I stop by Gordon Highland's blog to deliver a quick list of author dos and don'ts. Gone is the blurry line between maybe and possibly. These are hard and fast rules for authors. Click here to read the guest post. Also, don’t forget that if you comment on all guest blog posts, you will get free stuff. See all tour stops here
Today's post is an interview I did with Gil Reavill, author of Aftermath, Inc.: Cleaning Up After CSI Goes Home. The book was incredibly helpful for me when writing Stranger Will, as it offers some brilliant perspective on the world of human remains removal. The interview, posted today at The Outlet (Electric Literature's blog component), is a shortened version of the original interview. I plan to post the full interview here at my homepage within the next few weeks or so. Until then, read this concentrated version. Then buy Gil's book. Click here to read the interview. Also, don’t forget that if you comment on all guest blog posts, you will get free stuff. See all tour stops here
Authors, you have to promote yourself. You can’t avoid it. But you can reinterpret what “promotion” means. Gone should be the negative connotations and skewed associations. Promotion should be embraced. At its core, promotion is simply a way to get readers to you books. As an author, you want people to read your books, right? No. Oh. Then go write a diary and quit muddying the waters for the rest of us! Show Notes and Mentions: Outsider Writers Collective Goodreads.com / Redroom.com The Stranger Will Tour for Strange blog tour Listen to The Art and Authenticity of Social Media: Using Online Tools to Grow a Community (from the AWP Conference, February 2011) photo credit: Chris Devers