I've just posted the first installment of the Mercury Falls audiobook at the Mercury Falls website! If all goes as planned, I will be posting a new installment every week for... well, quite a while. Eventually it will be available through Podiobooks and iTunes as well. The audio version will be completely free.The MF'ing Blog Tour wrapped up this week with stops at Angry Seafood and the HubPages blog. Thanks to Chris and Ryan for hosting me! I particularly recommend the HubPages intervie... Read Full Story
Today at 2pm PST I'll be announcing details of a contest wherein I will be giving away 5 signed copies of Mercury Falls. The only catch is that you have to be following me on Twitter to play.Follow me now!This giveaway is courtesy of my generous new mattress-themed sponsor. Click one of the links below to show your support!TempurpedicAdjustable Bed Read Full Story
A day after lowering the price for the Kindle version to $1.99, Mercury Falls is now at #16 in the Humor category for Kindle ebooks! Check it out:
Look, I know I should be all cool-author-guy and stuff, but HOW SWEET IS THAT?
I know you're probably thinking, "Sure, #16 is pretty good, but don't you think you should be up there above The World's Greatest Books Volume 01 Fiction by some poser named 'Various'?" I mean, it's only got 2 stars, for Pete's sake! How great can it be? Sure, it's fre... Read Full Story
As the MF'ing Blog Tour nears its end, I decided to do something a bit different today. What follows is a conversation I recently had with the author of the new novel Marvellous Hairy, Mark Rayner. As Mercury Falls and Marvellous Hairy are both absurdist satirical novels (his publisher calls it "fabulist satire," and who am I to argue?), I thought it would be interesting for us to sit down and discuss our respective writing processes and fetishes (primates for him, angels and linoleum fo... Read Full Story
I'm over at Avitable's place today. Caution: The tagline of Avitable's blog is "tact is for pussies," which may give you an idea of the sort of content you'll find over there.Meet me back here tomorrow for the first part of a conversation with Mark Rayner, author of Marvellous Hairy.A few other Mercury Falls-related items:I just lowered the price of the Mercury Falls ebook on Smashwords to $1.99. Why? Because even though I am now a "local famous author," I still feel for the little man.* You ... Read Full Story
Slight change of plans: today I'm over at Bee's. Sorry for the late notice; I spent most of the day in traffic court.I'll be over at The Skwib next week. Not sure of the exact date yet. I'll also be making stops at Avitable's place and Hubpages. I'll post another update when dates firm up.And if you're in NorCal, don't forget to catch me in the 7 o'clock hour of Good Day Sacramento on Sunday, November 15! Read Full Story
Today I'm over at The Web Pen Blog. (Adult content warning: This post contains some speculation regarding the size of Alan Rickman's genitalia.)
On Friday, I'll be having a demented authors' discussion with Mark Rayner at The Skwib. Still finalizing the schedule for next week. If you want to be included on the tour, let me know ASAP!Oh, and if you're Northern California, I'm going to be on "Good Day Sacramento" this Sunday, Nov. 15, sometime in the 7 o'clock hour. I'm also trying t... Read Full Story
The Mercury Falls Blog Tour (also known as the MF'ing Blog Tour) is in full swing! Today I'm over at Jeff's place, The View From the Cloud.And in case you missed it, check out my interview with Matt from The Church of No People from last Friday.Tomorrow (Tuesday), I'll be over at Reading for Sanity. I'll announce more appearances as the dates firm up.Still not sated? Here are some blogger reviews of Mercury Falls that have popped up over the past couple of weeks:Just a (Reading) FoolGreg... Read Full Story
When I heard that ABC was remaking the classic 80s alien invasion miniseries V, I have to admit I got a little tingly. Having seen what the SciFi (now SyFy) Channel did with an interstellar cheese-fest like Battlestar Galactica, I couldn't help but entertain high hopes for an updated production of V featuring modern day visual effects like computer generated spaceships, grisly CSI-like reveals of reptilian skin beneath human flesh, and Morena Baccarin.Unfortunately, someone at ABC completely ... Read Full Story
