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Bill Campbell
author profile
born
May 01, 1970
gender
male
place of birth
Pittsburgh, PA, United States
website
genre
Literature & Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy
influences
Ishmael Reed, Michel Foucault, Octavia Butler, Samuel R. Delany, Milan Kundera, William S. Burroughs, Woody Allen
about this author
Bill Campbell is a native of Pittsburgh and an alumnus of Northwestern University. Throughout his varied and illustrious career, he has done everything from assembling Christmas toys in Cleveland; loading trucks, bookkeeping, and being an AmeriCorps volunteer in Atlanta; coordinating an elementary school literacy program in D.C. to teaching English as a second language in the Czech Republic. He's also the former publisher of the independent magazine, Contraband, and the music trade magazine, CD Revolutions.
Bill came out with Sunshine Patriots, a semi-satirical, military sf novel, back in 2004. My Booty Novel, which he likes to call "fluff for nerds," came out earlier this year.
Bill lives in Washington, DC, where he has wo...more
books by Bill Campbell
combine editionsavg rating: 4.11 | 9 ratings | 2 distinct works
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My Booty Novel (Paperback) by Bill Campbell (Goodreads author!) avg rating 4.20 — 5 ratings — published 2007 |
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Sunshine Patriots (Paperback) by Bill Campbell (Goodreads author!) avg rating 4.00 — 4 ratings — published 2004 |
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Bill's writing
My Booty Novel (Literature & Fiction)
4 chapters
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updated 12/17/2007 08:45PM
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Thirty-two-year-old writer, Damian Cross, has just returned from a disastrous first book tour only to be dumped by his fiancée. Now newly-single for the first time in seven years, he has to pick up the pieces, start his life all over again, and write a second novel.
Damian blogs his way through today's dating scene and all its hazards—online dating, biological clocks, single mothers and their children, well-meaning friends, ex-girlfriends, and his meddling, matchmaking cousin—to find that the only thing that stands between him and success may actually be himself. Can Damian stop his world from crumbling around him and get it together in time to gain a chance at true happiness and write the “booty novel” everyone's telling him to write?
Sunshine Patriots (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
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updated 10/28/2007 04:27PM
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Rebellion erupts on the "paradise" planet of Elysia, plunging the colony into chaos. In response, the all-powerful United Earth dispatches its elite corps of cyborg soldiers, led by Aaron "The Berber" Barber. For a hero celebrated galaxy-wide for his acts of bravery against alien hordes, a ragtag group of colonized miners with antiquated weapons should be no challenge. But Barber and his soldiers are unprepared to meet the most dangerous enemy yet--humans just like them. And on Elysia, the soldiers discover dangers that neither United Earth nor the Elysians themselves could have foreseen. The secrets Barber and his soldiers uncover lead them to question the true meaning of freedom in a world where nothing is what it seems.
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BOOK-A-HOLICS
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WHEN I GET A LITTLE MONEY, I BUY BOOKS; IF ANY IS LEFT I BUY FOOD AND CLOTHES.
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Authors Society
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This group is for writers to plug their books.
It is also for readers who are searching for new books to read.
Come join us!
Kaza's news
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I'm looking for a way to give updates to my GoodReads friends of cool stuff going on!
The Shades Of Brown Reading Group
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This reading group is for those who enjoy reading different genres written by African American authors, either, all of the time or some of the time. T...more
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Hi Bill !
My book is now available...finally!
Go to www.authortree.com/kingdomhallnomore
Go to featured books and order your copy !
Thanks
Daniel
Thanks for the add! Have a blessed week! Ms.Thang, Author "In My Prayers with My Legs Wide Open"
Hey, have yall checked out and/or subscribed to my blog, Tome of the Unknown Writer, yet?
www.bootynovelbill.blogspot.com
Hope your week is filled with happiness, positivity and inspiration!
Hi Bill,
Just wanted to pop in and let you know I enjoyed My Booty Novel.
You can check out a review over at my shelf on http://www.shelfari.com/gwiz10
I also enjoy your blog. Thanks for the invite and reco!
Hope you're having a great weekend.
Take care and keep in touch!
Gracie
Enjoy your week!
Good morning Bill!
How are you?
I was supposed to send this message with your invitation....yes well....I am not so good with computer skills (which is pretty evident)....so here it is!
Greetings from England!
I am sorry I have been so busy on promotions and rarely get the pleasure to indulge myself on this site but I just wanted to invite you personally to listen to the BBC, who invited both myself and 8 Joni-Pip avids to appear on their show Go4it!
It's probably impossible to listen to the BBC in your neck of the woods but I wanted to invite you anyway.
I hope all is going spiffingly with you!
Carrie
Hi Bill! Thanks for the request.
Peace and Blessings
Hi Bill!Thank's for adding me as a friend.I've put your books on my list to read.Look forward to sharing and chatting with you!
Have a blessed one!
thanks for the ad Bill Michele Marchetti
http://www.discoverytoyslink.c...
Looking for pt.ft help nationwide
Join my number 1 team in the nation!
Hey there,Bill
Thank you for add me as your friends.
It`s my honor to be in your friends list.
I look forward to reading your books!
Best regards
Maria
Hi Bill, thanks for the invite, new to goodreads but really glad I found it.
Hi Bill,
Thanks for the invite!
My Booty Novel sounds like an interesting read and I've added it to my tbb list.
Wishing you much success!
Have a great week and keep in touch ;)
Gracie
Hello! Had a lot of fun going over your shelves. Really interesting selection and I picked quite a few as my "to-reads". Glad to have met you.
Hi, Bill...thanks for the invite into your circle of friends....wishing you all the best in 2008...you have quite an impressive book shelf...WOW...definitely looking forward to sharing chats, reviews and any/all book recommendations you may have...Happy Reading :-)
Bill
Thank you for the add!
xoMaggie
Hi Bill. Thank you for adding me.
I worked for AmeriCorps too! It's still one of the best things I've ever done.
I want to apologize for the all the recommendations from me yesterday. I wanted to share the Stoker Award news, and I only pressed the send button once--I'm not sure what happened to create so many messages. Some weird glitch.
Argh...this is terrible...
Again, I'm very sorry.
-Jeremy
Here’s wishing you a nifty New Year filled with noiseless noses, neato nicknames, noble Nebraskans, gnarly narcoleptic nebulas, and novel novels about nut-eating narwhals and novercaphobic gnats.
-Jeremy :)
P.S.—I’m currently offering autographed/personally-inscribed copies of my novel, Vacation, with free shipping for those in the US. If there’s anything you could do to help me spread the word about this, I’d really appreciate it. Feel free to click here for details:
http://hauntedhousedressing.co...
Hi Bill!
Here’s wishing you a yippee-filled Yuletime overflowing with yard-long yams, yapping yoyo-yanking yetis, yak-milk yeast-cakes, and yellow yarn-yielding year-end yard-gnomes.
-Jeremy :)
Thanks for sharing, Bill! I really appreciate it. INVISIBLE MAN is quite the awesome novel.
Happytimes,
Jeremy :)
Hi Bill!
If you don't mind sharing--I was wondering, what's your favorite novel of all time?
Here’s wishing you a fantastic day filled with fabulous friendships, fanciful festivities, and frolicking phantom footstools.
-Jeremy :)
The California Library Association sends me occasional new and interesting Websites. This just arrived and I'm sharing it just for fun.
National Endowment for the Arts: The Big Read
This is "an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts [NEA:] designed to restore reading to the center of American culture. ... [It:] brings together partners across the country to encourage reading for pleasure and enlightenment." Features details about the application process for program grants, and study guides for books such as "Fahrenheit 451" and "The Joy Luck Club." From the NEA, Institute of Museum and Library Sciences, and Arts Midwest.
URL: http://www.neabigread.org/
Hi Bill !
My book is now available...finally!
Go to www.authortree.com/kingdomhallnomore
Go to featured books and order your copy !
Thanks
Daniel
Thanks for the add! Have a blessed week! Ms.Thang, Author "In My Prayers with My Legs Wide Open"
Hey, have yall checked out and/or subscribed to my blog, Tome of the Unknown Writer, yet?
www.bootynovelbill.blogspot.com
Hope your week is filled with happiness, positivity and inspiration!
Hi Bill,
Just wanted to pop in and let you know I enjoyed My Booty Novel.
You can check out a review over at my shelf on http://www.shelfari.com/gwiz10
I also enjoy your blog. Thanks for the invite and reco!
Hope you're having a great weekend.
Take care and keep in touch!
Gracie
Enjoy your week!
Good morning Bill!
How are you?
I was supposed to send this message with your invitation....yes well....I am not so good with computer skills (which is pretty evident)....so here it is!
Greetings from England!
I am sorry I have been so busy on promotions and rarely get the pleasure to indulge myself on this site but I just wanted to invite you personally to listen to the BBC, who invited both myself and 8 Joni-Pip avids to appear on their show Go4it!
It's probably impossible to listen to the BBC in your neck of the woods but I wanted to invite you anyway.
I hope all is going spiffingly with you!
Carrie
Hi Bill! Thanks for the request.
Peace and Blessings
Hi Bill!Thank's for adding me as a friend.I've put your books on my list to read.Look forward to sharing and chatting with you!
Have a blessed one!
thanks for the ad Bill Michele Marchetti
http://www.discoverytoyslink.c...
Looking for pt.ft help nationwide
Join my number 1 team in the nation!
Hey there,Bill
Thank you for add me as your friends.
It`s my honor to be in your friends list.
I look forward to reading your books!
Best regards
Maria
Hi Bill, thanks for the invite, new to goodreads but really glad I found it.
Hi Bill,
Thanks for the invite!
My Booty Novel sounds like an interesting read and I've added it to my tbb list.
Wishing you much success!
Have a great week and keep in touch ;)
Gracie
Hello! Had a lot of fun going over your shelves. Really interesting selection and I picked quite a few as my "to-reads". Glad to have met you.
Hi, Bill...thanks for the invite into your circle of friends....wishing you all the best in 2008...you have quite an impressive book shelf...WOW...definitely looking forward to sharing chats, reviews and any/all book recommendations you may have...Happy Reading :-)
BillThank you for the add!
xoMaggie
Hi Bill. Thank you for adding me.
I worked for AmeriCorps too! It's still one of the best things I've ever done.
I want to apologize for the all the recommendations from me yesterday. I wanted to share the Stoker Award news, and I only pressed the send button once--I'm not sure what happened to create so many messages. Some weird glitch.Argh...this is terrible...
Again, I'm very sorry.
-Jeremy
Here’s wishing you a nifty New Year filled with noiseless noses, neato nicknames, noble Nebraskans, gnarly narcoleptic nebulas, and novel novels about nut-eating narwhals and novercaphobic gnats. -Jeremy :)
P.S.—I’m currently offering autographed/personally-inscribed copies of my novel, Vacation, with free shipping for those in the US. If there’s anything you could do to help me spread the word about this, I’d really appreciate it. Feel free to click here for details:
http://hauntedhousedressing.co...
Hi Bill!Here’s wishing you a yippee-filled Yuletime overflowing with yard-long yams, yapping yoyo-yanking yetis, yak-milk yeast-cakes, and yellow yarn-yielding year-end yard-gnomes.
-Jeremy :)
Thanks for sharing, Bill! I really appreciate it. INVISIBLE MAN is quite the awesome novel.Happytimes,
Jeremy :)
Hi Bill!If you don't mind sharing--I was wondering, what's your favorite novel of all time?
Here’s wishing you a fantastic day filled with fabulous friendships, fanciful festivities, and frolicking phantom footstools.
-Jeremy :)
The California Library Association sends me occasional new and interesting Websites. This just arrived and I'm sharing it just for fun.National Endowment for the Arts: The Big Read
This is "an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts [NEA:] designed to restore reading to the center of American culture. ... [It:] brings together partners across the country to encourage reading for pleasure and enlightenment." Features details about the application process for program grants, and study guides for books such as "Fahrenheit 451" and "The Joy Luck Club." From the NEA, Institute of Museum and Library Sciences, and Arts Midwest.
URL: http://www.neabigread.org/
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