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The fantastic new book trailer for The Sheriff of Yrnameer.

My apologies to publicists and Stephen.

The Sheriff of Yrnameer book trailer from Mike Rubens on Vimeo.

Nice review of Yrnameer in the Winnipeg Free Press

Right here.

Best SEO/Marketing Manager ever!!!!

This is the email I received from one Tina Moore, the "SEO and Marketing Manager" for roundcandles dot org. I'm assuming this is just automated spam, but I was so amused by it I had to post:

"Hi There,

This is Tina from roundcandles.org. I am the SEO and marketing manager over here. In addition to searching for new and interesting keywords to target, I also seek out quality sites to trade links with. I did a search earlier today on Google.com for "Tall Clear Glass Vases", and came across your w...

Los Angeles, baby!

Incredibly annoying LA idiot on cellphone at poolside restaurant: "Guillermo del Toro dropped out? Fine, we'll just fix the script tomorrow."

What? That was me? Oh, right. Sorry.

Yes, I was that guy, the annoying idiot on his cellphone. Best part: Kathy Griffin, who has built her career mocking idiots like me, was sitting about three feet away at the next table. In my defense, it was all true, and had to be dealt with right then. And I'm an annoying idiot.

I should explain.

Just spent the better ...

Gorillaz + half The Clash

Gorillaz came by the studio with Mick Jones and Paul Simonon of The Clash and rocked the joint.

Great review of Yrnameer on Tor.com

So why not. Ryan Britt, who wrote the review, also hosted the reading last night at Powerhouse Arena in Brooklyn — an absolutely awesome space. Great turnout for the reading, and great help from the very funny Will Hines of Upright Citizens Brigade, who conducted a Q&A with me after the reading.

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and Yrnameer

If you visit Amazon.com, you'll see a lovely review of The Sheriff of Yrnameer by Seth Grahame-Smith, the author of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. If you don't visit Amazon.com but visit my site and read this blog posting, you'll see the same review, cut and pasted:

Seth Grahame-Smith is the author of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, which debuted at #3 on the New York Times bestseller list and has been translated into sixteen languages. Seth is also a film and television writer/producer...

Paperback of Yrnameer now available!

…and in celebration of that fact, I'm going to shamelessly repost some really nice reviews I previously received, in the hopes that they will then show up on searches, and more people will buy the book, and so on and so forth.

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Hurray for the left-handed.

Yes, we're truly freaks, as detailed in a recent blog post by scientist Natalie Wolchover (h/t Andrew Sullivan's blog). Come visit my brain sometime — it's like something painted by Hieronymous Bosch on a bad day.

Reading at Powerhouse Arena

I'll be reading on August 11 at Powerhouse Arena in DUMBO (that's Brooklyn, for all y'all not from around these here parts). I'll be appearing with, and trying to keep up with, the fantastically funny Will Hines from Upright Citizens Brigade.