Christopher Farnsworth's Blog, page 25
May 6, 2010
BLOOD OATH: the trailer
April 27, 2010
Shameless Self-Promotion, Pt. 2
Lots of big things happening with BLOOD OATH. It's beginning to sink in that in less than a month, I'm going to have a novel in bookstores everywhere.
Gotta admit: that's pretty cool.
Along with the hermit-like hunching over keyboards, random Internet surfing and grinding of teeth that makes up the actual writing process for me, I'm also discovering my job now includes things like book tours, panel appearances and marketing meetings. Here's the more fun stuff:
April 20, 2010
"I Read In the Papers About Their Escape…"
What truly evil parents are getting for their kids' birthdays in the UK: Evil Clown. In related news, child psychologists are putting down payments on boats and summer homes.
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Fellow L.A. author Jenny Hollowell is featured as one of the best new writers at the Daily Beast.
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David Cay Johnston remembers former LAPD Chief Daryl Gates.
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Wondermark, by David Malki. You can catch him at the L.A. Times Festival of Books this weekend. And oh yeah, that Farnsworth guy will be there, too.
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April 16, 2010
"Kick-Ass" and the Death of My Inner 13-Year-Old Sociopath
I have a confession to make: I have no desire to see Kick-Ass. None.
If I'd gone to junior high in the aftermath of Columbine, I would have been locked up. No joke. I buzz-cut my hair, wore a black trenchcoat every day, and wrote violent short stories in bad imitation of Hunter S. Thompson where I used a bazooka to blow up the school.
So I think I get where Kick-Ass is coming from. And it's safe to say that if I were still that same 13-year-old misfit, I would be camping out in front of a...
April 8, 2010
School (of) Sucks
University to offer master's degree in vampire literature. (Via Topless Robot and FilmDrunk.)
"Vampires used to be rooted in the past, representing something primitive; now they are about modern culture, living in cities, listening to punk music, embracing technology. Some are even female, and vegetarian."
George claims that change reflects the fact that vampire stories mirror the anxieties embedded in modern-day culture. "Vampires teach us to come to terms with our desires and the fact...
March 26, 2010
Some Days, There Is Just too Much Awesome on the Internet
Dog catches, eats police car. (Via BoingBoing.)
The dog, named Winston, got to go back home, in case you were wondering.
March 25, 2010
Morning Distractions
Scene from Top 10, by Alan Moore, Gene Ha and Zander Cannon
A list of the greatest hidden moments in what might be Alan Moore's greatest (and least celebrated work) since Watchmen: Top 10, about a police precinct in a city full of superhumans.
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Kevin Smith is spending way too much time on Twitter.
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The case for keeping Comic-Con in San Diego.
But here's the thing: the high-wattage celebrity factor is already pretty significant. Plus, this convention shouldn't be about what's easy for the...
March 24, 2010
I Wanna Be Like Harry Houdini
Pretty much confirmed now: Chris Evans will be Captain America. Hey, it could have been Dane Cook. Count your blessings.
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Writer becomes addicted to cocaine, Grand Theft Auto, regrets nothing.
The game does not give you any way to interact with this man other than through physical violence, so you take a swing. The fight ends with you stomping the last remaining vitality from the hapless construction worker's blood-squirting body. …
Never has a game felt so open. Never has a game felt so...
March 23, 2010
Various and Sundry
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Meg Whitman has spent $27 million on her run for governor of California in the past 11 weeks.
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Americans consume 60 pounds of high fructose corn syrup every year. Unsurprisingly, it makes us fat.
Animals with access to high-fructose corn syrup gained 48 percent more weight than those eating a normal diet. In humans, this would be equivalent to a 200-pound man gaining 96 pounds.
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John Connolly's latest Parker novel, The Whisperers, is almost done. He talks about the editing process here...
March 22, 2010
BLOOD OATH Tour 2010
My tour for the release of BLOOD OATH has been finalized.
I will be reading from the book, answering questions, and signing copies and body parts. (Provided they are fresh, or at least embalmed.)
Hope to see you if I come near your town.
Thanks,
Chris
TUESDAY, MAY 18
Barnes & Noble – The Grove
189 Grove Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90036
7:00 PM
THURSDAY, MAY 20
Mystery Bookstore
10-36 C Broxton Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90024
7:00 PM
SATURDAY, MAY 22
Barnes & Noble – Huntington Beach
7881 Edinger Avenue
Huntington Beach, CA 92647
7:00 PM
SUNDAY, MAY 23
Mysterious Galaxy
7050 Clairemont Mesa Blvd.
Ste. 302
San Diego, CA 92111
2:00 PM
(With Nathan Long, author of BLOOD BORN)
MONDAY, MAY 24
Tattered Cover
2526 East Colfax Avenue
Denver, CO 80206
7:30 PM
WEDNESDAY, MAY 26
Poisoned Pen
4010 N. Goldwater Blvd.
Scottsdale, AZ 85251
7:00 PM
(With Boyd Morrison, author of THE ARK)
THURSDAY, MAY 27
Legacy Books
7300 Dallas Parkway
Suite A120
Plano, TX 75024
7:00 PM
TUESDAY, JUNE 1
Powell’s – Cedar Hills
3415 SW Cedar Hills Blvd.
Beaverton, OR 97005 USA
7:00 PM
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2
Murder by the Book
2324 Bissonnet St.
Houston, TX 77005
6:30 pm
FRIDAY, JUNE 4
Third Place Books
17171 Bothell Way NE
Ste. A-101
Seattle, WA 98155
6:30 PM
SATURDAY, JUNE 12
Barnes & Noble – Boise
1315 North Milwaukee
Boise, ID 83704
17171 Bothell Way NE
2:00 PM
