Sean Ferrell's Blog, page 11

Acknowledgments.

Now that my book is out, printed and bound and shipped and even (fingers crossed) purchased by people, nothing can be changed. One of the things that can't be changed is a lack of an acknowledgments page. When I was asked about doing one I was, to be honest, overwhelmed. What if I left someone out? What if it sounded stupid or self-serving or puerile. I just looked up the word puerile. It's a good word.

So the book is out and it can't be changed and here I sit thinking about who I should...

Pop Syndicate profile of ... uh... me.

D.B. Grady wrote about me and Numb for PopSyndicate: Numb a Thrilling Debut.

Oh, and I think Numb is out in stores today.

Wonder where I get it from?

An actual e-mail from my mother:

I was reading the new Readers Digest and in it there is a short feature of work-related jokes. One of the stories was about the finalists for the "Diagram Prize for the Oddest Book title of the Year. After reading the winning entries, I thought that it would be unique if Sean's title "Numb" was placed before each title, thus creating an interesting twist on the penchant for subtitles for books. Here they are in no particular order:

Numb: Afterthoughts of...

Interviewed by Jessie Mac, part 2.

Part two of Jessie Mac's interview of me, in which I reveal I want to be a monkey.

How to get an author blurb (part 4 of 4).

Dear Mr. Palahniuk:

Would it be hallucinatory for me to say you are my favorite author?

I am writing to see if you would be willing to read and possibly even blurb my debut novel, Numb, which will be published by Harper Perennial this August. I think that there is a lot in the story that you would connect with, and I would love knowing that you had simply read the book. A blurb would make me choke.

Since I am writing anyway, may I take this opportunity to congratulate you on your body of...

Interviewed by Jessie Mac.

An interview in which I reveal that I can fly!

If it's on a poster, it must be true.

Numb video.

Numb giveaway.

There are ten copies of Numb being given away at Goodreads. Go now, and win win win.

How to get an author blurb (part 3 of 4).

I'm here to help.

Dear Mr. Vonnegut,

Would it be unstuck of me to say that you are my favorite author?

I am writing to you to ask if you might read and blurb my debut novel, Numb (forthcoming from Harper Perennial in August). It is the story of an amnesiac who can't feel pain, his rise to fame, and other commonplace events.

To receive a blurb from you would be no small reward for the work that went into writing it (you have no idea how many Mad-Libs I had to complete before I finally had...