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November 6, 2012
If My Dad and I Committed a Casino Heist Together…
The fifth of my ?-many part column over at ManArchy Magazine, called This is My Father, The Internet is now live and ready for your eye attack. This most recent article is called “If My Dad and I Committed a Casino Heist Together…” It’s a bit of a love story. Not really.
Read all of the This Is My Father, The Internet articles here at ManArchy Magazine
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November 3, 2012
Literary Fiction vs. Genre Fiction: A War of Terminology (Video Blog ep 037)
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Literary vs. Genre. It’s a debate had mostly by linguistic and book nerds, one that honestly has no effect on anything important, so why even have it? Shut up! That’s why!
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October 31, 2012
Video Review of Moonwalking with Einstein by Joshua Foer (Video Blog ep 036)
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Who knew the memory was so misunderstood? Well, memory scientists, maybe, but surely they aren’t going to admit that; it’d be like admitting that they aren’t good at their jobs then, right? Sorry, this video is a conspiracy theory thing, I promise. It’s actually about how interesting the book Moonwalking with Einstein is. How interesting? Very.
October 29, 2012
Apocellypsis, a Short Horror Story, is now at ManArchy Mag
I don’t write horror. At least, I don’t think I do. But sometimes, something I write gets called horror. I guess it makes sense. So, sometimes people come to me asking to write a horror story for them. Such was the case with ManArchy Magazine (though I do write a column for them, so I suppose it was less a testament to my horror chops and perhaps more to ManArchy’s inclusivity).
Head over to ManArchy Magazine now to read my short, short, short story, Apocellypsis. Not enticed enough? What if I told you that the title is a mash-up of apocalypse and ellipsis? How’s that treat you, grammar nerd?
October 27, 2012
The DerpCast, and new collaborate YouTube channel featuring my ugly mug
Four book-centric YouTubers talk about books, book news, and other tangentially related bookery. The first episode, titled CASUAL VACANCY HITS 1 MILLION SALES, went live today. Head over, subscribe, enjoy. Rise. Repeat.
Head over the The Booktube Network’s DerpCast channel page and watch the first episode. Also, feel free to check out my introduction to the episode by clicking the image below.
Wait. DerpCast, as in we are a cast of derps. Donlon, you son of a bitch!
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The Guilty Parties
Donlon T.
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Caleb J. Ross
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www.goodreads.com/CalebJRoss
www.calebjross.com
www.amazon.com/Caleb-J.-Ross/e/B002TXEDB8
Liz Vallish
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www.twitter.com/elizziebeth
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www.elizziebooks.tumblr.com/
www.goodreads.com/elizziebooks
Dean Goranites
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www.twitter.com/Unleash_this
www.unleash-this.com
October 26, 2012
A Drinking Playlist for Reading I Didn’t Mean to be Kevin
A drinking playlist. A brilliant idea, or the brilliantest idea? Lori, over at The Next Big Book Blog was kind enough to have be back after my August stop at her blog when I read my story “Petty Injuries.” This time, she asked me to supply a drinking playlist, which is exactly what it sounds like: what to drink to elicit or compliment specific moods, specifically with regards to books. I outline for you a playlist according to my novel, I Didn’t Mean to be Kevin.
October 24, 2012
Imperfections Make for Interesting Characters (Video Blog ep 035)
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Really, the title of this entry is all I need. Imperfections do make for interesting characters. Nobody wants to read about a perfect human (unless the story deals with the human’s perfection as a weakness in contrast to the rest of the human race). Even Superman needed Kryptonite to be interesting.
I re-learned, during a recent trip to New Orleans, that a writer should embrace the imperfections.
October 20, 2012
Burning Books (Video Blog ep 034)
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Though we’re just past Banned Books Week, I don’t think it’s ever too late to celebrate the majesty of systematically stripping away a person’s right to choose literature. But I don’t just want to stand on the sidelines and praise those beautiful nutjobs. I want to help.
Banning books can only do so much. To really make a point, you have to burn books. Here I present a few examples which I hope you will copy so that we may all live in a better world.
October 17, 2012
Spoiler Alert Alert: This Video Burns Spoilers (Video Blog ep 033)
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I don’t agree with the avoid-them-like-the-plague concept of spoiler alerts. To me, if a book can be spoiled by a simple plot revelation, then it’s not a book worth reading. I read for the journey, for imagery, vivid description, the language, concept, and on the list goes, but what remains interestingly absent from this list is plot. I don’t care much about the plot of a book.
But that’s me. I know I’m in the minority. So don’t be surprised when I continue to write *SPOILER ALERT* every time I tell you that Tyler Durden and the narrator of Fight Club are the same person.
October 14, 2012
I’m trying out this VYou thing. Ask me anything.
I only recently heard about Vyou.com. I like the concept, so I’m trying it out. For those uninitiated, Vyou.com is like a cross between video chat and YouTube given the veneer of an amateur interview portal. Basically, ask any member anything, and they respond via video. I know, you could do this on YouTube, so why go to Vyou.com to do it? Well, the Vyou.com interface is built specifically to handle the asking and responding of quick questions via video.
I’m not celebrity enough for anyone to care about my personal opinions on things (though, I’m not promising not to spew a visual diary every once-in-a-while), so what kinds of questions should you ask me? Anything, really. Do you want to know about publishing? Ask. About writing? Ask. About cartoons? Ask. Do you have questions regarding any of my many blog posts on this site (537 to date)? Ask.
Who knows how long I’ll keep this up? I’m just seeing where it goes, for now.
