Caleb J. Ross's Blog, page 75
August 12, 2011
Stranger Will tour stop #52: The Little Sleep (Paul Tremblay's blog)
Today I am honored to have a bit of page space at Paul Tremblay's blog. Paul's collection, In the Meantime, was one of my absolute favorite reads of 2010. He's a frequent poster over at The Velvet, and an all around nice guy. He even recorded an episode of The Velvet Podcast with me, but [...]
August 8, 2011
Stranger Will tour stop #51: Red Puffin Tobacco (Mlaz Corbier's blog)
For those of you out there fortunate enough to know Mlaz Corbier, you'll know that he's a bit of nut (in the best possible way), which makes me wish I would have written a crazier post for his blog during my Stranger Will Tour for Strange. Though, I think Mlaz would say that me admitting [...]
August 6, 2011
Stranger Will tour stop #50: Cannoli Pie Magazine; I am the August editor
Cannoli Pie editor Stephen Krauska (@cannolipie or @unRonic or UnRonic) asked me to be a guest editor at Cannoli Pie for the August issue. Amazing man; I ask for a tour stop on his blog and he offers an entire guest house for a month. I'm honored. I reached out to a few writers I know [...]
August 5, 2011
Stranger Will tour stop #49: Obscuradrome (Bob Pastorella's blog)
Today I stop by Bob Pastorella's blog, Obscuradrome, where I talk about my love of book-related podcasts. I spend plenty of time whoring out other people's podcasts, so if you have one, and you know me, chances are I mention you. Click here to read the guest post. Also, don't forget that if you comment on all guest [...]
August 3, 2011
Stranger Will tour stop #48: Justin Holt's blog
Today I stop at Justin Holt's blog. I was first introduced to Justin's work back in 2005-ish, I think, during one of the earliest incarnations of Write Club. What stuck with me even more than his writing was his obsession with music. This guy is a true lover. He's not a hipster elitist at all [...]
Hey Chicago-ers: Chicago Publisher 'CCLaP' Holds Quadruple Book Release Party, August 10th
(This post is cross-posted from the Outsider Writers site) From CCLaP The Chicago Center for Literature and Photography, or CCLaP, is proud to announce their latest local live event, a large-scale party to celebrate the release of their first four paper books this summer. An electronic publisher since 2007, CCLaP has been quietly releasing new special-edition, handmade "Hypermodern" paper editions [...]
July 29, 2011
Stranger Will tour stop #47: Ryan W. Bradley's blog
Today I stop by Ryan W. Bradley's blog (publisher at Artistically Declined Press and future Black Coffee Press label-mate; his Code for Failure comes out in 2012, shortly after my I Didn't Mean to be Kevin later this year). I offer a few words on my humility as a writer and the idea that being [...]
July 25, 2011
Character and Plot – One and The Same Thing..?: A guest post from David Baboulene
Following is a guest post from David Baboulene, author of The Story Book. He is currently preparing to defend his Ph.D. thesis at Brighton University that subtext is the defining substance of story, and by measuring subtext presence, depth and extent, he can tell you in advance how successful a story is likely to be. If you are [...]
July 23, 2011
Warmed and Bound reaches #3 in Barnes & Noble paperback bestsellers
By now, most of you know that I have a story in this amazing noir short fiction anthology called Warmed and Bound. What some of you may not yet know is just how successful the book has been already. On the day of its release, Warmed and Bound reached third in the country on the Barnes & [...]
July 22, 2011
Get Warmed, Get Bound Today
The day of attrition is upon us. Also, coincidentally, the day that Warmed and Bound is released is also upon us. For those of you not yet in the know, prepare to be baptized. Warmed and Bound is an anthology of short stories stitched together by the people at The Velvet and edited by the beautiful and talented Pela Via. [...]
