Sam Hilliard's Blog, page 11
February 7, 2010
Congratulations, Saints
To all my friends who are die hard Saints fans ( and were for years, and will be forever ) congrats! Who dat? Yeah, that's who just did it!
February 4, 2010
10 days ( or so )
At long last, a mile post of consequence is in sight: The Last Track will be available for purchase in ten days. Or so. More on that later. First a few words about getting from a raw idea to a finished book.
This project was spurned by being laid off three days after returning from a honeymoon. It buoyed me through job changes, a divorce and separation and a number of train wreck relationships. Literally, there were times when the only sense of worth flowed from the viability of the...
February 2, 2010
Trailer is live
Book trailer for The Last Track went live this evening.
February 1, 2010
Hey, that's great
Only Rip Torn could get away with committing a de facto armed bank robbery–with an unlicensed gun, no less. But if you can dodge a wrench, well, then you can dodge a felony charge.
January 31, 2010
Do Emos Dream of Electric Sheep
Even those who lack a subscription to cable television can't avoid the new MTV reality TV show, Jersey Shore. A bunch of hipster urbanites from well, mostly outside of New Jersey, get drunk and pump their fists. For these and other antics they have netted one of the largest rating share for a reality television show since Jon and Kate Disintegrate and some sweet paychecks. 10k an episode which works out to roughly 500 bucks a pump. Nice. They do almost as well as some of our hookers.
Like...
Grateful
Almost a year ago to the day, my mother was diagnosed with an extremely aggressive form of cancer. At the time it was a bit of shock, largely because she was the sort of person who was healthy, and because there was until that moment no trace of cancer in the family ever manifested itself. Like at all. Women in our family live into their nineties. They generally die because well, 96 is fricking old. Something critical wears out eventually.
I can remember the very moment my mother felt sorry...
January 25, 2010
Been there screamed at that
Hell is running on an elliptical backwards. Ouch. Excuse me now, please. Have to go ice down my thighs.
January 24, 2010
Last Track podcast announcement
At the publisher's suggestion, a podcast with a reading of The Last Track will be available for download in the next month or so. Starting shortly after the release date–an announcement about this soon–every few days another scene will appear, until a large portion of the novel is available in audio form. Spent much of this weekend editing down the files narrated by the magical ( ok, he's not particularly magical, more like insanely talented ) Chris.
If I was sick of the story by this...
January 22, 2010
Final cover for the Last Track
If it's possible, I love Elynn a little more. Here's the final cover for The Last Track:
