Eric D. Goodman's Blog, page 15
April 23, 2022
Release Day Buzz
During the release of my latest novel, Wrecks and Ruins, I happened to be traveling internationally for the first time since before the pandemic. That's something that can easily happen when you compartmentalize life.
That didn't stop the publication day buzz! Thank you to those who helped keep the cicada buzz going while I was away!
Wrecks and Ruins was featured in the TBR [to be read] series!
Deborah Kalb featured an interview with me about Wrecks and Ruins in the Book Q&As Blog!
A thoughtful and positive book review of Wrecks and Ruins was featured on B. Morrison's Book Blog.
Another great review by Charles Rammelkamp was published in the UK literary magazine, London Grip.
Loyola's Apprentice House Press announced the release of Wrecks and Ruins in a press release.
And Apprentice House Press featured an author interview with me about Wrecks and Ruins.
WBJC included Wrecks and Ruins as it’s monthly Book Notes feature. You can tune in to Judith Krummeck’s interview with me at the link.
Find out what all the buzz is about! Get your copy at your favorite bookstore, or get it online from one of the links below!
Barnes and Noble
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/wrec...
Amazon
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09...
Bookshop (supporting independent bookstores)
https://bookshop.org/books/wrecks-and...
That didn't stop the publication day buzz! Thank you to those who helped keep the cicada buzz going while I was away!
Wrecks and Ruins was featured in the TBR [to be read] series!
Deborah Kalb featured an interview with me about Wrecks and Ruins in the Book Q&As Blog!
A thoughtful and positive book review of Wrecks and Ruins was featured on B. Morrison's Book Blog.
Another great review by Charles Rammelkamp was published in the UK literary magazine, London Grip.
Loyola's Apprentice House Press announced the release of Wrecks and Ruins in a press release.
And Apprentice House Press featured an author interview with me about Wrecks and Ruins.
WBJC included Wrecks and Ruins as it’s monthly Book Notes feature. You can tune in to Judith Krummeck’s interview with me at the link.
Find out what all the buzz is about! Get your copy at your favorite bookstore, or get it online from one of the links below!
Barnes and Noble
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/wrec...
Amazon
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09...
Bookshop (supporting independent bookstores)
https://bookshop.org/books/wrecks-and...
April 22, 2022
Wrecks and Ruins Day!
Wrecks and Ruins was released by Loyola University's Apprentice House Press This Tuesday!
Stu strings together more than broken relationships, seeking art in the defective. After finding love, sabotaging it, and rekindling the fire again, Stu comes to understand that his drive to end relationships prematurely and his attraction to damaged goods are connected to his fear of being broken himself. Part romantic comedy, part buddy novel, Wrecks and Ruins finds beauty in the most unusual places.
Order Wrecks and Ruins now from your favorite book seller or one of the links below:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/wrec...
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09...
https://bookshop.org/books/wrecks-and...
Stu strings together more than broken relationships, seeking art in the defective. After finding love, sabotaging it, and rekindling the fire again, Stu comes to understand that his drive to end relationships prematurely and his attraction to damaged goods are connected to his fear of being broken himself. Part romantic comedy, part buddy novel, Wrecks and Ruins finds beauty in the most unusual places.
Order Wrecks and Ruins now from your favorite book seller or one of the links below:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/wrec...
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09...
https://bookshop.org/books/wrecks-and...
April 18, 2022
Charles Rammelkamp on Wrecks and Ruins: “Goodman is a talented storyteller”
“Music is an important element in Wrecks and Ruins. Stu is like the protagonist of the old Rolling Stones’ song, “Sitting on a Fence.” Part of the charm of the novel is that chunks of time are related out of place, filling in the blanks of our understanding. Goodman is a talented storyteller.”
—Charles Rammelkamp, author of The Secretkeepers and Catastroika
—Charles Rammelkamp, author of The Secretkeepers and Catastroika
April 14, 2022
Judith Krummeck on Wrecks and Ruins: “Flinty empathy”
“In a prose style that evokes Stuart’s compulsion about things that are broken and fleeting, Eric D. Goodman pieces together with flinty empathy the conflicted psyche of a man who finally confronts his fragmented life.”
—Judith Krummeck, author of Old New Worlds and Beyond the Baobab
—Judith Krummeck, author of Old New Worlds and Beyond the Baobab
April 13, 2022
Robin Black on Wrecks and Ruins: “Quirky and surprisingly endearing”
“Caught between the reality of life’s impermanence and his suspicion that the dream of everlasting love is not a bit real, Stuart is as quirky and surprisingly endearing a figure as you’ll find anywhere. Through him, and — oddly — through the life-cycle of cicadas, Goodman takes on the big questions, the ones about life’s meaning and about where beauty is best to be found. The result is this charming and moving story of one man’s evolution, his loves, and his gradually dawning realizations about it all. I enjoyed every page!"
—Robin Black, author of Life Drawing and If I loved You, I Would Tell You This
—Robin Black, author of Life Drawing and If I loved You, I Would Tell You This
April 10, 2022
Wrecks and Ruins Available Now
My new novel, Wrecks and Ruins, will be released by Loyola University’s Apprentice House Press on Tuesday, April 19, 2022—but you don’t have to wait until then. You can pre-order the novel as an ebook, trade paperback, or hardcover right now!
Stu strings together more than broken relationships, seeking art in the defective. After finding love, sabotaging it, and rekindling the fire again, Stu comes to understand that his drive to end relationships prematurely and his attraction to damaged goods are connected to his fear of being broken himself. Part romantic comedy, part buddy novel, Wrecks and Ruins finds beauty in the most unusual places.
Order Wrecks and Ruins now from your favorite book seller or one of the links below:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/wrec...
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09...
https://bookshop.org/books/wrecks-and...
Stu strings together more than broken relationships, seeking art in the defective. After finding love, sabotaging it, and rekindling the fire again, Stu comes to understand that his drive to end relationships prematurely and his attraction to damaged goods are connected to his fear of being broken himself. Part romantic comedy, part buddy novel, Wrecks and Ruins finds beauty in the most unusual places.
Order Wrecks and Ruins now from your favorite book seller or one of the links below:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/wrec...
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09...
https://bookshop.org/books/wrecks-and...
April 2, 2022
My Radio Interview
Tune in to 91.5 FM, WBJC, for my radio interview with Judith Krummeck on Booknotes!
It airs today at 5:15 p.m. and tomorrow at 10 a.m.
Judith and I talk about my latest novel, Wrecks and Ruins.
Listen in!
https://www.wbjc.com/our-programs/boo...
It airs today at 5:15 p.m. and tomorrow at 10 a.m.
Judith and I talk about my latest novel, Wrecks and Ruins.
Listen in!
https://www.wbjc.com/our-programs/boo...
March 19, 2022
Designed to Keep You Out
Before Silence of the Lambs or CSI came to light, Robert W. Walker was already writing popular mysteries about serial killers and forensics. With more than 50 novels to his name, Walker knows the publishing business.
When I spoke with Robert Walker years ago at the Maryland Writers' Conference, he offered this bit of encouragement to new writers: "The publishing industry is designed to keep you out." More about business than art, he explained that the industry is more interested in sure sales than potential new writers. There are tricks to help crack the door, but it can be as difficult as catching a serial killer—something he does often in his writing.
Learn more about Robert W. Walker at his nook on the Harper Collins site.
http://www.harpercollins.com/authors/...
When I spoke with Robert Walker years ago at the Maryland Writers' Conference, he offered this bit of encouragement to new writers: "The publishing industry is designed to keep you out." More about business than art, he explained that the industry is more interested in sure sales than potential new writers. There are tricks to help crack the door, but it can be as difficult as catching a serial killer—something he does often in his writing.
Learn more about Robert W. Walker at his nook on the Harper Collins site.
http://www.harpercollins.com/authors/...
Aim Off Target
Writing the book is merely the top of the iceberg, as every new author will tell you. After writing, there's revising, rewriting, editing, finding a publisher, and the long, tedious task of selling it. You can't just create a book and expect the masses to rush to you these days. To succeed, you must take your book to the masses.
While the obvious options (local media, book reviewers, editors, and authors who specialize in the subject area or genre you've written in) are usually overloaded with review copies, certain media sources aren't used to receiving book releases. And that is why I’ve found a bit of success with an alternate strategy: aim off target.
Keep in mind that you're not shooting at random; you should aim and polish your pitch. Here’s how we did it with Flightless Goose years ago.
When sharing the book with publications in the medical and disability fields, we spotlighted that this is a book that teaches children how to deal with disability and difficult situations. When we went to automotive magazines, we highlighted that the goose is playing too close to the road and has an auto accident, so the book promotes road safety in play areas. When we went to style and fashion publications, we shared images of outfits worn by the geese and touted the style of the illustrations.
Flightless Goose received as much attention from these non-literary markets as it did from the traditional book reviewers.
Read my full article on the topic at Writers Weekly:
https://writersweekly.com/this-weeks-...
While the obvious options (local media, book reviewers, editors, and authors who specialize in the subject area or genre you've written in) are usually overloaded with review copies, certain media sources aren't used to receiving book releases. And that is why I’ve found a bit of success with an alternate strategy: aim off target.
Keep in mind that you're not shooting at random; you should aim and polish your pitch. Here’s how we did it with Flightless Goose years ago.
When sharing the book with publications in the medical and disability fields, we spotlighted that this is a book that teaches children how to deal with disability and difficult situations. When we went to automotive magazines, we highlighted that the goose is playing too close to the road and has an auto accident, so the book promotes road safety in play areas. When we went to style and fashion publications, we shared images of outfits worn by the geese and touted the style of the illustrations.
Flightless Goose received as much attention from these non-literary markets as it did from the traditional book reviewers.
Read my full article on the topic at Writers Weekly:
https://writersweekly.com/this-weeks-...
March 3, 2022
Wolfe on Steinbeck
When Tom Wolfe spoke about the state of the American Novel at the National Book Festival years ago, he was adamant that the state of the novel was not good.
Wolfe believed that modern American novelists — especially the young — have nothing to say. He also described what he considers the Europeanization of the American novel.
"America has been Europeanized. America believes that the novel should be psychological instead of being about something. But this is an astonishing, unexplored country — go to it!"
He explained that many great American novelists were actually reporters. "Take John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath. He worked as a reporter to get his material. He needed to be a reporter for the material and exposure to the types of characters and situations he was writing about."
Tom Wolfe encourages today's novelists to get the scoop before attempting to master the craft.
Visit Tom's bookshelf at the link.
http://www.tomwolfe.com/bookshelf.html
Wolfe believed that modern American novelists — especially the young — have nothing to say. He also described what he considers the Europeanization of the American novel.
"America has been Europeanized. America believes that the novel should be psychological instead of being about something. But this is an astonishing, unexplored country — go to it!"
He explained that many great American novelists were actually reporters. "Take John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath. He worked as a reporter to get his material. He needed to be a reporter for the material and exposure to the types of characters and situations he was writing about."
Tom Wolfe encourages today's novelists to get the scoop before attempting to master the craft.
Visit Tom's bookshelf at the link.
http://www.tomwolfe.com/bookshelf.html
