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Operation: Montauk - Available for Pre-Order

Operation: Montauk, which will make its official debut at Origins Game Fair at the end of the month, is now available for pre-order.

Operation: Montauk is a time-traveling science fiction novel patterned after the pulp-adventure stories of the 1920s and 1930s. 

Lost in time after a failed attempt to kill Hitler before his rise to power, World War II soldier Cpl. Jack Mallory finds himself stranded, his whole team killed, nearly 100 Million years off course. Together with a group of...

Pub Quiz Trivia Volumes 5-8

As many of you know, the pub quiz I host won the reader award for Best Pub Quiz, as voted by the readers of Salt Lake City Weekly for 2012. I put a lot of effort into the questions and we write so many every week. Last year, I put together 4 volumes (and one collected edition) of the pub quiz trivia I'd written to that point and it's time I unleashed another batch of it on the world.

I think this stuff is much better than the prior stuff, but it's all fascinating.



I can't explain how much...

Christopher Walken, Marcus, and many other things

First off, let me give you Christopher Walken's pitch for you to buy Lost at the Con:

Ok. I lied. That wasn't really Christopher Walken. That was Marcus, the world famous comedian. You might remember him from his time on Last Comic Standing. We were just having a bit of fun with that video.

He really liked my collection of science fiction short stories, Man Against the Future, and when I asked if he'd record the audio book, he leapt at the chance. Literally. Jumped. Leaping. Right through...

A discussion about God Bless You, Mr. Vonnegut on PCtv

Some of you might be aware that I'm a regular correspondent on Park City TV to talk about politics, media, and culture. Last night we talked exclusively about my writing, my writing process, and my book, God Bless You, Mr. Vonnegut.



It was a very fun discussion and host Terry Burden was great as always.







You can buy God Bless You, Mr. Vonnegut digitally at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, or for other eReaders.

God Bless You, Mr. Vonnegut

It's hard to believe that we've been able to manage five years on this Earth without the wit, wisdom, and moral compass of Kurt Vonnegut.



The man influenced me more than most have. Reading his work is like visiting an old friend, his writing is warm and inviting, sharp, funny, and any of a hundred other positive adjectives.



When I learned of his death, five years ago today, I felt as though I lost a friend. The idea that I'd never read another biting essay by the man, or another new book, ...

Confessions of an Independent Filmmaker 3: Breaking Sundance

The third part of my filmmakers guide/memoir went live on Amazon and Barnes and Noble today.



It documents what was perhaps the most stressful two weeks of my life: promoting a film during the 2004 Sundance Film Festival.



We made a film about the whole experience called The Misbehavers, but because of legal issues with those involved in it, music licensing, and the threat of lawsuits, it will never see release. In fact, I"m almost counting days until I get a cease and desist about this book...

Operation: Montauk - Cover Comps

For my next book, Operation: Montauk, I sought out a painter and designer who knows the pulp style inside and out. I kept looking at the art of Blain Hefner and knew I had my guy for this particular project.



I had been planning on using Erin Kubinek, my artist for Lost at the Con and God Bless You, Mr. Vonnegut, but I have employed her full time on another project and she wasn't available... Which makes me sad on one level, but she's plenty busy on a great project I will tell you about soon...

Awards!

I was honored to receive 3 and a half awards in Salt Lake City Weekly's Best of Utah 2012 competition.



The first award was labeled "Best Self-Promoter", but when on to explain that it was for their being impressed with how much I accomplish in my life as a writer, filmmaker, columnist, and quizmaster.

Bryan Young is, hands-down, the busiest guy in Utah media that you've never met. Aside being a founder of Shinebox Media and Big Shiny Robot! (as well as a contributor to City Weekly), the ...

Letters From Elsewhere

It's been a while since I posted and for the month of March I haven't felt as though as I've had much to show for myself. It's not that I haven't been busy or I haven't been writing, I've just been working very hard on things. I finished the revisions on Operation: Montauk and I'm very, very happy with how far its come. It's still on schedule for a release at Origins.



Speaking of Origins, there are a couple of collections I've been asked to participate in that will see release then. The fir...

SLC Nerd 2012

I wrote a piece for Salt Lake City Weekly about this weekend's SLC Nerd Event, but I failed to mention in the article that I will be there participating as well. I've booked a table and will be there signing books.



I will have the print versions of Lost at the Con, Man Against the Future, The Colossus, and God Bless You, Mr. Vonnegut. I'll also have the audio book version of Lost at the Con (which contains the ebook versions as well.)



SLC NERD

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