Bart King's Blog, page 55

Martial arts are so hard

Just try Crawl Fu sometime!

Happy Friday!

This is how my book club starts every meeting.

Well, there goes my day.

Via.

I have a good feeling about this!

The OED likes The Drake Equation!

The Oxford English Dictionary is the ultimate dictionary. It’s has the meaning, history, and pronunciation of every English word and term, past and present. Anyway, the people who work at the OED obviously love The Drake  Equation , because they tweeted about it and everything!
Ooh, and if you've never heard of the actual Drake equation, here is the OED definition:

This one is for the dreamers!

We all admire someone who keeps his or her eyes on a seemingly unattainable goal, ignoring all obstacles in the way.
So please join me in saluting Augie. Our hellhound ran through this newly reinforced gate while chasing a squirrel. And he's inspired me to follow my dreams—
*runs into front door*
P.S. Augie was fine. The gate is messed up.

Fun Fundraiser: Naming rights!

A friend of mine came up with a creative fundraising idea for a Portland nonprofit. I sold "naming rights" for a fictional character in my next story—and amazingly, people actually bid on it! It reads:
LET IT BE KNOWN…...that the bearer of this note has the 'distinction' of having his or her name used as an important character in author Bart King’s forthcoming novel. As said author is currently responsible for a number of vile volumes, the bearer should bear in mind that it’s entirely possible that he or she will be linked forever to a book titled something like The Accordionist's Second Cousin. So it shall be written . . . so it shall be done!

This is me, happy to have a book coming out...

...then getting a mean review!

On second thought . . . why don't I see the baby *next* time?

  *ulp*Via.