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February 18, 2021
Free eBook
Because we managed to clear the extremely low bar of one person buying one physical copy, Dear Runaway will be free on Kindle all day Friday. This is your chance to get yours free and e. Sales like this only come once in a lifetime, so get out your billfolds, unfold them, which also unfolds the bills, so I guess now your "billfold" is just a "billremainsasitwas," and then throw that pile of shit in a fire because you won't need it ever again!
January 1, 2020
Free Today
For real, a free kindle copy of Dear Runaway. No tricks, no gimmicks. One day only.
Get Yours.
Get Yours.
December 13, 2019
New Old Book
If you've been following me for years now, you probably remember a project titled Pete's Unsent Love Letters. I didn't manage to get it placed with a big, fancy publishing house, so I decided to put it on a big, fancy publishing house that has so many resources that they'll publish ANYTHING. I think we all know which one I'm talking about.
Anyway, the book is called Dear Runaway. It's in pretty good shape at this point, and you can buy it, read it, and then review it on here with 5 stars. You know, if you're feeling generous. If you're not, buy it, then read it, then don't review it. If you're not even THAT generous, buy it, then do nothing with it. Just make sure to buy it. That's the takeaway here.
Dear Runaway: a novel in letters
Anyway, the book is called Dear Runaway. It's in pretty good shape at this point, and you can buy it, read it, and then review it on here with 5 stars. You know, if you're feeling generous. If you're not, buy it, then read it, then don't review it. If you're not even THAT generous, buy it, then do nothing with it. Just make sure to buy it. That's the takeaway here.
Dear Runaway: a novel in letters
May 16, 2018
Get yer free Ghost Dick!
You read that right. I mean, you read the words correctly, but the meaning is probably kinda goofed up.
I wrote a very short, very dumb little book called Ghost Dick: Private Eye. With a title like that, would you have it any way other than dumb?
It's free for Kindle for five days starting May 17th, 2018. Grab a copy. Tell your friends to grab one. Grab it by the ass and never let go!
I wrote a very short, very dumb little book called Ghost Dick: Private Eye. With a title like that, would you have it any way other than dumb?
It's free for Kindle for five days starting May 17th, 2018. Grab a copy. Tell your friends to grab one. Grab it by the ass and never let go!
June 6, 2017
Chuck Klosterman X: The Audiobook
Okay, I don't know how to list this as a separate review because that's what's really needed. Blog it is!
What you need to know about Chuck Klosterman Presents Chuck Klosterman X: The Audio Companion to a Highly Specific and Defiantly Incomplete History of the Early 21st Century is that it truly is an audio companion to the book. It's not the book read aloud, but it's a summary of the book and some readaloud snippets. As Klosterman puts it, if you listened to the audio, you'd be able to talk about this book at a party or something without having to actually read it.
It's kind of great, but it was also kind of a letdown. When I first started listening, I realized that it worked a lot better if you'd read the book. Or, if you like Klosterman, like I do, you're going to want to read the entirety of the book rather than get the summary.
So I switched to the print, then went back to the audio.
The audio is also excellent. And it's something that I like here and there, an audiobook that offers something other than a straight readaloud of the book. It's almost like Walking Dead comics and the TV show. The show follows the same(ish) characters from the comics through similar scenarios, but things tend to go down in different ways. Which means that gigantic fans can experience both, but casual fans can do one or the other.
Am I throwing down the gauntlet and saying that you're not a huge Klosterman fan if you don't do both? Yes. Yes I am. As the man himself says, it's better to have one person love you than to have 10 people who like you. According to some very bad math, I'm better than 10 of you (at least in this one specific way). And isn't that really why any of us do anything? To be better than all the other losers out there?
What you need to know about Chuck Klosterman Presents Chuck Klosterman X: The Audio Companion to a Highly Specific and Defiantly Incomplete History of the Early 21st Century is that it truly is an audio companion to the book. It's not the book read aloud, but it's a summary of the book and some readaloud snippets. As Klosterman puts it, if you listened to the audio, you'd be able to talk about this book at a party or something without having to actually read it.
It's kind of great, but it was also kind of a letdown. When I first started listening, I realized that it worked a lot better if you'd read the book. Or, if you like Klosterman, like I do, you're going to want to read the entirety of the book rather than get the summary.
So I switched to the print, then went back to the audio.
The audio is also excellent. And it's something that I like here and there, an audiobook that offers something other than a straight readaloud of the book. It's almost like Walking Dead comics and the TV show. The show follows the same(ish) characters from the comics through similar scenarios, but things tend to go down in different ways. Which means that gigantic fans can experience both, but casual fans can do one or the other.
Am I throwing down the gauntlet and saying that you're not a huge Klosterman fan if you don't do both? Yes. Yes I am. As the man himself says, it's better to have one person love you than to have 10 people who like you. According to some very bad math, I'm better than 10 of you (at least in this one specific way). And isn't that really why any of us do anything? To be better than all the other losers out there?
January 18, 2017
Great New Review (Not Really)!
I wanted to share a review from Amazon for my book Conntra: Wads of Power:
wtf wtf wtf... if you are reading this comment, you are the most screwed up person ever... i cant beleive anyone would write such a useless piece of crap. i was looking to see if anyone preserved the nintendo power magazines... and this piece of excrement comes up. wts. screw the person who write this book... what the crap...
What I've learned here is that I am the most screwed up person ever, although it's not because I WROTE the book but because I read the review(?) Also, I've learned people are not good at searching Amazon. I put in "Nintendo Power" and went 10 pages of results deep and still didn't find this book. Which means I've ALSO learned that most people are too uptight to admit when they're looking for an erotic, nay, homoerotic adventure tale. Which is a shame. It's 2017. No need to hide. I see right through your excuses, reviewer. The shame is not in your proclivities. It's in your feeling that you need to hide them.
wtf wtf wtf... if you are reading this comment, you are the most screwed up person ever... i cant beleive anyone would write such a useless piece of crap. i was looking to see if anyone preserved the nintendo power magazines... and this piece of excrement comes up. wts. screw the person who write this book... what the crap...
What I've learned here is that I am the most screwed up person ever, although it's not because I WROTE the book but because I read the review(?) Also, I've learned people are not good at searching Amazon. I put in "Nintendo Power" and went 10 pages of results deep and still didn't find this book. Which means I've ALSO learned that most people are too uptight to admit when they're looking for an erotic, nay, homoerotic adventure tale. Which is a shame. It's 2017. No need to hide. I see right through your excuses, reviewer. The shame is not in your proclivities. It's in your feeling that you need to hide them.
February 27, 2016
My Next Exhaustive Review
The options are in for my next EXHAUSTIVE book review. Here are the options:
+Supreme Leader: A Biography of Kim Jong-un
+Fifty Shades Trilogy (all of it)
+The Bible
+God's Sex Manual Dummy's Edition
+Mein Kampf
Vote for what you wanna see! Voting closes, eh, let's say next Friday.
+Supreme Leader: A Biography of Kim Jong-un
+Fifty Shades Trilogy (all of it)
+The Bible
+God's Sex Manual Dummy's Edition
+Mein Kampf
Vote for what you wanna see! Voting closes, eh, let's say next Friday.
December 20, 2015
All Titles Free!
Howdy,
All my Kindle stuff is free tomorrow. Most of it's free now, but ALL will be reduced in price to ZERO for the next few days. Download now!
Best,
Pete
All my Kindle stuff is free tomorrow. Most of it's free now, but ALL will be reduced in price to ZERO for the next few days. Download now!
Best,
Pete
December 10, 2015
Marvel Holiday Specials
Goodreads buddies, you might like a little column I just put up at LitReactor. A look at the Marvel Holiday Specials of the 90's. Punisher Santa, guys. Holy shit.
Check it out!
Check it out!
September 15, 2015
Free Audiobook? WHaaaaaa?
Yes! If you want a free Audible download of Skeleton Army, I can hook you up with that.
I totally never said this next part. In fact, I'm walking away from the keyboard right now, so whatever is typed here, that was some other dude.
hi. i'm a totally different dude. if you already use audible, then get one of these codes. message me. i mean, Pete. if you don't use audible already, trust me, it's not worth it. i'm not one of these people who is going to try and sell you on a service you don't want. to use audible, you have to give them a credit card, and they'll charge you for the membership once your 30 days is up. it's a scheme!
Haha, whoa. Did you see that guy run out of here? Looked like a real weirdo with zero respect for contractual obligations.
Anyhoo, free Audible download of Skeleton Army? Message me and get yourself one!
I totally never said this next part. In fact, I'm walking away from the keyboard right now, so whatever is typed here, that was some other dude.
hi. i'm a totally different dude. if you already use audible, then get one of these codes. message me. i mean, Pete. if you don't use audible already, trust me, it's not worth it. i'm not one of these people who is going to try and sell you on a service you don't want. to use audible, you have to give them a credit card, and they'll charge you for the membership once your 30 days is up. it's a scheme!
Haha, whoa. Did you see that guy run out of here? Looked like a real weirdo with zero respect for contractual obligations.
Anyhoo, free Audible download of Skeleton Army? Message me and get yourself one!
