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November 18, 2011
Get All Stitched Up
Available for preorder at many fine e-tailers!
November 3, 2011
New Bookstore Alert
You may not know this, but I worked for the Borders corporation for a number of years. So when they closed the doors forever a few weeks ago, my reaction was melancholy mixed with I told you so. But they were mostly happy years slangin' books, and less bookstores in the world can never be a good thing, whatever my personal feelings about my previous employer ("That's for employing me for twelve years!", Homer says as he flips a Molotov cocktail over his shoulder, firebombing the bridge to the power plant as he rides his golf cart into the parking lot and...to the future.
Anyhow.
News like THIS makes me very happy. New bookstores rising up from the ashes of the old, very thrilling. If you live within a hundred miles of The Book Frog, please go there and buy some books. Or frogs. Or books about frogs.
Anyhow.
News like THIS makes me very happy. New bookstores rising up from the ashes of the old, very thrilling. If you live within a hundred miles of The Book Frog, please go there and buy some books. Or frogs. Or books about frogs.
October 30, 2011
Separated at Birth?
Takayuki:
Richard Harrow (Boardwalk Empire):
Dan:
There is a downloadable Richard Harrow mask I found somewhere on the web--you can also get the mark that he wears, so your mask can have a mask, get it> If I wasn't obviously scary enough, I think that I would enjoy being Richard or Takayuki for Halloween.
I'm actually watching a lot of television lately; there's a lot of good story-based entertainment on at the moment, and Boardwalk Empire may be the best of the bunch. Jack Huston is spectacular as sensitive and scarred killer Richard Harrow.
Richard Harrow (Boardwalk Empire):
Dan:
There is a downloadable Richard Harrow mask I found somewhere on the web--you can also get the mark that he wears, so your mask can have a mask, get it> If I wasn't obviously scary enough, I think that I would enjoy being Richard or Takayuki for Halloween.
I'm actually watching a lot of television lately; there's a lot of good story-based entertainment on at the moment, and Boardwalk Empire may be the best of the bunch. Jack Huston is spectacular as sensitive and scarred killer Richard Harrow.
October 27, 2011
Generation Dead in the UK
Amazon UK and Simon and Schuster UK is having a sale on the Kindle edition of Generation Dead. It is on sale for a mere £1.99!
So if you live in the UK you can get yours
HERE
I believe the sale runs until the 1st of November.
So if you live in the UK you can get yours
HERE
I believe the sale runs until the 1st of November.
October 19, 2011
October 10, 2011
Appearances by Me and Other Strange Creatures
I will be at the SW CT Youth Book Expo signing books and hanging around this Saturday with a horde (some would say a ravenous horde) of fellow authors of books for young people. More info is HERE
Also,I discovered that my pet is the rarest of dog breeds. I give you: the treagle!
Also,I discovered that my pet is the rarest of dog breeds. I give you: the treagle!
September 10, 2011
Young Zombies in Love and Peril
Is there really a difference?
Generation Dead: Stitches
Four short stories:
"How's Life"
"Doll Parts"
"My Dead Heart"
"Purpose Statement"
Release date 12/20/11, initially only in ebook!
With so many of you set to receive iPhones, iPads, Kindles, Kobos, Nooks,and all manner of e-reading devices for the holidays, make sure you save a whopping $3.99 left on your gift cards for this new Generation Dead release.
Just check out these advance reader comments:
"It will leave you in...wait, can I say the title of the book in a blurb? Is that ok? Or is that stupid? Shut up you guys! I've never blurbed before!" --Margi Vachon, Perky (but not Mall) Goth
"It will...knock...you..dea...forget it, I'm not...saying...that. Idiot." --Adam Layman, Hometown hero, zombie of utmost integrity
"My only comment is that I regret the stories won't be released concurrently in physical book form, so that my disciples could build a great pyre of the entire print run. Every copy--and every character, if they are around. There's nothing like a roaring blaze fueled by the bodies of the damned to kindle the holiday spirit." --Reverend Nathan Mathers, leader of One Life Ministries and professional hater
(Menacing Glare)--Takayuki Niharu, bon vivant
"I feel as though...my personal privacy has been...invaded. You had no...right...to publish...my deepest...thoughts...about Phoebe. I will be...blogging...about this." Tommy Williams, undead activist
Generation Dead: Stitches
Four short stories:
"How's Life"
"Doll Parts"
"My Dead Heart"
"Purpose Statement"
Release date 12/20/11, initially only in ebook!
With so many of you set to receive iPhones, iPads, Kindles, Kobos, Nooks,and all manner of e-reading devices for the holidays, make sure you save a whopping $3.99 left on your gift cards for this new Generation Dead release.
Just check out these advance reader comments:
"It will leave you in...wait, can I say the title of the book in a blurb? Is that ok? Or is that stupid? Shut up you guys! I've never blurbed before!" --Margi Vachon, Perky (but not Mall) Goth
"It will...knock...you..dea...forget it, I'm not...saying...that. Idiot." --Adam Layman, Hometown hero, zombie of utmost integrity
"My only comment is that I regret the stories won't be released concurrently in physical book form, so that my disciples could build a great pyre of the entire print run. Every copy--and every character, if they are around. There's nothing like a roaring blaze fueled by the bodies of the damned to kindle the holiday spirit." --Reverend Nathan Mathers, leader of One Life Ministries and professional hater
(Menacing Glare)--Takayuki Niharu, bon vivant
"I feel as though...my personal privacy has been...invaded. You had no...right...to publish...my deepest...thoughts...about Phoebe. I will be...blogging...about this." Tommy Williams, undead activist
August 31, 2011
August 4, 2011
Salem Literary Festival
I've been asked by the one of the wonderful editors of DEAR BULLY (click the link for maximum Beiber and info on the book and it's raison d'etre), Megan Kelley Hall (visit her here:Megankelleyhall.com to sit in on a panel promoting the book and the cause at the Salem Literary Festival in mega-awesome Salem, MA. I have an essay in Dear Bully that tells the secret origin of the Gen Dead series. I'm glad to go, because both Megan and Salem* rock.
Also rockin' is Megan's co-editor Carrie Jones, who you can visit at her website here: CarrieJonesBooks.com. One thing I know about Carrie is that she really likes Grover. Like, a lot.
The Festival is Sept. 23-25. I hope that I will see you there.
*Special Salem/Gen Dead trivia: both Increase and Cotton Mather had a role in the Salem Witch Trials** I loosely based my arch-bioist character Reverend Nathan Mather on some of their less pleasant beliefs and personality quirks.
**Special bonus book recommendation: track down the Shirley Jackson book on the Salem Witch Trials, a very quick and insightful read. Then read her novels. All of 'em.
Also rockin' is Megan's co-editor Carrie Jones, who you can visit at her website here: CarrieJonesBooks.com. One thing I know about Carrie is that she really likes Grover. Like, a lot.
The Festival is Sept. 23-25. I hope that I will see you there.
*Special Salem/Gen Dead trivia: both Increase and Cotton Mather had a role in the Salem Witch Trials** I loosely based my arch-bioist character Reverend Nathan Mather on some of their less pleasant beliefs and personality quirks.
**Special bonus book recommendation: track down the Shirley Jackson book on the Salem Witch Trials, a very quick and insightful read. Then read her novels. All of 'em.
August 1, 2011
Dead Kiss
I'm told this comes out next week in the U.K.:
Not a new story, but a compilation of Generation Dead and Kiss of Life. A great, low cost entry point for readers new to the series, or for those who want another flower for their bouquet.
But speaking of new story, there will be some new Generation dead material soon. Ever wonder what would happen when Tommy returns to Oakvale from his time on the road? I bet it involves Phoebe!
Not a new story, but a compilation of Generation Dead and Kiss of Life. A great, low cost entry point for readers new to the series, or for those who want another flower for their bouquet.
But speaking of new story, there will be some new Generation dead material soon. Ever wonder what would happen when Tommy returns to Oakvale from his time on the road? I bet it involves Phoebe!
