The 1st Amazon Customer Review of Dismantle the Sun
I can disclaim the following: the person who wrote the 1st review of Dismantle the Sun on Amazon neither a friend, nor a family member, nor a debtor, nor me. She received…
Re: The Year Just Past
The publication of Dismantle the Sun and the death of my father serve as the headline events for my 2012. I am pleased my Dad made it long enough to…
So Over It Contest
The name's changed, but the contest is the same. Be the first to identify, in comments, the location pictured and its significance and receive a free copy ebook copy of Dismantle…
Are You Pondering What I’m Pondering?
Have I really done 31 of these? Christmas music is in the air, whether you're into it or not. So before we get too sentimental, here's Patton Oswalt describing what…
From Above Contest #2
You can see the answer to the first contest here. This location is in the United States and relates, in a small way, to the murder of a famous person.…
From Above Contest
The rules are simple. I show you a picture of a location along with a vague sense of where it is (nothing more specific than the country/continent). You leave a…
Are You Pondering What I’m Pondering?
I just mailed off five free signed copies of Dismantle the Sun to some lucky so-and-sos at librarything.com. Of the five winners, two are residents of rural Michigan, and one of…
Reading Dismantle the Sun for Free
I haven't bothered to publicize this, but it is possible to read my novel without spending money. Follow this link and you can read it to your heart's content. The…
The Lingering Pleasure of Ambiguity
Lee Rourke, editor of 3AM, on the pleasure of the ambiguous ending: It's no surprise that most novels are ruined by their forced "endings"; by our collective desire for them to…
Reading A Bad Book and the “Page 99” Test
John Warner, a.k.a. the Biblioracle at the Chicago Tribune, talks about quitting on bad books: I used to be one of those people who refused to give up on a book.…