Is This Fame?

I didn't always do this, but I've started to Google myself daily, and just like they say, it's beginning to ruin my vision (ba-dump-bah!). Going down that same double-entendre`filled path, I've…

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It’s Alive!

You work for years and one day, it arrives in a plain brown cardboard box that you slice open.  Top of the world, Ma!  I'm in hardcover.

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Witness Protection

My literary agent made a polite and sincere request that I remove her contact information from my website. Yes, she is still my agent, and yes, everything is fine. But it brings up something I talk…

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Czech-Mated by a Farting Dog

Exciting news.  Today, the new Book of the Month Club brochures came out.  The newest releases get featured.  THIS IS MY MONTH!  Oh sweet lord, my little book is pictured right alongside Janet…

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Fingertips, Pt. 2

Back from BEA finally. Actually, been back since Saturday night, but I haven't been able to type until just now. Ever see those Marine boot camp movies where they make the recruits hold two buckets…

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Sweat

First day at BEA. Extreme humidity, coupled with crushing weight -- and far more than my usual crushing weight. It was around 90 degrees outside in NYC today. It was about 95 degrees inside Javits…

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I Wanna Be a Remainder

Attention Stephen King, Scott Turow, Dave Barry, Mitch Albom, Amy Tan, Ridley Pearson, Greg Iles, Roy Blount Jr., James McBride, Matt Groening, Kathi Kamen Goldmark, Frank McCourt, and Andy Borowitz,…

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BEA

Trade shows. They were invented for nerds. Glorified Shriners conventions (My apologies to all Shriners reading this. You do fine work and I love your fezzes and little motorcycles). Still, I…

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Here’s How You Buy It

Okay, I’ve been getting this from everyone I know: "How do I buy the book?" I know, I know; this is usually not such a tough question.  But yes, I have a very, very unique book deal, and one I’m…

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Paint it Black

I’m reading my posts and they don’t represent me accurately. I mean, I wrote them. It would be a hell of an irony if I didn’t, considering I also ghostwrite for a living. Image me bringing in a…

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