very nice friday

very nice friday for me. for you, too? well, i hope so.

my wild wolves howled today at metazen.

*update 7/9/11: The good folks at VOUCHED gave Wild Wolves some love. Sweetness.

i had lunch with great people in new hampshire, one of whom is the publisher of my novel freight.

speaking of freight, it got its first review from Mr. Alex Pruteanu, author of Short Lean Cuts. Here's a sample:

"Freight is the elegant, sensitive story of a man who carries things with him. Within him. Around him. And sometimes even above him. Freight is the story of every man. Or...EveryMan. Sometimes he discards things because the burden gets too heavy or because it sickens him, and sometimes he takes on too much. But he really doesn't discard all of anything. Bits of things remain for him to haul along. Things. You know these things well. They're life. Your life."

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"Honesty is Bosworth's helium. He spits it and we float and glow. When too many writers are hiding behind superficial structures and fondling words rather than emotions, Bosworth's tales slip like soft ash across our souls. Ash can be anything. It can be babies or bombs or helicopters or chinese stars. Ash is the cargo we carry. The freight. What we'll become when the water's burned away. And Bosworth knows how to enter like a single flame to tear out the bad. Evoking Antoine de Saint-Exupéry and F. Scott Fitzgerald, Freight is the kind of bed time story that big people need to hear. Something to remind us that before the bullshit hit, we could nearly be considered real."

Brian Allen Carr, author of Short Bus and Vampire Conditions

It's time. Pre-order HERE. I'll be making silly videos soon. Thank you.

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New PANK.

New Collagist. Rockstar Christy Crutchfield tears up the stage.

Pre-order.

I took that picture today. Pretty good, right?

Laters.

News & Such

There is a new issue of >kill author, starring all your favorite creatures and more. Check out xTx (who you can also listen to) and Sarah Rose Etter (who desperately needs a blog).

There is also a new issue of Zine-Scene, and it's real pretty, too.

Brian Mihok rocks the spot over at Wigleaf.

Ray Allen is now the reigning king of 3-pointers.

A little book called Normally Special by xTx is exploding all over the interweb. It is showered with love over at the JMWW blog.

The First Annual Northampton Ice Festival is happening right now.

My forthcoming novel Freight gets some great love from Vol.1 Brooklyn and Orange Alert. Also, the Freight Collective winners are announced. Congrats, all.

Have you checked out Small Doggies yet? You should.

Valentine's Day fast approaches. Buy a copy of Valentine Day Massacre, filled with words from the rockstars of Fictionaut, and edited by Susan Tepper.

FREIGHT Needs your Vote, Awesome Bombs Fall From Dark Sky, Writers Fake Hit Each Other

Don't forget to:

Vote for the FREIGHT Collective finalists HERE. What's FREIGHT? FREIGHT is the book I'm fighting to wrap up this winter so the fine folk at Folded Word Press can put it in your hands. What's the FREIGHT Collective? The FREIGHT Collective will be a companion e-book to the novel.

Learn more HERE, then get your butt into the voting booth.

Also, don't forget to:

Check out the lineup over at Dark Sky Books HERE. My lord. Congrats to everyone involved.

Lastly, don't forget to cast your votes for Writer Fight. Polls close this Friday.

Folded Word: Always Up to Something Good

Folded Word Press, the solid indie out of California, and the soon-to-be publisher of my novel Freight, always has something good going on. It's just what they do.

These days, they're offering an extremely detailed and easy to follow FREE TUTORIAL on how to convert a highly formatted book from print to epub. Say what? I know. Find out more HERE.

Also, the Freight Collective shortlisted works have been announced and are now ready for your votes. What's the Freight Collective? Find out more HERE, you niceface.

Sunday Stories at Vol.1 Brooklyn

Very big thanks to Jason Diamond and the entire crew at Vol.1 Brooklyn for featuring I Found, an excerpt from my novel Freight, in the Sunday Stories series. Read I Found HERE.

Happy Sunday, all.