6.14.2013

Cool New Sell Sheet!

I'm going to be signing the few copies of The Many Lives of Inez Wick and A Tea Party & Other Strange Stories tomorrow at Turtle Creek Bookstore in Beloit, WI from 2-4pm. Because I don't have many copies for sale, I created this cool sell sheet to hand out to people that I meet. I hope it gets me some after the show sales!

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6.13.2013

Dangerous Games: How to Play by Matt Forbeck

I just finished reading Dangerous Games: How to Play by Matt Forbeck. Now, of course, I have an itch for three things: 1) the next Dangerous Games novel, 2) to attend Gen Con, and 3) to play games. 1 & 3 will be soon scratched, but sadly #2 has financially been out of reach since the late 1990's. The convention just costs too much, which is why I really enjoyed reading a thriller set at Gen Con.

What I liked most about Dangerous Games: How to Play was the meta quality of the characters. All, well most, of the characters in the story are real people who game, write games, and attend Gen Con. The list of cameos is long and entertaining, which made me wonder about money for appearance. Can or did those Gen Con personalities pay to be in the pages of a Matt Forbeck novel just as products do in television shows and movies? How much did Kickstarter kick in? How do I feel about having read and enjoyed a parade of advertisements masquerading as a novel?

Agh! Who cares! The novel was a fun read, and I can't wait for the next one to drop.

If you want to know more about Matt Forbeck and his novel, Dangerous Games: How to Play, make sure to take a look at the two interviews I conducted with him:

1. Forbeck: The Interview

2. Interview with Matt Forbeck, Author of Dangerous Games: How to Play

6.07.2013

Free Ebook of The Many Lives of Inez Wick in Honor of The Release of ELF, Daniel McGowan

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Let me begin by saying that I do not condone the actions of ELF or those taken by Daniel McGowan. Yes, corporations and our government do not have our best interests nor the best interests of our environment; they only see dolars to be made. However, organizing and changing the system are the only appropriate methods in a democratic society, not arson. 

The Many Lives of Inez Wick is a collection of comic stories about a woman who is fed up with organizing. She escalates to and becomes, as per the current definition, an eco-terrorist. It is my hope that my comic storeis, although there is nothing funny in these stories, help push the dialogue about how we define domestic terrorists. To that end, with yesterday's release of Daniel McGowan, the ebook version of The Many Lives of Inez Wick is free through the weekend.