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10 THINGS I LEARNED WHILE PUBLISHING MY DEBUT

January 2, 2016
Fiction, Personal

It’s hard to believe that less than two years after I typed the first page of Symptoms of Being Human, its publication in hardback is just one month away. It’s been a challenging, thrilling journey, and the book isn’t even out yet! To celebrate the impending release of my debut, I’m going to share...

HOGWARTS TIME

September 21, 2015
Fiction, Film, Personal, Writing

As a kid, my year revolved around Summer. I longed for June to come and dreaded the approach of September. As an adult, the months tend to bleed together because we don’t get that big summer break. (Unless you’re a teacher. And then you need that break.) I suppose the effect is magnified for me since...

IN WHICH I GEEK OUT ABOUT THE SYMPTOMS COVER

June 24, 2015
Fiction, Personal

My friend Curtis once said, “I’m not rich, but I have rich tastes.” That’s how I feel about good visual design. I can’t do it—but I know it when I see it. [Samuel L. Jackson voice]: Example. I designed the CD cover for my band’s first full-length album, Through The Windshield (below...

Summer Reads 2015

June 12, 2015
Fiction, Personal

MOST OF THE CONTENT I SHARE on this blog relates to writing and the creative process. But today, when I stumbled upon this month’s #SixteensBlogAbout* topic, I discovered that I have drastically underemphasized one of the most important parts of my writing life: READING. This month’s topic is “Summer...

Star Wars vs. Catcher in the Rye

April 24, 2015
Fiction, Personal, Writing

LAST WEEKEND, IN AN ATTEMPT to get organized, I bought a file cabinet and went through all the boxes in my garage. Instead of becoming organized, however, I spent Saturday assembling the most complex piece of Ikea furniture known to man, and them I spent Sunday reading through all the writing stuff...

‘SYMPTOMS’ TO BE PUBLISHED IN SPANISH WORLDWIDE

February 2, 2015
Fiction, News, Writing

I’M EXCITED TO REPORT that V&R Editoras, a fast-growing, mid-sized Latin American publisher, has acquired the rights to publish my debut novel SYMPTOMS OF BEING HUMAN in Spanish worldwide. You may remember this post from November, in which I announced that V&R had aquired the rights...