Wow. What a great day. The crowds were large, the sales hot and the fun non stop. During every convention, I hand out a ton of post cards with info on The Hand of God, and a lot of people tell you they will be back later to buy the book, but you never see them …
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Archon, Day 1
I arrived at Archon, the SciFi and Fantasy convention, just outside of St. Louis, Missouri on a beautiful, warm sunny day. The staff had me badged up and on my way in short order. My table ended up near the back wall, which made the walk to bring in all the stuff, a short walk. …
Sports Weekend From Hell
Hmmm. Kentucky loses to Florida in football. O.K. I get it. They were supposed to lose to Florida. But then the Bungles, er, Bengals lose to the Browns. That wasn't supposed to happen. And then my beloved Reds, my all time favorite sports team, loses three in a row to the Pirates, which means the …
The Henry Clay Rhetorical Blog
For years I've lamented the fact we no longer discuss ideas in this country, we hurl insults and demagoguery. Our country has never been more polarized than it is today and I think we need to take steps to foster the kind of debate which will solve our nations problems. To that end, I've started …
The Music of My Life
Like most people who turn fifty, my mind is full of memories. And a lot of mine are connected with music. From the time I was very small, my mother allowed me to play with her forty-five records. For you young folk, those were small vinyl disks which revolved at forty-five revolutions per minute. You …
Three Events, Two in a Day, One Man
Today will be a busy day. I start off in Madison, Indiana at That Book Place, taking part in a huge tent sale, where literally thousands of books will be on sale. I will be signing The Hand of God, from 10 am until 3:30 pm. Then I'm off to the Dark Carnival Film Festival in …
Fellow Author Erin Danzer Has a Deal For You
Fellow Hydra Author Erin Danzer is offering her novel, Into the Spiral, for 99 cents today through Thursday, on Amazon.com. Not often you can buy a book for a buck. About Into the Spiral: Fifteen-year-old Veronica “Ronnie” Lambert wants to get out from under her older brother’s shadow. When Ronnie gets a tattoo and then is struck by …
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For My Daughters When You’re Old Enough
Dear Katy and Lauren As I sit down to write this post, you've recently turned ten years old and have started fourth grade. There will come a time when I let you surf the internet without parental guidance. Perhaps when you turn twenty. But when you do and if you happen to Google your old …
Cover Reveal for Under the Bed Across the World
Today my friend, Rose Candis, is revealing the cover for her memoir, Under the Bed Across the World, which will be released September 6 on Amazon.com. She has graciously agreed to let me take part and share it here at Crasher's Corner. About the Author Rose Candis lives with her daughter Erica, fiance Patrick, step-daughter …
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I Love Meeting Interesting People
A tip I was given early on by both Lynn Tincher and Linda Goin, is to make use of social media to meet other writers, editors, publishers and agents. Over the past year and a half I've been able to meet many wonderfully talented and entertaining people. One such is first time author, Pedro Barrento …
Tony Acree 