Hey, everybody! I had the distinct pleasure recently of appearing on the Written in Red extreme horror podcast alongside...ugh, Wile E. Young. Don't worry, though! I do most of the talking and hosts Aron Beauregard, Carver Pike, and Rowland Bercy also help to limit Wile E.'s speaking time. You're really going to enjoy it, I promise. So either click here or just mash "Play" in the embed below!
Showing posts with label The Perfectly Fine House. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Perfectly Fine House. Show all posts
Monday, September 12, 2022
Friday, June 24, 2022
Interviewed on TBM
Hey, everybody! Make sure to take a gander at my recent interview (alongside bon vivant and charlatan Wile E. Young) over on TBM podcast. You're going to love it more than your wedding, birthday, and four Christmases combined.
Friday, June 17, 2022
My Interview on Horror Business!
Hey, everybody! In case you missed it, make sure to check out this killer (ha!) interview Wile E. Young and I did on the Horror Business Podcast. We talked about collaborating, the pandemic, which one of us is handsomest, how we'd like to die. Pretty boilerplate stuff, really.
You can click on one of the links below, or just press "Play" on the embed. I guarantee you it's more fun than a hundred Super Bowls.
Amazon
YouTube
Google, Apple, Spotify
Wednesday, November 25, 2020
Back Jacket Hack Job: THE PERFECTLY FINE HOUSE (Redirect)
Hey, everybody! Over on ye olde groupe blogge this week I recreated, with painstaking detail, the exact narrative voice of my good friend and writing partner Wile E. Young. You should really check it out. I promise it'll be more fun than a hundred Super Bowls.
Monday, August 17, 2020
A Personal Favor
Hey, everybody!
I'm a little embarrassed to be writing this blogpost, but I like to think that what people like about me (if you like anything) is that I try to be up front and as transparent as possible. Hell, I have an entire series of articles on here called "Making the Sausage." Even when I'm faking it to make it...I'll usually straight up tell you I'm faking it to make it.
So, here's the deal. THE PERFECTLY FINE HOUSE got a little bit fucked. That's just the long and short of it. Wile E. and I worked for years on this baby, Grindhouse Press put months and countless dollars into advertising and producing it, and by the time all was said and done, it dropped on March 16, 2020.
Now, if that date sounds familiar, it's because that was the same week the pandemic emergency was declared in the U.S. I'm not going to lie: I put out a few tweets, but I really wasn't focused on marketing PFH that week, or, really, in the months since. So, PFH got a little bit fucked.
Grindhouse's business strategy is to attend a ton of conventions, and move a ton of paperbacks at those conventions. It's been a great strategy...up until this year. Some small presses focus on e-books, some try land a big fish to help the little fish, some spend thousands on marketing...anyway, the point is, Grindhouse is a great press, which is extremely good to their authors, financially and otherwise, and it just so happens that their marketing strategy suddenly became untenable. So, PFH got a little bit fucked.
Wile E., as it happens, has a customer-facing day job, one that did not go away due to the pandemic, but one that got much harder as a consequence. At the end of his 12- and 16- hour shifts, he's been lucky to get home and see his family and get some ZZZs before doing it all again. So, PFH got a little bit fucked.
And I'm not quite as overwhelmed at the day job, but I did just start a new job...and I'm carrying my old job...and one of my old direct reports retired...so I've been doing three people's jobs since April. And trying to figure out how to do that all remotely. And at the end of the day, marketing books has not been at the top of my frazzled mind. So, PFH got a little bit fucked.
We are lagging terribly on reviews. I haven't been able to reach out to reviewers and bloggers, neither has Wile E., neither has Grindhouse. I'm going to start. I'm going to try. But I also recently lost my personal assistant, and she was a godsend with doing this work last year. While I had Jess, I could write every time I sat down. Now, every spare minute I get I have to choose between writing and marketing and review querying and soliciting agents and seeking out foreign publishers, and all the other time-consuming shit that goes into being an indie author. So, PFH got a little bit fucked.
Like I said in the beginning, this is an embarrassing post to write. It's embarrassing because I want to appear in public as the guy who's always got his shit together. And it's embarrassing because some of you reading this are out of work and don't know what to do with your kids, and have a million other issues on your mind, and my book's marketing woes probably seem like more than just First World Problems, they probably seem like Top 1% First World Problems or some shit. But, as I said, I try to shoot straight, and there's the straight truth.
So, what I would really like to ask is, if you've read THE PERFECTLY FINE HOUSE, could you please take two minutes and leave a review?
A five word review is fine. Any star rating is fine. I'll take "I think this book sucked" and one star over no review any day, trust me. I've written and spoken many times about the importance of honest reviews over exaggerated positive reviews. Anyway, if you can help me out with this, I would consider it a personal favor, which you can call in, Godfather-like, sometime in the future. Thanks, everybody!
Tuesday, July 21, 2020
Night Worms Interview
Hey, everybody! Check out this interview Wile E. Young and I did with Mother Horror over at Night Worms. I guarantee it's more exciting than fifteen Super Bowls.
Friday, May 29, 2020
THE PERFECTLY FINE HOUSE on "Butterflies Make Me Angry!"
Check out this week's "Butterflies Make Me Angry!" podcast for a rousing rendition of the first chapter of THE PERFECTLY FINE HOUSE. Enjoy!
Thursday, April 16, 2020
The Quintessential THE PERFECTLY FINE HOUSE Post
Hey, everybody! THE PERFECTLY FINE HOUSE, co-written by Wile E. Young and released by Grindhouse Press is now available for purchase and has a Goodreads page.
Here's where you can find out more online:
A release announcement on the Grindhouse Press website
A review on Cellar Door Lit Rants and Reviews
A review on Jay Wilburn's blog
A review on Yoyogod's LibraryThing
Mentioned in a LitReactor Article
A mention on Erica Robyn Reads
A review on Erica Robyn Reads
Mentioned in Kenzie Jennings's interview on Ginger Nuts of Horror
A review in Library Journal
Recommended in Library Journal
Videos:
THE PERFECTLY FINE HOUSE was the featured sponsor on this episode
(starts c. 3:30)
An interview with Mother Horror of Night Worms
An interview on The Horror Show with Brian Keene
A reading for Night Worms
Wile E.'s interview on "Matters of Faith"
A review from Gloria McNeely
A review from Erik Smith
An interview with TBM
An interview on Horror Business
Monday, March 16, 2020
New Release: THE PERFECTLY FINE HOUSE
Hey, everybody! In spite of the existential horror that is apparently just the world we live in now, I'm pleased to announce the release of my "reverse haunting" novel THE PERFECTLY FINE HOUSE, co-written by Wile E. Young and released by Grindhouse Press. I hope you'll grab a copy and share the new on social media or even just tell a friend. (On the telephone, please - keep up your social distancing.)
Also, as a courtesy to my co-author and publisher, if you're taking me up on my offer of a free e-book, please do not request this one, but please do take me up on the offer. And stay safe out there, everybody!
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