April news brings May shoes

Posted by Jeff on Apr 2nd, 2022 in News | 0 comments

It’s here!
Hate Story is now officially available for purchase. Look for my debut novel on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Booktopia (Australia) and other online booksellers. If you can’t be bothered to search on your own, please refer to my last blog entry for some links.

If you missed the big Zoom launch party on March 19, you missed a damn good time.
But you can still watch it! I’ve uploaded the recording to YouTube:

I forgot to mention last month that I was recently interviewed on the podcast Stark Reflections on Writing and Publishing, hosted by Mark Leslie Lefebvre. We discussed Hate Story, spoken word, and the dangers of bad writing workshops. Listen here (the actual interview begins at about 14:45):

And The South Shore Review just posted a review of my book… by Paul Shoreditch!
Yes, the fictional dead guy from the novel wrote the review. Read it here.

And… I also have publication news.
An excerpt from my poem “Vanilla Ice Cream People” is going to appear in this year’s Brownstone Poets anthology (based in Brooklyn), due for publication in June.

And I also have some work in The Five Words XV, put out by the Ó Bhéal poetry series in Cork, Ireland. This is an annual anthology of entries from the series’ Five Words competition… in which you write a poem on the spot containing five words suggested by the audience. (Sort of like poetry improv.)
The official launch for this anthology is on April 11, in a hybrid event (i.e. both live and on Zoom). I’m not entirely sure I can make the launch, as it’s at 3:30 p.m. EST, when I’m supposed to be in the office at my day job… but we’ll see.

Anything else?
Oh, at least one book fair in June. Maybe two. More on that later.

I’ll leave you with a brief audio flashback to the days when Saturday Night Live was still somewhat funny.

Have a happy.