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Pub Day!

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009

Pub Day!

No, it’s not a day to be spent in a pub… although there are worse ideas on this very snowy day in New York. (It’s March, people! I thought we were done with this.) But I say thee nay! Pub Day is the release date of my second novel Revealed! And it’s here. Oh alright, technically it’s tomorrow, March 3rd — but my brother, intrepid investigator that he is, already spotted copies out at his local bookstore. And I have to say I’m terribly pleased with the copy I have, for the following reasons (yes, I like lists, sue me):

1. It’s very blue. I saw pictures of the cover before, of course, and had it posted here for a number of months, but I didn’t expect the colors to be so deep and rich. Somehow, it makes it all the more real.

2. It smells like a book. The content might not alter, but the smell of a printout of 400 pages of 8.5×11 paper is vastly different than the smell of a bound book, all glue and typeset and cardstock. (all due respect to the Kindle and other ereaders, of course – they try very hard to bring the experience of reading a book to virtual reality… but they haven’t replicated the smell)

3. “True Love is a Mystery…” The tag on the cover explains it all. True love is a mystery – entire industries have sprung up in attempting to decipher the conundrum of who we fall in love with and why. And with just the right amount of wit, for those in the know, it also perfectly sums up Revealed.

4. Bonus Reason: Bonus Chapter! A sneak peek of my next endeavor is in the back! And that’s something you can’t find anywhere else yet — not even on this website.

Speaking of my next endeavor, I should probably get back to it. But if you aren’t snowed in, go see if you can find Revealed at your local bookstore. And if you can’t get out of the house…hey, that’s why they invented Amazon…

Happy Reading!

Hot Town, Summer in the City

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

Summers in this city are incredible. The makeup literally melts off your face, but if your sunglasses are big enough, no one can tell. The sidewalks are all half filled with outdoor seating for restaurants and green markets abound.
This week has been good – I’m getting used to the new computer. I’ve gotten a certain amount done, finally turned some things in that are due, so I feel vaguely accomplished. Don’t worry, this feeling will go away by next Wednesday. But for now I feel fully justified in going out and enjoying a summer walk (or melt) through the city.

Only in New York, Kids…

Monday, May 19th, 2008

There are times, I will admit, I crave the country life. Or at least the suburban life. The idea of Targets and greenery – cicadas lulling one to sleep – being able to go whole hog at Whole Foods because you don’t have to carry your take back home, you have a car to do it for you… BUT, there are also times I’m very glad I live in a major metropolitan area. And two nights ago was one of them.

So, I’m sitting in front of my television, my laptop on my lap (hence the ‘lap’ part of its name) typing intermittently as I watched So You Think You Can Dance. And then suddenly… zip. My computer screen freezes up, I can’t get the bugger to work. 30 seconds of panic later, I’m in a cab headed uptown to the 24 hour Apple Store. The bad news… the computer had died. (The funeral’s this weekend. I take it pretty hard when my electronics equipment goes to that great Circuit City in the sky. You should have seen me with my old television.) The good news – a very kind Genuis Bar guy on the 10pm to 9am shift sat with me until 2 in the morning as all my data was recovered and transferred to the shiny new computer. So basically, I managed to get back home, finish So You Think You Can Dance while I continued to type, and only at the expense of two cab rides and a $1500 new computer. Oh well, at least it’s a tax write off. Now if only I could get used to this new keyboard…