Category Archives: Announcements

Books for Wall Street Occupiers

I've begun a new Kickstarter campaign called Books for Occupiers. For each $12 contribution, you will be sent a paperback copy of Banana Republican Blues, published by Amazon, to give away to a protestor at the occupation nearest you. They are in it for all of us. I think it's only right to do something decent for them, like giving them an amusing book to help while away the time. The donation covers the cost of printing and shipping the book and the fees charged by Kickstarter and Amazon payments. Read more [...]

New Work in Progress

I have a new work in progress, the first draft of which is taking shape here. I call it The Unlucky Thirteen. Its genesis is an incident that occurs in my first novel, Banana Republican Blues, previously known as Moonbeam Highway, and totally ignored before that as Gopher Anus Chili. It concerns the murder of thirteen parasite capitalists on a factory floor in Allentown. It's a mystery to anyone who hasn't read the other book, and a farce to anyone who has. I've decided to share my creative process Read more [...]

ABNA Semifinal results

Moonbeam Highway misses the cut for the semi-final of the ABNA. ABNA Publisher Weekly Reviewer Wall Street wizards, Christian conservatives, and preening politicians are prominently skewered in this entertaining if sometimes sloppy farce. Having lost his entire fortune and channeling Don Quixote and Huck Finn, Edison Conover IV takes to the open road in a beat-up Cadillac "to seek his fortune." He heads west from Florida, hoping to sustain himself by working as a truck stop chef. Armed with Read more [...]

ABNA Quarterfinal results

I am pleased to announce that Moonbeam Highway made it through to the Quarterfinal round with two very positive reviews from the judges. ABNA Expert Reviewer What is the strongest aspect of this excerpt? There are two entirely different episodes presented here, each employing a different voice, pace and point of view. Both pique a reader's interest. The fact that they will intersect becomes apparent only at the end of the excerpt when it is revealed the hitchhiker changes course to Florida. What Read more [...]