Entries from October 2005

October 17, 2005

The Wu-Tang Plan

Over the past three years I have used every spare moment writing, editing and trying to publish FUTUREPROOF. But the problem I kept running into when I started shopping the manuscript around is that every agent or editor I contacted said that, while the book was well-written, there wasn’t a market for it. The incredible [...]

October 13, 2005

ROLLINS

Tonight I’m heading downtown to catch Henry Rollins do a spoken-word performance. I’m hoping to get him on-board our project, mainly by explaining the ins and outs of my Wu-Tang Plan. I’ll post what exactly that plan entails over the weekend. In the meantime, wish me luck. Rollins is an intimidating sonofabitch, so I’m hoping [...]

October 11, 2005

Apologies

Due to unforseen issues with Amazon.com being a fascist-run website, I’ve had to create a new email address and Amazon sign-in name. Seems that with my last sign-in they decided I was sending out too many invitations to reviewers and therfore have prevented me from continuing in the way I’ve already gotten you readers to [...]

October 10, 2005

The OTHER Canon

Following, a list of books that I consider the classics of our time (and slightly before), in no particular order:
· William Burroughs (Junky, Naked Lunch)· Nick Hornby (High Fidelity, Fever Pitch)· Augusten Burroughs (Running With Scissors, Dry)· [...]

October 8, 2005

The Grand Experiment

I’ve started this blog so that it will be easier to give updates on the progress being made in our quest for publication. And also so I can hear back directly from everyone on specific issues as I post about them.
1. As many of you may have gathered by now, I’ve found the great majority [...]