Category: news
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50 books in 5 years freebies
May 10-15: In memory of M.Christian, we are offering his erotic short story collection free as a free ebook. Download In Control and read my favorite (and probably least explicit) erotic short story ever, “Water of Life.” A 50-something falls in love with a water fountain, but it’s really a story of…
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Specials at Palmer Park Mall
Yesterday, I refreshed the Made in the Neighborhood Store display at the Palmer Park Mall in Easton, Pa., and one of the owners (Josh) and I had a chat about the store’s role in our summer celebration. (And I also learned that Josh loves pesto. So if you make pesto, save some for Josh, bring it…
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Kicking off the party with free ebooks
MAY 1-5: Download the first novel in the Fashion and Fiends series, Manipulations, for free on Amazon. The fifth novel in the series (another five), Absolution, will launch in print May 20, because that’s my birthday. The ebook releases May 1, available for purchase or in KindleUnlimited. MAY 6-10: The next free download will…
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What’s happening at WDVR
I have now paid for a “Take the Mic” hour at WDVR. I hope to create an artistic script of music, poetry and discussion on creation and story with the help of my clever authors. We plan to record this summer and air in late summer or very early fall…
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Book birthdays, parties and new short stories
While Geraldine and I were whooping it up in Collingswood, Larry Sceurman hosted a release party for his latest children’s book, Frog and Crow’s Conversation. With a brunch of homemade chocolate chip cookies (baked by his beautiful wife, Barbara) and coffee from Dunkin, Larry entertained his guests with a read of the story…
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Fun recognitions for Group Portrait and Coach of the Building
Ben Goluboff, one of the two authors behind Group Portrait, our recently-released poetry chapbook featuring speculative biographical poetry about the artists in a photograph from Peggy Guggenheim’s circa World War II salon, was interviewed for Classic Chicago magazine. The piece by Lenore Macdonald also provides a lovely review of the book and of Ben’s work at-large. Though…
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Lawsuits involving AI & the importance of copyright
In the car this morning, I listened to a Wall Street Journal podcast about the recent lawsuit between authors and Anthropic AI. A judge recently ruled that Anthropic could use authors’ work to train its AI model under fair use if the works were acquired in such a way that compensated the author. Originally,…
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Storytelling to benefit CHOP
On Saturday (August 16), I am still on deck to teach a three-hour, hands-on memoir workshop (with the same quirky flavor as this newsletter) at Blank Slate Community Center in Yardley, Pa. If sign ups don’t increase, we may postpone the event until fall. The $40 price tag includes personalized guidance, materials and a free…
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