I received Mark's answers today and, in reading them over, all that came to mind was "Wow!". If I knew nothing about the book, I'd pick it up simply on the basis of this terrific Q&A. Enjoy - and check out the mailbag once you're done. Oh, and finish up this month's final book, Dogs by…
March 3, 2009: Updates and More Book of the Month Club Discussion
Well, I received some good news and bad news yesterday. The good news is I get an extension on the June deadline for that short story I’m working on. The bad news is the extension may be indefinite since it appears the planned anthology may end up a victim of (cue villainous cue) “the economic…
March 2, 2009: The Book of Joby by Mark J. Ferrari
God and Lucifer make a wager, a familiar one made thousands of time in the past. This time, however, the stakes are somewhat higher. If he can get God’s champion, nine year old Joby Peterson, to renounce God, Lucifer will win the right to destroy Earth and remake it as he sees fit. But as…
February 11, 2009: More Big Book of the Month Club News. And the Mailbag!
I’d like to take a moment to invite fence-sitters and prospective first-timers to join our Book of the Month Club. HOW IT WORKS: I’ll announce the upcoming titles and include a brief synopsis of each and a date for the commencement of discussions. For those interested, the pertinent information is available in the right…
February 4, 2009: Celebrity Freak-Out, Book of the Month Club Push, and The Mailbag
By now, most of you have probably heard Christian Bale’s expletive-ridden tirade from the set of Terminator: Salvation, a four minute+ outburst triggered by the Director of Photography stepping into Bale’s line of sight during filming. A lot of you are expressing outrage at the actor’s behavior. Others, seeking to defend him, are quick to…
January 21, 2009: Book of the Month Club Announcements, Guest Authors, and My Luck is About to Change!
I’m going to start off today’s entry by announcing the titles for next month’s Book of the Month Club discussions: Infoquake, by David Louis Edelman From the publisher: “Natch is a master of biologics, the programming of the human body. He's clawed and scraped his way to the top of the biologics market using little…