Flying Pen Press Summer of Science Fiction at the Tattered Cover, Lodo

Something I've been meaning to post about and have consistently forgotten.

I’m pleased to announce that on August 7, 2008 at 7:00pm, Flying Pen Press will be having its second premier party, once again at the Tattered Cover Lodo. My new novel, Irreconcilable Differences will be one of several books premiering at the party. I’ll be giving a (short) speech, probably doing a short reading, and of course, we’ll all be signing. The Tattered Cover will have books on hand, but you're attending, you may wish to call ahead and reserve a copy.

Having announced all that, I’d like to invite you to the party. It’s taking place during World Con, and the Tattered Cover is within walking distance (or a short, free ride on the 16th street mall shuttle bus) from most of the con hotels. Please note that while the party is taking place during World Con, it is not part of the con, is open to the public, and no con membership is required.

Past experience suggests that these things run long, so I’d advise coming on a full stomach. Fortunately, the 16th street mall is literally awash in great restaurant choices. :)

More info here on The Tattered Cover Lodo

-JRS

I have a Book!

If you follow lolcats, (http://icanhascheezburger.com/) you've undoubtedly seen the picture of a happy looking walrus holding a beach pail while his keeper is washing him. It has the caption, "I has a bukket!" and it is from this that the whole "bukket" meme flows.

Well. I has a book. That would have been the title of this post, too, but I couldn't bring myself to do it. :)

It's funny. I've seen this book. I mean, I wrote this book, obviously. I've seen it all dressed up in typesetting, with the cover and everything. And still, like the first time around, it's a lot like standing in the living room of your prom date's parents' house and all of a sudden that girl you've known in school for who knows how long is all dressed up, and you and your sweaty palms have to pin a corsage on her without stabbing her. Holding the first copy out of the carton was like that, minus the stress of trying not to stab someone - or wind up with a hand in her cleavage in her parents' livingroom.

Yeah. Second book. Was like that. I hope that doesn't ever change. It's one of the things that makes writing fun.

Oh, and word to the wise. The prom dress effect described above? Wedding dresses have the same effect, only an order of magnitude stronger. Gentlemen, if you're getting married, make sure to see the dress beforehand. Bad luck? I dunno, I think it's worse luck to pass out at the altar. :)

-JRS

Irreconcilable Differences Released!

Finally! Irreconcilable Differences is released and on sale. Any bookstore should be able to order it by the ISBN13 number (978-0-9818957-1-0), and quite a few online stores are carrying it in the U.S., the U.K., Canada, and Germany, of all places. No coverage for Irreconcilable Differences in Australia yet, but I'm keeping my eye out for them. :)

Much more info on my website, www.jamesrstrickland.com. (Hint: click the BUY button.)

If you're reading this on my Amazon author blog, obviously buying at Amazon is easy. You can look the book up, or just click HERE to go directly to the amazon product page.

There is also a very nice press release from Flying Pen Press about my new book HERE.

Thoughts...

It's kind of rewarding to surf the web looking for sites carrying a book I wrote. It's also becoming apparent that in the very near future, I'm going to have to change the way my buy page works. Right now, it's all hand coded HTML, and it's getting far too large.

This is a good thing. :)

The fact that Irreconcilable Differences is on sale in Germany was startling, and amusing. More puzzling was that the same seller is not also carrying Looking Glass.

Anyway. It's here! It's here! Enjoy!

-JRS

7 More Questions with me.

Yow, those FPP folks are really cranking. They uploaded 7 MORE questions with me, mostly about Irreconcilable Differences, but with stuff about creative process and what I'm working on now.

Second part of the interview here. First part of the interview here. FPP Myspace blog here. More info about Irreconcilable Differences here.

-JRS

7 questions with, uh, me.

Flying Pen Press has posted an interview with yours truly about Irreconcilable Differences. The interview is on FPP's Myspace page. Interview here. FPP Myspace blog here. More info about Irreconcilable Differences here.

Lots of interesting facts about how Irreconcilable Differences got written, and where the ideas came from, for those who are curious. :)

-JRS

Irreconcilable Differences Preorders

Don't look now, but there are at least two bookstores on the planet taking pre-orders for Irreconcilable Differences :) You can get the full skinny on it here on the buy page of www.jamesrstrickland.com.

Also, I'm now syndicating this blog to my Amazon profile. So if you came here from there, welcome! Web log syndication. It's a wonderful thing. :)

-JRS

Irreconcilable Differences goes to the printer

Irreconcilable Differences has been typeset and sent to Lightning Source for manufacture. We should see the prototype hard copy sometime in the coming week, and the book should be available for purchase on August 1. So I'm in that 'nervous waiting room' mode at the moment. A million things to do for the release of the new book, and yet I can't wait to see what it looks like. I'm still new enough to this that having my books in hand is a strange and wonderful experience. Looking forward to it the second time around. The PDF sure looks sharp. Holding my breath.

-JRS