Audiobook Giveaway

The Tanglewood Terror is the first book of mine to be produced as an audiobook (although a Mudville production is now underway). I was anxious about hearing my own words read back to me. Maybe prose that looks fine on a page would be clunky in a narration. Maybe I wouldn’t like the narrator. Maybe [...]

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The Tanglewood Terror…

Excuse me while I briefly veer back on the road of self-promotion. My third novel, The Tanglewood Terror, releases today in hardcover, audiobook, and ebook formats. Mamba Point is also now out in paperback. Time to visit your local bookstore, go to the library, or (at least for the first) download the audio and load [...]

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Serendipities

1. In the summer of 2004 I was watching the Little League World Series to get inspiration for my work in progress, which was bout a catcher named Roy and a pitcher named Sturgis Nye. In one game a kid named Sturgeon struck out all but a few batters in a complete game shutout. He [...]

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Mushrooms

One thing I’ve learned from my latest book is that mushrooms are really interesting. Whudathunkit? There are seriously more interesting fungi fun facts than I can even cram into the book. They are among the largest and oldest living organisms on earth, and are deeply intertwined with folklore and culinary traditions all over the world. [...]

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A Sneak Preview of Wake, ME

I am now 34,000 words into my work in progress. Here is what it looks like at a glance: Make your own word cloud at Wordle.net.

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A Birthday Cake for a Fun Guy

As author/editor/dancer/lay-zoologist Michael Northrop remembered in comments to a different post, another year came and went for the author of Mudville, Mamba Point, and (now) Wake, ME. Since there was no round number, I decided not to make as big a deal out of this one as I did the last one. But I did [...]

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There’s a humongous fungus among us

I’m happy to announce that my third book, WAKE, ME, will be published in Fall 2011 by Knopf. This will be my third book with Knopf, and my third book with my terrific editor over there. Knopf has been awesome, sticking by me even though I have faithless to genre. Sports, snakes, and now… Fungi. [...]

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