This just in from WestSide Books: the new release date for Cracking the Ice is now January 15. I must admit that I would have preferred the book be available for the holidays, but I’m trusting that readers will find the book and feel it was worth the wait.
A great title
I don’t know if the book is any good, but the title sure is great – You Had Me at Woof: How Dogs Taught Me the Secrets of Happiness by Julie Klam. Even though I’m not the book’s target audience, the title had me smiling and leafing through the pages. Any title that can do […]
It isn’t just publishers
Writers often roll their eyes at the decisions of their publishers that just don’t seem to make any sense. But I’ve found an instance at that intersection of movies and music that makes it clear those publishers aren’t alone. If you’ve heard the trailer to the movie Like Crazy, you may have been as captivated […]
New banner image
How do you like the new banner? The image is based on original artwork by Glenn Chadbourne, depicting me as Jack Torrance in Stephen King’s The Shining. It isn’t perfect. I’m hoping the WordPress theme I use can be customized to allow for the artwork in its original form, as opposed to the stretched version I’m using […]
Steve Jobs speaks to writers
In 2005, Steve Jobs gave a commencement address that I think speaks volumes to writers. Here is a link.
“Tiffany” holds strong on Kindle bestseller list
“Tiffany Gets Her Boobs” remains on the Kindle Humor bestseller list (in the free download category), coming in at number 33. I’m really pleased at the success of this fun, goofy story.
Website statistics
I just looked at my website’s statistics for September. The number one search item that brought people to my site was one word in the title of my short story “Tiffany Gets Her Boobs.” Guess which one. I don’t think I got many bookmarks from that crowd.
“Tiffany” a Kindle Humor bestseller!
“Tiffany Gets Her Boobs” now ranks 13th on the Kindle Free Download bestseller list in the Humor category! (That’s after only about a week of its price being dropped to free.) Written under the pen name David Bawdy, “Tiffany” is a fun, short story prequel to Bubba Goes for Broke and has been very well […]
Cracking the Ice picks up another great endorsement
My novel Cracking the Ice picked up another great endorsement, this one arriving just in time to make the cover. Lillie Johnson Edwards, Ph.D., Professor of History and African-American Studies at Drew University, gives this rave review. “Cracking the Ice brilliantly teaches about the insidious nature of racism and the heroism of young scholar-athlete, Jessie […]
“Tiffany” now free on Kindle
“Tiffany Gets Her Boobs” is now free at Amazon, as it has been everywhere else for a while. Check out this fun story as well as the sample chapters from the novel she appears in, Bubba Goes for Broke.