Posts Tagged ‘memoirs of an imaginary friend’
“Book club date night” is probably not the most romantic way to spend an evening with your wife
Since publishing my first novel in 2009, I’ve visited with more than one hundred book clubs throughout Connecticut and beyond, oftentimes in person and many times via conference call, Skype or a similar platform. I’ve video chatted with books clubs in Canada, Finland, Australia and the UK as well as clubs throughout the United States.…
Read MorePaperback cover!
Behold the paperback cover for MEMOIRS OF AN IMAGINARY FRIEND. The paperback edition doesn’t publish for another two months, so until then, you’ll simply have to purchase the hardcover version. Fear not. As far as I know, it contains all the same words in the same order.
Read MoreAmazon’s new policy on book reviews did not impact me thanks to the quality of my friends and family.
You may have heard that Amazon has a new policy when it comes to online book reviews. From a piece in The New York Times: Giving raves to family members is no longer acceptable. Neither is writers’ reviewing other writers. But showering five stars on a book you admittedly have not read is fine. After…
Read MoreImaginary friends make cheap dates
Yesterday I proposed that imaginary friends are becoming a thing. More evidence that this is the case.
Read MoreThere is always a reason for an imaginary friend
Someone invented Manti Te’o’s imaginary girlfriend. Whether he was the victim of an elaborate hoax or the perpetrator of the scheme, the fact remains: Te’o professed to loving a woman who did not exist. He had never held her hand, kissed her on the lips, or assured her that she was the best looking woman…
Read MoreThe epilogue
A reader sent this to me today. It’s a photograph of the epilogue of MEMOIRS OF AN IMAGINARY FRIEND, which creates quite a stir amongst many readers. I love it. When I finished the book, it had no epilogue. I went to bed thinking that my story was finished, but when I awoke the next…
Read MoreMy new favorite person in the world
Best photos ever (from an author’s perspective)
MEMOIRS OF AN IMAGINARY FRIEND has been chosen by the town of Townsend, Massachusetts for their One Book One Town promotion for 2013. I couldn’t be more honored. One Book One Town encourages residents of a town to come together and read the same book over the period of a couple months with the goal…
Read MoreMemoirs of an Imaginary Friend: German
The German edition of MEMOIRS OF AN IMAGINARY FRIEND arrived today, and I love it. I think the cover is completely ingenious. I can’t wait for it to hit German bookshelves in April.
Read MoreI never know what I’m actually writing about
Long after I finished writing my first novel, SOMETHING MISSING, I discovered, only after my wife and therapist pointed it out to me, that I had written a book about my battles with post traumatic stress disorder, my hatred toward my evil step-father and my longing for my absent father. I didn’t know any of…
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