February 2012
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You may spot him one morning on your bedroom windowsill. He might appear on your desktop at work. Or perhaps, as you finish your evening glass of wine, you will notice him resting on the bottom of the glass, his glossy coat shining in the candlelight. But wherever you encounter him, when the tiny horse enters your life, the sight of him will strike fear into your heart.
For you will know your...
Look, I’m not saying you *have* to think my book is “thoughtful” and “often witty” or that it features many “well-drawn” relationships. I’m just saying that’s what the professional book reviewers at Publisher’s Weekly think.
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In an effort to further promote Everything You Need to Survive the Apocalypse, my debut young adult novel, I will be self-publishing a few YA novellas throughout the year. This particular novella, which I wrote a couple of years back, was originally an adult thriller set amid the high-stakes chaos of the 2008 financial crisis. After sending it to several hundred agents and getting no takers, I...
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Songs Brendan ruined
“What I Like About Brendan” by The Romantics
“With or Without Brendan” by U2
“All You Need is Brendan” by The Beatles
“Someone Like Brendan” by Adele
“Single Ladies (Put a Brendan On It)” by Beyonce
“Brendan Jean” by Michael Jackson
“Total Eclipse of the Brendan” by Bonnie Tyler
“Like a Bat out of...
Inside tip for my Tumblr friends: Even though I say—in my post for Amazon’s blog today—that I like not eating chicken fingers all the time now that I’m an adult, that’s not actually true. I just said that for the joke. I totally would eat chicken fingers all the time still if I could!
Now you know that I will completely sell myself out for a mildly funny joke about...
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