Promotional consideration

At every convention I’ve attended, there’s a table full of promotional items. These usually consist of postcards or bookmarks, but sometimes there are fliers or little gadgets intended to entice people into purchasing a product. Usually a book, in my experience. Everyone is clamoring for everyone else’s attention, and if you don’t have the weight [...]

As You Like It

I know this has happened to you before too. A page on Facebook catches your eye and you decide to give it a Like. The next day, the Likeable So-and-So behind this page kindly reminds you to check out their new book. That’s fair. You Like them so maybe you will check out their new [...]

The Book Launch

Have you ever held a launch to celebrate the release of a new book? Was it anything like the ones they show on TV? Share your [...]

THOMAS SULLIVAN: STAGE 3 SUFFOCATION & THE GODS OF CHROME AND NEON

There are people who can’t help but be different, and people who choose to be different, and people who live in fear of being different. If you’re a writer, that third category is a killer. In fact, it’s a killer for just about anything that isn’t sedentary, unimaginative or uninspiring.

I’m writing about ways of thinking, [...]