Now Available in Paperback

MY new novel, Juste un peu d’amour, is now available as a paperback. It is published by Orange Square Books and printed by createspace, the print-on-demand service from amazon.com. The cost is $11.95.

As I said in another corner of cyberspace, it is appropriate that the novel is 365 pages in length, because that number is representative of the year of my life it took to create that book. I think I am too tired to truly savour this moment, however. I may need some of this to help let this moment sink in. Seeing this through project all the way through to the end like this is probably my greatest accomplishment. I hope that you like it, and that you find it as fun and rewarding to read as it was for me to write.

Read an Ebook Week

Buy an ebook this coming week! Preferably this one!

 The LOSE wholeheartedly supports Read an Ebook Week, which starts this Sunday, mainly because there are a lot of good scribes out there who are choosing to go the self-publishing route, and they deserve an audience. Find a book you like, buy it and give it a read. Don't be afraid. They'll make more, trust me.

This is a convenient excuse for me to fail at self promotion yet again. You can go here to purchase my novel, A Beautiful Cup, which I wrote in 2003. It's only $9.99 $7.99. (That's right, I've lowered the pricetag.) It's also available from Barnes & Noble. But if, for some reason, your taste is so poor that this act of high literature doesn't suit you, find another you like and enjoy!

Just for your information, I am gonna bust my ass in March and try to get the new novel, which is entitled Juste un peu d'amour, finished and ready for publication. And now that I've declared this to be my goal before a worldwide audience, I need to finish the goddamn thing.

Also, the crack Marketing Dept. here at IPL World HQ are currently in the process of developing Lose Gear, all sorts of great swag for the loyal readers of The LOSE. Stay tuned for more details. In the meantime, get out and lose! There is always more time for lose.

Shameless Plug

A Beautiful Cup, a novel written by some stiff

I just thought this would be a good time to mention that my novel, A Beautiful Cup, which I wrote in 2003, is available in all appropriate ebook formats. It's available for $7.99 from the publisher, Smashwords, and is also available for $9.99 at Barnes & Noble and I think it's available on amazon and a few other places. It's a fun read and I hope you buy it and enjoy it.

Obligatory IN PLAY LOSE related content: one of the characters in the book is a former world-class 400 hurdler at the University of Minnesota.

I have about 3-4 other novel projects in the works here, some further along than others but all sharing one trait: at the moment, they're all pretty bad. They need some work. I'll be busy this summer.