ARENA now available - and The Next Big Thing
Hey folks. I should've mentioned this earlier but you know how it is. Anyway, my novella ARENA OF THE WOLF is now available in limited hardcover editions. Yes, it's been in Pre-Order Hell for a long...
View ArticleAnnouncing the Jim Gavin Podcast!
I've been blogging and reading blogs for long enough to know that it's pointless to write too much about how you don't post often enough. It starts to make you feel like a deadbeat dad, always...
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I'm sorry for those of you that actually follow this blog. I didn't post the last episode of my podcast. Check out my stream at SoundCloud if you want to listen to it. This is the new one I promised...
View ArticleNew Podcast episode - Road to Stokers/World Horror 2013
Or if that doesn't work (or you block flash or whatever):https://soundcloud.com/jim-gavin/jim-gavin-ww-podcast-04-060813Thanks for listening!
View ArticleMemoirs of an Invisible Man 2: The Revenge
No, not the movie. Not the book (what, no Kindle?), either. Both of those were damn great, BTW.I've been pretty invisible lately. I got frustrated with it, didn't see the point. I'd keep writing these...
View ArticleWhy the Hell Would You Want to do That?
I don't know how else to write about this, so how about I just tell you a story. I'll try to keep it to the good parts.When I was in college, they had this program they called "the Experimental...
View ArticleA thought.
My problem with writing these blog posts is that I hold very strong opinions but don't really have the cred to back them up.I read, write, listen, Pay Fucking Attention (PFA, it's like my version of...
View ArticleWhat I've Been Up To Lately
In keeping with my resolve to avoid posting on wastes of time like Facebook as much as possible, here instead is the kind of stuff I would put there. Mostly what it says in the title.Last weekend I...
View ArticleGame of Who Cares?
Or as the Iron Sheik might say, "Game of Who Gives Fuck? More like Game of I Fuck You and Break Your Neck Like the True Bubba." He gets a little carried away but you get the idea.I've read all the...
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Grow Up
Note: all Amazon links in this blog post are affiliate links that make me some small amount of money. I am given to consider this venial as I'd rather you buy my books but my wife insists and anyway...
View ArticleHBVK NOW AVAILABLE ON KINDLE!
Yeah, and so is everything else. Hey, I'm still excited. More excited than I've been in a long time.So now you can get it here. It also includes a preview of ARENA OF THE WOLF for those of you who...
View ArticleObituary: Jasper, 1999?-2014
Beloved pet and long-time candidate for Best Dog in the World Jasper passed away quietly in his sleep on the afternoon of Tuesday the 8th of July from an overdose of barbituates, in the company of his...
View ArticleA Month on Kindle and Other Things
So HBVK has been on Kindle for about a month. It hasn't quite exploded the face of the Internet, thanks to my Taoist marketing strategy of refusing to go against the flow of the Universe by promoting...
View ArticleHorror Tropes: Dead Ned
Possibly my least-favorite horror novel trope is what I call a "Dead Ned".This is a character whose sole purpose is to die in the first chapter, killed by the Big Bad so that you will know that Dr....
View ArticleA Year with My Celiac Kid
One year ago we discovered that my daughter had celiac disease, which means she can't eat gluten or it makes her very sick (gluten is a protein found in many common grains like wheat). After 1 year of...
View ArticleMy Comic Collection
(Trigger warning: this post is self-indulgent).We had a flash flood recently. Nothing major, but it hit my storage shed hard. Along with some things of my wife's, I lost a bin full of momentos and half...
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It's here
Still "in review" at Amazon -- I just hit the "Publish" button. It should be there by the time you read this. Since I can't provide a direct link, you can find it on my Amazon author page:...
View ArticleMarketing the new book.
Sent out some marketing emails tonight. Doing this stuff gives me the agita because no one likes pushy people and no one likes spam and no one likes people who are like BUY MY BOOK BOOK BOOK but I have...
View ArticleThanks Morons!
Thanks to all who bought both HBVK and SoM yesterday. For those who aren't aware, on the weekends the well-regarded blog Ace of Spades has lots of non-political threads for people to discuss gardening,...
View ArticleARENA OF THE WOLF now $1.99 -- Why?
I should also mention that I've re-formatted HBVK and ARENA as well to bring up the standard. Sorry if you bought a crap copy. Just email me and I'll send you the new version and you can sideload it...
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