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Sad dad band personality types.God this is good writing. Over at McSweeney’s. Some faves that really spoke to me, man: Bon Iver Perhaps the most accurate term to apply to your…
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A spoileriffic discussion thread of THE SHATTERED SKIES.I think that's just about long enough, don't you? Enough people have told me they've finished the book now that I feel as though I can host a di…
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Spoileriffic discussion thread for TSS coming next Monday.I have to let enough readers in the US finish it first. In the meantime, I did a guest blog for Marshal Zeringue about what I was reading while …
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Hi, it’s me, JB, the one whose bookclub you rashly signed up for a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. Or maybe just last week, to get all the…
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Interview with Paul Semel re. punching Space Nazis.We’re all isolating as close contacts at the moment, so it’s a lucky thing that modern book pimping is all about the interwebz. Here’s a little …
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Launch day!It is definitely a weird thing being published in Australia by a publisher from the UK. The Shattered Skies officially dropped everywhere in the…
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Launch day. T minus 1.It's a funny old business, launching a book in the middle of a pandemic. Feels sort of disconnected. The Shattered Skies drops tomorrow, and I h…
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Best laid plans.On the first work day of each year I like to spend the day meandering around my office, scratching my arse pondering what the future will bring,…
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Christmas crush.I dunno why I do this to myself every year. But I do. It usually starts in September, when I’m looking at my project board and thinking, “Fuck y…
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Reverse seared rib eyeThis is not a barbecue blog now, promise. There just happens to be a lot of barbecue in my life right now. Today, I reverse-seared steak. A coup…
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"Much mourning in the many glamorous locales she went bankrupt in..."I want this obit for my own. Renay Mandel Corren El Paso, TX—A plus-sized Jewish lady redneck died in El Paso on Saturday. Of itself hardly news…
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Meater probe review. (Sort of)A couple of weeks ago, while I was waiting for my Big Green Egg to fall from heaven, I spent a bit of money tooling up for barbecue life. One of…
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