OOO! OOO! OOO! ME TOO!

Haven't started it yet, though... I need to finish The Raw Shark Texts first (I have this problem with starting books and then never finishing them... I am DETERMINED to finish this one)...

Mayhaps, in the meantime, I shall bother ol' Doc for his John Hancock...

This book is really good. I'm up to page 66. I urge everyone to pick up a copy. Really intriquing read so far.

I have finished reading Murderland I - h8 and I pronounce it very good. It's exciting, it's twisted, it's engossing, thought provoking, enjoyable, wickedly bizarre.

It's not a perfect novel, but it's his first. I am ready to read the next volume. When does it come out?

On a side note, your publisher desperately needs a proofreader. There are spelling mistakes, punctuation errors, words left out here and there... it's not your fault, Doc, I realize, but every time I see an error in print it bugs me.

I give this book a solid 83% out of 100- with 100 reserved for the likes of Bradbury, Vonnegut & Ellison. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

I will write a revue for Amazon & my blog soon.

Raw Shark Texts gets much cooler as it goes along. I'm still on the fence about whether it's a Bizarro novel or not, because it has a lot of Bizarro sensibilities.

I wholeheartedly agree. I typed up the editor's comments myself and I probably could have used a third opinion somewhere along the line. As small press books get more profitable, there are more human resources. Life During Wartime (yes, named for the Talking Heads song) comes out in October.

Me reading an excerpt on Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLJO8...eature=related

That was great. I actually found myself reading a good portion of the book aloud to myself as I read it. You have a great ear for language. The book is mostly inner dialogue so it really sounds good aloud.

I have that shirt, hahahaha.

That was a really cool reading though - now I really do have to order this. Well done man!

I'm glad you could feel that. I write out loud whenever it's socially acceptable and I'm always pounding out the meter of things. It's a habit I got when I started translating poetry.

Just got that shirt the other day. I'm glad there's more Joker merchandise on account of the movie. I almost just wore a black t-shirt, but my girlfriend saw a Harley shirt at Hot Topic and she wanted us to match, which was really cute of her. And thanks for the compliment on the reading. I was sort of bummed that nobody showed up, but at least it made me less jittery so I could read better than I expected I would.

I will get a copy at some point. I'm pretty much, flat broke at the moment though.

After I read it, I'll see if I can get a review put up on the site I'm writing for.

Every review helps a lot.

I've posted a review of Murderland I - H8 on my blog and on Amazon. Have a look if you feel so inclined:

http://neverendingwonder.blogspot.com/

Amazon Review

very nice review NE.

Extremely good review. Articulate, in depth and insightful. I hope more people who read are as perceptive as you, neverending.

Glad you liked it!

It's up on my messageboard now. I'll also add it to my authortree site.

Can you post the link to your messageboard again? I want to check it out!

Here it is:
http://horrorworld.org/v-web/bulleti...orum.php?f=123

Wow- you're writing a lot! Hope to get a chance to read some of your pieces online soon.

The Writer's Cafe stories are workshopped things, but all the rest is four, five hundred word stories. I decided to take a break from all the novellas I'm typing up and revising and go back to some shorts and poems.

Hey thanks for the advice on getting a publisher for my poems, Doc Faustus. Sorry I didn't get back to you sooner. I don't get discouraged easily, and I am prepared that my poems may never see print, but I am hopeful that someday, they just might. Some people die, before they make the best seller list and their book makes them famous, I however, will not be one of those, I plan to be famous first, then die with a best seller under my belt, first, ha ha!! Only time will tell, we'll see what happens. Take care and thanks again for the advice, I will definitely keep it in mind!!

Glad to help. The work I've been doing on Writer's Cafe has made me think about doing a book of poems, but I'd like to get them illustrated. I had all these grisly poems I've been working on and one I wrote yesterday that I thought might be cool in a nice little book.

That's great!! In High School, I took creative writing. I loved it because we were given topics to write about. Since I have no topics, I have writers block now and it's bad!! We had to think of a pen name that only the teacher and the student would know, that way when we handed in the poem to be read aloud, no one knew who wrote it, therefore they could not be ridiculed. Our pen names had to be a real name and the last name a descriptive word for your writing. I chose Maggie Sorrows, because all my poems were deeply depressing. If I ever get published, I just might keep that, so watch out for me, someday I may be famous!! Good luck with your poems. If you ever get your poems published let me know, I would love to read them.

Congrats!!I'm going to get me a copy and i'll have my friends check it out too!

Good work Doc, I look forward to reading a copy....

Great! As you can see by the 1,000,000th place Amazon ranking, I can use all the readers I can get. I'm glad HDC's been supportive of this crazy, crazy book.

*bumps*

GC - I finished your book and I have to say that I thoroughly enjoyed it (which actually means a lot; I have SERIOUS reading ADD and if I can't get into a book, it gets put down immediately).

Doc creates a vivid and macabre world of the gothic, the grotesque, and the surreal. It's a look inside a serial killer stuck in a society crazed by killings and death. He invents a whole new pop culture ("Reap Culture") in which famous killers are revered and have become a part of society.

You can buy it on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Murderland-Par...2101650&sr=8-2

DO IT. It's a good read.

I have only two pieces of criticism:

• This has been mentioned before, but sometimes the editing is a little sketchy (not YOUR fault - This is what editors are for). But, honestly, since this is told through stream of consciousness, it's not that big a deal.
• Jeremy's diary entry - I LOVE the insight into his diary, but the language that he uses at 15 (especially since the diary entry starts with him questioning the meaning of a 5-dollar word) seems a little unbelievable. I'd expect the 15-year-old Jeremy voice and tone to be different than our present-day narrator. That being said, I wish that there were more diary entries. I want more. MORE.

Anyway. The last page of the book advertises Murderland Part II: Any idea when that'll be available?

Also - I should probably mail the book over to sign before you get too important for the little people. ;) You won't be offended if the cover's a little bent and has kitten bite marks on it, would you?

How in the hell did I miss this?? Congrats Doc! I will order a copy soon. :)

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it and I look forward to signing your copy. As for the condition, I have one copy of my own that my girlfriend carried in her purse for three weeks out of love and pride that has nonetheless come to look like it has been carried in a purse for three weeks. Murderland Part 2 can be expected in December or January, and hopefully I can come full circle and have Part 3 out for July, capping off the initial trilogy. Right now, I'm working on the 4th one.

Thanks! Other than the occasional mistake, I'm sure you'll dig it. It's kind of a pulpy labor of love.

Once I get a credit card i'll buy the Murderland book.Sounds like a really good book!

thanks for the bump - i just bought a copy now.

Cool! The other day I was accidentally on Amazon's top 100 cookbooks. If I sell four or five more copies I might get back up there. I think it was on account of my last name, because other than an airborne sloppy joe and veiled references to cannibalism, there isn't any culinary content.

holy christ - if this IS a cookbook, i'll find you


and it wont be pretty...

HOLY SHIT.....ITS A COOKBOOK

http://www.grupo.org/peek/serve(l).jpg

If you read it backwards, the last chapter is an excellent paella recipe. I'm that good.

So, you channel Pink Floyd through your writing? Thet apparently synch up all of their music to classic movies.

Definitely. I really like how well Animals and Ninotchka line up.

Ok... That makes me feel a LITTLE better... It spent some time in my purse, too ("currently read books" generally do), and as soon as the kitten comes in contact with a book... WELL, she LOVES to chew on it... To tell you the truth, I was holding off on sending you the copy to sign because I didn't want you to be offended by the state it was in. :o

Ok - That's it. Doc - You owe me a cut. :p









PS - I WANT PART II NOW! Can't wait.