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Tuesday, May 29, 2012 10:10:33 AM
Joseph D'Agnese wrote a blog post titled That Gum You Like Is Back In Style:
Joseph said, "Tod Fisher, the detective in my book The Mesmerist, apparently has a fondness for old-fashioned chewing gum, specifically the three brands now produced by Cadbury Adams. From what I understand, these gums aren’t hugely popular today, but they do..." more
Tuesday, May 29, 2012 10:10:30 AM
Joseph D'Agnese wrote a blog post titled The Hoboken Sandwich:
Joseph said, "You were probably comatose last week if you didn’t come across Neil Gaiman’s commencement speech. Every website under the sun linked to it.One part that caught my ear was this bit where Gaiman revealed himself to be—at least to my mind—a..." more
Monday, May 28, 2012 4:02:26 PM
Joseph D'Agnese wrote a blog post titled Readability & the Self-Published Author:
Joseph said, "Productivity guru David Allen says we all need to get handle on our “collection points” if we want to get organized. That’s why I love the Readability app—it helps me collect everything I want to read on my Kindle.Every day I come across..." more
Saturday, May 26, 2012 3:36:18 PM
Joseph D'Agnese wrote a blog post titled Amazon's emailing my friends and readers:
Joseph said, "This week I got four emails from readers and friends who reported that they’d gotten an email from Amazon alerting them that I had a new book coming out. This is the first time I’ve ever experienced this from Amazon, so I thought it was worth..." more
Thursday, May 10, 2012 1:52:34 PM
Joseph D'Agnese wrote a blog post titled The Mesmerist is live! (Sort of.):
Joseph said, "My new e-book, The Mesmerist, is live on Amazon. It’s been published to B&N and Smashwords as well, but will take a while to filter through to those stores. Both of my novels could use some reviews, so I’m making a limited-time offer: If..." more
Tuesday, May 1, 2012 9:31:22 AM
Joseph D'Agnese wrote a blog post titled Coming Soon: The Mesmerist:
Joseph said, "The Mesmerist is an urban fantasy noir novel that I’ll be releasing this month. The story is set in an alt-version of 1979 New York City, in an era when looks can kill and hands can heal. I’ll be posting some more details as they’re ready.I..." more
Saturday, March 3, 2012 10:14:28 AM
Joseph D'Agnese wrote a blog post titled Picasso's Bull:
Joseph said, "My late journalism professor came from the school of hard-hitting newspapermen of the 1940s and 50s. Later in life he switched to magazine work, which was more lucrative. One publication paid his way from Philadelphia to New York so he could be on..." more
Sunday, February 26, 2012 10:06:40 AM
Joseph D'Agnese wrote a blog post titled Spring:
Joseph said, "These little guys popped this week on a very warm day when temps here got into the seventies."
Sunday, February 26, 2012 10:06:40 AM
Joseph D'Agnese wrote a blog post titled L.A. Cappuccino:
Joseph said, "Denise sent this photo to show me what she’s having for breakfast on the West Coast."
Wednesday, February 22, 2012 3:04:08 PM
Joseph D'Agnese wrote a blog post titled How I Organize My Day, Supposedly:
Joseph said, "A professor of mine used to say that if we wanted to get ahead in the world, all we had to do was work a full eight-hour day and we’d be light-years ahead of everyone in terms of productivity. The cynicism buried in his comment was his belief that..." more
Tuesday, February 21, 2012 4:35:30 PM
Joseph D'Agnese wrote a blog post titled Day 14: 70,083:
Joseph said, "I’m done. At least, that’s what I’m telling myself. I delivered the second half of the manuscript today to the jet-setting El Jefe. I hit 70,000 easily this AM, did a spell-check and packed the sucker off for a read. Are we done? Far from it...." more
Monday, February 20, 2012 5:51:29 PM
Joseph D'Agnese wrote a blog post titled One day left: 66,649:
Joseph said, "I stopped calculating my per-day average because I’m actually in the home stretch, though it may not look like it. End of business today I cleared 66,000-plus words total on this ghost-writing project, and I only have one more chapter to go. That..." more
Saturday, February 18, 2012 11:07:01 AM
Joseph D'Agnese wrote a blog post titled 55,000 and Counting:
Joseph said, "The 80,000-word book marathon is in its 11th day and I really have to crank if I want to improve my per-day average. Last week, the per-day average was running about 5,700 words a day. I took two days off to proof the first half of the MS in order..." more
Wednesday, February 15, 2012 9:34:22 AM
Joseph D'Agnese wrote a blog post titled Write a book in 14 days:
Joseph said, "I’ve embarked on a bizarre experiment: to write an 80,000-word book in 14 days. This isn’t some wishful thinking project. The book has been contracted, and actually due to a publisher ridiculously soon. I have to get it done quickly, ergo the..." more
Wednesday, February 15, 2012 6:46:21 AM
Joseph D'Agnese wrote a blog post titled Pencils I'll Be Using Today:
Joseph said, "You want to know how a writer procrastinates? He takes pictures of the pencils on his desk."
Monday, January 23, 2012 11:19:11 AM
Joseph D'Agnese wrote a blog post titled Dear Amazon Guy:
Joseph said, "A writer pal of mine just got a job at Amazon, writing for their blog Omnivoracious. He’s actually the second friend to have landed a job with the online retailer. My publisher at Random House, the fellow who unleashed The Money Book for..." more
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 3:37:37 AM
Joseph D'Agnese wrote a blog post titled 2011: A year in review:
Joseph said, "A buddy of mine is fond of saying, “I’m fascinated by the passage of time and the aging process.” Um, me too. I especially like looking at my calendar and desk diary at the end of the year to see what I actually accomplished in the year just..." more
Wednesday, January 4, 2012 11:43:38 AM
Joseph D'Agnese wrote a blog post titled Giveaways 2012!:
Joseph said, "I’m doing some much-needed cleaning and re-organizing here at home, and need to clear our bookshelves of some of our author copies. Therefore, we’re running three giveaways this month via Goodreads. The following books are available, and ALL are..." more
Monday, December 19, 2011 9:36:12 AM
Joseph D'Agnese wrote a blog post titled Holiday Reminder:
Joseph said, "Just a reminder for anyone who is looking for signed copies of my traditionally published books: The best way to get autographed copies is to order them by phone from the two independent bookstores in the town where I live. Both Malaprop’s and the..." more
Wednesday, November 16, 2011 11:26:03 AM
Joseph D'Agnese wrote a blog post titled The Stark Truth:
Joseph said, "A little while ago I heard about how the University of Chicago was reprinting some of Donald Westlake’s old Richard Stark novels, both in print and as ebooks. I snapped up one of the ebooks during a heavily promoted “event” where they were..." more
Thursday, November 10, 2011 1:13:19 PM
Joseph D'Agnese wrote a blog post titled Giveaway: Free Indieconf Tix!:
Joseph said, "In 9 days, Denise and I will be presenting two talks at indieconf — “the conference for web professionals” — in Raleigh, North Carolina. We did one talk last year and had a blast. The attendees were drawn from a mix of different professions..." more
Tuesday, October 18, 2011 12:58:59 PM
Joseph D'Agnese wrote a blog post titled Giveaway: From Spark to Flame:
Joseph said, "I don’t know how many times people ask to pick my brains about such things like how to get a book published or how they can start writing for glossy magazines or how they can be a rich and famous author. I try to be helpful, but like a lot of..." more
Friday, October 14, 2011 1:25:21 PM
Joseph D'Agnese wrote a blog post titled Fibonacci: International Supergenius:
Joseph said, "I got a box of books the other day containing foreign editions of my children’s picture book, Blockhead: The Life of Fibonacci. Thus far, the book has been translated into four languages: Japanese, Korean, Spanish and Catalan.It’s always a..." more
Friday, October 14, 2011 10:37:23 AM
Joseph D'Agnese wrote a blog post titled In the Garden with Pat Rothfuss:
Joseph said, "I don’t know what it is with me, books and gardening. When I’m out working in the yard, I make connections between the task at hand (raking, mowing, planting, etc.) and scenes in, anecdotes from, and authors of various books I’ve read over the..." more
Thursday, June 7, 2012 9:08:22 AM
Joseph D'Agnese wrote a blog post titled This blog has moved! Go here...:
Joseph said, "Some important news! This blog is moving to a new address, effective...like, two minutes ago.As I’ve been making more friends among readers and writers, it’s become more important to me to have a place where we can have a conversation, and this..." more