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Wednesday, September 9, 2015 1:25:29 PM
adam gallardo wrote a blog post titled Hello world!:
adam said, "Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging!"
Tuesday, August 11, 2015 11:25:29 PM
adam gallardo wrote a blog post titled Northwest Comics Fest!:
adam said, "This weekend, August 15th and 16th, I will be a guest at the inaugural Northwest Comics Fest. The brainchild of Casey Ocupe, the Fest looks like it should be a blast. Check out the story featured on OregonLive this week for a few more details.I'll..." more
Saturday, February 7, 2015 12:51:02 PM
adam gallardo wrote a blog post titled Pimping my friends in an attempt to feel better:
adam said, "It's late, and I'm tired and grumpy, so just a little something to make this actually count as a blog entry.Actually, I think something that will make me feel better is to tell you about something one of my friends has done. Jenn Brissett has..." more
Tuesday, February 3, 2015 12:30:43 PM
adam gallardo wrote a blog post titled Old music and writing, plus numbers:
adam said, "I've been having good writing days lately. I contribute a good bit of this to my strict lack of writing rituals. I've written briefly about this before. I used to ritualize the act of writing, and I've cut out all of that nonsense. Well, almost. If..." more
Monday, February 2, 2015 1:38:33 PM
adam gallardo wrote a blog post titled 50,000 and a late announcement:
adam said, "My latest work-in-progress is a fantasy novel titled Sowing Serpent's Teeth. I just hit 50,000 words, so I'd guess I'm about 50% through this beast. This seems like a good time to start recording my progress on the book.This is something I did with..." more
Friday, January 9, 2015 12:22:23 PM
adam gallardo wrote a blog post titled Some Zomburbia and Zombified news:
adam said, "As a way to generate interest for Zombified, the second of my Zombie Apocalypse novels, my publisher, Kensington, have made the first book in the series, Zomburbia, a $2.99 purchase for all e-readers. That's one penny less than $3.00, which can't..." more
Tuesday, December 2, 2014 11:35:12 AM
adam gallardo wrote a blog post titled Want a signed copy of Zomburbia for the holidays?:
adam said, "It's that time of year again and I bet you're wondering what to get for the folks on your gift list. Books make wonderful presents, I think. And do you know what's better than a book? A signed book! And not just a book signed by any random person..." more
Monday, October 20, 2014 12:06:57 PM
adam gallardo wrote a blog post titled Forgive me while I crow a bit..:
adam said, "Me upon reading said review.So, Bill Ransom, who has an impressive list of accomplishments, among which I can number:Finalist for both the Pulitzer and National Book Award Coauthor, with Frank Herbert, of the Pandora sequence.Possessor of a..." more
Monday, September 22, 2014 11:47:09 AM
adam gallardo wrote a blog post titled Another Zomburbia review, and a belated thank you:
adam said, "To quote my publisher's publicist (Hi, Vida!): "VOYA(Voice of Youth Advocates) magazine is the leading library journal dedicated to the needs of young adult librarians, the advocacy of young adults, and the promotion of young adult literature and..." more
Tuesday, August 26, 2014 1:13:19 PM
adam gallardo wrote a blog post titled It's Zomburbia release day -- let me give you something:
adam said, "My book hits store shelves today. This brings up huge feelings for me that will probably lead to tears (mine) if I talk about it. Instead, let me send you a free something.I'm doing readings in both Portland and Salem for the book's release, and..." more
Monday, August 18, 2014 12:56:56 PM
adam gallardo wrote a blog post titled Publishers Weekly shows Zomburbia some love:
adam said, "Publishers Weekly have posted a capsule review of Zomburbia to their site. I imagine it'll show up in the magazine, but who knows. Anyway, they seemed to like. Here's the sentence that made me wet in my pants in a little bit:"With its complicated..." more
Tuesday, August 5, 2014 12:28:39 PM
adam gallardo wrote a blog post titled Musical crush #4 in a series (plus a tangent and lots of parentheses):
adam said, "I'm doing a lot of writing at the moment, which is great for a lot of reasons, chief among them is that I listen to a lot of music when I write. Lately I've had the self-titled album from Elastica on repeat as I work (despite the fact that it is in..." more
Tuesday, July 29, 2014 1:00:27 PM
adam gallardo wrote a blog post titled Aspirations of a ten-year-old:
adam said, "My book for reals.I think I was nine or ten when I decided I wanted to be a writer. It was around this time anyway that I started looking for ways to write stories as a means of fulfilling homework assignments, and that I began to fudge the answers..." more
Friday, July 25, 2014 1:50:08 AM
adam gallardo wrote a blog post titled Wasn't there some sort of contest going on?:
adam said, "Last night I had my son, Oscar, help me draw names from a literal hat to determine the winners of the little contest I had going. Remember, there were ten signed cover flats up for grabs and one lucky person won a signed ARC of Zomburbia, my debut..." more
Saturday, July 19, 2014 6:50:09 AM
adam gallardo wrote a blog post titled Want an ARC of Zomburbia?:
adam said, "These are the cover flats you might win. They look better in real life.It's contest time, folks!I have an ARC (Advanced Reading Copy – though Action Robot Cop would be a lot more cool...) and some cover flats of Zomburbia to give away. And what,..." more
Friday, July 18, 2014 7:06:53 AM
adam gallardo wrote a blog post titled New, I mean old, musical crush #3 in a series:
adam said, "Weird Al Yankovic. Let that sink in. My musical crush right now is Weird Al Yankovic. We listen to music at my day job thanks to Spotify. Yesterday we spent at least half the day listening to my buddy Al. It occurred to me the other day as I was..." more
Monday, July 14, 2014 4:51:32 PM
adam gallardo wrote a blog post titled Enter to win an ARC of Zomburbia on GoodReads:
adam said, "This is just a screen cap, Bucky. To enter, click the link below.My publisher, Kensington, are giving away a number of ARCs of Zomburbia on Goodreads. The contest is open now until the 31st of August. Unfortunately, it's only open to people in the..." more
Friday, July 11, 2014 7:23:25 PM
adam gallardo wrote a blog post titled Kirkus reviews Zomburbia:
adam said, "As stated in the headline, Kirkus have reviewed, mostly favorably, Zomburbia. Pasted below is the full text of that review.KIRKUS REVIEWSZOMBURBIAAuthor: Adam GallardoPULL QUOTE“Comics author Gallardo nails her voice—likable yet self-absorbed…..." more
Wednesday, July 9, 2014 3:07:18 PM
adam gallardo wrote a blog post titled New musical crush #2 in a series:
adam said, "Thao and the Get Down Stay Down have been in very heavy rotation in my ear holes as I finished off the manuscript for Zombified. I think there's just something really sexy about this music, and about Thao's voice. So there: now you get to picture me..." more
Tuesday, July 8, 2014 5:50:40 PM
adam gallardo wrote a blog post titled What's been happening?:
adam said, "Since last we spoke, some stuff has happened. Some of that stuff took up so much of my time that I failed to update this blog. For instance, I finished up the draft of Zombified, which is the sequel to Zomburbia. I finished it, I got it to my agent,..." more
Tuesday, July 8, 2014 3:20:40 AM
adam gallardo wrote a blog post titled New musical crush #1 in a series:
adam said, "It seems like my capacity to develop crushes on musicians is pretty much limitless.Valerie June is one of a couple of new acts (new to me at least) that I've had on heavy rotation as I've been writing lately. And since I've spent so much of the last..." more
Tuesday, May 6, 2014 3:05:43 PM
adam gallardo wrote a blog post titled What's that? I have a blog, you say...?:
adam said, "Did you know that even when I don't write posts here about what I'm doing, things still continue to happen in my life? I know, it's as flabbergasting to me as it is to you... So I thought I'd write a bit of a catch-up post to, you know... catch you..." more
Monday, April 7, 2014 2:49:34 PM
adam gallardo wrote a blog post titled Zomburbia chapter one:
adam said, "I've written often enough that I have a novel coming out later this year. Perhaps you'd like to read a sample of it? If so, then you are in the right place!My publisher, Kensington, have given me permission to post the first chapter of Zomburbia..." more
Friday, February 28, 2014 12:40:39 AM
adam gallardo wrote a blog post titled The Blow:
adam said, "This was a long time ago. It was the first year of Portland's Time Based Arts Festival, I think, so call it maybe twelve or thirteen years ago. A friend invited me to one of the festival's after-parties. I went despite not knowing what time based..." more
Tuesday, September 15, 2015 10:44:20 PM
adam gallardo wrote a blog post titled Comment on Hello world! by Mr WordPress:
adam said, "Hi, this is a comment. To delete a comment, just log in and view the post's comments. There you will have the option to edit or delete them."