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Thursday, May 3, 2012 7:22:36 PM
Jay Eckert wrote a blog post titled Still here...:
Jay said, "Yes, I am still here. Not in the "writing every night" sense. I have been pursuing my MBA, and have seven more classes to go - I'll be done by next Spring, thank you very much. But young and talented Rachel (whose videos you may see..." more
Sunday, February 12, 2012 3:17:23 PM
Jay Eckert wrote a blog post titled Rachel Sings Love Story:
Jay said, "Here she is. Rachel playing guitar and singing Taylor Swift's, Love Story at her recital this weekend. She sang through a nasty cold, and only coughed during the first verse!And because she coughed, she wanted me to record it again at home. She's..." more
Monday, January 23, 2012 12:41:09 PM
Jay Eckert wrote a blog post titled Midian Cometh:
Jay said, "I love taking time off from work. Who doesn't? Not only am I NOT slavishly doing what I get paid to do, I'm also enjoying a three week break from school. There's been no financial accounting for me last week, or this week. And I..." more
Monday, January 23, 2012 12:41:09 PM
Jay Eckert wrote a blog post titled The Rewrite has Landed:
Jay said, "It's quite remarkable what happens when you set out to revise a novel you first wrote years before. At least, it was remarkable to me. I wound up rewriting an absolute ton of the thing. About two years ago, I revised the Children of Midian, but I..." more
Monday, January 23, 2012 12:41:09 PM
Jay Eckert wrote a blog post titled Children of Midian is PUBLISHED!:
Jay said, "Woo-hoo! In the midst of the snow, work, family, finishing up my Financial Accounting course (yech), and physical therapy (can you say, L5/S1?), I managed to land the plane that is Children of Midian. The runways required a bit of foaming, but what..." more
Monday, November 28, 2011 5:00:00 AM
Jay Eckert wrote a blog post titled Support Four Debut Authors and Snag $125!:
Jay said, "Four booksTwo DaysGreat PrizesWith this contest, there is something for everyone and it’s SO simple to be in on the winning! On November 28 and/or 29, purchase 1 or all 4 of the debut author’s books listed here. Then forward proof of purchase..." more
Wednesday, October 26, 2011 6:23:37 PM
Jay Eckert wrote a blog post titled Internet Book Fair Blogfest, Jay Eckert:
Jay said, "A day later and a dollar short they say. The internet book fair is/was happening, and now it's Wednesday! What fantastic time management skills I have. Nevertheless, here goes...Urban MythosSixteen-year-old Zydeco Hill uncovers a..." more
Thursday, October 13, 2011 6:23:21 PM
Jay Eckert wrote a blog post titled The Best Thing Ever:
Jay said, "All right, it's not really the best thing ever, but still...The other night, while lazily slumped in bed, I realized I had nothing to read. I had finished the last book I'd been reading - Halfhead, by Stuart B. MacBride. This was a physical book, by..." more
Saturday, October 8, 2011 10:15:09 PM
Jay Eckert wrote a blog post titled Internet Book Fair BLOGFEST:
Jay said, "Michael and Amy Leslie have this terrific idea. You may know them as M.A. Leslie, authors of Tristen and the Magic Shop, as well as Liberty (my daughter's favorite). They've conceived an internet book fair, scheduled October 25th, where folks..." more
Friday, September 23, 2011 6:06:35 PM
Jay Eckert wrote a blog post titled An Odd Moment in the Office:
Jay said, "The strangest thing happened at work yesterday. My boss's boss, who actually will be my boss once my current boss retires (confused yet?) - Rich - let's call him Rich, which is a good idea since that's his name. So Rich pops his head in..." more
Friday, September 2, 2011 2:21:53 PM
Jay Eckert wrote a blog post titled Vacation, Natural Disasters, and Books:
Jay said, "toLet's start with vacation. It was time to hang with the mouse this year down in Orlando. Yeah, I know. We're always down in Orlando hanging with the mouse, but it's just what we do. We flew down back on the 19th of August. And then..." more
Sunday, August 14, 2011 9:13:19 PM
Jay Eckert wrote a blog post titled Angry Birds - Curse Those Piggies!:
Jay said, "I looked over at the couch, and my wife had Rachel's iPod in hand and was playing Angry Birds again. Many has been the evening when she swiped my Nook Color to do the same. I've convinced her Google Chrome is a good thing, mostly because you..." more
Sunday, July 31, 2011 8:36:42 PM
Jay Eckert wrote a blog post titled Two Ends - Harry Potter & Borders:
Jay said, "Friday night, the wife and I were on our way to the movies to see Cowboys and Aliens (not as bad as they say, but not great), when we passed our local Borders Books and Music. Unless you've been hiding in a cavern with the aforementioned aliens, you..." more
Thursday, July 14, 2011 7:26:39 PM
Jay Eckert wrote a blog post titled Urban Mythos now available for the Nook:
Jay said, "I must say, it took me a lot longer to create the Kindle version of the book than the Nook version. Working with an ePub file is a lot easier. It's basically a ZIP file containing a bunch of HTML files, all of which I can deal with since, well, I am..." more
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 6:48:34 PM
Jay Eckert wrote a blog post titled Urban Mythos is Available on Amazon:
Jay said, "Sixteen-year-old Zydeco Hill uncovers a plot to capture former mythological creatures and expel them to a barren world filled with hungry beasts. Two years since his own transformation from griffin to human, he’s been attending clandestine..." more
Monday, July 4, 2011 9:24:29 AM
Jay Eckert wrote a blog post titled Urban Mythos - Coming Soon...:
Jay said, "Now that I've got the week off from class, it's time for the big announcement.I've decided to self publish Urban Mythos. My YA Urban Fantasy about a collection of ex-mythological creatures learning to live among us is coming soon. Former Griffin..." more
Sunday, June 12, 2011 8:14:58 AM
Jay Eckert wrote a blog post titled Queries, Space Missions and Angry Birds:
Jay said, "During a short breather in my MBA program, I got to thinking about Urban Mythos again. I have about five queries and one submission outstanding on it. The sub is several months old at this point, and I sent a courtesy eMail checking in a month ago...." more
Thursday, May 5, 2011 6:25:01 PM
Jay Eckert wrote a blog post titled Even more work than I thought:
Jay said, "It's been a couple of weeks since I posted anything on the pen and I get the feeling it's going to be like that for a while. The first week of my MBA program is nearing completion. I'm doing an online program with Centenary College here in New..." more
Saturday, April 16, 2011 1:35:14 PM
Jay Eckert wrote a blog post titled And so it begins:
Jay said, "My MBA program starts this coming week. Life as I knew it, is over.... at least for a couple of years. In other news, an entire week has gone by without a rejection letter. That's progress!And in other, other news. We're the proud owners of the..." more
Monday, April 11, 2011 6:58:28 PM
Jay Eckert wrote a blog post titled Lies, damned lies, and statistics:
Jay said, "Dang. I'm getting old. I took my son to a college fair down in Edison, NJ last week. Fortunately, he's only a high school sophomore, but come on, now. Is it fair that he's old enough to be thinking about college? That I'm old enough to have a son..." more
Monday, April 4, 2011 6:46:58 PM
Jay Eckert wrote a blog post titled Sick and Solitary:
Jay said, "Yeesh, I am sick as ... well ... sick as heck. Yech. But now I'm so very happy. I took my daughter to the library to borrow her huge allotment of YA and other novels. She's on spring break, so it's uber important that she has loads to read,..." more
Tuesday, March 29, 2011 5:57:41 PM
Jay Eckert wrote a blog post titled French Fry Letter:
Jay said, "A week or two ago, my daughter's sixth grade class was given an assignment in which they were to write either a letter to an actual company of their choice, with the content either being a complaint or a compliment. They were going to mail the..." more
Tuesday, March 22, 2011 7:34:05 PM
Jay Eckert wrote a blog post titled Spring's Sprung. Sort of.:
Jay said, "Spring. Spring. Spring. News of the spring. I've found my lawn. It's a mess. There's quite a lot of dog poop to clean up. When the heck did the pooch do all that? I suppose it slunk down through the snow as it melted. (Yes, she's a mountain pug that..." more
Friday, March 18, 2011 5:16:07 PM
Jay Eckert wrote a blog post titled Four Things on my mind:
Jay said, "As I write this, four things are on my mind.First: it's Friday. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.Second: Japan. The images I see every morning and night on the news are terrifying, horrifying and saddening. Earthquake. Tsunami. Nuclear Disaster. I'm..." more
Thursday, September 5, 2013 6:59:48 PM
Jay Eckert wrote a blog post titled The turn of the tide:
Jay said, "Two years. That's how long it's been since I last wrote a bit of of fiction. Let the taste of that roll around in your mouth a bit. Kind of bitter, eh? I was going to school for an MBA at night and on weekends, while working and generally..." more