Library Thang |
Started cataloging the books I read and audiobooks I listen to at Library Thing.
Posted by Johnny Ostentatious on Fri, 02 Mar 2007 07:08:00 PST |
AFTERLIFE BATTLEFIELD contest |
To celebrate the publication of my third novel, AFTERLIFE BATTLEFIELD, I'm giving away $50 worth of merchandise from my music and book collection. You can find the list of items at GEMM -- I have abou...
Posted by Johnny Ostentatious on Tue, 05 Dec 2006 04:50:00 PST |
[[book review]] Four Past Midnight by Stephen King |
Out of the four novellas in this collection, I only liked two, which interestingly were made into movies: "Langoliers" and "Secret Window". I really enjoyed the latter 'cuz I loved the movie, an...
Posted by Johnny Ostentatious on Mon, 30 Oct 2006 04:13:00 PST |
Horror Garage : : free stuff |
Good guy that Pitch Black, publisher of the zine Horror Garage. He's posting links to excerpts of stuff on my small press, Active Bladder. Check it out. ...
Posted by Johnny Ostentatious on Sun, 29 Oct 2006 05:48:00 PST |
[[book review ]] Dragon Man by Garry Dishner |
This murder mystery was OK. It's set in Australia. My problem with it is that too much was devoted to the numerous subplots going on. Plus, I didn't care for the "hero" of the novel, Detective Challis...
Posted by Johnny Ostentatious on Sat, 28 Oct 2006 03:26:00 PST |
Sorry, Montreal |
I gave it some serious thought, but I'm not gonna go to Expozine in Montreal the weekend after Thanksgiving. Even though a table is only $20 or so, and I would sell a decent amount of the Active Bla...
Posted by Johnny Ostentatious on Sun, 22 Oct 2006 07:36:00 PST |
[[book review ]] Scar Tissue by Anthony Kiedis |
Wow, what an autobiography! Kiedis -- as most of you know -- is the singer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. I read it after hearing about on PunkNews.org and some guy I went to school with mentioned it....
Posted by Johnny Ostentatious on Sat, 21 Oct 2006 06:28:00 PST |
book festivals |
This past weekend, the Collingswood Book Festival and 215 Festival went pretty well. Started selling the books in the Active Bladder catalog for full price ($10). Sold eight altogether. Not too bad. ....
Posted by Johnny Ostentatious on Thu, 12 Oct 2006 04:43:00 PST |
[[audiobook review]] Ricochet by Sandra Brown |
Wow, this romantic-suspense book had me on the edge of my iPod for the first 75% of the novel. Then, once the whodunit aspect was revealed, I started to see flaws in Brown's writing, mainly exposition...
Posted by Johnny Ostentatious on Fri, 06 Oct 2006 07:44:00 PST |
podcasts |
Been doing podcasts for a while now. Just recently posted em all up on the Johnny Ostentatious site. Quick link is: http://www.johnnyostentatious.com/podcast.html ...
Posted by Johnny Ostentatious on Thu, 05 Oct 2006 06:13:00 PST |
