Dead Milkmen Special!

Many years ago, I helped produce a special on The Dead Milkmen for my college radio station.  Joe Jack Talcum has included the special as this month's "Bootleg Of The Month" on his website.  You can check it out here:  https://jacktalcum.com/btlg/Dead_Milkmen_Special_WBGU-FM_Bowling_Green_OH.mp3.

Help Michael Grover

One of my old Underground Literary Alliance buddies, Michael Grover, has run into some financial and health difficulties, so some friends are trying to help him out. 

Sorority Sisters Vs. Sasquatch Is Out!

Sorority Sisters Vs. Sasquatch is out!  The movie is a hoot!  So is the back copy on the DVD!  Mark Justice, the director, did a great job, especially given what he had to work with, such as a novice actor named Wred Fright.

Thank You Smokers And Voters!

I was not surprised that the arts tax was renewed since voters in Cuyahoga County, Ohio USA seem to love taxes, but I thank them all the same, and doubly so if it eventually puts money in my pocket.  Even if it doesn't, I will get a warm feeling inside every time I see someone throw a cigarette butt out a car window in the county instead of just a bit of rage against the litterbug.

Keep On Smoking And Taxing

A few years back, Cuyahoga County Ohio USA voters jacked up prices on cigarettes and funneled the smoke funds to the arts.  This resulted years later in an application for a Creative Workforce Fellowship from me.  I don't know if I'll get it, but if people don't vote to renew the cigarette tax by voting for Issue 8, then I do know that I will be more irate when smokers litter their butts on the ground.  At least now I know they're probably subsidizing my ticket price when I attend a play in Cuyahoga County, which is vaguely soothing.

New Trailer For Sorority Sisters Vs. Sasquatch

Here's the latest trailer.  Sadly, none of my character's epic fight against Sasquatch made the cut.  I hope it's in the movie, as it was a lot of fun to film!

Sorority Sisters Vs. Sasquatch Poster!

My buddy Mark Justice has unveiled the poster for his new movie.  I play a college professor leading a field trip that blunders into Squatch territory.  I am excited to see how the movie came out!

Thank You Though Amazon Said Nope!

Thanks to everyone who voted for Frequently Asked Questions About Being Dead during the Amazon Kindle Scout campaign.  Either Amazon thought the book stunk or not enough of you voted for it, but the end result is the same and Amazon won't be publishing the novel.  If it did come down to social networking muscle, then I suspect that authors with thousands of "friends" are going to be published by Amazon before an author who isn't even on Facebook is.  I've always been more of the "Read this if you want to; if not, plenty of other good books are out there" author, so I am not surprised.  Amazon wants to sell books after all, so if a thousand people already want to buy a book, then that's the one that they'll publish.  They probably don't want to muck around with a weird book and convince people to give it a try and put a lot of work in just to achieve the same amount of sales as something that's ready to go ka-ching.  Ah, well . . ., the grand publishing experiment continues.  I'll keep trying some literary agents for the remainder of the year and see if the grant came through.  Next year, I'll work some indie presses before just self-publishing the novel in 2017.  Patience please, as the book will be published at some point.