"BEYOND INSANITY" Release Update

3D depiction of the cover

It is my pleasure to report the upcoming release of my new anthology BEYOND INSANITY: From the Launch Pad to New Dimensions, the follow-up to ROCKETMAN: From the Trailer Park to Insomnia and Beyond.

I finished writing the collection of poems, pictures and personal essays back in November. Since that time the book has gone through the editing and prepress (layout and design) processes and is now ready for print and publication.

I'm looking for a new place to do the official LAUNCH PARTY as HeART in the Square was canceled.  Hopefully Sat. Feb. 11 somewhere on Grays Harbor. Stay tuned. 

 I'd love to meet you; come out and see me!And I'll have volume one in this series, ROCKETMAN: From the Trailer Park to Insomnia and Beyond, along with my other books available, too.

About the Book:

ROCKETMAN: From the Trailer Park to Insomnia and Beyond took you to the outer limits of family humor. Now you can travel beyond funny, because there’s more where that came from in this all NEW collection of short stories, poems and pictures from the life and times of a kid at heart. Read and relate as you enjoy a wild ride through BEYOND INSANITY.

Like Patrick McManus, Bill Cosby, Dave Barry and Bill Bryson, the author takes you on familiar journeys that not only tug at your heart, but have you laughing in no time at all.

Included are such stories as: 

Youthful Mischief; Feelin’ Squirrelly; Amtrak Attack; You’ve Got a Friend?; STOO-PID; My First Car; Camping with the Comrades; Be Prepared to do a Good Turn Daily; Things that Bother Me; The Heart of a Man; Best Friend; High Waters, Musicals and Hoops; Mother and Me; Don’t Cry Over Filched Milk Money; Change; Quicksand; The Confidential Kid; On Writing (What Little I Know); Old Coots at Mickey D’s; Low Rider; It Happened on Halloween; Christmas Cheer; and the snot rippin’ The Day Renny Skäraosten Saved the North Coast.

Plus several poems, photographs and more!

If you can't wait until the official launch party, the book will be available on Amazon by February 1 to order in print or download for Kindle.

Amusing Book Trailer for "Chicken Poop on my Sole"?

Do the Chicken Run for Chicken Poop on my Sole

"Funny and Feel-Good Fodder from the Farm"

Get running to a Chicken Poop on my Sole signing near you this Memorial Day (2016). It's the new book that will tickle your funny bone, bring a tear to your eye, and even fill you with inspiration

More than twenty short stories from sixteen different writers and authors contributed stories from life on the farm.

Do you know any of them? They'd LOVE you to buy a copy!

Authors include: Joe Benjamin, Andy R. Bunch, Patrick Dwyer, Suzi Goedert, Chris Johnson, Bethany Rose Lewis, Carolyn Norland, Tammy Owen, Melissa Eskue Ousley, Dennis J. Sparks, Cherie Walter, Joyce Reynolds-Ward, Arvol E. Zschomler, Keilah Joy Zumstein and the editors Ruth and Gregory Zschomler. See their website, Facebook or blog for more information.

You'll notice a few changes in this finalized design from what I've been showing you up until now.

Files for Feel-Good and Funny Farm Fodder Finished

At last, the final files for Chicken Poop on my Sole have been delivered for approval! 

The final proofing will take place over the next week and, if all continues smoothly, the release will take place on May 28th, as planned. (It should actually be available on Amazon by May 16.)

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My Wife Says This is Me. LOL. Yup.

Dialogue: Funny or Dull?

Sometimes it's not the dialogue you write, but what you write the dialogue about. Here's an example of what I mean:

Disclaimer: This is not an endorsement of BYU or the Mormon church. Studio C is a clean comedy show produced by the broadcast students of BYU. Be advised some of their episodes are tagged with propaganda.

Are Books a Better Use of Trees than Christmas Decor?

Animated GIF from Perez Hilton. Images from Kirk Cameron's
"Saving Christmas" voted IMDB's #1 worst movie of all time.

Could be. They certainly last longer. 

Don't get me wrong, I love a good Christmas tree. I love books, too. And I think you should give books for Christmas, too.

You just might not want to put them under a dried out tree.

It Took Me a Few tries to Get "Foreword" Right

Might As Well Publish It Yourself

How Rejection from a Publisher Feels

Authors Can Be Tough on Themselves

What Writer's Do

Origin of English Grammar

So true

Humor: Editing "The Night Before Christmas"

This, from Baltimore's Towson University, is great. 

You may know the Clement C. Moore poem as The Night Before Christmas though it's true title is A Visit From St. Nicholas. 

What if it were edited today? Would it be The Night Santa Claus Visited the non-Jewish, non-Islamic, semi-Christian Children of the World?

Editors can be rough. 

http://pages.towson.edu/lieb/bestchristmascard.html

This Video is a Hoot, but also Very, Very Real

Glad Me For Education