Only 75 days to go until Five Flavors of Dumb is officially released, and things are moving fast!
For a start, the Dumb tour will now incorporate stops all across Missouri, Chicago, and Seattle. I’ll post details as soon as they’re sorted out.
But that’s not all . . .
Today I mailed my editor (the extraordinarily talented [...]
So a few weeks ago I met Lauren Myracle at a signing. As a fan, it seemed natural to give her an advanced copy of DUMB. Not that I was sure she’d have time to read it, mind you, but it was pretty cool to think that one day she might.
Well, she did . . [...]
Made-of-awesome author/agent Mandy Hubbard read an advanced copy of FIVE FLAVORS OF DUMB and very kindly wrote about it:
“I read FIVE FLAVORS OF DUMB by Antony John this week:
And OMG: AWESOME. I didnt expect it to be so emotional! Holy crap, I got choked up like, every other chapter. Yet not in a depressing way at all– in that [...]
I’m a bit slow on the uptake here, but fellow Upstart Crow author Jody Sparks declared BUSTED her funniest book of 2009. It’s the first award I’ve won. I don’t even have an acceptance speech ready.
It’s great to hear that people find BUSTED so funny. Humor is a tricky thing in books–a combination of context, [...]
Yes, indeed, writing really is the most ridiculously gratifying career. In what other job can you justify taking time off to read biographies of Kurt Cobain and Jimi Hendrix, or obsessively (re)watch YouTube footage of the aforementioned artists (pre-suicide/overdose, of course)?
All of which is to say that things are going well on the book front . [...]
I always figured that if I were fortunate enough to have a book published, I’d try to schedule lots of author events. I like meeting anyone who’s the slightest bit creative, and I like sharing stories of what makes me tick, so book signings seemed a natural fit. Well, I’m pleased to say I’ve got [...]
