I had already made two appearances in the virtual reality world Second Life. I figured my third time would be old hat. Alas, the metaverse had it in for me. My scheduled appearance on Meet the Author with host Adele Ward (aka Jilly Kidd) went nowhere near as planned.
To start, Second Life was having rolling server shut downs. So when I attempted to login five minutes before the start of the show, I was blocked out and couldn’t get back in. Luckily I could still dial my voice into the conference line for the audio feed. However, a nice bloke named “Secondo” (a very apt first name) had to take my place on the stage. For the entire first half of the show, the crowd was convinced I had shown up in the guise of an ostentatious vampire complete with top hat, frilly coat, and fangs. I’m a horror fan, but more George Romero than Anne Rice. Continue reading
It was a hell of a time on March 22nd. A nice crowd of people and the rest of the Blacksmiths For Literary Progress joined me at 
I’ll be making two appearances at the end of March to celebrate the release of 
What more could you ask for: booze, used books, and four bastardos a-readin’. I’ll be celebrating the release of my new short story collection, 
I had a great time particpating in the first Meet the Authors event in 
Staying on the whiskey train to promote my new podiobook collection of short stories — 
Another grand time at 
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Much thanks indeed to all the friends, loved ones, and other drunks who came down to Junno’s this past Tuesday (May 31st) to see myself and Tim Hall sell the sizzle as well as the steak. We had a blast reading some of our more humor-based pieces — even doing the odd voices and characters to the best of our abilities — and it was a great thing to see the reactions to the absurd tales and cock jokes that we were throwing down.