The Thing About Books

An old high school buddy sent an email the other day. He'd just read Loathsome, Dark and Deep and told me "[I'm] Still reading two to three books a week and just wanted to tell you how impressed I was by yours."

This guy used to read about a book a day. No shit. He'd read all day at school, and then, in the evening, tell me everything he read. A true speed-reader. We haven't seen each other in years, part of the tragedy of adulthood, but used to hang every day. A note like that means more than a professional review.

Speaking of Loathsome, I went to the Lawrence Public Library last night to pick up a copy of Roald Dahl's Dirty Beasts for a forensics kid, and found Loathsome, Dark and Deep on the "new fiction" shelf. Pretty cool. Now someone please check it out so it doesn't have to sit there and let all the bigger books bully it.

Speaking of books, I'm running a Goodreads giveaway for The House Eaters. I've noticed The House Eaters has landed on a number of "to be read" shelves, more than my other books, so there must be something to this giveaway thing. Will all of those translate into sales or even reads? I don't know...but it is worth noting. If you're interested, you can sign up below:

Goodreads Book Giveaway

The House Eaters

by Aaron Polson

Giveaway ends February 28, 2011.

See the giveaway details
at Goodreads.

Enter to win

Speaking of books (man, I need a new transition), I've arranged my first book signing. More soon.

Enjoy Tuesday.

Friday at the Pub, Goodreads, Kindleboards

Rock Gods and Scary Monsters is now available through Smashwords. You can read the first 85% for free. Like I said, everything I do is an experiment.

Go on and read my pub interview with Barry Napier. Good times, Barry. Thanks.

I'm also playing with other ways to interact with readers. Yes, this means you.

For example, I'd love to talk about the good, the bad, and the ugly of Loathsome, Dark and Deep at the Kindleboards...

or Rock Gods and Scary Monsters...

or even The Bottom Feeders.

All three books are on Goodreads, too.

Loathsome, Dark and Deep
Rock Gods and Scary Monsters
The Bottom Feeders
Hell...even The House Eaters is up at Goodreads, and that book isn't even released yet.

Come join me. I'll bring the virtual beer.

Trailer Schmailer

I've tooled around with Sony Vegas Studio a little of late, and look what popped out:



(I recommend viewing at YouTube; just click on the title in the top left of the video box.)

I also discovered The House Eaters is now listed at Goodreads. Spooky, really.

Thanks to anyone who has read the first installment of "Black Medicine Thunder..." over at The Red Penny Papers. KV Taylor has put together one fabulous piece of digital pulp.

Today, a group of consultants will film me "doing my thing" in my classroom. Spookiest moment yet. (They even plan to show it to other teachers...the fools!)