November 6, 2021, 1 to 5 PM.
Curmudgeon Books
Marley Station Mall 7900 Ritchie Highway
Glen Burnie, Maryland 21061
I will be signing copies of MORGAN BAROD, DECISIONS, and maybe a few other things, too! Pleeeeease stop by, if you’re in the area, and buy a book. I want them to invite me back!
#commissionearned
November 6th, 2021, 1 to 4 PM:
Curmudgeon Books
Marley Station Mall 7900 Ritichie Highway
Glen Burnie, Maryland 21061
I’ll be signing copies of my new novel MORGAN BAROD (I’ll also have my new chapbook DECISIONS: FOUR TALES OF CHOICES), so stop on by! And buy books there! I want to be invited back.
Writer Moe Lane has warned – or maybe promised? – that Decisions: Four Tales of Choices will be the last self-published fiction of his in 2021. It’s made up of four stories, each illustrated with its own image drawn specifically for the story. Also not entirely horror, unlike his previous two chapbooks. Check it out!
Fright Reads will be at Severna Park, MD this year (October 2nd, 12-6 PM). I will there with signed copies of all my books, including my new novel MORGAN BAROD and chapbook DECISIONS. Stop by, say hi, and buy, buy, buy!
Huzzah!
This is good, because Fright Reads in October is primarily a horror/spooky book show. Oh, fantasy authors are welcome, too, but I want to have my chapbooks on call and ready to be sold. DECISIONS isn’t as flat-out horrific as REVISIONARY was, but I’m pleased by how the Mythos story in it came out. Hopefully I’ll be in a position to move some product next month.
Moe Lane
PS: MORGAN BAROD should be available, too, but those books aren’t coming until next week.
Got it done before September. DECISIONS is likely to be the last fiction I publish in 2021: the Kickstarter money has been well and truly squeezed dry at this point. On the other hand, it helped fund two novels, one collection of short stories, three illustrated chapbooks, an illustrated short story, the upcoming RPG supplement, and an audiobook — so I probably shouldn’t complain.
DECISIONS consists of four stories, illustrated, all different genres. I want clear decks for September, frankly. Also: I need to have those books ready for the fair I’m doing in October, so the sooner I get on that the sooner I can order author copies.
These are, I think, some of my best short stories. Well, so far.
DECISIONS is another chapbook, and probably the last fiction thing I publish this year. The stories in it are not related, except in the sense that I happen to think that they’re four of my best short stories ever. Thirty two thousand words, four illustrations, here’s the cover.
I’ll probably be using this for the cover:
…but I’m not even thinking about putting the chapbook together until tomorrow. It’s been a damned long week already. Month, really. I can go watch Spider-Man movies* tonight.
Moe Lane
*We watched the first Garfield one last night. My kids and I agree that he’s a very good Spidey, but Maguire’s the better Peter Parker. Which is conventional wisdom, but so what? It’s still true.
This time for the chapbook: it was suggested that I add little intros to explain each story, and that was a very good suggestion, so I did. And that kind of catches me up, at this point. Tomorrow I can go through MORGAN BAROD again, send selected sections to my editor, and then we’ll do another final passthrough and… publish… the… book?
That seems weird to just type out, like that. I mean, sure, it’s about time, but still. There’s a certain milestone involved in getting more than one novel out, I think. At least, that’s how it feels.
