Comments on: The Art of Writing Bios & Acknowledgments

By: Pop Culture Nerd

Pop Culture Nerd — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:31:15 +0000

If your interns are watching people light up their farts on YouTube, it’d take them more than a minute. By the time they’re done, you might be on your 23rd book with no bookstores left to tour, only Wal-Marts. I’ve heard the best place to set up is a table in the dog food aisle.

By: Brad Parks

Brad Parks — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:10:38 +0000

My staff of underpaid, overwhelmed interns is still working on scheduling a Northern Virginia appearannce. They’re also busy watching YouTube videos of people trying to light their farts on fire, so it might take a minute.

As for the porn, well, my publicist is waiting until the book releases on Dec. 8 to “accidentally” leak it to TMZ, et. al. I know, I know, another author using a sex tape to sell books… it’s shameful. But we do what we can.

By: le0pard13

le0pard13 — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:56:49 +0000

If you have a cassette deck in the car, you could use a cassette adapter (heck, I might still have one that I’d give ‘ya) to connect an MP3 or iPod and do audiobooks from that (meaning you can listen to them anywhere). Get the new Nano, and you can do video, as well.

By: Shell Sherree

Shell Sherree — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:56:42 +0000

I shan’t forget it either, PCN!

By: Pop Culture Nerd

Pop Culture Nerd — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:38:55 +0000

Brad!

I’m laughing already. If you cough up that amateur porn, I’m sold. Professional porn just doesn’t have that raw emotion. (Note to readers: Brad has a book coming out next month called Faces of the Gone.)

By the way, I’m in NoVa right now. Spent 15 years here (UVA grad) and come back often. Which bookstores will you be visiting on tour? Borders Bailey Crossroads?

By: Pop Culture Nerd

Pop Culture Nerd — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:33:05 +0000

I’m bummed I can’t impress you with my UFC status. You’re a tough customer.

I’d miss the bios in audiobooks. I think that’s another reason why I don’t do them even though people keep recommending them to me. That, and I’d need to get an mp3 or CD player in my car. They don’t make 8-track audiobooks, do they?

I see a different screen than you when I log into this blog but I’ve been told by other readers that the comment subscription has always been there.

By: Pop Culture Nerd

Pop Culture Nerd — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:28:13 +0000

Julien, if an author’s bio reveals the novel’s surprise twist, that writer would probably end up on my blacklist forever.

I’d buy your book, too, if I read that bio! I’m so glad your bed is more expensive than your sister. And I’ll put you on the list with Shell to get one of my books sometime in 2018.

By: Pop Culture Nerd

Pop Culture Nerd — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:19:06 +0000

Oh, have you done your bio/acknowledgments for Brush with Death? If it’s not too rude of me to ask—what did your publisher say?

By: Pop Culture Nerd

Pop Culture Nerd — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:14:10 +0000

I don’t expect every bio & acknowledgment to be witty, just with some personality and not mind-numbingly dull. It’s kind of like the receptionist at the front desk of a company—s/he has to make a good first impression to guests entering the facility.

By: Pop Culture Nerd

Pop Culture Nerd — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:03:48 +0000

Thanks, Shell. You’re on top of my list of future customers for the book that’s TBW (to be written). I shan’t forget that, even if you might when the book arrives on your doorstep in 2018.