Forget the near monsoon that opened on Gotham City yesterday the turnout for my Shades of Luz reading at The Cell Theater was peachy keen.
This time around I read a thumb-wrestling scene. Why not? Frankly, I've grown a bit tired of the wine snobbery, love scenes, and whatnot. I wanted to share the coolness of hand to hand combat. Jen Ochs of NY Book Cafe and the Examiner recently described the thumb-wrestling in"Shades of Luz" as comparable to an MMA competition. Maybe so. The crowd got a kick out of Bald Bull, Glass Joe, Slippery Slim, and Benny dodging, parrying, and sneak-attacking.
Benny Fluke victorious at least for this chapter.
New stuff on the horizon. I will be putting together some reading lists for online book catalogs and web zines.
"Bones Brigade" which was originally published by Mississippi Review back in 2006 will be re-released by Shalla Magazine.
John-you are doing a great job promoting a great book. Love the picture above.
ReplyDeleteThanks a bunch. Trying to keep hope alive. There's a few novel contests I'm going to enter Shades into. More to follow.
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