The Book is done (For real)

Hello, fellow blog readers. Yes, I have returned from the dead once more. I apologize once more for lack of posts but I have been extremely busy with the book and not much else (other than my real job) and haven’t had much going on or anything to discuss.

But now I do. As of today my novel, “Tranquility” has now gone live for sale on my Createspace e-store and Amazon.com for print copies (links will be posted at the bottom). Kindle will be coming soon.

It just feels so good I must say. I can now officially say that I am a published author. Something new to put on resume I guess lol.

Though I am realistic about my expectations, I am still idealistic about it. The thing about this emerging market that I absolutely adore is that anyone, anywhere, has the opportunity to make it. Some will go big like Amanda Hocking and J.A. Konarath and that’s great though. But what is really great are the proverbial “other guys.” The guys that will do well enough to make this their full time profession and be happy for it. The guys that add a little income every month to make thing easier from themselves. The possibilities are endless here.

For the moment, even though I know of several that have told me they will buy copies, I still have to face reality. It’s not going to explode into a bestseller in one day, and tomorrow I will still have to report in at my job.

But what is great, is just as I previously stated is the opportunity. The slightest of chances, the sliver of hope one can hope for a better situation. That’s the American dream baby and there’s nothing better than that.

Book links here:

Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/Tranquility-Tim-Easley/dp/1475119313/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1334685474&sr=8-1

Createspace
https://www.createspace.com/3838567

Until next time, fly high and fly well.

Losing my religion

Wow has it been really almost a month since my last post?

My bad.

Okay, this is not going to be as serious as a topic as the title would make you think. Not to mention in case some of you haven't looked it up on Wikipedia, the phrase "Losing my religion" does not mean exactly that. It's a southern expression for losing manners and/or your temper. Well I'm not going to blow my top but I do have a bone to pick with the religious folk.

Just yesterday, I was accosted by both a Christian and Jehovah's Witness preaching the gospel so to speak and thus making me extremely uncomfortable. I never know how to act around these people. I know they mean well and are just doing their jobs (a conversation with Romulus reminded me that part of Christianity is the missionary work thus preaching the gospel) but come on two in one day was ridiculous.

The JW even just assumed I had a bible to look up the 200 individual scriptures that were in the magazines she gave me. The arrogance. What it made it even worse was the women in question were older women. To be rude to them would of been like cussing out my grandmother.

Still, this kind of stuff annoys me. I REALLY don't like talking about religion (like some people hate talking about politics). I've only told a very few people what I believe (or don't). What I really don't believe in though in the institutions of religions. Now once again, I do think a lot of good people do great work in the churches and all but....

I mean come on. Really, the whole systems they are based on are eroding in the 21st century. The world is changing and they keep clinging to the same words and scriptures. That may seem be fine but all things must evolve; build upon these words and strengthen your religion than perhaps we'll talk. Not to mention, they use the words of such institutions to lash out to those that are different than them (i.e. the gay/lesbian community).

All of that drives me nuts. Many who claim to be religious do not live the same sphere of thought most of us do. They look to the good books, instead of their own free mind in order to make a decision about something. How about you act like a human being, listen to an issue, then make a decision with your own mind and not an inanimate book? Religion is a guide to a better life, not a tell all be all.

This is the very reason I hate guys like Rick Santorum. His stone age, bible bullshit will send the country back hundreds of years if he gets elected. He thinks more or less than women should stay in the kitchen and kids should all be home schooled, keeping their worlds as insular as possible. Guys like him have drunk the kool aid so deeply, they no longer have individual thought.

So what does all this ranting add up to? I don't know really. Just that some well intentioned, older women spoke of god and religion and made me so uncomfortable I almost want to quit my job so they will never stop by and bother me again. Seriously, people, stop bugging me at work, I'm trying to blog here.

Until next time, fly high and fly well

Blahness

Sitting here at my job bored out of my skull. No donations so far today. Don't expect many if any at all, since this is Virginia and an inch of purported snows causes the state to panic. I've been handling the cabin fever quite well compared to how most probably would so I guess I'm okay.

Had to scrap another novel recently due to being unable to find the right direction and stress. Though I have a new idea, I'm working a little bit slower. Not to mention instead of a novel it will be a short story collection. I'm almost done with the first draft of "Look." I will then move on to the next "Sleeper" using a character from another scrapped book of mine.

Right now, I'm in a perputal gray zone. Waiting to finish the editing so I can finally publish the novel so maybe I could make some money maybe and finally put it behind me. It should not be much longer. I hope. Until then, I got not much else than my bullshit job and my vain attempts to stave off insanity. What can I say, I'm only human.

Until next time, fly high and fly well.

New news!

Hello!

Sorry I've been away for awhile, been real busy but do I have some news for you.

-"Tranquility" is coming out, I promise! I'm in the last stages of editing, only about 3 sections left to go. When I finally get some cover art to sift through thanks to an old HS acquaintance I can upload it to Createspace and order that proof copy. Once I approve it, that baby will be on Amazon in no time. Probably will only be POD at first, but I will try to get the Kindle version up ASAP too.

-Started a new project. Will have news soon.

-Also coming soon, a new blog possibly! Considering doing a writer's blog, where I can exclusively talk about writing, give tips and advice etc, and just be in the trenches with other writers. That's actually what I'm thinking of calling it. The Trenches.

Well that's enough for now. I will be back in a while. Don't you worry.

Until next time, fly high and fly well.

Like Jim Sterling before me, I can admit when I'm wrong (Kinda)

After a recent conversation with Kenobi/Romulus, I came to a conclusion about my recent rant about David Fincher's remake of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.

I kind of came off as a whiny fanboy.

Yeah, that happens to everyone at some point. You have a problem with some form of pop culture and you lose your genuine points of criticism in the middle of your ranting.

Now, I will not take back everything I said, because I still believe in most of it. I thought the movie felt overly long and spoon fed for mass consumption. I thought Daniel Craig was only adequate and gave no "oomph" to which I thought the role required. And Rooney Mara while going for broke, just didn't do much for me.

However, I will back up on one thing. I am now kinda interested to see what they will do with Part 2 and 3 which are basically an extended chase film stretched between two films and see if they can do anything better. Plus, I am curious of who they will get to potray the hulking, sociopathic Niedermann.

I still stand by my main claim; that the filmmakers had the best of the trilogy and they bungled it. I will stand by that. And even though, I probably will see the other ones, I am still not going to buy them. They just don't sit well with me. But now I admit I was perhaps too harsh on the film.

It took me a few days to realize what my biggest problem with the remake was when it hit the other night. My problem was I knew and IT FELT like a Hollywood production. Let me explain. Foriegn films are just that; foriegn, unknown to the common consumer. Though the themes they touch on may be universal, the actors are usually unknown, the film are in another language, and thus performances have to carry more.

When I saw the Millenium Trilogy for the first time, I knew nothing about it. What made it great was that is what so unknown. I didn't know the actors and actresses and that was a good thing. They didn't look like them. They looked like normal people, which gave an air of authencity and reality that Hollywood could never provide. Michael Nyqist is actually one of Sweden's most beloved actors but I had no foreknowledge of that. He was just a guy acting his ass off along with newcomer Noomi Rapace who gave everything to their performances.

And I think that's the nail on the head for me. When I was watching David Fincher's version, it didn't feel plausible because I couldn't immerse myself like other films. I didn't see Mikael Blomkist on the screen, I was like "Look, it's James Bond playing a reporter!" The other recognizable faces of machine glossed Hollywood took me out of a bit of what was supposed to be a down and gritty mystery.

Maybe I'm reading into this too much. Still, there is much to be said of the unknown of the foriegn film market and its ability to envoke plausibility by its differences to U.S. culture.

But what I do know? I'm just a fanboy. On the other hand so is everyone else, whether they admit or not. Everyone has an opinion. This is mine.

Until next time fly high and fly well.

Haunted

It is my 100th post. WOOHOO! Who knew I'd keep this up this long. I'd pop some champange but I'm currently at work and champangeless so I'll just crack up open cocaine in a can SLAP. Once it hits your lips it's so good!

Anyways, frat boy typing over. As some know, I write in my spare time, and one day hopefully as my profession. But sometimes a novel project just can't happen; sometimes you just got scribble something out every once in a while to keep the magic going. This was just something I came up with a few days ago. That's right, a poem. That's just how I roll.

Haunted

She exists only in memory
Something illusory
A cipher haunting the souls of the lovelorn
Beauty and grace wrapped in the bow of idealization
One cannot articulate why she still has a hold
She just does

I too have been afflicted
By sickness that drives great men mad
Try as I may
She crawls through, slowly but surely
I wake to reality, to cold knowledge
She won’t be mine
That doesn’t stop the dreams




Until next time, fly high and fly well.

Zero Day

Today at the ADC was interesting...zero donations.

Well technically, I almost had one. Some guy tried to give me a computer game chair but it was ripped up so I told him we couldn't accept it. After that...nothing. NADA.

Read 2 books, listen to some music. I would on done some work on the novel if not for the fact dumbass forgot to charge the laptop. Shame, it would of been the perfect day to do so.

Got called into the store to close for them, so an extra 3 hours of overtime. Been up over 12 hours today. fucking beat.

May tomorrow be just as slow, but I seriously doubt. A zero day is like an eclipse.

One in a million.

Until next time, fly high and fly well.