Quite the Life (and all in Times New Roman 10pt!)
Okay, she thinks The Augmented Man is hot. Okay, she thinks the book is hot.
Award winning Enigma Series Co-Author Rox Burkey wrote an amazing review of The Augmented Man a while back (THANKS, ROX!) and recently followed it up with an interview for IndieBeacon Radio.
You can read Rox’s review on her blog.
You can watch the interview on YouTube and Facebook.
You can listen on Spreaker and SoundCloud.
Enjoy.
Then go buy the book.
While you’re at it, buy my other books, too. You wouldn’t want The Augmented Man to get lonely, would you?
(with thanks to @foxspiritbooks who gave me permission to use the idea)
I’m offering a win-win #GiveAway and the rules are simple:
First ten to tweet me their reviews win.
Starts noonET Tuesday, 6 Aug 2019 Ends noonET Tuesday, 3 Sept 2019
And feel free to donate to @DannyKean on your own. He won’t mind.
The Backstory
@DannyKean, aka The Traveling Piano Man, recently followed me on Twitter.
My habit is to reach out to people who Like, Retweet, and/or Follow me. I tweet something about them, usually copying their Twitter profile text, retweeting something from their stream, finding something interesting on their site and sharing it.
@DannyKean‘s story?
Piano Man on Truck Synchronistically Creating Music for People to Discover Worldwide for Fun Friendship and Respect. Contribute: http://paypal.me/dannykean
The guy’s got 26k followers. Sure, why not. I’ll count myself among the musical many. Maybe he’ll buy a box of biscuits for his dog.
Now here’s what you got to know; I figured I’d be adding a drop in the bucket. I mean, 26k followers? I’m thinking @DannyKean‘s got a home in Vail, an Upper West Side apartment in NYC, a place on The Keys, …
@DannyKean sent me an email:
Hi Joseph,
Thanks for you $10.00 contribution towards my work. Together we can keep it going. You may find this difficult to believe… In all my years on Twitter and with 25,000 followers… You are the first ever to make a contribution! That must change quick, lol. Thanks again…
Danny Kean
I read that and went WTF!?!?!?
So I emailed for clarification. @DannyKean responded:
I’ll appreciate anything you can do to help Joseph. Let me know if there is anything I can do to help you help me, lol! Fact is, I am one month away from being homeless so I must start actively fundraising again which I am so burnt out of but… whatever. What is needed is sustained monthly contribution more than anything else through a subscription on my website so there is no need to constantly hit people up. Right now my total income is $136 and that is all from subscriptions, just a few people actually.
Thanks!
Danny Kean
Just to make sure, here’s @DannyKean‘s website – http://www.travelingpiano.com/.
You want to make the world a better place? How about doing it $1/month at a time?
There have been times in my life when $5 might as well have been $5MM.
So now I do what I can when I can. People on Twitter may know I often respond “My Pleasure. We’re here for each other.” when I do something for them. Something simple. Like sharing their info because they Like, Retweet, and/or Follow me.
How about you?
You publish an exciting SF Thriller about Recovery from Childhood Trauma and Everybody Wants to Interview You. That’s what I’m hopin’
Everybody’s talking at me…
I don’t hear a word they’re saying…
Okay, I do.
The inestimable Hannah R. Goodman, aka WriterWomyn (you gotta love it, don’t you? I keep seeing Linda Carter bouncing bullets off her wrists.
yeah, I’m that old) asked me nine, count ’em, nine questions about The Augmented Man, what do I read (lots of stuff. Ever gone through my Goodreads listings?), my influences, the worst advice I received about publishing, my theory on rejections (THE FOOLS!), and what I’d do on a stranded island (aside from make sure there’s always a full moon so I can read before going to sleep).
Hope you enjoy.
Bearded Scotch Toes? In 50 words or less, too!
Dove Winters (of Ember of the Planet fame) invited me to take part in her Questions that Matter Interview series.
These were not the standard interview questions and I decided to have fun with them. I get to tell the story of meeting Susan (wife/partner/Princess), some fascinating aspects of my physiology that (so far) are unique to me, my dream circus job, my favorite pair of socks, and you get to read a 50 word flash piece by yours truly.
It was a trip.
The interview, not the flash piece.
Hope you enjoy.
I spent some time with a hero
Tiffany Fenton (and if you haven’t read her story, you should) asked me if I’d be her first interview.
When #the_herowithin calls, can you not answer?
Okay, I chose to answer. Tiffany supplied twenty-two questions with the instructions that I didn’t have to answer all of them, I could pick and choose. I answered all of them because 1) hey, somebody wants to interview me? Go for it! 2) I’m an overachiever (not really).
Anyway, it was fun and I hope you all enjoy
You can read the interview on Tiffany’s site, under Joseph Carrabis.
And please do enjoy.
PS) You can find Tiffany’s books in the list on the right (depending on your device). Enjoy them, too.