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Book Signing<\/strong> – On August 18th, I\u2019ll be at the Barnes & Noble of East Brunswick from 7-9pm. If you can drop by, please do. The more people who show up, the more B&N likes me.<\/p>\n Brunswick Square Mall<\/p>\n 753 Rt 18 Brunswick Square Space 318 East Brunswick, NJ 08816<\/p>\n 732-432-0100<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Things have been pretty busy lately, between writing and editing, so I haven\u2019t set aside much in the way of time to post something here. With Hand of Raziel<\/a> (Daughter of Mars 1) signed a short time ago by Curiosity Quills, I\u2019ve been working on part three. Ghost Black (the current working title) is one chapter from finished.<\/p>\n I should be getting final production copies of Archon\u2019s Queen<\/a> to review any day now (Awakened II), which is due for release on August 10. (Speaking of which, please join me on Facebook for the release party here<\/a>.) A number of edits for CQ are waiting in line, as well as a handful of beta reads for friends. Hopefully, it won\u2019t be too difficult to stop that kid from grabbing a brownie for a few weeks while I catch up.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Holy Eighties, Batman.<\/p>\n It\u2019s hard not to feel nostalgic lately. I recently read Ready Player One<\/a> by Ernest Cline. If you\u2019re somewhere between 35 and 50, and have even mild geek tendencies, this is a must <\/em>read. It picked at a lot of old memories, and made me want to spend a few hours on an emulator site playing 30 year old video games.<\/p>\n On top of that, my all-time favorite cartoon strip, Bloom County, is back. Berkley Breathed<\/a> has come out of the dark and resumed his beloved strip via Facebook. Apparently, the long hiatus he’d taken was due to growing\u00a0tired of the overbearing PC police and fighting with skittish newspaper editors. I can\u2019t wait to see where he takes the denizens of Bloom County with\u00a0the freedom of publishing on Facebook.<\/p>\n Add to that we\u2019ve got a Bush hoping for the White House, unrest overseas, Mad Max, Terminator, Star Wars, and Jurassic Park in the theaters\u2026 televangelists losing their grip on reality\u2026 egads. If leg warmers and big hair comes back, dive for cover and grab a helmet.<\/p>\n Looks like we\u2019re in for a hell of a ride.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Book Signing – On August 18th, I\u2019ll be at the Barnes & Noble of East Brunswick from 7-9pm. If you can drop by, please do. The more people who show up, the more B&N likes me. Brunswick Square Mall … Continue reading ![\"brownies\"](\"https:\/\/www.matthewcoxbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/brownies-150x150.jpg\")
Normally, after I complete a first draft, it\u2019s hard not to dive right back in and do another pass. I feel a bit like a kid sitting next to a jar full of dark chocolate brownies\u2026 unable to resist. At the moment, there\u2019s enough going on to keep me distracted and give me the chance to let it sit. Taking a break to clear the mind lets a writer look at something with fresh eyes. Much better to let a manuscript sit for a while before going back through it, but it\u2019s so <\/em>damn hard to resist.<\/p>\n![\"bloomcounty\"](\"https:\/\/www.matthewcoxbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/bloomcounty.gif\")
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