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Tuesday, May 15th, 2012
12:35 pm	promoting my novels. So, I made little promo-websites for my two novels, which are now available as free ebooks. Please be a pal and repost them to whatever dreary corners of the internet you frequent that are populated by creepsters and sci-fi nerds who might be interested in such a thing: Illuminati-conspiracy, obsession thriller: http://www.tinyghosts.com/COP.html World-spanning, alien invasion, civil rights sci-fi novel: http://www.tinyghosts.com/ASN.html (Comment on this)
Friday, May 4th, 2012
1:00 pm	2nd novel now available as an ebook You can now get my 2nd novel as an ebook, not only DRM-free but actually free-free. All you have to do is go to this URL from your mobile device (like a ipad or an iphone) and it should pretty much automatically download: http://www.tinyghosts.com/ASN.epub I've heard rumors that facebook doesn't like this link, so if you are seeing the link on facebook, you might have to cut and paste it in your browser window in order to get it to work. This is because computers are mysterious and evil. If you've got a kindle or a nook I don't know how to download it to those devices, but I figure you can figure it out, you are a big boy. Unlike my first novel, which was a cautionary tale of the illuminati and obsession, this second novel is an uplifting world-spanning story about babies... alien babies! How cute is that?!? Darn cute, that's for sure. It is also about farming, bioterrorism, the civil rights movement, and third world revolutions. Btw, you can get my first novel at: http://www.tinyghosts.com/COP.epub If you want to know more about my novels before going to all the trouble and expense of downloading them for free, you can read a bit about them at: http://www.invispress.com/law/buy.html If you do read them, and are so inclined, I will give you many kisses if you post a review about them on Amazon or goodreads.com or barnesandnoble.com or the New Yorker or the NY Times Book Review section, or anyplace like that. And if you happen to know anyone on the National Book Award nominating committee or Mark David Chapman, please email me, I have a message I'd like you to pass on for me. (Comment on this)
Saturday, April 28th, 2012
2:14 pm	tiny ghosts studios Guess where I'm writing this from? From the brand new Tiny Ghosts Studios! Yes, the universe is strange enough that there is now a dedicated space for the production of Tiny Ghosts comics and merchandise. The cool part for you is that you now have an actual physical location where you can mail cash, suggestive photos of yourself, bombs, and/or valentines. The cool part for us is that now we can act all pretentious and pretend that we're actually professionals! The address is: Tiny Ghosts Studios 174 Franklin St. Suite 102 Juneau, AK 99801 (Comment on this)
Wednesday, April 25th, 2012
6:14 pm	Pinterest, redux Remember, all of the tiny ghosts comics have been 'pinned' at Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/tinyghostsboo/tiny-ghosts/ So feel free to repin any of the ones you like to your personal board. It'll make people think you are cool... (Comment on this)
Saturday, April 21st, 2012
9:35 pm	free ebook So, I'm finally making my novels into ebooks. They should be available for sale on iTunes and Kindle soon. But don't buy them, I've got drm-free versions you can just have. Speaking of which, I put the first one (the one thats reminicent of the DaVinci Code) at: http://www.tinyghosts.com/COP.epub Now for god sakes don't actually read it, it's weird and not well written, but if you have a few minutes see if you can download it and get it to work on your reader. If so, let me knows if it seems formatted correctly. Formatting ebooks is ridiculously difficult. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Monday, April 2nd, 2012
12:49 pm	tiny ghosts, on video?!? As you know, tiny ghosts is a mixed media photography project that attempts to tell an entire story in just two sentences. Unfortunately, experiencing tiny ghosts in its intended fashion requires two things, "reading" and "clicking the next link." Turns out, we get a lot of hate mail from fans who say that while they love the comic, they just wish we could do away with all the reading and clicking associated with it. Never say that we do not listen to our fans! Tiny ghosts is pleased to announce our new service, "Tiny Ghosts - Video." With this service, 20 comics will be injected directly into your ears and eyeballs without having to click or read anything. It's the comic equivalent of crack cocaine. These videos were narrated by the creepy and delicious J.P. Marston, who is so cool that he actually once made out with two vampires at the same time, on television! http://www.tinyghosts.com/videos.html Please do your part by reposting these videos everywhere or thumbing them up on reddit, ow whatever it is you kids do for viral marketing these days. (Comment on this)
Tuesday, March 6th, 2012
5:32 pm	Yet another tiny ghosts book giveaway! Hey guys! Remember how a few weeks ago we told you about the contests you could enter to win free copies of the first two tiny ghosts anthologies? Well, there's now a contest where you can win the third tiny ghosts anthology! Holy moley! Now I realize that it's kinda strange to have the third of something when you don't even own the first two, but its a free contest and its not like I'm going to send you a bomb or a vial of poison gas probably, so it can't hurt to enter right? http://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/21676-the-best-thing-that-ever-happened-to-me (Comment on this)
Monday, March 5th, 2012
6:18 pm	award winning filmmaker So you remember me telling you about that movie I worked on? Well it won best in show at the DC Independent Film Festival. Winning a filmmaking award in DC is super-prestigious, just like winning an award for being the best politican in Los Angeles is, or being the best vegan restaurant in Texas. So now I can add, "award-winning filmaker" to my long list of accomplishments which also contains or will soon contain "vanishingly-obscure internet comic strip creator," "failed novelist," and "notorious mass murderer." But most importantly, if you have nothing to do for a few hours, you can rent the movie on the website for a mere pittance. It's a new distributor-less distribution model that's the envy of indie filmmakers everywhere. (Comment on this)
Thursday, February 16th, 2012
12:36 pm	Ultrasonic Even though you might think that I live under a bridge doing nothing all day but making creepy comics and gnawing on the bones of unlucky children, I do have a life outside of tiny ghosts you know. Case in point: unbeknownst to you I've been working on a movie called Ultrasonic. The movie got finished a few months ago, and we found out recently that it was accepted in this year's DC Independent Film Festival! I can't brag too much since although my name appears in the opening credits, I was only marginally involved. My official title in the credits is "story consultant" which is code for "a guy who helped to develop the plot of the movie in some amorphous way but didn't actually write the screenplay." The real credit goes to my friends Ro and Mike, and all the rest of the cast and crew who worked a lot harder on this than I did. I guess the one cool thing about having a movie that has had a real theatrical release is that I qualify for an IMDB entry. Anyway, if you are in DC on March 3rd and you have nothing better to do you could go watch it. Or, if you happen to be under house-arrest, you can stream the movie online at http://www.ultrasonicmovie.com/. Now if you'll excuse me I have some ungnawed bones that I must attend to... (Comment on this)
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
12:06 pm	e-zine FYI: Selected tiny ghosts comics will be periodically published in the In Harsh Light e-zine for the foreseeable future. In Harsh Light is run by a dude who has leather wristbands and plays guitar (although just a regular guitar, not one shaped like a giant axe or anything). There are other people involved too. I don't know what kind of wristbands they have, but I assume they are equally hard-core. (Comment on this)
Wednesday, January 25th, 2012
7:05 pm	pinterest Hey dudettes. I hear that the new super-trendy website for sexy ladies is "pinterest." I'm sure you already know about it because you are all sexy and super-trendy! But now there is a little button underneath the comic on the tiny ghosts homepage that lets you automatically post today's comic to your own personal pinboard. If you are looking for a great way to alienate all the people who follow your fashion and wedding pins, this is a great way to do it! (Comment on this)
Monday, January 23rd, 2012
11:56 am	facebook ad promotion Hey guys (he says sheepishly), facebook is running a promotion where if you get 100 new 'likes' to your facebook page, they'll give you $100 worth of free advertising. Now I don't think that $100 worth of free advertising on the internet is worth 10 cents, but if it's free I suppose it can't hurt. I'm trying a few new marketing ideas to get more weirdos into reading tiny ghosts, so maybe this will help. If you 'like' my facebook page, I'll love you. And if you want me to really love you, you'll maybe let some of your other facebook friends (assuming you have any) know about tiny ghosts so maybe they can 'like' it too? And if they do, I'll love them also, but not in a creepy way. Well, not in a super-creepy way like where I tie them up and lick the back of their neck while softly sobbing, more like when I just sneak into their house late at night and caress their hair when they are sleeping. There's nothing too creepy about that, right? Anyway, if you forgot, here's the link: https://www.facebook.com/pages/tiny-ghosts/6103869153 (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Friday, January 13th, 2012
8:46 am	Remember to enter Only a few days left to enter the contest for a tiny ghosts book! You haven't entered yet? What, are you chicken!?! And if you have entered, remember you can give all the tiny ghosts books a 5-star rating. You know, if you're into that sort of thing. http://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/19007-things-that-once-seen-cannot-be-easily-unseen (Comment on this)
Thursday, January 5th, 2012
8:42 am	another tiny ghosts giveaway... Hey guys! Remember how a few weeks ago we told you about this contest you could enter to win a free copy of the first tiny ghosts anthology? Well, there's now a contest where you can win the second tiny ghosts anthology. I'm told that the second anthology is just as flammable and has just as many pages as the first, so if you were really disappointed that you didn't win before, it might be worth the 15 seconds it takes to sign up for this contest too: http://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/19007-things-that-once-seen-cannot-be-easily-unseen (Comment on this)
Thursday, December 1st, 2011
7:58 am	tiny ghosts book giveaway You can enter a contest at GoodReads to win a free copy of the first tiny ghosts anthology! It don't cost nothing, you just have to have a free GoodReads account. What do I get out of it? Only the joy of seeing your smiling face when you open the mail and find out you've won. Assuming of course you open the mail near enough to where I can see you from under your bed, because that's where I am right now. boo. http://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/17583-tiny-ghosts (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Friday, November 25th, 2011
7:02 pm	tiny ghosts on Good Reads / Shelfari Hey guys! Did you know that you could rate the tiny ghosts books on the Good Reads and Shelfari websites? Clearly you don't or you would have done it already. But you totally can! Anyway, if you have an account on either of those sites, just click below and rate the tiny ghosts books. It'll make all your internet friends jealous. And, if there is enough interest, maybe there'll be a free book giveaway in the near future...! Good Reads: Volume 1 Volume 2 Volume 3 Shelfari Volume 1 Volume 2 Volume 3 (Comment on this)
Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011
12:37 pm	tiny ghosts books available in store After all the complaints we've received over the years about how there aren't enough retail outlets that sell tiny ghosts products, I'm pleased to announce that the sexy dudes behind Alaska Robotics/Lucid Reverie are now stocking the tiny ghosts anthologies at Juneau's most exciting comic book store/art gallery, The Ruby Room in Juneau, AK. What does this mean for you? Well, when you need a Christmas present, just hop in a plane to Seattle, then get on a ferry up to Juneau to get your book in person. It's win-win, they get a present and you get a vacation! Can't beat a deal like that right? Alternately, just order online here (but then you miss out on seeing sexy dudes, sexy dudes with beards!). (Comment on this)
Wednesday, November 16th, 2011
12:30 pm	3rd Anthology released! Hey everybody! The 3rd Tiny Ghosts anthology is finally available. It contains all the comics from years 5 and 6 of tiny ghosts, and I promise it is a lot more edible than your computer screen. You can directly order a signed book at: http://www.tinyghosts.com/books/ Or, you can choose to not bother me and just get it straight from Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1931468303/invisiblecoll-20 And if you are illiterate, there are plenty of other options for tiny ghosts merchandise you may not have noticed: http://www.tinyghosts.com/merch.html And if you've never even heard of the comic before, you can read 6+ years online for free right at: http://www.tinyghosts.com (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Wednesday, August 31st, 2011
10:57 pm	3rd anthology So, the 3rd print anthology should be coming out soon, I've posted a sneak peek at the cover on the tiny ghosts facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/pages/tiny-ghosts/6103869153). I'm thinking of doing a Q&A for the appendix. Send your questions to me at author@tinyghosts.com If I use your question, I'll send you a free book when they come out! (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, July 6th, 2011
10:01 am	meet ups So if you've been listening you probably know that I'm driving cross country starting Friday. Other than the occasional high speed police chase, it's going to be a long boring trip and I don't have have a single companion/hostage to share the drive with. So if you happen to be on my route and want to meet for coffee or a drink or something send me an email and I'll let you know when I'll be in town. I'm happy meeting wherever; from an abandoned railway station to a shack at the end of a dirt road in a deep forest, to anyplace a shotgun blast won't be overheard by pesky neighbors really. Here's my general itinerary: Wheeling WV, Columbus OH, Dayton OH, Indianapolis IN, Champaign IL, Bloomington IL, Peoria IL, DAvenport IA, Iowa City IA, Des Moines IA, Omaha NE, Sioux City IA, Sioux Falls SD, Rapid City SD, Gilette WY, Billings MT, Bozeman MT, Butte MT, Missoula MT, Coeur d'Alene ID, Spokane WA, Kamloops BC, Prince George BC, Prince Rupert BC Oh, and it's going to be really difficult for me to send you one of those prints while I'm in Alaska, so if you want one, I'd suggest you order one before Thursday: http://www.tinyghosts.com/merch/ (4 Comments |Comment on this)