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My line-by-line edit of Jason Cosmo: Hero Wanted continues. I’m camped out at a local coffee shop with the manuscript, a pen, and a latte. Continue reading
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Editing Jason Cosmo: Hero Wanted
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Despite my recent silence in this space, I have not been idle. Work is proceeding on the forthcoming Trove Books edition of Jason Cosmo #1: Hero Wanted. You have already seen the new Jason Cosmo series logo.
I am also awaiting preliminary sketches from the cover artist, for what I am sure is going to be an amazing cover. Continue reading
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Jason Cosmo Cover Quiz — UK Edition — Answers
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Since no one apparently wants to play the Cover Quiz Game again, I may as well give you my answers. Again the challenge is to review the descriptive text from the back cover of the UK edition of Jason Cosmo and identify any errors, based on your knowledge of the book. Presuming you’ve read the book. Which you very well may have not! Continue reading
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Jason Cosmo Cover Quiz — UK Edition
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You might recall that we recently had a little fun at the expense of poor, overworked Cover Text Guy, who made a few errors — some forced, some not — in describing Jason Cosmo on the back cover. Now it is time to play the same game with CTG’s British counterpart, Cover Text Bloke! Here is the descriptive copy from the back cover of the UK edition of Jason Cosmo. How many mistakes can you find? Continue reading
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Jason Cosmo Cover Story — UK Edition!
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As promised some time ago, I finally scanned in the cover of the United Kingdom edition of Jason Cosmo, published by Pan Books, Ltd. and featuring an awesome cover by the late Josh Kirby. This is the edition most likely to be familiar to Loyal Readers outside the U.S. and Canada. Continue reading
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Jason Cosmo on Twitter
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For those of you who Twitter, I’ve established a Jason Cosmo Twitter feed:
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Hero Wanted
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Happy New Year and welcome to 2009. To this point, I have assumed that most readers of the Jason Cosmo Update are either:
- Longtime Loyal Readers who have read one or more books in the Jason Cosmo Non-Trilogy (Jason Cosmo, Royal Chaos, Dirty Work)
- Related to me.
- All of the above.
But this is 2009. Continue reading
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Thanksgiving Thank You to Loyal Readers
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Just a quick note before I sit down for a Thanksgiving feast. Among the many things I am thankful for on this day of Thanksgiving is You.
Yes, you, Loyal Reader. Continue reading
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Free Jason Cosmo!
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Jason Cosmo was first published by NAL/Signet in 1989 and in the U.K. by Pan Books in 1990. My debut novel was a mass market paperback original — which is the equivalent of a movie going straight to DVD. I realize that hardback is considered more prestigious but, honestly, I’m not sure I would pay thirty bucks or more to read Jason Cosmo–and I wrote it! The Jason Cosmo series is unabashedly and unashamedly pop fiction, genre fiction, pulp fiction–take your pick. Continue reading
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Why Dan McGirt is not Stephen King
UPDATED UPDATE 9/09: Beginner’s Luck is now available as a multi-format ebook from Smashwords. I’ve altered all the links below to point there.
UPDATE: Putting the link to my horror short story Beginner’s Luck at the top for those just arriving here.
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How is Dan McGirt like Stephen King?
Well, we’re both authors. And there all resemblance ends.
Mr. King is the ridiculously prolific master of modern horror fiction. I am not. Continue reading