Blooker!

You’ve seen the headlines:

Blog de soldado americano no Iraque ganha prêmio

US-Soldat gewinnt Preis für Irak-Tagebuch im Internet

Le Blooker Prize 2007 pour un blog militaire

Катька над Ираком в камышах

Blooker-Preis für das beste Buch nach einem Weblog

Sách về chiến tranh Iraq đoạt giải Blooker

Now read the press release.

(Okay, I’m sarcastic because my blook didn’t win.)

Coming Up for Air

Thought I’d take a moment just to introduce myself after yesterday’s dive into the world of blogging. I have a novel coming out in September titled When One Man Dies. I’ve written several short stories over the years, which are available at my website.

Right now, reading wise I’m into comic books. I don’t know where that came from, but it’s probably a combination of things. Seeing Spider-man 3–which I actually liked–and reading a really, really fast paced novel by Duane Swierczynski called SEVERANCE PAKCAGE. It’s one of my favorite books and it comes out in the fall too.

Anyway, the book was so high paced that everything I read after wasn’t fast enough for me. So I figured I’d try some highly recommended comic books. And boom, now I’m back into trade paperbacks and graphic novels, and especially digging Ed Brubaker.