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2. The hero likes the Red Sox. Uh-oh.
3 hours ago
This is exactly what I'd want you to think, if I was a publisher. If the publishers are making money, we should be, too.
5 hours ago
I'm having a hard time wading through all the numbers (English major, what can I say?), but the thing that jumps out at me as that the author says her net so far is around $24k (though how she figures that after taking a $50k advance I couldn't te...
5 hours ago
Jack is right. We're off topic. Apologies.
13 hours ago
Bad writing. If the dialogue is stiff or otherwise lame (a novel set in 2009, say, in which the characters refer to women as "dames"), if the sentence-writing is awkward, the language is uninteresting (that writing to ninth-graders thing doesn't d...
13 hours ago
Getting way too academic for me. See you guys on another topic.
yesterday
Yes, it's bad. I should add that I was trained by a German Shakespeare scholar (he's most likely in all the campus libraries here) who had a very low opinion of the American New Criticism. Still, new criticism is very useful for close reading of p...
yesterday
Yeah, it's really funny right up until the moment you shoot yourself. Did I mention I was working on an academic comedy?
yesterday

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About Me:
I'm the author of HIGH SEASON (2007) and a sequel, MATING SEASON, which will be in bookstores in May, 2009. I'm also the author of two books of poetry. I teach creative writing and literature at the college level.
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Reader, Writer
Books And Authors I Like:
I like mysteries and literary fiction, poetry and memoir. My literary gods are Chandler, P.G. Wodehouse, and the poet Charles Wright.

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Nice interview/feature on EDGEboston.com

Here. Very smart interviewer, which is nice.

Posted on September 11, 2009 at 12:59am — 2 Comments

Jon Loomis

MATING SEASON an Amazon Kindle "Mover and Shaker"

Posted on August 5, 2009 at 5:50am — 2 Comments

Jon Loomis

More Amazon fun:

MATING SEASON's current numbers:

#5 in Kindle Store > Kindle Books > Mystery & Thrillers > Police Procedurals
#9 in Books > Mystery & Thrillers > Police Procedurals
#73 in Books > Mystery & Thrillers > Mystery

God bless National Public Radio.

Posted on July 31, 2009 at 2:08am —

Jon Loomis

So the NPR piece ran this morning--

They did a great job, I thought. Here's a link:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106058298

It's already driving sales a bit--the paperback of HIGH SEASON sold out on Amazon, and this is particularly nice:

MATING SEASON: #61 in Kindle Store > Kindle Books > Mystery & Thrillers > Police Procedurals

Posted on July 31, 2009 at 12:16am — 8 Comments

Jon Loomis

MATING SEASON gets a five-star review on Amazon!

Thanks, B.R.

Posted on July 4, 2009 at 7:07am — 3 Comments

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At 8:50am on October 31, 2009, Dan curd said…
I guess I'll have to settle for that. Maybe if I send a few lobster rolls over as inspiration?
At 11:23am on October 29, 2009, Lindy Cameron said…
Hi Jon, I'm happy to be your friend
At 11:12am on October 24, 2009, Dan curd said…
Are you working on a new book?
At 6:56am on October 23, 2009, Christopher Valen said…
Thanks for the friend invite, Jon. Look forward to further discussions in the forum.
Chris
At 9:36am on October 19, 2009, Carola Dunn said…
OOps, I forgot the latest target: the sick.
At 10:47am on September 29, 2009, Dan Coleman said…
Done. LOL.
At 10:43am on September 29, 2009, Dan Coleman said…
Thanks, Jon. Look forward to many interesting exchanges. If you can put up with my bullshit sometimes.
At 3:40am on September 29, 2009, Jon Loomis said…
Thanks, Jon, for the suggestion re: your book. I'll look for it. I assume I could order it via Amazon? Yes, since your family hails from Utica -you are probably more closely related to the gang than I am. Thanks for responding. Keep in touch.
Jon
At 10:51am on September 27, 2009, Dan curd said…
er...I meant Mating "Season" ... must have been a Freudian slip.
At 3:06am on September 27, 2009, Jon Loomis said…
Hi JON! Yup, it's Jon Loomis - the Mental Health / Family Therapist from Auburn, NY - proving the addage that "it takes one to know one". I had gotten home in the wee hours of the morning after enjoying a couple "Jack Daniels" and happened upon the site (having signed on in very silly fashion). This site seems VERY interesting. I'd love to read some of your work. Could you recommend something for a first time reader?
 
 

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