The Fracking Book

On the 30th anniversary of the Miami Book Fair International,here’s a quick and very random Top Ten list: 10. Sneaking in the back door with Neil and Alyce (her DDA clout) to score prime seats for Tom Wolfe in 2012. (Alas, Tom was a sheep in Wolfe’s clothing). 9. Long before married life … realizing what a great date event the book fair was for a confirmed bachelor dude. 8. Taking cousin Dan Meyer to the fair and seeing...

Here’s what I just sent our Kickstarter pledge class: This just in from Kickstarter: As of a few hours ago, We have successfully funded the “I’ve Written a Fracking Novel!” campaign! In all, 75 funders (including E.B.’s husband, who doesn’t believe in leaving personal info online but sent a check for $50 anyway), helped us raise $5,353. That’s well over the $4,500 we set as a goal. The...

Look what just arrived! The T-shirts we ordered for the Kickstarter...

Nice job by Roger Piantadosi of the Rappahannock News with this interview. Tongue-in-cheek, of course, but spot on. He even made me younger by a year! The power of the press. He managed to squeeze this in during a week in which he returned to DC where 650 Washington Posters, past and present, honored Don Graham. Seriously, for anyone looking for the short version of what Mother Fracker’s all about, this is a must-read. And will...

We’ve had two very good days! On Wednesday my friend Mary from Morningside and Vermont called with an easy-to-accept offer: Can I buy 25 copies of Mother Fracker? Then she stunned me with another idea: Can I turn the purchase price into another Kickstarter pledge (having made a generous pledge previously!)? The result: With Mary’s pledge, we topped our Kickstarter goal of $4,500 dollars with 12 days to go! Subsequent...

Twelve days in to our Kickstarter campaign (I’ve Written a Fracking Novel!), with 71 percent of our goal raised, I can’t help but offer some reactions and observations along with thanks. An old friend who provides us with great professional service (subliminalmessageGaryTaxPro) called with his shorts in a bunch. What’s this #>$%* Kickstarter thing and where do I find it? I got a similar reaction right after the...