FUN-draiser, CTJ Interview, & Limited Edition, Signed Print Copies of NIGHTMARRIAGE
The FUN-draiser My NIGHTMARRIAGE eBook is well underway at this time, and I am calling on you to contribute to my publisher’s Indie-Go-Go fundraising campaign. “What’s in it for me?” you ask. “I’ve already Kickstarted and Indie-Go-Go’ed myself all the way to bankruptcy, and now I live out of an Easy Bake Oven box.” To...
Every Time a Dog Makes a “Deposit,” Jennifer Luitwieler Sells Another Book
Every time a dog makes a “deposit,” if you will, another copy of Jennifer Luitwieler’s book Run With Me: An Accidental Runner and the Power of the Poo is sold on Amazon.com. This week Run With Me became the third best-selling sports biography on the site, following a favorable review from The Pioneer Woman blog, which...
CTJ PRESS: News That’s Fit to Print for a Man Who’s Fit to Be Tied
Joshua Madden (@maddenjoshua), Arts & Entertainment Editor of The Baylor Lariat, picked my brain and found 27 cents in lost change and a stale Funyun from 1997 in the folds of my gray matter. The resulting feature is the first and only solo interview I have granted for any publication, and hopefully not the last. It was...
Difficult to Wine About Such Grape People!: Press Update
Danny J. Gibson (@DJGKCMOUSA) has become the (slightly burnt) toast of the Kansas City art scene this fall. He’s been on KC’s NPR affiliate, KCUR, featured in The Pitch, celebrated in New York City’s Felt & Wire, interviewed at length on one of @BARRR‘s A. D. D. Podcasts, and celebrated on numerous blogs as well. Just when Danny...
International DJG Day Coverage: Enough Content to Capsize the Continent
I hereby declare today to be International DJG (Danny J. Gibson) Day. If you are concerned that this day might somehow overshadow some other holiday no one celebrates, you are free to file a complaint with your Congressman. Go ahead, really. Because nothing is going to stop today from being International DJG Day. Tonight is Danny’s gallery...
DJG Press: NYC’s Felt & Wire
Last week we got our first break on the PR campaign trail. New York City-based Felt & Wire published an article on Danny, the album, and the exhibit here. An excerpt from Tom Biederbeck’s (drawing of Tom below courtesy of his Facebook page) excellent piece: Danny J. Gibson has more or less flown under the national...
My Book: The Stained-Glass Kaleidoscope
Above: “The Nirvana-Shaped Hole in My Heart,” by Danny J. Gibson. More high-resolution images of the art from The Stained-Glass Kaleidoscope can be found here. About the Book Author Chad Thomas Johnston’s The Stained-Glass Kaleidoscope: Essays at Play in the Churchyard of the Mind is an essay-driven creative memoir that explores life through the lenses of theology, pop culture,...
CTJ Lands Publication in “FrontMatter” With Article on eBooks & Scholarly Publishing
I wrote an article for Allen Press‘ publication FrontMatter, and it appeared in the newly published volume 16 issue yesterday. It is available for reading here. The article is titled “eManifest Destiny: Implications of the eBook Frontier for Scholarly Publishing.” Most shocking of all about this piece is the fact that the editors let me...
An Accidental Lesson in Quantum Mechanics: Tripping Over the Twitterverse
While parallel universes belong to the realm of quantum mechanics, I happened to stumble upon one myself this year without any scientific know-how whatsoever: The Twitterverse. Yes, I have discovered the miracle of Twitter. I, who referred to Twitter as the utmost example of Western cultural decline as recent as August of 2010, have become...
Work-in-Progress #2: Young Adult Sci-Fi Book with Amanda Lynch
I designed the blog header below for Virginia’s own Amanda Lynch yesterday. And yes, her baby really did eat foil. Read Amanda’s blog entry about this incident here. I met Amanda on Twitter awhile back and, after becoming familiar with her writing style, I asked her to collaborate with me on my next book project,...
Introducing Dakno Gurpstan & His Art for My Book, “The Stained-Glass Kaleidoscope”
It is difficult to effectively photograph a piece of art that is eight-feet wide. But Dakno Gurpson’s (Left) art for my book, The Stained-Glass Kaleidoscope, is eye-popping enough (at least in my estimate) that, until we get a professional to shoot this artistic albatross, the picture below will suffice. I told Dakno I wanted the art...
Work-in-Progress #1: Rainy Day Rainbow Shampoo
Author: Jacqueline Wilson (http://www.writrams.com/) Illustrations: Chad Thomas Johnston Coming to an eBook shelf near you at a yet-to-be-determined date.