Made my profile picture on Facebook the cover of my new book: Check. Resisted the urge to send out a mass-email to everyone in my address book, announcing the availability of my new book: Check. Visited Amazon daily, then twice daily, then hourly, to check my sales ranking: Checkcheckcheckcheck. What else am I missing? Oh yes, the book trailer. Let’s check that off:
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If blurbs were like children, it wouldn’t be fair to have any favorites, but if you could, I’d probably let this one stay out late and come home stinking of beer — but just this one time. Here’s what 






