{"id":1394,"date":"2017-10-20T19:51:41","date_gmt":"2017-10-21T02:51:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/linrobinson.com\/home\/?p=1394"},"modified":"2017-10-23T22:52:22","modified_gmt":"2017-10-24T05:52:22","slug":"october-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/linrobinson.com\/home\/october-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"October 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

MY NEW BOOK!<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

…From Forty Years Ago<\/span><\/h2>\n

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\"\"<\/a>\u00a0Not like anything you’ve read before…a<\/span>nd it’s <\/span>FREE<\/span><\/span> for you, right now!<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

The novel that refuses to die\u2026 about the band that died in order to take over the world.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>(More or less.)\u00a0 I started this thing in the seventies, living in Seattle’s boho ghetto \u2013Fremont\u2014and covering music for pretty much every paper and mag in town.\u00a0 Pre grunge scare. I was it as a major project, but my life had other plans.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Five years ago I wrote it as a screenplay. No luck\u2026 and it still amazes me that nobody’s ever made a movie about a band that can control the consciousness of their listeners, gradually building a fan base of mind slaves.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

So this fall I finally knocked it out as a novel\u2014and it was a p<\/strong><\/span>ain the butt to do, let me tell you.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>But here it finally is, and it’s free for you to check out, through the end of the week.\u00a0 Hook up on Kindle and enjoy it.\u00a0 I’d love it if you could drop a few words about it on\u00a0amazon<\/a>, especially if you like i<\/strong>t.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

There is an interesting web page<\/a> for the screenplay–pics or characters, synopsis, even the entire shooting script.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Everybody’s Favorite “Raptor” Character<\/span><\/h2>\n

What\"\"<\/a> I like best about it was a late development in writing it, the kind of thing novelists live for (apart from the big bucks, fawning fame, and con<\/span>stant sexual opportunities).\u00a0 A character expanded from teenage groupie to the most entertaining member of the band.\u00a0 She even has her own FaceBook page<\/a>, a treasury of her “Jaxisms”\u2014oddball speech structures that blow Mrs. Malaprop away.\u00a0 Check her out.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0TRICKER FREAKIN’ TREAT\"\"<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n

Timing kind of makes this the “Halloween Newsletter”, so here you go: this page is a collection of skulls and bones and shivers, including a couple of videos and two shorts: one a humor piece about screwing over those goblins who come by to “trick or treat”, the other a tale of the world’s evilest cat. Click here.<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0NaNoWriMo<\/span><\/h1>\n

\"\"<\/a>November is National Novel Writing Month.\u00a0 So if you’re planning on writing a novel, ever, sign up on NaNoWriMo<\/a> and see if you can do 50,000 words in one month.\u00a0 I’ll do it for about the fourth time, and let you know what comes out of it.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0Don\u2019t \u00a0Forget the Bear Force<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Remember\"\"<\/a> that bears (especially aviator bears) are the mascots and spirit animals for this newsletter. \u00a0If you see any really cool and\/or cute one,\u00a0send them in<\/a>\u00a0for a mention.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

This was sent in by Charlene Thompkins.\u00a0 (She knows I\u00a0toot things like that, especially at drum circles).\u00a0 Bears might play and dance, but don’t forget all that ursine\u00a0energy for the protection of children.\u00a0 A teddy bear a day keeps the monsters away.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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