While some may know me from my work in comic books over the past four years, some readers may be familiar with my video game writing, and others may recall the book of humorous essays, Musings on Minutiae, I published in 2010, while most won’t know me at all.
I’ve arrived on Inkshares to share the development of my book, Nine to Eternity, the gist of which is as follows:
Corporate call center manager Nick Forbes has died and gone to Hell. If he hopes to see his old life again he must dodge demons, devils and employee apathy in order to bring up productivity in Hell’s call center.
If you’re into dark humor and an offbeat narrative, then I have a good feeling this will be right up your alley.
The book is currently undergoing its inaugural draft and I’ve included the first chapter here on Inkshares. (It was that thing above you may have scrolled by really quickly.) If you read it I welcome you to share your thoughts with me and I will take them into consideration. Please don’t be mean for the sake of being mean. I don’t come to your house and point out things that are cheap, y’know?
While a book about hell and call centers is a tad left of center, I believe that I’m uniquely qualified to write it.
Why? Because I visited a call center once.
No, I’m only kidding.
It’s because I worked in a call center. Accidentally. For nine years.
While some elements of this book are biographical in nature, it’s a great way for me to poke fun at the corporate world where I essentially grew from lazy college grad to debit-swipin’, bill-payin’ adult. Oh, and I assume it’s similar to what hell would be like. Y’know, if you believe in that stuff.
Never worked at or been to a call center? No problem! You won’t feel left out. If you’ve ever been on the receiving end of a collection call or have seen a stereotypical call center in a film or TV show, you are programmed with all the knowledge you need to appreciate this book.
The only the prerequisite is that you have to enjoy the warm, fuzzy feeling one gets from laughter.