You’re probably beginning to wonder where your book is. It’s in rewrite. My brilliant editor has asked for some fairly dramatic changes. And since I agree with most of her ideas I making them. I expect to get the manuscript back to her before the end of this month. Hopefully she will love it and send it on to it’s designer, copy editor, proofreader and libel lawyer. I can’t tell you how long they will take, but I’ve always been surprised at how slow they are. So all I can ask you for is the patience of the Haida, who have waited about ten thousand years for someone to tell this part of their amazing story.
Dear friends,
If you haven’t heard, I’m thrilled to announce that THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM is finally here! I can’t thank you enough for the support and patience and I’m excited to announce the upcoming events to celebrate the book. I’d love to see you at any of these and I’d appreciate you passing this along to people you know who might be interested either electronically (email, Twitter, etc) or the old fashioned way (actually talking to humans).
Gratefully yours, JB
ART OPENING TO SHOW ART FROM THE BOOK AND NEW WORK
April 28, 2016: 1320 Main Street Gallery (1320 Main Street)— Venice CA (6pm-10pm)
BOOKSTORE EVENTS Q&A
1) April 7, 2016: Books Inc. (Opera Plaza) — San Francisco, CA (7pm) -- In conversation with Jason Ritter
2) April 14, 2016: Greenlight Bookstore — Brooklyn, NY (7:30pm) -- In conversation with Ebon Moss-Bachrach
3) May 1, 2016: Diesel, A Bookstore —Brentwood, CA (3pm) -- In conversation with Titus Welliver
It’s been a while, but I wanted to reach out to let you know that The Body of Chris just crossed the 1,000 books sold threshold today! Can you believe it? It’s an enormous privilege to be able to share my story with the world and hopefully inspire others to do the same. Thank you all for your support and encouragement!
And a reminder: please leave a review on Amazon (click here) and Goodreads (click here). You cannot imagine how much a few moments of your time helps when people are searching for books related to these topics.
[No Easter Bunnies were harmed in the writing of this update] [...but there might be a hollowed-out bunny-human ribcage or two in the latest scene I wrote for “The Animal in Man.” No joke… Happy Easter.]
Good day, animals. **
Just a quick update to let all The Animal in Man’s followers know that its author is still alive and semi-well (wife just passed her flu to me, I suspect). Some of you have messaged me directly, wondering when the book will be released. Well, I cannot say for certain, and I hesitate to confirm anything, but by my best guesstimate you will have the completed story at your fingertips no sooner than late-2016. (In the meantime, there are PLENTY of other books on inkshares to blow your mind!) I might have mentioned this in a previous update… when I got back into writing it, I revitalized my outline and discovered that this story is much more massive than I realized.
“Why not cut it into a trilogy then, Joe?” Good question! The reason I won’t do so is because it’s ONE complete story, an epic adventure that ramps up quickly and never slows down, start to finish, all within about two week’s time (I think). It is, however, diced up into three parts… Maybe three and a half.
Some of the characters you’ll meet along the way, besides our heroic and cunning fox Maxan, include:
And more… I promise this is not going to be a cutesy tale of anthropomorphic, cuddly snugglemongers. No. It’s a tale about killers. Because in case we’ve forgotten… Animals are killers.
Are we any better?
Peace to you and yours this holiday.
** (My mom was wondering why I’m calling her an animal with every update... Kind of awkward... When I call you animals, please know that I do so with the utmost endearment, and remember that the question of whether or not mankind is any better than animal-kind is one of the central questions driving the story. Animals are also capable of love, I believe, and I do so love each and every one of you.Thank you for your support and attention.
