Choke On Anthony Neil Smith’s Truth, Motherfuckers!
True fact: the writer’s life is an unglamorous one. It’s the furthest thing from sexy. It’s not so much action-packed as it is a wisdom tooth socket packed with septic cotton. In case you didn’t realize it, no, seriously, I’m not fucking around, you really don’t want to be a writer.
Don’t believe me?
Anthony Neil Smith knows the score, and he’d like to prove it to you.
A Day In The Life Of Anthony Neil Smith, ladies and gents (the entirely-accurate ether binge happens just after the two-minute mark — so, y’know, there’s that).
A.N. Smith — aka @DocNoir on Twitter, which is my way of suggesting you follow the man — is the dude responsible for writing the entirely brilliant CHOKE ON YOUR LIES. (Or, if you want it on your Nook…) Which, by the way, is at the crazy-low price of $2.99. Book like this, book of this quality, should be ten bucks, easy. I’d pay ten bucks. I’d tell you to pay ten bucks. But fuck, it’s not even three bucks. That’s like — *does some quick math, dicks around with an abacus for an hour* — a 157% discount. That’s amazing. Plus: Octavia. You will come to love Octavia. You will whisper her name into your pillow.
You support smart self-publishing? Buy it.
You support kick-ass crime fiction? Buy it.
You support authors who are the bee’s knees, the cat’s pajamas, the monkey’s tits? Buy it.
Don’t make me drag out my sales pitch, goddamnit.
terribleminds
February 10, 2011 at 6:45 AM //
I should also note that Smith’s website — Herman’s Greasy Spoon — is over yonder river at the following Internet World Wide Web HTTP address:
http://anthonyneilsmith.typepad.com/hermansgreasyspoon/
— c.
JD Rhoades
February 10, 2011 at 7:35 AM //
ANS rulez. I’ve been a fan since PSYCHOSOMATIC, and THE DRUMMER kicks ass on so many levels. Definitely going to check this one out…I may even have t break down and finally get the hand-held Kindle (as opposed to the computer Kindle App)
Anthony
February 10, 2011 at 7:50 AM //
Been looking to check out some crime fiction. May as well start here, no?
Adrian Crook
February 10, 2011 at 8:04 AM //
$3??? Hmm… not sure, so I sent the sample to my Kindle.
Jimmy Callaway
February 10, 2011 at 8:23 AM //
The writer’s life is only the farthest thing from sexy when it’s not my life.
Stephen Blackmoore
February 10, 2011 at 8:56 AM //
Loving CHOKE ON YOUR LIES. Octavia’s wonderful. In a keep her the fuck away from me kind of way.
@Arthur It’s a great place to start.
Also check out PSYCHOSOMATIC
(http://www.amazon.com/Psychosomatic-ebook/dp/B004HW7K6O/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1297345886&sr=1-1)
and
THE DRUMMER (http://www.amazon.com/Drummer-Anthony-Neil-Smith/dp/0976389525/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpi_9)
He’s a goddamn good editor, too. Check out PLOTS WITH GUNS (http://www.plotswithguns.com/).
India Drummond
February 10, 2011 at 9:51 AM //
Downloading the sample chapter now. I hope that super special really red blood is in it.
N
February 10, 2011 at 10:11 AM //
Really? 3 bucks is a lot? I’ve paid more for bad pizza.
Natalia Locatelli (@SkullJuggler)
February 10, 2011 at 11:29 AM //
Damn you and your persuasiveness! *downloads* I read Irregular Creatures and loved it. So now you’re some sort of expert on good writing. Or something.
Sue Campbell
February 10, 2011 at 5:25 PM //
Monkey’s tits?
When I become a rich and famous published author, or whenever I finish my novel and send it out there unedited, whichever comes first. I want YOU to blurb my book.
Monkeys tits.
Seriously.
Adrian Crook
February 13, 2011 at 12:03 AM //
I was kidding about the $3.
I bought the book and JUST finished reading it. Was a good, pulpy crime novel. Thanks for the recommendation!
N
February 13, 2011 at 12:28 PM //
Cool, Adrian! Thanks much. And I was kidding about the 3 dollar bad pizza. It was at least 5.
Mary Anna Evans
February 18, 2011 at 5:47 AM //
Neil published my first short story in PLOTS WITH GUNS, God love him.
Clearly, he’s a man of excellent taste and fine breeding. (As are all of us Mississippians. OK, most of us. Some of us. Never mind.)
I’m off to buy his book…