Check out what ebooks are on my iThingy (shameless plug alert!)

Check out what ebooks are on my iThingy (shameless plug alert!), a photo by thepetecom on Flickr.

Yep, it's my book! Go pick up a copy for yourself by hitting up the link above or just head over to http://press.thepete.com where you can get the ebook version for Kindle for just $3 or the paperback version for $13. Do it now and support your favorite "thepete" just in time for the holidays!! Thanks!

Self-publishing perils! Come on, #CreateSpace! Make it good! UPDATED!

Here are the spines of two proofs of my first finished novel. Spines on self-pubbed paperbacks (for some reason) always look crappy to me, but the one on top looks exceptionally so. What's odd is that of all the things I changed in the cover graphic between proofs, the spine was not one of them. Yet, for some reason, the later proof (the one on top) came out looking much worse than the previous proof (the one on the bottom).

 

I don't remember having this trouble with Lulu. Here's hoping CreateSpace.com makes it right for me or is willing to refund the $40 I spent on getting this book listen on Amazon. (Not a fortune, but hey, $40 is $40.)

UPDATE 20110901: Just got an email from CreateSpace and not only was it a problem on their end, but they're sending me a new proof! Awesome! Thanks, CreateSpace!! You made it right!! THANK YOU!

TheKey (my book) is available!

http://www.lulu.com/…nt/1233032

In case you missed it...

My Book is available!!

From the back cover:

"TheKey follows the adventures of a handful of amateur conspiracy theorists as they go on a quest to find and destroy one of the most powerful computer viruses ever devised. A virus so powerful, it is capable of destroying every computer on the Internet. Along the way they discover that every conspiracy they’ve heard of is true and worse than they could have imagined. They also learn that accepted history itself is a lie crafted by the very people who are out to beat them to that virus–a tiny computer program known as, TheKey."

I tend to tell people that it's an alien-free "X-Files" crossed with "Lord of the Rings."

To buy it for just $11 (+S&H) go here:

http://www.lulu.com/…nt/1233032

In case you forget, you can also find it at:

http://press.thepete.com/
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Custom Nano, Fricka’s shirts & My Book!: Yay!...

Custom Nano, Fricka’s shirts & My Book!: Yay! Everything got here! Wahoo! My custom NaNoWriMo Winner shirt, the two OLPC XO shirts Fricka designed (along with a sticker) and my first novel “TheKey” al arived today. I’m so psyched. Watch for posts showing off what these items actually look like. :) More at Utterz.com

TheKey and Some Other Junk, too...

I rule - I just added a new color scheme to my stack o' main pages. Check it out! I also put off a major event in TheKey for another night. Of course, I replaced it with the big confrontation of the traitor! Woohoo! Check it out, will ya? Anyway, I've got to sleep now. Leave a comment, say hello! Hey - check out my mood there... I think I'm supposed to be pensive. That'd be about right... I prefer ink to lead any day... HA!!
-ThePete

PS Yes, it DOES hurt, are you HAPPY?!?!?

Just Thinking About the "Real" Ariel

Well, if you've been reading TheKey, you've read about the adventures of a few people as they trek across the country, and whatever - but one of the characters is a 15 year-old named Ariel that I VERY loosely based on a real person whom I don't know. She complains a lot on her site about how guys on the 'net are pigs being all gross and perverted and stuff. I decided that should she ever find out about TheKey, she might find the Ariel character a bit too similar to her, so I thought I should email her and let her know that yes, I did name the character after her, but beyond physical appearance and a couple of very general traits that the "real" Ariel has, my Ariel is a completely new and different person. Just the same, I wanted her to know what I had done. I just thought it was the right thing to do. Feel free to tell me otherwise in my comments section for this entry. I just hope she's not horribly offended and demands I change the character's name.

Anyway, busy day (still) ahead of me. Got to grab a bite and just keep on trucking. It's almost 6am and I have so much to do...

"I ain't got time to sleep."

So, I guess I shouldn't be blathering on in my blog, either... later!

-Pete

You! Read TheKey!

Hiyo people! Well, whoever is reading this, anyway. I am REALLY enjoying "TheKey" - are you? Check it out and tell your friends! The more people who get in on it, the better - just like in the story! Watch for a new, FUNCTIONING "leave your own comments" link coming soon... well, with any luck...

The Car and TheKey!!

Arg! Another long, stupid-busy day! I spent over 300 bucks on my damn car!! ARF!!! Woah - typo - I mean ARG!!! Damn I am in love with TheKey! If you haven't read it - go do it now! It's getting so good I've already written the next night's entry - it's the writing equivalent to a page turner - only I guess you'd call it for me a page-writer. I dunno. Anyway, it's so good I want to scrap the page-a-day thing and turn it into a chapter a day thing and just have them be short, 4-5 page chapters. BUT, it's too late to change my mind. Plus I LOVE this challenge of writing every day!! It's coooooool!

TheKey Coming Along

AAAAARG!! Page 5 of "TheKey" was late today! But I did write it before my fifth day of the year officially ended. It's a pain in the ass being a writer. In really dumb ways, too. Ah well - it's too much fun to stop doing, so I'll just have to deal with it. I've got too much to say and too many stories to tell. Sunday the sixth will bring a few changes to ThePete.Com's main page. With any luck, I'll be able to add some junk elsewhere, too. But I'm having coffee with a friend of mine and I have more eBay junk to put up for auction, so I don't know how much time I'll have. Wish me luck! Oh and anyone who happens to read "TheKey", I'm looking for feedback. Either email me directly or you can post messages to my guestbook or send me an email from my site. Specifically I am wondering about the links. Do they help the realism or distract from it? Laaaater!

Page-A-Day - TECHNICALLY!!

Ack! While I was able to write the third page in "TheKey" (my Page-A-Day-For-A-Year-Novel) it didn't happen on January 3rd! I did however write it before I went to sleep again (as with what I am typing now). So, I feel like I've only kinda wussed out. I'll definitely get another page done before the end of the 4th, though! That's a PROMISE, mofo!


YYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!

I'm broke. But I'm happy.

Sushi dokodeska (Japanese for: "Where's the sushi?")

Writing TheKey!!

So far, so good. It took me about an hour or so to write the first page of my epic new novel "TheKey". Check it out! I'm writing it a page a day all this year. One down, 365 more to go! Woohoo! Now if I can just fill 8 more hours today with writing! Wish me luck!