The Maltese Jordans – 01 (Now FREE!)

Episode 01 is free now — Three Chapters — live and direct for your ears! Click here to listen or download Ep 01.

Want more? Go on and follow THIS LINK to get Episode 2 free over at Patreon. That’s right, go ahead and double-up on your Jack Palms today!!

More on The Maltese Jordans: What if Michael Jordan played one secret pickup game in summer 1996 to pay off a debt so big it would get him banned from the NBA for life?  

Follow Jack Palms on a hunt from San Francisco to Hawaii and back across the country as he tracks the one man who knows the truth and has the shoes to prove it, a felon who just skipped bond to chase his dream — and the mythical pair of sneakers that can only go by one name.

Want more? Here’s:

• A short video where I explain how to harness the power of verbs to make your writing stand out and shine.
• Two classes coming up: one online and one in western Massachusetts. Get in and get going! Improve your writing dramatically right now!

Talking Books and Sneakers on Local Radio

Have you been looking for a quick and fun listen? Haven’t heard from me in a while?

Well, here in the cold of December, I have a throwback to the summer heat and my interview on local radio station WRSI The River – “Where different is good.”

Here in the Pioneer Valley, we have a unique radio DJ who has reached super hero status. He’s named Monte Belmonte. That’s his name, he’s on the radio, AND he’s basically the most famous guy around. Really! That’s the power of Monte and radio here. We have that sort of small-town vibe. Even in 2020. Believe it.

This summer I met him, respected his kicks, which turned out to be thrift store specials, and we got to talking books and more. Turns out he became a fan of The Maltese Jordans.

Here’s the complete conversation during drivetime radio in the morning. Enjoy!

Update for End of March: Get your Jordans NOW!

 

Download the audio episode here to get all the current news from me on The Maltese Jordans audio, print version, and lots more coming soon!

Here’s the news: On April 1, the past episodes of The Maltese Jordans are going up to the $5 reward level. Now’s the time to hop in and download all the eps for just $3 a month AND that’ll keep you tuned in for the new content and updates. Enjoy!

Also, my next Office Hour is Coming Friday @3PM Eastern. Tune in!

Booked Presents: An Evening with Seth Harwood

Click here to listen or download this interview. Enjoy!

The fine folks of the Booked. Podcast were nice enough to have me on last month for a far-ranging conversation about: GI Joes, Publishing, the urge to write and where it comes from, podcasting history (my own and a general one), what I’m reading, and much more.

We also talked about Patreon and The Maltese Jordans. I hope you enjoy it.

If you’d like to hear more from Booked, including plenty of great discussions and reviews of contemporary crime novels all the time, find them here on the web and consider supporting them on Patreon here: patreon.com/booked

Mastering the Power of Verbs (Video)

Thanks to Pioneer Valley Writers’ Workshop for hosting this short video. It sums up my thoughts on Verbs and what I covered during my craft lesson earlier this month.

Here I discuss three kinds of verbs, how to evaluate their presence in your writing, and using this for better revision!

A few examples of linking verbs are: to be, to seem, to look, to feel, to become, to appear.

If you’d like more teaching content, please subscribe to my Patreon here. Or join this mailing list. You can also sign up for

my next online class: The Gripping Read at LitReactor

my next local class: 8-Week Intro to Fiction Workshop

Thanks for watching! I’d love to know your thoughts!

Upcoming Classes in 2018

This winter I have two classes coming up: the first online and the second local to the Pioneer Valley (Central Mass.)

1) Online Course: The Gripping Read at LitReactor

Dates: Jan 23 to Feb 20th   Place: Fully online

You know the feeling when the sense of reading falls away, and you find yourself completely immersed in a book’s action? I’ll show you how to write like that: Engage readers. More here at LitReactor.

2) Local course in Central Mass: 8-Week Intro to Fiction Workshop

Dates: Mondays from Feb 5 to March 26th.    Time: 7-9PM.        Place: Williamsburg, MA

In this course, you will produce creative work of your own and learn how to discuss and critique the work of others. More here from the Pioneer Valley Writers’ Workshop.

I hope you’ll come join me to learn more about writing craft, stories, and fiction in general. We’ll be doing a lot to discuss the writer-reader connection.

You can also find more of my teaching options and private sessions here via my Patreon page. (Look to upper level rewards.)

I’m also teaching a monthly office hour on the last Friday of the month. Sign up here to get notices about that. It’s FREE!

 

Short Story: To the Bone

Here’s my Southern Gothic style story “To the Bone” for your ears.

Click here to download or listen.

This audio first appeared on CrimeWAV with guest host Mark L. Berry–my boy! Thanks, Mark!

“To the Bone” was first published in The Booked. Anthology back in 2013. Thanks much to the Booked. Podcast guys, who’re also on Patreon here.

Backstory on the story: I don’t know where this one came from, but I wrote it back in SF about 5 years ago. It feels very Faulkner-influenced and, since I’ve just picked up Go Down, Moses again for the first time in a LONG time, I thought of it. Where did these characters come from, Duncan and Estep? Neither of them PC or forgivable? Perhaps the story “Pantaloon in Black” holds the answer. Also, if you’re looking for a good read you could do a lot worse than to start there.

Anyway, that’s my background on this one and a reading tip for the month.

Thanks for listening! If you’d like to find more of my new audio work, head to my Patreon page here.

Chapter 1: THE MALTESE JORDANS (free)

JACK PALMS is BACK! And now for the first time, Chapter 1 of The Maltese Jordans is free for you to download, listen to, share, and crow about to all your friends!

Feel free to share this post. After you listen here to chapter 1 (click to listen or right-click to download) you can head over to my page at Patreon OR go right to this page:

THE MALTESE JORDANS – Episode 1 is HERE

to hear all of episode 1, 3 chapters, all free for your ears! Take the story out, give it a test-drive and see what you think before you buy, purchase, support right there on the Patreon page. Go on! What have you got to lose?

So here’s your boy, working on a new publishing model for audiobooks, asking you to come along for the ride. Enjoy!

See links below for sharing. Thanks.

Interview with Steve Dave at Fascination Street

Click here to download or listen to the podcast.

Steve Owens is a longtime listener and fan of my work, an early and awesome Patreon supporter and a podcaster in his own right. He runs the Fascination Street Podcast, which you can find here: http://fascinationstreetpod.com

Alex Hernandez is his podcasting partner you’ll hear. He runs a separate podcast, Finding Stax (http://findingstax.com/)

In our interview we cover:

• my recent connection with the real residents of the Young Junius towers
• the genesis and depth of my recent obsession with Jordans —Revealed!
• a proper consideration of Patreon post pace and content
• and much, much more!

I hope you enjoy it.