The American Idol winner will be doing a Sessions in our studio today. Probably won’t be sporting assless chaps, pink pantyhose, horns and a mangina like Oderus Urungus was yesterday. In a slightly awkward segue that is in no way related to the previous sentence, I’m hoping we’ll also get Adam Lambert soon.

I’m probably the last person who has seen this, but it’s worth posting. I’d embed it but they’ve disabled the embed code. Fantastic. I’m hoping that it’s all truly handmade without CGI.

Oderus and I

Oderus Urungus of Gwar fame stopped by for a highly amusing interview that will appear on Noisecreep.com. Note the toothed mangina. Should I have given him a copy of the book? I should have given him a copy of the book. Hmm. Too late.

Samantha Bee recently took part in a discussion hosted by the Connecticut Forum* along with the very funny Daily Show EP David Javerbaum, humorist Randy Cohen, and Jason Alexander from Seinfeld. When asked what she was reading she kindly said my book, because she’s a friend and I’d sent her a copy and she knew I’d make her feel guilty if she didn’t.

* If you’re unfamiliar with the Connecticut Forum but are wondering if it’s perhaps a nationally recognized, one-of-a-kind nonprofit based in Hartford, CT that presents live, unscripted panel discussions among renowned experts and celebrities with the mission of encouraing the free and active exchange of ideas in Forums that inform, challenge, entertain, inspire and build bridges among all people and organizations in the community, you’d be right.

Not really. Just a little SEO experiment. Haven’t blogged in quite a while as I was struggling to finish up a draft and get it to my agent. More to come.

Haven’t been blogging at all the past few weeks because I’ve been trying to finish up a draft of something to send to my agent. I just did.

…and I’ve been putting it to good use:

Clearly a socialist ploy by the Canadians to force the people into a collectivist appreciation of my book.

I’m glad I pretended you asked me that. I run the NY production studio for AOL. I work with a lot of very talented, experienced folks, and we do lots of music performances, like Beyonce, Keith Urban, Grizzly Bear, Reba McEntire, Cage the Elephant, as well as various and sundry studio- and field-based segments.

I was asked by the organizers of the Wordstock Festival to contribute to their blog, and so I have done so:

Writers are often asked how they go about their writing. Over the past few years I’ve developed a highly efficient, effective process that I will now share, as I’m certain it will be of great interest and benefit to aspiring writers. It can be broken down into the following important steps:

1. Inspiration: idea for new book arrives. First love, angels singing, all is right with the universe. Burst of enthusiastic writerly activity, the words cascading forth effortlessly. This glorious period lasts for several minutes.
2. I hate this crap–what was I thinking?
3. Procrastination, self-recrimination, unhealthy meta-behaviors to avoid actually working.
4. Time passes.
5. Equilibrium is achieved between desire to procrastinate and self-loathing due to desire to procrastinate. Self-loathing eventually becomes more painful than actually sitting down and writing.
5. Sit down and write. No excuses.
5a. But first watch “So You Think You Can Dance,” but just this time, and definitely don’t linger to watch “Ultimate Fighter.”
5b. Watch “Ultimate Fighter,” convincing self that it’s a necessary counterbalance to preceding show.
5c. Do not watch “Project Runway”!
5d. …again.
6. Sit down and write, this time for real.
7 – 12. Facebook/Twitter/desultory blogging.
13 – 427. Check Amazon sales ranking of current novel.
428. Bedtime.
429. More time passes. Does the oven need cleaning? Isn’t it time I learned Wolof?
430. Repeat step five.
431. You know, this thing isn’t so bad.
432. Flurry of work. Show WIP to carefully selected friend, secure in the knowledge that they’ll fulfill their role as cheerleader.
433. Decide to agree with friend’s critique: I am a genius.
434. Coast on sugar high, cranking through chapter after chapter. The evil spell is broken.
435. This is crap.
436. See step three.