Dead Heat On A Merry-Go-Round
Introductions are funny things when made through such impersonal means. This age of ours grows more and more agoraphobic and I, as a result, feel isolated and impersonal in all of this online self-promotion.
Readers are wonderful people to meet and great. The smell of books on shelves in bookstores, the sound of people rifling pages and clinking coffee cups upon saucers are rare in this eBook revolution and when a typewriter still acts as my go-to drafting machine, I'm forced to feel old at 27 dealing with all these blogs linked to blogs promoted through tweet decks and uplinked to facebook. This information age of overload is grating on my nerves and I'm really shocked, therefore, to write and publish my first novel about the day after today.
When I was 14 and first beginning to fool around on the old Smith Corona Electric in the basement, I'd always imagined I'd write hard boiled crime novels in the vein of Raymond Chandler and Loren Estleman. Ross MacDonald and Richard Stark, Jim Thompson and Charles Williams set my fingers dancing over the keys, punching them to the bell and carriage-return "Spurrpt-Ka-Tump." I loved those books and still hope to one day dabble in noir fiction and pulp quality publishing.
Nonetheless, college reading lead me into the depths of Isaac Asimov and Phillip K. Dick, discovering their turmoil and philosophy draped in the mystery of tomorrow.
Powerful prose and strong characters have always driven me towards perfection of craft. Words have unlocked so many doors for me that I can think of no profession more poignant and challenging than that of the highly prolific multi-genre writer. At times erotic, sometimes provocative, but unafraid of tackling a story with both hands and wrestling it to the ground, I only hope to become an author worthy of my reader's time.
Thank you so much for visiting my humble page. I wish you happy reading and invite you to comment, like, tag, tweet, review, and discuss as much as you can. Let your fingers fill the internet with you intellect, prowess, and passion.
Good reading and fond wishes for a bright tomorrow!
Sincerely,
Benjamin Smith
Readers are wonderful people to meet and great. The smell of books on shelves in bookstores, the sound of people rifling pages and clinking coffee cups upon saucers are rare in this eBook revolution and when a typewriter still acts as my go-to drafting machine, I'm forced to feel old at 27 dealing with all these blogs linked to blogs promoted through tweet decks and uplinked to facebook. This information age of overload is grating on my nerves and I'm really shocked, therefore, to write and publish my first novel about the day after today.
When I was 14 and first beginning to fool around on the old Smith Corona Electric in the basement, I'd always imagined I'd write hard boiled crime novels in the vein of Raymond Chandler and Loren Estleman. Ross MacDonald and Richard Stark, Jim Thompson and Charles Williams set my fingers dancing over the keys, punching them to the bell and carriage-return "Spurrpt-Ka-Tump." I loved those books and still hope to one day dabble in noir fiction and pulp quality publishing.
Nonetheless, college reading lead me into the depths of Isaac Asimov and Phillip K. Dick, discovering their turmoil and philosophy draped in the mystery of tomorrow.
Powerful prose and strong characters have always driven me towards perfection of craft. Words have unlocked so many doors for me that I can think of no profession more poignant and challenging than that of the highly prolific multi-genre writer. At times erotic, sometimes provocative, but unafraid of tackling a story with both hands and wrestling it to the ground, I only hope to become an author worthy of my reader's time.
Thank you so much for visiting my humble page. I wish you happy reading and invite you to comment, like, tag, tweet, review, and discuss as much as you can. Let your fingers fill the internet with you intellect, prowess, and passion.
Good reading and fond wishes for a bright tomorrow!
Sincerely,
Benjamin Smith
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