P'zolo Problems

One of the less than exciting factors in my life since the publication of my first novel has been the job hunt.

I'm chronically unemployed and damn-near unemployable. I've been able to scrape by with very temporary gigs or medical studies these past few years but, as I dwindle down the amount of cash pulling installation cable and writing screenplays has earned me, it's maybe time to locate a real person job.

One of the serious, unexplained downsides for applying for food service related jobs online are the targeted ads. I don't know what the fuck a p'zolo is supposed to be, but holy fuck do I want one.

Comment Confusion*

Evidently, there have been some issues with commenting on my posts? I haven't noticed anything, since my blog don't exactly runneth over with comments, but I thought I'd run a little test.

What's your favorite episode of Firefly? Comment below!

I've fully prepared myself for the possibility no one will even bother but, if even a few of you 16.9 readers comment, I'll consider the experiment a success.

*Again with the DKC titles. I'm on a roll.

Tagline Trouble*

I need a tagline for Hull Damage.

It was originally "Welcome to space. Here's your gun." The sentiment I like, it's simply too long.

What I've discovered is that I have basically three concepts to express to someone browsing for books; one, that it's science fiction. Two, it's about pirates and three, the snarky, somewhat tongue-in-cheek tone. All of that's somewhat difficult to compress into like, four syllables. At maximum.

I wouldn't normally use a tagline for a book, but with the sorta DUI marketing I'm gonna need to pull off, it's more or less essential. Promotional material kinda requires one.

I toyed with simple pirate phrases like "Yo Ho Ho" and "Yarr" and "Avast" but they sorta neglect the whole, you know, space aspect.

What's further unfortunate about this sorta creative block is that it's entirely idea-based. There's no way to solve the problem except having an epihany. All you can do is either ignore until inspiration strikes or bang your head relentlessly against it until something, probably your skull, gives. And I've never been the patient type.

So, if any of you 17.18 readers have any especially brilliant suggestions for the snappy tagline to an uncompromising spacepunk crime caper ebook, feel free to comment.

*Which would totally be the title of this post were it a level in Donkey Kong Country.

Nostalgia

I understand this probably isn't as shared a memory as I imagine, but there's something about this music that invariably reminds me of apple sauce, the television in my parents' bedroom and kicking my light-up Darth Vader sneakers off after another day in the salt mines of 3rd grade.

Enjoy. Let the soothing rhythm of jungle drums wash over you.