HEY, EVERYBODY #009

Hot damn, it's another "Hey, Everybody!"-packed week -- this is the first of two episodes to drop this week. It's a big-big debrief on J.C.'s recent adventures at Balticon 43, which was held Memorial Day weekend. There are muchly ruminations, including recaps on J.C.'s first public reading, the Stranger Things SINGULARITY event, the Personal Effects: Dark Art launch party, his impressions about the PE:DA novel itself, and some philosophical ramblings here and there. Someone get this guy a frickin' script!

Be sure to answer J.C.'s call to action regarding the Personal Effects "Swag Bag." Send him an email with your thoughts! And do please consider pre-ordering a copy of Personal Effects: Dark Art.

Links/awesome folk mentioned in this epsiode:

• Balticon-Balticon-Balticon 43
• Stranger Things' "Disconnect" episode
• Matt Wallace
• Dee Wallace's vlurb
• Jared Axelrod
• Sponsor: Scott's Sigler's The Rookie is available for pre-order. Use the discount code "hutch" to save $3!
• Sponsor: Scott Sigler and Seth Harwood's Author Boot Camp will soon be underway. Learn more at AuthorBootCamp.com, use the code "hutch1" and save $100 on registration! What a deal!
• Promo: Mur Lafferty's WAR
• Promo: Movie Mantras
• Promo: The Leviathan Chronicles

The anthem for Hey, Everybody! is "Chip Away" by Jane's Addition, distributed freely via BitTorrent and the Nine Inch Nails/Jane's Addiction tour site, Ninja2009.com.

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HEY, EVERYBODY #002

Behold, a new episode of J.C.'s new podcast "Hey, Everybody!" This week, your humble host motormouths his way through some killer announcements and endorsements. First up is J.C.'s thoughts on David Moody's Hater, a new horror thriller novel released by Thomas Dunne Books, a division of St. Martin's Press, J.C.'s publisher. Compelling, grisly and downright spooky, Hater comes highly recommended.

As a special "try before you buy" bonus, you'll get to hear an excerpt of the novel, narrated by Mark Yoshimoto Nemcoff! Learn more about Hater at David Moody's website.

J.C. yammers on about some other great news, including:

• The starred review Personal Effects: Dark Art recently received from Publisher's Weekly
• J.C.'s awesome Fan Of The Day program, where you take center stage at JCHutchins.net
• The rebirth of Seth Harwood's Jack Wakes Up, available in bookstores everywhere May 5
• J.C.'s appearances at Balticon, including the Personal Effects: Dark Art book launch party, and his first public reading ever
• A troubled update on the podcast-exclusive Personal Effects prequel novella, Sword of Blood
• Promo: Nina Kimberly The Merciless comes to print!
• Promo: Geek Of All Trades
• Promo: Starting WoW

The anthem for Hey, Everybody! is "Chip Away" by Jane's Addition, distributed freely via BitTorrent and the Nine Inch Nails/Jane's Addiction tour site, Ninja2009.com.

Like what you hear? Please leave a comment, and tell a friend about the show, and about Personal Effects: Dark Art!

J.C.'s Balticon schedule

This Memorial Day weekend, I'll be hanging out and having a blast at Balticon 43, a terrific sci-fi convention near Baltimore. This will be the third year I've attended, and I think this will be the best one yet. In addition to speaking on several panels, knocking back beers with old pals (and making new friends), I'm thrilled to be hosting a launch party for Personal Effects: Dark Art. I also hope to do a reading from Dark Art while I'm there. And there might be another surprise...

Here's my schedule for panels and events for the weekend. I hope you'll attend. Let's hang out!

Friday, May 22 11pm: Nanofiction: The Next Big Thing?

Saturday, May 23 4pm: Reading 6pm: What Is Social Media? 10pm: Live! Mr. Adventure

Sunday, May 24 3pm: Anti-Social Media 4pm: Best Promotion Techniques from the New Media Pros 10pm: Personal Effects: Dark Art and Christiana Ellis' Nina Kimberly the Merciless book launch party

--J.C.