I’m a little late in posting this, but congratulations to the 10 winners of the Shelf Awareness Book Giveaway for THE NIGHT OF THE COMET: Heather Ripkey Joyce Mosby Debra Guyette Nicole Wright Marie Driscoll Amy Vermeulen Rebecca Foster Rosa Abraham Rita Pierini Denise Kritikos Thanks to all those who entered, and thanks to Ballantine/Random … Read more
From Marshal Zeringue’s blog in which he asks authors to try out the “Page 69 Test” on their novels. The Night of the Comet is set in a small town in Louisiana against the backdrop of the coming of Comet Kohoutek in 1973. The story centers on the Broussard family: Alan, a frustrated high school … Read more
No. 3 in our series of songs with astronomical themes is especially relevant to my novel: “Kohoutek” by R.E.M. Recommended by pals Ted O’Brien and Thomas Williams. Personally, it’s not one of my R.E.M. favorites. I like this one better, and it still has a (slight) connection to astronomy:
At Square Books in Oxford with Richard Howorth and team. Besides operating the three bookshops on the square, the store also hosts the live broadcasts of Thacker Mountain Radio once a week. Lisa Howarth, on the right, has her first novel coming out in May 2014 with Bloomsbury. And here’s another picture of Mr. Faulkner, … Read more
Here’s a selfie with Jamie Kornegay, owner of TurnRow Books in Greenwood, MS. I was there to sign books yesterday. Jamie’s first novel, “Soil,” is coming out in Fall 2014. It sounds awfully good. Look for it. Greenwood, by the way, was the stand-in for Jackson, MS, in the movie The Help. Jamie and family … Read more
Thanks to Jennifer Hamilton and her favorable review of The Night of the Comet in Point of Vue Magazine in Houma, La.–the town that’s the model for the fictional Terrebonne in my novel. The Night of the Comet Posted by Jennifer Hamilton on Jul 31, 2013 in 2013, August 2013, Check It Out, Column, Literary … Read more
This from the site Campaign for the American Reader: What is George Bishop Reading? Instead of describing what I’m reading now, I thought it might be more interesting to look at what I was reading while I was writing my latest novel, The Night of the Comet. During the thick of working on Comet, I … Read more
The “Woodstock” song that I posted last week got me thinking of all the popular songs with astronomical themes. Here’s another one: Bad Moon Rising, by Creedence Clearwater Revival. This is a video of them performing the song live on the Johnny Cash Show in 1969.
At the New Orleans Cabildo Museum, with Faulkner House Books owner Joe DiSalvo, me, authors Rick Barton and Lolis Elie, and event organizer and socialite extraordinaire Rosemary James.
You’ll probably want to pick up a copy of the Aug. 12 issue of People magazine, the one with Kate and Baby George on the cover. There’s also this, on page 66: