Right now!
Hanging out at the Unity in the Community event.
4073 Medina Rd., Akron, OH 43333
From 11-4 p.m.
Today
I appreciate all the kind words, gifts and food (oh, my love handles!) on this special day.
I lost my best friend in earlier in 2013, which was an emotional gut-punch that still has me shaken. Since I’ve known him for more than 26 years, to build another best-friend relationship in that amount of time would carry me into my early 70s, which is to say, unlikely. That’s sad to think about.
A better way to look at things: His memory endures in the soft corners of my soul; his legacy is a tribute to himself and a tangible gift to those—wife, son, father, sister, friends—who stand in his absence.
That knowledge, and your well wishes, cut through the pain and makes this day joyous for me.
Also, thanks to the staff of the Hudson Library & Historical Society for hosting a wonderful book fair, as well as The Learned Owl Book Shop for its continued support of local authors.
Happy birthday to me.
The Learned Owl Book Shop
The Learned Owl Book Shop, nestled in Hudson, Ohio, north of the Clocktower, is one of those fantastic independently own books stores that seem so hard to find these days. Around since 1968, The Learned Owl offers three floors of books for all ages and interests, is a major supporter of local authors, and participates in annual events, like the upcoming Ohio Author and Book Fair. I will be appearing at this year’s event with 40 other authors. Click here to learn more.
My novels Jigsaw Man and Covet are available at The Learned Owl, and many other local authors’ works are awaiting your discovery. Definitely a good way to spend a Saturday afternoon.
| The Learned Owl
204 N Main St.
Hudson, OH 44236
Can’t Black Friday wait until … you know, Friday?
Happy Thanksgiving!
Best wishes on this day of thanks, remembrance and gorging.
It’s not a mirage if you saw something on this website yesterday and then came back today and it’s gone—or in a different location, or is different color. Maybe a photo’s gone, or it’s gotten bigger. Change is good, right? And I’m on the world wide learning curve.
As we get up and running at marvincbrown.com, we’re tweaking as we go. And we’re taking suggestions from visitors, which also accounts for some changes.
If the Internet’s a web, it’s a sticky one. The task is to get things user-friendly, interesting and add in enough redundancies to keep you from getting lost.
Purchase books at the Store. Read samples in the Works section. Learn more than you ever needed to know about me in About Marvin. You can slide your white-gloved hand right on past the Media Kit (unless you’re with the press), but Events will keep you up to date on where I’ll be, and News will let you know what I’m up to. Comments are (almost) always welcome and feel free to email me at Contact.
Here In The Bloghouse I’ll serve up general observations and opinions, while also offering specific blogging like book reviews (Open Book), mini movie reviews (Quik Flix Hit) and, with restraint, politics (Swing State).
Thanks for your input so far.
Book signings provide a chance to meet supporters in the flesh, to interact with real humans in this era of digital books, digital discussions and digital photographs. How nice it is to shake hands with, laugh with and chat with readers and supporters.
John, at the book signing
Book signings, for me, crystallize those ethereal hours, days, months spent deeply alone creating. Something began in private ends with a very public showing; what was selfishly created becomes relentlessly shared.
Special thanks to my father, John A. Brown, for taking the photos (check them out here) and for all-around dad support, which is ever-present in uncounted moments, but vitally measured in a life made secure. Thanks always, dad.
It was fun seeing folks I haven’t seen in some time, witnessing the tireless efforts from wonderful behind-the-scenes workers, and meeting new people.
I am grateful, and blessed.
Better than a billboard!
It’s not a mirage if you saw something on this website yesterday and then came back today and it’s gone—or in a different location, or is different color. Maybe a photo’s gone, or it’s gotten bigger. Change is good, right? And I’m on the world wide learning curve.
As we get up and running at marvincbrown.com, we’re tweaking as we go. And we’re taking suggestions from visitors, which also accounts for some changes.
If the Internet’s a web, it’s a sticky one. The task is to get things user-friendly, interesting and add in enough redundancies to keep you from getting lost.
Purchase books at the Store. Read samples in the Works section. Learn more than you ever needed to know about me in About Marvin. You can slide your white-gloved hand right on past the Media Kit (unless you’re with the press), but Events will keep you up to date on where I’ll be, and News will let you know what I’m up to. Comments are (almost) always welcome and feel free to email me at Contact.
Here In The Bloghouse I’ll serve up general observations and opinions, while also offering specific blogging like book reviews (Open Book), mini movie reviews (Quik Flix Hit) and, with restraint, politics (Swing State).
Thanks for your input so far.
Bloghouse- Featured Book of the WeekMy short story “The Wet Knot” appears in the anthology Strangely Marvelous Creatures, edited by Robert Pope. Click here to purchase.
- Amazon Author’s PageCheck out my Author’s Page at Amazon Author Central.
- Good ReadingMarvin Brown at Goodreads.com: Find out what the author’s currently reading, check out some of his favorite books, read his book reviews and get his recommendations on great fiction. Click …
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