China Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 Up to North Carolina? From here I always considered North Carolina down. As in down south. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgold Posted April 10, 2016 Author Share Posted April 10, 2016 For some reason, I've always used "up" when describing going to a place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The 12th Commandment Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 My inner geographer has to inform you that it's up north, down south, back east and out west. Make sure the bathrooms are safe at that conference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgold Posted April 10, 2016 Author Share Posted April 10, 2016 My inner geographer has to inform you that it's up north, down south, back east and out west. Make sure the bathrooms are safe at that conference. I have thought about the NC Law thing, but have come up with two rationalizations. 1) My presence won't change a thing and my advocacy if asked might do some good. 2) If there's one place that should be a safe haven for transgender folks it's a convention in which cosplay has gone rampant. (silly) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebluefood Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 Lookin' forward to it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgold Posted April 11, 2016 Author Share Posted April 11, 2016 Hey! According to analytics, A Halo of Mushrooms is now an international seller with buyers coming from 4 countries! That's kinda cool. (Wild bunny... you could make France no. 5 ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgold Posted April 15, 2016 Author Share Posted April 15, 2016 All right, big week coming up. Packing the car and driving down to Wilmington NC for the Cape Fear Comic Con today. Then, turning right around to do the Day of the Book in Kensington, MD on the 24. Hope to see some of you there. The best part of these author events (other than selling books) is chatting, trading stories, and being engaged. Two in one week though? It's almost like I'm a real author??? Yikes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgold Posted April 17, 2016 Author Share Posted April 17, 2016 Thanks again to Thebluefood for co-piloting the table at Cape Fear. The Con was a ton of fun and a pretty big success. Was also kinda fun to meet the actors from the Walking Dead who sat behind me and Jimmy Valient, former WWE star. He did a little wrestling bit and for a 73 year old it was pretty darn fun. Next up on the tour will be the DMV with a free show in Kensington. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Harris Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 The best part of these author events (other than selling books) is being engaged. If you're getting engaged at a comic con. .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgold Posted April 17, 2016 Author Share Posted April 17, 2016 Some of those Harley Quinns, Rey's, and anime girls are certainly engaging. Holy spandex, Batman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgold Posted April 18, 2016 Author Share Posted April 18, 2016 This Sunday marks my first outdoor book festival and my first book show in the DMV (if the Baltimore area doesn't count) Thanks in advance to Gbear for his assistance. I hope some of you can make it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BornaSkinsFan83 Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 Just got your book Burgold and I'm about to start reading it. Also I live in Kensington, literally 5 minutes, waking, from where that book festival will be held. I'll try to swing by. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgold Posted April 19, 2016 Author Share Posted April 19, 2016 Totally dig this new Goodreads review for A Halo of Mushrooms! https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1587909921… A Halo of Mushrooms by Andrew Hiller (Goodreads Author) 4213258Brad's review Apr 19, 16it was amazingbookshelves: fantasy, reality-bending, urban-fantasy Read from April 17 to 19, 2016 What a weird book! I mean, from the title, it should be rather obvious, but instead of getting a magic mushroom ride of a book, I get a REAL MAGIC MUSHROOM RIDE OF A BOOK, with the sparkly bits, too. smile emoticon At its core, the novel is both literally and subjectively focused on Wonder. It's a genre all by itself. We're supposed to ooh and ahh and get all tingly and say, "That's pretty cool," and guess what? It succeeds. I was entirely sold in the cooking magic. I was completely enchanted. Think about a cooking urban fantasy and then turn it up a few notches, and you'll get this... An epic fantasy spanning many alternate worlds, armies of monsters wanting to snuff out the Wonder? Whoa. I thought this was a novel about magic in the kitchen! It is pretty cool. It kinda jarred me at first, because who expect that? I was still completely sold on the kitchen stuff. smile emoticon Why go the epic route, too? With kitties? Nah, it's okay. It remains interesting and a real trip. Literally. Take a ride on the wild side. Taste of the vigor. Meditate on the ring. But most of all, feed your mushroom! There's a taste of the absurd, a taste of the magic, but more than anything, it lets you swim in the wonder all the way through the text. smile emoticon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgold Posted April 22, 2016 Author Share Posted April 22, 2016 Two days 'til the Kensington book festival. Time to return to the DMV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgold Posted April 23, 2016 Author Share Posted April 23, 2016 Tomorrow is the day. Hope to celebrate the International Day of the Book with a bunch of my ES pals such at a free outdoor book festival in Kensington, MD between 11-4. Hope to celebrate creativity with you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgold Posted April 24, 2016 Author Share Posted April 24, 2016 It's today! Drove 200 miles on a spare tire to make it, but I'll be there. Hopefully, will get to see a bunch of you today! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgold Posted April 24, 2016 Author Share Posted April 24, 2016 What a fun day! Awesome weather, really friendly folks, and exciting to meet so many readers. Saw a few Redskins fans, but I'm not sure how many ESers. Hope some of you made it whether you went to my table or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgold Posted May 11, 2016 Author Share Posted May 11, 2016 Latest review on Goodreads... This one a 4 star (Hey, they can't all be 5 stars) https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27504852-a-halo-of-mushrooms Saphana this is a phanstastic book. It serves new ideas, desserts as weapons and characters that actually and really grow on you, they are so real and mirroring REAL problems, for example: catatonic, complete indecision. Fast paced it never let me go away for more than a couple of hours and as a result, managed to draw me out of my 6 week reading slump. High Five for that. If this author writes anything else, count me in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinsmarydu Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 Awesome, Burgold! When you come to ATL, let me know! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgold Posted May 11, 2016 Author Share Posted May 11, 2016 Haven't looked as far as ATL as far as book shows go. Would br fun though. I'll look into what's out there. Be tough making a profitable, but what an adventure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgold Posted May 12, 2016 Author Share Posted May 12, 2016 5.0 out of 5 starsExcellent read. A meaningful trip through the universe By JFleit on May 11, 2016 Excellent read. A meaningful trip through the universe. Gastronomical delights abound. Once I started it, I couldn't put it down. Highly recommend reading A Halo of Mushrooms. It happily surprised me. ------------------------ Latest Amazon Review. Loving my readers. https://www.amazon.com/Halo-Mushrooms-Andrew-Hiller-ebook/dp/B01740ZELI?ie=UTF8&SubscriptionId=1MGPYB6YW3HWK55XCGG2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B01740ZELI&linkCode=as2&redirect=true&ref_=x_gr_w_glide_bb&tag=x_gr_w_glide_bb-20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgold Posted May 21, 2016 Author Share Posted May 21, 2016 One thing I find pretty exciting to me is how so many non-fantasy readers seem to be really enjoying the book... that it seems to reach beyond the confines of its genre. That includes sci fi readers like Hap, but also people who claim they normally don't read either fantasy or science fiction. I've always believed a good story is a good story. Pretty pleased that my rating is still 4.6/5 on Goodreads and 4.9/5 on Amazon. Latest review (some spoilers) Fascinating, original, imaginative book. I usually don’t search out fantasy-genre, but something about that title just drew me in. And I’m so glad I gave this a chance. The first half really had me captivated: Derik, an alien anti-hero who stumbles onto Earth with a loose grasp of English sentence structure and social mores, searching for a job so that he can blend in and hide from his intergalactic pursuers. He gets a job at a bakery, creating other-worldly creations that make him impossible to keep a secret. Derik and his two new friends, Imani and Lara, have to find a place for the Wonder he holds to take root and grow before those who would kill the Wonder get his hands on his precious cargo. The fantastical smells and tastes in the bakery, and the effect of the umami cloud pastries created by Derik, were tantalizing.The second half was more chase-and-run thriller, which was fun, but with a different pace than the first half. I got lost a few times as to why the bad guys were after the good guys, and the backstory left me somewhat confused, but I just went with it and enjoyed the story. It’s probably more the fault of the reader than the author here, as I tend to read quickly when things are exciting! This is a wild foodie urban sci-fi fantasy adventure. Reminded me of “Fringe,” and that’s quite high praise indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokerPacker Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgold Posted May 21, 2016 Author Share Posted May 21, 2016 Everyone's a critic, Poker. One guy rated it three stars and everyone else five. Good reads has a bit more of a spread with something like 12 five star reviews 3 four stars and one two star. It's those outliers that really kill you. Overall though, it's pretty amazing how well the book has been received. Need more readers and reviews though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcl05 Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 On my kindle. Big fantasy fan, so it sounds like it's right up my alley.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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