Member: bradley_sands

Ah, thanks; I wondered why that forum hadn't seen any use for so long. Searching there turned up some info, it looks like they're waiting to move the APA to Bizarro Central sometime in the future. I'll join the forum and bide my time. Thanks for the help.

posted by tankexmortis at 12:00 am (EST) on Mar 7, 2009

Thanks. I haven't had any luck in contacting her yet, but I'll see if I can find stuff out through other channels, maybe the Mondo Bizarro forum if anyone still goes there.

posted by tankexmortis at 1:27 pm (EST) on Mar 6, 2009

Hey, do you know if the Avant Punk Army is still in operation? I'd like to get my hands on Cancer-Cute and Donihe's book, but looking at the group's myspace page it seems like it might be dead.

posted by tankexmortis at 12:33 pm (EST) on Mar 5, 2009

Hi Bradley;
I rec'd [It Came from Below the Belt] for a birthday present from my most excellent wife, and I really enjoyed my first taste of bizarro. You made me laugh out loud several times. And do I detect a little bit of discontent with schools and teachers?
I'm located in Canada and therefore the only way to get many of the more interesting authors like yourself or CMIII is on-line. We do seem to have a bit of a connection to British publishers so I have been able to get a lot of Steve Aylett's books. I've got Fain and the Linbt sequel on my list.
Anyhoo, just wanted to say hey and let you know how much I enjoyed the book.
Amobogio/Michael

posted by amobogio at 7:34 pm (EST) on Jan 1, 2009

Hullo ~ If you haven't noticed this already, i just saw your work on somebody's Amazon list. Cheers!

posted by NativeRoses at 11:32 am (EST) on Feb 6, 2008

Hi there! i see you've read most of Erickson ~ very cool. i've only read his Arc d'X so far and found it breathtakingly magnificent. i've got some of his other works on my shelves and plan to read Tours of the Black Clock pretty soon. Is there anything else you'd recommend as a must read?

posted by NativeRoses at 9:21 am (EST) on Jan 3, 2008

Killer collection you have here.

-Nick

posted by NickCato at 3:11 pm (EST) on Nov 24, 2007

Hey, would you be willing to take a look at a story I just finished? It's too long to be submitted to Bust Down the Door, but I'd like to hear your opinion on it since It Came From Below the Belt was an influence. If you'd rather not look at it that's fine too, of course. I'd expect that editing your own magazine means you're a bit burned out on reading short fiction.

posted by tankexmortis at 6:56 am (EST) on Oct 11, 2007

Thanks for the advice, it was actually pretty helpful. I'll give that goal thing a shot, and I'll check out that book - I was meaning to anyway after seeing some good reviews (think I found it on one of your Amazon lists, actually). And yeah, language and absurdity definitely take the foreground in my stuff too - it's just more fun that way, and what attracted me to Bizarro in the first place.

posted by tankexmortis at 11:09 pm (EST) on Jul 20, 2007

Thanks, I'd love that. Email's tankexmortis(at)gmail.com.

And if you had any tips on generating plot... I'm great at having an idea, writing for a page, then abandoning the piece and never working on it again (quick check of my writing folder gives me 23 pieces I'm working on, 22 unfinished, 15 less than two pages. That's about two or three years worth of work). I'm pretty sure it's because I never have any idea of what's going to happen until I write it, which is, obviously, a terrible way to do things. I almost never have an idea for a whole plot; just individual events or settings or characters. Not expecting a miracle, just if you had any relevant tippy things, it'd be neat.

Oh, and your book arrived. I'll post a review once I'm through it - may take awhile since my reading habits, like everything else of mine, are so fucking ADD.

posted by tankexmortis at 9:20 pm (EST) on Jul 19, 2007

I'm glad you enjoyed 'Household Gods' - it was fun to write, and Kevin was nice to publish it.

Take care!

posted by john_sunseri at 8:06 am (EST) on Jul 18, 2007

Awesome library, Bradley...I found a few new titles here that I just have to get my hands on. Gracias.

Bustin down the doors...
Mike A.

posted by arnzen at 2:58 pm (EST) on Jul 17, 2007

Bradley,

I’ve noticed that you’ve added a picture to your author’s page! Now that you’re part of the community, I was wondering whether you’d be interesting in becoming a Librarything Author.

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posted by dinner_bell at 11:30 am (EST) on Jul 17, 2007

Yeah, I read your how-to on the Dream People; full of advice indeed.

posted by tankexmortis at 8:12 am (EST) on Jul 17, 2007

Wow! I think I'm envious of your library! I don't have most of these and WANT them! Damn it! More books to add to my wishlist. Thanks a lot Bradley!

posted by battlinjack at 4:52 am (EST) on Jul 17, 2007

Okay, I'm counting on you to man the watchtowers at the outer limits of my literary limbic. Dark & Lonely work, but somebody has to do it.

posted by guybrarian at 2:32 am (EST) on Jul 17, 2007

Nice to meet you, man - I've heard of your work (well, I've heard of 'Chickens', anyway).

posted by john_sunseri at 1:12 am (EST) on Jul 17, 2007

Whyfor the friending? Guess this means I'll have to finally buck up and order your book. Sneaky way to make money, man.

Watch out though, I might just hit you up for writing advice sometime.

posted by tankexmortis at 1:07 am (EST) on Jul 17, 2007

Hi ... I'm here too!

posted by coyotemusic at 2:18 pm (EST) on Apr 26, 2007