jazzbo Posted October 31, 2014 Report Posted October 31, 2014 (edited) I've started reading my copy (ordered fron the publisher and received a week ago) and have ordered another for a friend of Joe's, my friend too, as an early Xmas present. Quite a nicely published/printed book! Edited October 31, 2014 by jazzbo Quote
Dan Gould Posted October 31, 2014 Report Posted October 31, 2014 I definitely will be ordering this. Quote
mikeweil Posted October 31, 2014 Report Posted October 31, 2014 Just ordered a copy - thanks for the amazon Germany link. Quote
medjuck Posted November 1, 2014 Report Posted November 1, 2014 According to Amazon my copy should arrive tomorrow. (And by the way I met Ingrid Caven once.) Quote
mikeweil Posted November 4, 2014 Report Posted November 4, 2014 Picked up mine today, but I doubt I will find the time to read it before Xmas - this needs - and desercves - concentration - at least I need some for this. I'm not used to reading fiction of this level - a jazz biography is easier to degest ... Quote
Joe Posted November 4, 2014 Author Report Posted November 4, 2014 Again, my thanks to everyone who has ordered or will be ordering a copy of this book. I am happy to answer any questions any reader may have. In fact, if there's sufficient interest in some sort of formal Q & A or book club-type discussion, do let me know; I'd be more than willing to participate. Best, JM Quote
johnblitweiler Posted November 4, 2014 Report Posted November 4, 2014 Just bought the Kindle version. Congratulations, Joe. Quote
jazzbo Posted November 5, 2014 Report Posted November 5, 2014 Joe, it's really an impressive book. Like Mike I feel this warrants and needs concentration. I started it and got some momentum, and then as I was late (for very pleasant reasons) leaving my girlfriend's Sunday morning to return to my duties at my parents' I left the book on her table. Won't be getting it back for a few days when I get my next evening off. Miss it! Congrats, and I know you're proud. Quote
Joe Posted November 9, 2014 Author Report Posted November 9, 2014 For any and all DFW / North Central Texas folk here... Launch Party (Reading & Book Signing), Crepuscule W/ Nellie by Joe Milazzo / November 13, 7 PM @ The Wild Detectives Deets: http://www.artandseek.org/event.php?id=60374 Thanks thanks thanks, JM Quote
Joe Posted December 4, 2014 Author Report Posted December 4, 2014 Greetings all. Again, my sincere thanks for all your support with this book. It has been a fascinating month, now that it is out and (very gradually) reaching readers. If I you have read and enjoyed or otherwise felt rewarded by your experience with the book, may I request that you please consider posting a rating or even a review at Goodreads and / or Amazon? Problematic institutions both, but they each do take feedback seriously, and it does help in raising the CREPUSCULE W/ NELLIE's profile. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22886178-crepuscule-w-nellie http://www.amazon.com/Crepuscule-Nellie-RECURRENT-Joe-Milazzo/dp/1937543609/ Again, many thanks; best, JM Quote
jlhoots Posted December 4, 2014 Report Posted December 4, 2014 My copy is on the way from Amazon. Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted December 5, 2014 Report Posted December 5, 2014 (edited) I am remiss in ordering and confused (as happens with seniors). Where can I order giving you the biggest bang for the buck? Edited December 5, 2014 by Chuck Nessa Quote
Joe Posted December 5, 2014 Author Report Posted December 5, 2014 I am remiss in ordering and confused (as happens with seniors). Where can I order giving you the biggest bang for the buck? Chuck: Amazon is as good a place as any, or you can order direct from the publisher, here: http://bit.ly/1rT6Kxn Thanks thanks thanks; best, JM Quote
ejp626 Posted December 5, 2014 Report Posted December 5, 2014 Given shipping prices to the Great White North, I may opt for the Kindle version, but I need to test that I can read on my home machine as well. Congrats again. Quote
JSngry Posted December 13, 2014 Report Posted December 13, 2014 Got one copy, lost it in the black hole that lives somewhere in this house (which, if I knew where that was, things would stop getting lost in it, duh), got another copy, and have begun reading it. Joe had told me that if I make it past the first 32(?) pages, I'd be fine. Well, I have, and I am. At first I had no idea what was "really" going on, but the more I read, the more it comes together. Still no idea what the laundry thing is about, Frank and "Mr. Lee", but I'm sure that will come too. I ain't worried about it. It's getting interesting, Joe, it's getting really interesting. Quote
Joe Posted December 13, 2014 Author Report Posted December 13, 2014 Got one copy, lost it in the black hole that lives somewhere in this house (which, if I knew where that was, things would stop getting lost in it, duh), got another copy, and have begun reading it. Joe had told me that if I make it past the first 32(?) pages, I'd be fine. Well, I have, and I am. At first I had no idea what was "really" going on, but the more I read, the more it comes together. Still no idea what the laundry thing is about, Frank and "Mr. Lee", but I'm sure that will come too. I ain't worried about it. It's getting interesting, Joe, it's getting really interesting. Call Mr. Lee! The chronology is rather scrambled, but for reasons (I won't claim they're good reasons, though). Trust that the section headers provide some guidance... And thanks! JM Quote
Joe Posted December 23, 2014 Author Report Posted December 23, 2014 Hi all. Just a couple of news items to share... An excerpt from CREPUSCULE W/ NELLIE appears in the most recent issue of THE COLLAGIST. You can read it here: http://thecollagist.com/the-collagist/2014/12/5/crepuscule-wnellie-by-joe-milazzo-jaded.html. Also, I will be reading in Austin, TX at Malvern Books on the evening of January 8 2015 (a TH). More details about the even can be found here: http://malvernbooks.com/event/novel-night/?instance_id=739. Happy holidays! Quote
JSngry Posted January 17, 2015 Report Posted January 17, 2015 I am reading this book very slowly, because I have to. But damn, this is some entertaining provocativeness once you hit the zone with it. Maybe I'm feeling it wrong, but there seems to be a lot of dark comedy in this, a lot. Then again, maybe it's just that I see dark comedy in pretty much every damn thing. Everywhere I look in this world (as well as that one and the other one) I see dark comedy, what else could it be? Either way, I'm taking my own sweet time to eat this thing up and fully digest each bite, and not minding it nary one bit about doing so. Quote
Dan Gould Posted January 17, 2015 Report Posted January 17, 2015 I finally followed thru on this utilizing an Amazon return credit, and it's moved directly into the 'next' position on the stack. Quote
Joe Posted January 17, 2015 Author Report Posted January 17, 2015 I am reading this book very slowly, because I have to. But damn, this is some entertaining provocativeness once you hit the zone with it. Maybe I'm feeling it wrong, but there seems to be a lot of dark comedy in this, a lot. Then again, maybe it's just that I see dark comedy in pretty much every damn thing. Everywhere I look in this world (as well as that one and the other one) I see dark comedy, what else could it be? Either way, I'm taking my own sweet time to eat this thing up and fully digest each bite, and not minding it nary one bit about doing so. Let me just say, Nathanael West is one of those authors that, when I first read him way back when, made me want to write novels. Enjoy!Some video from the Malvern Reading of January 8. It was very cold in Austin that night, but Malvern is a great bookstore (especially for anyone interested at all in contemporary poetry). http://youtu.be/XNu0gokwEpQ More footage can be found here: http://malvernbooks.com/tag/novel-night/ Thanks thanks thanks... Quote
Joe Posted February 16, 2015 Author Report Posted February 16, 2015 A couple of items of potential interest: 1) NELLIE was recently reviewed ( quite intelligently and generously) by David Eric Tomlinson for The Writers' League Of Texas. No spoilers! https://writersleagueoftexas.wordpress.com/2015/01/23/members-review-53/ 2) I'll be reading this Friday at the flgship Half-Price Books in Dallas with fellow TX author Thomas McNeely. Deets here: http://www.artandseek.org/event.php?id=62039 Thanks again; best. Quote
Joe Posted March 10, 2015 Author Report Posted March 10, 2015 Crepuscule W/ Nellie now has a dedicated website: http://crepusculewnellie.com/. You can interact with annotated excerpts from the novel, and even submit your own notes and paratextual content. Quote
Joe Posted May 7, 2015 Author Report Posted May 7, 2015 More reviews! http://thecollagist.com/the-collagist/2015/3/5/crepuscule-w-nellie-by-joe-milazzo.html https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/joe-milazzo/crepuscule-w-nellie/ Events upcoming in June: the historic Margo Jones Theatre in Dallas, with Jim Sangrey and Summusic; in Houston, at the Brazos Bookstore. Quote
jlhoots Posted May 7, 2015 Report Posted May 7, 2015 Reading it now. Provocative. For sure not a "beach" or airplane read. Quote
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