Eliot Baker's Books-n-Stuff

I feel like I've been floating all summer. Longer, even. I was splashing in Lake Burien in June with my kids, when I noticed they'd lost their kick board. Despite my admonitions, they foll...

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So long, Robin Williams. I’ll miss you. Which is rare. See, I’m tepid on celebrities. Their tabloid lives never interested me, and news of their falls from grace and (often tragic) deaths ...

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The exquisitely written and deftly plotted Obscura Burning, by Suzanne van Rooyen, delivers readers into that dreamlike state immediately proceeding shattering emotional trauma; the kind that fo...

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 I climbed Mount Kinabulu when I was twenty-one years young with two buddies from Semester at Sea. The part about it almost killing me is true. The rest is basically Lord of the Rings fan fict...

http://eliotbakerauthor.blogspot.com/2014/07/free-fiction-fellowship-of-chicken-or.html

Alchemy can be described as the process of sublimating base materials into precious metals; of turning lead to gold. The process is both mystical and scientific, involving specific materials and...

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            So I go to Cape Cod to sell some books. I’ve never sold much of anything before, having avoided the experience save for a brief weekend handing out fliers to strangers. ...

http://eliotbakerauthor.blogspot.com/2014/06/cape-of-book-hope.html

I am becoming one of those authors. You know, one of those guys who, upon being asked at a party what genre they write in, they swirl their gluten free beer in their glass and start hemming and ...

http://eliotbakerauthor.blogspot.com/2014/05/the-baker-literary-taxonomy-blt-answer.html

THE LAST ANCIENT Clarion Review: 4 Stars This wickedly fun horror novel thrusts readers into a Nantucket setting with a mixture of local hunters, wealthy do-gooders, and a sordid family past...

http://eliotbakerauthor.blogspot.com/2014/04/4-star-review-from-foreword-clarion.html

I just got the message from Kirkus Reviews that The Last Ancient was chosen as a featured review in their April, 15 issue. This is a great honor and, hopefully, it will help connect The Last Anci...

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ANNUAL AUTHOR AWARDS Champagne Book Group is proud to announce this years' award winning books and authors. Author Of The Year  2013 - Celia Breslin Novel Of The Year  2013 - The Las...

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By Diane Donovan, eBook reviewer, Midwest Book Review The Last Ancient blends mythology, mystery and action and opens with an investigation of deer mutilations: something aNantucket reporte...

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The Last Ancient print book To all thee who hath no time for ebooks, your time draws nigh: Click on the above link and, for $14.95, order a copy of The Last Ancient from BURST Books, my publis...

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I just received an official notice of print from my publisher. That means The Last Ancient hit its 100 download threshold and will soon be available as a book that you can hold in your hand ...

http://eliotbakerauthor.blogspot.com/2014/04/start-presses.html

In a slight departure, I'll post a review that I wrote of Richard Long's debut novel, The Book of Paul, an Amazon #1 Best-selling Horror title that surprisingly has many of the same philosophical...

http://eliotbakerauthor.blogspot.com/2014/03/book-review-book-of-paul-by-richard-long.html

My first booked reading! It's not yet official, but I've been scheduled to read, present, and speak sometime between July 11 - 13 in Jyväskylä at Finncon, Finland's biggest scifi/fantasy co...

http://eliotbakerauthor.blogspot.com/2014/03/the-last-ancient-at-finncon-in.html

OK Ancient fans, this is a big deal. My first big review. This is like getting stamped "APPROVED AWESOME" by the literary establishment. I enclosed the review in full below. Here's the link as we...

http://eliotbakerauthor.blogspot.com/2014/03/rave-kirkus-review-of-last-ancient.html

                        People often ask me how my career in journalism affected my work as a novelist. It’s a great question because the answer is fairly illumina...

http://eliotbakerauthor.blogspot.com/2014/03/soul-and-story.html

I’ve been to heaven. It’s a dude ranch located in Tucson, Arizona. Surprised? Don’t be. It makes sense once you understand what this desert gem offers. What it signifies to us as indiv...

http://eliotbakerauthor.blogspot.com/2014/02/tanque-verde-desert-heaven.html

With the Seahawks facing off against the Broncos on Sunday in what will most definitely be an epic Super Bowl, I would be remiss to not share with you all a short story I wrote concerning foo...

http://eliotbakerauthor.blogspot.com/2014/01/free-short-story-turf-ram-ventilator.html

In a slight departure, today I'll recount my experience going without food for over a week. Fasting is an ancient religious practice, and while I did incorporate it into The Last Ancient, thi...

http://eliotbakerauthor.blogspot.com/2013/12/me-and-master-cleanse.html

Hi everyone, Celia Breslin, an excellent Urban Fantasy author in the same publishing house as myself, interviewed me for her blog. You can find the (fairly long) interview here: http://wp.me/p...

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Hello dear readers! The incomparable Lindsey Pykosz wrote a wonderful article about me and "The Last Ancient" for today's edition (Dec. 12, 2013) of The Nantucket Inquirer and Mirror. Lindsey's a...

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Publish or be lobotomized! Throughout the roughly 3,571 hours spent writing and re-writing a novel, a number of unsettling questions are given to boil in the dark corners of your mind. Aft...

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Friends and Readers, I just wanted to thank those of you who have already downloaded The Last Ancient from my publisher's site, burstbooks.ca, or from Amazon. If you're still deciding whether t...

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This year, I am thankful for the healing power of hard rock/heavy metal--and the soothing bowl of headless chicken soup-for-the-dark-soul it provides. I spent my 2013 American Thanksgiving la...

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