Wu Hao's FURY 12 HOURS (2024) + Nikhil Nagesh Bhat's KILL (2023) + character complexity on the bell curve of waterhead to sage + the Bruce Willis School for Forgetting How to Read + two Furbies going back and forth + zoomer cashiers. brokenriverbooks.com jdavidosborne.com kelbylosack.com Check out the cover (by Kurt Huggins) and ad copy for JDO's upcoming cybergore novel GODS FARE NO BETTER LETTING OUT THE DEVILS and MERCY are available again in Kelby's webstore Support the show and access the archive at patreon.com/agitator

We kick things off talmbout marketing strategies and early reader feedback on JDO's upcoming cybergore novel Gods Fare No Better. Also: why controversy is good for sales (but only if it's not fabricated), Brandon Sanderson's "rotating crops" approach to juggling creative projects, what makes Alex Perez so annoying, and are the RFK onesies worth the price tag? We share our predictions on how the drop of Kelby's gangster neo-western Texas Tea will go, JDO explains what's inside Korean fish candy, we murder the egos of writers with prestigious publishing ambitions, and then we dive into The Binding of Isaac and what storytelling lessons can be learned from this game. For more on the writing collective, check out brokenriverbooks.com and brbjdo.substack.com

I had Adam Cesare on the podcast! We talk about how to sell books at cons. I really admire this dude. He has a real love for the thing, and he goes out and fucking DOES IT. He wrote The Summer Job, Tribesmen, Video Night, and The Con Season.