Get on the Couch with JAVA MAN

05 Tuesday Nov 2013

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Java Man by Harris Gray We are very excited to announce the release of our new novel (and a new video, below). Java Man is about independent coffeeshop owner Brian Lawson battling the competition, and then cancer. Brian is assisted, and impeded, by friends, customers and employees—and two passionate, unique women with their own plans for the java man. As the story (and his cancer) escalate, Brian alternates between dark, humorous fatalism and a desperate search for a savior.

As much as we created this story, Java Man created Harris Gray. In the beginning, Allan frequented Jason’s coffeeshop, writing a fictional account of a controversial cancer cure, and eavesdropping on Jason’s storytelling. The writer and the storyteller, probably inevitable that we would put together a collection of Jason’s tall but true tales, each with a recipe (makes sense if you know Jason). A one-time collaboration, while Allan continued to write.

Through circumstances we’re still working out with our therapist, Jason got his hands on Allan’s unfinished manuscript. Back and forth we went, writing and editing and rewriting, in two very different styles. The story evolved—from the accounting of a cure to the tale of a man working desperately to build and save his life. Likewise for our partnership; we like to think Harris Gray was the final stage in this evolution.

Of course, there is no perfect, evolved being. Every relationship needs a little time on the couch. We invite you to violate therapist-patient confidentiality and watch the following video from our latest session. And then grab your favorite cup of joe, head for your own couch, and curl up for a few hours with Java Man.

Add JAVA MAN by Harris Gray to Goodreads TBR

Harris Gray is on tour, the blog tour, ten bloggers in twelve days. https://harrisgray.com/2013/11/04/java-man-takes-harris-gray-on-tour/ Each stop features something a little different, from guest posts and interviews to reviews of Java Man. Join us, and enter to win our giveaway while you’re at it, on the tour and on Goodreads. https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/69009-java-man

JAVA MAN Takes Harris Gray on Tour

04 Monday Nov 2013

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JAVA MAN’s Blog Tour kicks off today! A twelve-day ten-stop tour across the world wide blogosphere – with a sweet giveaway (details below). Our wonderful tour hosts are allowing us to come in, kick our shoes off and call their sites our own. We’ll be posting excerpts, blogging about the origins of Java Man and Harris Gray, and turning their innocent questions into inappropriate confessionals. A few hosts will also be reviewing Java Man…try as we might, they would not allow us to put our words in their mouths, this will be honest-to-goodness feedback. Yes we are nervous.

So mark your calendars with the tour schedule below, or at least promise not to get too upset at the barrage of reminder blogs, tweets and postings coming your way. We’re pulling for you to win the contest, and we hope you’ll enjoy Java Man.

JAVA MAN
by Harris Gray
Release date: November 5, 2013

What do you do when a nightmare threatens your dream? In the disturbingly funny new novel from the authors of Vampire Vic, Brian Lawson receives a dread diagnosis: cancer. But he won’t spare a moment from saving his struggling coffeeshop, even if success comes with his dying breath.

Divorced and ostracized in the rural community, Andrea Goldine sets her sights on the charismatic java man. Brian’s doctors ravage him with chemo and radiation, yet the tumor on his shin grows. Brian drafts Andrea into his battle with a competing coffeeshop, desperate to tap the college campus’s retail gold mine. But Andrea yearns for a different partnership…

Passions simmer below the surface of the tight-lipped community. Fresh from prison, North Dakota’s legendary basketball goddess dangles a ticket to Brian’s campus coffee dreams, and a disgraced scientist’s toxin treatment tantalizes. Two miracles for two maladies—with one cure more deadly than the next.

TOUR SCHEDULE

Nov 4 – Laurie’s Thoughts & Reviews

Nov 5 – BooksNerd

Nov 6 – Reader Girls

Nov 7 – Rumpled Sheets Blog

Nov 8 – Mary’s Cup of Tea

Nov 11 – My Cozie Corner

Nov 12 – Mythical Books

Nov 13 – Inside BJ’s Head

Nov 14 – Book Him Danno

Nov 15 – The Top Shelf

GIVEAWAY

One grand prize winner will receive a KindleFire HD with $50 Amazon Gift Card, a signed copy of JAVA MAN, and 1 pound of Crowfoot Coffee. Five second prize winners will receive an ebook copy of JAVA MAN. Contest is open INTERNATIONALLY!

[Click here to enter via Rafflecopter]

VV Vigil Beard

10 Thursday Oct 2013

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We are putting the finishing touches to the audiobook for Vampire Vic. Unfortunately this has been going on for some time now.

The blame is ours. The voice talent has done his thing, spectacularly well. Paul Neal Rohrer is the man, you’re going to groove on his voice just as much as the story. But we are experiencing technical difficulties with the sound files. We keep submitting revisions, and the gatekeepers at Audible.com keep saying, “Nope, not quite there.”

So, we have brought in an expert, a real live sound engineer. You should expect to see the Vampire Vic audiobook for sale very soon. In the meantime, we’ve been growing beards that will not be shaved until Audible says “okay”. Seemed straightforward, but there may have been a disconnect…

Allan: So we both agreed to grow our beards, in protest to our own technical deficiencies, and as a vigil until Vampire Vic hits the audio-bookshelves.

Jason: That’s right.

Allan: And now I have a beard that looks like this:

Allan Beard2

Jason: Coming in nicely.

Allan: Not at all. I was sitting at our high school basketball game the other night when this woman handed me a coupon for a shave at the local barber shop. I thought she was handing them to all the guys in the crowd. But then she went back to her seat and resumed watching the game. I don’t even think she works there.

Jason: Don’t do it, we have an agreement.

Allan: Okay, fine, good; but then why does your beard look like this?

Jason: That’s just the way it grows.

Allan: Nicely? Shapely? Cool and dangerous?

Jason: It’s just facial hair, Allan.

Allan: Well, here’s a sketch artist’s representation of what my beard is going to look like next week:

Jason: I’m sorry.

Allan: Meanwhile, here’s what your beard is projected to look like:

johnny_depp

Jason: Let’s keep our fingers crossed with our latest submission to Audible, huh?

Allan: Sure, except I’m going to need to cross more fingers than you, because this time next week I will be a monster, and you will be a musketeer.

Jason: You can borrow my hedge clippers just as soon as the audiobook is published.

Allan: And I’ll lend you my sword and black buckle boots for your Halloween costume party.

Jason: It’s good to be partners, isn’t it?

Allan: Usually.

A Small Contribution for the Colorado Flood Victims

07 Monday Oct 2013

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Harris Gray just donated our proceeds from the September sales of Vampire Vic: $122 for the Foothills Flood Relief Fund. Thank you to everyone who contributed, either through us or on their own. At HelpColoradoNow.com you’ll find a great list of all the organizations helping everyone get back on their feet after this disaster.

A lot of folks north of Denver have a long way to go, with winter coming on fast. We had our first snow here on the Front Range Friday; the weather is warming up again, thankfully, but that was a taste of what’s to come. Stay tuned, Harris Gray will continue to look for ways to help – the upcoming (November 5^th) release of Java Man should provide a few opportunities!

Java Man Cover Reveal and Giveaway

02 Wednesday Oct 2013

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Finally, JAVA MAN revealed! Just the cover, for now. Many thanks to all the bloggers participating in this reveal (listed below in no particular order). Feel free to judge this book by its cover – colorful, big words (just a few), missing links, caffeinated. Bloggers, we’re finalizing the JAVA MAN Blog Tour. We want to entertain your followers; if you’d like that, sign up below.

Lis Les Livres
BooksNerd
Mythical Books
Please Another Book
My Life Beyond Labels
Not Very Ladylike Book Blog
Rumpled Sheets Blog
Sapphyria’s Book Reviews
Inside BJ’s Head
The Top Shelf

Java Man by Harris Gray – Release: November 5, 2013

Java Man by Harris Gray

What do you do when a nightmare threatens your dream?

In the disturbingly funny new novel from the authors of Vampire Vic, Brian Lawson receives a dread diagnosis: cancer. But he won’t spare a moment from saving his struggling coffeeshop, even if success comes with his dying breath.

Divorced and ostracized in the rural community, Andrea Goldine sets her sights on the charismatic java man. Brian’s doctors ravage him with chemo and radiation, yet the tumor on his shin grows. Brian drafts Andrea into his battle with a competing coffeeshop, desperate to tap the college campus’s retail gold mine. But Andrea yearns for a different partnership…

Passions simmer below the surface of the tight-lipped community. Fresh from prison, North Dakota’s legendary basketball goddess dangles a ticket to Brian’s campus coffee dreams, and a disgraced scientist’s toxin treatment tantalizes. Two miracles for two maladies—with one cure more deadly than the next.

Full Cover Wrap

Java Man Cover Wrap

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Thanks for checking out the cover for JAVA MAN. Bloggers, there are still a few days left to sign up to take part in the JAVA MAN Blog Tour (click here to sign up)! If you’re not able to participate in the tour, but would like to review JAVA MAN, please contact our publicist: Jen(at)jenhalliganpr(dot)com. She’s hard on us, but she’ll be nice to you.