Hey, thought everybody might be interested in this. I jut released my first novel Chasing Ghosts. It's based upon a runner living in Philadelphia taking one last shot at greatness. More info and the opportunity to buy it are available at
https://www.createspace.com/3436401
Thanks and enjoy!
How about a taster of your prose.
Was it deliberate to use a J?
Honestly, I had no idea that another Philip J was out there.
if your prose is anything like that jilted and horrifying summary on the createspace page, i can't imagine the book will have much to offer.
why self publish? no luck getting someone else to like your work?
So Many Wannabees wrote:
if your prose is anything like that jilted and horrifying summary on the createspace page, i can't imagine the book will have much to offer.
Gotta agree!!
Looks pretty good to me.
Not sure why I'm bothering to reply but....that wasn't written by me but by a college creative writing professor who was my editor. But come to letsrun, and you get the typical negative responses.
Not sure why I'm bothering to reply but....that wasn't written by me but by a college creative writing professor who was my editor. But come to letsrun, and you get the typical negative responses.
I plan on buying it- birthday coming up. But, I have to agree with you here. Why can't there just be a stupid meter that filters the idiots and their negative responses.
Because then it wouldn't be letsrun.
Well, my apologies for doubting your own prose stylings. Let's be honest, though, your creative writing professor doesn't know how to write a blurb for shit. Honestly, you might want to consider having someone else do one for you. Upon reading that, as you saw, I assumed your writing must also suck. It very well may not, but I'll leave that up to others to decide as I don't have 15 bucks.
philruns wrote:
Hey, thought everybody might be interested in this. I jut released my first novel Chasing Ghosts. It's based upon a runner living in Philadelphia taking one last shot at greatness. More info and the opportunity to buy it are available at
https://www.createspace.com/3436401Thanks and enjoy!
you ought to put up a sample chapter or something. Usually when I buy a book, I read the amazon preview or skim the first chapter or 2 in the bookstore. I'm not saying you have to be the next John Parker but I want to know what I'm reading is going to be exciting before I buy it.
Point taken. It will be available on Amazon with a look inside option within a couple of days. I believe that any runner and just about all non-runners will enjoy it,but obviously I'm biased.
Now available on Amazon also!
quote]So Many Wannabees wrote:
if your prose is anything like that jilted and horrifying summary on the createspace page, i can't imagine the book will have much to offer.
why self publish? no luck getting someone else to like your work?[/quote]
What have you written? Just curious. Hope you don't live in a glass house. Take a lot of courage to anonymously trash someone who has done something with their life. What a class act.
I've read the book already. It's great. Best $15 you'll ever spend. Or you can listen to this clown ...
Looks freakin awesome ... how can you hate on this dude???
On publishing yourself -- good for you dude. Anyone who gets how writing and publishing works knows first timers have to do it on their own.. best of luck to you. I've already ordered a few copies. I wanna check it out and I think the kids I coach will love it too.
Congrats on your first of hopefully many successful novels!!
good for you man. it takes a lot of courage and a ton of determination to see a project like this through.
Well, My Apologies wrote:
Well, my apologies for doubting your own prose stylings. Let's be honest, though, your creative writing professor doesn't know how to write a blurb for shit. Honestly, you might want to consider having someone else do one for you. Upon reading that, as you saw, I assumed your writing must also suck. It very well may not, but I'll leave that up to others to decide as I don't have 15 bucks.
Well, the first thing to know is that happy, self-confident people don’t put others down. They provide constructive criticism. This tells you a lot about the quoted poster.
So why is the poster so negative about Phil's book?
Maybe he needs to make himself feel like he's powerful and in control.
Maybe his wife beats him day and night at chess and basketball. (Wait, he's not married).
Maybe he's hiding his financial insecurities.
Maybe he's been traumatized in the past and doesn’t know how to deal it---being a pain in the ass is his defense mechanism.
Maybe his pants are too small and his hat is too large.
The tirade and sniping and general negativism against other people and the team reveals how unhappy and disillusioned and frustrated that person is with his life---such as it is---but it's his problem. He wants successful people such as yourself to feel badly about themselves, too.
Just sayin'.
Now if you'll excuse me I am extremely flushed with pride right at the moment, because I have just psychoanalyzed and encapsulated all of the Letsrun trolls over the years.
Will it be available on the Kindle? My eyes aren't as good as they once were.
Chasing Ghosts will be available digitally in the near future for your Kindle. Hope anyone who buys it enjoys it!
I'll buy it when it comes out digitally. Thanks for the heads up.
philruns wrote:
Chasing Ghosts will be available digitally in the near future for your Kindle. Hope anyone who buys it enjoys it!