Does Size Matter?

By Arjun Basu | Published: August 16, 2014

It appears now we are entering a phase when a lot of talk about writing can be lumped under “size matters.” Or doesn’t. This depends on who you talk to. Because, as we all know, from another, more tittilating conversation, one involving more giggling but also more humiliation, size is important no matter what. Look […]

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Post Vacation Thoughts – and The Types of People Who Should Buy My Book If You Haven’t Already Done So

By Arjun Basu | Published: August 3, 2014

I went on vacation. We went to Maine and ate a lot of things from the ocean that once lived in shells. As in, if it was in a shell at some point, I ate it. Or tried to. And pizza. Don’t ask me why, but pizza in Montreal is mostly bad. Maine isn’t quite […]

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Farming and Bestsellers…

By Arjun Basu | Published: July 12, 2014

…have nothing in common. But that passages from Waiting for the Man are being quoted in the most unlikely of places fills me with an odd kind of joy. In this case, a line about farming. I know, like I’m some expert. A tribute to farmers http://t.co/BQbJdFBQMP "Farming is the first rung on the ladder […]

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The Waiting for the Man Roadmap

By Arjun Basu | Published: June 18, 2014

View WAITING FOR THE MAN in a larger map Waiting for the Man is a novel of discovery (zzzzz….it’s more than that I promise!). And, in the simplest terms, about getting from Point A to Point B. Literally. About half way through the (re)writing process, I figured it would be easier to map Joe’s journey […]

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Waiting for the Man in A Land Down Under

By Arjun Basu | Published: June 6, 2014

No Aussie jokes here. There are enough in this interview I did with Booktopia, an online store in Australia that is carrying Waiting for the Man. As if I were a local. I did a Q&A and got two bad Australian jokes out of my system. So that’s it. No more. I welcome my Australian […]

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The Algorithms of Amazon

By Arjun Basu | Published: May 1, 2014

It sounds like either a play by Oscar Wilde or a Greek tragedy – and in light of what it means we (and by “we” I mean “all of us”) must do these days in order to sell products, perhaps it is a bit tragic. And since we’re all doing it, there is no “comedy […]

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Reviews, Mentions and Related Silliness Concerning Waiting for the Man

By Arjun Basu | Published: April 13, 2014

I’m not going to read reviews for Waiting for the Man. I took this decision to maintain my sanity. To not think about perception, or more to the point, how my work is being perceived. This is not to say I don’t want people to purchase it and consume and it and, yes, love it. […]

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That’s What I Like To See

By Arjun Basu | Published: April 10, 2014

I’m ambivalent about reviews. I’ll post some here, I’m sure, but I doubt I will read them. Reading reviews, both good and bad, is not a rabbit hole I want to lose myself in, not for a second. I want reviews, I want lots of them, don’t get me wrong. I just don’t want to […]

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The Photo Booth

By Arjun Basu | Published: April 2, 2014

So. If you have ordered the book (and thank you for ordering it!) I’d like to see it. I’d like you to take a photo of it and post it somewhere. And then I’m going to post it here. Randomly. But still. I’m even introducing a hashtag: #waitingfortheman. You don’t have to use it, but […]

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The Wait is Over for Waiting for the Man

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 26, 2014

It’s true. I received a boxful of books today. The book comes out next week. Two weeks later in the U.S. A few weeks after that in other parts of the world. Something special is happening in Australia; more on that later. And now that I have a box of books, and dates are set […]

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