Massive lit love. Lost in Space. Fine company. And the Kristin Fouquet, who is so full goodness our heads just might explode.

Dead Stock. The Tim Hall. Wondrous.

When David met Tim.

Very happy to see this. One of our favorite social and literary critics writing about one of our favorite authors. Very nice that. And full of goodness. Lots.

Hall. Haspiel. The Last Mortician.

The Last Mortician Teaser from The Comic Archive on Vimeo.

Oh hells yes. More here.

Some quite unexpected Karen the Small Press Librarian Repetition Patterns love.

The always awesome Karen Lillis has a way cool project going on at her blog Karen the Small Press Librarian where she is inviting indie writers to list their three favorite indie releases of the last two years. We have been working on our submission and were quite, quite geeked to see Repetition Patterns make an appearance on today's dual posting by long-time TBWCYL, Inc. favorites Ken Wohlrob and Tim Hall. Big thanks all-around some excerpt below, and look for our list soon, so, so soon.

"In many ways, Ben's writing reminds me of Mike's (Faloon) in how unforced it all is. There seems no effort behind it. And the stories are always great. This e-only collection was a nice step up for Ben. He took it to a whole different level compared to his previous work. And I always like that he writes good female characters, something too many male writers can't do very well. I also liked that CCLaP was experimenting with a different publishing model for this release and doing it as a digital- only release."

Undie Press is live.

So hit it.

These Books Will Change Your Life - One Damn Thing After Another by Tim Hall and How To Take Yourself Apart How To Make Yourself Anew by Aaron Burch.

We are travel. We are read. And we are small press love. First up, One Damn Thing After Another by Tim Hall and released by Outsider Writers Collective and Press. We know the Tim Hall and while the Tim Hall is a funny dude, the pieces in this collection reflect just how well he does humor. It also reflects something that is as Hallian as anything. Tim Hall is indie, and few people capture and dissect the indie scene and scenesters like him. We would add, that the opening piece in the collection Further Notes on the Impossibility of Everything first appeared in This Zine Will Change Your Life and this of course we find most cool. And second, How To Take Yourself Apart How To Make Yourself Anew by Aaron Burch and released by PANK. This beautiful looking and head-jangling collection is about myth, the creation of myths, the myths of the father and what we think we've learned from both even if what we've learned is myth as well. Quite fine stuff all-around from both of these guys and more to come later in the week. For real.

This Podcast Will Change Your Life, Episode Five - Robot Girlfriend Roundtable. Redux. And Re-Release.

Episode Five. Madness. Multiple Jason's. Tim Hall's. Guth's. And hot robot girlfriends. Its madness we tell you.

Torn Pages. The photos. And such.

Last night we hit the Torn Pages show. It was the bomb.

Dominique Holmes' illustrations for our story Flight were amazing. No, check that they were more than amazing. That said, do you know any good words for more than amazing?

We saw the Tim Hall. Sublime.

The David Masiotra. Quite rocking.

And some Brandon Will, Amy Guth and Jason Behrends too. All in all, a quite terrific night and many thanks to Josh Lucas for asking us to submit something and the OnNo!Doom Collective for hosting.

Yet another inadvertent riff touching on intersections among This Zine Will Change Your Life, the Outsiders Writers Collective and/or those we love.

Long-time BFF and TBWCYL, Inc. favorite Tim Hall has a new story collection titled One Damn Thing After Another being released by the Outsider Writers Collective and Press and it is now available for pre-order. Which is cool. You know what else is cool, besides you of course. We hear that Tim's most excellent story Further Notes on the Impossibility of Everything which originally ran in This Zine Will Change Your Life may actually be included in the collection. Crazy, right? Totally.

Some things we are digging as we prepare to briefly drop off of the grid.

Fact, we are sort of mostly briefly dropping off of the grid this week. And so we sort of thought we should leave you with some stuff to read and/or contemplate during our time away.

Yes, we're just good like that.

First off, Stories II from the most excellent short story writer Scott McClanahan is due out soon. This is quite good news. The dude is the bomb. We loved Stories. And yes we love him as well and we are not embarrassed to say so.

We would add, that Scott has also recorded a piece from Stories II for the fine crew at Apostrophe Cast and it should be heard, so why not listen to it? They are even throwing in an interview for your reading pleasure. Enjoy.

The Nick Ostdick has a new piece titled True Hair up on STORYGLOSSIA. Yes, that STORYGLOSSIA. Please feel free to consume it. And yes we love him too.

Meanwhile, for the record, feel free to assume that all writers, and publishers, referenced going forward are loved by the staff here at TBWCYL, Inc. We say, so we don't have to sound repetitive. We also say this, because how many times can you say love something before it grows stale?

This is a no stale zone. Cool?

There is a fine interview with Ken Wohlrob at Emprise Review.

And we have alternative cover and pre-order action for the Fox Force 5 collection from Paper Hero Press. Very good.

Robert Duffer has a most excellent piece on the most excellent Jason Behrends and Orange Alert at Time Out Chicago.

The Collin Kelley has a conversation with singer Vannessa Daou at soldout.

We get to learn Mel Bosworth's Best of 2009 at the Big Other.

The J.A. Tyler's novella Inconceivable Wilson from Scrambler Books is now available for pre-order. Nice.

The Pete Anderson has a series of wonderful short story reviews at the Pete Lit including pieces by TBWCYL, Inc. favorites Spencer Dew, William Walsh and the always something Kendra Grant Malone.

David Masciotra has a killer piece on the progressive politics of Tim McGraw at the Daily Yonder.

And finally, Tim Hall brings us new Uplift the Positivicals. Can you say, Santa on the beach? We thought you could.

Drumroll please. Well, that and big props. Tim Hall's Undie Press celebrates its 5th Anniversary.

We are very happy to let you know that Tim Hall, good friend and author of many fine books including TBWCYL, Inc. favorites Half Empty and Full of It is not only celebrating the 5th Anniversary of the most excellent Undie Press, sweet, but he is selling many of the books in the Undie Press catalog for half-price through the end of the year, very sweet. Given the excitement you are now experiencing, you may be wondering if indulging in the richness of all things Undie Press will change your life. Our response? But of course.

PRATE interview love. Parker Stevenson. And the Peter Schwartz. Goodness.

As previously mentioned we love you a lot. Well that, and there has been an odd, but much appreciated surge in interest in Most Likely You Go Your Way and I'll Go Mine and TBWCYL, Inc. spokesperson Ben Tanzer. Last week we were happy to share with you the very awesome Mel Bosworth Most Likely video and today we are quite excited to let you know that Ben has been interviewed by the quite cool Peter Schwartz as part of the really stellar Full of Crow PRATE interview series. Previous interviews include rock star writers Michael Kimball and Tim Hall and we are thrilled to be part if that line-up. We also hope you will take a look and as a wee teaser we offer you the following excerpt below:

P.S.: You had me at elaborate lie. Please, tell a lie, a secret, and a little known fact and then we’ll just invite our kind readers to jot down which they think is which. At the end of this interview, we’ll reveal the real answers and those of you with all three correct answers will WIN A FREE PRIZE that will both literally and figuratively blow your mind.

B.T.: Great question, and very Zellweger of you. Here you go:

(1) I once wrote Parker Stevenson a fan letter and asked him his advice on how one goes about becoming an actor. I sent it to Teen Beat where he had a column during the 70’s. He never responded and years later when Kirstie Alley left him I felt vindicated.
(2) I auditioned for the role of the son in The Shining. They told me I didn’t seem creepy enough, something a number of women I dated in high school would later strongly disagree with.
(3) When I was kid my parents would leave my brother and I at movie theaters to watch movies two even three times in a row. Between showings I would eat the popcorn that people left behind and to this day I have an intense craving for stale popcorn every time I watch Bedknobs and Broomsticks.

A coincidental intersection/weekly round-up between Bored to Death and This Blog Will Change Your Life? Maybe. But we think not. You?

Okay, so we watched the Bored to Death the new HBO joint from Brooklyn writer Jonathan Ames and you know we're still trying to decide what we think about it. We like everyone in it, that's easy, and its about a writer, which is good, but do we need to add another show, maybe not. Still, there is a character named Ray played by the comedian Zach Galifianakis who is the protagonist's sidekick/best friend and it turns out that Ray is modeled on highly acclaimed New York artist/comix dude Dean Haspiel who happens to be friends with TBWCYL Inc. favorites Adam Lawrence and Tim Hall, a wonderful intersection all its own, both of whom we just happened to highlight in the blog this very week at the very same time the show just happened to debut. Coincidence? We think not. We would add, that Haspiel is also the artist responsible for the kick-ass cover on Hall's novel Full of It, the reason we blogged about him in the first place this week. More coincidence? C'mon.

Has Tim Hall gone nuts? Maybe, but there's a catch.

Our good friend and kick-ass writer Tim Hall is giving it away. Yes, its true free unabridged audio downloads of the complete Full of It are now available. And for a mere $5.00 donation he will read a chapter of the book over the phone to you in that crazy, sexy voice of his. Its good stuff, and Full of It is a wonderful read, but here's the thing to score this sweet deal you need to join his Facebook news group. We are assuming you already have of course, but if you haven't may we suggest that you get on it, like right now. There you go. And enjoy. It just might change your life.

The Torn Pages Show. 11 Chicago artists. 11 Chicago writers. Will be cool. Quite cool. Though some funding is needed. Are you in? Maybe?

The Torn Pages Show is coming, The Torn Pages Show is coming. No, we don't know exactly when, but we are excited to be participating. For this show the inestimable Josh Lucas is teaming with 11 Chicago writers, including many TBWCYL, Inc. favorites, including Jill Summers, Joe Meno, Tim Hall, Jamie Calder, Amy Guth, Zach Dodson and our very own spokesperson Ben Tanzer, and 11 Chicago artists, including among others the quite rocking Allison Dunne Burque and Dominique Holmes, to write and illustrate original children's stories that will be presented by the OhNo! Doom Collective in a gallery show. We think it will be quite cool, but If all that wasn't cool enough though for you, Josh is also hoping to collect the work in a perfect-bound, full color book and this is where you may or may not come in. Josh is using KICKSTARTER to raise the funds needed to produce the book and if you think you may want to support this effort please do take a look. Maybe you can take a look regardless, and maybe, just maybe, it will change your life, if only briefly.

Life. Love. Comics. And the Tim Hall.

TBWCYL, Inc. favorite This Zine Will Change Your Life contributor Tim Hall has a very cool new serial-type joint going on at ACT-I-VATE called Uplift The Positivicals which he describes as "a free form serial about life, love, and comics." We just think of it as very Tim Hall which means we definitely think you should take a look. Yeah, like now, thanks.

End of the week round-up, Tim Hall, Pete Anderson, Jason Fisk, and more. Much, much, more.

Friday is upon us, nice, and in a wonderful end of the week sort of way, we have stumbled into a random confluence of friends and stuff we wanted to share with you.

First, the wonderful poet, and one of our many current best friends ever, Jason Fisk who we just happened to have published in This Zine Will Change Your Life earlier this month, has a new chapbook out from Brown Bottle Press with the musician Jeremy Michael Cashman titled Trapped Within Myself.../The Village Library Interviews/, that is filled with poetry, fiction and lyrics/words by Jason that Jeremy has set to music on the accompanying disc. It's really good stuff, so please go find a copy for yourself now.

Second, This Zine Will Change Your Life assistant flunky Pete Anderson has a new piece titled Clean and Bright up at Joyland. The piece is a response to Hemingway's, Ernest not Mariel, "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place," and we think you may want to consider reading it right this very second. Thanks.

And finally, in the most random of occurrences this week, long-time TBWCYL, Inc. favorite Tim Hall, who's novel Full of It we just reviewed earlier this week, has an excellent new interview up at Orange Alert with Scott McClanahan, author of the short story collection Stories, which Barry Graham, another favorite here at headquarters, was just raving about on the newest episode of This Podcast Will Change Your Life, recorded earlier this week as well. It's craziness, right? Way.

Enjoy.

Full of It by Tim Hall.

Yes, we know, we've been reading like mad lately, and we think it has something to do with our lapsed subscription to the New Yorker, some ramped-up travel, the season finales of any number of the endless television shows we watch, and maybe most importantly, the really excellent books that keep landing in our mailbox. Today we finished Full of It by good friend Tim Hall, and here's what we think you need to know, it's a breezy, fun read; a mash note to what seems more and more like a bygone era of underground newspapers, not to mention a nearly pre-historic, pre-dot com New York City; and maybe best of all, a great companion piece to Tim's previous novel, TBWCYL, Inc. favorite, Half Empty. Nice work man, what can we expect next? And when?

It's the last day. The last chance. For This Book Tour Will Change Your Life. Yes, Day Thirteen is upon us and today we finish up with the J.A. Tyler.

Quasi-disco and Emo-length blog titles aside, it's true, it is Day Thirteen, the last day of this wonderfully self-absorbed journey we called This Book Tour Will Change Your Life. We really appreciate all of the hospitality and kind words we have received along the way. We hope that we have changed lives, many lives, ideally in good ways, though if we changed any lives in bad ways, we hope it wasn't too bad. Today we visit the always cool J.A. Tyler where we riff on the future of publishing and then it's done, way done. So, many thanks to CCLaP for organizing this and giving Repetition Patterns a home and if you, and you know who you are, are so inclined, please feel free to revisit the entire tour below.

Day One - Pete Lit

Day Two - stand By Bert

Day Three - So the devil and a circus walk into a bar

Day Four - What to wear during an orange alert

Day Five - Does this font make me look fat?

Day Six - Michael Fitzgerald

Day Eight - Bigmouth Indeed Strikes Again

Day Nine - Chicago Literary Scene Examiner

Day Ten - Jason Riley

Day Eleven - In The Nick of Time

Day Twelve - I don't know what I'm Talking About

Update: And would you look at this, for the same low price, you also get an official tour round-up kind of thing from the good people at CCLaP. Sweet.