The last days of August in Silver lake

Hello Ferrari!

It's hot out, but not too hot. Our HQ lies on a very quiet street in Silver lake.

This neighborhood in the hills is quiet and serene, for now. The electro-clash neighbors next door have been having one extravaganza after another, but it's quiet now and you can hear the birds and the squirrels in the trees. A gardener sweeps up his mess.

The Folk rock neighbor up the street is sleeping in late and has yet to be heard this morning. From sunrise till Noon is the quietest time in Silver lake.


Our good friend the Frenchman is coming back from his travels abroad in Newfoundland. I'm sure he'll have some exciting stories to tell. His sister in law has just been watering the yard and jumps in her VW, waves and takes off. She's a busy, busy gal.

Everyone at the Trashy Novel Corp is having a great summer and we hope everyone in the Northern Hemisphere is enjoying themselves as well. We won't forget our Southern Hemisphere brothers and sisters and hope that you are staying warm this cold, cold winter.

Pick up that note pad and scribble down some of the good stuff every once in a while.

The Craigslist Advertiser

She's 47. We took a photocopy of her ID and it says she was born in 1963. She's a little old to be doing the kind of stuff she's doing, but hell, why not ride the wagon till the wheels fall off.

It's late August.

Daisy comes into the hotel with her German Shepard in tow. She's saved him from a shelter down on Figueroa and 60th or something like that. She use to own a house up on Mulholland Drive, but now she's got all her belongings in a couple boxes and suitcases and she's been staying in local hotels and making a living with offering her services on Craigslist.

The Ad runs something like this:

250 Roses for relaxing massage, bath, golden dust facial with happy ending. Drugs ok. Upscale clients in-call only. Please call (555)Gold-Duster

She attaches a picture of her ass with no panties and puts it out there amongst the creepy crawlies. She fields phone calls all day.

She bought one of our novels that we have for sale on the hotel library table. She tips us $20 whenever she can. Most of the time she is surrounded by Strange men. The tall Asian Man named Max that is like her personal assistant. There are the Cubans that get into fights when the tricks won't pay up. They are not her pimps though, she seems to control them. Like she's a hooker with security.

She spends most of her days on the rooftop sunbathing nude.

She's a real treat.

Too bad the German Shepard (Roxy) had diahrrea in the hallway the other day. Oh yea, and causing the hot water line to the room to explode and the endless waterfall that cascades through the rooms beneath her fourth floor paradise.

She loves it here. Everyone has been offered a free massage but no one has accepted.

She always comes down to pay on time.

It's just such a shame that the Cubans keep beating up people.

She's going to publish a rare poem that Hubert Selby Jr. wrote especially for her.

We kick her out after 2 weeks of craziness.

Pensacola Beach Near Last Lifeguard Stand - Tar Balls All Over August 29...

Bye Bye August

That's right. August 2010 is gone my lovelies! Let's get those Novellas in order for the new year.

What kinds of ideas are floating in your head?

We want all kinds of stories. Feel free to submit ideas at will. Full manuscripts are better, but whatever. We want to make your writing a success.

Gorgeous Sunday

That's why we live here.

This is why we love Southern California so much.

Viva a beautiful summers day and everything it stands for.

Midsummers delight

Forget about the 58 pilot whales beaching themselves in New Zealand. Forget about the oil plumes and the floods and super smart serial killers.

Let's try to enjoy ourselves.

If you've got a solider coming home due to the draw down in Iraq, give him/her a big kiss from us. It's time to show them we love them and welcome them back to the good times in America.

Barnes and Noble is still up for sale. No takers. With todays stock price of around $15 bucks, you can own the entire company for 930.5 Million. Amazing.

We're starting to get feedback from review copies of "101 Dirty Hot Hotel Stories" sent out in March of this year. Wow does the book world take a long time to get things rolling.

Thinking of a new logo.

We've also had some talks with a young lady who has been going through the whole custody battle thing with her babies daddy and she wants to write a fun and lighthearted and sexy book about how to play to win in the child custody game.

We're currently reviewing and publishing at will.

Flood & After Flood

Pensacola Beach Daily Report August 19 2010 - Tarballs - No Warning Signs

Why won't anyone help Pakistan?

So for three horrible weeks, the country of Pakistan has been engulfed by horrible rains that have either washed away entire villages or flooded them. This storm has increased the size of the river 10 fold. Imagine that happening to the Mississippi. Wowzers!

Why won't the international community send aid as they have in Haiti and before with Katrina? Could it be that Pakistan needs a public relations make-over? or is it because the world is mired in a recession and can't afford to send much? or is it that the floods are so bad they can't just leave the aid packages in the middle of the river.

We're all humans. We ask that you share your opinion with us.

If you're thinking of donating, we like to donate to Doctors Without Borders. You can be sure they will be there to treat the cholera outbreak.

Let's hope these 3rd world countries can use the money to invest in infrastructure so that something even remotely like this does not happen again.

Kickstarter action

Found a really great website called kickstarter and it gives you the opportunity to fund a great idea.

Welcome to everyone thats come over here to check us out. We are an indie ebook publishing house thats located in Silverlake, California. We publish about 5 or so titles a year.


We hope you enjoy our fanciful tales.

From Dax and the outerspace crew crashing an enormous spaceship into Mars in "Skyscraper" to Sergio slipping back and forth from Venice Beach to Venice, Italy in "Venice Via Venice". We've got some great Childrens lit with "The Very Last Caterpillar" and of course our top seller "101 Dirty Hot Hotel Stories" is available for your digital reading pleasure.

All of our titles are priced from .99 to 9.95 so as to be easy on your budget.

Don't forget to leave a review on whatever book ya read.

Get your RAMADAN on!

Starting tomorrow for a whole month. Our lovely Egyptian guests have reminded us that it's a sin to do anything for the next month.

May Allah be with you.

$1 a book contribution

Think we might just push the rest of the projects towards the end of the year. Maybe all New Year 2011 Releases. We've already got 8 or 9 releases and nothing is getting it's proper advertising spotlight.

We really need to get it together over here.

We also want everyone to know that we love your support, and that the "Give to the Gulf" Program generated $10 to give to worthy organizations in the gulf. So you do the math. We sold 10 books in July and 2 were .99, but we still gave $1. Wahoooooo!

We're giving $10 to the National Wildlife Federation for July and August is going to "Save the Gulf" effort.

Thanks again everyone and please read an Ebook and give to the gulf at the same time!

Pensacola Beach Daily Report August 4 2010

Big August

Don't be afraid to work for a living, sometimes no one wants to pay for your art.

On the upside. They finally put a "Static Kill" on the well. That means that the oil has stopped flowing up because they have introduced a heavy mud substance into the well. It's a major milestone. Finally we're able to stop all that oil from flowing into the gulf. It's been since April 20th. I hate that day. First Columbine, now this. 4.9 Million barrels (205.8 Million Gallons) of oil have come out of the well till it was capped on July 15th and surface ships started the siphoning.

To put it in perspective with Human Oil Production Disasters, the blowout in the Bay of Campeche off the coast of Mexico resulted in 140 million gallons in 1979

The worst ever oil spill was intentional by the Iraqis in the first gulf war in 1991 when they released 240 million gallons into the Persian Gulf.

Let's hope the Government report that boasts 74% of the oil that leaked from the well has been collected, dispersed or evaporated is true. We'll keep checking in with our man on the ground in Pensacola and bring his good videos to ya!

The final "Kill-Kill" Well that will put cement in the well as an insurance policy that it will never be used again will happen in about 7-10 days. Let's all hope we can get on with the summer now.