Pinocchio is Punching You (complete with theme music)
Hey all. My novelette, Pinocchio is Punching You is a current semifinalist in the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award (ABNA). The first third or so is up on Amazon for free for the next few weeks.
\"After he got his wish to become a real boy, Pinocchio wanted what every real boy wanted: to be trained by ninjas.\"
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0011G9Y1I/
Publishers Weekly says:
\"In this funny sendup of the classic fairy tale, Pinocchio, having been made a boy, wants one more thing: to be made a ninja. Pinocchio hangs out at the mall, where a bully convinces him that ninja mastery can be had-at a price. The story sharply outlines the oddity of pre-pubescent boys' fixations (ninjas, zombies, petty theft and bra straps), and its playful blend of realism and fantasy is just right. The author has a sharp ear for dialogue and for the unusual highways and byways that adolescent conversations take. It's a clever idea executed ably; lots of laugh-out-loud moments and off-beat humor pepper this fun, inventive romp.\"
My blog entries related to the subject:
http://www.pinocchioispunchingyou.com
I expect moving to the finalist round is going to be dependent more on the Publishers Weekly review/summary above than on quantity/quality of customer reviews, but I'd be much obliged to anyone who wants to read and/or say something about it.
Aaaand every book should have a theme song IMO, so here's the one to PIPY (MP3 and other formats available here. Don't make fun; haven't picked up the old guitar in a while, and I've had a recent bump on the head...):
http://www.alexwilson.com/projects/jour ... ng_you.php
Enjoy or ignore.
Alex.
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