The fabulous little sequel to Baum’s One Life.
Willie Morton, one of the characters in my One Life and The Phantom Speaks books, always says: “Just keep on playin’ that country music”. I keep saying the same thing myself. It’s funny how you learn from your characters. In any case, to “keep on playin that country music” is sound advice, and I try to follow it. So…….. Now, if you want to read … Continue reading Keep On Playin’ That Country Music and Try These Books On For Size
There’s good news and then there’s bad news…. And then there’s good news again. Say whatt? The good news is that my second novel One Life or The Lives of Chester Knowles is available as an ebook on Amazon Kindle for just $0.99! The bad news is that its sequel, The Phantom Speaks, is not available as an ebook. Sorry, you’ll have to read that … Continue reading Good News, Bad News, Good News Again
My thanks to G.A. Miller who posted my recording of Ellington’s It Don’t Mean a Thing if It Ain’t Got That Swing, which is the opening song of the CD companion piece to my novel One Life or The Lives of Chester Knowles. Chester – or is it the Phantom? I’m not sure myself – in one of his more philosophical rants, refers to the … Continue reading It Don’t Mean A Thing
The “thoroughly entertaining” sequel to Stephen Baum’s One Life or The Lives of Chester Knowles novel, The Phantom Speaks is out! It’s available on Amazon and on a bunch of other online outlets, and it is also available through this site. See Bumba Books. I’m trying to get it out as an ebook, but I’m experiencing difficulties with the formatting due to all the illustrations, … Continue reading More phantom stuff
Following nearly two years of editing and procrastination (mostly procrastination) I have finally printed up copies of my mini-novel The Phantom Speaks, which is a sequel to the One Life or The Lives of Chester Knowles novel, which I also had printed up recently and am releasing simultaneously. I am hoping that I will be able to sell the two novels as a set, on … Continue reading The Phantom Speaks
Stephen Baum’s The Phantom Speaks, is a charming little sequel to his highly-acclaimed novel One Life or The Lives of Chester Knowles. The Phantom, the novelist’s reincarnation of the deceased Chester Knowles, picks up the ball where Chester left off – and takes us on a literary end-run through the fields of astrophysics, analytical psychology, modern American politics, and also some of the barnyard noises. … Continue reading The Phantom Speaks (a promo for a sequel)
