Friday, August 31, 2012

Event at SPARTA BOOKS

 I will be reading from HEARTLESS CRUELTY on Friday evening, Nov. 2nd, from 6:30-8:00, at Sparta Books, 29 Centre Street, Sparta, NJ (behind the movie theater). Sparta Books is also the first indy bookstore to begin selling Heartless Cruelty. If you haven't bought yours yet, you can pick it up there today.
If you know a cool independent bookstore near you, please tell them about Heartless Cruelty, and tell me about them so I can follow up. 

Friday, August 24, 2012

BOOK GROUP #1

I just scheduled my first book group appearance!
If you would like to invite Heartless Cruelty and me to your book discussion group, let me know. I'll bring the onion dip.

Buy paperback: www.createspace.com/3948859Buy kindle: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=heartless+cruelty

richardgoffman@gmail.com

Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Noir? or Blanc?

So here's something interesting. The cover of the actual printed book is a little darker than the image that you see here on the blog. The blue is deeper, and the picture just looks like it is later at night, or a moonless night, as opposed to a brighter one. The sand doesn't look white, it looks blue. When I first got my proof copy from the printer, my only reaction was: "WOW, THIS LOOKS COOL!!" (And if you have ever been a student of mine, you know that I abhor the use of exclamation points in most cases... but I see now that sometimes one can't help oneself.) It looks... more mysterious, more ominous, more.... noir. Now that I'm comparing them, I wonder if I should ask them to redo it for future printings.
If you have already received your book, tell me what you think: Which cover do you like better, the darker one in your hand, or the brighter one here on the blog? You all decide, and that's what I'll do.
Thanks.
Richard

Sunday, August 19, 2012

WE'VE GOT KINDLE!

E-readers, take heart! The Kindle version of HEARTLESS CRUELTY is now available through Amazon.com. Whoo-hoo. Go to amazon.com, type in the title OR my name, and there you go.

By the way, if you like and use e-books but prefer a different format, PLEASE let me know. I will be adding new formats as soon as I know that there is demand for it.



Saturday, August 18, 2012

IT'S ALIVE!!!!!!

YES, we are live. 
HEARTLESS CRUELTY is available for purchase in a gorgeous paperback edition (cover design by Steve Leibowitz of Steve Leibowitz Design) NOW!!! As in right now. Go here and  buy there. Please and thank you!
www.createspace.com/3948859
Click on this link which should take you to the e-store. If it does not work immediately, copy and past it into your browser.

And if you do, please let me know how the purchasing experience went. 

Thanks for all your support everybody!

Thursday, August 9, 2012


WHAT'S THE STORY?


1983. The Jersey shore. William Bachman, Mr. Bachman to hundreds of students and graduates of Atlantis High and their parents, believes that truth can be found if you try to write it down. And despite what some people think of him, he doesn’t believe in heroes. He believes in protagonists.

 “…Your victim is nowhere to be found, your villain is the victim. So who the hell is the hero?”
 “Hero?” Bachman said.
“Hope your story has one,” R2 said.
“I don’t—“
“Because without a hero, not only is your story not really a story,” R2 said as he worked, drawing three beers from the taps without breaking eye contact with Bachman. “Irregardless of whether it’s about murder or child abuse, it don’t matter. But more important, without a hero, you got no happy ending.”
“But who… There is no hero,” Bachman said.
“Then it don’t matter who’s right,” R2 said, “or what kinda story it is. ’Cause whether that kid is the victim, the villain, or both, either way he’s totally screwed.”

A crackling mystery, a passionate love story, a desperate race to save a motherless child who may not want to be saved. This is the first book in the Mr. Bachman series.

The next Mr. Bachman mystery, a prequel, is coming in 2013. The working title is Laid So Low. Keep up with the latest on Mr. Bachman at www.RichardGoffman.com.

Richard W. Goffman is the author of two college textbooks on writing and reading, as well as magazine articles, novels, short stories, plays, screenplays and poetry. He writes, teaches and lives in New Jersey.

Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Welcome!

Welcome to my author-blog. 

When we are up and running, this will be the place to go if you want to:


  • Communicate with me, Richard Goffman, the author of Heartless Cruelty.
  • Learn more about Mr. William Bachman, the hero (oh, how he hates that word) of the Mr. Bachman series of books, of which Heartless Cruelty is the first.
  • Post your own reviews of this and other books.
  • Learn about upcoming events.
  • Participate in roundtable discussions, contests, and more.
  • And, certainly not least, purchase copies of my book, Heartless Cruelty, in both physical and electronic form.