{"id":1898,"date":"2013-10-04T03:31:24","date_gmt":"2013-10-03T21:31:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/williamjcobb.com\/blog\/?p=1898"},"modified":"2013-10-04T03:31:24","modified_gmt":"2013-10-03T21:31:24","slug":"the-lousy-adult-coming-soon-to-a-bookstore-near-you-if-theres-one-left-online-shopping-anyone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/williamjcobb.com\/blog\/index.php\/2013\/10\/04\/the-lousy-adult-coming-soon-to-a-bookstore-near-you-if-theres-one-left-online-shopping-anyone\/","title":{"rendered":""The Lousy Adult" Coming Soon to a Bookstore Near You (If There's One Left: "Online Shopping, Anyone?")"},"content":{"rendered":"

So I’ve been neglecting this blog of late, working to finish a first draft of a new novel, one that involves a woman holding a teenage boy hostage, some experimental sex-drug studies, and other various mischief, but advance copies of my new book of stories, The Lousy Adult<\/em>, have just arrived. Of course I’m tickled pink (like the cover). Two of my all-time favorites are included, “What Happens to Rain?” and “This Whatever We Have.” Most of the stories are set in the West, where there’s always a lonesome train whistle blowin’. Or at least the wind, while a Neil Young song plays in the background.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So I’ve been neglecting this blog of late, working to finish a first draft of a new novel, one that involves a woman holding a teenage boy hostage, some experimental sex-drug studies, and other various mischief, but advance copies of … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,29],"tags":[55,85,95,170,178],"class_list":["post-1898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-the-west","tag-book-reviewing","tag-fiction-writing","tag-good-fiction","tag-the-lousy-adult","tag-the-west"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t