First we had the Naked Cowboy. Now the literary world has their own Naked Author.
Novelist Jason W. Mitchiner is pounding the pavement in a Speedo to promote his book, Full Moon Rising: Based on a True Story. The story is historic fiction based on one of Mitchiner's ancestors and centers around the San Francisco Gold Rush- and Civil War-eras.
Full Moon Rising is published by PublishAmerica, a Maryland-based company that specializes in unknown authors and utilizes digital printing technology, which allows a single copy of a book to be printed. The promotion for the book is entirely up to the author.
Mitchiner, on his website, calls himself the "Naked Author" as he says:
"...[not] because I walked around Times Square in a Speedo on New Year's Day. I am the Naked Author because I am naked and alone in the literary world, without a literary agent and without a large publisher to market my book and have it displayed in bookstores throughout the nation."
He's sported his blue Speedo at book signings and even in Times Square while trying to get noticed by Good Morning America (video available on YouTube).
In a recent news article, Mitchiner said, "I have to do something to brand myself, to make myself become unforgettable. I put everything mentally into writing my book, and I want to show everyone I'll put everything physically in promoting it."
Full Moon Rising: Based on a True Story is available at Amazon.com
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