Curious Apes launch party

Last night I attended the launch party of Curious Apes Publishing, which included performances by the band Lincoln's Beard (had never heard of them before - liked a lot), Clark County poet laureate Christopher Luna reading a few of his poems (one with Lincoln's Beard providing music in the background as part of the performance - very cool), and the three authors with books out or forthcoming by Curious Apes: friend-of-the-blog Steven Parton reading from his forthcoming transhuman novel Hello, World; Donovan James reading from his recently published book of political poetry Saudade; and headliner Jonathon S. Kendall reading from his novel The Evolution of Strangers. (Click on the Curious Apes Publishing link above to find out more about these books.)

It was a good show all around, but what really blows my mind is how they managed to get over 100 people to this event and buying books. I want to know how to do that! Hopefully Steven and Jon, the co-conspirators at Curious Apes, will agree to do an interview for this blog. *wink, wink* *nudge, nudge*

No pressure though, guys. Unless that would be effective, in which case:

Interview with author Steven Parton

This month I'm excited to bring you an interview with Steven Parton, a Portland-based author whom I met through Kiersi Burkhart. 

Not too long after I decided to start doing these interviews, I overheard Steven talking to Kiersi about one aspect of his writing process that I found intriguing (details in the interview below). I quickly cornered him and threatened his first-born child if he refused to interview with me. Since he doesn't have a first-born child yet, it took a few months to convince him, but as you see, I eventually prevailed. *Cue maniacal laughter*

Okay, so the threatening thing never actually happened, but I've been called "nice" by two different people in the last two days, and I'm trying to salvage my reputation. Sigh.

Ladies and gents, I present: An interview with Steven Parton.