Unconventional Gets Reviewed! Positively!

Unconventional Gets Reviewed! Positively!

Sep 24

Humble ol’ me was glad to read the positive review given Unconventional, my novel(la) about geeks and laffs and booze, by Jeff Giles over at Popdose, who said it was “what Fanboys wanted to be”:

The debut novel (or novella, as somewhat grumpily conceded in the Author’s Note) from Alert Nerd‘s Matt Springer, Unconventional is, according to the front cover’s helpful summary, “a tale of sex, booze, and geeks”.pretty much in that order. And as unappealing as a book filled with drunk, naked nerds might seem, Springer makes it work, thanks to his effortlessly conversational writing and a plot that actually has less to do with Star Wars and Lord of the Rings than it lets on.

Awesome, amirite?! I’m perhaps biased.

This is just the start of a BIG fall for Alert Nerd and our suddenly-explodey publishing arm, Alert Nerd Press, which now has a fancy new website! (It looks awesome Jeff!) As does the UnConvention, Chicagoland’s finest sci-fi gathering and the subject of Unconventional.

Our very own Ms. Sarah Kuhn will release her own novella in October, One Con Glory, a twisty romantic comedy for the obsessive fangirl in everyone. Originally serialized in our e-zine Grok, the book will feature an expanded and revised version of the story, bonus material, and sketches by some of the leading lights of the webcomics movement. Read Julie’s blog!

And of course, our e-zine Grok trucks ever forward. We’re gearing up for issue 5 before the end of the year, with a theme of “retcon.” Should be fun.

It’s gonna be a great fall. We’re very excited, and as ever, thankful for your support, your links, your reading and your comments. We hope you like these things we do. It’s all incredibly fun, and it’s about ten bazillion times more fun if even just one of you out there in InternetLand enjoys any of it.

So let’s do this!