Why this blog? Why now?

Just so we're clear, the point of this blog is to give you some free stuff so that you might be enticed to buy things I create that are less free. (But only nominally less free since we're talking books here.) Here's what I'm thinking:

Tuesday: Sing to Me, O Mogwai. Original short stories and essays inspired by both pop-culture and serious shit. Some posts will be true, some will be less true. All of them, however, will be honest.

Wednesday: Who needs hand-washing when there are lists to be made? Mostly playlists, but because I am obsessive (though not to my knowledge compulsive) and today's post is a kind of list, I need to keep things consistent. (Wait. Is that compulsive?)

Thursday: Something I'm loving. Books and music mostly, but maybe other things I know less about to keep things interesting.

Friday: Treasure Hunt. I send you on a quest, if you make it back with your faculties intact (big ups, J.D.!) and an answer, send it to me. The brave soul who sends me the most kick-ass answer will be awarded with either the secret of immortality or a free book.

Saturday and Sunday: Unlike the Judeo-Christian God, I don't need a day to rest, but I could use the weekend to shamelessly plug stuff I created with my own hands and brain. Excerpts from my forthcoming novel and the playlists that either inspired it or are inspired by it.

Monday: Motivational lessons from Ty the Williamsburg Raccoon. Cause everyone needs a pick-me up on Mondays... Everyone, that is, except for people who, upon being recently laid-off by major media conglomerates, have found that they have lost all sense of time.

Special features will include awesome guest stars, imaginary band names, cool coincidences, quizzes--such as "Are you a murderer or just a guilt-ridden Catholic?"--and music lessons from the hottest German neu new-wave band you've never heard of: The Zupacutes... (I do not know how to blog umlauts but you can bet they'd be there if I could.)

That is all.

Sarah Rainone,
Not for Sale