Blog Posts for Jim Malusa

Patagonia is miserable but pretty

Jim Malusa — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 17:27:54 -0600

Patagonia's blasted winds make it a lousy place to ride a bike, but lovely to behold; check out my photo link.

Russian Photos Join the Mix

Jim Malusa — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:03:50 -0500

Same photographer,same link, but 23 new photos of the ride from Moscow to the Caspian Sea.

Egypt and Jordan photos from the ride to the Dead Sea

Jim Malusa — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:23:55 -0500

Take a peek at the 15 photos from Egypt and Jordan that I've posted on the Flickr page via this link.

Djibouti Photos are up on my Flicker link

Jim Malusa — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:58:34 -0500

I've finally posted 17 of my photos from Djibouti on the Flickr page that's accessible via the linkon the right side of my Red Room home page.

Five Reasons for a Book Tour

Jim Malusa — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:26:08 -0500

1) Ego. When somebody who's not related to me is willing to listen, I'm happy.

Crap Scab Crud Blog

Jim Malusa — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:45:32 -0500

The shining glory

The Big Flop at Barnes and Noble

Jim Malusa — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 02:34:08 -0500

For my novice book tour, my co-publisher granted me a budget of $500. On the one hand, this was hardly anything; on the other hand, it was $500 more than nothing.

Who gets an interview?

Jim Malusa — Sat, 24 May 2008 00:56:35 -0500

The morning I packed up to leave on my first-ever book tour, the phone rang at 7 AM. The call was from a radio station that wanted to set up an interview the day after my arrival in Washington, DC.

Waiting for Godot, or Why I Never Got a Red Room email

Jim Malusa — Sat, 03 May 2008 03:01:43 -0500

After I'd overcome my disgust of the word 'blog' and written my first entry on Red Room, I returned to my other lives (dad and botanist) and occasionally checked for an email response to appear at the

Is Red Room a Road to Nowhere?

Jim Malusa — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:35:32 -0500

Dear Reader,

My agent is hounding me to get a 'real' web page, and it's now my job to prove that Red Room will work just fine. Trouble is, I've no idea.