https://davidbeem.com/news/ Latest news from David Beem en-us Copyright 2020 David Beem Fri, 19 Jun 2020 15:16:53 PST https://davidbeem.com/news/2020-06-19-edger-audiobook-available-today.html There are things in life worth waiting for. Access to the potty when you’ve really got to do a number two is not one of those things. Neither is the year 2021. Seriously? At this point we should all just set the timer on our cryogenic freeze chambers, knock back a few Manhattans and sleep it... https://davidbeem.com/news/2020-06-19-edger-audiobook-available-today.html Mon, 27 Jan 2020 01:17:47 PST https://davidbeem.com/news/2020-01-27-the-edger-audiobook-has-found-its-voice.html And it’s not just any voice. We’re talking a voice capable of oiling a rusty WWI airplane propeller while also sipping a vodka martini. It is a voice so smooth it could charm Emperor Palpatine into wirelessly charging Baby Yoda’s phone. This is a voice that–we’re talking a real human... https://davidbeem.com/news/2020-01-27-the-edger-audiobook-has-found-its-voice.html Sun, 10 Nov 2019 00:11:56 PST https://davidbeem.com/news/2019-11-10-announcing-edger-audio.html Edger is dance-battling its way to a Bluetooth-enabled audio device near you! Chicowgo’s on the moove, this time delivering the Edger manuscript to the folks at The Audio Flow. The Audio Flow is a SAG-AFTRA production company and member of the Audio Publishers Association. They collaborate with... https://davidbeem.com/news/2019-11-10-announcing-edger-audio.html Wed, 06 Nov 2019 15:22:25 PST https://davidbeem.com/news/2019-11-06-edger-title-cover-and-release-date.html Every generation has a legend. Every legend has a leg and an end. Some legs are served in Buffalo sauce with a side of blue cheese. Some ends have denouements, which is French for “big fat bear gonna eat you.” Edger Forever, the riveting conclusion of the seminal Bonkovich saga, printed on... https://davidbeem.com/news/2019-11-06-edger-title-cover-and-release-date.html Mon, 23 Sep 2019 03:07:44 PST https://davidbeem.com/news/2019-09-23-topshelf-magazine-book-awards-nomination.html Edger (2018) has been nominated for the 2020 TopShelf Magazine Book Awards in the categories of: Fiction; Action, Adventure, Humor/Comedy, New Adult, and Paranormal. Finalists will be selected by September 2020, with the winners announced the following December. Visit their Discovery Listing and... https://davidbeem.com/news/2019-09-23-topshelf-magazine-book-awards-nomination.html Sun, 31 Mar 2019 21:29:27 PST https://davidbeem.com/news/2019-03-31-edger-lives-is-available-today.html Über Dorks rejoice! One year ago today began a Journey so epic in Scope they had to invent Listerine, because Scope couldn’t begin to touch the things growing on Steve Perry’s tonsils, and Listerine kills 99% of the germs brushing misses. I have no idea what that means. But I know this: Edger... https://davidbeem.com/news/2019-03-31-edger-lives-is-available-today.html Tue, 05 Mar 2019 12:08:28 PST https://davidbeem.com/news/2019-03-05-kirkus-review-of-edger-lives.html We meet again, Über Dorks… The circle is now complete. Kirkus wrote a nice review of Edger Lives. Indeed I am powerful, as the emperor has foreseen… Here is the link: Kirkus Review After mysteriously losing his abilities, a psychic superhero tries to prevent an assassination and thwart a... https://davidbeem.com/news/2019-03-05-kirkus-review-of-edger-lives.html Tue, 01 Jan 2019 04:35:28 PST https://davidbeem.com/news/2019-01-01-uber-dorks-let-s-get-dorky.html BEHOLD! ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED!?! Feast your eyes on this, my brothers and sisters, the dorktastic, nerdalicious, geekgasmiest cover of your new favorite comedy fiction title, Edger Lives–available for pre-order today! Edger Lives, a period drama set in 1945 against the lavish Scottish... https://davidbeem.com/news/2019-01-01-uber-dorks-let-s-get-dorky.html Tue, 01 Jan 2019 04:34:29 PST https://davidbeem.com/news/2019-01-01-random-quotes-in-praise-of-nothing.html “Ooh, I’m really scared. No! Don’t! There’s a–a peck here with an acorn pointed at Me!” –Madmartigan “Attention! Attention! Ladies and gentlemen, attention! There is a herd of killer rabbits headed this way and we desperately need your help!” –Officer Lopez “I’m Batman.”... https://davidbeem.com/news/2019-01-01-random-quotes-in-praise-of-nothing.html Tue, 04 Dec 2018 01:40:05 PST https://davidbeem.com/news/2018-12-04-edger-title-and-release-date.html Über Dorks unite! The sequel to Edger is on its way. As you’re reading this, the thrilling and mysterious manuscript is rising through the seven levels of the Collective Unconscious, battling the holiday sales at the Westfield Horton Plaza Über Dork, and busting Green Bay Packer balls (at a... https://davidbeem.com/news/2018-12-04-edger-title-and-release-date.html Mon, 03 Dec 2018 01:54:12 PST https://davidbeem.com/news/2018-12-03-edger-cent-e-book-sale.html He’s the dork. She’s the secret agent. It is an evil cow. When the world needs a good superhero, a dork will rise! Meet Edger Bonkovich, an Über Dork by name and profession. He’s got one good head on his shoulders and 108 billion more in his brain. Edger’s superpower is the ability to... https://davidbeem.com/news/2018-12-03-edger-cent-e-book-sale.html Wed, 22 Aug 2018 15:53:28 PST https://davidbeem.com/news/2018-08-22-edger-by-david-beem-review-at-unlimited-book-reviews.html Lisa at Unlimited Book Reviews has reviewed Edger. She writes: When a young, orphaned man is approached by a past college buddy to take an untested drug that could melt his brain but if not he would be a superhero, he starts to learn that much of what he believed about his past and parents is not... https://davidbeem.com/news/2018-08-22-edger-by-david-beem-review-at-unlimited-book-reviews.html Tue, 22 May 2018 02:00:33 PST https://davidbeem.com/news/2018-05-22-edger-a-superhero-a-spyand-an-evil-cow-all-in-a-days-dork.html Edger (pronounced Ed - jer ) is a superhero romantic comedy. It’s an offbeat affair with a little something for everyone: the sexy spy, the cookie thief of destiny, mouth-breathers, the world’s greatest butt, juvenile acronyms, the A-Team, and, naturally, a compelling scene where two people... https://davidbeem.com/news/2018-05-22-edger-a-superhero-a-spyand-an-evil-cow-all-in-a-days-dork.html Thu, 12 Apr 2018 14:14:25 PST https://davidbeem.com/news/2018-04-12-heroes-and-villains-chicago-recap.html We had a wonderful time in Chicago last weekend at Heroes and Villains ! Thanks to Robin Justice for organizing such a flawless event, and thank you to everyone who stopped by our table! Also: congratulations to Jonathan, the winner of our Chuck-themed swag raffle! Wanted to include a special... https://davidbeem.com/news/2018-04-12-heroes-and-villains-chicago-recap.html Sun, 25 Mar 2018 11:39:11 PST https://davidbeem.com/news/2018-03-25-kirkus-review-of-edger.html Kirkus wrote a nice review of Edger. Here's the link: Kirkus Review An average Joe has a chance to be a superhero and face off against a supervillain–using tech that may be deadly to the user–in Beem’s (Abyss of Chaos, 2011) offbeat comedy. Edger (Ed-jer, as he constantly stresses) Bonkovich... https://davidbeem.com/news/2018-03-25-kirkus-review-of-edger.html Sun, 25 Mar 2018 10:08:18 PST https://davidbeem.com/news/2018-03-25-edger-release-date-is-april.html IT’S BEEN SAID EVERY STORY MUST START SOMEWHERE. Ours begins with a professional dork. The kind who fixes computers and lives in his gran’s basement. The kind tapped by destiny (that saucy minx) to become the world’s first superhero! And not a moment too soon… A nano-sized artificial... https://davidbeem.com/news/2018-03-25-edger-release-date-is-april.html