John Gorman

Two months into its print campaign and "Shades of Luz" has been climbing the Amazon rankings like a maniac, but Gorman still hasn’t found a bookstore to carry his breakthrough novel. And yet his debut novel is on pace to be the next best seller.

This Wednesday afternoon, October 28th at 12 pm eastern time John Gorman will be a guest on Shalla de Guzman's of Shalla Magazine and he will be discussing his recent success with his heartwarming, stunning breakthrough novel "Shades of Luz".

"Shades of Luz" Benny has sparked much interest. Adam Lambert is an early front runner for the part when it goes film. RZA and Brett McKenzie have both been mentioned as possibilities for Brig's role, but the part of Luz remains an enigma.

After a smash hit at Telephone Bar John will be reading from "Shades of Luz" at The Cell in Chelsea on December 13th.

Talk has been building about some of the nutty characters in "Shades of Luz" as similar to phosphorescent narrative of Rza (the brains behind Wu-Tang Clan) in his memoir "The Tao of Wu."

John Gorman, author of breakthrough novel "Shades of Luz" is running a daily blog about his trials and tribulations on the book tour. He gives an inside account of a young independent writer handling the great pressure of getting the word out.

John Gorman is blogging on his site Shades of Luz his daily experiences publishing his first novel. It shows the ins and outs of this tricky business nowadays and posts readings, book signings, and author run-ins he has.

Paper Cut Blog will begin hosting interviews within literary and arts community.

After 46 novel rejections, John Gorman publishes "Shades of Luz" with All Things That Matter Press.

Never before in the history of literature has a stuffed animal vendor risen the ranks to become thumb-wrestling champ. But, will Benny get the girl? John Gorman's writing is bold, poetic, and so engaging you will read it 3 times.