Young Junius

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Synopsis:
Before Jack Palms ever shook 'em down, Junius Ponds came up on tough streets outside Boston way back in the day. In the middle of drugs, gang violence, and the toughest set of tower-projects you ever knew, Young Junius fights to escape the consequences of a murder he had to commit and tries to live long enough to avenge the death of his brother.

Interviewed by Jay Stringer for Do Some Damage

Submitted by Seth on Wed, 03/23/2011 - 13:25

Today Jay Stringer and the good folks over at Do Some Damage podcast--a great collaborative blog effort that provides "an inside look at crime fiction"--have me on to talk about YOUNG JUNIUS. We cover its writing process, the influences, current crime fiction trends, and of course my rise to notoriety on the web due to my own podcasts.

Since you folks are certainly familiar with all of this, you might want to skip ahead here and there. But the opening is a gas.

Anyway, check it out!

Click here to download/listen to the interview.

Big thanks to Jay and to Steve Weddle for having me on! If you haven't already, head over to CrimeWAV episode 64 to hear Steve's story "Walkaways." Oh, you might also like the straight Do Some Damage blog, which is here.

Novel Class Reads YOUNG JUNIUS!

Submitted by Seth on Thu, 03/17/2011 - 12:57

Here you see Tyler Dilts's novel-writing class at Cal State Long Beach, who read YOUNG JUNIUS this semester as one of their readings. I'm a big fan of Tyler and his novel A King of Infinite Space, which you can find more about here.

New Dirty! YJ reading at Babylon Salon

Submitted by Seth on Wed, 03/09/2011 - 20:01

Click here to download full video and play at home.

Thanks to the great folks at Babylon Salon and Cantina SF for having me out to their event on Saturday night. I had a blast, as you can probably tell. Thanks to the great Rich Amooi for his camera work!

Crimespree: "Required Reading"

Submitted by Seth on Tue, 02/08/2011 - 19:30

 

YOUNG JUNIUS (Tyrus) is an urban western by Seth Harwood. Junius is a 14 year old on his own quest for vengeance and redemption. What looks from the outset to be a simple matter of track and shoot soon spirals out of control. With police and rival gangs out to get him Junius decides to stand instead of run and when all is said and done, his life is much different than when he started this path. Harwood has really captured the angst of a young man confused by what the world tells him and what the world is. Required reading. –Crimespree Magazine

 

Press Release - January 2011

Critically Acclaimed Writer of THE WIRE names YOUNG JUNIUS a BEST BOOK OF 2010

 

In a recent online article, award-winning and Emmy-nominated author George Pelecanos named small press-published YOUNG JUNIUS by Seth Harwood a Best Book of 2010.

Called the “poet laureate of the D.C. crime world” by Esquire, George Pelecanos is the author of fifteen crime novels set in and around Washington, DC and recently served as a producer, writer, and story editor for the acclaimed HBO dramatic series The Wire.

Just as The Wire won the Peabody Award and the AFI Award for its gritty, hard-hitting look at the urban, educational, and political conflicts of Baltimore, YOUNG JUNIUS brings to life the dangerous inner city housing towers of Boston.  Pelecanos says of YOUNG JUNIUS: “The plot moves but you will be most taken by the complexity of the large cast of characters. Harwood does not revert to type.”

Fab Fan Review of Young Junius!

Submitted by Seth on Wed, 12/29/2010 - 18:58

Thanks to awesome Palms Momma™ Kate Sherrod (aka k8 aka Kate of Mind aka @katesherrod) who posted this review of Young Junius on her blog the other day. 

Seth Harwood's YOUNG JUNIUS and the Problem with Prequels

I post about this not because she's mindlessly gushing (which I have to admit is nice), but because she's clearly put a lot of thought and consideration into my work and this review. Is she critical? Yes. No worries. For my part, it is AWESOME when someone's willing to compare the mythological implications of Young Junius and Junius's character arc in comparison to that of Jack Palms, I've got to love it! Want more? Read the full review here.

Here's the start: Prequels can be problematic. 

New Fan Pic Rotator!

Submitted by Seth on Thu, 12/23/2010 - 12:59

Look here just to the right and you'll see the new Fan Pics Rotator for YOUR pics of you and your copies of YOUNG JUNIUS. Have a copy and haven't sent in your pic yet? Hit me with it!

Wishing you all the best for a most happy, healthy and safe holiday season from yer boy and all of us at SethHarwood.com!!

Pelecanos Picks YJ as a Best Book and Crimespree Review out!

Submitted by Seth on Thu, 12/16/2010 - 14:57

First George Pelecanos, awesome novelist and writer for THE WIRE, picked YOUNG JUNIUS as one of his Best Books for 2010! Hazzah and hot damn! I met George at Noircon and gave him a copy of the book. Barely hoped he'd read it. Now this? Yeah, I'm psyched!!

How about this quote:

"Man-child Junius, 14, is in search of his brother's murderer which takes him on an odyssey through the projects of Cambridge, Mass. The plot moves but you will be most taken by the complexity of the large cast of characters. Harwood does not revert to type."

Yeah, definitely BLURB worthy!

On another note, thanks to Crimespree Magazine and awesome Jon Jordan for reviewing YOUNG JUNIUS. "Required Reading." Here's the full:

YOUNG JUNIUS (Tyrus) is an urban western by Seth Harwood. Junius is a 14 year old on his own quest for vengeance and redemption. What looks from the outset to be a simple matter of track and shoot soon spirals out of control. With police and rival gangs out to get him Junius decides to stand instead of run and when all is said and done, his life is much different than when he started this path. Harwood has really captured the angst of a young man confused by what the world tells him and what the world is. Required reading. –Crimespree Magazine

Borderlands Reading Video and New Fiction from Ken Wohlrob! (Podcasting Powers Unite!)

Submitted by Seth on Wed, 12/01/2010 - 02:38

Well if you missed the Young Junius reading tour this fall, you're lucky enough to catch me in the act here on video thanks to Jude at Borderlands Books. If you haven't bought a copy of the book yet, try Borderlands. They've got some signed!! This reading features a very special guest, someone you'll recognize and who lends his voice perfectly to a certain special character in the text.

You can click here to download the video for play on your device. And if you'd like to hear the audio on its own, head over to my boy J.C. Hutchins' wonderful site where you can listen to your heart's content!

Who're your boys now!?!?

In other news, my good friend Ken Wohlrob has a new book that's just come out called SONGS OF VAGABONDS, MISFITS, AND SINNERS. You might recall Ken's debut Podiobook THE LOVE BOOK a little while back. Now he's returned to bring you more with a new book of New York stories AND a soundtrack to go along. You got to check this out! Ken's an awesome storyteller, musician and content maven!

Click here to visit the book's site. Check out soundtrack below: (iss free!)

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