Category Archives: Fathermucker

Fathermucker reviewed by Robert Burke Warren in Chronogram: “Almost everyone knows a stay-at-home dad—or SAHD, as Josh says. What most of you don’t know, and what Olear provides, is the passionate, devilish inner monologue often at odds with a SAHD’s … Continue reading →

Fathermucker hits the shelves one week from today! Let’s say you’d like a signed copy of Fathermucker — but you can’t, for reasons of geography or babysitting, make it to one of the events to have me do it in … Continue reading →

I was lucky enough to be on the Gil Gross radio program last week.  We were discussing the pros and cons of the GPS thing that lets you know exactly where your children are at all times, and Prudence wound … Continue reading →

Over at The Big Other, my friend Davis Schneiderman has a nice little series going called #Authorfail, in which writers discuss projects that, for whatever reason, never saw the light of day. Here is my entry, about the second novel … Continue reading →

I’m pleased to announce that, after years of buying drinks and hitting on her at company parties, I have finally hooked up with Bookslut.  (I would call the experience “Joycean”). Thanks to Elizabeth Collins, who blogs at Pretty Freaky, for … Continue reading →

Bret Easton Ellis is reading my book! And I’m in good company.

HuffPo now has a designated space for posts about parenting. And I’m one of the first contributors! Here’s my first piece, a look at fathers of historical note, from Yahweh to Levi Johnston.

The great Caroline Leavitt was kind enough to have me on her blog today. “Welcome to Publishing Purgatory” is a piece I wrote a few years ago, about that agonizing period between finding an agent and finding a publisher. (John … Continue reading →