Recommended Reading: One Con Glory

Ever get the feeling that someone wrote a book specifically for you?

Well, twitter-pal Sarah Kuhn’s One Con Glory is *this* close to that.

The book follows Julie, comics reporter, comics fan and die-hard Glory Gilmore fan, through one comics convention weekend as she deals with an irritating colleague, a pretty-boy TV star, the search for the ultimate collectible and, more importantly, her own neuroses.

In fact, it’s her neuroses that are the biggest obstacle to her achieving any of her goals – so pretty much true to life. The characters are recognizable, well-drawn and have you rooting for them almost immediately – and if there’s any flaw to the book at all, it’s that you don’t really have anyone to root against.

Packed with more pop-culture references (real and disguised) than you can shake a gaffi stick at, the pages of One Con Glory fly by. I can see this as a good independent film, actually – it’s certainly got more heart than a lot of romantic comedies out there, and the three act structure is already in place.

Recommended!

One Con Glory is available through Lulu here.

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