[My junior year in college I entered a poetry contest and won 2nd place. Fittingly, the title of the poem was “At Least I Tried.”]
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An Authentic Derivative, my debut novel, is now available for Kindle!

You can go to Amazon now and purchase your copy for only $2.99!

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At 10:30pm tomorrow night, I will host a Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything)
in which I will answer questions about my debut novel, An Authentic Derivative,

which is available to purchase on Amazon.

Be there!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Author pens novel about Nashville Indie rocker, hipster following. Blogger Caleb Coy publishes An Authentic Derivative.

Blacksburg, VA –Having used the crowdfunding site IndieGoGo to generate the initial funds to self-publish, Caleb Coy penned a novel set in Nashville and centering around millennial hipsters.

“It was a learning experience,” says Coy, of the funding campaign. “My skill is in writing. I had never organized a fundraising activity of any kind before, nor had I much experience as a salesman.” After successfully raising $2,000, Coy published the novel, now on sale at Amazon.

An Authentic Derivative is the story of mythical Indie rocker Garrett Sedgwick, through the eyes of Neil Oberlin, the cynical graphic designer hired to sketch the musician’s next album cover. The task leads Neil to explore his anxieties about his own generation, over-educated millennials. Although Coy lives in Virginia, the story is set in Nashville, where many of Coy’s college friends now reside.

According to reviewer Stephano Mugnaini, the book “reads like the monologue at the beginning of a later Wes Anderson film, as edited by Salinger.” Coy not only crafted the story and its voice, but also worked with Nashville illustrator Bud Thomas to design the cover. Coy chose to self-publish in order to have control over his book’s art and presentation.

Readers can purchase An Authentic Derivative on Amazon, and follow Caleb Coy on his blog (calebcoy.wordpress.com) or on his Twitter (@CalebCoyGuard).

I am thrilled to announce that my debut novel, An Authentic Derivative, is now available on Amazon.

Click HERE to order a copy of An Authentic Derivative!

Indie rocker Garrett Sedgwick is a reclusive artist struggling to assert his identity to a sectarian fan base. Cynical graphic artist Neil Oberlin is given the task of sketching Sedgwick’s next album cover. However, proximity to the brooding musician begins to compound Neil’s own anxieties about himself, his generation, and Sedgwick’s great secret. Things are about to get awkward.

Set in Nashville, An Authentic Derivative tells the story of a generation of overeducated, over cultivated millennials.

“This reads like the monologue at the beginning of a later Wes Anderson film, as edited by Salinger. I don’t hate it.”
-Stephano Mugnaini

• Read the first 7 pages for free HERE
• Read an excerpt from the novel, an interview with Indie rocker Garrett Sedgwick.

The funds to produce and promote the novel were raised through an IndieGoGo campaign. I am indebted to my friends, my family, and others who helped make possible my goal of publishing the novel independently.

Follow the protagonist, @GarrettSedgwick, on Twitter.

On Friday, August 7th, I will be hosting a Reddit AMA at 10:30pm,
answering questions about the novel.