I was just about to check Google to see if this was the same Nick! Too Too Sooid Flesh was one of those complete impulse buys that I ended up loving, and I never found anyone else who read it (and bits of it - the Curse of Consciousness and the ageing/deafening of the robot character have stuck with me very strongly).

In related, Sharyn McCrumb's Bimbos of the Death Sun - murder of unpleasant author at sf convention - might be kind of cozy?