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December 20, 2015
The Emotional Downside of the Holidays
The holiday season presents hidden emotional hurdles and barriers that most don’t comprehend during this season of good cheer. Depression, fear and regret are insidious beasts that need no invitation to intrude upon our lives. For those who come from broken or distressed families, suffered abuse, abandonment, homophobia or any number of things tend to […]
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December 18, 2015
Star Wars: The Force Awakens – First Impressions
“There has been…an awakening. Have you felt it?” – Supreme Leader Snoke I’m going to avoid any major spoilers here and just provide my first impressions of the Star Wars movie that many of us have been eagerly anticipating for over a year. The first goal for any movie franchise must be to leave the […]
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens ��� First Impressions
���There has been���an awakening. Have you felt it?��� ��� Supreme Leader Snoke I���m going to avoid any major spoilers here and just provide my first impressions of the Star Wars movie that many of us have been eagerly anticipating for over a year. The first goal for any movie franchise must be to leave the […]
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December 17, 2015
Interview with Tommy Wilson From ‘The Unseen Kingdom’ (Reprint)
We���re thrilled to be talking to Tommy Wilson from Daniel R. Mathews, The Unseen Kingdom.�� It is a pleasure to have him with us today at Pimp That Character!��Thank you for your interview, Tommy. Can you tell us your story? My name is Tommy Wilson, I���m almost fourteen-years-old and I live on Sutter Lane in […]
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December 16, 2015
The Magic of the Winter Season
As flakes of snow swirl about the silent, frozen landscape and icicles grow upon the eaves of our homes, a certain magic is released. Watch the smooth, pristine blanket of glistening crystals form graceful serpentine shapes as the wind blows across the terrain. Curtains of snow cascade down from the evergreens, a veritable sea of […]
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November 3, 2015
Halloween Magic – Part 2
This evening we examine Halloween a little differently. For a pair of gay teens (really for the entire group of protagonists from The Unseen Kingdom), Halloween gives them the chance to be openly together, on the one night everyone wears a mask without judgement.
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October 30, 2015
The Halloween Horror Movie Countdown!
Every Halloween there are certain movies I try to watch as the holiday approaches. Some of these movies have a great deal of suspense; some are rather gory, and others are laced with humor. I had originally wanted to split this list into two, but I’ve run out of time this season. However, I hope […]
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October 28, 2015
Elements of Horror – Part 6
In this Book Bubble, we examine a very different element of horror. Instead of Adolescent worries, family problems or the threat of the supernatural, we take a look at how simple words can invoke horror as well.
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October 20, 2015
Elements of Horror – Part 1
The next couple of weeks I’ll be looking at some of my favorite scenes in The Unseen Kingdom in celebration of Halloween. We start out of the gate by looking at the idea of establishing tension with the characters.
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October 19, 2015
What Horror Means to Me
What Horror Means to Me While I was preparing to launch The Demons of Plainville, a fellow author asked a question of me via Twitter, “What does horror mean to you?” I had planned on answering the question because it intrigued me, but the book launch and a trip to California had derailed those […]
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