Grivante's Blog, page 18
February 22, 2016
Reading and Signing @ Aunties Bookstore March 19th, 7-9pm
Grivante and Alex Fedyr Will be doing a combined reading and signing at aunties bookstore in Spokane Washington.
The event will be emceed by Steven Bateman and recorded for broadcast by the fine folks at The Drakkarium.
Come out and join us for a night of fun samples of these great stories and surprises galore.
Bring your questions to ask the authors as well as get a copy of the books and get them signed in person by the authors!
Alex Fedyr is the author of Estranged
Grivante is the author of The Zee Brothers!
Click the picture of the event flyer to sign up for the event!
https://www.facebook.com/events/1583400551915367/
February 14, 2016
February 12, 2016
February 11, 2016
Orgasms & Chocolate? What else do you need for Valentine’s Day?
Get the book on Amazon in Paperback @
http://www.amazon.com/Zee-Brothers-Zo...
E-book
http://www.amazon.com/Zee-Brothers-Zo...
Audiobook @
http://www.audible.com/pd/The-Zee-Bro...
February 8, 2016
Blank Canvas, Creating Worlds
Picture a corner, a chair like a small throne sits in it, facing outward. There I sit and can see everything. Much further than just what the eyes can see, because from here I can see everything that exists and can exist.
It’s my blank canvas that stretches away into forever. My blank canvas to fill with creatures, beasts, villains and heroes. My cast of characters to live and die in a world of my creation, my control, my understanding. To explore, to investigate, to expand and to share.
This is the playground of the mind, where thoughts and dreams are temporarily framed in order to grasp some sense of order, to paint a picture and tell a story, to move hearts and change minds.
There is something both uniquely powerful and amazingly satisfying to be able to create your own worlds to play in. When you see them take shape and the characters come to life in ways you never imagined and they start to move and interact within and with one another, you have created life. People will read the words and follow the adventures of the characters created, they will laugh, they will cry and they will think in new ways they hadn’t before.
This is the craft of writing, creating art, creating worlds with words.
Enjoy!
February 2, 2016
The Curse of the Zombie Omelet, available in Print, E-book & Audio!
Orgasms? Chocolate? Zombies? A magical dog named Xanadu?
What else do you need in a piece of good comedic horror fiction?
Check out The Zee Brothers : Curse of the Zombie Omelet
Available on amazon
in
Print
Free samples available in our Free Candy Section!
January 31, 2016
The Divine Creative Source
Writer’s Block is Fear!As a creative person, I believe there is a creative source, or more accurately, multiple sources. A source from which when we are connected, things just flow, ideas, inspiration, all things creative.
Consider them something like spirits, gods or divine creative beings that have a message to share. Those of us that hear those messages have connected to them for whatever reason and are generally driven beyond understanding to create and express these ideas in a given form.
Who are these beings? Where do they reside? How do we connect with them?
Stephen King referred to his as “Gan” if I recall correctly, or at least that is how I interpret his explanation through his writings. Gan was a being from the primordial ooze from which the universe was created, I see that as good an explanation as any.
I don’t have a name for what I feel, I just know that when I am creating in the flow, inspiration and connections happen without my understanding. They move in and out of each other and sometimes without explanation connect in the most interesting of ways. It’s these moments where creating is the most fun for me, where the ideas seem to “come out of nowhere.”
For some reason many of us flounder with this connection. We let the fear of not doing it right or not being good enough keep us from staying connected. We hear it, we feel it, yet we don’t embrace it, or we wait, seeking perfection in our chosen means of expression before we feel we are ready to put it forth.
These creative sources, I believe, don’t just speak to one of us at a time, they speak to many of us. For each source, there are those among us that are on the same wavelength, we hear the same message, the same idea and we then interpret and hopefully express it. If WE don’t, someone else that is connected to the same source, surely will.
My point is, that these sources are feeding inspiration to creative people that are open to receive them, trying to bring these ideas and views to life in our world. Often times I see similar themes popping up in the media or in other’s writings. I see ideas similar but vastly different to ones I have had of my own, be it words or characters or entire storylines and I wonder how could so & so possibly have come up with such a similar same concept.
Take for instance our diamond pooping dog, Xanadu, in The Zee Brothers. Only a few months after publication I saw a similar line used in the comic book Stray Bullets. I know that the creator David Lapham, has not likely read our book and came up with the same concept in a different way that fit his story(not a dog, but a crazy human character). It was fascinating really, but also reinforced for me the concept of these creative entities that are out there trying to share inspiration with us, trying to help us create, and yes I did just tie the grand idea of creative divine beings all the way down to the lowest common denominator of “poop”.
As I have watched ideas similar to ones I myself have had come to life, I realized the lesson. The lesson being, that while I was waiting to be good enough to create them, these sources weren’t waiting on me to get their ideas out there, they were pushing them out there to all that will listen, and it is to those that are seizing the moment and creating and utilizing what they are given that the flow keeps coming.
If you are waiting for the exact right words or to learn everything you can before you create, you run the risk of missing your chance to share what is being given to you. Don’t wait, create. Right now!
For other writer’s out there, know that “Writer’s Block is Fear!” do not let it disconnect you from your creative source.
-G
January 25, 2016
The Zee Brothers Audiobook Sampler Video!
We are super excited to announce the launch of the new promo video for the audiobook! Featuring 10 minutes of audio, panels from the mini comic, art from the book, music and images from the band Frostbite and narration by Ian McEuen!
A New Giveaway!
Announcing a new giveaway on Amazon!
Up for grabs, 2 copies of the book! Click the link below for details on your chance to win!
https://giveaway.amazon.com/p/84e331afb691176
January 18, 2016
Back cover and last few pages of The Zee Brothers Mini Comic!
Finishing up posting the pages from the mini comic to our blog.
You can get the whole thing in our Free Candy Section or if you feel like supporting our work it is only $1.99 on Amazon!
The mini comic introduces us to some of the characters that are found in The Zee Brothers Book!
