Christopher C. Payne's Blog, page 9
July 20, 2012
JournalStone Publishing Announces Special Limited 1st Edition Hardcovers for Presale
For immediate release: JournalStone Publishing Announces Special Limited 1st Edition Hardcovers of Douglas Wynne’s The Devil of Echo Lake & Patrick Freivald’s Twice Shy Released For Presale: SAN FRANCISCO, July 20, 2012 –JournalStone Publishing President, Christopher C. Payne is pleased to announce signed and numbered hardcover 1st editions, restricted to one hundred (100) copies each, [...]
July 12, 2012
Brett J. Talley’s Novel, The Void
For immediate release: JournalStone Publishing Announces The Release Of Brett J. Talley’s Novel, The Void SAN FRANCISCO, July 13, 2012 –JournalStone Publishing President, Christopher C. Payne is pleased to announce the release for sale today of JS award winning author Brett J. Talley’s highly anticipated second novel, The Void. In the deepest reaches of space, [...]
July 11, 2012
ABOUT ELLIPSES….
In reading manuscripts over the past few months, the single most frequent area of difficulty I have noted deals with those pesky little points, the ellipsis. While they may seem minor in big picture of a novel, or even within a short story, they are important for what they say and how they say it. [...]
July 9, 2012
JournalStone Publishing Continues Expansion – Acquires Acclaimed Hellnotes Website & Domain Name
For immediate release: JournalStone Publishing Continues Expansion – Acquires Acclaimed Hellnotes Website & Domain Name SAN FRANCISCO, July 9, 2012 –JournalStone Publishing President, Christopher C. Payne is pleased to announce that JS has just purchased the acclaimed Horror News & Reviews Website, Hellnotes.com, from noted author and founder David B. Silva, who will also be [...]
Interview with Brett J. Talley, author at JournalStone Publishing
Horror is old as firelight. From the earliest, frightening dusks of civilization, a storyteller has been just at the edge of that light, making monsters real to everyone who would listen. With the night sky in full view, and dangerous twinkles in the gloom around, humans have huddled more closely together in the fear of [...]
July 8, 2012
“He Said, She Said”—Speech Tags in Narrative
Oh, no. Not another article on speech tags. Why? Perhaps the best reason to talk about dialogue attribution is that when used inappropriately or unconvincingly, it can be one of the first ways readers differentiate between polished, confident, effective storytellers and less polished, less confident, less effective neophytes. Let’s explore how and why. The [...]
June 28, 2012
Interview with Jeffrey Wilson, author at JournalStone Publishing
There is no marginal difference between a writer who only imagines his story and the writer who has lived too many of the experiences being documented within his pages. Only one of those authors will write something truly haunting—even if the story isn’t Horror. To know the author has seen the things he writes, elevates [...]
June 25, 2012
JournalStone Publishing Announces Imminent Release of Jeffrey Wilson’s Forthcoming Novel, The Donors
For immediate release: JournalStone Publishing Announces Imminent Release of Jeffrey Wilson’s Forthcoming Novel, The Donors SAN FRANCISCO, June 25, 2012 –JournalStone Publishing President, Christopher C. Payne is pleased to announce the imminent release of Jeffrey Wilson’s novel, The Donors, which will go on sale on June 29th. ISBN 13: 978-1-936564-46-0 LCCN: 2012937961 Category: Horror/Dark Fantasy/Occult/ [...]
June 15, 2012
Library Journal’s review of Brett J. Talley’s The Void is released
JournalStone Press Release For immediate release: JournalStone Publishing Announces Library Journal’s Release Of Review Of Brett J. Talley’s Forthcoming Novel, The Void SAN FRANCISCO, June 15, 2012 –JournalStone Publishing President, Christopher C. Payne is pleased to announce the Library Journal has just released its review of JS author Brett J. Talley’s forthcoming novel, The Void. [...]
June 11, 2012
JournalStone in New York at BEA
JournalStone Publisher & Authors Appear at BEA, Team Up with Library Journal To Sponsor Luncheon & Day Of Dialog Contest SAN FRANCISCO, June 7, 2012 –JournalStone Publishing President, Christopher C. Payne along with JS authors Brett J. Talley and J.G. Faherty attended the huge BEA convention in New York City this week where JournalStone sponsored [...]
