L.M. Preston's Blog, page 68

THE PRINCESS OR KNIGHT BRAINWASH STORY

You ever want to be a Princess or a Knight? Well, who didn't? I did. Disney had me hooked from the first time I saw Snow White. After that…well I looked for Prince Charming and found, frogs.That first Disney Princess movie turned me into a hopeless romantic. So much so, my journey into reading romance started at the tender age of …13yrs old. No, I didn't look for kiddie stuff. I went straight to

Short Story - SPECTRUM - by R.Preston

My son entered this short story for the Baltimore Science Fiction Society, Young Writer's Contest. I enjoyed it - but hey, I'm his mom. Tell me what you think. I didn't help him with this story at all.SPECTRUM, by R. PrestonHello. My name is Damon Fitzpatrick, and I'm a spectrum. In case you don't know what that is, it's a super human given powers by sunlight - to sum it all up. See I wasn't

Short Story - SPRECTRUM - by R.Preston

My son entered this short story for the Baltimore Science Fiction Society, Young Writer's Contest. I enjoyed it - but hey, I'm his mom. Tell me what you think. I didn't help him with this story at all.SPECTRUM, by R. PrestonHello. My name is Damon Fitzpatrick, and I'm a spectrum. In case you don't know what that is, it's a super human given powers by sunlight - to sum it all up. See I wasn't

Nightmare On Elm Street – Movie Review

This movie is a cult classic for me. I broke my neck to go see this movie when I was a kid, and I just had to see the remake of it. I have to tell you – I was not disappointed. This movie was a bit different from the original, but not in the way of the loose plot. Child molester gets killed by parents of the kids he hurt. He comes back and attacks the kids in their dreams. I jumped, got scared,

KIDS OWNING THEIR OWN BUSINESS

When I was a kid, I lived in the city. In the city, everyone had a 'hustle' or something they did other than a real job to make money. Even as a kid, I owned my own business. I'd use my allowance money to buy all the candy the kids at school liked, then I'd sell the candy for a higher price at school. I had a distribution service – my three cousins who went to school with me. I had security – my

GOLD NUGGETS ABOUT AGENTS, EDITORS AND CONFERENCES

This past weekend my stint as a volunteer for the MWA writer's conference ended. I'd volunteered to help out with the recruitment of agents, and it morphed into becoming the only person recruiting and organizing both agents and editors for the conference. At first I was overwhelmed, but as time went on, I gained an awesome intern. The experience was rewarding and educational.THE SKINNY ON LIT

INTERNET STREET SMARTS

As an engineer who has built large applications and databases, I sometimes laugh at the naïveté of travelers on the world 'wild' web. It's not a safe place out there. Every site or 'street' you turn down has the ability to haunt you for life. YOU CAN'T RUN FROM YOUR PAST With all of the advances of socializing, writing, chatting and traveling on the web there is the temptation to drop your

Death At A Funeral - Movie Review

This movie was funny – crack you up, fall over hilarious. I didn't select this movie for my weekly date night with my husband. He got to pick and I gave him a high five for this one. Of course you've seen the previews of the short gay dude that tries to blackmail the sons of the dearly departed, but that is just a scratch on the surface of the boundaries they pushed to get a laugh in this movie.

PEER PRESSURE TO DRESS YOUR BEST

Having teenagers in the house is fun. It makes me realize that not much has changed since I was a kid. Some things are more out in the open, but we all know that history repeats itself. Unfortunately, when it repeats – it's usually worse the second time around.Designer Only When I was in High School, if you didn't wear designer jeans, shoes or clothes – you were definitely not in the 'in' crowd.

Unique Paths to Publication

I attended the Annapolis Book Festival as a guest author and got a little star struck at the wonderful authors present. So many of them had different roads to publication, and some had unconventional ways to publication that only impressed the readership and myself even more.I'm a staunch proponent of figuring out your plan A, B and C to your goals. Some of the authors I've met there and as a