J.H. Bogran's Blog, page 17
June 25, 2012
Cool new interview
http://catconnor.blogspot.co.nz/2012/...
What's my underwear has to do with it, really?
José
May 7, 2012
The Inevitable Blog Tour
I guess it is time I come clean and explain all those posting and tweets announcing interviews, reviews and guest blog spots. Well, as it turns out, I’m in the middle of a blog tour. Of course, new to this as I am, I failed to prepare a one place to show all. Well, that ends right now, if not for my benefit, at least to help the next author stumbling into the dark room of online promotion:
It all began on April/27, the day that I also launched my free day with Amazon Kindle Select program.
April/27: I was invited to write a blog post for Chris Redding's blog. I decided to explore about our relationship as authors with our own characters: here's the link:http://chrisredddingauthor.blogspot....character.html
April/30: W.S. Gager's reporter-with-an-attitude Mitch Malone decided to press his luck and put professional hitman Robert I Prescott in the spot. Now, who would do such a thing on purpose? :-)
http://wsgager.blogspot.com/2012/04/mitch-malone-mondays-j-h-bograns-robert.html
May/1: Peg Brantley did a spanking deep-probing interview of me. She even coaxed a photo of my workspace out of me:
http://suspensenovelist.blogspot.com/
May/04: I wrote about Writing Companions on Debbi Mack’s “My Life on the Mid-List blog:
http://midlistlife.wordpress.com/2012/05/03/j-h-bogran-on-writing-companions/
May/07: I wrote about the hated and fearsome promotion that we authors must overcome and do:
http://murdermustadvertise.blogspot.com/2012/05/promotion-bit.html
May/10: I’m coming straight from Hel:
http://straightfromhel.blogspot.com/
May/15: I explore about research at Nancy’s Notes from Florida:
http://nancyjcohen.wordpress.com/
May/23: I will visit the Crime Fiction Collective blog:
http://crimefictioncollective.blogspot.com/
June/06: Maryann Miller is putting me in the spot for an interview in her blog:
http://its-not-all-gravy.blogspot.com/
And some more to come. So come back any time for an update.
Thanks
The Promo bit
http://murdermustadvertise.blogspot.com
Enjoy my take on the promo bits.
May 3, 2012
Today I'm a guest blogger
http://midlistlife.wordpress.com/2012...
Hope this helps.
May 2, 2012
The Avengers 2012
The long wait is finally over. The initial reviews were nothing short of perfect. This project spanned several individual hero movies to converge into this one over-the-top adventure. Hulk, Iron man, Thor, Captain America, Black Widow and Hawkeye comprise this Avenger initiative to save the planet, or in the words of Nick Fury: to fight the wars we can’t. The banished Lucky appears on Earth to take possession of a power cube capable of opening a portal for an invasion army. His goal: rule Earth as a starting point to conquer the universe.
Making so many dysfunctional heroes—and their egos—work together is a difficult, even daunting, task all on itself.
This ensemble cast worked a lot better than the original G.I. Joe, of course, the first half of the movie is used fighting among themselves, but that is good character development trait. I mean, they are not the Brady bunch to just get together and form a team out of the thin air.
The advantage of the actors, having played the same roll before, gives them a confidence that transcends the screen. With the exception of Mark Ruffalo and poor Hulk that has gone through three different actors in as many movies. Still, the actor was able to hold his own. The effects of Hulk are also very good.
Is the movie entertaining? Yes, very much so. My wife and kids vowed to buy the DVD as soon as it comes out.
Does it have any negative things? A few, but they do not diminish the overall experience. The only thing that got me thinking was Hulk and the lack of explanation how Bruce Banner manages to control the beast during the final battle whereas it was a disaster the first time. Still, I could not fail to see the similitude to Sean Connery’s final movie The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. The premise of a group coming together to save the planet is pretty similar.
A free read Short story
The story is about a blind guy who goes to extreme measures to secure some much-needed quality time with his girlfriend.
Read it here:
http://www.short-story.me/romance-sto...
May 1, 2012
New Interview
April 30, 2012
Interview with an Assassin
W.S. Gager's reporter-with-an-attitude Mitch Malone decided to press his luck and put professional hitman Robert I Prescott in the spot. Now, who would do such a thing on purpose? :-)
http://wsgager.blogspot.com/2012/04/mitch-malone-mondays-j-h-bograns-robert.html
April 27, 2012
News: blog post and freebie!
1. I was invited to write a blog post for Chris Redding's blog. I decided to explore about our relationship as authors with our own characters: here's the link:
http://chrisredddingauthor.blogspot....character.html
2. My story The Assassin's Mistress is enjoying a free day promotion at Amazon, so take advantage of this and get your copy today:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007BOC0OW
So you can understand why I'm so thrilled today :-)
April 5, 2012
The Wrath of Titans and Gemma’s continuous on-screen deaths.
After some debate, we settled to see Wrath of Titans in 2D. However, I conceded the point it’d be the version dubbed in Spanish to please my children.
Dark times are coming; the Gods are dying because people have stopped praying to them. The now widower Perseus has open road to woo fighting Queen Andromeda. Of course, he must first rescue his father from the prison in the underworld, save his son from certain death at the hands of Ares, and destroy his grandfather Kronos. I suppose Ancient Greeks really know how to hold a grudge and keep it all in the family.
However, the Wrath of Titans offers no memorable scenes. The action scenes aren’t as annoying as the ones in Transformers. But a lot of them happen in dark places that, combined with the close-angle of the camera, make it really hard to keep track of who is winning.
Not all is bad, hidden under the special effects is a tale of forgiveness and redemption. Also, it ends with the possibility of a third installment. Liam Neeson is superb as Zeus, as with any role he plays. Ralph Fiennes plays a good Hades, this time looking less like Voldemort with a nose. Sam Worthington looks weird with long hair, but makes a decent job.
All in all, it is an entertaining movie.
Oh, and before I forget, the metallic Bubo makes another cameo, this time even longer than the first time.
The title of the post refers to Gemma Arterton’s characters. I know she’s made plenty of other movies, but if we notice the most prominent ones we find a pattern to be worried about. In Quantum of Solace, agent Strawberry Fields tries to bring rogue agent James Bond back into the saddle, only to suffer a terrible death: asphyxiation by oil. In Prince of Persia, Queen Tamina falls into a pit. Thankfully the sands of time work in her favor and she gets a reprieve. In Clash of Titans, Io dies at the hands of Calibos while Perseus watches in impotence. Thank God—literally—Zeus felt pity for his son and brought back Io to accompany Perseus. I was looking forward to watching her again, but I only got a glimpse at her gravestone; which, by the way, was written in English instead of ancient Greek.
At least, the absence of Gemma Arterton did not ruin the movie as much as Rachel Weiss’ absence from The Mummy franchise did.
Trivia Bit: Andromeda is now played by Rosamund Pike, another former Bond-girl. So that makes two of them becoming female leads in the Titan’s franchise.
