Erik Gustafson's Blog, page 10
February 9, 2013
The Dogs of Winter
The Dogs of Winter
Descend into
Silky thought,
Draped in black shrouds,
Into the pit of disillusion
Such an ugly person
you
Belching so fine
Tripping so awkward
Talking so violent
Freckled leaves blow by
Forming sleepy stacks
-your embarrassing thoughts
Worthless ideas, black with mildew
Unmask!
Fill the room with your glory
And move the starving, wasted masses aside!
You must preside!
Eyes sparkling with lusty fire
Hands shaking with excitement
Golden sweat beading on you face
Expose yourself to this dreary plac...
February 4, 2013
My dissertation on PTSD and the family
It’s been a while since I last blogged. Been busy scrambling to finish the rough draft of the last chapter of my dissertation. I finally did it! I emailed to my mentor this morning.
I may actually finish my PhD after all! So I am pretty pumped up about that and getting back to writing fiction!
That is a photo of me in 1990, deployed on the other side of the world away from my family…
The title and abstract (unedited)
THE EXPERIENCE OF GROWING UP IN A FAMILY IN WHICH A PARENT HAD BEEN DIAGNOSED W...
January 19, 2013
Keldane the Cursed blog tour!!
We are going to be taking Keldane the Cursed on a blog tour!
Yes, Keldane will finally be getting out of his father’s laboratory and
Barnabas and his friends will be coming along. If you are a blogger and would
like to do a book review for the tour, let us know and we will provide a review
copy. Jeffrey is available for interviews. Some fun ideas would also be to
interview Keldane, Kelimbor, Barnabas or one of his friends.
To join, just add your blog to the inlinkz link below. I
will contact you ab...
December 28, 2012
December 24, 2012
What the world needs
First.. Merry Christmas! I hope everyone is getting to enjoy time with their families and sharing lots of happy times together.
I need to voice my opinion as there is so much suffering and sadness this holiday season.
Everyone is screaming about gun control, violent video games, and mental health to explain why our world is filled with so much tragedy…but most people that own guns, play violent video games, or have mental health problems are not violent and never will be.
Focusing of those issu...
December 19, 2012
#26actsofkindness
People all over are comitting to doing “26 acts of kindness” for complete strangers. I hope you are up for this challenge. Click on the link below for some great ideas, all of them are simple ways to make someone smiile.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/26-random-acts-of-kindness
December 18, 2012
The Next Big Thing
Okay I guess it’s my turn. All the cool people are doing it. My thanks to Leigh M. Lane, one of my absolute favorite writers, for inviting me to be a part of this week’s Next Big Thing blog posting group. The Next Big Thing is a meme trickling through author blogs of numerous genres, with each participant answering the same questions about either a work in progress or a work currently being marketed. Each author then chooses five other authors to keep the chain going. The all revealing questi...
December 10, 2012
Cover Reveal! Release by Nicole Hadaway
Nicole Hadaway-Publication date: January 4th, 2013 /Visionary Press Cooperative
“The ends justify the means”…
For vampire Miranda Dandridge, using her supernatural abilities torescue children from impossible circumstances is hermeans to be a partof the human world that she loves so much, despite the atrocities ofWWII.
For doctor Ben Gongliewski, saving his fellow Jews from the horrificdeath camps is an end for which he risks his own lifeevery day, hidinghis Jewish heritage while feigning loyalty...
Cover Reveal: THE SIRE by M.S. Fowle
Coming January 2013 to a Kindle near you… THE SIRE by M.S. Fowle
Summary:
“Enter a realm of magick mirroring that of Europe in the late 1930s, one illustrating persecution under an authoritarian regime, a girl’s struggle to see beyond prejudice, and a boy’s lack of faith in humanity.
The era jives with jazz and swing, while giant boats sail the sky, and war divides a great land as its king hunts down any with the gifts of magick, the Mages.
THE...
December 8, 2012
The First Snow
The magical first snow of the season has finally begun. White streaks are falling from the gray night sky, glistening in the glow of the street lights. The hazy, dream-like air. Christmas decorations look better with a backdrop of snow.
It’s been about 280 days since it snowed last. A new record. A record that dates back to the 1880s.
I doubt we are going to get buried in the stuff or even have enough to shovel in the morning. Maybe we will. You never know with snow. I can remember having snow...
