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VoI Cover Unveiled!

Unfortunately, a lower rez version. Still, this will be the final eBook cover as well as the front of the physical book. Book Summary: Although physically only sixteen years old, Paris is a very lethal 130 year old vampire. After having served for decades as a personal bodyguard to the high-ranking vampire, The Magistrate, Paris [...]

Learning From Lyrics – Deepen Your Prose

Sometimes I think we don’t take into account the power of truly well-written lyrics. Lyrics – good lyrics, that is – are basically a condensed story told in a manner that appeals to the general listener, but points out a specific set of circumstances. Hello! Just as any great story does, correct? Also, to be [...]

MM – Geek and Sundry

Today, I want to share a site that has a little something for all us geeks: the aptly titled “Geek and Sundry“. As I understand it, G&S is the brainchild of one the most talented, wittiest and geekiest girls I know: Felicia Day. On the site, you can check out episodes of one of the [...]

F5 – Bad Suspense Novel Metaphors

Well, my fine readers, today’s Friday Five is actually a 20. YEAH! This is totally borrowed from Top 5, from way back in January of 2000 – what a fine way to ring in the new millennium: Worn down at the edges like a Times Square hooker, the caretaker’s last tooth lay on the floor [...]

WW – Passion vs Day Job

Someone recently asked me (ironically and not a little sarcastically) what I want to be when I grow up. Well, first off, I flat out refuse to grow up. That’s not even an option. Just ask my Wife. Second… well, hell, that’s easy: a writer. Then, they asked, “what about your day job?” Oh. Yeah. [...]

MMs – Teaser and Followers

Due to various unforeseen factors, today’s MM post will be brief. (You’re welcome!) One of the members of Dark Red Press, Jack X. McCallum, is not only a remarkable writer (see Made In The U.S.A. as a perfect example), but also a fantastic videographer/ video editor. Point in case: the video trailer for “SMILE” from [...]

F5 Actors in Films Based on Books

So, on Friday’s it is usually the #Fave5; however, today I just could not ail it down to only five. So sue me. Can’t get bread from a yak. I love it when books are made into films – if, that is, they are done with the care of someone who actually read the book [...]

How Art Affects My Writing

Or, “How I use Art in My Writing”… I have heard several other writers mention the benefits of using art to *kick start the imagination*, and I could not agree more. Long has it been a favorite activity of mine to use an image of some sort to create a piece of writing – either [...]

Monday Mentions – Wordplay

So, there are a few websites that I visit on a semi-regularly basis (it would most certainly be more regularly if I could manage it), and one the recent ones that has caught my attention is Wordplay, the blog website of K.M. Weiland. I have to say, this lady has a hell of a lot [...]

F5 – Songs That Make Me Smile

 Let’s get on with it then… Jive Talkin’ (Bee Gees); When I was a kid, we (my siblings and I) spent a lot of time with my grandparents. My grandfather was an alcoholic and a sometimes-mean one at that. He had his moments, but usually he spent the weekend lit up like a Roman candle. [...]