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Camp NaNoWriMo 2015 Winner

I can display this with pride! :D

Letters From Camp NaNoWriMo 2015 Part 1

So, my plans to get a good start on my project for Camp NaNoWriMo were derailed by a funky water heater. I noticed something was awry last night when smelling burnt tinge in the air when stepping out of the back porch, but it was far enough away from the water heater that I didn't consider it to be the cause at the time. People are always burning junk nearby, so that gross burnt smell of man made materials is a familiar scent where I live. My suspicions were raised, however, when later I showered and the water was far beyond the boiling point. The water never gets that hot normally, so I kind of knew something was wrong. Then, this morning, as I was heading out to return A. C. O. D. to Netflix, I had to pass by the water heater and smelled same stench of singed ozone. A look behind the cover revealed an ugly black scorch trail. By a unanimous vote of the house mates, it was decided to get a new water heater. And since I am 1 of only 2 not working at a "real" job today, my writing time went out the window. Now I'm just waiting back on the other house mate to get back with the water heater so we can get that jabroni in place. Then, I can finally start working on the next part of my novel in progress.

Chapter 1: The Answer Is Always 12

A sneak peak at the movie-tie in novel of ILYB!

Ever since she was a little girl, Natalie had been amazed by the night sky. She would spend hours gazing up in unrestrained awe at the stars, the moon and the planets fiercely shining back at her from their distant orbits. While other children had elaborate birthday parties with clowns or magicians, intricate games, lengthy guest lists and-most importantly-cakes and tubs of ice cream; Natalie preferred to spend her birthdays in the dimmed recesses of a planetarium with her mother and little sister, Rainey, both of whom would glance around with frowns of boredom  crimping the corners of their mouths as they looked forward to the moment when the show would end and they could return home. Natalie, however, would gaze up toward the celestial heights, her large, green eyes opened wide in thrall at the images projected on to the curved planetarium ceiling high above them.Little was different on this, her twenty-fifth birthday, except that instead of her mother and sister, she stood next to her boyfriend, Kevin, outside of the apartment they shared, as he looked through the eyepiece of her telescope. It was late and they both were tired from the surprise party her sister had thrown for her, but Natalie's eyes still contained the glint of childhood excitement as they roamed over the darkened sky, seeing beyond the heavens to the edges of the universe. "It's fascinating, don't you think? Somewhere, out there," she nodded toward the stars, "billions and billions of miles away, time, the universe, it's just being born. When scientists look into space, they're seeing the beginning of time."She turned to look at Kevin, but his face was still down turned, focusing on the eyepiece, or at least pretending to be, so Natalie returned her attention to the stars. "That's where we'll find the answers to the big questions. Like, why are we here? And where did we come from?"Kevin stepped back from the telescope."It's twelve," he said.Natalie was glad to see that he was paying attention, but was confused by his statement, wondering what on earth the number twelve had to do anything. She squinted up at the sky, as if the answer to her own question, somehow could be found there."What is?" "The answer," he said. "It's always twelve.""Don't be silly.""I'm not the one who spends my free time looking at lights in the sky." Natalie's eyebrows rose in a mock gesture of arrogant snobbery. "Well, it's my birthday, Mr. Murphy, so I can do whatever I want.""Is that so?" Kevin asked as he grabbed Natalie's hips and pulled her to him. She responded by cradling her hands behind his neck.She flashed a smile, nodded. "Uh-huh."Kevin grinned at her. "Well, is there something particular you had in mind?"A mischievous twinkle sparkled over her eyes and her smile widened, taking on a lusty ardor that prompted wicked thoughts in Kevin's mind. "Oh, I can think of a few things," she said.
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I Love You Because on Wattpad

Beginnings

Wrote 604 words of my next novel today. It's not a lot, I know, but considering I got started late and did not even intend on working on this particular story, it's not a bad start, I think. I'm probably going to scrap it once I begin editing, though, because it sets up a relationship situation between the two characters in the scene that is anti to what I want them to have. In what I wrote, their relationship is in the past, however, I want them to currently be in a relationship. It fits with things better. But that's what first drafts are for, right? Experimenting and discovering.
I'm curious, have any of you writers ever written scenes or entire chapters which you later completely got rid of once you reached the editing phase. And if so, why?

Last night we completed principal photography for the Sea...

Last night we completed principal photography for the Sean, Ian and Paddy scenes in I Love You Because. We're gonna miss filming with these guys! with Kenny Forthun.



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Nightmare At Sleepaway Camp On Friday The 13th Part XII

Please check out this short horror film I made a few years ago for Halloween

My Short Story Phantom Limbs Available for Free on Wattpad

Hey everyone, please check out one of my early short stories, Phantom Limbs, available for free on Wattpad! You can read it here: Phantom Limbs on Wattpad, for free! And be sure to vote and/or comment!

I Love You Because

This is the first teaser poster from my film I Love You Because.




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Looking For The Perfect Gift To Get That Special Horror Film Fan In Your Life?

Looking for the perfect gift to buy that special horror film fan in your life this holiday season? Then why not pick up a copy of our film The Bunnyman on DVD? Not only will you be giving a gift they are sure to enjoy, but you'll also be showing your support for truly independent cinema!

The Bunnyman combines the thrills of classic slasher films such as Halloween, and the horror film satire of Scream, and the campiness of TROMA movies, for one horrifyingly hilarious film.

The notorious serial killer, Cotton Peters, has escaped from the mental institution he has been imprisoned in for seventeen years after brutally slaughtering his family and others on Halloween night.
Now he has returned to finish the job. Enter Jayme Myers, who is unaware of her deadly connection to Peters. As the killer stalks Jayme, she and her friends gather together, but those who survive, will never be the same again.




Available exclusively through Amazon.com, purchase a copy here: The Bunnyman Director's Cut 

View the official trailer below: