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November 24, 2013
We're Not Cattle: Bowing Out of the Branding Game
Reblogged from Ranee Dillon: I wanted to be someone else. Fierce winds rattled my door tonight. The road so dark, even the brights seemed insufficient. Each curve I drove as I went to pick my daughter up, even the ones I knew well, surprised me. Night can be blinding in a different kind of way. […]
November 23, 2013
Alex Laybourne Interviews Horror Author and Writing Icon… Graham Masterton
When I first started interviewing people on my blog, I did it for a bit of fun, as a way to give me a post every now and then, but after a while things changed. I grew to love interviewing, digging around inside a writer or an artist’s mind. I have been lucky to interview […]
November 22, 2013
Spotlight On: Mark Tufo
Reblogged from Armand Rosamilia: SPOTLIGHT ON: Mark Tufo What is your latest release and what genre is it? Zombie Fallout 7: For The Fallen. Is Zombie a genre? Horror then, maybe post-apocalyptic. Screw it, romance, those sell well. Quick description of it. Basically it’s about a man, Michael Talbot, that will do all in […]
November 21, 2013
I’m Still Alive, and I’m Still Blogging… I Think!
Once again, it has been a while since I blogged anything, and even longer since I blogged anything vaguely interesting or useful. For that I must apologize. The real life stuff, like a day job and business trip – both of which I really enjoy by the way – have been dominating most of my […]
November 16, 2013
Musings of a Hideous Mind: Volume 1 – OUT NOW
Yes, I have just launched another book, although technically it is only my third published title given that I pulled so much the other day. The Musings of a Hideous Mind is actually the first collection of stories I ever wrote. They span a number of years in their creation, and despite going through re-edits […]
November 10, 2013
BOOK LOOK: Sneak Peek at The Latest Novel from Author Marni Mann
Reblogged from L.M. Stull: "We were two broken souls who had found each other in a world of shadows. We were held together by a connection of secrets, dark and fearful and reluctant to leave. Their depth was seductive and overwhelming, an endless ocean of black that threatened to cover the brilliance we kept reaching […]
Embracing the Change – Altering a Mythology
This is a question that has bee gnawing away on my brain for a little while now. I am currently writing a vampire novel, because I believe as a horror writer there are certain creatures you must write about. Vampires, Werewolves, etc. The traditional horror staples if you will. I am now in the editing / […]
November 9, 2013
OPEN SUBMISSION: The Sirens Call Issue #12 - Dead & Dying
Reblogged from The Sirens Song: Submissions are open for issue #12 of The Sirens Call - but there's a caveat! You have to write about your own death. Those are the only stories we will consider for this issue! From the moment you breathe your first breath, your body begins its journey toward death. In […]
The Ever Turbulent World of Alex Laybourne
Well, my life, as with all lives, is very often anything but simple, and smooth sailing is never truly in the forecast. But, that’s how I like it. I like to unpredictable, I enjoy a challenge, and sure, sometimes I have an afternoon where I want to throw my dummy out of the pram and […]
November 7, 2013
MJ Summers – An Author With an Exciting Future Ahead of Her
Every now and then, you stumble across a writer whose words manage to say so much more than the mere sentences they create. MJ Summers is a talented young writer who is just such a person. Her debut novel “Break in Two” is currently tearing up the charts on Amazon, and should be on everybody’s […]
