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May 2, 2013
EXCLUSIVE Sneak Peek inside:The Gold Slaves by J W Northrup: Chapter 2
BRAIN VENTING J.D. Beaumont is staring out the 19th floor window of the Rockwell Building at the huge Rockwell Power Plant “anti-smoke” stack far off in the distance. “You can hardly see anything!” he says, exasperated, “there’s hardly anything to see!” His bald head is turning pink and the blood vessels are beginning to create [...]
April 30, 2013
Guest Post: Top Horror Movie Sequels
A good horror franchise can keep churning out sequels as fast as its villain piles up the body count, but few sequels live up to the promise of the original film. Occasionally, however, a sequel manages to equal or even surpass its original source material. These successful sequels gave moviegoers more scares and thrills while [...]
April 29, 2013
An interview with Peter Zokosky
Reblogged from TheOriginalVanGoghsEarAnthology: Peter Zokosky trained at the Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles. He has also studied cadavers in much the same way as Leonardo da Vinci, which enables him to recreate anatomy on canvas in a way few could imitate. His work has appeared in countless solo and group exhibitions. Peter has taught [...]
Alex Laybourne Interviews Author J.W Northrup: A Man Who Doesn’t Write for Himself, But Who Writes for You!
Who is J.W Northrup? My youth was spent on sports and on the outdoors – much of it with my father – wandering through the beauty of the high mountains, feeling the tranquility of the outdoors and the sense of adventure that comes therein, only to return to the dissonance and conflicts, the rules and [...]
April 28, 2013
Story Cube Monday – 29 April 2013
After missing last week because of my Day Job travels to the other side of the globe, I am glad to be back with another Story Cube Monday for you all. If you missed the previous posts, the premiss is simple. I roll the story cubes and show you the results. If you want to [...]
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April 15, 2013
A Friend in Need is a Friend Indeed
A few days ago, while away in the UK, I read a blog post written by a dear friend of mine, fellow writer LauraLynn Elliott. She is currently going through a rather difficult time, as her husband has been in the Intensive Care ward at their local hospital with a number of horrible blood clots. LauraLynn, [...]
April 14, 2013
Story Cube Monday
While coming home from my business trip last week, I saw something fantastic in the shopping brochure on the plane. I bought it to play with my son, who is always taking about stories and wanting to be a writer like me. However, I also thought that it would make a pretty good weekly post [...]
The Complexity of Character
I have posted about character before, but then again, so has every writer. Characters are key, believable characters are what make good books great, they are what create memories and that important reader-fictional-character-I really-care-about relationship. Without believable characters, we are not drawn into their world, we are not made to cry at their pain, nor [...]
Which Fantasy Realm Do You Dream About?
Being both an avid reader, I have been taken to a great many wonderful worlds. Some are peaceful, beautiful places, tranquil to the extreme, while others are wild and filled with action, adventure, danger and more. From places driven by a heavy sexual tint to places so far removed from what we know that life [...]
