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August 8, 2011
Gaia's Reprieve Book Cover
Tweet Ever since I started writing this story, I've had an image in my head for it's cover. I kept picturing a woman looking down at her hands and the earth around her. Try as I might, I couldn't get the image out of my head. Which is a good thing! I did a little …
August 6, 2011
Gaia's Reprieve – Chapter 1
Tweet Not exactly sure where this story is leading, but I thought that I'd share what I've written, so far. Started this a little while ago out of the blue. Enjoy! Chapter 1 Clamping his lips together, Cheyenne Holt fought the tears that threatened to spill down his cheeks as he smoothed away …
I Fail To Understand
Tweet I Fail To Understand I'm at a loss, as to what I want to say. Pissing people off, left and right. There are words, tumbling through the recesses of my brain. Formulating into a gibberish, that I fail to understand. I know what to do, and how it should be said. Yet I can't …
August 5, 2011
Official Stuck Book Trailer
Tweet Ladies and Gents, I present to you the official book trailer for Stuck. I hope that you enjoy it. My book makes it's official debut on September 29, 2011. Genre: Short Story, Science-Fiction/Post-Apocalyptic Summary: A world too different from what we once knew . . . all we hold onto now …
August 4, 2011
Stuck's Preliminary Book Trailer
Tweet I've been working on a book trailer for my story, Stuck. This is what I've come up with so far. What do you think? How can I improve it? (function() {var s = document.createElement('SCRIPT'), s1 = document.getElementsByTagName('SCRIPT')[0];s.type = 'text/javascript';s.async = true;s.src = 'http://widgets.digg.com/buttons.js..., s1);})();
Looking For Ideas
Tweet As most of you know, I've set the release date for my new story for the 29th of September. I'm now looking to create some sort of online launch event to coincide with it. I'm still new to this sort of thing, so I figured that I'd inquire and get a little feedback on …
August 3, 2011
New Cover For Stuck
Tweet I've been working on redoing the new cover for Stuck, since I felt the previous one was a little meh. Did a few touch up's this morning and changed some of the fonts. I think it looks much better now. What do you think? Many thanks to Elina Jaunalksne for allowing …
July 30, 2011
Review: In Her Name: Empire – Michael R. Hicks
Tweet In Her Name: Empire by Michael R. Hicks My rating: 5 of 5 stars I truly enjoyed this book. Michael did beautifully in keeping with the science-fiction/fantasy genre and I am looking forward to reading the next book in the series soon. I found myself getting into the story with every turn of the …
Review: Listening To Ian Magick – Tamworth Grice
Tweet Listening to Ian Magick by Tamworth Grice My rating: 3 of 5 stars I liked the premise of this book. Initially, before I read more and more of the book, I thought the story was to be centered around a satanic teenage rock star and a girl who would do his bidding. I came …
Reflections
Tweet I've been looking back on this wonderful journey that I've been on, so far. I have to say that it's been quite amazing. I've met so many beautiful people and have been making awesome friends. Not to mention everything that I've been learning about this world as I go along. Unbelievably, it's only been …
