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July 4, 2012
Memories of Midnight (Sidney Sheldon) – Review
Memories of Midnight (1990) is a sequel to The Other Side of Midnight (1973), what many people consider to be one of his best novels. Memories, however, holds its own mixing revenge, greed, justice, and romance. I think it’s a sign of a good book if, after some ten odd years, you can read it [...]
June 27, 2012
Canada Day Blog Hop! – Famous Canadian Actors
The rules of Aislynn and Co.’s Canada Day blog hop are simple: 1) Write something Canadian-themed. 2) Give away something Canadian-themed. I’ve put together a list of famous Canadian actors because I’ve met a lot of Americans overseas who seem to think any actor who speaks English and sounds like them is American! So time [...]
June 20, 2012
A Cold Heart, Johnathan Kellerman – Review
Okay, back to a couple book reviews this week. The first one is Kellerman’s a Cold Heart. I’m sometimes asked who are some author’s who have influenced my writing. I always had a stock answer: Stephen King, simply because he’s the King and is one of the best writers of the last thirty years. And [...]
June 13, 2012
Fright Night Remake – Review
I’ve mostly stuck to book reviews on this blog, but I wanted to say something about the remake of Fright Night because I enjoyed it a lot, and it wasn’t one of those massive blockbusters that everyone knows about anyway. The villain (and star) is a vampire named Jerry. Not really as cool sounding as [...]
June 11, 2012
Never Surrender Blogfest
First off, if you don’t know about this blogfest, hop on over to YA Author Elana’s great blog and sign up. It runs throughout the second week of June. The rules: blog about a time you didn’t surrender. Trained for a marathon? Queried agents? Had to study for an entrance exam? I’m looking for inspirational [...]
June 7, 2012
Insecure Writer’s Group – June 2012
Thanks again to Mr. C for hosting this! Check him out over on this blog here. There are some 300 IWG participants now, so to be kind to all who are trying to do the rounds, I’m going to keep this short and sweet. Latest insecurity: changing style. You have all the time in the [...]
June 6, 2012
BEA Armchair Blogfest – Day 3
From BEA: Today is the day that we discuss networking. Many of us bloggers network online. After all, Armchair BEA is all about networking online, particularly with other bloggers. However, how can you get more involved offline and in real life? Have you ever wondered how some bloggers have established those connections with local bookstores [...]
June 4, 2012
Armchair BEA Blogfest – Hello!
Here we go…the Top Top Ways to Get To Know Someone! (Yes, I watch too much Letterman!) 1) Please tell us a little bit about yourself: Who are you? How long have you been blogging? Why did you get into blogging? Name’s Jeremy. Been blogging for about a year. And I got into it because [...]
May 28, 2012
Slash is Back! — “Apocalyptic Love” Rocks
I’ve been a GNR fan for God knows how long…”Appetite for Destruction” to date is still one of my favorite albums of all time. I’ve been following what’s been going on in Axl’s band and Slash’s band for a while now. I liked a few songs from Chinese Democracy…likewise for the Velvet Revolver stuff. But [...]
May 20, 2012
First Love Blogfest
This is tough to pick just one “first love,” so I’m going to name three, one for each decade I’ve lived. 1-10: Side Swipe Everyone has a favorite toy–or had a favorite toy. I had a a few I can think of. A number of G.I. Joe’s (Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow in particular). Some [...]
