Russell James's Blog, page 4
December 6, 2012
SACRIFICE Blogpost with Samhain
I have a blog post about SACRIFICE at the Samhain Website.
http://www.samhainpublishing.com/cate...
http://www.samhainpublishing.com/cate...
October 7, 2012
Free Podcast
A free podcast of my paranormal history piece "Touch and Go" is up at Tales of Old. Think "Twilight Zone" and you'll get the genre.
http://www.talesofold.org/
http://www.talesofold.org/
October 6, 2012
Brian Moreland Interview
I interviewed horror author Brian Moreland on my website. Check it out and my reviews of his books. If you like historical horror, he's your man.
http://www.russellrjames.com/intervie...
http://www.russellrjames.com/intervie...
August 13, 2012
Kindlegraph Available
Electronically signed covers of Dark Inspiration, Touch and Go/ and Sacrifice/ are available at www.kindlegraph.com. They can go to your Kindle or elsewhere and they are either free or a few cents for Kindle delivery. Check it out!
August 5, 2012
"Touch and Go" Released
My short story Touch and Go has just been published by Gypsy Shadow Press. In this story a World War I fighter pilot is separated from his squadron during a mission and finds his role in the Allied war effort changed forever. It is a mix of historical fiction, adventure and fantasy. Think Twilight Zone.
Available at Amazon, B&N, Smashwords, etc.
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view...
http://www.amazon.com/Touch-and-Go-eb...
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/touch...
Available at Amazon, B&N, Smashwords, etc.
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view...
http://www.amazon.com/Touch-and-Go-eb...
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/touch...
July 25, 2012
Nice Dark Inspiration Review
The Horror Fiction Review gave Dark Inspiration a thumbs up.
http://thehorrorfictionreview.blogspo...
http://thehorrorfictionreview.blogspo...
July 21, 2012
Signing in Indianapolis
Book signing happening at Horrorhound Weekend in Indianapolis, IN on September 8. The Indy 500 Museum is also recommended as long as you are in the neighborhood.
http://www.horrorhoundweekend.com/sho...
http://www.horrorhoundweekend.com/sho...
July 18, 2012
Book Signing in Gettysburg, PA
I'll be attending Horrorfind Weekend in Gettysbirg, PA on September 1. Readings, book signings, and the chance to see a lot of people more famous than I am. Plus there's a famous battlefield to walk around. You can't go wrong!
http://www.horrorfindweekend.com/cele...
http://www.horrorfindweekend.com/cele...
July 14, 2012
"Sacrifice" Released as an Ebook
The digital version of Sacrifice is out and available at Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/Sacrifice-ebook...
Barnes and Noble
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/sacri...
and everywhere else ebooks are sold.
Thirty years after graduating high school in Sagebrook, New York, Bob Armstrong calls five friends home for a long overdue reunion. None have had any contact with each other since graduation and the horrible events that transpired when they took on the child-murdering entity they came to call the Woodsman.
As soon as they arrive, death stalks the six once more. They band together again, forced to relive the terrifying trials of their past while they battle resurgent dangers in the present. But thirty years have taken a physical and mental toll of them. Can they overcome their psychic scars and keep the children of Sagebrook safe? What will each of them have to sacrifice to once again keep the Woodsman at bay?
If you liked Dark Inspiration, you'll love this one.
http://www.amazon.com/Sacrifice-ebook...
Barnes and Noble
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/sacri...
and everywhere else ebooks are sold.
Thirty years after graduating high school in Sagebrook, New York, Bob Armstrong calls five friends home for a long overdue reunion. None have had any contact with each other since graduation and the horrible events that transpired when they took on the child-murdering entity they came to call the Woodsman.
As soon as they arrive, death stalks the six once more. They band together again, forced to relive the terrifying trials of their past while they battle resurgent dangers in the present. But thirty years have taken a physical and mental toll of them. Can they overcome their psychic scars and keep the children of Sagebrook safe? What will each of them have to sacrifice to once again keep the Woodsman at bay?
If you liked Dark Inspiration, you'll love this one.
July 9, 2012
Inspiration
I spent last week in Paris with my wife, a twentieth wedding anniversary special event. We boarded a train identified on the side as bound for Versailles. Before it left, an announcement came on from the tranquil female voice of SNCF. She apologized but this train was going out of service. The travelers all groaned and everyone exited the train.
The train was still marked as Versailles bound. As we were all standing around, a harried family of four, stroller in the lead at the speed of sound, barreled around a corner and slipped in just before the train’s doors swept closed. The train pulled away and the Versailles destination flipped over to “Out of Service”.
I wondered about that family; the feeling of elation as they crossed the railcar’s threshold, the shift to foreboding as they saw the car was empty, the transition to fear as it pulled away to an unknown destination.
And a story was born. The first draft of the short tale Out of Service was done before our flight home.
New experiences spark creativity, in writing or in whatever you do for a living. Traveling the same path and performing the same tasks each day limit the breadth of events we can draw on for inspiration. Novel undertakings renew that sense of wonder we had as children when everything was fresh and amazing and force us to change our perspective.
So today break trail somewhere new. Take a different route home from work. Eat that weird looking fruit you always see in the produce section. Read a book outside your usual genre. Spark your imagination.
What adventure do you think that family ended up on that train to nowhere? Post your two sentence take on it under this post at http://www.russellrjames.com. Let’s see where your inspiration takes you.
The train was still marked as Versailles bound. As we were all standing around, a harried family of four, stroller in the lead at the speed of sound, barreled around a corner and slipped in just before the train’s doors swept closed. The train pulled away and the Versailles destination flipped over to “Out of Service”.
I wondered about that family; the feeling of elation as they crossed the railcar’s threshold, the shift to foreboding as they saw the car was empty, the transition to fear as it pulled away to an unknown destination.
And a story was born. The first draft of the short tale Out of Service was done before our flight home.
New experiences spark creativity, in writing or in whatever you do for a living. Traveling the same path and performing the same tasks each day limit the breadth of events we can draw on for inspiration. Novel undertakings renew that sense of wonder we had as children when everything was fresh and amazing and force us to change our perspective.
So today break trail somewhere new. Take a different route home from work. Eat that weird looking fruit you always see in the produce section. Read a book outside your usual genre. Spark your imagination.
What adventure do you think that family ended up on that train to nowhere? Post your two sentence take on it under this post at http://www.russellrjames.com. Let’s see where your inspiration takes you.
