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November 12, 2012
Book Review: Elantris
“Elantris” is the very first book Brandon Sanderson ever had published. It has blurbs from no less than Orson Scott Card and David Farland. I went into this book expecting great and wonderful things, a tome oozing with brilliance. Having read it now, I’ll say it was good; I don’t know if it was as [...]
November 8, 2012
Announcement: Upcoming Blurb Blitz Blog Tour
Goddess Fish Promotions will be sponsoring a promotional blog tour for my book, “Drasmyr,” from November 12, 2012 to December 7, 2012. It will be a strictly promotional tour, meaning that every visit will be limited to excerpts from my book and a book blurb. The blog tour schedule is currently under construction. As of [...]
Fantasy Literature: Time Management in a Story
“Drasmyr” was the first novel I ever wrote. It tells the story of a traditional gothic vampire in a fantasy world of wizards and warriors. It’s kind of like Dracula set in Middle-Earth. I wrote it stream-of-consciousness about seventeen, or so, years ago. Since then, it’s been edited and re-edited, and finally self-published. The events [...]
November 5, 2012
Movie Review: Wreck-It-Ralph
Yes, my inner child once again seized control of my body and dragged me off to see another kiddie movie: Wreck-It Ralph. It was your typical Disney animated film, geared towards children, but with enough parent-appeal to be enjoying to adults; particularly adults like me who grew up spending countless quarters and hours in video [...]
November 1, 2012
Haunting Halloween Guest Post: A Woman Scorned
“A Toast to Dragons” is participating in a Halloween Blogfest at Long and Short Reviews (you may remember them; they reviewed my book, Drasmyr, here) this year. I wrote a short short story (under 1000 words) entitled “A Woman Scorned,” which will be posted on the LASR website on 11/1 at 10 a.m. today. As [...]
Three Things Not To Do When You Are Running A Blog
Thinking of starting a blog? You are chock full of ideas and chomping at the bit to get things done? Good for you. I know how you feel. However, there are a few things you should consider before you get started. And in the interest of enlightening the public mind, I figured I would share [...]
October 29, 2012
Movie Review: Werewolf: The Beast Among Us (2012)
Werewolves and vampires are popular these days (as witnessed by this blog and my book, Drasmyr). “Werewolf: The Beast Among Us” is a made-for-DVD movie about a werewolf terrorizing a small 19th-century village. A couple friends and I rented this film for a kind of pre-Halloween werewolf flick-night. It stars Guy Wilson as the main [...]
October 27, 2012
Announcement: Facebook and Blogfest
I have two announcements that I should have announced earlier in the week, but kept forgetting about. It wasn’t entirely my fault, but I could have been more proactive. So, here they are: Facebook Fan Page Established: Yes, I’ve finally gotten around to it. I’ve started a fan page for my book, Drasmyr, on Facebook. [...]
October 25, 2012
Announcement: Upcoming Blog Blitz Tour
Goddess Fish Promotions will be sponsoring a promotional blog tour for my book, “Drasmyr,” from November 12, 2012 to December 7, 2012. It will be a strictly promotional tour, meaning that every visit will be limited to excerpts from my book and a book blurb. The blog tour schedule is currently under construction. As of [...]
Fantasy Literature: Multiplying Characters
This is something of a problem that cropped up while working on my latest book. The book, entitled “The Children of Lubrochius,” is the first book in my series, “From the Ashes of Ruin.” If you’ve read “Drasmyr,” “Drasmyr” is essentially the prequel to the series (Yes, I wrote the prequel first.) Anyway, the problem [...]
