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October 23, 2012
Landmark Reached: 100 plus Blog Followers
I should do a jig and a dance. Yesterday, I got my 100th follower for my blog. Actually, today it’s up to 101. Good things are a-happening! Woo hoo! Thanks to all of you who read my blog. It’s great fun writing it, and I’m glad you all enjoy it. Again, thank you! Filed under: [...]
October 22, 2012
Old Movie Review: Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl
Of the Pirates of the Caribbean movies to come out in the past few years, this one, The Curse of the Black Pearl, is by far the best. The next two in the series are decent, but by the time movie four comes around, it’s beginning to lose its luster. Anyway, this one was a [...]
October 18, 2012
Fantasy Literature: Character Development: A Few Thoughts and Pointers
I’m of the mind that characters are one of the constants of novels. I think it would be impossible to write a novel without having at least one character. If you were to write something without a character, you might be able to pass it off as a poem, perhaps, but certainly not a novel. [...]
Blurb Blitz Blog Tour for Drasmyr
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 [...]
October 15, 2012
Movie Review: Frankenweenie
This past Friday I went to see the children’s movie “Frankenweenie.” “Frankenweenie” is the latest cinematic effort by Tim Burton and is kind of a mix of science fiction and fantasy. As such, it comes complete with the dark, somber ambience Burton has developed a reputation for, though, not so horribly dark and terrifying that [...]
October 12, 2012
Monster Mishmash: A Vampire Werewolf
This is a continuation of the train of thought started with my “Monster Mishmash: A Vampire Dragon” post. In that post, I examined what a creature that was the result of crossing a dragon and vampire would be like. So, I thought, why not continue the thought process and see what happens when you cross [...]
October 9, 2012
Going Out of Town
I’m heading out of town today, and will be away from my computer (or any other) until Friday, October 12th. So, I won’t be doing my usual Thursday post this week. I may push it back to Friday (if I have the energy), or I’ll just skip it altogether. Things should go back to normal come next [...]
October 8, 2012
Scary October Promotional Post at Mywithershins
Today I’m doing a bit extra (this is the third post today—make sure you check out the others). As part of their Scary October series, we’re running a promotion at the Mywithershins blog. Basically, Mywithershins is running a series of posts based on frightful October—all things related to vampires, zombies, witches, and what have you. [...]
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. Hopefully, it’ll [...]
Book Review: Warbreaker
“Warbreaker” by Brandon Sanderson is another well-crafted piece of fantasy literature. It tells the story of two kingdoms: Idris and Hallandren. Although in the beginning of the story, the two kingdoms are not at war with each other, tensions are still high and close to the breaking point from the get-go. The bulk of the [...]
