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January 17, 2011
Exclusive The Tether Fabula Single Page Sneak Peak…
An exclusive sneak peak at a rough page from The Tether Fabula project, this is just a panel composition rough. But gives you all a huge clue of what the Fabula project is going to be all about. An Epic graphic retelling of The Tether from the amazing digital pen of Steven 'Sash' Scott of Sovereign Pictures… Kudos!!!
Check out this Page Rough in the Fabula Image Gallery.
January 14, 2011
The shape of things to come the new blocks are a coming…
New blocks a coming…
January 13, 2011
Breaking News!!! Accept One, Book Two of the Tether print proof in!
Cool, the printing proof of Accept One, Book Two of the Tether came in the mail today, doesn't look great? Always nice to see your work printed and bound between a book covers. One complication though, which I will reveal after the jump…
Yeah, I inadvertently got the proof printed on a the wrong size book. Getting a new proof at the right size, but its put the physical print release back a week or two. Once I get a firm date watch for the posting on here.
Read & Rate this preview of my next novel – The Life, the Legends… Of an Englishman
I'm currently working on a novel that is very different to my Paranormal Action Adventure series The Tether Saga, and I want to share a preview of the first 'roughish' chapter of the book.
As this work is so different I want to see if I got the tone right, and would love to hear all your thoughts on this. The book when complete is going to be called The Life, the Legend… Of An Englishman, and its based roughly on my adventures that brought me to the USA. You can read and rate the preview by clicking the URL below.
January 12, 2011
Sigmartyr – An Action Stikfas Webcomic just updated!!!
Sigmartyr the Stikfas Action Web Comic has been updated
Click here to view the action!
January 11, 2011
My thoughts on the new Ultimates Mini-series Captain America… Oh dear… Why?
I'm not sure what happened with the Ultimate line of comics from Marvel, they charged into the early 00′s with innovative character redesigns and realistic re-tellings of Marvels greatest, unburdened with years of continuity. When they did Ultimates, the Avengers of this universe it was done with such cinematic imagination by Mark Millar it was an amazing breath of fresh air. Then something happened… Ultimates 3 knocked the wind out of the franchise with the worst set of stories ever, no thats unfair. Ultimatum in the hands Jeph Loeb did that and basically destroyed the credibility of the Ultimates universe. But this review isn't about Jeph Loeb, but maybe it is? Because thats what I feel when I read Ultimates new mini-series Captain America.
Now, the premise of this story is good, Cap runs into the Vietman era Cap, another deep secret that only the Director of Shield knew about. More secrets from the super solider files are uncovered, and everything is not as it seems. The creative team of Jason Aaron and Ron Garney have a proven track record, so what is my problem with this book? The artwork is nice, dynamic and tells a story, at least half the dialog is a return to Millars Ultimate Captain America and thats the good thing.
You see Ultimate Captain America is a harder edged Steve Rodgers, not as kind or considerate as Marvels 616 counterpart. This Steve is a product of his time, a man of the 40′s shaped by war. Sure he is cocky, a little arrogant, but underneath he still had the nobility of the Cap we know, and strong sense of no nonsense get the job done about him. And I think thats the problem, the other half of the dialog is straight out of Jeph Loeb's Ultimates 3 Cap, and that Cap is a complete dick, a show boater and nothing like the Millar Cap we enjoyed.
So did I like the issue? I'm on the fence, the story is good, Cap goes to North Korea to stop a super-soldier program and runs into another Cap, who seems to be stronger, faster and even more disillusioned than him. Why Shield didn't use their Black Ops team for this I don't know, make more sense than sending in someone who would be directly effected by what he found. Art work though is fun and expressive from start to finish, although I did feel that Cap should of been a little bit bigger, he explosive action is all there. It's let down only by the fact that this isn't just Millar's Cap, its Loeb's Cap, and frankly I don't think the Ultimates Cap is a strong enough character to support his own run. Sorry, Cap is noble, even in this universe and that is forgotten.
Sadly this was Ultimates last gasp with me, the entire line seems to be going south. Ultimate Avengers was poor, New Ultimates seemed rudderless and I'm too far behind on Ultimate Spiderman, the flagship of this line, to even have an opinion on it right now.
In with a bang, going out with a whimper… Ultimates Captain America will get one more issue out of me before it goes the way of Nemesis.
Onwards!
January 10, 2011
Now on Goodreads with Official Author Profile!!!
This feels good to see, it all started on Sunday with me finally deciding to work on my Goodreads profile, then I discovered I had an Author page. Very basic page, but it was there with The Tether books listed. I made a request for Author status and finally was able to fill in the blanks, which really was just my bio and link back here. Very good to see and I did a happy dance today. Check out my Goodreads.com profile here – http://www.goodreads.com/alt-world
January 9, 2011
Awesome Captain America Birthday cake!!! Check it out!!!
Awesome Captain America Birthday cake, eh? It was baked by my wife Jean who is the owner of Sweetsfairy.com – a celebration cupcake company. She did an amazing job on this cake, and I really didn't want to cut into it and eat it, but we did anyway… And it tasted just as fantastic as it looked! Captain America did indeed eat his mighty shield 
I had a great Birthday party yesterday and thank you to everyone that came, it was the greatest 38th Birthday party I've ever had!!!
January 7, 2011
The Tether None Good listed on Bargain eBooks!
The Tether None Good, my paranormal action adventure is now listed over on Bargain eBooks, a great resource to find eBooks for your eReader devices for under $5. The website is run by Holly Anne Hook, author of the Tempast and you can check the full blogspot out here.
January 6, 2011
Accept One, Book Two of The Tether – eBook Release for #Kindle, #Nook, #iPad & @Smashwords
It's been two months since Sarah and the Tether's Angelic Guardian Paul defeated the Dark and she wants everything to return to normal. Reluctantly she is persuaded by CT to help in an investigation which ultimately costs them their friendship. Now alone Sarah gets in over her head as a creature of the night thought extinct comes to Baltimore. And the rumor of Vampire fills the city with fear… Click here to sample the first 17 pages>>
I am very happy to announce that today January 6th 2011, on my 38th birthday, the second book in Tether Saga is now official released on the following eBook formats. You can pick up the long anticipated sequel to The Tether on the Kindle, Nook and Apple iBookstore. Plus if you have another reader like Kobo or Sony, Android, Stanza etc… You can find the correct formats at Smashwords and side load them onto your eReader device. Just check out the links below.
(US Kindle Edition) (UK Kindle Edition) (Nook Edition) (Apple iBookstore) (Smashwords Edition)
Accept One, Book Two of The Tether is available now in eBook format for only $2.99
