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Scriptophobic

Today I’m happy to announce the launch of a new website I will be writing for, Scriptophobic.ca . The aim of the site is to assist genre writers with articles, round table discussions, podcasts, and special 1-on-1 services. 
We have a pretty badass writing team on board for Day 1 and are still looking to expand the team or feature guest posts. While most the rest of the gang is focused on film and TV, I’m writing two columns which are to be more focused on books. My column Telling...

Book review: BROKEN SHELLS by Michael Patrick Hicks

I like 'creature feature' horror more than any other sort of horror sub-genre. They’re rarely the most subtle pieces of work, but do I care? Heck no. They’re fun. And sometimes they’re beautiful and strange in a way that a ghost or a dude with a knife can’t be. Broken Shells by Michael Patrick Hicks ( Revolver ) is not beautiful. It’s gross. It’s grueling monster horror featuring bugs crawling out of people’s dislodged jaws. It’s gore on levels that I personally haven’t seen in creature h...

Book review: THE FORCE by Don Winslow

I read Don Winslow’s The Cartel a couple years back based on the recommendations of some trusted friends, even though crime fiction isn’t my #1 jam. Holy hell that was an amazing book. I still think about it often. And since then, I’ve been meaning to read some of the author’s back catalogue. But as chance would have it, Winslow’s newest book visited my desk first, and so The Force became my second Winslow novel. And though more rooted in familiar genre territory than The Cartel, it’s s...

Book review - Twin Peaks: The Final Dossier by Mark Frost

The Secret History of Twin Peaks was one of the wildest, most out there media tie-in novels I have ever read. Compiling notes, conspiracy theories, and mythology relating (on some level or another) to the show, it sought to tell the story of Twin Peaks between the mysterious travels of Lewis & Clark in the region all the way up to the death of Laura Palmer. Some of the book is redacted, some of it is written as if it’s newly discovered notes from 100+ years ago, and a sizable portion of...

Searching for a few good writers...

My filmmaker friend Zack Long and I are working on the early stages of a new website that aims to assist writers/creatives interested in genre storytelling. We're on the lookout for a few good writers that have some creative lessons they're willing to share.

Our primary interests are in horror, science fiction, and fantasy, but we will also occasionally cover other genres like romance, westerns, and hardboiled noir. We're especially interested in adding women, POC, and members of the LGB...

February 2018 Writing Update

It's time for a brief update on where I’m at and what’s coming soon… err, soonish. In the Shadow of Extinction I'm gonna let you in on something I have learned: it’s easy to write an epic. No, really, it is. You put down one word after the other and keep doing that for about twice as long as you normally would. Easy, as long as you have passion for the project (I do) and stamina to see it through (I did). So yeah, it’s easy to write a big book. But it is HELL to edit one. Once upon a ti...

2018 is a Revenge Year

*checks blog* Have I really been absent that long? *checks watch* It’s time to give an update. *checks empty beer can* Oh sweet mercy noooo.
 
I had plans for a retrospective post in early January to talk about 2017. But I never felt good enough to talk about 2017 in any ‘so what have we learned today, class?’ sort of way. And the weeks went by and I still didn't know what to say... Basically, we learned that it was a shit year. It was shitty on the large scale and shitty for me personally, too...

Best New (or new to me) Films of December 2017

I start this with a notice of intention: I'm not going to write my Best Films of the Year list this month. I'm taking a friend's idea and am gonna delay it until early 2018. Right now, as is, the list is missing way too many top titles be make it worth writing. It feels incomplete. And that's mostly because I live in a place that doesn't often see the limited release titles. And I don't have the money to travel 2 hours each week to see the hot new movie. So! The list is delayed! 

But until the...

Favorite Reads of 2017

I didn't read a bunch of books this year. But that ain't gonna stop me from listing off my favorites!
The Gunslinger by Stephen King Some books aren't ready for their readers. Or, perhaps more accurately, some readers aren't ready for certain books. I wasn't always ready for The Gunslinger. Not sure why. I've owned a paperback copy of Stephen King's first chapter of The Dark Tower for many years now. I've opened it with intention of reading it to the end more than once. Three times, by my co...

Favorite New (or new to me) Films of November 2017

GOOD TIME -- A young man tries to round up the money to get his brother out of jail by stealing, dealing, and running for his life. Good Time is an adrenaline-spiked crime drama with a great Robert Pattinson. Seriously, ten years ago if you had said I'd be rooting for Pattinson to find his way into the Best Actor category I'd say you're crazy. But he -- and Twilight co-star Kristen Stewart -- have really evolved into interesting actors in the years since the sparkling vampire saga. Good Time...