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NaNoWriMo 2017

If you met your goal for NaNoWriMo, well done! You've done more than most. So many people talk about that book they wanna write but you actually did it. You sat down and you committed to the words. Mega congrats! ... But you're not done yet. Edit that thing! Do not -- I repeat: DO NOT -- send it to an agent or publisher tomorrow, I BEG you.

And hey, if you started but didn't finish, congratulations to you as well! You've still done more than most. You started, you tried, and you're not done ye...

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

I saw a BLOODY BUCKET LOAD of horror movies in Halloween. But first, let's give some props to smart, beautiful sci-fi. BLADE RUNNER 2049 is fantastic. Could've just been a nostalgia trip but it's so much more. Builds on an already fantastic sci-fi world. A brilliant Part 2. And oh my, so gorgeous.

It's a real shame that the movie isn't attracting audiences the way it could and should have. Please, support good science fiction and go see this on the big screen. I don't think you'll regret it....

Essential List of Japanese Horror Cinema

Just in time for Halloween, I present to you my list of ESSENTIAL JAPANESE HORROR CINEMA at City on Fire.

Stretching from the silent era into the age of CGI and found footage, Japanese horror cinema always has something surprising to shock and delight us with. From ghost girls and giant monsters, to psycho killers and mushroom people, there is something for everyone on this list. I also attempt to provide extra background on Japan's masters of horror, like directors Takashi Miike, Hideo...

eBook Royalties for the Red Cross

The past month or so has been crazy. Three massive hurricanes struck Florida, Texas, and Puerto Rico. And while Texas and Florida are on the path to recovery, I've no doubt that many family's in those states are still feeling the hurt from the storm. In Puerto Rico it's even worse -- the rescue and recovery mission has been unforgivably slow and it's become abundantly clear that the President of the United States simply does not care. Now, California is on fire, hundreds are still missing, an...

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

I'm kind of disappointed in myself that the last post on this here blog was my favorite films of August. But... well... September was just that kind of month for me.

Let's get on with it!
IT  -- The most anticipated horror film of 2017. Hell, maybe it’s the most anticipated horror film of the past decade, I’m not sure. All I know is expectations were high for this one. And for my part, the film largely met those expectations. It’s a dark, weird, stylish, funny little movie about a killer clown...

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

Weird month. Busy month. Stupid month. But not a bad month for movies.
 
Let’s start things off with LOGAN LUCKY . This is director Steven Soderbergh’s return to filmmaking after a brief ‘retirement’ and I’m happy he’s officially back. It’s not wrong to say that Logan Lucky is the redneck Ocean’s Eleven (Soderbergh directed the Ocean’s trilogy), but I feel that undersells it. This is a hilarious film. Daniel Craig deserves all the love he’s getting for his offbeat performance as a southern expl...

Call for IN THE SHADOW OF EXTINCTION beta readers!

Hey all! I recently finished what I hope will be the final draft of my epic kaiju novel, In the Shadow of Extinction . However, I’ve decided that I want to get a few more last minute opinions on the story from beta readers before releasing it to the public.
 
So, what I’m doing today is I’m reaching out to ask if you’d be interested in being a beta reader for my novel? Being a beta reader simply means reading my book and telling me what you think at the end. I’ve even written up a handy little...

IN THE SHADOW OF EXTINCTION: A KAIJU EPIC cover reveal!

Today I’m happy to share with you the cover(s) for my upcoming novel, In the Shadow of Extinction: A Kaiju Epic.
 
Because this is a long book, I’ve decided to give the reader the option to read as they go. The plan is to release the complete omnibus as well as in three separate volumes. As such, there are four covers in total, all just a little bit different so that they feel like one text but different enough to stand out when put next to each other.  In the Shadow of Extinction is a gl...

Book Review: ON TYRANNY by Timothy Snyder

“Post-truth is pre-fascism.”

What Timothy Snyder's On Tyranny attempts to do is to look back and say, See, this sort of thing happened before, and look at how horrible that turned out. We like to think of all that is happening in 2017 as “unprecedented.” I know I pick up on the word all the time ever since Trump misspelled it as “unpresidented” (I still think that should be the title of the book about his removal from office). To say that some of the madness we’re living through today is unpr...

Film Review: DOBERMAN COP

Just a quick post today. I wanted to link you to my latest film review at COF...

DOBERMAN COP . A culture clash action movie with Sonny Chiba, a pig, and a dash of Dirty Harry.

You can read my review of the film and the new Arrow Blu-ray at City on Fire.