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The Problem with Long Action Movie Runtimes

Fam, you know I love me some action movies. But we gottta talk about these long-ass runtimes! I love action movies so much, I put the word “action” in the genre description for my urban fantasy novels, for Batman’s sake! I grew up on James Bond and have come to […]

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Shout Factory’s new label brings us Hong Kong action cinema

Fam. You know I love action movies. Live for them. I even turned my urban fantasy novels into action movies with an urban fantasy twist. I got this love of action movies from James Bond, but in the late eighties and early nineties, my jam was Hong Kong action cinema. […]

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‘Foxtrot Six’ Deserves More Screen Time

I feel like there’s another thirty minutes of movie here that fills in plot holes, but it got cut for brevity’s sake. Or they just didn’t write it, but I’m optimistic and rooting for the creative team. A shame, too, because it’s a solid concept with reasonable execution otherwise. I mean, […]

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Why Variety Magazine Is Wrong About ‘Sinners’ Box Office Success

Variety Magazine has some very expensive egg to wipe off their face after the crap they said about “Sinners” opening weekend box office numbers. Yo, @variety — when “Sinners” made $48 million domestically on its opening weekend, you said some stuff about how it had a long way to go […]

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Make Writer Mark Wooden the Face of Horror!

Make writer Mark Wooden (that’s me!) the “Face of Horror” by voting in the “Face of Horror” contest! Mark is a fan of all things horror As you can guess from my profile pic, I’m a big fan of all things horror. Movies, books, comics — gimmee more! Can’t get […]

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Listen to this intriguing “Star Wars” fanfiction audiobook

Now’s your chance to enjoy a Star Wars fanfiction audiobook! I love reading but find myself doing so via audiobooks. Figuring others share my outlook, I created an audiobook from my Star Wars fanfiction. Read the full post for more! Crawl for my Star Wars fanfiction, A Light in the […]

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How to buy and review an action urban fantasy book

My action urban fantasy book is out now! In eBook format, anyway. I made a video on how to buy and review said action urban fantasy book. Like to hear it hear it go! The value of a review Reviews are the lifeblood of indie authors. We don’t have millions […]

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The epic conclusion of my fanfiction set in the world of “Conan the Barbarian”

As promised, here’s the epic conclusion to the fanfiction I set in the world of Conan the Barbarian! In case you missed it, here’s a link to the first chapter! And now, on to Chapter Eleven! However, the slaver leader underestimated his opponent’s skill. Kesisa wrapped her chains around his […]

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Conan the Barbarian Fanfiction Chapter Eleven

As promised, here’s the next chapter in the fanfiction I set in the world of Conan the Barbarian! In case you missed it, here’s a link to the first chapter! And now, on to Chapter Eleven! However, the slaver leader underestimated his opponent’s skill. Kesisa wrapped her chains around his […]

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