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October 20, 2015
BBQ and Pretty Blondes | Interview with Kenneth Deville, Author of All the Colors (Copper, Texas #2)
“Modern Day Gothic Western” is not necessarily on my favorite genres list, but I have to say, I really enjoyed both of Kenneth Deville’s Copper, Texas books. The eponymous first book, Copper, Texas, was a fun, fast-paced read. The second, All the Colors, pulled the story and the characters up by their bootstraps and made them really dance.
The series starts with a strange, but not uncommon, mystery:
“Twenty-six year-old Ernie just wants to start over. All he needs is some cash to take him a...
October 19, 2015
Word a Week | Week 32
Welcome to the 32ndinstallment of Word a Week! You can find the other Word a Week words here.
Yesterday marked an important day in my career: my first novel, Maladaptation, was released. In honor of that, I’m going to promise to match any writers who respond to the Word a Week challenge. I will write a story in the same general vein as yours, or – even more fun – you can challenge me with an off-the-wall topic for my flash fiction piece.
Any takers?
This week’s words are:
pandemic – (adjecti...
October 18, 2015
Release Day, Reviews, and Reading Ahead | Maladaptation Update
The day has finally arrived! It’s here! It’s available!
Wait, let me back up a minute. Usually on Sundays, I post the next installment in a serial fiction story. Lately, it’s been Debate the Case. For those of you eagerly following along, I promise, it will be back next week! Today, though, is the release date for Maladaptation.
Don’t know what Maladaptation is? …Where have you been, undera rock? (Joking.)
So far, Maladaptation has had two reviews. Wendy Strain from Write On Wendy, and Dharm...
October 16, 2015
Weekly Flash Fiction | Weathered Absences [Circuit Freaks, Part IV]
This week, I used story prompts from several sources to continue the serial sci-fi story, Circuit Freaks. You can find the other parts to this story here, in case you missed them:Part I | Part II | Part III
My prompts were Our Write Side’s Master Class Monday, Be Kind Rewrite’s Inspiration Monday, and my own Word a Week Challenge.
Original photo credit to mconnors. http://morguefile.com/creative/mconnors Weathered Absences
Libra was her requisite first stop when she got back from a mission....
October 14, 2015
Maladaptation Book Giveaways
I don’t have a book review for you guys this week, because I’ve been so busy, I haven’t had a chance to finish anything new! However, I will definitely have one next week.
Instead, I wanted to make sure everyone knew about the two giveaways for Maladaptation that I’m running. There are only a few weeks left to enter, so be sure to jump in before they run out!
Goodreads Autographed Paperback Giveaway | Rafflecopter E-book Giveaway
Filed under: Maladaptation Tagged: fiction, giveaway, lgbt, susp...
October 12, 2015
Word a Week | Week 31 | Time For A Change!
Welcome to the 31stinstallment of Word a Week! You can find the other Word a Week words here.
In honor of 31 weeks oflearning and prompts — and myrecent 31st birthday — I’ve decided to change things up. Instead of one word, I’ll be giving you two from now on. And the stakes will be higher.
The New Rules:
Two words a week 750 word limit One week to post it up and link back hereThis week’s words are:
eructation – (noun) an act or instance of belching.
remunerate – (verb) to pay someone for...
October 11, 2015
Sunday Serials | Debate the Case, Part VI
This week, I took inspiration from Master Class Monday. Writers, if you haven’t checked it out yet, you should. It’s another great source of inspiration for fiction. The weekly challenge offers three prompts; choose one, write and post your story, then link back to the original post. I look forward to what MCM might inspire me to write in the future!
Here’s the next installment in my current Sunday Serial, Debate the Case.
[Part I] | [Part II] | [Part III] | [Part IV] | [Part V]
Cue music,...
October 10, 2015
The Moppet Murders | I Made the Darkness Halloween Writing Contest [VIDEO]
For the past several weeks, R.L. Daman has been hosting a Halloween writing contest on his website called “I Made the Darkness.” He put out a weekly call for entries, and has been choosing one lucky story per week for feature in a video reading session on Youtube.
In Week 5, my story, “The Moppet Murders,” was chosen. (Woo!) You can watch the video below, and if you like it, give it a thumbs up. Be sure to watch the other videos, too, of which I believe there are four. The video story with th...
October 9, 2015
Weekly Flash Fiction | Inside The Orchard [Circuit Freaks, Part III]
For the past two weeks, my regular readers will probably have noticed a trend. I have two stories in progress, and I’ve been posting them piece-by-piece as I write them. Sunday Serials gets the parody who-dun-it, Debate the Case, so my weekly flash fiction posts have been consumed with this post-apocalyptic tale. My prompts this week were WOW555 and my own Word a Week.
Inside The Orchard: Circuit Freaks, Part III
Standing in front of the hidden door that led into the orchard, Aquarius stalle...
October 7, 2015
Book Review Wednesday | All the Colors (Copper, Texas #2) by Kenneth Deville
There’s nothing like hometown writers, is there? If you’re lucky, you get to see their work grow, like an angst-filled teenager morphing into an honest-to-goodness adult, and the progression can be anything from slow and steady to raw, animal fury.
I actually had the pleasure to meet a local writer, Kenneth Deville,just after his first novel, Copper, Texas, was released. The description calls it a “modern day Gothic Western,” and I think that hits pretty close to the mark. It’s the first in...
